By 2015, deaths will surpass births in the EU, study reveals
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London, England, Aug 29, 2008 / 01:36 am (CNA).- Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical service, has released a report indicating that by the year 2015, deaths in the region will outnumber births, and that by the year 2060, for every person above the age of 65 there will only be two people of working age.

According to the BBC, this severe demographic winter, the result of the drop in the birth rate and the increase in abortions in many countries of the European Union, will lead to a continual decrease in Europe’s population starting in the year 2035.

Eurostat also said that the current population of Europe is 495 million. In 2035 it will reach its apex of 521 million, from which it will fall until 2060, when the population will be 506 million.

The report also said that the index of retirees versus working-age people will increase from 25 percent currently to 53 percent by the year 2060.  That is, for every retiree above the age of 65, there will be only two people working.

This index could reach as high as 60 percent in some states of the EU, including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania.

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Published by: Patrick
Denver, CO 09/04/2008 10:32 AM EST
In case anyone was wondering about the math in this story like I was, the continued growth until 2035 includes immigration.

From the actual Eurostat study: "From 2015 onwards deaths would outnumber births, and hence population growth due to natural increase would cease. From this point onwards, 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, and the population is projected to begin to fall."
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Published by: Raymond Peringer
Toronto, Canada 09/02/2008 10:15 PM EST
This is what happens when authority is given to secular politicians and judges.

Only a return to its Christian roots can save Europe.
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Published by: Tim McCarthy
Chicago Il. 08/30/2008 09:54 AM EST
How long before we are in the same shape? Is Obama our leader to form a north american union?
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Published by: Jason 1975
Spartanburg, SC USA 08/29/2008 02:21 PM EST
Does Eurostat predict and take into account the immigration rate? They are realizing their socialist paradise is unsustainable and further their wholehearted embrace of a culture of death without families only excellerates their suicidal social model. As such it is likely, given their current behavior, that the influx of muslim immigrants will be all the more encouraged in order to make up the difference and continue propping up their bloated nanny state social systems. That is until the demographics reach a critical point when all of Europe will be under Sharia law.
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