Romania: Romania faces worrying demographic crisis, CIA says

August 4, 2022

Romania faces worrying demographic crisis, CIA says
Aug 4, 2022

Romania faces worrying demographic crisis, CIA says.

Using the most recent data collected during the census of the past months, the US intelligence service warned that Romania has the second highest mortality rate in the world. At the same time, Romania’s natality rate places it at the bottom of the ranking. The two indicators signal an (...)

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