ANATOLIKI MAKEDONIA, THRAKI - Population
An elderly population and low educational level
The region has a population of 563 600. Between 1961 and 1971 numbers fell by 12% as a result of major emigration to other parts of Greece and abroad. Migration slackened during the next decade and there was a marked population increase (6%). The region retained its population between 1971 and 1981 to a certain extent because of the incentives offered to new businesses. Between 1981 and 1991 there was a slight decrease (1%) as a result of migration to more developed parts of the country. During the last decade (1990-2000), the population increased again (1.3%). In 1999, the birth rate in the region was over the national average with 10.3 births per 1000 resident persons.
The fall in births over the past 30 years has led to an increasingly elderly population. The elderly, who made up 6% of the region's population in 1951, accounted for 13% in 1991. Nine years later, in 2000, 18% of the population was older than 65 years. By contrast, the proportion of young people in the total population fell from 52% in 1951 to 33% in 1991. In 2000, the proportion of people less than 25 years old still decreased (30% of the population).
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- Infant mortality
- Life expectancy
- Residents population with foreign nationality
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