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The EU’s statistical agency recorded that the total population of the EU-27 rose from 447.6 million on 1 January 2023 to 449.2 million people by the end of the year.   (Photo: Unsplash)

Refugee flow from Ukraine continues to drive EU population growth

The continued flow of Ukrainian refugees into the EU led the second consecutive increase to the bloc’s population in 2023, according to data published on Thursday (11 July) by Eurostat. 

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

The EU’s statistical agency recorded that the total population of the EU-27 rose from 447.6 million on 1 January 2023 to 449.2 million people by the end of the year.   (Photo: Unsplash)

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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