Migration and Demography

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The new release of our flagship, online tool visualises the latest harmonised and validated data for 27 EU Member States and 171 countries and territories around the world. This new edition features a thematic section on EU solidarity towards people displaced from Ukraine, which shows that despite a slight declining trend and differences between Member States, Europeans’ support to the persons displaced from Ukraine remains high.

This study analyses data from the Latinobarómetro public opinion survey to show that the economic situation and unemployment are among the top concerns of young people in Latin America and the Caribbean, followed by corruption and political problems.

Influencing global demographic trends is challenging. Response to demographic change should also focus on adapting policies to the consequences of demographic change, a new JRC report shows.

This report finds that several factors play a role in determining people’s willingness to show solidarity towards migrants in need of international protection. These include leadership legitimacy, institutional support and perceptions of fairness in several aspects of the refugee reception process. The report highlights that fighting disinformation and efficient communication are key for sustaining solidarity with displaced people.

A newly launched global survey invites demography experts to express their opinion on the consequences of demographic change for climate change, environmental sustainability and the economy, as well as the role of population policies to address them.

New thematic data stories published in the Atlas of Demography explore linkages between demography and air, water and soil pollution. The stories aim to stimulate a discussion about the role of demography in EU policies addressing pollution.

A new study explores the connections, opportunities and challenges of demographic and climate change, and how these can be considered in EU climate policymaking.

The KCMD releases a new edition of the Atlas of Migration, providing easy access to timely, comprehensive and reliable migration data globally. This new edition contains a thematic section on displacement from Ukraine.

A new thematic data story of the Atlas of Demography provides an overview of the demographic challenges of EU Member States and the policy responses they have adopted to address them.

In a new report, scientists explain how they produced a new data set that records how people have been migrating over the past 45 years, down to single square kilometer level.

A study of the impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s demography shows that the Ukrainian population was already shrinking fast before the invasion. Now the war has set Ukraine on a path of irreversible demographic decline. The authors estimate that the country could be losing over a third of its population by 2052.

In this panel session organised by the KCMD at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), researchers will present and discuss the latest scientific evidence on the connection between climate change and population dynamics. The event will be live streamed.

The Commission 2023 Report on the Impact of Demographic Change revisits firmly established long-term trends in light of a number of recent developments and considers the consequences across Europe.

This new study explores how data generated from social media platforms could offer timely insights on international mobility during crises, and support crisis response efforts.

We are in the process of updating the online version of the Atlas of Migration. The edition with an improved navigation experience will be launched in March 2023.

In November 2022, the world population reached 8 billion people. A data story of the Atlas of Demography illustrates EU population trends, as well as their impact and implication for future policies.