The natural population change (i.e., the change attributed only to the difference between the number of live births and deaths, without taking into account migration), in 2015, recorded a downward trend, as a natural population decrease of 29,365 persons was observed.
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On 1 January 2016, the population of the European Union was estimated at 510.1 million, compared with 508.3 million on 1 January 2015. During the year 2015, almost 5.1 million babies were born in the EU, while more than 5.2 million persons died, meaning that the EU recorded for the first time ever a negative natural change of its population.
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