On 31 January 2025, almost 4.3 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. The EU countries hosting the highest number of ...
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In 2023, 3.67 million babies were born in the EU, a 5.4% decrease from the 3.88 million in 2022. This is the largest annual decline recorded since 1961. The total fertility rate in 2023 was 1.38 live births per woman in the EU, down ...
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Among the 1.5 million master’s students in the EU in 2022, 905 678 were women, representing 58.6% of the total. At doctoral level, this share was 48.5% of a total of 99 204 doctorate students. At master’s level, women represented the ...
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In 2023, 1.1 million people acquired the citizenship of the EU country where they lived, an increase of around 6.1% (+60 200 people) compared with 2022. Most of the new citizenships were granted by Spain (240 200; 22.9% of the EU ...
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In 2024, 70.0% of people aged 16-74 in the EU stated that they had used a website or an app of a public authority in the previous 12 months, a slight increase of 0.7 percentage points (pp) compared with 2023 (69.3%). Among the EU ...
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On 1 January 2024, the median age of the EU’s population reached 44.7 years. This means that half of the people in the EU were older than 44.7 years, while the other half was younger. Across the EU, it ranged from 39.4 years in Ireland ...
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