EU population up by 1.8 million (+0.4%) last year to 510 million

[Tender Branson]

On 1 January 2016, the population of the European Union (EU) was estimated at 510.1 million, compared with 508.3 million on 1 January 2015.

During the year 2015, almost 5.1 million babies were born in the EU, while more than 5.2 million persons died, meaning that the EU recorded for the first time ever a negative natural change of its population. The remainder of the change (positive) is driven mainly by net migration.

The most populated EU Member States continue to be Germany (82.2 million residents), France (66.7 million), the United Kingdom (65.3 million) and Italy (60.7 million). Together, they are home to more than half of the EU population.



These figures are issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, just before the World Population Day (11 July).

During 2015, the population increased in seventeen EU Member States and decreased in eleven.

The largest increase was observed in Luxembourg (+23.3 per 1 000 residents), ahead of Austria (+14.4‰), Germany (+11.8‰), Malta (+11.7‰), Sweden (+10.6‰), Denmark (+8.4‰) and Belgium (+7.2‰).

In contrast, the largest decreases were recorded in Lithuania (-11.3‰), Latvia (-8.7‰) and Croatia (-8.2‰), followed by Bulgaria (-6.7‰), Greece (-6.0‰), and Romania (-5.6‰).

In total, the population of the EU increased by almost 2 million people (+3.5‰) during the year 2015.



During the year 2015, nearly 5.1 million babies were born in the EU, 40 000 fewer than the previous year. Across Member States, the highest crude birth rates in 2015 were recorded in Ireland (14.2 per 1 000 residents), France (12.0‰), the United Kingdom (11.9‰) and Sweden (11.7‰), while the lowest were registered in Italy (8.0‰), Portugal (8.3‰) and Greece (8.5‰). At EU level, the crude birth rate was 10.0 per 1 000 residents.

There were slightly over 5.2 million deaths registered in the EU in 2015, 286 000 more than the previous year. Bulgaria (15.3 per 1 000 residents) had in 2015 the highest crude death rate, followed by Latvia and Lithuania(both 14.4‰), Hungary (13.4‰) Romania (13.2‰) and Croatia (12.9‰). At the opposite end of the scale, Ireland (6.4‰), Cyprus (6.9‰) and Luxembourg (7.0‰) recorded the lowest. The crude death rate was 10.3 per 1 000 residents in the EU.

Consequently, Ireland (with a natural change of its population of +7.7‰) was in 2015 the Member State where births most outnumbered deaths, ahead of Cyprus (+3.9‰), Luxembourg (+3.7‰), France (+3.0‰), the United Kingdom (+2.7‰) and Sweden (+2.4‰). In contrast, among the thirteen EU Member States which registered a negative natural change in 2015, deaths outnumbered births the most in Bulgaria (-6.2‰), Croatia and Hungary (both -4.0‰), Romania (-3.8‰), Lithuania (-3.5‰) and Latvia (-3.3‰).

http://www.finchannel.com/~finchannel/index.php/world/58549-eu-population-up-to-slightly-over-510-million-at-1-january-2016

[Blue3]

Have to subtract the UK population now

[Antonio the Sixth]

Have to subtract the UK population now

Breaking news: Brexit causes sharp demographic collapse on the continent.

[Tender Branson]

Have to subtract the UK population now

Not yet ... Brexit should take ca. 2-3 years.

[Blue3]

Have to subtract the UK population now

Breaking news: Brexit causes sharp demographic collapse on the continent.

EU =/= Europe

[Derpist]

lol @ the massive gain in Germany despite their miserable birthrates. they are so damn screwed.

[Blue3]

lol @ the massive gain in Germany despite their miserable birthrates. they are so damn screwed.

Because brown people?

[Derpist]

lol @ the massive gain in Germany despite their miserable birthrates. they are so damn screwed.

Because brown people?

I don't know if Syrians count as brown people. For one, there was a lot of intense Syrian racism against other "refugee" groups like Eritreans and stuff. They're pretty Mediterranean/white. Race isn't a good determination of outcomes, Vietnamese Germans integrate fine.

But yes, importing millions of disproportionately uneducated young Muslim men into a Western society with not a lot of other young people (a demographic nightmare) is probably going to end poorly.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

So what's with the trend new Orwellian Newspeak of "importing" people? I've noticed a few edgelords have stated using the line recently.

[Blue3]

lol @ the massive gain in Germany despite their miserable birthrates. they are so damn screwed.

Because brown people?

I don't know if Syrians count as brown people. For one, there was a lot of intense Syrian racism against other "refugee" groups like Eritreans and stuff. They're pretty Mediterranean/white. Race isn't a good determination of outcomes, Vietnamese Germans integrate fine.

But yes, importing millions of disproportionately uneducated young Muslim men into a Western society with not a lot of other young people (a demographic nightmare) is probably going to end poorly.

What about Christian Syrians? What about old Muslim men? What about Muslim women?

[Derpist]

What about Christian Syrians? What about old Muslim men? What about Muslim women?

Those are not the ones who have gotten to Germany. There's lots of reports of violence against Christian Syrian refugees, so they never get too far from the refugee camps. And they should probably be admitted through normal refugee protocols since they are actually facing genocide (at least they will if Assad loses).  Likewise, the guys who decided to just storm from Turkey to Germany are rarely children or the elderly. At least the British had the good sense to take a few people from the camps and turn away the line-cutters.