{"id":315294,"date":"2024-12-22T20:24:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T01:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=315294"},"modified":"2024-12-22T20:24:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T01:24:34","slug":"cuban-population-is-decreasing-and-aging-government-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-population-is-decreasing-and-aging-government-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban population is decreasing and aging, government confirms\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cuban <\/span>population<\/b><\/a>\u00a0has decreased this year, due to migration and a greater number of deaths than births, and maintains its tendency to age, when it has already reached 24.4% of people aged 60 or older, according to a government report presented this Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, during an intervention in the last annual session of parliament, described the Cuban demographic situation as \u201ccomplex\u201d and considered that the calculation of the effective population confirms the \u201cprofound change in the population structure of the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, for every thousand people aged 0 to 14, there are 1,511 aged 60 or older, he indicated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marrero pointed out that since 2019, a natural decrease in the population has been reported, with more people dying than being born, and consequently he said this situation is expected to continue to worsen by the end of 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of this year, the projection is that around 70,000 births will be reported, 18,000 less than the previous year, while approximately 120,000 deaths are expected.<\/span><\/p>\n

The labyrinth of aging in Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n