The EU population will decline and age by 2100

It is stated that the total population of the countries that make up the European Union (EU) will decrease by 27.3 million, decreasing by 6 percent by the year 2100, and the population of older adults will increase.

In the statement of the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), it was reported that the population of the EU, which decreased in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 epidemic, began to increase again in 2022, and the population will increase to 451 million in 2023, with the arrival of Ukrainians in European countries due to the war in Ukraine.

The population, which is expected to be 453 million in 2026, is expected to start declining from the 2040s to 420 million in 2100. Furthermore, it was indicated that by 2100, the ratio of children under 19 to the population will decrease from 20 percent in 2022 to 18 percent, and the proportion of people of working age between 20 and 64 will decrease from 59 percent to 50 percent of the total population.

The elderly population is forecast to increase, with the proportion of the 65-79 age group in the total population increasing from 15 to 17 percent, and the proportion of people over 80 years of age increasing from 6 to 15 percent. Thus, it was proposed that the rate of people over 65 years of age would be 32 percent.

In the Eurostat calculations, factors such as birth rates, death rates and migration in EU countries were taken into account. (AA)