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These are the combined populations of the current EU countries at each decade:
1990: 418 million
2000: 427 million
2010: 440 million
2020: 445 million
I calculated these out and to achieve that it took 26 million net immigrants from outside the EU over those 30 years, and a surplus of 1 million in births minus deaths within the EU. (which the births minus deaths included immigrant women who had children after they moved to the EU.) You might think the EU birthrate is horrible. They actually have increased it from ~1.4 in 2000 to ~1.52 today, by making it more generous support for children and also by having more fertile immigrant women.
Now growing the EU by 0.3-0.5% a year in population isn't that hard. It just requires setting the net immigration for each country to hit those targets. And increasing the subsidies and benefits for children.
Why this growth makes so much difference over time. Say the EU grows population by 0.4% per year over the next decade. That would be 18 million more people - which is like adding an entire country to the EU. In comparison, taking over a whole country is hard and takes a long time - but the EU is doing that also. The areas of Ukraine currently controlled by the Ukraine government are about 32 million people. Who want to join the EU.
1990: 418 million
2000: 427 million
2010: 440 million
2020: 445 million
I calculated these out and to achieve that it took 26 million net immigrants from outside the EU over those 30 years, and a surplus of 1 million in births minus deaths within the EU. (which the births minus deaths included immigrant women who had children after they moved to the EU.) You might think the EU birthrate is horrible. They actually have increased it from ~1.4 in 2000 to ~1.52 today, by making it more generous support for children and also by having more fertile immigrant women.
Now growing the EU by 0.3-0.5% a year in population isn't that hard. It just requires setting the net immigration for each country to hit those targets. And increasing the subsidies and benefits for children.
Why this growth makes so much difference over time. Say the EU grows population by 0.4% per year over the next decade. That would be 18 million more people - which is like adding an entire country to the EU. In comparison, taking over a whole country is hard and takes a long time - but the EU is doing that also. The areas of Ukraine currently controlled by the Ukraine government are about 32 million people. Who want to join the EU.