Central Europe and the Baltics - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Central Europe and the Baltics was 102,172,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 110,801,600 in 1989 and a minimum value of 91,401,760 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 91,401,760
1961 92,232,740
1962 93,009,500
1963 93,840,020
1964 94,715,790
1965 95,440,990
1966 96,146,340
1967 97,043,270
1968 97,884,020
1969 98,606,630
1970 99,134,540
1971 99,635,260
1972 100,357,200
1973 101,112,700
1974 101,939,900
1975 102,860,600
1976 103,776,100
1977 104,616,900
1978 105,329,400
1979 105,948,600
1980 106,541,300
1981 107,129,400
1982 107,730,400
1983 108,297,800
1984 108,838,100
1985 109,338,300
1986 109,824,200
1987 110,296,400
1988 110,686,700
1989 110,801,600
1990 110,743,100
1991 110,469,500
1992 110,111,500
1993 110,041,900
1994 110,021,600
1995 109,864,200
1996 109,626,200
1997 109,422,000
1998 109,238,300
1999 109,061,000
2000 108,447,800
2001 107,660,000
2002 106,959,800
2003 106,624,200
2004 106,331,700
2005 106,041,900
2006 105,772,500
2007 105,378,800
2008 105,001,900
2009 104,800,500
2010 104,421,400
2011 104,174,000
2012 103,935,300
2013 103,713,700
2014 103,496,200
2015 103,257,900
2016 102,994,300
2017 102,740,100
2018 102,538,400
2019 102,398,500
2020 102,172,400

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population