Type of indicator

Socio-economic

Indicator C01

Population 

Definition 

This indicator refers to the population on 1st of January of any given year and consists of 2 sub-indicators:

Unit of measurement

1: number of persons (in thousands)

(where ‘persons’ comply with the 'usually resident population' concept as defined in EU Regulation 1260/2013 on European demographic statistics)

2: share of total population

Data source

Eurostat – Demography and migration

Eurostat – Demography statistics by other typologies

References/

location of the data

National  data: tables Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level [demo_gind] [demo_pjanbroad]

National data, by territorial typology: table Demographic balance and crude rates by other typologies [urt_gind3] [urt_pjanaggr3]

National data, by degree of urbanisation: table Distribution of population by degree of urbanisation, dwelling type and income group - EU-SILC survey [ilc_lvho01]

Regional data: table Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at regional level (NUTS 3) [demo_r_gind3]

Data collection level

EU, National (NUTS 0) and demographic data at regional level (NUTS 3) which are used to compute population by regional typology (predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban)

Frequency

Annual

Delay

1 year

Comments/caveats

The distribution of population by type of region has been calculated using the Commission's urban-rural typology, which classifies NUTS 3 regions into predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban.

Some Member States have only some types of areas, or data for some areas: