The number of migrants in many European countries is growing, which invariably leads to international families and then children. The map below, created by a Reddit user InnerPace using Eurostat’s data, illustrates the share of 15–19-year-olds whose parents were both born in the same country.
Country
Share (%)
Bulgaria
99
Romania
99
Slovakia
98
Poland
96
Bosnia and Herzegovina
96
Hungary
94
Lithuania
93
Czechia
90
Greece
86
Serbia
84
Latvia
83
Finland
81
Slovenia
80
Denmark
79
Italy
79
Croatia
77
Iceland
76
Estonia
76
Norway
70
Spain
68
Netherlands
67
Sweden
60
Belgium
60
Germany
60
Austria
56
Ireland
59
Portugal
74
Switzerland
45
The countries of Western and Northern Europe have the lowest share of 15–19-year-olds with two native-born parents because they have long attracted workers, students, and families from abroad for economic reasons. In contrast, many Central and Eastern European countries cannot boast such appeal to immigrants. As a result, in places like Bulgaria and Romania, almost all teenagers have parents who were born in the same country.
Migration flows and birth origins have continued to change — I wonder how things look for newborn children today?
