Demographic disaster in Cuba, inhabitants drops by 10%

(ANSA) – HAVANA, JULY 19 – Within the final three years, Cuba’s inhabitants has decreased by 10.1%. The information had been launched by Juan Carlos Alfonso Fraga, deputy head of the Nationwide Workplace of Statistics and Info throughout a presentation to the deputies of the Meeting. On the finish of 2023, Cuba recorded an precise inhabitants of simply over 10 million inhabitants, 10.1% lower than in 2020. This was reported by the Cuban portal Juventud Rebelde. The principle decreases had been recorded proportionally in Havana, Cienfuegos and Mayabeque and the smallest in Granma, Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba. Relating to the interval 2021-2023, it was highlighted that in Cuba there have been 284,891 births, whereas deaths within the three years reached 405,512. As well as, the downward pattern within the variety of births continues and in 2024 it’s anticipated to be lower than 80,000, the bottom determine since 1959. In 2023, nearly a fifth of the nation’s inhabitants (24.4%) was over 60 years outdated, a determine that makes Villa Clara, Havana and Sancti Spiritus the oldest areas within the nation. (ANSA).