EU population up to 508.2 million at 1 January 2015 - Over 1 million more people living in the EU than in 2014

EU News 190/2015

Brussels, 10 July 2015
STAT/15/5340

On 1 January 2015, the population of the European Union was estimated at 508.2 million, compared with 506.9 million on 1 January 2014. During the year 2014, 5.1 million babies were born in the EU, while 4.9 million persons died, meaning that the EU recorded a positive natural change of its population of 0.2 million, double that of 2013. The remainder of the change is driven mainly by net migration.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STAT-15-5340_en.htm?locale=en

Share of the Member States in EU total population, 2015, EUROSTAT, 2015 URL

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