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The EU 🇪🇺 faces a major demographic decline with 27.3 million fewer people by 2100

The estimates from Eurostat signal the bloc could see its population shrink by 6 per cent, or 27.3 million people, by 2100.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/04/04/china-sees-first-population-decline-in-six-decades-where-does-the-eu-stand

( -_-) 2y ago

-6% over 80 years doesn't really seem major to me

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bitcoinaz 2y ago

Probably migration will cover it.

But for that we need crises elsewhere (war, famine).

Don't think we need to worry about that, don't think we're gonna see a shift in how all great powers act in the next 100 years.

graycat 2y ago

The report also says Europe’s population will age, with the portion over 65 increasing from 21 percent to 32 percent by 2100. I think welfare states will be in trouble before then, but a 6% smaller population supporting ~ 40% more retirees would be even worse.

Having said that, I’m skeptical that anyone can predict Europe’s population in 77 years.

bitcoinaz 2y ago

Yeah probably. Germany imported 1 million people in one year under Merkel if i remember correctly.

When they'll gonna need it they'll just open the borders so we'll have workers.