Population changes of the City of Šibenik after 1961

Ovaj rad se bavi demogeografskim promjenama u Gradu Šibeniku koje se prate od Popisa 1961. do Popisa 2011., te se istražuju zakonitosti promjena u samom gradskom naselju i ostalim naseljima koja pripadaju administrativnom području Grada. Došlo je do pada broja stanovnika, uz izrazito negativnu stopu prirodnog kretanja, koju prati regresivni tip dobne strukture, te promjena ekonomskog sastava stanovništva, iz mješovitog u izrazito tercijarni tip stanovništva. Te promjene su izrazitije i nepovoljnije izvan samog gradskog naselja. Pojava depopulacije obilježava gotovo sva naselja Grada, te je izražen neodrživ odnos mladog i starog stanovništva izražen vrlo nepovoljnim indeksom starosti. Potrebne su jezgrovite i odlučne promjene u borbi protiv depopulacije.This paper deals with demographic changes in the City of Šibenik followed by the Census of 1961 to the 2011 Census, and explores the legality of changes in the town and other settlements belonging to the administrative area of the City. There has been a decrease in the number of inhabitants, with an extremely negative rate of natural movement, followed by the regressive type of age structure, and the change of the economic composition of the population, from mixed to a particularly tertiary type of population. These changes are more pronounced and unfavorable beyond the urban settlement itself. The phenomenon of depopulation is characterized by virtually all towns and cities, and the unsatisfactory relationship between the young and the old population is expressed by a very unfavorable age index. There is a need for radical and decisive change in the fight against depopulation