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The oldest first-time mothers were found in Italy (31.8 years), Ireland (31.6) and Spain (31.5), and the youngest in Bulgaria (26.9), Romania (27.1) and Slovakia (27.3). 

From 2013 to 2023, there was an increase in the mean age in all EU countries. This was the case in all EU countries, with the largest differences in Latvia (10.1; women 80.6 and men 70.5) and the smallest in the Netherlands (3.0; 83.4 and 80.4).

Compared with the situation 20 years earlier, the gender gap in life expectancy at birth was 6.4 years in the EU in 2003 (women 80.8 and men 74.4), 1.1 years more than in 2023.

The Global Religious Landscape . The most populous EU countries were:

• Germany (83.4 million, 19% of the EU total)
• France (68.4 million, 15%)
• Italy (58.9 million, 13%)
• Spain (48.6 million, 11%)
• Poland (36.6 million, 8%)

In total, these 5 countries accounted for 66% of the EU population.

A decrease was observed in almost all EU countries, with the highest decreases in Malta (−5.9 pp) and Cyprus (−5.1 pp). Comparing 2023 with 2003, the gender gap in life expectancy at birth decreased in 25 EU countries, with the biggest decreases in Luxembourg (−2.7 years; from 6.0 to 3.3) and Lithuania (−2.3; from 11.3 to 9.0). With the COVID-19 pandemic, it dropped to –2.5 in 2020, –2.7 in 2021 and –2.9 in 2022.

Bevölkerungsgeschichte von Europa

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For men, Luxembourg and Sweden had the highest life expectancies, both at 81.7 years, followed closely by Malta (81.6), and the lowest in Latvia (70.5) and Bulgaria (72.0). 

Women live longer than men: for 2023, the EU life expectancy at birth for women was 84.0 and 78.7 for men, a difference of 5.3 years. The largest decrease was observed in Finland (from 1.72 live births per woman in 2003 to 1.32 in 2023) while the highest increase was found in Bulgaria (from 1.26 to 1.81). 

Age of women at birth of first child increasing to 29.8 years

The mean age of first-time mothers in the EU has increased by 1 year from 28.8 in 2013 (first year available) to 29.8 in 2023.

Anzahl der Anhänger ( 01/01/2025 - Countrymeters.info ). Italy and Denmark (both 11.2) had the largest increase. At the other end of the range, the least populous EU countries were Malta (563 000 people, corresponding to 0.1% of the EU total), Luxembourg (672 000, also 0.1%) and Cyprus (934 000, 0.2%).

The observed population growth of 1.6 million in 2023 can be largely attributed to the increased migratory movements post-COVID-19 and to the influx of displaced persons from Ukraine who received temporary protection status in EU countries, as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

During the 20-year period 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2024, the total population of the EU increased from 432.8 million to 449.2 million, a growth of 4%.

Anzahl der Anhänger ( 01/01/2025 - Countrymeters.info ). Among the EU countries, the highest rates were found in Cyprus (10.7 live births per 1 000 persons), Ireland (10.3) and France (9.9), and the lowest in Italy (6.4), Spain (6.6) and Greece (6.8).

Comparing 2023 with 2003, there was a decrease in all EU countries except Bulgaria.

Number of deaths increasing

The  , which is the number of deaths per 1 000 persons, was 10.8 in 2023 in the EU.

The highest rates were observed in Bulgaria (15.7 deaths per 1 000 persons), Latvia (14.9) and Hungary (13.7). Januar des entsprechenden Jahres angegeben.