歐洲人口雜志旨在改善人口現象的了解優先考慮工作,有助于理論和方法的發展,并且跨越人口學和社會學等學科之間的界限,人類學、經濟學、地理、歷史、政治科學、流行病學和其他科學導致公共衛生。投稿者來自世界各地，包括歐洲和非歐洲國家。該雜志面向廣大公眾，包括研究人員、政策制定者和其他關注人口進程及其后果的人士。

The European Journal of Population aims to improve understanding of population phenomena by giving priority to work that contributes to the development of theory and method, and that spans the boundaries between demography and such disciplines as sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, epidemiology and other sciences contributing to public health. Contributors come from around the world, and the coverage includes both European and non-European countries.The journal addresses a broad public of researchers, policy makers and others concerned with population processes and their consequences.