BRATISLAVSKY KRAJ - Population
Decreasing and ageing population
In the territory of the Bratislava region permanently resided 599 thousand persons in 2002, which is 11.1% of the total permanently residing inhabitants of the Slovak Republic. The population density of 292 per square kilometre is higher than the national average, at 110 per square kilometre. The population density in the capital Bratislava is 1 162 per km2. According to the preliminary data of the Census of population, houses and dwellings in 2001, 332.1 thousand economically active persons lived in Bratislavsky kraj, 238,2 thousand of it lived in the capital city Bratislava. 120 thousand persons daily commuted to Bratislava, pupils and students created a quarter of it.
The age structure of the population of the region is relatively favourable, from the longer-term retrospect however, the population has been ageing. The situation is less favourable for age group under 25 with share of 31,8% when compared with the age composition of population for Slovakia (35,7%). Also the share of age group over 65 has been rising slowly (12% in 2002), while in the national level reached 11,4%.
Following the reduced natural increase the development in size of population of the region has a falling tendency. The change in the development of the population has also been seen in the migration movement of the population for the disfavour of the capital city Bratislava, in which, since 1998, the drop in population could not be reduced, despite the increases achieved in the rural districts.
The birth rate (7.6 per thousand inhabitants in 2002) is lower compared to the death rate (9.2 per thousand). The natural decrease of the population was established at 965 persons in 2002. Regarding the infant mortality rate, the region has the lowest one of the whole country, with 5 per thousand live births in 2002. This rate shows a decreasing trend, as it was 7.4 per thousand live births in 1997.
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