EU population

In the past 20 years, influenced by the increase in the number of immigrants, the population of the European Union has grown steadily. However, after the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, the upward trend was interrupted, and the EU population dropped from 447.3 million in 2020 to 447 million in 20021year.

The EU countries with the lowest birth rate are Italy, with only 7.3‰, followed by Spain (7.9‰), Greece (8. 1‰) and Portugal (8.5‰). In addition, Eurostat predicts that from 2044, the population of the EU will decline and the problem of aging will become more and more serious.

Current situation of EU population:

From the perspective of population structure, the proportion of people aged 80 and above will rise from 3.4% of 200 1 to 5.9% in 2020. The average age of first birth increased from 28.8 years in 20 13 to 29.4 years in 20 19. From the perspective of population diversity, from 20 14 to 20 19, Moroccans and Albanians were the two major groups that obtained the citizenship of EU member states, and from 20 14 to 20 18, Turks ranked third and British citizens ranked third.