Changes in Fertility and Mortality in Functional Urban Areas

This chapter presents the natural population change in FUAs in the years 1990–2016. In particular, changes in the number of births, deaths, marriages, divorces as well as total natural increase will be investigated in FUAs and other Polish municipalities and according to the size of FUAs. Changes in fertility and marriages/divorces will be examined in association with the spread of the Second Demographic Transition in FUAs in both the cores and the commuting zones.