Population of Europe

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	22 Sep 2024

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The current population of Europe is 744,916,044 as of October 12, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Europe is projected at 745,083,824, or 745.1 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Europe is projected at 745,602,875, or 745.6 million, for the year 2023. Europe is the only continent whose population has peaked, with 749.2 million people in 2020.

Europe is the third-most populous continent behind Asia and Africa. Europe was the second-most populous continent until 1994 before being overtaken by Africa and projected to be surpassed by North America in 2054. Europe accounts for 9.13 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 22% in 1950 and is projected to decrease to 5.82% by 2100.

Thirty-eight percent of the European population lives in Eastern Europe, 26.8 percent in Western Europe, 20.3 percent in Southern Europe, and 14.6 percent in Northern Europe.

Europe has a negative population growth rate of -0.08% for 2024, much lower than the 2nd lowest at 0.59% of South America. Europe is the slowest growing continent since 1950 and is expected to remain until 2069 when South America has the lowest figure. The population growth peaked in 1957, with an annual growth rate of 1.09%. Northern Europe is the fastest-growing subregion in Europe, followed by Western Europe. Eastern Europe and Southern Europe have a negative growth rate. After 2055, all European subregions will have a declining population. Northern Europe will have more people than Southern Europe onward the year 2072.

Europe will see 592,931 fewer people in 2024, with the Northern and Western regions adding 590,539 and 14,219 people, respectively. Eastern and Southern will have 683,541 and 514,148 people less. The net increase of the population per year peaked in 1958, with almost 6.5 million.

Population
Growth rate
Annual Change

Population
Growth rate
Share (%)

European subregions by population
Rank	Subregion	Population				Share (%)		Growth (2024)
		2023		2024		Europe	World	Net change	rate (%)
		1 Jan	1 July	1 Jan	1 July	Europe	World	Net change	rate (%)
1	Eastern Europe	286,750,088	286,047,445	285,344,802	285,003,031	38.25	3.492	-683,541	-0.24
2	Western Europe	199,218,727	199,537,113	199,855,499	199,862,609	26.82	2.449	14,219	0.01
3	Southern Europe	151,930,785	151,720,922	151,511,059	151,253,985	20.30	1.853	-514,148	-0.34
4	Northern Europe	107,925,860	108,297,394	108,668,929	108,964,198	14.62	1.335	590,539	0.54
	Europe	745,825,460	745,602,875	745,380,289	745,083,824		9.129	-592,931	-0.08

European subregions by population (historical and projection)
Continent	Population				Growth rate (%) against 2024
Continent	1950	2000	2050	2100	1950	2000	2050	2100
Eastern Europe	220,505,491	304,612,977	255,659,220	200,167,856	29.98	-6.74	-9.98	-29.82
Western Europe	142,421,189	183,290,086	196,281,820	185,317,324	40.63	9.26	-1.72	-7.31
Southern Europe	108,563,322	145,705,973	135,237,636	96,332,970	39.68	3.74	-10.16	-36.39
Northern Europe	77,377,473	94,555,173	115,849,083	110,432,485	41.79	15.73	5.99	0.97
Europe	548,867,473	728,164,209	703,027,759	592,250,635	36.34	2.29	-5.45	-20.60

Europe population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	546,284,139	548,867,473	5,166,669	0.941	22.02
1951	551,450,808	553,834,810	4,768,004	0.861	21.83
1952	556,218,812	558,789,993	5,142,361	0.920	21.62
1953	561,361,173	564,143,733	5,565,120	0.986	21.42
1954	566,926,293	569,744,199	5,635,813	0.989	21.21
1955	572,562,106	575,443,529	5,762,847	1.001	21.00
1956	578,324,953	581,156,301	5,662,697	0.974	20.79
1957	583,987,650	587,187,576	6,399,852	1.090	20.58
1958	590,387,502	593,619,879	6,464,754	1.089	20.39
1959	596,852,256	599,820,046	5,935,580	0.990	20.22
1960	602,787,836	605,817,186	6,058,701	1.000	20.09
1961	608,846,537	611,861,858	6,030,643	0.986	19.96
1962	614,877,180	617,815,763	5,877,166	0.951	19.78
1963	620,754,346	623,592,896	5,677,100	0.910	19.53
1964	626,431,446	629,154,959	5,447,027	0.866	19.27
1965	631,878,473	634,412,814	5,068,683	0.799	19.03
1966	636,947,156	639,413,301	4,932,291	0.771	18.78
1967	641,879,447	644,103,039	4,447,183	0.690	18.54
1968	646,326,630	648,613,875	4,574,490	0.705	18.30
1969	650,901,120	653,138,816	4,475,393	0.685	18.05
1970	655,376,513	656,998,548	3,244,070	0.494	17.78
1971	658,620,583	660,956,207	4,671,248	0.707	17.53
1972	663,291,831	665,521,463	4,459,265	0.670	17.31
1973	667,751,096	669,799,764	4,097,335	0.612	17.08
1974	671,848,431	673,741,419	3,785,975	0.562	16.86
1975	675,634,406	677,279,665	3,290,518	0.486	16.64
1976	678,924,924	680,656,877	3,463,906	0.509	16.42
1977	682,388,830	684,099,951	3,422,243	0.500	16.22
1978	685,811,073	687,433,743	3,245,340	0.472	16.02
1979	689,056,413	690,745,952	3,379,078	0.489	15.81
1980	692,435,491	694,278,649	3,686,315	0.531	15.61
1981	696,121,806	697,593,691	2,943,771	0.422	15.40
1982	699,065,577	700,451,502	2,771,849	0.396	15.19
1983	701,837,426	703,278,524	2,882,196	0.410	14.97
1984	704,719,622	706,110,632	2,782,020	0.394	14.77
1985	707,501,642	708,940,412	2,877,540	0.406	14.56
1986	710,379,182	711,992,641	3,226,918	0.453	14.36
1987	713,606,100	715,168,354	3,124,508	0.437	14.16
1988	716,730,608	718,375,296	3,289,375	0.458	13.97
1989	720,019,983	721,424,431	2,808,895	0.389	13.78
1990	722,828,878	724,139,404	2,621,052	0.362	13.59
1991	725,449,930	726,483,505	2,067,151	0.285	13.41
1992	727,517,081	727,616,691	199,220	0.027	13.22
1993	727,716,301	728,005,912	579,222	0.080	13.02
1994	728,295,523	728,884,652	1,178,257	0.162	12.84
1995	729,473,780	729,380,599	-186,362	-0.026	12.67
1996	729,287,418	729,369,826	164,817	0.023	12.48
1997	729,452,235	729,425,125	-54,219	-0.007	12.31
1998	729,398,016	728,864,105	-1,067,822	-0.147	12.13
1999	728,330,194	728,217,679	-225,031	-0.031	11.96
2000	728,105,163	728,164,209	118,092	0.016	11.80
2001	728,223,255	728,237,723	28,935	0.004	11.64
2002	728,252,190	729,126,514	1,748,648	0.240	11.50
2003	730,000,838	730,376,375	751,074	0.103	11.38
2004	730,751,912	731,246,189	988,555	0.135	11.24
2005	731,740,467	732,046,515	612,095	0.084	11.11
2006	732,352,562	732,684,068	663,011	0.090	10.98
2007	733,015,573	733,896,328	1,761,510	0.240	10.86
2008	734,777,083	735,549,441	1,544,717	0.210	10.75
2009	736,321,800	736,935,720	1,227,840	0.167	10.63
2010	737,549,640	738,145,318	1,191,355	0.161	10.51
2011	738,740,995	739,359,205	1,236,420	0.167	10.40
2012	739,977,415	740,458,845	962,860	0.130	10.28
2013	740,940,275	741,470,781	1,061,012	0.143	10.17
2014	742,001,287	742,640,640	1,278,707	0.172	10.06
2015	743,279,994	744,237,035	1,914,082	0.257	9.96
2016	745,194,076	746,003,108	1,618,064	0.217	9.87
2017	746,812,140	747,429,212	1,234,144	0.165	9.78
2018	748,046,284	748,564,867	1,037,165	0.139	9.68
2019	749,083,449	749,504,127	841,356	0.112	9.60
2020	749,924,805	749,524,044	-801,521	-0.107	9.50
2021	749,123,284	748,613,505	-1,019,559	-0.136	9.41
2022	748,103,725	746,964,593	-2,278,265	-0.305	9.31
2023	745,825,460	745,602,875	-445,171	-0.060	9.21

Europe population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	745,380,289	745,083,824	-592,931	-0.080	9.13
2025	744,787,358	744,398,832	-777,052	-0.104	9.04
2026	744,010,306	743,482,361	-1,055,889	-0.142	8.96
2027	742,954,417	742,372,064	-1,164,705	-0.157	8.87
2028	741,789,712	741,158,533	-1,262,358	-0.170	8.79
2029	740,527,354	739,842,223	-1,370,262	-0.185	8.70
2030	739,157,092	738,433,454	-1,447,276	-0.196	8.62
2031	737,709,816	736,926,468	-1,566,695	-0.213	8.54
2032	736,143,121	735,366,259	-1,553,724	-0.211	8.45
2033	734,589,397	733,800,993	-1,576,809	-0.215	8.38
2034	733,012,588	732,210,654	-1,603,869	-0.219	8.30
2035	731,408,719	730,590,510	-1,636,418	-0.224	8.22
2036	729,772,301	728,934,111	-1,676,380	-0.230	8.15
2037	728,095,921	727,248,399	-1,695,045	-0.233	8.08
2038	726,400,876	725,552,262	-1,697,229	-0.234	8.01
2039	724,703,647	723,830,954	-1,745,385	-0.241	7.94
2040	722,958,262	722,101,623	-1,713,277	-0.237	7.87
2041	721,244,985	720,390,980	-1,708,010	-0.237	7.80
2042	719,536,975	718,678,461	-1,717,027	-0.239	7.74
2043	717,819,948	716,926,074	-1,787,747	-0.249	7.68
2044	716,032,201	715,121,947	-1,820,508	-0.255	7.62
2045	714,211,693	713,279,853	-1,863,681	-0.261	7.56
2046	712,348,012	711,394,377	-1,907,269	-0.268	7.50
2047	710,440,743	709,439,047	-2,003,391	-0.282	7.44
2048	708,437,352	707,395,610	-2,083,484	-0.295	7.38
2049	706,353,868	705,257,023	-2,193,690	-0.311	7.33
2050	704,160,178	703,027,759	-2,264,838	-0.322	7.27
2051	701,895,340	700,716,758	-2,357,163	-0.336	7.22
2052	699,538,177	698,326,812	-2,422,730	-0.347	7.17
2053	697,115,447	695,814,617	-2,601,660	-0.374	7.12
2054	694,513,787	693,182,834	-2,661,905	-0.384	7.06
2055	691,851,882	690,463,247	-2,777,271	-0.402	7.01
2056	689,074,611	687,665,159	-2,818,903	-0.410	6.96
2057	686,255,708	684,831,505	-2,848,405	-0.416	6.91
2058	683,407,303	681,963,687	-2,887,232	-0.423	6.86
2059	680,520,071	679,061,910	-2,916,322	-0.429	6.82
2060	677,603,749	676,159,840	-2,887,818	-0.427	6.77
2061	674,715,931	673,265,698	-2,900,467	-0.431	6.72
2062	671,815,464	670,376,689	-2,877,551	-0.429	6.68
2063	668,937,913	667,509,786	-2,856,254	-0.428	6.64
2064	666,081,659	664,668,171	-2,826,976	-0.425	6.59
2065	663,254,683	661,857,377	-2,794,613	-0.422	6.55
2066	660,460,070	659,098,135	-2,723,871	-0.413	6.51
2067	657,736,199	656,409,436	-2,653,526	-0.404	6.47
2068	655,082,673	653,774,539	-2,616,268	-0.400	6.44
2069	652,466,405	651,180,936	-2,570,939	-0.395	6.40
2070	649,895,466	648,640,319	-2,510,293	-0.387	6.37
2071	647,385,173	646,154,838	-2,460,670	-0.381	6.33
2072	644,924,503	643,736,275	-2,376,455	-0.369	6.30
2073	642,548,048	641,374,223	-2,347,650	-0.366	6.27
2074	640,200,398	639,053,018	-2,294,760	-0.359	6.24
2075	637,905,638	636,811,848	-2,187,581	-0.344	6.21
2076	635,718,057	634,652,374	-2,131,366	-0.336	6.19
2077	633,586,691	632,526,191	-2,121,000	-0.335	6.16
2078	631,465,691	630,440,410	-2,050,562	-0.325	6.14
2079	629,415,129	628,409,909	-2,010,441	-0.320	6.11
2080	627,404,688	626,433,289	-1,942,799	-0.310	6.09
2081	625,461,889	624,524,046	-1,875,686	-0.300	6.07
2082	623,586,203	622,656,679	-1,859,049	-0.299	6.05
2083	621,727,154	620,817,377	-1,819,555	-0.293	6.03
2084	619,907,599	619,008,443	-1,798,312	-0.291	6.02
2085	618,109,287	617,216,745	-1,785,085	-0.289	6.00
2086	616,324,202	615,446,793	-1,754,818	-0.285	5.98
2087	614,569,384	613,719,078	-1,700,612	-0.277	5.97
2088	612,868,772	612,034,425	-1,668,694	-0.273	5.95
2089	611,200,078	610,363,527	-1,673,101	-0.274	5.94
2090	609,526,977	608,693,069	-1,667,817	-0.274	5.93
2091	607,859,160	607,048,389	-1,621,543	-0.267	5.91
2092	606,237,617	605,422,247	-1,630,741	-0.269	5.90
2093	604,606,876	603,809,865	-1,594,021	-0.264	5.89
2094	603,012,855	602,219,966	-1,585,777	-0.263	5.88
2095	601,427,078	600,613,291	-1,627,575	-0.271	5.87
2096	599,799,503	598,966,981	-1,665,043	-0.278	5.86
2097	598,134,460	597,303,195	-1,662,530	-0.278	5.85
2098	596,471,930	595,640,797	-1,662,267	-0.279	5.84
2099	594,809,663	593,961,272	-1,696,783	-0.286	5.83
2100	593,112,880	592,250,635	-1,724,490	-0.291	5.82