Demographic events, Slovenia, 4th quarter 2017

In the 4th quarter of 2017 negative natural increase and positive net migration, total increase positive

In the fourth quarter of 2017 natural increase negative, net migration positive. Total increase was 990 persons.

  • 25 April 2018 at 10:30
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  • provisional data

Negative natural increase
In the fourth quarter of 2017, 4,809 live births and 5,075 deaths were recorded in Slovenia. Natural increase was negative (–266), the value of natural increase per 1,000 population (–0.5) remained unchanged compared to the same quarter of 2016.
Compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, the number of live births was 47 (1.0%) higher, and the number of deaths was 62 (1.2%) higher.

Fewer marriages and divorces
In the fourth quarter of 2017, 759 couples were married and 614 couples were divorced. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, the number of marriages was (21.9%) lower and the number of divorces was (10.5%) lower.  

Increase in internal migration
In the fourth quarter of 2017, 28,950 people migrated internally, which is 0.9% more than in the same period of 2016.

Net migration of Slovenian citizens negative for the twenty-seventh consecutive quarter
Compared to the same period of 2016, the number of immigrants to Slovenia increased by 28% to 5.514 in the fourth quarter of 2017. The number of emigrants increased by 5% to 4.258. The number of emigrated citizens of Slovenia (2,238) again exceeded the number of emigrated foreigners (2,020).

Positive net migration was recorded for foreign nationals (2,534 persons), while 1,278 Slovene citizens more emigrated from Slovenia than immigrated to it.
Live births and deaths, Slovenia
Live births and deaths, Slovenia
1) Provisional data.
Source: SURS
Demographic events, Slovenia
X–XII 2016X–XII 20171)
numberper 1,000
population2)
numberper 1,000
population2)
Live births4,7629.24,8099.2
Deaths5,0139.75,0759.7
Natural increase-251-0.5-266-0.5
Immigrants from abroad4,3058.35,51410.6
Emigrants to abroad4,0387.84,2588.2
Net migration2670.51,2562.4
Total increase160.09901.9
Marriages9721.97591.5
Divorces6861.36141.2
Internal migration28,70355.328,95055.6
1) Provisional data.
2) The values are calculated from absolute data and are due to rounding not always equal to the sum/difference of corresponding indicators.
Source: SURS
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Quarterly data for 2017 are provisional. Final quarterly data for 2017 will be published on 23 July 2018.
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