title: The demographic situation in the European Union.
abstract: This article is an update of a similar article published in Population Trends 104 and complements the article on European-wide issues in population statistics, published in Population Trends 118. The main areas of demography are covered, namely population change, population composition, fertility and mortality. Eurostat are currently working on a new set of population projections which should be available shortly, but were not completed when this article was drafted.
authors.affiliation: Office for National Statistics.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: Francois-Carlos
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Bovagnet
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate / Q000639:trends; D003710:Demography; D005062:European Union; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011247:Pregnancy