It is expected that Europe as a whole will have more annual deaths than births, a sure sign that the continent's population will be in sharp decline. The European Union's statistical office Eurostat is reporting that Europe will see a population increase is expected over the next 27 years; the European population will rise from 495 million last January 2008 to 521 million in 2035 and then the population will decrease to 506 million in 2060. The BBC has the story.

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