Albania, with the Highest Birth Rate Drop in Europe in Three Decades; How the Balkans Is Encouraging Babies
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The Balkans are paying more and more to encourage more babies, but fewer and fewer are being born. Albania has seen the biggest drop in births in Europe since 1997, while the entire region has fallen below replacement level. Serbia offers up to 27,000 euros for a fourth child, while other countries have expanded bonuses, monthly allowances and family benefits. But in the face of emigration, ageing and the cost of living, the question remains: ca…
The ever-worsening problem of low birth rate in Greece - with one exception in 2003-2009) is recorded in a study by the Institute of Demographic Research and Studies (IDEM). As Byron Kotzamanis, Professor of Demography, Director of IDEM Research, states in his article in IDEM: "Significant changes occurred in birth rate after 1950 in our country, as births from 148 thousand on average in 1979-80 were limited to 67 thousand in 2024-25, while the…
30% reduction in production capacity
Greece's demographic collapse is reflected in increasingly dramatic figures for births and deaths. In 15 years, births fell by 42%, while in 2024 there were now 184 deaths for every 100 births.
Greece is slowly but surely fading from the map, with the demographic collapse taking on the dimensions of a national tragedy under the Mitsotakis government. The article Greece is slowly fading: How Mitsotakis' callous policy condemns the country to demographic desolation and poverty appeared first on Periodista.
Greece has been facing a significant demographic change in recent decades, which is reflected mainly in the continuous decline in birth rates. #StarGrNews
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