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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 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 Var % Period
Austria 3.092 3.200 3.183 3.140 3.137 3.154 1.087 1.135 +4,4% Jan - Apr '22
Belgium 3.882 4.025 4.179 4.288 4.431 4.381 1.486 1.493 +0,5% Jan - Apr '22
Bulgaria 530 593 649 659 694 679 229 215 -6,2% Jan - Apr '22
Croatia 490 477 453 436 434 429 148 141 -4,3% Jan - Apr '22
Cyprus 200 216 228 238 271 298 102 98 -4,0% Jan - Apr '22
Czech Republic   2.793 2.979 3.033 3.074 3.192 3.129 1.315 1.337 +1,7% Jan - May '22
Denmark 5.376 5.494 5.615 5.615 5.667 5.644 1.861 1.872 +0,6% Jan - Apr '22
Estonia 715 727 748 763 788 799 264 271 +2,8% Jan - Apr '22
Finland 2.390 2.366 2.354 2.330 2.362 2.272 775 759 -2,1% Jan - Apr '22
France   24.453 24.630 24.543 24.526 24.602 24.197 8.418 8.310 -1,3% Jan - Apr '22
Germany   31.973 31.937 32.491 32.442 32.549 31.942 10.806 10.623 -1,7% Jan - Apr '22
Greece 619 614 620 631 652 660 226 221 -2,2% Jan - Apr '22
Hungary 1.547 1.545 1.535 1.576 1.626 1.739 596 589 -1,2% Jan - Apr '22
Ireland   6.852 7.475 7.810 8.227 8.542 9.018 2.497 2.480 -0,7% Jan - Apr '22
Italy   11.527 11.953 12.084 12.117 12.668 13.099 4.511 4.527 (e)

 +0,4% Jan - Apr '22
Latvia 814 813 781 785 791 813 249 257 +3,1% Jan - Apr '22
Lithuania 1.416 1.403 1.367 1.358 1.360 1.349 397 418 +5,3% Jan - Apr '22
Luxembourg 362 374 395 (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) - Jan - Apr '22
Malta 43 41 40 42 43 40 14 13 -5,3% Jan - Apr '22
Netherlands   14.324 14.296 13.881 13.802 13.987 13.603 5.880 5.761 -2,0% Jan - May '22
Poland   11.130 11.647 11.946 12.175 12.457 12.515 4.182 4.283 +2,4% Jan - Apr '22
Portugal 1.843 1.851 1.894 1.892 1.920 1.909 650 640 -1,4% Jan - Apr '22
Romania 953 1.028 1.109 1.122 1.135 1.126 360 346 -3,9% Jan - Apr '22
Slovakia 823 826 818 815 834 823 355 353 -0,6% Jan - May '22
Slovenia 575 579 571 564 580 589 198 197 -0,5% Jan - Apr '22
Spain 6.886 7.022 7.121 7.230 7.422 7.486 2.511 2.504 -0,3% Jan - Apr '22
Sweden 2.862 2.817 2.760 2.704 2.773 2.782 955 942 -1,4% Jan - Apr '22
TOTAL EU-27 138.107 140.554 141.813 142.550 144.915 144.475 48.510 48.236 (e) -0,6% Jan - Apr '22
y-o-y % +1,8% +0,9% +0,5% +1,7% -0,3%      
(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, MAPA, AGEA, Stimato CLAL
EU-27 Population ('000)
Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 ±% on 2020
Austria 8.408 8.452 8.508 8.585 8.700 8.773 8.822 8.859 8.901 8.933 +0,36%
Belgium 11.076 11.138 11.181 11.237 11.311 11.352 11.399 11.456 11.522 11.566 +0,38%
Croatia 4.276 4.262 4.247 4.225 4.191 4.154 4.105 4.076 4.058 4.036 -0,54%
Denmark 5.581 5.603 5.627 5.660 5.707 5.749 5.781 5.806 5.823 5.840 +0,29%
Finland 5.401 5.427 5.451 5.472 5.487 5.503 5.513 5.518 5.525 5.534 +0,16%
France 65.277 65.600 66.166 66.458 66.638 66.810 67.026 67.178 67.320 67.440 +0,18%
Germany 80.328 80.524 80.767 81.198 82.176 82.522 82.792 83.019 83.167 83.155 -0,01%
Greece 11.086 11.004 10.927 10.858 10.784 10.768 10.741 10.725 10.719 10.683 -0,34%
Ireland 4.589 4.610 4.638 4.678 4.726 4.784 4.830 4.904 4.964 5.007 +0,87%
Italy 59.394 59.685 60.783 60.796 60.666 60.589 60.484 59.817 59.641 59.258 -0,64%
Luxembourg 525 537 550 563 576 591 602 614 626 635 +1,44%
Netherlands 16.730 16.780 16.829 16.901 16.979 17.082 17.181 17.282 17.408 17.475 +0,38%
Portugal 10.542 10.487 10.427 10.375 10.341 10.310 10.291 10.277 10.296 10.298 +0,02%
Spain 46.818 46.728 46.512 46.450 46.440 46.528 46.658 46.937 47.333 47.394 +0,13%
Sweden 9.483 9.556 9.645 9.747 9.851 9.995 10.120 10.230 10.328 10.379 +0,49%
TOTAL EU-15 339.514 340.393 342.258 343.203 344.573 345.510 346.345 346.698 347.631 347.633 +0,27%
Cyprus 862 866 858 847 848 855 864 876 888 896 +0,49%
Czech Republic 10.505 10.516 10.512 10.538 10.554 10.579 10.610 10.650 10.694 10.702 +0,49%
Estonia 1.325 1.320 1.316 1.315 1.316 1.316 1.319 1.325 1.329 1.330 +0,49%
Hungary 9.932 9.909 9.877 9.856 9.830 9.798 9.778 9.773 9.770 9.731 +0,49%
Latvia 2.045 2.024 2.001 1.986 1.969 1.950 1.934 1.920 1.908 1.893 +0,49%
Lithuania 3.004 2.972 2.943 2.921 2.889 2.848 2.809 2.794 2.794 2.796 +0,49%
Malta 418 423 429 440 450 460 476 494 515 516 +0,49%
Poland 38.064 38.063 38.018 38.006 37.967 37.973 37.977 37.973 37.958 37.840 +0,49%
Slovakia 5.404 5.411 5.416 5.421 5.426 5.435 5.443 5.450 5.458 5.460 +0,49%
Slovenia 2.055 2.059 2.061 2.063 2.064 2.066 2.067 2.081 2.096 2.109 +0,49%
TOTAL EU-10* 73.614 73.563 73.431 73.393 73.313 73.280 73.277 73.336 73.410 73.273 +0,10%
Bulgaria 7.327 7.285 7.246 7.202 7.154 7.102 7.050 7.000 6.951 6.917 -0,49%
Romania 20.096 20.020 19.947 19.871 19.761 19.644 19.533 19.414 19.329 19.186 -0,74%
TOTAL EU-2** 27.423 27.305 27.193 27.073 26.915 26.746 26.583 26.414 26.280 26.103 -0,51%
TOTAL EU-27 440.551 441.261 442.882 443.669 444.801 445.536 446.205 446.448 447.321 447.009
Change on the previous year +0,16 +0,37 +0,18 +0,26 +0,17 +0,15 +0,05 +0,20 -0,07

*: New Country since 2004-05-01
**: New Country since 2007-01-01
Source: FAO