Article: Ireland has highest EU population growth. (News).(European Union)

According to the first demographic estimates for 2002, published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities in Luxembourg, the EU had a population of 378.5 million on 1 January 2003. The population of the eurozone is estimated at 305.1 million, and that of the 10 acceding countries at 74.5 million. While the population increased by 3.6% in the EU in 2002, it decreased by 1.8% in the acceding countries. This difference is due to divergences in both natural growth and net migration.

Births down, deaths up

There were fewer births but more deaths in the EU in 2002. The highest birth rates were in Ireland (14.8 live births per 1000 ...

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