The preliminary data of the 2023 Census who carries on the Statistics National Institute (INE) would confirm the projections of specialists that population growth will practically “cease to exist” in the future. Uruguay.
A few days ago, the president of the state body, Diego Aboalassured the press that population growth is “small” in the country, and that the estimates made in the previous census (2011), which indicated that there should currently be more than 3, would surely not be reached. 5 million inhabitants.
The vision of the head of the INE seems to be shared by the demographer and researcher of the Population Program of the University of the Republic (udelar), Ignacio Pardowho said, in dialogue with Telemundo, that “Uruguay It is a country where population growth is almost going to cease to exist”, so it should not be expected that the Uruguayan population will continue to grow.
“What we expected is a slight population growth from 2011 to 2023. Apparently, this slight growth is going to be milder than expected,” said the demographer.
“What is to be expected is that other changes are processed,” he expressed in reference to the gradual aging of the population, or changes in territorial distribution or family structures.
“It always seems to us in our intuitions that growing is a symptom of population vitality, but it is not like that,” said the specialist, who added that “in fact, the most prosperous populations are not the ones that see their population grow.” In Uruguay Nor would a migratory impact be reflected.
The first data from the 2023 Census will be released in September
The last census, in 2011, recorded that in Uruguay lived some 3,286,314 of people. On this occasion, the first data from the 2023 Census They will be known in the month of September, and the detailed figures will be given during the first months of 2024.
“The indications are that population growth, if it has existed, has been relatively small,” Aboal said.
Source: Ambito
