Demography

In the last ten years Belgian population has increased by 576,491 unit. According to a study of the Direction générale Statistiques et Information économique du SPF Economie the growth concerned mostly the Bruxelles-Capital region that saw its population increasing by 13% compared to 5% of Flanders and to 4,5% of [...]

Over 250 days have passed from general elections but Belgium is far from forming a government. The political deadlock, the longest one in the world (the second longest one is due to Iraq with 249 days without a government), does not reflect, on the contrary, the dynamism of the Belgian [...]

According to Eurostat, the total EU population is projected to rise by 5 % before 2030. However there are big differences between countries and regions of the Old Continent: while there will be large increases in Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Cyprus and Malta, citizens will diminish in Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, [...]

In Poland the demographic fall is becoming disquieting. The decline of newborns, that in the last five years was of 1/5, is estimated at -16% for the 0-14 aged ones within 2035. The SOS is sent out by the Socrates Institute of Warsaw, that in its report “The demographic [...]

On 1 January 2011, the population of the EU-27 was estimated to be 502.5 million. Even if positive the datum should be read with attention and caution. After all the number is a mere addition of national statistics which doesn’t look upon the deep differences that exist between the member [...]

By 2060 in Europe, the over-65 population will increase by 27%. Eurostat estimates that, in fact, it now represents 26% of citizens but, in the coming 50 years it will reach 53%.

In  2100 about 10 billion people will inhabit Earth. According to United Nations projections the greater contribution in global population increase expected to come from African countries. Among the latter, in fact, 39 out of 55 have a high fertility rate. In EU, Ireland will be the most fertile country.

There is an element that the European new generations have in common: it is increasingly difficultto access labour market. Aside from the considerable national differences, it remains to be understood if the young Europeans are not able to access to employment or, instead, if the old workers block their entry. [...]

In France, a male manager live on average 6 years longer than a peer worker. Social differences therefore also affect longevity. However, in women, this gap is less marked. Only 3 years between managers and workers. This was announced by  an Insee report.

With an average of 2 children per woman, France is still one of the European countries with the highest fertility rate. A very high number if compared to '1.3 in Germany. A similar country for social and economic development. The figures were released by the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) [...]

Despite the economic crisis, the high unemployment rate and a lack of faith in the future, the desire for motherhood of French women did not decrease. Actually, contrary to all expectations, it continues growing.  The fertility indicator for 2010 in France reached 2.00 children for every woman, a level that [...]

There are almost 91 thousand territorial authorities in Europe, the vast majority of which are municipalities (89,700), to which must be added provinces and regions. 60% of them are only in France, Italy and Spain. On the average, a European municipality has 5,580 citizens, ranging from 1,680 in the Czech [...]

In France, on 1st January 2010 more than 1 million citizens had already stipulated a civil union, against 743 thousand at the beginning of 2009. Although the number of “Pacs” has registered a steady increase since their legalization (1999), it remains lower than the number of marriages: in 2010 the [...]

The aging population, which affects most of the industrialized countries, has positive effects on the labor market. At least in Germany. Data in hand it turns out, in fact, that in 2010 in Germany has increased the number of people employed in the health sector: + 90 thousand compared to [...]

There is only one thing in common between the Germany of yesterday and today: the federation was and is "the locomotive of Europe". For the rest, in a little over half a century, everything changed. In the '50s, marriage was the natural culmination of love. The couples spent 46% of [...]

With an average of 2 children per woman, France is still one of the European countries with the highest fertility rate. A very high number if compared to '1.3 in Germany. A similar country for social and economic development. The figures were released by the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) [...]

Germany is the poorest European country. At least for what concerns the number of children. According to the population census included in a German study “Wie leben Kinder in Deutschland” (how do live children in Germany) between Alps and the Baltic Sea there are only 13.1 millions of under 18. [...]

Germany is the oldest country in Europe. This was revealed by a recent study presented by the Federal Office of Statistics, which examines the twenty years following the reunification. They show that from 1990 to 2009 the percentage of elderly increased by 41%, from almost 12milion of over-65 to 17 [...]

According to the 2011 Census the population of Ireland, reached 4.5 million. The highest figure since the last 150 years. These are only preliminary results released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on the profile of the green island inhabitants.

In  2100 about 10 billion people will inhabit Earth. According to United Nations projections the greater contribution in global population increase expected to come from African countries. Among the latter, in fact, 39 out of 55 have a high fertility rate. In EU, Ireland will be the most fertile country.

Once Ireland was regarded as an admirable tiger. Today its image has been reduced to a disgruntled PIG. Back in September 2008, Ireland became the first EU country to officially enter a recession in a public declaration and two years later there are still no signs of light at the [...]

According to Eurostat, the total EU population is projected to rise by 5 % before 2030. However there are big differences between countries and regions of the Old Continent: while there will be large increases in Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Cyprus and Malta, citizens will diminish in Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, [...]

In Italy, in 2011, the newborn children were 6,000 less than in 2010. For a total of 556,000 births. The new mothers are mostly Italian (82%). Their average age at childbirth was 31.4 years with substantial differences between native and foreign women: 32.1 years for the former and 28 years [...]

The Emilia-Romagna is one of the oldest Italian regions. People aged over 65 years are more than 986,000. Equal to 22.3% of the total population. Of these, 517,000 are aged over 75 years. The aging index, ie the ratio between the elderly and the younger generation (0-14 years), is 167.3. [...]

In 2065, Italians will be on average 49,7 years old. Data justified mostly by the increase of the number of old residents in Italy. In fact, according to the latest estimates published by Istat, the over 65 years old people, today the 20,3% of the total population, will increase by [...]

The Italian Statistical Yearbook 2011 is now available. In over 800 pages, the document drawn up by the National Statistical Institute, offers a complete and updated picture of this Country: from demography to health, from justice to education, from the environment to the labour market, from tourism to transport ...

The fact that Italy is one of the oldest countries in the world is not something new. Life expectancy at birth, in fact, is quite high and above the EU average: 78.8 years for men and 84.1 for women. This is mainly due to the fact that, over the past [...]

Does demography, behind economic and social conditions, have a role to play in predicting where and when will uprisings, revolutions and even war happen? Yes, says the Romanian sociologist Sebastian Lazaroiu, who explains the fine connection between the number of young men and of young women at the age of marriage [...]

According to Eurostat, the total EU population is projected to rise by 5 % before 2030. However there are big differences between countries and regions of the Old Continent: while there will be large increases in Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Cyprus and Malta, citizens will diminish in Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, [...]

In Spain in 2011 immigration decreases. According to data from the Institute of Statistics (INE), the balance of the immigrant population is negative for the first time in a decade. From January to September, in fact, arrived in Spain around 317,500 immigrants, while about 356,700 have returned to their countries [...]

For the first time in its recent history Spain faces a migration loss ratio. Indeed, in 2010 the number of those leaving the country exceeded by 28,000 the number of the inbound flow. For the most part, 90%, the phenomenon concerns immigrants who, due to the deep economic crisis affecting [...]

In Spain, 1.38 is the average number of children per woman related to 2010. The fertility rate, compared to 2009, has fallen both between those born in the Iberian Peninsula and among immigrants. This was announced by the National Statistical Office in the annual demographic report.

A growing number of Spanish are choosing to leave their homeland in order to emigrate. In fact, according to figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), in 2010 Spanish who live abroad increased by 8.2% compared to 2009, reaching around 1.7million. Although they can be more, because the statistic [...]

There are almost 91 thousand territorial authorities in Europe, the vast majority of which are municipalities (89,700), to which must be added provinces and regions. 60% of them are only in France, Italy and Spain. On the average, a European municipality has 5,580 citizens, ranging from 1,680 in the Czech [...]

In UK a girl born this year has a one-in-three chance of reaching their 100th birthday. The data based on predictions by the Office for National Statistics was published on a recent study issued by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Recent demographic projections of the Office for National Statistics point out that by 2051 41% of the population of the United Kingdom will be made up of ethnic minorities. Professor David Coleman of Oxford University has calculated that by 2066 native British will fall below 50% of the total residents [...]

According to Eurostat, the total EU population is projected to rise by 5 % before 2030. However there are big differences between countries and regions of the Old Continent: while there will be large increases in Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Cyprus and Malta, citizens will diminish in Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, [...]

With 77 million inhabitants  foreseen, the UK will become in 2050 the biggest EU country. According to projections released by the Population Reference Bureau  the British population will grow by 24 percentage points compared to current levels. By contrast in just forty years Germans should fall to 71 million while [...]

In Denmark the natives’ fertility rate overrides for the first time in twenty years that of non-Western immigrant women. According to the latest report on population published by Statistics Denmark, Danish women in 2009 gave birth on average to 1.9 children against the 1.6 of their foreign counterpart. The number [...]

On Monday, October 31, world population will rise to 7 billion. 1 billion more than 13 years ago and 6 billion more if compared to early 1800. This is what emerges from the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) report just presented in Rome (the Italian version of which was edited [...]

Despite being very far away from us, the Philippines exported workers all over the world because of an exceptional rate of population growth, which makes it the twelfth most populated country in the world, with its 94 million inhabitants. A controversial law, the “Reproductive Health Bill” aims now at stopping [...]

In a decade the number of under-five deaths worldwide has declined by 4.4 million. From over 12 million in 1.990 to 7.6 million in 2010. In other words, child mortality rate has decreased by about 12,000 units per day. This is what we can read in the last report issued [...]

Andrea Mancia is a journalist and he is the vice-director of the newspaper "Liberal". He invented the blog aggregator Tocqueville.it and now leads the newspaper notapolitica.it. His main interests are American politics and society. Indeed, he founded in 2004 a personal blog called rightnation.it dealing with American current affairs. We have decided [...]

In  2100 about 10 billion people will inhabit Earth. According to United Nations projections the greater contribution in global population increase expected to come from African countries. Among the latter, in fact, 39 out of 55 have a high fertility rate. In EU, Ireland will be the most fertile country.