Cuba ended 2021 with the lowest number of births (99,096) and the highest number of deaths (167,645) in the last 60 years, according to the Center for Demographic Studies (CED) at the University of Havana, the official press reported on Wednesday ( 29).
According to figures released by the CED, the number of births contracted for the fourth consecutive year and fertility levels were 44 years below generational replacement. The total population of Cuba was 11.1 million inhabitants.
The CED analysis highlighted that adolescent fertility increased “by zones and municipalities” and its rate fell by just 1.61% after the presence of Covid-19. On the other hand, abortions increased by 15.73%.
The population from 2011 to 2025 is expected to decline in absolute terms by more than 203,111 people, and about 26% of them will be 60 years old or older, with a high absolute growth of people over 80 years of age.
It is estimated that by 2030, there will be 3.3 million people aged 60 and over in the country. According to official statistics, life expectancy in Cuba is around 80 years (78.89).
With one of the oldest populations in Latin America, Cuba has in recent years passed laws to stimulate the birth rate. That rate in the country is about 1.6 children per woman of childbearing age, far from the replacement rate – set at 2.1 – needed to maintain the population.
The Population and Housing Census scheduled for September was postponed because the conditions for its realization “are not currently met”, according to the director of the Center for Population and Development Studies (CEPDE), Diego González Galbán, according to the newspaper. official gramma.
The last population and housing censuses in Cuba took place in 2002 and 2012. The result of the 2012 census reported that the country had 11,167,325 inhabitants, compared to 11,177,743 counted in 2002.
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