Category:Population

Three factors are at the heart of Europe’s ageing society: persistently low fertility rates, high life expectancy, and baby-boom generations that reach higher ages. Together with other factors, such as unemployment and changes in the span of the average working life, the age structure of the population impacts on the numerical balance of the population aged 65 years and over and the population aged between 15 and 64 years old, the latter conventionally considered as the working age population. Future demographic trends are likely to see a continuous increase in the proportion of the EU’s population that is aged above the age of 65. More ...