Demography

Economy

China announces fertility subsidy programm as births hit historic lows

After decades of curbing births, China is urgently trying to reverse a population slump that puts its economic and political future at risk.

29/07/2025

Europe in Motion

Rock bottom birth rates: What are Europe's least fertile nations?

While parents should have at least two babies to keep Europe's population stable, current birth rates barely exceed one. Will the new wave of over-60-year-old boomer fathers save the continent?

18/07/2025

Europe in Motion

How will the EU population fluctuate with and without migration? 

Despite anti-immigration politicians recently gaining support, France, Germany and Italy would face big population problems in a zero-immigration scenario.

27/02/2025

Europe in Motion

Over 65 and rising: Is the EU facing a demographic crisis?

Italy, Portugal, and Bulgaria recorded the highest population shares of over-65s in the EU in 2024. But how will the bloc's demography evolve until 2100?

21/02/2025

Europe in Motion

Diversity in the population: How does migration affect the EU?

The number of non-EU citizens living in the EU has grown by 2.3 million in 2023, with Ukrainian, Turkish, and Moroccan citizens representing the three largest groups.

19/02/2025

Euronews Witness

Demographic decline: Greece faces alarming population collapse

Empty villages, disillusioned young workers, and government officials scrambling for solutions: this is the stark reality Euronews uncovered in Greece, where the country is bracing for a major population collapse fuelled by plummeting numbers of births, mass emigration, and low fertility rates.

13/09/2024

Economy

China raises its retirement age to address declining worksforce

Minimum retirement ages in China are much lower than in other major economies, although pressure on pension funds is forcing policy change.

13/09/2024

Health news

Health officials flag demographics, sustainability concerns

Shortages of health workers and a rapidly ageing population were among key concerns flagged by officials from a variety of member states attending a landmark health conference in Brussels this week.

28/03/2024

This will impact your life

Brussels sounds alarm about EU's rapidly ageing population

The European Union's rapidly ageing population threatens to undermine the bloc's competitiveness, exacerbate labour shortages, inflate public budgets and deepen regional inequalities.

11/10/2023

World News

Budapest Demographic Summit champions 'traditional family values'

Speaking at the bi-annual Budapest Demographic Summit, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stressed the importance of "family-friendly, conservative powers" in Europe.

16/09/2023

Spain

Euroviews. The Basque experience could be the answer to Europe's labour shortage

Although no region is absolutely alike, there are lessons that can be adopted and scaled from the Basque model as EU member states prepare for the next wave of economic uncertainty and consequent clamour for talent, Ivan Jiménez writes.

18/07/2023

Europe News

EU population returns to growth in 2022 due to migration

The European Union’s population grew in 2022 for the first time in three years, according to new data published on Tuesday by the EU’s statistics office Eurostat.

11/07/2023

World News

Italy's declining birth rate: Pope Francis and Meloni raise concerns

Italy has one of the lowest birthrates in the EU and the country is ageing at a much faster rate than other European countries.

13/05/2023

Europe Decoded

Changing continent: The EU's population is declining, figures reveal

Eurostat's Demography of Europe report documents various factors affecting the lives of tens of millions of people.

11/05/2023

World News

India set to overtake China to top the world population league table

India is overtaking China to become the world's biggest country by population. Both China and India have more than 1.4 billion people, and combined they make up more than a third of the world's 8 billion people.

19/04/2023

Work

The EU’s population is set to shrink by 6% by 2100

Is Europe facing a demographic crisis? We break down the data.

04/04/2023

World News

The countries where population is declining

China recorded its first population decline in 60 years on Tuesday. But it is not the only country where the number of people is falling.

17/01/2023

My Europe Series

How Spain's older generation are becoming the new high achievers

Spain has the sixth highest life expectancy in the world, after Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Switzerland and Singapore, according to figures from the World Population Review published this year.

28/06/2022

Europe News

EU's population decreases partly due to COVID-19, latest figures show

The natural population change — the difference between live births and deaths — tanked in 2020 to -2.5, likely due in part to the pandemic which has claimed the lives of over a million people across the EU.

19/05/2022

Culture news

Shakespeare with northern accents creates social media furore in York

All the world's a stage, and that includes the north of England

31/03/2022