Sub-region · UN WPP 2024

Western Europe population

Western Europe population now

199,506,005

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: 199,537,113

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 199.495 million
Median age: 44.8
Aged 65+: 23.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 20,000 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

Western Europe in numbers

199,537,113 people lived in Western Europe in mid-2023: 2.5% of the world's people. That is 1.4 times its 1950 population of 142 million. It covers 9 countries and areas; the largest are Germany (42.4%), France (33.3%), the Netherlands (9.1%), Belgium (5.9%) and Austria (4.6%).

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2024 at 200 million, then falling to 185 million by 2100.

2018 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 population still grows until 2024, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 33.6 in 1950 and 44.2 in 2023; the projection has 48.6 in 2100. 21.8% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 31.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2023 at 126 million; in 2023 it was 126 million.

Population, mid-2023: 199,537,113
Share of the world, 2023: 2.5%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.52% · +1,038,817 people
Births, 2023: 1,796,109
Deaths, 2023: 2,103,128
Net migration, 2023: +943,775
Children per woman, 2023: 1.50
Median age, 2023: 44.2 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 82.2 years
Population, mid-1950: 142,421,189
Projected, mid-2050: 196,281,820
Projected, mid-2100: 185,317,324

AGG · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection (medium). Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Western Europe, 1950–2100

Western 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	142,127,773	2,643,059	1,571,814	2.48	67.0
1951	estimate	142,714,605	2,555,075	1,619,593	2.42	67.1
1952	estimate	143,379,563	2,522,527	1,574,432	2.40	67.9
1953	estimate	144,139,856	2,483,374	1,625,379	2.38	68.0
1954	estimate	144,946,002	2,495,690	1,598,169	2.40	68.5
1955	estimate	145,860,262	2,503,176	1,624,397	2.41	68.7
1956	estimate	146,832,916	2,543,671	1,666,723	2.44	68.9
1957	estimate	147,837,398	2,596,391	1,681,214	2.48	69.0
1958	estimate	149,211,258	2,604,186	1,636,484	2.49	69.9
1959	estimate	150,574,199	2,703,658	1,665,997	2.56	70.0
1960	estimate	151,878,277	2,718,711	1,736,312	2.56	70.0
1961	estimate	153,233,896	2,821,528	1,679,424	2.65	70.5
1962	estimate	154,651,723	2,802,043	1,769,036	2.63	70.4
1963	estimate	156,222,524	2,872,772	1,811,308	2.68	70.4
1964	estimate	157,763,031	2,878,860	1,734,750	2.68	71.1
1965	estimate	159,200,465	2,817,983	1,812,039	2.63	71.0
1966	estimate	160,677,248	2,802,078	1,803,255	2.60	71.2
1967	estimate	161,982,215	2,722,508	1,823,134	2.51	71.3
1968	estimate	162,829,339	2,641,943	1,910,858	2.43	71.1
1969	estimate	164,014,421	2,580,699	1,947,119	2.34	71.0
1970	estimate	165,462,594	2,492,217	1,907,083	2.23	71.4
1971	estimate	166,002,816	2,457,994	1,908,674	2.18	71.5
1972	estimate	167,227,400	2,319,968	1,901,786	2.03	71.8
1973	estimate	168,169,967	2,181,053	1,904,987	1.88	72.0
1974	estimate	169,010,309	2,100,801	1,890,479	1.78	72.3
1975	estimate	169,261,113	2,002,834	1,941,627	1.68	72.3
1976	estimate	169,129,906	1,974,113	1,917,284	1.64	72.6
1977	estimate	169,153,134	1,999,921	1,844,370	1.65	73.2
1978	estimate	169,411,865	1,997,486	1,891,485	1.63	73.2
1979	estimate	169,680,151	2,032,476	1,866,663	1.64	73.6
1980	estimate	170,175,638	2,133,811	1,885,623	1.70	73.7
1981	estimate	170,897,132	2,138,943	1,896,861	1.69	73.9
1982	estimate	171,414,392	2,125,086	1,874,456	1.66	74.2
1983	estimate	171,696,921	2,035,962	1,894,635	1.57	74.4
1984	estimate	171,862,551	2,036,522	1,845,584	1.55	74.8
1985	estimate	172,009,904	2,048,705	1,874,613	1.55	74.9
1986	estimate	172,405,169	2,103,366	1,865,752	1.58	75.1
1987	estimate	172,973,121	2,119,365	1,808,330	1.57	75.6
1988	estimate	173,592,608	2,151,014	1,805,818	1.59	75.8
1989	estimate	174,610,440	2,142,836	1,821,297	1.57	76.0
1990	estimate	175,897,598	2,180,952	1,836,159	1.59	76.0
1991	estimate	177,149,976	2,115,249	1,824,250	1.53	76.2
1992	estimate	178,309,253	2,075,799	1,796,326	1.50	76.6
1993	estimate	179,656,499	2,029,320	1,829,290	1.46	76.6
1994	estimate	180,477,094	1,996,404	1,795,051	1.44	77.0
1995	estimate	181,065,399	2,003,056	1,811,805	1.46	77.1
1996	estimate	181,686,719	2,039,449	1,816,776	1.50	77.3
1997	estimate	182,214,704	2,042,527	1,784,751	1.52	77.7
1998	estimate	182,595,856	2,031,245	1,780,465	1.53	78.0
1999	estimate	182,201,221	2,000,292	1,781,158	1.55	78.2
2000	estimate	182,923,598	2,032,685	1,765,931	1.60	78.4
2001	estimate	183,656,574	1,984,894	1,750,218	1.58	78.7
2002	estimate	184,513,400	1,958,635	1,774,734	1.58	78.8
2003	estimate	185,265,679	1,944,274	1,807,839	1.58	78.9
2004	estimate	185,874,790	1,952,000	1,713,973	1.60	79.6
2005	estimate	186,520,189	1,934,254	1,746,344	1.60	79.7
2006	estimate	187,099,110	1,949,852	1,723,457	1.62	80.0
2007	estimate	187,065,708	1,927,717	1,734,077	1.64	80.2
2008	estimate	187,489,287	1,944,958	1,768,330	1.66	80.3
2009	estimate	187,949,078	1,928,780	1,788,207	1.65	80.4
2010	estimate	188,426,540	1,959,473	1,794,941	1.68	80.7
2011	estimate	189,020,588	1,934,271	1,780,044	1.66	81.0
2012	estimate	189,734,971	1,940,921	1,836,728	1.66	81.0
2013	estimate	190,325,727	1,925,682	1,866,095	1.65	81.1
2014	estimate	191,164,220	1,963,207	1,822,318	1.68	81.6
2015	estimate	192,188,585	1,962,095	1,936,224	1.67	81.3
2016	estimate	193,708,054	2,008,293	1,913,753	1.69	81.5
2017	estimate	194,603,076	1,979,900	1,957,767	1.67	81.6
2018	estimate	195,407,250	1,971,821	1,988,208	1.65	81.7
2019	estimate	196,153,373	1,956,108	1,973,790	1.63	81.9
2020	estimate	196,790,392	1,933,596	2,117,687	1.61	81.5
2021	estimate	197,170,058	1,979,641	2,056,765	1.65	81.7
2022	estimate	197,777,866	1,875,784	2,207,091	1.56	81.4
2023	estimate	199,218,727	1,796,109	2,103,128	1.50	82.2
2024	estimate	199,855,499	1,792,951	2,118,980	1.50	82.4
2025	projection	199,869,718	1,782,788	2,128,189	1.50	82.5
2026	projection	199,472,692	1,763,669	2,137,466	1.51	82.7
2027	projection	199,517,396	1,753,370	2,147,377	1.51	82.8
2028	projection	199,534,130	1,746,072	2,155,164	1.51	83.0
2029	projection	199,527,419	1,739,601	2,163,036	1.52	83.1
2030	projection	199,494,117	1,733,838	2,172,482	1.52	83.3
2031	projection	199,451,635	1,732,570	2,181,513	1.53	83.4
2032	projection	199,379,241	1,732,641	2,190,131	1.53	83.5
2033	projection	199,311,803	1,734,985	2,201,307	1.53	83.7
2034	projection	199,231,620	1,741,128	2,214,263	1.54	83.8
2035	projection	199,162,300	1,748,154	2,226,322	1.54	84.0
2036	projection	199,071,204	1,757,494	2,240,425	1.54	84.1
2037	projection	198,955,940	1,765,466	2,254,888	1.54	84.2
2038	projection	198,845,286	1,773,342	2,272,491	1.55	84.4
2039	projection	198,713,732	1,780,576	2,292,649	1.55	84.5
2040	projection	198,569,983	1,787,006	2,312,726	1.55	84.6
2041	projection	198,425,819	1,793,223	2,333,657	1.55	84.8
2042	projection	198,291,494	1,799,780	2,355,984	1.55	84.9
2043	projection	198,149,071	1,804,284	2,377,617	1.55	85.0
2044	projection	197,964,922	1,806,425	2,400,031	1.55	85.1
2045	projection	197,755,973	1,807,905	2,420,157	1.56	85.3
2046	projection	197,533,746	1,806,316	2,441,228	1.56	85.4
2047	projection	197,297,458	1,804,218	2,458,661	1.56	85.5
2048	projection	197,039,301	1,801,641	2,474,495	1.56	85.6
2049	projection	196,747,330	1,794,386	2,488,377	1.56	85.8
2050	projection	196,439,362	1,787,138	2,500,605	1.56	85.9
2051	projection	196,124,278	1,778,550	2,511,019	1.57	86.0
2052	projection	195,786,564	1,769,980	2,519,219	1.57	86.1
2053	projection	195,446,213	1,761,313	2,525,027	1.57	86.2
2054	projection	195,058,428	1,749,840	2,527,405	1.57	86.3
2055	projection	194,648,315	1,737,994	2,523,885	1.57	86.5
2056	projection	194,223,057	1,727,639	2,519,436	1.58	86.6
2057	projection	193,810,314	1,718,247	2,510,439	1.58	86.7
2058	projection	193,390,653	1,708,370	2,499,066	1.58	86.8
2059	projection	192,978,916	1,700,163	2,484,061	1.58	86.9
2060	projection	192,581,222	1,693,243	2,465,362	1.58	87.1
2061	projection	192,191,576	1,688,085	2,444,231	1.59	87.2
2062	projection	191,825,948	1,683,398	2,422,117	1.59	87.3
2063	projection	191,466,979	1,679,185	2,399,074	1.59	87.4
2064	projection	191,136,695	1,676,797	2,374,427	1.59	87.5
2065	projection	190,824,433	1,676,619	2,350,696	1.59	87.6
2066	projection	190,524,235	1,676,497	2,328,341	1.59	87.8
2067	projection	190,240,022	1,676,287	2,309,575	1.59	87.9
2068	projection	189,974,560	1,678,277	2,292,534	1.59	88.0
2069	projection	189,733,620	1,681,316	2,277,124	1.59	88.1
2070	projection	189,507,020	1,684,621	2,265,462	1.59	88.2
2071	projection	189,299,020	1,686,864	2,254,511	1.59	88.3
2072	projection	189,096,104	1,689,755	2,247,810	1.59	88.4
2073	projection	188,902,227	1,693,391	2,242,580	1.59	88.5
2074	projection	188,703,181	1,695,347	2,238,553	1.59	88.7
2075	projection	188,510,132	1,697,264	2,234,651	1.59	88.8
2076	projection	188,350,619	1,698,973	2,232,185	1.59	88.9
2077	projection	188,165,204	1,698,735	2,229,060	1.59	89.0
2078	projection	187,969,753	1,696,458	2,224,933	1.59	89.1
2079	projection	187,789,250	1,694,815	2,218,489	1.59	89.2
2080	projection	187,615,344	1,692,967	2,213,152	1.59	89.3
2081	projection	187,451,451	1,689,283	2,203,400	1.59	89.4
2082	projection	187,301,010	1,684,978	2,193,989	1.59	89.5
2083	projection	187,153,861	1,681,192	2,181,052	1.59	89.6
2084	projection	187,014,732	1,677,085	2,167,647	1.59	89.7
2085	projection	186,877,278	1,672,487	2,153,652	1.59	89.8
2086	projection	186,736,673	1,667,486	2,137,945	1.60	90.0
2087	projection	186,599,516	1,662,776	2,123,743	1.60	90.1
2088	projection	186,480,012	1,658,064	2,108,467	1.60	90.2
2089	projection	186,378,368	1,653,199	2,092,656	1.60	90.3
2090	projection	186,278,656	1,648,629	2,081,090	1.60	90.4
2091	projection	186,171,667	1,644,890	2,069,317	1.60	90.5
2092	projection	186,079,761	1,640,244	2,058,950	1.61	90.6
2093	projection	186,004,578	1,636,441	2,052,598	1.61	90.8
2094	projection	185,936,674	1,632,585	2,047,144	1.61	90.9
2095	projection	185,864,770	1,628,803	2,045,917	1.61	91.0
2096	projection	185,783,947	1,625,787	2,046,257	1.61	91.1
2097	projection	185,680,989	1,622,818	2,048,268	1.61	91.2
2098	projection	185,571,534	1,621,961	2,050,756	1.61	91.3
2099	projection	185,482,725	1,620,672	2,055,891	1.61	91.4
2100	projection	185,378,678	1,619,341	2,061,535	1.61	91.5

AGG · members

Countries and areas in Western Europe

Western Europe: member countries and areas, population mid-2023, share of the group and projected mid-2100
#	Country or area	Mid-2023	Share	Mid-2100, projected
1	Germany	84,548,231	42.4%	70,899,863
2	France	66,438,822	33.3%	68,484,558
3	Netherlands	18,092,524	9.1%	17,507,518
4	Belgium	11,712,893	5.9%	11,060,848
5	Austria	9,130,429	4.6%	7,399,328
6	Switzerland	8,870,561	4.4%	9,126,132
7	Luxembourg	665,098	0.33%	747,990
8	Liechtenstein	39,598	0.02%	43,598
9	Monaco	38,957	0.02%	47,489

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

Western Europe: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	909,176	864,208
1	917,171	872,850
2	924,152	880,154
3	951,533	906,586
4	1,004,000	956,865
5	1,011,750	964,091
6	1,000,640	954,377
7	1,018,220	970,200
8	1,030,570	981,427
9	1,064,400	1,014,520
10	1,070,300	1,018,770
11	1,053,550	1,003,950
12	1,055,880	1,005,720
13	1,056,990	1,002,050
14	1,061,500	1,006,080
15	1,073,170	1,020,320
16	1,082,920	1,030,950
17	1,092,420	1,037,980
18	1,106,930	1,052,280
19	1,117,370	1,063,310
20	1,131,280	1,076,720
21	1,143,800	1,089,590
22	1,149,410	1,093,590
23	1,149,380	1,091,190
24	1,155,910	1,092,960
25	1,176,780	1,110,190
26	1,185,400	1,114,750
27	1,193,430	1,121,940
28	1,208,650	1,139,740
29	1,197,420	1,134,330
30	1,182,720	1,128,140
31	1,177,990	1,130,060
32	1,190,300	1,144,790
33	1,217,740	1,172,320
34	1,245,110	1,205,680
35	1,287,520	1,248,830
36	1,306,310	1,272,210
37	1,306,650	1,280,000
38	1,307,240	1,282,830
39	1,290,100	1,274,970
40	1,270,090	1,263,120
41	1,250,910	1,247,150
42	1,238,600	1,238,220
43	1,252,220	1,254,300
44	1,270,990	1,277,490
45	1,276,250	1,288,000
46	1,255,780	1,265,320
47	1,223,220	1,227,000
48	1,215,590	1,214,800
49	1,200,000	1,200,720
50	1,181,880	1,188,440
51	1,195,770	1,200,370
52	1,224,040	1,231,990
53	1,263,420	1,280,040
54	1,318,340	1,337,420
55	1,354,170	1,374,640
56	1,382,490	1,403,770
57	1,406,270	1,431,170
58	1,416,790	1,443,780
59	1,433,580	1,462,170
60	1,447,130	1,479,070
61	1,452,310	1,489,180
62	1,439,620	1,486,370
63	1,395,100	1,452,410
64	1,351,040	1,419,580
65	1,316,110	1,393,640
66	1,274,020	1,360,210
67	1,218,150	1,312,810
68	1,166,950	1,268,680
69	1,127,090	1,240,620
70	1,080,470	1,208,670
71	1,036,260	1,177,390
72	993,235	1,144,510
73	960,932	1,122,380
74	929,860	1,097,380
75	906,700	1,079,820
76	884,090	1,062,530
77	838,658	1,015,940
78	788,747	969,440
79	722,162	904,369
80	604,316	773,517
81	550,129	723,004
82	550,250	737,658
83	502,391	686,958
84	468,589	660,900
85	451,095	661,829
86	416,562	637,349
87	360,240	575,370
88	298,441	499,260
89	247,634	436,825
90	202,986	379,662
91	160,988	321,100
92	120,248	257,004
93	88,964	205,849
94	66,982	168,044
95	49,100	133,516
96	34,253	101,196
97	22,690	73,078
98	14,469	51,226
99	8,759	34,695
100+	11,078	55,545

AGG · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Western 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 Western Europe

Western Europe had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2023: 125,785,000 people aged 15–64, against 125,785,000 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

24 children

35 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 19 years: 1983–2001.

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

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

AGG · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Western Europe, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Western Europe gains 799,445 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 122,408 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 20,000 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.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 1,772,207 (2022), and a loss of 645,407 (1998).

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 Western Europe

Of every 100 babies born in Western Europe in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 72 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 27 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 6 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
6 · 78 · 16

2023
1 · 72 · 27

2050 · projected
1 · 68 · 31

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: 1,796,109
Average age when women have a baby: 31.5 years; 28.3 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 4; 29 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Western Europe by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	401	669	493	223	135	125
15–19	157,574	192,643	64,225	20,495	11,649	11,045
20–24	764,523	719,446	311,856	153,783	113,761	111,304
25–29	852,971	660,624	679,171	465,100	427,844	398,024
30–34	431,700	277,514	659,415	671,975	676,377	599,659
35–39	321,484	119,356	271,406	386,619	428,206	380,278
40–44	108,086	29,318	44,265	91,391	116,792	105,995
45–49	6,153	2,801	1,658	6,496	12,350	12,888
50–54	167	463	196	27	24	23
All babies	2,643,059	2,002,834	2,032,685	1,796,109	1,787,138	1,619,341

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 9 countries listed were summed and checked against the UN's total for every year. 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.