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Country
Population in thousands Percent of the Alps’
total population
1870* 1990 2000 2007
Austria 1,565.90 3,143.40 3,293.50 3,306.31 23.6
France 1,456.50 2,246.80 2,453.60 2,453.60 17.5**
Germany 396.60 1,262.30 1,375.30 1,484.98 10.6
Italy 3,153.90 3,984.40 4,096.00 4,274.64 30.5
Liechtenstein 7.50 29.00 32.90 35.37 0.3
Monaco 3.40 30.00 32.02 32.02 0.2**
Slovenia 269.40 653.20 642.60 592.85 4.2
Switzerland 972.40 1,616.60 1,743.00 1,830.50 13.1
Alps total 7,825.60 12,967.70 13,662.60 14,010.27 100.0
Tab. 2: Population development from 1870 to 2007 in the territory of the Alpine Convention.
*Sources: Bätzing, W. (1999b): L’attuale andamento demografico nell’arco alpino. Montagna oggi – Rivista dell’Unione Nazionale
Comuni, Comunitá ed Enti Montani. vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 35-41;
Statistics offices of the Alpine states: 1990, 2000/2001 population censuses and 2006/2007 updates.
**Due to lack of current figures, for France and Monaco data from the year 2000 was used.
Inhabitant
class
Percent of
Alps’ total
population
Percent of
total
municipalities
Percent of which
are municipalities
with population
decline of more
than 1 %
Percent of which
are stagnating
municipalities
(growth/decline
below %)
Percent of which
are municipalities
with growth of
more than 1 %
< 500 3.19 31.5 34.0 3.0 63.0
501-1,000 5.70 18.4 24.6 4.7 70.7
1,001-2,500 18.16 26.4 17.2 10.1 72.7
2,501-5,000 20.10 13.7 13.2 4.7 82.1
5,001-10,000 17.70 6.2 13.1 6.2 80.7
10,001-25,000 18.03 3.0 12.0 9.1 78.9
25,001-50,000 8.34 0.6 22.9 17.1 60.0
> 50,000 8.78 0.2 21.4 7.2 71.4
Total 100.0 100.0 24.0 4.9 71.1
Tab. 3: Overview of demographic development in the municipalities of the Alpine Convention, organised by
classes of size (as of 2004).
Sources: Statistik Austria (2005); INSEE: Recensement de la population de 1999; Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung
(2004); Istat (2004); Amt für Volkswirtschaft (2000); Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Regional Statistics
(2004).
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