Originally Posted by Mihajlovic

East European birth rates are catastrophically low. Except from Albanians who have the highest birth rate in Europe, the rest of the countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary) are facing huge demographic problems. The population of Estonia and Bulgaria fro example could decrease by half in the next 40 years.

The population of the East European countries is younger than the one of old Europe (average age 36.9 compared to 40)