Population statistics Explanatory screening meeting with Serbia 20-21 May 2014 F-2, Population Unit Eurostat, European Commission Population statistics Demography, migration and projections • Regulation (EC) No 1260/2013 on European demographic statistics (POPULATION, VITAL EVENTS) • Commission Regulation (EU) No 205/2014 (Breakdowns of data) • Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection (MIGRATION) • Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2010 (Country groups) Population census, migrant integration, administration of immigration and asylum • Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 on population and housing censuses (CENSUS) • Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection (ASYLUM, RESIDENCE PERMITS, EIL) • Commission Regulation (EU) No 216/2010 (Reasons for issuing permits) Some key points of the new EU regulation on demographic statistics • Art. 3: consistency of definition between population and vital events, at national and regional level • Art. 9: consistency between demographic and migration data • Art. 4: specific data collection for Qualified Majority Voting purposes Coverage of the data collections • The data collections will continue to cover the countries currently surveyed (about 50) • The current sets of tables will continue on mandatory and/or voluntary basis: EU (+ EFTA) Other countries Tables from EU Regulations Mandatory Voluntary Additional tables Voluntary Voluntary A new timetable for the annual data collections OLD SYSTEM Data Collection Deadline NEW SYSTEM Data Collection Deadline RAPID 15/May DEMOBAL 30/June ----- ----- URESPOP 31/August NOWCAST 15/November NOWCAST 30/November JOINT 15/September REGIONAL 15/December UNIDEMO 31/December MIGRATION 31/December DEMOgraphic BALance Data Collection • Very basic information on population change • Content: • Total population size • Vital events • Migration flows ('national' definition) • Number of datasets: 5 (3 mandatory) • Changes: drop of the breakdown by sex and of various data (infant mortality, TFR, e°, marriages, divorces, live births outside marriage). Usually RESident POPulation Data Collection • Used for specific Union purposes (QMV) • Asked only to the EU Member States • Content: • Total usually resident population • Number of datasets: 1 (mandatory) • Changes: none NOWCASTing Data Collection • Input to the forecast of the population at the end of the current year • Content: • Vital events by month of occurrence • Migration flows by month of occurrence • Number of datasets: 4 (2 mandatory) • Changes: none UNIfied DEMOgraphic Data Collection • The richest set of data, containing all breakdowns • Number of datasets: • • • • • Population: 10 (4 mandatory, 2 partially) Live births: 12 (7 mandatory) Deaths: 8 (5 mandatory) Immigration: 11 (2 mandatory, 3 partially) Emigration: 8 (3 partially mandatory) UNIDEMO (cont.) • Number of datasets (cont.): • • • • • • • • • Legally induced abortions: Late foetal deaths: Infant deaths: First-time marrying persons: Marriages: Divorces: Acquisitions of citizenship: Losses of citizenship: Surfaces: 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 (voluntary) (voluntary) (voluntary) (voluntary) (voluntary) (voluntary) (1 mandatory) (voluntary) (voluntary) EU programme for population and housing censuses • Decennial data on population and housing • First reference year - 2011 • Key characteristics: • • • • • Individual enumeration Simultaneity Universality within the defined territory Small area data available Defined periodicity • Member States may base these statistics on different data sources: • Conventional censuses, registers, combinations of sample surveys and registers and/or conventional censuses Data collections: Population census, migrant integration, administration of immigration and asylum • Census • Asylum (Monthly, quarterly, annual) • Residence Permits (Annual) • Enforcement of Immigration Legislation (EIL) (Annual) 5 July 2012 12 Asylum • Content • Asylum applicants; applications pending and withdrawn • Decisions on applications, first instance and final • "Dublin" statistics • 26 tables / datasets collected monthly, quarterly, annually • Data providers Ministries of the Interior, Immigration Agencies, NSIs (data transmission) 5 July 2012 13 Residence Permits • Content • First residence permits by reason • Change of status permits • Stock of all valid permits • Stock of long-term residents • EU Blue Cards • 16 tables collected annually • Data providers Ministries of Interior, Immigration Agencies, NSI 5 July 2012 14 Enforcement of Immigration Legislation (EIL) • Content • Statistics on TCNs refused entry at external border • TCNs apprehended being illegally present • Obligations to leave the country • Returns • 5 tables collected annually • Data providers Ministries of Interior, Immigration Agencies, Border Guards, Police, NSI (only transmission) 5 July 2012 15 Thanks for your attention!