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400,000 Hungarians will disappear in just a few years’ time
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More than 400 thousand Hungarian will disappear by 2050, as population decline seems irreversible. But this number is not that scary if we put it into other perspectives.
According to Eurostat’s latest population projection, Hungary’s population could decrease by 400,000 by 2050 and by a further 600,000 by 2100, Pénzcentrum reports.
The population of the European Union will decrease by 6 percent between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2100, equivalent to 27.3 million fewer people, according to Eurostat.
Ageing society
The proportion of children and young people (aged 0 to 19 years) in the total population is projected to decrease from 20 percent at the beginning of 2022 to 18 percent by 2100. Similarly, the share of working-age people (aged 20-64 years) in the EU’s total population is projected to decrease from 59 percent in 2022 to 50 percent in 2100.
In contrast, the share of older age groups (65 years and above) in the EU’s total population is projected to increase. The share of those aged between 65-79 is expected to rise by 2 percentage points (pp) from 15 percent at the beginning of 2022 to 17 percent in 2100, while the share of those aged 80 years or more is foreseen to be more than double, from 6 to 15 percent. The EU’s population is projected to peak at 453 million people in 2026, before decreasing to a projected level of 420 million in 2100.
Nobody misses them.
They say we are overpopulating the planet but when populations actually fall everyone gets upset and says we have to invite the Sahara desert in to make up the difference.
Nobody misses them.
Now that is rude!
Thanks EU, the situation is worse in other post Soviet countries.