A country on the move : migration and demographic crisis in Latvia
| Faculty/Professorship: | Geographical Migration and Transition Studies |
| Author(s): | Göler, Daniel  |
| Publisher Information: | Bamberg : opus |
| Year of publication: | 2018 |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Source/Other editions: | Ursprünglich in: Baltic Rim Economies Review : Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland ; bimonthly review 12 (2015), 3, S. 42 - 43 |
| Year of first publication: | 2015 |
| Language(s): | English |
| DOI: | 10.20378/irbo-52257 |
| Licence: | German Act on Copyright |
| URL: | https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bamberg/frontdoor/i... |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-opus4-522576 |
| Abstract: | Since regaining independence in 1991, Latvia has suffered massive population loss. At that time, the country had roughly 2.7 million inhabitants. Today, officials count almost 2 million. Between the censuses in 1989 and 2011, this decline was approximately 600,000 people, representing 22.5% of the population. This is by far the highest value in Europe. Latvia’s shrinking population is a result of the interplay between natural and spatial population movements. Latvia is facing a persistent demographic crisis with problems such as fertility decline, ageing, out-migration, brain drain and regional polarization. |
| GND Keywords: | Lettland; Migration; Bevölkerungsrückgang |
| Keywords: | Latvia, Migration, Demographic Crisis |
| DDC Classification: | 910 Geography & travel |
| RVK Classification: | RQ 22594 |
| Type: | Article |
| URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/44026 |
| Year of publication: | 30. July 2018 |
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