The Phenomenon of Demographic Ageing at the National Level and the Big Cities of Romania
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| Pages: | 27 : 37 |
| Abstract: | A particular case of the evolution of population aging at a global level is represented by the developments in Central and Eastern Europe where a brutal decline in fertility is recorded as a result of the economic and political changes that followed the fall of the communist regimes. Romania is part of this general picture, facing demographic changes that have medium and long-term implications. The country's population decreased between 1990 and 2024, by approximately one million people and continues to decline constantly. This trend is determined on the one hand by low fertility, but also by high external migration. In the long term, a negative factor on the demographic evolution in Romania is the emigration of the female population of childbearing age, and in the short and medium term, the large influx of young workers contributes to the aging of the workforce, reducing the size of the active population and the number of contributors to social assistance budgets and thus increasing the pressure on social security expenditures. The paper aims to analyse the evolution, size and structure of the demographic phenomenon in metropolitan areas in Romania. |
| JEL classification: | H70, H83, J10, J11 |
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H70, H83, J10, J11
