EU population up to almost 512 million, change due to migration
The population of the European Union was estimated at 511.8 million on 1 January 2017, with Germany having the most residents. As recorded births and deaths in the EU were equal, the change was due to net migration.
According to Eurostat numbers, on 1 January 2016 the estimated EU population was 510.3 million, which means the year saw an increase of around 1.5 million inhabitants. During the year 2016, as many births as deaths were recorded in the EU (5.1 million), meaning that the natural change of the EU population was neutral. The population change was therefore due to net migration, a press release shows.
Last year, the population increased in eighteen EU Member States and decreased in ten. The largest relative increase was observed in Luxembourg (+19.8 per 1 000 residents), ahead of Sweden (+14.5‰), Malta (+13.8‰), Ireland (+10.6‰), Austria (+9.5‰), Germany and Cyprus (both +7.6‰), Denmark (+7.2‰), the United Kingdom (+6.5‰) and the Netherlands (+6.0‰).
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With 82.8 million residents (or 16.2% of the total EU population at 1 January 2017), Germany is the most populated EU Member State, ahead of France (67.0 million, or 13.1%), the United Kingdom (65.8 million, or 12.9%), Italy (60.6 million, or 11.8%), Spain (46.5 million, or 9.1%) and Poland (38.0 million, or 7.4%). For the remaining Member States, nine have a share of between 4% and 1.5% of the EU population and thirteen a share below 1.5%.
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