US EditionEU’s Population Projected to Drop by 11.7% by 2100
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Much smaller and much older: by the end of the century, the European population will shrink rapidly and be lost, keeping Eurostat in its new forecast. Without immigration, it would almost halve.
According to the latest forecasts from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), the EU population will decrease by 11.7% between 2025 and 2100.
EU population could shrink by more than 50 million by 2100 - EurostatEurostat predicts the EU population will shrink to 398.8 million. The proportion of people aged over 80 will rise from 6% to 16% due to the ageing of the nation.
EU population to decline by 11% in 2100
According to the latest Eurostat figures, the population in the EU is expected to decline by a considerable 11.7% by the year 2100, to below 400 million. The decrease is predicted to be 53 million from the 2025 population of 451.8 million. In 2025, the EU population was estimated at 451.8 million people, having resumed its growth trend in 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic disruption in 2021. This recovery was largely driven by migration, which ha…
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