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World Analytics
December 1, 2025
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Europe’s most drastic population declines are not just a geographic trend – they are a political one. This infographic reveals that the nations projected to shrink the most by 2100 are overwhelmingly the EU’s newer member states and aspiring candidates, primarily in Eastern Europe. It demonstrates a stark truth: membership in the European Union, for all its economic benefits, is not a shield against the powerful forces of demographic collapse driven by low birth rates and sustained outmigration to the wealthier West.

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The EU’s demographic divide: Newer members face the sharpest decline

Europe’s most drastic population declines are not just a geographic trend – they are a political one. This infographic reveals that the nations projected to shrink the most by 2100 are overwhelmingly the EU’s newer member states and aspiring candidates, primarily in Eastern Europe. It demonstrates a stark truth: membership in the European Union, for all its economic benefits, is not a shield against the powerful forces of demographic collapse driven by low birth rates and sustained outmigration to the wealthier West.

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Europe’s most drastic population declines are not just a geographic trend – they are a political one. This infographic reveals that the nations projected to shrink the most by 2100 are overwhelmingly the EU’s newer member states and aspiring candidates, primarily in Eastern Europe. It demonstrates a stark truth: membership in the European Union, for all its economic benefits, is not a shield against the powerful forces of demographic collapse driven by low birth rates and sustained outmigration to the wealthier West.

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