Bulgaria ranks fourth in the EU in the demographic decline of 2017. :: Investor.bg

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Bulgaria ranks fourth in the EU after a fall in population after Lithuania, Croatia and Latvia, according to European Statistical Office Eurostat, published on the eve of World Population Day on 11 July. As of 1 January 2018, Bulgaria has 7 050 000 inhabitants, a decrease of 7.3% compared to the same period of the previous year

Last year Bulgaria ranked first. rank in EU mortality and sixth rank According to Eurostat data, the birth rate is the lowest

The population has increased in 19 EU Member States in 2017 and fell to nine. The highest relative growth was achieved by Malta with 32.9 Promoters, followed by Luxembourg with 19 Promoters, Sweden with 12.4 Promoters, Ireland with 11.2 Promoters and Cyprus with 11 Promoters [19659006] The largest population decline was in Lithuania (-13.8 per thousand), followed by Croatia (-11.8 per cent), Latvia (-8.1 per thousand), Bulgaria (-7 , 3 prominent) and Romania (-6.2 prominent). Overall, the EU population increased by 1.1 million (2.1 million) in 2017 and by 1 January 2018 it was 512.6 million against 511.5 million one year ago. earlier. Last year, more deaths were recorded in the EU Member States than births (5.3 million vs. 5.1 million), which means that the natural change in the population of the EU Union is negative. According to Eurostat, the population growth of 1.1 million people is due to net migration

With 82.9 million inhabitants, or 16.2% of the total population of the population. EU as of 1 January 2018, Germany is the country with the highest population of the Union, followed by France (67.2 million or a share of 13.1%), the United Kingdom (66.2 million or 12.9%), Italy (60.5 million, or 11.8%), Spain (46.7 million or 9.1%) and Poland (38 million or 7%). , 4%). Of the remaining countries, nine have a share of between 1.5 and 4% of the EU population, and the share of 13 countries is less than 1.5%. The population of Bulgaria, for example, represents 1.4% of the total population of the Union

Among the EU Member States, the birth rate in Ireland is highest and lowest in Italy. In 2017, 5.1 million babies were born in the EU, nearly 90,000 fewer than the year before. The highest birth rate was recorded in Ireland (12.9 per thousand), followed by Sweden with 11.5 per thousand, Great Britain and France with 11.4 per thousand. The lowest birth rate was recorded in the countries of Southern Europe – Italy (7.6 per thousand), Greece (8.2 per cent), Portugal and Spain (8.4 per cent), Croatia (8.9 per thousand) and Bulgaria (9 promylate). The average birth rate across the EU was 9.9 per thousand.

At the same time last year, 5.3 million deaths were recorded in Member States, 134,200 fewer than the year before. The lowest mortality rate was reported in Ireland (6.3 per million) and Cyprus (7 percentiles), as well as in Luxembourg (7.1 per million), Malta (7.6 per thousand ), the Netherlands (8.8 per million), Spain and Spain. France (9 prominent)

The highest mortality rates were recorded in Bulgaria (15.5 per thousand), Latvia (14.8 per cent), Lithuania (14.2 per cent), Hungary (13.5 per thousand), in Romania 13.3 prominent) and Croatia (12.9 prominent)

The average mortality rate in the EU was 10.3 per million

And in 2017, Ireland remains the country where births exceed the most lethal cases (natural population variation of 6.6 per thousand a). Cyprus followed with 3.8 per thousand, Luxembourg with 3.2 per thousand, France with 2.5 per cent, Sweden with 2.3 billion and Great Britain with 2.2 per cent. The EU recorded a negative natural change in 2017, deaths were the highest number of births in Bulgaria (-6.5 per thousand), followed by Croatia and Latvia (-4.1 per million) , Lithuania (-4 per thousand) Hungary (-3.8 per million), Romania (-3.6 per thousand), Greece (-3.3 per thousand) and Italy (-3.2 per thousand).