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EU-27: milk production and population
This page provides, in a given period of time, with the comparison between data related to the milk output in the EU27 and data referred to EU population.
The comprehensive figures hereafter keep into consideration the 3 phases that the EU has been going through, formerly composed of 15 national Countries, and later enlarged to 25, on May 1st 2004 and to 27 on January 1st 2007.

N.B.:
Some Countries' production exceeds needed domestic demand i.e. France, Germany and the Netherlands; therefore such Countries are in a position to offer for exports a wide range of dairy products.

Other Countries' production is insufficient for needed domestic demand, as in Italy; therefore such countries depend on imports.

Then, others Countries' milk production (i.e. Poland) is below deliveries that are milk volumes destined to the Dairy Processors

UE-27: Raw cows' milk delivered to dairies ('000 tons)
COUNTRY 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 Var % Period
Austria    3.137 3.154 3.247 3.243 3.382 3.503 1.183 1.279 +8,1% Jan - Apr '26
Belgium 4.431 4.381 4.513 4.661 4.627 4.512 1.480 1.676 +13,2% Jan - Apr '26
Bulgaria 694 679 662 690 677 664 224 217 -3,1% Jan - Apr '26
Croatia 434 429 405 377 379 373 131 133 +1,6% Jan - Apr '26
Cyprus 272 298 286 304 304 324 110 118 +7,0% Jan - Apr '26
Czech Republic    3.192 3.129 3.173 3.223 3.277 3.397 1.123 1.167 +3,9% Jan - Apr '26
Denmark 5.667 5.644 5.664 5.685 5.692 5.733 1.878 1.917 +2,1% Jan - Apr '26
Estonia 788 799 800 860 916 918 304 274 -9,6% Jan - Apr '26
Finland 2.362 2.272 2.216 2.196 2.166 2.157 728 735 +1,0% Jan - Apr '26
France    24.602 24.200 24.057 23.435 23.744 24.207 8.171 8.541 +4,5% Jan - Apr '26
Germany    32.549 31.942 31.947 32.424 32.195 32.493 10.651 11.364 +6,7% Jan - Apr '26
Greece 652 660 648 629 619 603 212 215 +1,4% Jan - Apr '26
Hungary 1.626 1.739 1.700 1.652 1.731 1.848 616 622 +0,9% Jan - Apr '26
Ireland    8.542 9.018 9.087 8.710 8.679 9.098 2.457 2.213(e) -9,9% Jan - Apr '26
Italy    12.667 13.087 13.022 12.916 13.178 13.458 4.631 4.753 +2,6% Jan - Apr '26
Latvia 791 813 811 829 834 838 268 255 -4,8% Jan - Apr '26
Lithuania    1.360 1.349 1.363 1.352 1.396 1.429 435 445 +2,3% Jan - Apr '26
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(e) - -
Malta 42 42 39 37 38 37 13 13 -2,8% Jan - Apr '26
Netherlands    13.985 13.631 13.765 13.901 13.662 13.921 4.584 4.827 +5,3% Jan - Apr '26
Poland    12.446 12.493 12.771 12.976 13.488 13.914 4.612 4.752 +3,0% Jan - Apr '26
Portugal 1.920 1.909 1.851 1.891 1.879 1.890 640 642 +0,4% Jan - Apr '26
Romania 1.135 1.126 1.134 1.205 1.235 1.207 399 353 -11,5% Jan - Apr '26
Slovakia 834 823 824 807 813 826 283 295 +4,2% Jan - Apr '26
Slovenia 580 589 575 559 565 570 193 203 +5,1% Jan - Apr '26
Spain    7.422 7.486 7.325 7.336 7.447 7.408 2.496 2.549 +2,1% Jan - Apr '26
Sweden 2.773 2.782 2.765 2.819 2.800 2.899 716 750 +4,8% Jan - Mar '26
TOTAL EU-27 144.901 144.474 144.649 144.715 145.723 148.229 35.709 37.368 (e) +4,6% Jan - Mar '26
y-o-y % -0,3% +0,1% +0,0% +0,7% +1,7%      
(e) estimated data
(c) confidential data
NOTE:The countries highlighted in yellow indicate the presence of some confidential data which are not considered in the total calculation of productions.
Source: Eurostat, MAPA, AGEA, RVO, GUS, Stimato CLAL
EU-27 Population ('000)
Country 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 ±% su 2024
Austria 8.773 8.822 8.859 8.901 8.933 8.979 9.105 9.159 9.197 +0,41%
Belgium 11.352 11.399 11.456 11.522 11.555 11.618 11.743 11.817 11.883 +0,56%
Croatia 4.079 4.014 3.969 3.934 3.893 3.862 3.851 3.862 3.874 +0,31%
Denmark 5.749 5.781 5.806 5.823 5.840 5.873 5.933 5.961 5.993 +0,54%
Finland 5.503 5.513 5.518 5.525 5.534 5.548 5.564 5.604 5.636 +0,57%
France 66.810 67.026 67.290 67.474 67.729 68.092 68.277 68.669 68.883 +0,31%
Germany 82.522 82.792 83.019 83.167 83.155 83.237 83.119 83.456 83.577 +0,14%
Greece 10.768 10.741 10.725 10.719 10.679 10.462 10.414 10.376 10.372 -0,04%
Ireland 4.799 4.856 4.940 5.013 5.067 5.154 5.271 5.352 5.440 +1,64%
Italy 60.067 59.938 59.817 59.641 59.236 59.030 58.997 58.971 58.943 -0,05%
Luxembourg 591 602 614 626 635 645 661 672 682 +1,49%
Netherlands 17.082 17.181 17.282 17.408 17.475 17.591 17.811 17.943 18.044 +0,56%
Portugal 10.344 10.336 10.333 10.375 10.394 10.421 10.517 10.640 10.750 +1,03%
Spain 46.497 46.645 46.919 47.318 47.401 47.487 48.085 48.620 49.128 +1,04%
Sweden 9.995 10.120 10.230 10.328 10.379 10.452 10.522 10.552 10.588 +0,34%
TOTAL EU-15 344.931 345.766 346.777 347.774 347.905 348.451 349.870 351.654 352.990 +0,38%
Cyprus 870 879 890 902 914 930 949 966 983 +1,76%
Czech Republic 10.579 10.610 10.650 10.694 10.495 10.517 10.828 10.901 10.910 +0,08%
Estonia 1.316 1.319 1.325 1.329 1.330 1.332 1.366 1.375 1.370 -0,36%
Hungary 9.740 9.714 9.700 9.689 9.651 9.610 9.600 9.585 9.540 -0,47%
Latvia 1.950 1.934 1.920 1.908 1.893 1.876 1.883 1.872 1.861 -0,59%
Lithuania 2.859 2.826 2.812 2.810 2.811 2.806 2.857 2.886 2.891 +0,17%
Malta 459 475 493 515 516 520 542 563 574 +1,95%
Poland 37.973 37.977 37.973 37.958 37.073 36.890 36.754 36.621 36.497 -0,34%
Slovakia 5.435 5.443 5.450 5.458 5.460 5.435 5.429 5.425 5.419 -0,11%
Slovenia 2.066 2.067 2.081 2.096 2.109 2.107 2.117 2.124 2.131 +0,33%
TOTAL EU-10* 73.247 73.244 73.294 73.359 72.252 72.023 72.325 72.318 72.176 -0,20%
Bulgaria 6.850 6.757 6.664 6.569 6.532 6.482 6.448 6.445 6.437 -0,12%
Romania 19.644 19.533 19.414 19.329 19.202 19.042 19.055 19.068 19.043 -0,13%
TOTAL EU-27 444.672 445.300 446.149 447.031 445.891 445.998 447.698 449.485 450.646
Change on the previous year 0,14 0,19 0,20 -0,26 0,02 0,38 0,40 -
*: New Country since 2004-05-01
**: New Country since 2007-01-01
Source: FAO
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