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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8524

21 August 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/demography
EU population is scarcely up in 2003 and that of acceding countries is falling slightly

Brussels, 20/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat estimates, the European Union had a population of 379 million on 1 January 2003, far behind China (1.283 billion) and India (1.420 billion) but more than the United States (289 million). The population of the EU increased by only 0.3% in 2002, i.e. hardly 1 290 000 persons. This increase mainly results from migration (around +1 million) whereas, in the United States, whose population increased by 0.9%, two-thirds of the rise are...

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