Demographics of New Duveland

The population of New Duveland is approximately 17 million. New Duveland is a very urban country, with 74% of the population living in just 20 cities, with 21.6% of the total population living in Tasbury. New Duveland cities rank highly on international liveability measures. For instance, in 2010 Tasbury was ranked the world's 3rd most liveable city and Macquarie the 9th by the Mercer Quality of Life Survey. The life expectancy of a New Duveland child born in 2008 was 84.6 years for females, and 80.2 years for males. Life expectancy at birth is forecast to increase from 82 years to 87 in 2050 and infant mortality is expected to decline. New Duveland fertility rate of 2.8 is high for a developed country, with natural births account for a significant proportion of population growth. Subsequently, the country has a predominately young population compared to most industrialised nations, with 22% of New Duvians being 14 years-old or younger. By 2060 the population is forecast to reach 40 million, the median age to rise from 35 years to 42 years and the percentage of people 60 years of age and older to rise from 15% to 25%.

Cities
A city in New Duveland is defined by the following, it must be larger than 20,000 people. There are currently over 50 cities in New Duveland. Currently 74% of the people in New Duveland live in urban areas. This is slowly rising as population growth from natural increases and migration is highest in the provincial capitals, with the urbanization rate expected to grow from 74% in 2013 to over 85% by 2050. Current Government strategies aim to keep urbanization levels low, with a slower rate at 78% aimed for 2050, with the developments of regional towns and cities such as the Silver Shore, Valéry and Kinsale being the key cities. Along with the rest of the developed world, fertility rates are falling dramatically but have so far stayed above 2.0, with government strategies aiming to keep it at or above 2.0 until at least 2050.

Country of birth
According to the New Duvian Bureau of Statistics, in mid-2013 there were 4,398,732 residents who were born outside New Duveland, representing 26% of the total population. The New Duvian-resident population consists of people who were born in these countries: