The population in the Balearics has grown by 50% since 2000
Islands reaching overpopulation
The Balearics are reaching bursting point | Photo: Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma22/08/2022 10:45
The Balearics are moving towards overpopulation.
Over the next 13 years, by 2035, the number of residents will be double the number who lived in the islands in 1985.
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Most of this is due to the PP government changing the laws to let in hundreds of thousands of South Americans from around 2002 onwards, as cheap labour for the construction boom.