Statistics in Focus: Population and social conditions. First results of the demographic data collection for 2002 in Europe.

Abstract

The objective of this publication is to provide some basic demographic information for 2002. However, given the timetable (rapid questionnaire sent out in April 2003 with a return date of May), not all countries could provide all the information while some figures are provisional or estimates. Additional and/or more definitive information will be published in the annual reports of the Council of Europe (« Recent demographic developments in Europe 2003 ») and Eurostat (« European social statistics - Population 2003 »).