Population of European Union to decrease 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 by decreasing 6 percent by 2100, and the elderly population will increase.

In the statement of the European Statistics Office (Eurostat), it was reported that the EU population, which decreased in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 epidemic, started to increase again in 2022, and the population will increase to 451 million in 2023, with the Ukrainians coming to European countries due to the war in Ukraine, TRT Haber reports.

The population, which is expected to be 453 million in 2026, is expected to begin to decline from the 2040s to 420 million in 2100.

In addition, it was stated that in 2100, the ratio of people under the age of 19 to the population will decrease from 20 percent in 2022 to 18 percent, and the proportion of people in the working age group between 20 and 64 will decrease from 59 percent to 50 percent of the total population.

It is predicted that the elderly population will increase, the share of the 65-79 age group in the total population will increase from 15 percent to 17 percent, and the share of those over the age of 80 will increase from 6 percent to 15 percent. Thus, it was stated that the rate of people over 65 years old would be 32 percent.

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