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Region · REG_EUROPE

Europe

745.6M
Population · 2023
-0.06%
Growth rate · 2023
1.39
Fertility rate · 2023
79.1 yrs
Life expectancy · 2023

Latest estimates · UN 2024

Europe, as the UN Population Division groups countries (location code 908).

Population projection

Europe195019802010204020702100400M500M600M700M800Mpeople
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What forecasters project

Each forecaster’s central projection for Europe, alongside earlier UN revisions. The newest vintage from each forecaster is shown; older revisions are in the legend.

Population: forecasters and earlier UN revisions

UN 2024UN 2022WIC 2023200020202040206020802100600M650M700M750Mpeople

3 series: UN 2024 (2000–2100, latest 592M, projected); UN 2022 (2021–2100, latest 587M, projected); WIC 2023 (2020–2100, latest 672M, projected).

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WIC 2013: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 1.0, 2013.

WIC 2018: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 2.0, 2018.

WIC 2023: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 3.0 (Beta), 2023.

WIC data shown with attribution for display only; not licensed for redistribution.

Europe population, projected 2050 and 2100, by revision
Revision 20502100
UN 2010719M—
UN 2012709M639M
WIC 2013754M702M
UN 2015707M—
UN 2017716M—
WIC 2018724M726M
UN 2019710M630M
UN 2022703M587M
WIC 2023726M672M
UN 2024 (current)703M592M

Revisions with no 2050 or 2100 value for Europe are not listed.

Total fertility rate: forecasters and earlier UN revisions

UN 2024UN 2022WIC 2023replacement2000202020402060208021001.401.601.802.00

3 series: UN 2024 (2000–2100, latest 1.58, projected); UN 2022 (2021–2100, latest 1.67, projected); WIC 2023 (2015–2095, latest 1.60, projected).

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WIC 2013: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 1.0, 2013.

WIC 2018: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 2.0, 2018.

WIC 2023: Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC), Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer Version 3.0 (Beta), 2023.

WIC data shown with attribution for display only; not licensed for redistribution.

Europe total fertility rate, projected 2050 and 2100, by revision
Revision 20502100
WIC 20131.71—
WIC 20181.72—
UN 20221.631.67
WIC 20231.63—
UN 2024 (current)1.501.58

Revisions with no 2050 or 2100 value for Europe are not listed. UN revisions from 1998 to 2019 publish fertility as five-year period averages (e.g. 2045–2050), with no single-year value; their paths are in the chart above. Wittgenstein Centre values are five-year period averages shown at the period's first year (2050 = 2050–2055).

Sources, licenses, and attribution for every forecaster are listed in the methodology.