| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
| Date | 22 Sep 2024 |
The current population of Europe is 744,749,893 as of January 22, 2025, 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.
| Rank | Subregion | Population | Share (%) | Growth (2024) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2024 | Europe | World | Net change | rate (%) | ||||
| 1 Jan | 1 July | 1 Jan | 1 July | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Continent | Population | Growth rate (%) against 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |