According to the EU Statistical Office, the population of this bloc decreased in 2021 for the second year in a row.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Monitoring: According to the European Union Statistical Office, the population of the European Union decreased in 2021 for the second year in a row. More than two million people in the European Union have died due to Covid-19.
 
According to the Reuters news agency, citing the European Union Statistics Office, since January 2020, the population of the European Union has decreased by more than 656,000 people.
 
The report of the European Union Statistics Office also states: "In 2020 and 2021, the arrival of immigrants in Europe could not compensate for the negative population growth (the death rate was higher than the birth rate) and as a result the population of the European Union decreased.”
 
Of course, the effect of the Covid-19 disease should also be taken into account.
 
Since 10 years ago, the death rate has exceeded the birth rate in the European Union, but the arrival of immigrants to this Union would compensate for this decrease in population by 2020 (the first year of the outbreak of the Corona virus).
 
The European Union also saw population decline in 1960 and 2011, but this decline was offset by the arrival of immigrants.
Due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease, the aging of the population and the relatively low fertility rate, it is expected that the birth rate will be lower than the death rate in the coming years.
 
According to the assessment of the European Union Statistics Office, if this situation continues, the decrease or increase of the population of the European Union will depend on the amount of immigration.
 
The largest decrease in population occurred in Italy, Poland and Romania. Of course, more than half of the member countries of the European Union saw their population increase, among which France, the Netherlands and Sweden are at the top.
 
The population of the European Union in 2020 is 446.8 million people.