Romania's resident population will diminish until 2060 by values comprised between 3.6 million persons to 8.8 million, and the female population will continue to be predominant, according to a research by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
INS has considered five versions to estimate the population's evolution: constant, pessimistic, median, intermediary and optimistic.
The constant version is a "landmark version" with role to compare the results obtained by maintaining the fertility values, the life expectation and the net migration in 2015 as recorded in each county. According to this version, Romania will have 11 million inhabitants in 2060.
The optimistic version for 2060 shows an outcome of 16.3 million inhabitants, while the pessimistic version counts for only 12.5 millions. The median version is the most plausible variant upon the population's evolution, based on which Romania will count for 13.8 million inhabitants in 2060, according to INS. The residing population in the intermediary version is estimated to 15.4 million in 2060.
In all of the five versions, the country's resident population will reduce by 3.6 million to 8.8 million. The female population will continue to be predominant, in 2060 its weight being to reach almost equal figures in both projection versions (51.5pct the optimistic version and 52pct the constant version), recording an increase against 2015 (51.2pct), says the research.
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