Population of Europe

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	01 Mar 2024

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The current population of Europe is 744,969,799 as of September 09, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. As of 1 July 2024, the population of Europe is projected at almost 741.7 million or 741,651,866 people. The total population in Europe is projected close to 742.3 million or 742,272,652 people in 2023. Europe is the only continent which population has peaked, with home to 746.6 million people in 2020.

Europe is the third-most continent behind Asia and Africa. Europe was the second-most populous continent until 1995 before being overtaken by Africa and projected to be surpassed by North America in 2057. Europe accounts for 9.13 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 22% of 1950 and is projected to decline at 5.67 % by 2100.

Thirty-nine percent of the European population lives in Eastern Europe, 26.4 percent in Western Europe, 20.4 percent in Southern Europe, and 14.5 percent in Northern Europe.

Europe has the negative population growth rate of -0.07% for 2024, much lower than the 2nd lowest at 0.65 % of North America. Europe is the slowest growing continent since 1950 and is expected to remain until 2077 when South America has the lowest figure. The population growth reached a peak in 1958, with an annual growth rate of 1.03%. Northern Europe is the fastest-growing subregion in Europe, followed by Western Europe. Eastern Europe and Southern Europe have a negative growth rate close 0.25%. At the end of the century, All European subregions will have a declining population. Northern Europe will have more people than Southern Europe onward the year 2073.

Europe will see 552,402 less people in 2024, with Northern and Western regions adding 344,466 and 234,600 people, respectively. Eastern and Southern will have 767,167 and 364,301 people less. The net increase of the population per year peaked in 1961, with almost 6.2 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	inf	0	-0.24
2	Western Europe	199,218,727	199,537,113	199,855,499	199,862,609	26.82	inf	0	0.01
3	Southern Europe	151,930,785	151,720,922	151,511,059	151,253,985	20.30	inf	0	-0.34
4	Northern Europe	107,925,860	108,297,394	108,668,929	108,964,198	14.62	inf	0	0.54
	Europe	745,825,460	745,602,875	745,380,289	745,083,824		inf	0	-0.08

European subregions by population (historical and projection)
Continent	Population				Growth rate (%) against 2020
Continent	1950	2000	2050	2100	1950	2000	2050	2100
Eastern Europe	220,505,491	304,612,977	255,659,220	200,167,856	29.25	-6.44	-10.30	-29.77
Western Europe	142,421,189	183,290,086	196,281,820	185,317,324	40.33	9.04	-1.79	-7.28
Southern Europe	108,563,322	145,705,973	135,237,636	96,332,970	39.32	3.81	-10.59	-36.31
Northern Europe	77,377,473	94,555,173	115,849,083	110,432,485	40.82	15.24	6.32	1.35
Europe	548,867,473	728,164,209	703,027,759	592,250,635	35.75	2.32	-5.64	-20.51

Europe population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	547,304,279	549,721,718	4,834,879	0.880	21.99
1951	552,139,158	554,559,502	4,840,688	0.873	21.81
1952	556,979,846	559,609,904	5,260,115	0.940	21.60
1953	562,239,961	565,058,633	5,637,345	0.998	21.40
1954	567,877,306	570,670,994	5,587,376	0.979	21.20
1955	573,464,682	576,304,974	5,680,584	0.986	20.99
1956	579,145,266	581,975,516	5,660,500	0.973	20.78
1957	584,805,766	587,711,635	5,811,737	0.989	20.56
1958	590,617,503	593,669,297	6,103,587	1.028	20.36
1959	596,721,090	599,684,870	5,927,559	0.988	20.19
1960	602,648,649	605,629,870	5,962,441	0.985	20.06
1961	608,611,090	611,711,020	6,199,861	1.014	19.94
1962	614,810,951	617,672,206	5,722,509	0.926	19.75
1963	620,533,460	623,335,994	5,605,068	0.899	19.50
1964	626,138,528	628,944,878	5,612,700	0.892	19.25
1965	631,751,228	634,267,606	5,032,756	0.793	19.01
1966	636,783,984	639,264,461	4,960,955	0.776	18.77
1967	641,744,939	644,114,436	4,738,995	0.736	18.53
1968	646,483,934	648,610,191	4,252,515	0.656	18.29
1969	650,736,449	652,740,596	4,008,293	0.614	18.03
1970	654,744,742	656,521,426	3,553,368	0.541	17.77
1971	658,298,110	660,476,010	4,355,799	0.659	17.52
1972	662,653,909	664,799,679	4,291,540	0.646	17.29
1973	666,945,449	668,909,022	3,927,145	0.587	17.06
1974	670,872,594	672,912,941	4,080,695	0.606	16.84
1975	674,953,289	676,770,845	3,635,112	0.537	16.63
1976	678,588,401	680,361,150	3,545,498	0.521	16.42
1977	682,133,899	683,848,710	3,429,622	0.502	16.22
1978	685,563,521	687,149,553	3,172,064	0.462	16.02
1979	688,735,585	690,287,705	3,104,240	0.450	15.81
1980	691,839,825	693,437,228	3,194,807	0.461	15.60
1981	695,034,632	696,429,190	2,789,116	0.400	15.39
1982	697,823,748	699,220,370	2,793,244	0.399	15.17
1983	700,616,992	702,014,774	2,795,564	0.398	14.96
1984	703,412,556	704,798,623	2,772,133	0.393	14.76
1985	706,184,689	707,516,287	2,663,196	0.376	14.55
1986	708,847,885	710,385,076	3,074,383	0.433	14.35
1987	711,922,268	713,465,338	3,086,141	0.433	14.15
1988	715,008,409	716,444,431	2,872,045	0.401	13.96
1989	717,880,454	719,107,883	2,454,858	0.341	13.77
1990	720,335,312	721,497,282	2,323,939	0.322	13.57
1991	722,659,251	723,602,898	1,887,294	0.261	13.38
1992	724,546,545	725,259,493	1,425,895	0.197	13.20
1993	725,972,440	726,441,892	938,905	0.129	13.02
1994	726,911,345	727,063,162	303,634	0.042	12.84
1995	727,214,979	727,300,408	170,858	0.023	12.66
1996	727,385,837	727,453,566	135,459	0.019	12.49
1997	727,521,296	727,566,480	90,368	0.012	12.32
1998	727,611,664	727,445,606	-332,116	-0.046	12.15
1999	727,279,548	727,100,016	-359,064	-0.049	11.98
2000	726,920,484	726,968,473	95,978	0.013	11.82
2001	727,016,462	726,878,371	-276,182	-0.038	11.67
2002	726,740,280	726,939,358	398,155	0.055	11.52
2003	727,138,435	727,424,988	573,107	0.079	11.38
2004	727,711,542	728,163,243	903,401	0.124	11.24
2005	728,614,943	728,950,486	671,087	0.092	11.12
2006	729,286,030	729,857,708	1,143,355	0.157	10.99
2007	730,429,385	731,393,136	1,927,502	0.264	10.87
2008	732,356,887	733,256,182	1,798,590	0.245	10.76
2009	734,155,477	734,902,805	1,494,656	0.203	10.65
2010	735,650,133	736,276,813	1,253,359	0.170	10.54
2011	736,903,492	737,589,666	1,372,347	0.186	10.43
2012	738,275,839	738,907,594	1,263,510	0.171	10.32
2013	739,539,349	740,013,806	948,915	0.128	10.21
2014	740,488,264	741,014,147	1,051,766	0.142	10.10
2015	741,540,030	742,107,449	1,134,838	0.153	9.99
2016	742,674,868	743,318,582	1,287,428	0.173	9.89
2017	743,962,296	744,449,361	974,130	0.131	9.80
2018	744,936,426	745,359,130	845,407	0.113	9.70
2019	745,781,833	746,189,645	815,625	0.109	9.61
2020	746,597,458	746,225,356	-744,203	-0.100	9.52
2021	745,853,255	745,173,774	-1,358,963	-0.182	9.42

Europe population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	744,494,292	743,555,765	-1,877,054	-0.252	9.32
2023	742,617,238	742,272,652	-689,171	-0.093	9.23
2024	741,928,067	741,651,866	-552,402	-0.074	9.13
2025	741,375,665	741,045,334	-660,662	-0.089	9.05
2026	740,715,003	740,334,775	-760,455	-0.103	8.96
2027	739,954,548	739,525,530	-858,036	-0.116	8.87
2028	739,096,512	738,626,412	-940,200	-0.127	8.79
2029	738,156,312	737,642,625	-1,027,375	-0.139	8.70
2030	737,128,937	736,574,215	-1,109,445	-0.151	8.62
2031	736,019,492	735,432,834	-1,173,315	-0.160	8.54
2032	734,846,177	734,224,416	-1,243,523	-0.169	8.46
2033	733,602,654	732,949,727	-1,305,854	-0.178	8.38
2034	732,296,800	731,611,667	-1,370,265	-0.187	8.30
2035	730,926,535	730,213,821	-1,425,429	-0.195	8.22
2036	729,501,106	728,763,025	-1,476,163	-0.203	8.15
2037	728,024,943	727,267,191	-1,515,505	-0.208	8.08
2038	726,509,438	725,729,726	-1,559,424	-0.215	8.00
2039	724,950,014	724,143,267	-1,613,494	-0.223	7.93
2040	723,336,520	722,508,140	-1,656,761	-0.229	7.86
2041	721,679,759	720,828,349	-1,702,820	-0.236	7.80
2042	719,976,939	719,103,159	-1,747,561	-0.243	7.73
2043	718,229,378	717,329,870	-1,799,015	-0.251	7.66
2044	716,430,363	715,499,163	-1,862,400	-0.260	7.60
2045	714,567,963	713,604,944	-1,926,039	-0.270	7.54
2046	712,641,924	711,641,410	-2,001,028	-0.281	7.48
2047	710,640,896	709,607,789	-2,066,215	-0.291	7.42
2048	708,574,681	707,495,781	-2,157,800	-0.305	7.36
2049	706,416,881	705,294,209	-2,245,343	-0.318	7.30
2050	704,171,538	703,007,486	-2,328,104	-0.331	7.24
2051	701,843,434	700,635,801	-2,415,265	-0.345	7.18
2052	699,428,169	698,178,648	-2,499,042	-0.358	7.13
2053	696,929,127	695,639,834	-2,578,586	-0.371	7.07
2054	694,350,541	693,029,312	-2,642,458	-0.381	7.02
2055	691,708,083	690,350,966	-2,714,235	-0.393	6.97
2056	688,993,848	687,609,762	-2,768,171	-0.403	6.92
2057	686,225,677	684,819,394	-2,812,566	-0.411	6.86
2058	683,413,111	681,988,988	-2,848,247	-0.418	6.81
2059	680,564,864	679,127,017	-2,875,695	-0.423	6.77
2060	677,689,169	676,245,836	-2,886,667	-0.427	6.72
2061	674,802,502	673,358,244	-2,888,516	-0.429	6.67
2062	671,913,986	670,471,241	-2,885,490	-0.430	6.62
2063	669,028,496	667,598,893	-2,859,206	-0.428	6.58
2064	666,169,290	664,750,052	-2,838,476	-0.427	6.53
2065	663,330,814	661,924,242	-2,813,144	-0.425	6.49
2066	660,517,670	659,124,925	-2,785,490	-0.423	6.45
2067	657,732,180	656,357,658	-2,749,044	-0.419	6.41
2068	654,983,136	653,634,080	-2,698,112	-0.413	6.37
2069	652,285,024	650,955,826	-2,658,395	-0.408	6.33
2070	649,626,629	648,317,257	-2,618,743	-0.404	6.30
2071	647,007,886	645,722,118	-2,571,537	-0.398	6.26
2072	644,436,349	643,174,088	-2,524,522	-0.393	6.23
2073	641,911,827	640,670,833	-2,481,989	-0.387	6.19
2074	639,429,838	638,209,203	-2,441,270	-0.383	6.16
2075	636,988,568	635,790,105	-2,396,926	-0.377	6.13
2076	634,591,642	633,412,495	-2,358,295	-0.372	6.10
2077	632,233,347	631,074,228	-2,318,237	-0.367	6.07
2078	629,915,110	628,773,965	-2,282,291	-0.363	6.05
2079	627,632,819	626,513,691	-2,238,256	-0.357	6.02
2080	625,394,563	624,294,365	-2,200,397	-0.352	5.99
2081	623,194,166	622,108,527	-2,171,279	-0.349	5.97
2082	621,022,887	619,954,425	-2,136,924	-0.345	5.95
2083	618,885,963	617,839,208	-2,093,511	-0.339	5.93
2084	616,792,452	615,762,722	-2,059,460	-0.334	5.90
2085	614,732,992	613,721,228	-2,023,528	-0.330	5.88
2086	612,709,464	611,714,598	-1,989,733	-0.325	5.86
2087	610,719,731	609,743,527	-1,952,409	-0.320	5.85
2088	608,767,322	607,807,532	-1,919,579	-0.316	5.83
2089	606,847,743	605,905,775	-1,883,937	-0.311	5.81
2090	604,963,806	604,036,909	-1,853,794	-0.307	5.79
2091	603,110,012	602,197,373	-1,825,277	-0.303	5.78
2092	601,284,735	600,385,473	-1,798,525	-0.300	5.76
2093	599,486,210	598,599,971	-1,772,478	-0.296	5.75
2094	597,713,732	596,834,554	-1,758,355	-0.295	5.74
2095	595,955,377	595,084,449	-1,741,855	-0.293	5.72
2096	594,213,522	593,348,503	-1,730,038	-0.292	5.71
2097	592,483,484	591,623,126	-1,720,716	-0.291	5.70
2098	590,762,768	589,909,925	-1,705,686	-0.289	5.69
2099	589,057,082	588,209,309	-1,695,545	-0.288	5.68
2100	587,361,537	586,515,447	-1,692,180	-0.289	5.67