{"id":17361,"date":"2026-07-14T16:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=17361"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:13:14","slug":"eu-population-to-peak-in-2029-before-long-term-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=17361","title":{"rendered":"EU population to peak in 2029 before long-term decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>The population of the 27-nation European Union will peak in 2029 before falling in the coming decades, according to a report published Tuesday that puts a spotlight on the major challenges of an ageing citizenry.<\/p>\n<p>Today there are 450.6 million people, but researchers say this will peak at 453.3 million in 2029 before a slow long-term decline.<\/p>\n<p>The population will fall to 398.8 million people by 2100, an overall drop of 11.7 percent and a level that was last experienced in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Europeans are living longer than ever before thanks to vastly improved healthcare, and better life and social conditions.<\/p>\n<p>But an ageing population poses challenges for society and the EU economy.<\/p>\n<p>The EU executive\u2019s Joint Research Centre said life expectancy at birth reached 81.5 years in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By 2050, nearly one in three EU residents will be aged 65 or older, compared to one in five today, the centre said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By 2100, life expectancy could exceed 90 years for women and 86 for men.<\/p>\n<p>Such trends present \u201csignificant challenges\u201d, the EU said, including labour shortages, strained public budgets, and pressure on care and education systems.<\/p>\n<p>It is, however, not all negative as the report points to the rise of the \u201csilver economy\u201d \u2014 a growing market for goods and services for older citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living longer, healthier lives than ever before \u2013- one of our greatest achievements. But demographic change is reshaping our societies, our economies and our labour markets,\u201d EU commissioner Dubravka Suica said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must act now to turn this transformation into an opportunity,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The EU insists the bloc must boost productivity and cut unemployment to offset the effects of a shrinking workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Currently around 20 percent of working-age Europeans are outside the labour force, the report said, while some eight million young people are neither in employment, education, nor training.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers said migration can help offset some effects of Europe\u2019s demographic change, but it would have a limited impact on \u201cfully\u201d addressing the challenges posed by an ageing population.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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