In Latvia, Croatia and Bulgaria strong population decrease
Inhabitants down also in Romania and Lithuania, Eurostat said
10 July, 14:15Eurostat informed also that fifteen EU Member States registered a negative natural change in 2018, with deaths outnumbering births the most in Bulgaria (-6.6‰), Latvia (-4.9‰), Lithuania (-4.1‰), Croatia, Hungary and Romania (all -3.9‰).
According to Eurostat data, the population in Bulgaria fell from 7,050 thousand to 7 million between January 2018 and January 2018, from 4,105 to 4,076 thousand in Croatia, from 19,530 thousand to 19,401 thousand in Romania. (ANSA).