By 2050, the population of the six countries of the Western Balkans will be about three million people less than current levels, says a new UN report, quoted by the Macedonian media "Libertas" , quoted by Focus.
According to the forecasts, by the middle of the century, the Western Balkans will have a population of 13,975,000 people, instead of 16,977,000 (data from last year).
Serbia, which had 6,788,000 inhabitants last year, will remain with a population of 5,554,000 in 2050, i.e. with about 1.2 million fewer inhabitants. If the forecast comes true, it will be a decline of 18.2 percent.
Bosnia and Herzegovina will "fall” from 3,194,000 to 2,469,000 inhabitants, which is 22.7 percent less, and Albania – from 2,822,000 to 2,251,000 residents, a decrease of 20.2 percent.
North Macedonia, which had a population of 1,836,000 last year, will remain with a population of 1,519,000, a decrease of 17.3 percent. Montenegro, instead of a population of 628,000, will have 535,000, or 14.8 percent less.