Population aging, typology and types of states in Europe

The aim of this diploma thesis is to evaluate the age and aging of the European population. At present, the aging process is affecting most countries in the Word. It occurs mainly in advanced countries, which includes most of the European countries. Population aging is linked to the process of the second demographic transition, which results in a change of the shares of the child´s and the old population. The main objective is to evaluate the age of individual regions (states) of Europe, according to various indicators, and thereafter to identify sub-regions in Europe according to the age of the population based on multidimensional statistical methods (point method, standardized variable method, factor and cluster analysis)