Glossary:Population figure

From Statistics Explained

The population figure of a given area is the total number of people in that area at a given time.

Eurostat collects from the EU-27's Member States data on population on 1^st January. The recomended definition is the 'usual resident population' and represents the number of inhabitants of a given area on 1^st January of the year in question (or, in some cases, on 31^st December of the previous year). The population can be based on data from the most recent census adjusted by the components of population change produced since the last census, or based on population registers.

The average population is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the population on 1^st January of two consecutive years. The average population is further used in the calculation of demographic indicators, like the crude rates per 1 000 inhabitants, and for some 'per capita' indicators.

Further information

• Population

Related concepts

• Life expectancy
• Population change
• Population density

Statistical data

• Population and population change statistics