Groenewolf
08-09-2011, 07:58 AM
The Baltic Times (http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/29232/)
RIGA -- Latvia;'s official statistics agency has found that the country's population has been decreasing at a faster rate over the past few years.
A of the beginning of July, the Latvian population shrank by more than half a percent from the start of the year. The statistics agency said this was due to long term emigration and, to a lesser extent, deaths exceeding births.
This is the first time in recent history that emigration has played a larger factor in population decline than the low birth rate.
RIGA -- Latvia;'s official statistics agency has found that the country's population has been decreasing at a faster rate over the past few years.
A of the beginning of July, the Latvian population shrank by more than half a percent from the start of the year. The statistics agency said this was due to long term emigration and, to a lesser extent, deaths exceeding births.
This is the first time in recent history that emigration has played a larger factor in population decline than the low birth rate.