A typology of EU countries in terms of population growth in the period from 1990 to 2009

Abstract

Changes in population growth in the EU countries in the last twenty years are presented in this article. Death rates, birth rates and migration were investigated for the period from 1990 to 2009. The role of population growth in this study is directed to all 27 members of the European Union retrospectively to 1990, even though at that time the EU consisted of only twelve member countries. The dynamic spatial typology is presented on the basis of a series of values of the following three basic demographic indices: the crude rate of natural increase (CRNI), crude rate of net migration (CRNM), and crude rate of total population increase (CRTPI).