Europe is heading for a demographic downsize, with its population expected to shrink by 11.7 percent or 53 million people by 2100 according to a new Eurostat forecast published Thursday. The decline won’t start right away, as the bloc’s population is even expected to edge up slightly to peak at 453 million by 2029. But after that the EU will enter a prolonged slide to under 400 million by the end of the century, with fewer young people and working-age adults, and more than double the current