The proposals of the experts to reverse the population pyramid that affects Salamanca
The significant decrease in students that Salamanca has been dragging for years shows the effects of the low birth rate and the aging process of the province. The comparison with 2002, for example, offers a clear vision that the population pyramid has grown fatter in the older sections, while it has become dangerously thinner at the base, that of the younger generations.
The data demonstrates this. There were 50,925 under 20s in Salamanca as of July 2021, almost 10,000 fewer than there were at the beginning of the century. On the other hand, those over 80 years of age have gone from being below 22,000 to over 33,000 in the same period. And the most worrying comparison. If there were more than 100,000 people from Salamanca between the ages of 20 and 39, who are supposed to be at the best age to have children, in 2002, now there are only 64,300. A fall that has had a direct impact on the birth rate.
What options does Salamanca have to turn the situation around? The range is not very wide according to several Salamanca population experts. More and better jobs, conciliation and immigration measures are the main proposals.
