The inhabitants of the Aosta Valley are less than 124 thousand. Births are constantly decreasing and the average age is constantly increasing
Valle d’Aosta continues to lose inhabitants. Births are decreasing and the average age is increasing and the only factor of demographic increase, immigration, is slowing down. According to the head of the Aosta Valley Economic and Social Observatory, Dario Ceccarelli, these are “worrying” figures.
The point on the demographic situation of the Valle d’Aosta was made on the occasion of the Day of Economy, a useful event to take stock of the economic and social trend of the Valle d’Aosta.
The extraordinary nature of the year 2020, devastating from an economic point of view, inevitably reflects on the demographic situation. Even if, in hindsight, the negative data for 2020 are in line with the trend recorded for several years now.
Illustrating the current demographic picture, Ceccarelli first of all pointed out the steady decline in the birth rate. Less than 800 births occurred in 2020, while in 2014 there were more than 1,100. For the head of the Regional Observatory, this drastic decrease will have “an immediate effect already in the short term”.
Migratory flows are slowing down, especially entry flows, and are no longer sufficient to compensate for the decrease in the population and its progressive aging. At the beginning of 2021, the Aosta Valley has less than 124 thousand inhabitants. In a decade the population has aged by 3 years and today the average age of the Valle d’Aosta is over 46 years old.
The population of working age is less and less: today around 63%, that is 78 thousand people, compared to 82,700 a decade ago. The decline in these few years is 5.6% and there is no sign of a trend reversal.
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