Comparison of the Population Development of Moravia-Silesia Region with Silesian and Opole Voivodeships

The paper deals with an analysis of the population development in three European cohesion regions (Moravia-Silesia region, Silesian voivodship and Opole voivodeship) for the last more than twenty years. The main goal is to analyse their natural increase and migration behaviour. This problem we solve with the help of official statistical data from national statistical offices and Eurostat. We would like to explain territorial differences of the natural and migration movement using demographic indicators as natural increase, net migration and crude rates of natural increase and net migration.