Hungary Population Decline Accelerates In 2015
- 23 Feb 2016 2:00 AM
Hungary’s population decline accelerated in 2015 as the number of births rose less than in 2014 and the number of deaths increased after a decline in the previous year, the Central Statistical Office reported on Tuesday. Preliminary figures show the number of live births rose 0.2% to 91,700.
The increase slowed from 3.2% in 2014.
The number of deaths rose by 4.2% to 131,600 in 2015 after dropping 0.5% in the previous year.
The natural population decrease was 39,900 or 4.1 per thousand people, up from 34,600 or 3.5 per thousand in 2014.
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