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EU-28: 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-28: Raw cows' milk delivered to dairies ('000 tons)
COUNTRY 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2019 2020 Var % Period
Austria 3.067 3.103 3.092 3.200 3.183 3.140 1.379 1.403 (e)

 +1,8% Jan - May '20
Belgium 3.689 3.988 3.882 4.025 4.179 4.288 1.811 1.879 +3,8% Jan - May '20
Bulgaria 510 505 530 593 649 659 278 295 +6,0% Jan - May '20
Croatia 523 513 490 477 453 436 192 188 (e)

 -2,5% Jan - May '20
Cyprus 164 162 200 216 228 239 100 108 (e)

 +8,1% Jan - May '20
Czech Republic   2.414 2.500 2.793 2.979 3.033 3.074 1.295 1.362 +5,2% Jan - May '20
Denmark 5.113 5.278 5.376 5.494 5.615 5.615 2.367 2.372 +0,2% Jan - May '20
Estonia 730 720 715 727 748 763 322 332 +3,2% Jan - May '20
Finland 2.357 2.394 2.390 2.366 2.354 2.330 995 1.011 +1,7% Jan - May '20
France   25.309 25.375 24.453 24.630 24.543 24.518 10.735 10.829 +0,9% Jan - May '20
Germany   31.375 31.879 31.973 31.937 32.491 32.442 13.769 13.925 +1,1% Jan - May '20
Greece 619 612 619 614 620 631 267 274 (e)

 +2,6% Jan - May '20
Hungary 1.470 1.536 1.547 1.545 1.535 1.576 680 700 +2,9% Jan - May '20
Ireland   5.816 6.585 6.852 7.475 7.810 8.227 3.309 3.439 +4,0% Jan - May '20
Italy   11.037 11.162 11.527 11.953 12.084 12.110 5.306 5.372 (e)

 +1,3% Jan - May '20
Latvia 805 808 814 813 781 785 309 307 -0,8% Jan - May '20
Lithuania 1.436 1.438 1.416 1.403 1.367 1.358 523 523 -0,0% Jan - May '20
Luxembourg 306 333 362 374 395 409 173 187 +8,1% Jan - May '20
Malta 43 42 43 41 40 42 19 18 -0,5% Jan - May '20
Netherlands   12.473 13.331 14.324 14.296 13.881 13.788 5.821 5.977 +2,7% Jan - May '20
Poland   10.581 10.869 11.130 11.647 11.946 12.175 5.163 5.287 +2,4% Jan - May '20
Portugal 1.863 1.928 1.843 1.851 1.894 1.892 817 830 +1,6% Jan - May '20
Romania 995 916 953 1.028 1.109 1.122 478 473 (e)

 -1,0% Jan - May '20
Slovakia 844 865 823 826 818 815 350 359 +2,8% Jan - May '20
Slovenia 532 554 575 579 571 564 240 246 +2,4% Jan - May '20
Spain 6.651 6.794 6.886 7.022 7.121 7.231 3.063 3.168 (e)

 +3,4% Jan - May '20
Sweden 2.931 2.933 2.862 2.817 2.760 2.704 1.179 1.180 (e)

 +0,0% Jan - May '20
United Kingdom   14.818 15.210 14.708 15.157 15.207 15.324 6.559 6.638 +1,2% Jan - May '20
TOTAL EU-28 148.471 152.334 153.177 156.086 157.415 158.255 67.498 68.682 (e) +1,8% Jan - May '20
y-o-y % +2,6% +0,6% +1,9% +0,9% +0,5%      
(e) estimated data
(c) confidential data
NOTE:The data for the higlighted countries are confidential. These countries are not considered in the calculation of the total production.
Source: Eurostat, FEGA, DEFRA, AGEA, Stimato CLAL
EU-28 Population ('000)
Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ±% on 2018
Austria 8.352 8.375 8.408 8.452 8.508 8.585 8.700 8.773 8.822 8.859 +0,42%
Belgium 10.840 11.001 11.076 11.138 11.181 11.237 11.311 11.352 11.399 11.456 +0,50%
Croatia 4.303 4.290 4.276 4.262 4.247 4.225 4.191 4.154 4.105 4.076 -0,71%
Denmark 5.535 5.561 5.581 5.603 5.627 5.660 5.707 5.749 5.781 5.806 +0,43%
Finland 5.351 5.375 5.401 5.427 5.451 5.472 5.487 5.503 5.513 5.518 +0,09%
France 64.659 64.979 65.277 65.600 66.166 66.458 66.638 66.810 66.919 67.013 +0,14%
Germany 81.802 80.222 80.328 80.524 80.767 81.198 82.176 82.522 82.792 83.019 +0,27%
Greece 11.119 11.123 11.086 11.004 10.927 10.858 10.784 10.768 10.741 10.725 -0,15%
Ireland 4.549 4.571 4.589 4.610 4.638 4.678 4.726 4.784 4.830 4.904 +1,53%
Italy 59.190 59.365 59.394 59.685 60.783 60.796 60.666 60.589 60.484 60.360 -0,21%
Luxembourg 502 512 525 537 550 563 576 591 602 614 +1,99%
Netherlands 16.575 16.656 16.730 16.780 16.829 16.901 16.979 17.082 17.181 17.282 +0,59%
Portugal 10.573 10.573 10.542 10.487 10.427 10.375 10.341 10.310 10.291 10.277 -0,14%
Spain 46.487 46.667 46.818 46.728 46.512 46.450 46.440 46.528 46.658 46.937 +0,60%
Sweden 9.341 9.416 9.483 9.556 9.645 9.747 9.851 9.995 10.120 10.230 +1,09%
United Kingdom 62.510 63.023 63.495 63.905 64.351 64.853 65.379 65.844 66.274 66.647 +0,56%
TOTAL EU-15 401.688 401.709 403.009 404.298 406.609 408.056 409.952 411.354 412.512 413.723 +0,28%
Cyprus 819 840 862 866 858 847 848 855 864 876 +0,56%
Czech Republic 10.462 10.487 10.505 10.516 10.512 10.538 10.554 10.579 10.610 10.650 +0,56%
Estonia 1.333 1.330 1.325 1.320 1.316 1.315 1.316 1.316 1.319 1.325 +0,56%
Hungary 10.014 9.986 9.932 9.909 9.877 9.856 9.830 9.798 9.778 9.773 +0,56%
Latvia 2.121 2.075 2.045 2.024 2.001 1.986 1.969 1.950 1.934 1.920 +0,56%
Lithuania 3.142 3.053 3.004 2.972 2.943 2.921 2.889 2.848 2.809 2.794 +0,56%
Malta 414 415 418 423 429 440 450 460 476 494 +0,56%
Poland 38.023 38.063 38.064 38.063 38.018 38.006 37.967 37.973 37.977 37.973 +0,56%
Slovakia 5.390 5.392 5.404 5.411 5.416 5.421 5.426 5.435 5.443 5.450 +0,56%
Slovenia 2.047 2.050 2.055 2.059 2.061 2.063 2.064 2.066 2.067 2.081 +0,56%
TOTAL EU-10* 73.765 73.691 73.614 73.563 73.431 73.393 73.313 73.280 73.277 73.336 -0,00%
Bulgaria 7.422 7.369 7.327 7.285 7.246 7.202 7.154 7.102 7.050 7.000 -0,71%
Romania 20.295 20.199 20.096 20.020 19.947 19.871 19.761 19.644 19.531 19.414 -0,60%
TOTAL EU-2** 27.717 27.568 27.423 27.305 27.193 27.073 26.915 26.746 26.581 26.414 -0,62%
TOTAL EU-28 503.170 502.968 504.046 505.166 507.233 508.522 510.180 511.380 512.370 513.473
Change on the previous year -0,04 +0,21 +0,22 +0,41 +0,25 +0,33 +0,24 +0,19 +0,22

*: New Country since 2004-05-01
**: New Country since 2007-01-01
Source: FAO
UK trade data for the period Jan - Apr 2020 are provisional