DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS IN RURAL AREAS OF POLAND AND BULGARIA

Abstract

This report aims to analyse and assess the trends in the development of demographic processes in rural areas of Poland and Bulgaria and their consequences which affect the development of the rural areas. Trends in the demographic processes in rural areas in 2010 – 2021 were analysed and assessed. Different coefficients of demographic replacement and trends in their changes were established. On this base, comparisons between were made and conclusions about the worsening of the demographic structures and the possibilities for the development of the local economies and communities in both countries were made