"It's turned everything completely upside down": The population is growing, and the reasons surprise experts

Even though Danes are having historically few children these years, we are becoming more numerous. One of the reasons is that many immigrants are coming to the country – more than when the immigration debate was at its peak.

By Matías Molina Pérez The 2024 Census revealed that 46,933 international immigrants reside in the Biobío Region, which is equivalent to 2.9% of the total regional population.Although the figure confirms the presence of a stable foreign community, it also reflects a decreasing trend after the migratory peak observed between 2017 and 2019, when more than 17,000 foreign people settled in the area.According to data published by the National Institu…