Changing continent: The EU’s population is declining, new figures reveal

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Eurostat’s Demography of Europe report documents various factors affecting the lives of tens of millions of people.

The European Union population decreased by more than half a million compared to 2020, according to the latest demographic statistics published by Eurostat.

The report revealed the adverse effect of COVID-19 casualties on the EU population, interrupting the annual growth observed until 2020.

Despite 17 EU member nations showing an absolute increase in population, seven countries followed the opposite trend, including significant decreases in Italy, Poland, Greece, and Croatia.

The annual demographic statistics, produced by Europe’s official stats crunchers aim to look at how the population is developing in the region across a number of key metrics.

Here are some of the highlights from the latest report:

EU population on the decline

The EU’s population on 1 January 2022, was 446.7 million – a slight decrease compared to the same day in 2021.

Although the population overall has grown by 4% compared to 2001, the population fell for the second consecutive year.

There were 585,000 fewer people in January 2022 compared to the first day of 2020 in the European Union.

You can continue reading at the source. There are some interesting charts there: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/05/11/changing-continent-the-eus-population-is-declining-new-figures-reveal?_ope=eyJndWlkIjoiOTg5NmZmMzQ0ZmNjYTlmNjIxZjE4NzkzMGIxY2Q5ODMifQ%3D%3D