EU27 population reaches 500 million with 5.4 million births in 2008
- Half a billion inhabitants in the EU27 by January 1st, 329 million in the euro area
- Euro area unemployment up to 8.2% EU27 to 7.6%
- Euro area unemployment rate at 9.9% EU27 at 9.5%
- Euro area unemployment up to 9.7% and EU27 to 9.2%
- Euro area unemployment up to 8.5% and EU27 to 7.9%
- Euro area unemployment rate up to 10.0% EU27 up to 9.6%
- Euro area unemployment rate up to 10.0%
- Euro area unemployment up to 9.5%, EU27 up to 8.9%
- Euro area unemployment up to 9.5% and EU27 up to 9.0%
- Euro area unemployment up to 9.2% EU27 up to 8.6%
- Euro area unemployment rises to 9.6% and EU27 to 9.1%
- Euro area unemployment rises to 9.4% and EU27 to 8.9%
- Euro area unemployment rate stable at 9.8% EU27 up to 9.3%
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.1% – EU27 down to 6.7%
- Euro area unemployment rises to 8.9% and EU27 to 8.3%
On the 1st of January 2009, the population of the EU27 was estimated at 499.8 million, compared with 497.7 million on the 1st of January 2008. The population of the EU27 grew by 2.1 million in 2008, an annual rate of +0.4%, due to a natural increase of 0.6 million and net migration of 1.5 million.
The demographic situation in 2008 in the EU27 is characterised by a continuation of the upward trend in the natural increase which began in 2004, explained by a moderate increase in the crude birth rate and a relatively constant crude death rate, while net migration has remained over the same period at an annual level of between 1.5 and 2 million.
The population of the euro area (EA16) was estimated at 328.7 million on the 1st of January 2009, compared with 327.1 million on the 1st of January 2008. The population of the euro area grew by 1.6 million in 2008, an annual rate of +0.5%, due to a natural increase of 0.4 million and net migration of 1.2 million.
These figures come from a report published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, on demography in the EU27 Member States, EU Candidate, EFTA and other European countries.
EU27 birth rate increased in 2008
5.4 million children were born in the EU27 in 2008. The crude birth rate in the EU27 was 10.9 per 1000 inhabitants, an increase of 0.3 live births per 1000 inhabitants compared with 2007. Between 2007 and 2008 the crude birth rate increased in all Member States except Germany. The highest increases were recorded in Lithuania (10.4‰ in 2008 compared with 9.6‰ in 2007), Ireland (16.9‰ compared with 16.2‰), Cyprus (11.6‰ compared with 10.9‰) and Poland (10.9‰ compared with 10.2‰), Malta stood at 10.0‰ in 2008 up from 9.5‰ in 2007.
There were 4.8 million deaths registered in the EU27 in 2008. The EU27 death rate remained stable at 9.7 deaths per 1000 inhabitants in 2008, the same as in 2007. The highest increases in the death rate were recorded in Germany (10.3‰ in 2008 compared with 10.1‰ in 2007), Malta (13.2‰ compared with 13.0‰) and France (8.5‰ compared with 8.3‰), and the largest decreases in Latvia (13.7‰ compared with 14.5‰), Luxembourg (7.4‰ compared with 8.1‰), and Estonia (12.4‰ compared with 13.0‰).
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