The fertility rate has plummeted to 1.10, far below the replacement rate of 2.1. Women are delaying marriage and having children later, citing careers, cost of living and economic pressures.

The population of the European Union (EU) has slid down by more than half a million people since 2020, according to the number crunchers at its statistical arm Eurostat — a striking inflection point after decades of growth. The causes of the decline are ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In February 2025, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that mothers with two or more children would be exempted from income tax for life. This is the latest, and most ambitious, of ...

Centuries of history in Europe of led the changes in population. The migration of peoples due to various factors is still felt today in regards to where some of the largest and smallest population exist in the continent.And while you might think the ...

This news release is also available in French. Europe's population has aged to such a degree that it will likely continue to shrink, even if birthrates rebound to a one-for-one replacement level, a new study suggests. A major part of this trend is due to ...

Even if migration to Europe ceased—no immigrants, no refugees—the percentage of Muslims in the continent’s population would still rise over the next three decades. Yet according to new projections by the Pew Research Center, even the scenario with ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --The population of the European Union fell by 265,257 people during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the EU's statistacal agency reported Tuesday. Eurostat said the pandemic played a role in the decline, with the EU reporting more deaths than ...

The share of Muslims living in Europe may double to more than 10% of the population by mid-century, according to new research on the continent's growing Muslim population. The projections of the Pew Research Center are likely to fuel further debate over ...