Demography updates of the day:
- Cuba ended 2008 with a population of 11.24 million;
- By 2025, the Cuban population will decline by 100,000;
- By 2032, it will drop below 11 million;
- The nation will officially have the oldest population in Latin America in only 15 years.
The island’s National Statistics Office cited aging and lower fertility rates as the cause for the decreasing population, but notably did not mention the effect of emigration on these population trends. It did mention that the costs of providing health and social services will increase, and that economic productivity will be negatively affected, as well.