Population 2002 (millions) 83.4 59 62
Population 2015 80.9 65 65
Increase/ (Reduction) (2.5) 6 3
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European unemployment rates
With the reduction in population it is hardly surprising that German unemployment is also the lowest on the continent, perhaps getting to a level that could give rise to wage inflation and thus threaten the on-going growth of the German economy. So an influx of people, many of them skilled is most certainly welcome in that country.
Selected unemployment rates:
Germany 4.7%
UK 5.6%
France 10.1%
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Italy 13%
Portugal 12%
Spain 22%
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