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Last year, Latvia was the third largest drop in the population of the European Union (EU), according to data released by the EU Statistical Department Eurostat.
According to them, last year, the number of people living in our country, calculated on 1000 inhabitants, decreased by 8.1. The largest decrease was in Lithuania, where the population per 1,000 inhabitants decreased by 13.8 and in Croatia, where the population per 1000 inhabitants decreased by 11.8
The decrease in the population was also recorded in Bulgaria. Last year (-7.3 per 1000 inhabitants), Romania (-6.2), Greece (-2.7), Hungary (-2), Portugal (-1.8) and 39, Italy (-1.7)
In general, the decline was recorded in nine EU Member States last year, but it increased by 19 in the bloc countries. Ireland (+11.2) and Cyprus (+11).
In Estonia, the number of the population increased by 2.7 per 1000 inhabitants last year. On average, in the EU, this figure was 2.1
Overall, as of 1 January this year, the EU had 512.6 million people, compared with 511.5 million people in the EU. last year on 1 January
Eurostat statisticians point out that the number of deaths in the EU has exceeded the number of newborns, the increase in the number of inhabitants is done at the expense of immigration.
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