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Demographic trends shape the foundation of our societies, influencing policy decisions across all sectors, from mobility and health to environment and regional policies. Understanding fertility, mortality, and migration patterns is crucial for designing effective public policies that respond to the evolving needs of a population.
The Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography offers policymakers a set of comprehensive resources for informed decision-making:
- policy briefs, reports and scientific papers
- data and stories in the online platform 'Atlas of Demography'. This includes statistics and projections from Eurostat and new data produced by the Joint Research Centre
Our work includes:
- Innovative population modelling and projections
- Statistics and visualisations
- Analysis of present and future demographic changes, their determinants and their impacts at spatial level
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Old Age does not start at 65
The old-age dependency ratio (OADR) is a simple measure of population ageing, but it lacks the relative and multidimensional perspectives on ageing, which are central to the transition towards a society…
Low Fertility in the EU: A Review of Trends and Drivers
Fertility levels in EU countries have been low for half a century, below the level of 2.1 children per woman that is generally needed to maintain a stable population, and are…
Demographic projections of long-term care needs in the EU up to
This policy brief draws from the JRC research published in the technical report Demographic microsimulation of long-term care needs in the European Union. It summarises the main results and highlights…
Why global demography is important for EU policies
Insight into the future of the world population is key for policy planning. National statistical offices and international organisations regularly produce population projections employing a variety of methods. Some…
Global Demography Expert Survey on the Drivers and Consequences of Demographic Change
Insight into the future of the world population is key for policy planning. At present, several organisations engage in developing global long-term population projections and provide varied results in terms…
Demography and climate change
Demography is intimately related to both climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report focuses on demography and climate mitigation through analyses of trajectories for emissions and population at global and EU…
Global estimates of net migration at high spatial resolution 1975-2020
In a new report , scientists from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) explain how they produced a new data set that records how people have been…
Ukraine's population future after the Russian Invasion
This report analyses the effect of the Russian Invasion on the longer-term future of Ukraine’s population size and structure. The qualitative scenarios spanning a range of possible migration futures are translated…
The Demographic Landscape of EU Territories
This report aims at detailing the territorial diversities of ageing across the EU, understanding the main drivers behind such differences and explore their relations with data on access to services…
Latest knowledge
Ageism remains a pervasive issue in society largely due to limited awareness of its implications.
The ‘longevity transition’ is a new stage of social change, where a significant portion of the population is living longer and there is an increasing number of older people in the population. It brings...
Ageism i.e. stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination based on age, remains a pervasive issue in society largely due to limited awareness of its implications. The media plays an important...
| Originally published | 06 May 2021 | 23 Jun 2023 |
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