Demographic data

Statistical demographic data on the Romani people in Europe or the European Union, respectively, are found in various reports of international organizations and institutions which are oriented especially to fundamental human rights of the EU citizens, or they are representing Romani associations on the European or national level. All reports have something in common, i.e. statistical demographic data on the Roma people are difficult to get.

According to the data of the European Commission from 2011, 10-20 million Romanies lived in the EU area. In the same year, the Roma activists from 13 European countries gathered at the founding meeting of the European Romani Union in Murska Sobota in Slovenia and provided information to the media that the Romani community represents one of the largest ethnic minorities in the EU – having 12–15 million members, and will grow to 40 million people by the year 2046.

 

Sources:

•  European Commission, 2011, European Commission calls on Member States to set national strategies for Roma integration  [online], [2011] available at: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-11-400_sl.htm
•  Ustanovljena Evropska romska unija  [online], [2011], STA. Mladina, available at: www.mladina.si/86542/24-06-2011-ustanovljena_evropska_romska_unija/?utm_source=dnevnik%2F24-06-2011-ustanovljena_evropska_romska_unija%2F&utm_mediuSTA. 2011.m=web&utm_campaign=oldLink