Poland faces prolonged demographic crisis

Poland entered the period of a longer demographic crisis, according to the Central Statistical Office’s (GUS) study.
“The fall in the number of births recorded in 2018 confirms this, and the current crisis may be a longer trend,”  it was written. The forecast results indicate that over the next 25 years, the population of Poland will decrease by 2.8 million people (as a reminder - over the past 25 years it has increased by over 360,000).
The GUS emphasizes that births are a key factor affecting the number and structure of the population. To ensure stable demographic development of the country, every aged 15-49 woman should have 2.1-2.15 born children, while the current average reaches approx. 1.43.

(PAP)