For years, more and more people are moving from Danish rural areas to more populated urban areas in Denmark – something that is also a global phenomenon.
However, the depopulation of rural areas in Denmark is to some extent limited by the fact that more people of Eastern European origin settled instead.
A new report from Statistics Denmark has revealed that Danish rural areas have experienced an increase of 38,500 inhabitants originating in Eastern European countries.
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Young with families
Meanwhile, the population of ethnic Danish population in the same remote areas has decreased by 79,000 in the same period.
Eastern Europeans who settle in Danish districts often come from Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland and work in the agricultural or industrial sector.
Few of these settlers are over 60 – over 50 percent of 20-39 year olds live with families.
The report also showed that more citizens from Syria and Eritrea were settling in rural areas.
A rural municipality in Denmark is categorized with less than 30,000 inhabitants in its largest city and a relatively low job availability.
Source: The Nordic Page