The regional demographic statistics provides annual data on population, vital events (live births and deaths), total and land areas of the regions and key demographic indicators for regions and statistical regions at NUTS2 and NUTS3 levels for 35 countries: each EU-27 Member State, Acceding, Candidate and EFTA countries.
The completeness of the tables depends on the availability of data received from the responsible national statistical institutes (NSIs). The label of each table indicates the lowest NUTS level for which data are available; for the upper NUTS levels data are included as well.
Starting with March 2013, demographic statistics at regional level reflect the new NUTS-2010 classification for EU-27 Member States and the new statistical regions for Croatia. Countries affected by the NUTS-2010 changes are expected to transmit to Eurostat the time series for the new regional breakdown. As a general approach, the regions with no data available are not listed in the tables.
For a calendar year T, the deadline of the regional demographic data collection is 15 December, and data included have a different degree of detail for regions at NUTS2 and NUTS3 levels:
NUTS2 level - high level of data detail:
Population by sex and single year of age at 1st January: years T and T-1
Live births by single year of age and year of birth of the mother: year T-1
Deaths by sex and single years of age and year of birth: year T-1
NUTS3 level - low level of data detail:
Surface area in km2 at 1st January (total area including inland waters and land area): year T
Population by sex and broad age groups at 1st January, namely for 0-14 (0 up to 14 years), 15-64 (15 up to 64 years) and 65+ (persons of 65 years and older): years T and T-1
Live births and deaths (total number of demographic events): year T-1
Tables are updated mainly during March of the next year (T+1), but also along the year whenever revised data are sent by the official data providers.
Demographic indicators at regional level are computed by Eurostat using a harmonised methodology and common concepts for all regions of all countries, namely:
average population on 1st January (in thousands), population density;
demographic balance and crude rates (population change, natural change, net migration including statistical adjustments, crude birth rate, crude death rate, crude rate of population change, crude rate of natural change, crude rate of net migration (including statistical adjustments));
age-specific-fertility rates and Total Fertility Rates;
life tables that include age-specific-mortality-rates and life expectancy at given exact age;
infant mortality and crude rate of infant mortality.
At national level a larger number of demographic indicators are computed, as more detailed demographic data are collected only at this level.