31.000 Greeks and 191.000 immigrants!
31.01.2011
22:08
There is 11.3 million of us in Greece, but how many are actually Greeks?
There is 11.3 million of us in Greece, but how many are actually Greeks?
The data released on Monday afternoon by the Hellenic Statistical Authority most eloquently highlights facts that might prove elusive when analyzed in absolute numbers.
These facts are none other than that in five years (2005-2009), the population of Greece increased from 11,083 million people to 11,305 million, an increase of about 222.000.
However, of these 222.000, 31.000 are Greeks while 191.000 are immigrants who came to the country in the last five years! Thus, the figures add up to immigrants populating the country six times more than Greeks, with only 9.500 newborn Greeks in the entire country.
Without any racist angle, it is obvious that we are proportionately fewer than the immigrants coming to our country.
-Births in Greece in 2009 remained at similar levels in comparison to 2008, reaching 117.933. The total fertility rate had been plummeting since 1980 (2.2) to 1.3 in 2005, but showed an upward trend to 1.4 in 2007 and 1.5 circa 2009. However, it still remains below the generation replacement rate of 2.1. The average maternal age was 31.1 years in 2009 versus 25.9 in 1975. The continued increase in both absolute numbers and in the percentage of total births outside marriage is also notable.
-Deaths remained at the levels of past years and reached 108.316 in 2009. The mortality rate presents an increase from 9.3 in 1991 to 9.6 per 1000 citizens in 2009. This is not an indicator of premature deaths but deaths due to aging. The average age of death, which was 71.8 for men and 77.6 in women in 1995, has been increasing drastically, becoming 74.0 for men and 80.0 for women in 2009.
-The infant mortality rate shows a continuous decline; from 18.0 in 1980 it reached 2.7 in 2008 and 3.1 in 2009.
Life expectancy at birth rose to 77.7 years for men and 82.8 for women in 2009, against 73.5 and 78.4 years respectively in 1985.
These facts are none other than that in five years (2005-2009), the population of Greece increased from 11,083 million people to 11,305 million, an increase of about 222.000.
However, of these 222.000, 31.000 are Greeks while 191.000 are immigrants who came to the country in the last five years! Thus, the figures add up to immigrants populating the country six times more than Greeks, with only 9.500 newborn Greeks in the entire country.
Without any racist angle, it is obvious that we are proportionately fewer than the immigrants coming to our country.
-Births in Greece in 2009 remained at similar levels in comparison to 2008, reaching 117.933. The total fertility rate had been plummeting since 1980 (2.2) to 1.3 in 2005, but showed an upward trend to 1.4 in 2007 and 1.5 circa 2009. However, it still remains below the generation replacement rate of 2.1. The average maternal age was 31.1 years in 2009 versus 25.9 in 1975. The continued increase in both absolute numbers and in the percentage of total births outside marriage is also notable.
-Deaths remained at the levels of past years and reached 108.316 in 2009. The mortality rate presents an increase from 9.3 in 1991 to 9.6 per 1000 citizens in 2009. This is not an indicator of premature deaths but deaths due to aging. The average age of death, which was 71.8 for men and 77.6 in women in 1995, has been increasing drastically, becoming 74.0 for men and 80.0 for women in 2009.
-The infant mortality rate shows a continuous decline; from 18.0 in 1980 it reached 2.7 in 2008 and 3.1 in 2009.
Life expectancy at birth rose to 77.7 years for men and 82.8 for women in 2009, against 73.5 and 78.4 years respectively in 1985.
-The marriage percentage in 2009 was 5.3 marriages per 1000 inhabitants, when the rate was 7.3 in 1980 and 9 in 1960. This development has had a negative effect on the number of biths. The average age of women marrying for the first time gradually rose from 24.1 years in 1991 to 28.9 in 2009.
Also noteworthy is the rapid increase in civil ceremonies, which now amount to 42% of all weddings.
Also noteworthy is the rapid increase in civil ceremonies, which now amount to 42% of all weddings.
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