Since 2009 , that is 13 years ago , the population of La Maddalena has been systematically decreasing from year to year . The latest registry survey, carried out on December 27 (yesterday), also marks a negative balance for 2022 : -89 inhabitants compared to 2021; (-103 in 2021, -45 in 2020, -96 in 2019). The deaths, in this year that is about to end, are 124 and the births are about half, 57. And to straighten the situation a bit, immigrants were not enough, 197, since, on the other hand, they went to live permanently elsewhere (emigrated), in 219.
Among the emigrants there are not only non-Italian citizens but also several "islanders" , mostly quite young, who have decided, by choice or work-related necessity, to move elsewhere.
Returning to the year 2009 , which marked the last time there was a population surplus (it was the year following the retirement of US Navy military and civilian personnel, which however were not accounted for in the population), there were no less than 289 immigrants ; then, evidently, the island gave, to those arriving from elsewhere, greater prospects of work and life.
In any case, the overall population of this year 2022, except for some minimal adjustments in the last few days, stands at 10,860 inhabitants (of which 5,426 men and 5,434 women).