Europe's ageing population
The share of people in the 15-29-year-old age range decreased from 18.1% in 2011, to 16.3% in 2021.
This trend is expected to continue and become even more pronounced in rural regions.
By 2050, the share of people over 65 will be around 30%, compared to around 20% today..
The demographics of the European Union show a highly populated, culturally diverse union of 27 member states.
As of 1 January 2023, the population of the EU is slightly over 448 million people. 0.1% (2020 est.) 9.5 births per 1,000 (2020 est.).
Since the 1970s, demographers have observed negative trends in the population structure in Europe.
The lower birth rates in the recent past and present come with increasing life expectancy for Europeans.
Ongoing low birth rates lead to an ageing of societies if mortality rates remain low..
The share of elderly people continues to increase.
The population of the EU on 1 January 2022 was estimated at 446.7 million.
Young people (0 to 14 years old) made up 15.0 % of the EU's population (see Table 1), while people considered to be of working age (15 to 64 years old) accounted for 63.9 % of the population..
Europe's ageing population
The share of people in the 15-29-year-old age range decreased from 18.1% in 2011, to 16.3% in 2021.
This trend is expected to continue and become even more pronounced in rural regions.
By 2050, the share of people over 65 will be around 30%, compared to around 20% today..
On 1 January 2021, there were 447.0 million people living in the European Union (EU).
The most populous Member State in the EU was Germany (83.2 million, 19 % of the EU total), followed by France (67.4 million, 15 %), Italy (59.3 million, 13 %), Spain (47.4 million, 11 %) and Poland (37.8 million, 9 %)..
330,000,000 people lived in Europe in 1916. In 1950 there were 549,000,000
According to Eurostat, the average birth rate in the European Union was 1.5 children per woman in 2020
Over the last several centuries, religious practice has been on the decline in a process of secularization
Pan and Pfeil (2004) count 87 distinct "peoples of Europe", of which 33 form the majority population in at least one sovereign state
Most of the languages of Europe belong to the Indo-European language family. This family is divided into a number of branches, including Romance
… The European Commission published the Report on the impact of demographic change in 2020
This report presents the drivers of demographic change and the impact they are having across the European Union
The report helps to identify how people, regions and communities that are most affected can best be supported to adapt to demographic changes
The population of Europe in 2015 was estimated to be 741 million according to the United Nations, which was slightly less than 11% of the world population
The precise figure depends on the exact definition of the geographic extent of Europe
At this time of extraordinary hardship and uncertainty, the European Union, its Member States and their regions have a shared interest in responding to the impact of demographic change for the benefit of all Europeans
It is part of Europe’s recovery and of building a more resilient, sustainable and fair Union
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