DEMUS-FLANDERS, a micro-macro dynamic simulation model for the Flemish municipal demographic forecast.

Ingrid Schockaert , Statistics Flanders, Government of Flanders
Jan Pickery, Statistics Flanders, Government of Flanders
Lisa Van Landschoot, Statistics Flanders

The poster presents the methodology of the micro-macro simulation model DEMUS-FLANDERS developed for the 'Flemish municipal demographic forecasts 2023-2045'. The model estimates the population by age, gender and household position, as well as the number of households by size and composition for the 300 cities and municipalities of the Flemish Region. DEMUS-FLANDERS model is based on the open source dynamic simulation platform Liam II. The model handles processes of household formation in a very detailed way, and simultaneously at the municipal level, the household level and the individual level. In addition, spatial and household dynamics are simulated as linked events.

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 Presented in Session P1. Fertility, Family, Life Course