EU - “Special Supplement on Demographic Trends”

The EU - 20 years of Ageing and Growing

Marcus Roberts

The European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat, and the Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission (honestly I have no idea how the different organisations, commissions etc work in Europe, but according to Cyprus they’re worth every Euro…) have just released a report on the current demographic trends of the 27 member nations of the EU. 

This report, entitled the “Special Supplement on Demographic Trends” provides an overview of the EU’s current (2012) demographic makeup and compares it to the situation in 1992. 

In a nutshell, in the twenty years since 1992, 

• the EU has become larger, much older, less likely to be married and more likely to have children out of wedlock. 
• The population in 2012 is roughly 503.7 million people, 6% more than 1992. The overall share of those aged 65 years old and above has climbed from 14% to 18% of the population. 
• However, the overall dependency ratio (the number of dependants per 100 workers) has only increased slightly over that time, from 49.5 to 50.2. 
• This means that there are two workers for each dependent in the EU.

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