UN country group · UN WPP 2024

LLDC: Europe population

LLDC: Europe population now

4,755,769

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 4,898,871

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 4.76531 million
Median age: 40.9
Aged 65+: 18.0%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 1,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

AGG · 1950–2100 · in brief

LLDC: Europe in numbers

LLDC: Europe had 4,898,871 people in mid-2023, 0.06% of the world's people. That is 1.3 times its 1950 population of 3.8 million.

Its population peaked in 1990 at 6.5 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 2.4 million in 2100.

2019 was the last year births kept up with deaths. Every year since has had more deaths than births, as does every projected year to 2100.

The median age was 23.0 in 1950 and 39.6 in 2023; the projection has 51.5 in 2100. 16.3% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 31.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2004 at 4.2 million; in 2023 it was 3.2 million.

Population, mid-2023: 4,898,871
Share of the world, 2023: 0.06%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.38% · +18,653 people
Births, 2023: 49,864
Deaths, 2023: 61,597
Net migration, 2023: −24,167
Children per woman, 2023: 1.62
Median age, 2023: 39.6 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 73.4 years
Population, mid-1950: 3,777,043
Projected, mid-2050: 3,864,497
Projected, mid-2100: 2,350,718

AGG · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection (medium). Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: LLDC: Europe, 1950–2100

LLDC: Europe: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	3,743,975	126,363	61,501	3.95	52.7
1951	estimate	3,810,111	128,866	62,424	3.93	52.3
1952	estimate	3,877,449	131,032	58,678	3.90	54.1
1953	estimate	3,951,167	131,298	57,577	3.83	54.7
1954	estimate	4,026,784	133,648	55,165	3.81	56.0
1955	estimate	4,096,320	132,872	54,835	3.72	56.2
1956	estimate	4,166,145	131,969	51,951	3.63	57.7
1957	estimate	4,238,165	132,050	53,512	3.57	57.2
1958	estimate	4,308,335	132,754	50,006	3.54	59.0
1959	estimate	4,381,018	134,153	50,534	3.54	59.1
1960	estimate	4,467,865	133,225	50,063	3.47	59.7
1961	estimate	4,554,586	129,712	49,274	3.35	60.4
1962	estimate	4,643,531	124,296	51,033	3.18	59.8
1963	estimate	4,718,967	121,948	49,911	3.11	60.7
1964	estimate	4,802,084	116,687	50,136	2.97	60.9
1965	estimate	4,880,191	115,809	49,999	2.95	61.4
1966	estimate	4,958,684	114,281	50,056	2.90	61.9
1967	estimate	5,037,324	112,919	50,650	2.85	62.1
1968	estimate	5,116,063	112,351	51,071	2.80	62.5
1969	estimate	5,195,962	112,478	52,480	2.75	62.5
1970	estimate	5,276,709	114,220	52,843	2.72	63.0
1971	estimate	5,338,741	116,035	53,109	2.69	63.3
1972	estimate	5,399,547	118,331	53,291	2.67	63.6
1973	estimate	5,463,237	119,656	52,815	2.62	64.3
1974	estimate	5,529,642	122,603	53,521	2.61	64.5
1975	estimate	5,599,143	124,604	54,247	2.58	64.7
1976	estimate	5,670,693	125,036	54,677	2.52	65.1
1977	estimate	5,743,027	124,123	55,299	2.45	65.4
1978	estimate	5,814,415	124,077	55,634	2.40	65.8
1979	estimate	5,885,868	125,849	56,412	2.39	66.1
1980	estimate	5,947,956	126,824	55,350	2.37	66.3
1981	estimate	6,015,547	127,874	55,305	2.37	66.7
1982	estimate	6,081,660	130,550	55,689	2.40	67.0
1983	estimate	6,136,382	135,123	56,516	2.47	67.2
1984	estimate	6,191,572	138,293	56,906	2.53	67.6
1985	estimate	6,247,002	138,111	57,057	2.54	67.9
1986	estimate	6,303,920	139,702	56,999	2.59	68.3
1987	estimate	6,364,276	141,087	56,757	2.63	68.7
1988	estimate	6,424,166	134,278	56,996	2.54	68.9
1989	estimate	6,482,846	124,645	57,430	2.39	69.1
1990	estimate	6,507,212	120,592	59,125	2.35	69.0
1991	estimate	6,522,463	115,866	60,900	2.28	68.8
1992	estimate	6,502,742	112,251	64,624	2.24	68.1
1993	estimate	6,473,725	107,510	65,959	2.16	68.2
1994	estimate	6,436,461	102,081	68,152	2.07	67.8
1995	estimate	6,417,783	94,225	68,713	1.93	67.9
1996	estimate	6,407,707	89,054	70,295	1.83	68.0
1997	estimate	6,392,710	89,465	70,067	1.83	68.2
1998	estimate	6,369,877	84,470	69,092	1.73	68.4
1999	estimate	6,342,688	79,612	68,018	1.63	68.8
2000	estimate	6,309,917	79,348	68,055	1.62	69.1
2001	estimate	6,274,521	76,592	67,525	1.56	69.4
2002	estimate	6,237,621	76,994	68,730	1.56	69.4
2003	estimate	6,197,206	77,837	68,745	1.57	69.6
2004	estimate	6,156,455	77,038	68,328	1.54	69.8
2005	estimate	6,110,045	75,967	68,185	1.52	70.0
2006	estimate	6,046,905	76,560	67,579	1.54	70.2
2007	estimate	5,974,194	77,283	67,492	1.57	70.4
2008	estimate	5,892,541	78,590	65,750	1.62	70.8
2009	estimate	5,808,135	80,801	64,447	1.70	71.1
2010	estimate	5,725,482	79,763	63,023	1.71	71.7
2011	estimate	5,641,511	75,131	62,585	1.65	71.9
2012	estimate	5,553,912	74,780	62,486	1.68	72.0
2013	estimate	5,465,918	71,551	61,477	1.65	72.2
2014	estimate	5,378,117	75,938	61,783	1.80	72.2
2015	estimate	5,302,968	74,350	62,810	1.83	72.1
2016	estimate	5,232,093	72,438	62,733	1.85	72.1
2017	estimate	5,166,014	66,926	62,105	1.77	72.5
2018	estimate	5,102,738	64,409	61,923	1.77	72.6
2019	estimate	5,044,265	60,293	62,981	1.72	72.6
2020	estimate	4,976,141	57,110	70,227	1.70	71.6
2021	estimate	4,906,152	54,220	77,868	1.69	70.6
2022	estimate	4,843,620	50,695	61,346	1.64	73.4
2023	estimate	4,916,815	49,864	61,597	1.62	73.4
2024	estimate	4,880,928	48,728	61,825	1.62	73.5
2025	projection	4,835,011	47,322	62,139	1.63	73.7
2026	projection	4,784,782	45,989	62,454	1.63	73.8
2027	projection	4,745,850	45,073	62,792	1.63	74.0
2028	projection	4,707,104	44,302	63,115	1.64	74.1
2029	projection	4,667,902	43,624	63,444	1.64	74.3
2030	projection	4,628,092	43,024	63,756	1.64	74.4
2031	projection	4,587,364	42,523	64,098	1.64	74.6
2032	projection	4,547,210	42,150	64,410	1.64	74.7
2033	projection	4,507,144	41,880	64,655	1.63	74.9
2034	projection	4,466,903	41,691	64,888	1.63	75.0
2035	projection	4,426,454	41,609	65,066	1.63	75.2
2036	projection	4,385,954	41,570	65,174	1.63	75.3
2037	projection	4,346,123	41,616	65,235	1.62	75.5
2038	projection	4,306,656	41,738	65,262	1.62	75.6
2039	projection	4,268,001	41,914	65,196	1.62	75.8
2040	projection	4,229,423	42,089	65,044	1.62	75.9
2041	projection	4,192,013	42,276	64,829	1.63	76.1
2042	projection	4,155,616	42,414	64,537	1.63	76.2
2043	projection	4,119,516	42,469	64,192	1.63	76.4
2044	projection	4,083,869	42,348	63,845	1.63	76.5
2045	projection	4,049,578	42,084	63,405	1.63	76.7
2046	projection	4,015,015	41,566	62,893	1.63	76.8
2047	projection	3,981,149	40,883	62,385	1.63	77.0
2048	projection	3,948,059	40,036	61,813	1.63	77.1
2049	projection	3,915,019	39,043	61,255	1.63	77.3
2050	projection	3,881,193	37,957	60,696	1.63	77.4
2051	projection	3,847,801	36,826	60,149	1.63	77.5
2052	projection	3,813,176	35,629	59,616	1.63	77.7
2053	projection	3,778,488	34,484	59,077	1.63	77.8
2054	projection	3,742,767	33,321	58,549	1.63	78.0
2055	projection	3,706,553	32,255	58,054	1.63	78.1
2056	projection	3,670,336	31,265	57,610	1.63	78.3
2057	projection	3,633,560	30,365	57,174	1.63	78.4
2058	projection	3,597,332	29,611	56,773	1.63	78.5
2059	projection	3,561,197	28,960	56,388	1.63	78.7
2060	projection	3,524,848	28,429	56,034	1.63	78.8
2061	projection	3,487,608	27,988	55,678	1.63	79.0
2062	projection	3,450,535	27,651	55,353	1.63	79.1
2063	projection	3,413,620	27,369	55,012	1.63	79.2
2064	projection	3,377,379	27,175	54,731	1.63	79.3
2065	projection	3,341,552	27,060	54,397	1.63	79.5
2066	projection	3,305,983	27,001	54,025	1.63	79.6
2067	projection	3,271,338	26,964	53,665	1.63	79.8
2068	projection	3,236,617	26,989	53,253	1.63	79.9
2069	projection	3,202,261	27,016	52,822	1.63	80.0
2070	projection	3,168,814	27,031	52,383	1.63	80.2
2071	projection	3,135,647	27,029	51,860	1.63	80.3
2072	projection	3,104,148	27,043	51,318	1.63	80.5
2073	projection	3,073,125	27,023	50,722	1.63	80.6
2074	projection	3,042,766	26,939	50,126	1.63	80.8
2075	projection	3,012,767	26,795	49,507	1.63	80.9
2076	projection	2,983,643	26,599	48,876	1.63	81.0
2077	projection	2,955,028	26,343	48,207	1.63	81.2
2078	projection	2,926,476	26,009	47,547	1.63	81.3
2079	projection	2,898,718	25,635	46,854	1.63	81.4
2080	projection	2,871,510	25,201	46,167	1.63	81.5
2081	projection	2,844,840	24,726	45,488	1.64	81.7
2082	projection	2,818,263	24,219	44,799	1.64	81.8
2083	projection	2,791,897	23,638	44,133	1.63	81.9
2084	projection	2,765,865	23,059	43,554	1.63	82.0
2085	projection	2,739,998	22,510	42,954	1.63	82.1
2086	projection	2,714,239	21,973	42,430	1.64	82.3
2087	projection	2,688,617	21,443	41,947	1.64	82.4
2088	projection	2,663,467	20,942	41,525	1.63	82.5
2089	projection	2,638,253	20,486	41,167	1.63	82.6
2090	projection	2,613,128	20,085	40,832	1.63	82.7
2091	projection	2,588,217	19,712	40,556	1.63	82.8
2092	projection	2,562,904	19,396	40,317	1.63	83.0
2093	projection	2,537,628	19,123	40,119	1.63	83.1
2094	projection	2,512,287	18,912	39,954	1.63	83.2
2095	projection	2,487,254	18,738	39,811	1.63	83.3
2096	projection	2,462,283	18,619	39,690	1.63	83.5
2097	projection	2,437,265	18,530	39,596	1.63	83.6
2098	projection	2,412,369	18,445	39,476	1.63	83.7
2099	projection	2,387,570	18,389	39,372	1.63	83.8
2100	projection	2,362,971	18,357	39,219	1.63	83.9

AGG · membership

What LLDC: Europe is

LLDC: Europe is one of the UN's analytical groupings. This dataset carries the group's totals, not its membership, so its countries are not listed here.

Show the numbers: LLDC: Europe, mid-2026, by single year of age

LLDC: Europe: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	23,542	22,068
1	23,827	22,290
2	24,246	22,664
3	24,976	23,354
4	26,243	24,537
5	27,566	25,760
6	28,724	26,828
7	30,042	28,097
8	31,292	29,470
9	32,908	31,208
10	34,498	32,708
11	35,256	33,376
12	34,938	33,146
13	33,680	32,020
14	32,293	31,049
15	31,264	30,780
16	30,815	30,804
17	30,148	30,288
18	29,014	29,230
19	27,974	28,187
20	27,051	27,313
21	26,218	26,508
22	25,484	25,662
23	24,991	24,916
24	24,505	24,270
25	24,085	23,922
26	23,775	23,742
27	23,466	23,537
28	23,828	24,065
29	25,008	25,462
30	26,634	27,162
31	28,382	28,999
32	30,136	31,004
33	31,358	32,323
34	31,974	32,900
35	33,042	33,752
36	34,454	34,880
37	35,741	36,219
38	36,950	37,500
39	37,662	38,272
40	37,207	38,121
41	36,106	37,382
42	35,252	36,886
43	34,009	36,005
44	32,658	34,960
45	32,063	34,600
46	31,678	34,362
47	30,913	33,760
48	30,239	33,222
49	29,973	33,311
50	29,896	33,630
51	29,420	33,499
52	28,613	33,202
53	28,196	32,994
54	27,824	32,494
55	27,209	31,645
56	26,700	31,215
57	26,532	31,454
58	26,608	31,922
59	26,597	32,138
60	26,381	32,184
61	26,511	32,974
62	26,917	34,066
63	27,133	34,822
64	27,449	35,542
65	27,668	36,406
66	27,540	37,152
67	26,858	36,588
68	25,433	34,850
69	23,819	33,286
70	22,518	32,007
71	21,448	31,117
72	20,018	29,948
73	18,458	28,455
74	17,281	27,548
75	16,170	26,800
76	14,986	25,694
77	12,948	22,747
78	9,690	17,455
79	7,176	13,358
80	5,721	10,953
81	4,896	9,750
82	4,621	9,850
83	4,375	9,980
84	3,968	9,651
85	3,222	8,298
86	2,520	6,956
87	2,004	6,062
88	1,592	5,232
89	1,272	4,446
90	978	3,647
91	711	2,880
92	498	2,200
93	344	1,680
94	234	1,278
95	156	948
96	99	667
97	60	444
98	36	302
99	21	208
100+	24	364

AGG · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

LLDC: Europe, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

AGG · ages 15–64

Who does the work in LLDC: Europe

LLDC: Europe had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2004: 4,230,760 people aged 15–64, against 3,173,540 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

29 children

25 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 18 years: 2001–2018.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

AGG · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in LLDC: Europe, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 LLDC: Europe loses 11,630 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 3,933 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 83,858 (2022); its biggest loss, 100,707 (2010).

This is a group of countries, so its figure counts only moves across its own outer edge: someone moving from one country inside it to another does not appear.

How migration works everywhere

AGG · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in LLDC: Europe

Of every 100 babies born in LLDC: Europe in 2023, 6 had a mother under 20, 77 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 17 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 6 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
6 · 77 · 17

2023
6 · 77 · 17

2050 · projected
1 · 72 · 27

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 49,864
Average age when women have a baby: 28.4 years; 29.7 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 20; 36 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in LLDC: Europe by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	126	82	33	17	6	3
15–19	7,533	11,454	10,991	2,774	553	329
20–24	37,430	51,062	31,382	10,338	3,359	2,097
25–29	37,499	34,091	22,520	14,562	9,587	5,446
30–34	21,933	15,840	9,940	13,433	14,207	6,243
35–39	14,351	9,136	3,703	7,276	8,278	3,295
40–44	6,495	2,645	759	1,400	1,818	858
45–49	996	294	20	64	149	86
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	126,363	124,604	79,348	49,864	37,957	18,357

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual tables for regions and groups (estimates to 2023, then the medium projection), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UN WUP 2025 · Maddison Project 2020 · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.