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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8273

9 August 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 13
(eu) eu/demography
EU population rises in 2001 mainly due to immigration but demographic fall in all candidate countries

Brussels, 08/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the EU and the Council of Europe published it world demographic report for 2001. According to the report, the EU population increased by 1 560 000 in 2001, an annual rate of 0.4%. This growth is due to net migration (75%) and natural growth accounting for the other 25%, which represent 2% of world demographic growth in 2001. India represents 20% of world growth, China 14% and other developing countries...