Population development in the city of Maribor in the years between 1981 and 2002

V prispevku so prikazane značilnosti prebivalstvenega razvoja v mestu Maribor med letoma 1981 in 2002. Razvoj je sledil glavnim razvojnim tendencam v drugih večjih mestih v Sloveniji, vendar je bila v obravnavanem obdobju depopulacija najbolj intenzivna prav v Mariboru. V zadnjih letih trend zmanjševanja števila prebivalstva v Mariboru kaže na letno stopnjo zmanjšanja za okoli 1,2 %. Maribor ima med večjimi mesti v Sloveniji tudi najvišji delež starega prebivalstva in najvišji starostni indeks. Zaradi vpliva različnih socialnih in ekonomskih dejavnikov se demografske razmere razlikujejo po posameznih delih mesta.The article discusses the characteristics of the population growth in the city of Maribor between 1981 and 2002. The development basically followed the tendencies of other larger Slovene cities. However, the process of depopulation was most intensive in Maribor. In the recent years the tendencies of decrease in the number of inhabitants in Maribor indicate the annual rate of 1.2 %. Maribor has also, compared to other larger cities, the highest age index of population. Due to the influence of various social and economic factors, the demographic circumstances differ from one part of the city to another