Looking Forward to a Dynamic Third Age - Spanish Mapping Report

Abstract

The population analysis presented here has been performed on the Spanish population as a whole and, in nearly all cases, whenever it was possible for us, also on the differential demographic evolution of the Alicante province. The data used were obtained from the INE (Spanish initials for National Statistics Institute), basically from the aspects included in Demography and Population (singularly, Population and Household Projection, Ongoing Municipal Register Statistics, Population Censuses, Population Natural Movement and Basic Demographic Indicators; and we have also resorted to the Active Population Survey at some stage). No special mention has been made of the migratory movements which, despite their importance and decisiveness during the last decade, have seen their influence on the population as a whole reflected on all the remaining demographic magnitudes (population growth, greater or lesser ageing degree, contribution to birth rate) and, especially, because the medium-term projections may strongly fluctuate, as it can be easily verified through the analysis of the last few years. We have nearly always resorted to the projections available until 2028-29 because almost all of them can refer both to the whole of Spain and to the specific area that we are dealing with, the Alicante province, whereas those available until 2064 only refer to Spain as a whole and, moreover, they are practically a sort of continuation of the medium-term data available.