In 2024, Italy and Portugal were the European countries with the largest share of elderly population, with ** percent of the total population aged 65 years and older. Bulgaria, Finland, and Greece were the countries with the next highest shares of elderly people in their population, while the European Union on average had **** percent of the population being elderly. Iceland, Ireland, and Luxembourg had around ** percent of their population being elderly, while Türkiye and Azerbaijan had around ** percent.

In 2024, the population of Europe was estimated to be approximately 6.3 million, with the most common single year of age being 37, at over 10.6 million. By contrast, there were just 176,232 people aged 100 or more in this year.

Graph and download economic data for Working Age Population: Aged 15-64: All Persons for the European Union (LFWA64TTEUQ647N) from Q2 2000 to Q4 2019 about EU, working-age, 15 to 64 years, Europe, and population.

This statistic displays the age distribution of Europe in 2020, with forecasts for 2025 and 2050. In 2020, the largest age group in Europe were those aged between 35 and 39, at roughly ** million people. By 2025 however, the largest age group is forecasted to be those aged 40-44 (**** million) and by 2050 those aged 60-64 (**** million).

European Union - Proportion of population aged 65 and over was 21.60% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Proportion of population aged 65 and over - last updated from the EUROSTAT on August of 2025. Historically, European Union - Proportion of population aged 65 and over reached a record high of 21.60% in December of 2024 and a record low of 17.60% in December of 2010.

The main objectives of this data collection effort were to assemble a set of cross-nationally comparable microdata samples for Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) countries based on the 1990 national population and housing censuses in countries of Europe and North America, and to use these samples to study the social and economic conditions of older persons. The samples are designed to allow research on a wide range of issues related to aging, as well as on other social phenomena. The Finland microdata sample contains information on persons aged 50 and over and on the persons who reside with them. Variables included in this dataset provide information on geographic area, type of residency, type of dwelling, household characteristics and demographic characteristics such as age, sex, year of birth, household composition, marital status, number of children, education, income, religion, and occupation.

Euro Area - Proportion of population aged 50-64 years was 21.50% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Euro Area - Proportion of population aged 50-64 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Euro Area - Proportion of population aged 50-64 years reached a record high of 21.50% in December of 2024 and a record low of 18.90% in December of 2010.

In 2020, 7.4 percent of the population of Italy were over the age of 80, compared with the European Union average of 5.9 percent. By contrast, just 1.8 percent of the population of Turkey were aged over 80, the lowest share among the provided countries.

SHARE (Survey on Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe www.share-project.org) is a pan-European longitudinal survey of the elderly (50+) population, which focuses on the study of the course of the individual aging process and the causal relationships that influence it, on the one hand, and is, on the other hand, an important source for both monitoring existing policy measures and the science-based initiation of new measures.

The panel waves of the SHARE survey have taken place since 2004 in 2-year increments. The SHARE methodology is designed to be comparable with the similar survey HRS (Heat and Retirement Survey, waves since 1992) in the USA, and in England in 2002. with the ongoing ELSA survey (English Longitudinal Survey on Aging).

In 2020, Germany had the highest number of over 65's at approximately 18.1 million, which was followed by Italy and France at 13.9 million and 13.7 million inhabitants respectively.

European Union - Proportion of population aged 80 years and more was 6.10% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Proportion of population aged 80 years and more - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, European Union - Proportion of population aged 80 years and more reached a record high of 6.10% in December of 2024 and a record low of 4.70% in December of 2010.

This graph displays the total population size of citizens aged from between 40 and 44 years old in Europe in 2018, by country. That year there were roughly **** million inhabitants of this age group in Germany, which was followed by Italy and France with approximately **** million and **** million inhabitants respectively.

European Union - Proportion of population aged 15-24 years was 10.70% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Proportion of population aged 15-24 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, European Union - Proportion of population aged 15-24 years reached a record high of 11.90% in December of 2010 and a record low of 10.50% in December of 2022.

This section presents statistical information on the educational variables that are collected in the Labour Force Survey of the National Institute of Statistics, as well as in the Community Labour Force Survey (Eurostat). The indicators of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (2021-2030) that derive from these sources are highlighted. The information is presented disaggregated by autonomous community and by country of the European Union, according to the source used, and with temporary developments since 2002.Line break The results are obtained as annual averages of quarterly data, so the information is updated annually, as the four quarters of the EPA are available, as well as the results derived from the Community survey of Eurostat. From the 2014 results of the EPA, the new National Classification of Education, CNED-2014, based on the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED-2011, applied in the LFS, is applied; and from 2016, the update of the sectors/fields of study of both classifications (CNED-F and ISCED-F) is applied. These changes in the rankings represent a series break for some of the tables, as indicated in the accompanying notes.

Graph and download economic data for Working Age Population: Aged 55-64: Males for the European Union (LFWA55MAEUQ647N) from Q2 2000 to Q4 2019 about 55 to 64 years, EU, working-age, males, Europe, and population.

Working Age Population: Aged 15 and Over: All for the European Union was 5.00000 Persons in December of 2014, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Working Age Population: Aged 15 and Over: All for the European Union reached a record high of 6.20000 in May of 2000 and a record low of 4.90000 in August of 1992. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Working Age Population: Aged 15 and Over: All for the European Union - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

A data set of cross-nationally comparable microdata samples for 15 Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) countries (Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA) based on the 1990 national population and housing censuses in countries of Europe and North America to study the social and economic conditions of older persons. These samples have been designed to allow research on a wide range of issues related to aging, as well as on other social phenomena. A common set of nomenclatures and classifications, derived on the basis of a study of census data comparability in Europe and North America, was adopted as a standard for recoding. This series was formerly called Dynamics of Population Aging in ECE Countries. The recommendations regarding the design and size of the samples drawn from the 1990 round of censuses envisaged: (1) drawing individual-based samples of about one million persons; (2) progressive oversampling with age in order to ensure sufficient representation of various categories of older people; and (3) retaining information on all persons co-residing in the sampled individual''''s dwelling unit. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania provided the entire population over age 50, while Finland sampled it with progressive over-sampling. Canada, Italy, Russia, Turkey, UK, and the US provided samples that had not been drawn specially for this project, and cover the entire population without over-sampling. Given its wide user base, the US 1990 PUMS was not recoded. Instead, PAU offers mapping modules, which recode the PUMS variables into the project''''s classifications, nomenclatures, and coding schemes. Because of the high sampling density, these data cover various small groups of older people; contain as much geographic detail as possible under each country''''s confidentiality requirements; include more extensive information on housing conditions than many other data sources; and provide information for a number of countries whose data were not accessible until recently. Data Availability: Eight of the fifteen participating countries have signed the standard data release agreement making their data available through NACDA/ICPSR (see links below). Hungary and Switzerland require a clearance to be obtained from their national statistical offices for the use of microdata, however the documents signed between the PAU and these countries include clauses stipulating that, in general, all scholars interested in social research will be granted access. Russia requested that certain provisions for archiving the microdata samples be removed from its data release arrangement. The PAU has an agreement with several British scholars to facilitate access to the 1991 UK data through collaborative arrangements. Statistics Canada and the Italian Institute of statistics (ISTAT) provide access to data from Canada and Italy, respectively. * Dates of Study: 1989-1992 * Study Features: International, Minority Oversamples * Sample Size: Approx. 1 million/country Links: * Bulgaria (1992), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/02200 * Czech Republic (1991), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06857 * Estonia (1989), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06780 * Finland (1990), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06797 * Romania (1992), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06900 * Latvia (1989), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/02572 * Lithuania (1989), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/03952 * Turkey (1990), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/03292 * U.S. (1990), http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/06219

This section presents statistical information on the educational variables that are collected in the Labour Force Survey of the National Institute of Statistics, as well as in the Community Labour Force Survey (Eurostat). The indicators of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (2021-2030) that derive from these sources are highlighted. The information is presented disaggregated by autonomous community and by country of the European Union, according to the source used, and with temporary developments since 2002.Line break The results are obtained as annual averages of quarterly data, so the information is updated annually, as the four quarters of the EPA are available, as well as the results derived from the Community survey of Eurostat. From the 2014 results of the EPA, the new National Classification of Education, CNED-2014, based on the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED-2011, applied in the LFS, is applied; and from 2016, the update of the sectors/fields of study of both classifications (CNED-F and ISCED-F) is applied. These changes in the rankings represent a series break for some of the tables, as indicated in the accompanying notes.

This statistic shows the age distribution among the inhabitants of the European Union from 2014 to 2024. In 2024, approximately 14.41 percent of the EU population were aged between 0 and 14 years.

This graph displays the total population size of citizens aged from between 30 and 34 years old in Europe in 2018, by country. That year there were roughly **** million inhabitants of this age group in Germany, which was followed by the United Kingdom and France with approximately **** million and **** million inhabitants respectively.