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Kevin Maybury takes a look at the demographic issues facing Bermuda

OBA senator said that more research should be done to find out why people are leaving

Fewer than a third say they intend to live on the island for the rest of their lives

Estimates from the Department of Statistics show that the population has dipped to a 20-year low

Kevin Maybury welcomes back Michael Fahy into the conversation around immigration and population deficit

The Government has posted a consultation page on its website asking for ways to increase the number of people of working age in Bermuda

The island’s resident population fell by more than 200 people between 2020 and 2021, with a growing number of deaths and fewer births. The Annual Report of the Registry General reported 494 births in 2021, 47 fewer than in the previous year, while 73...

The Government today admitted it has failed to work out the “magic number” for Bermuda’s ideal population size. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said that despite talks with the finance ministry, ministers had yet to figure out a “ballpark” numbe...

Bermuda has to “address its aversion to immigration” and also find ways to encourage highly educated Bermudians who have emigrated to return, according to economist Craig Simmons. That’s because it has an ageing population which is failing produce e...

Fifteen more babies were born in 2020 than a year earlier, reversing a trend that began with the financial crisis of 2008. The increase from 525 to 540 registered births does not appear to have been due to a baby boom many predicted when the world w...

Deaths in Bermuda outnumbered births for the first time in at least 80 years in 2017-18, statisticians revealed yesterday. The Bermuda Digest of Statistics 2019 said a record low of 530 births and a record number of 532 deaths were logged over the pe...

Over the past decade, Bermuda’s population and workforce have been shrinking. According to government statistics, our population has been in a steady decline since 2010, and it is projected to keep on shrinking. Between 2010 and 2020, the Government ...