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There are 28 countries in the EU. As a result,
the EU’s population contains many different
ethnic groups
. In addition, there’s a lot of
immigration to the EU from non-EU countries.
People also migrate from one EU country
to another. The
nationality
with the highest
number of people in the EU is German, and
Turks are the largest immigrant group.
In total, 7% of the people who live in the EU
are immigrants from non-EU countries.
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Match the numbers with the categories and write sentences in your notebook.
7%
28
114
1.6
48%
52%
immigrants males females
fertility rate number of countries population density
... per cent of the population of the EU are ... The ... in the EU is...
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Listen and answer the questions.
a)
Which countries do immigrants to the EU come from? Name four.
b)
Where do emigrants from the EU go to? Name four countries.
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Answer the questions.
a)
What happens to the population when there are more immigrants than emigrants?
b)
What happens when there are more emigrants than immigrants?
When there are more ... than ..., the population increases/stays the same/decreases.
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Make a population density map of cities in the EU.
a)
Use the Internet to find out what the ten most-populated cities are in the EU.
b)
Find out the population density of each city. Put the cities in order from highest to lowest.
c)
Add the cities to your map. Draw circles to represent the population density of each city.
The biggest circle represents the most densely populated city.
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