Immigration Pushes Europe’s Population to Nearly 500 Million

The population of the European Union increased to nearly half a billion in 2008, thanks largely to a rise in net migration, new figures show from Eurostat issued in December 2008.

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Eurostat: Press Release: STAT/08/179: First demographic estimates 2008 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/08/179&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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