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Europe of the future: Germany shrinks, France grows, but UK population booms

· Britain to be biggest country in EU by 2060
· Population falls predicted in many other countries

Ian Traynor in Brussels
The Guardian, Wednesday August 27 2008

Britain will overtake Germany and France to become the biggest
country in the EU in 50 years’ time, according to population
projections unveiled yesterday. A survey of demographic trends finds
Britain’s positive birth rate contrasting strongly with most other
large countries in Europe.

The impact of population shrinkage, coupled with the ageing of key
European societies, spells big problems for pensions, health and
welfare systems across much of the union, says the report, published
by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European commission.

But Britain, it says, is likely to suffer less because of its strong
population growth and the younger average age of British society.

Immigration is singled out as the sole mitigating factor, seen as
crucial to maintaining population growth. But the report says this
probably will not be enough to reverse the trend of population
decline in many countries.

The survey predicts that Britain’s population by 2060 will increase
by 25% from the current figure of just over 61 million to almost 77
million.

Germany is the biggest country in the EU, with more than 82 million
people, but it is likely to shed almost 12 million by 2060, says the
report. The widely praised family policies and support of working
women in France means that the French population will rise to almost
72 million by 2060.

With the British birth rate now at its highest in a generation -
1.91 children per woman according to the Office for National
Statistics last week - the UK has less to fear about any “generation
wars” brought on by the “demographic timebomb” of ageing and
shrinking populations where those in work cannot support the pension
needs of retired citizens.

“With climate change and globalisation the ageing of the population
is one of the major challenges Europe must face,” said Amelia
Torres, a commission spokeswoman.

Of the biggest six EU countries (Germany, France, Britain, Italy,
Spain and Poland) Britain has by far the greatest birth rates. Only
Luxembourg, Cyprus, and Ireland are growing faster than the UK.

The average age of Europeans is now just over 40; this will be 48 by
2060. The average age for Britons is 39 and will be 42 in 2060 - the
lowest age in Europe with the exception of Luxembourg.

The EU’s population now stands at 495 million and is projected to
rise to more than 520 million by 2035, before falling to 505 million
by 2060.

“From 2015 onwards deaths would outnumber births, and population
growth due to natural increase, would cease,” says the survey,
assuming a net migration inflow to the EU of almost 60 million over
the next 50 years. “Positive net migration would be the only
population growth factor. However, from 2035 this positive net
migration would no longer counterbalance the negative natural
change.”

Across the EU’s 27 countries there are now four people of working
age for every person over 65, but by 2060 that ratio will be 2:1,
causing stress on welfare and pension systems. Torres said pension
and health systems had to be reformed.

Fourteen of the 27 countries are projected to have smaller
populations in 50 years’ time. The survey reveals striking
contrasts, between eastern and western Europe and between the north
and south, with Scandinavia and Britain comparing positively with
Mediterranean Europe, while central and eastern Europe see chronic
population depression.

The number of people aged 65 or more broadly doubles across the EU,
with Britons of retirement age being almost 19 million. While the
number of Germans of working age is predicted to decline from 54
million now to 39 million by 2060, in Britain the figure rises by
more than 4 million.

Across the EU, the number of children under 14 will drop from 77
million to 71 million, but in the UK the number rises by 2 million.
In Britain the proportion of over-80s will double to 9% while across
the EU it will triple to 12%.

The UK population is increasing at a rate of around 1,000 people a
day according to figures released by the National Statistics agency
earlier this month.

Children aged under 16 represent around one in five of the total
population, around the same proportion as those of retirement age.
UK fertility rates dropped steadily during the 1980s and 1990s but
began to increase again from 2003.

People power
By 2060, the population of major Europen countries will be:
UK 77 million
France 72
Germany 71
Italy 59
Spain 52

Increases in population by 2060:
Cyprus 66%
Ireland 53
Luxembourg 52
UK 25

Decreases in population by 2060:
Bulgaria 28%
Latvia 26
Lithuania 24
Romania 21

The strongly Roman Catholic countries of Europe are having fewer
babies. The Italian population will stay the same over the next 50
years, while Poland’s and Lithuania’s will shrink considerably.
Spain’s population is forecast to increase by 6 million. Life
expectancy is also rising. In Ireland, women will live to 89 and men
to 85. Almost one in three Europeans will be of pensionable age if
65 remains the threshold.

http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ 2008/aug/ 27/population. eu/print