Population Change Index, 1975–2015
Population Change Index, 1975–2015
Population change in Serbia, expressed using the Population Change Index was observed in 1975–2015. The GHS-POP R2019A data set - GHS population grid multitemporal [European Commission, Joint Research Center, 2019] was used to calculate the index. The overview of the index results enables a deeper insight into the intensity and spatial expression of depopulation. Various categories of population decline/increase have been derived; as the basis for identifying the most demographically endangered areas in Serbia, as well as, areas marked by population expansion. The index values indicate a change in population size, i.e. the percentage of population decline/increase in the observed period
Population increase is a feature typical for large urban areas and their suburban zones, some valleys, as well as traditionally vital zones where the minority population dominates. Population decline is especially prominent in the peripheral zones of the South Serbia. These are mostly mountainous areas and those traditionally affected by depopulation, a continuous out-migration trend and a negative natural increase. In that part of Serbia, depopulation is detected not only in rural areas, marked by demographically depleted zones, but also in smaller urban areas, which are gradually losing their vitality.
<aside> 📝 Indicator values that are missing for the municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac are a consequence of limitations in the used data source.
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This web site has been produced with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) support, within the Depopulation Data Challenge Call. The contents of this site are the sole responsibility of the team “Geoanalitičari” and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNDP, UNFPA, nor GIZ.
