Median age of the population in European Union
The median age in the European Union was 44.9 years on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
European Union, 2025
44.9ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2024
+0.4%
Median age of the population in European Union over time
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European Union
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 44.4 years |
| 2021 | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 43.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2019 | 43.7 years |
| 2018 | 43.5 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 41.0 years |
| 2008 | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 40.3 years |
| 2006 | 40.0 years |
| 2005 | 39.6 years |
| 2004 | 39.3 years |
| 2003 | 39.0 years |
| 2002 | 38.7 years |
| 2001 | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4% from 44.7 years in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 42.8 years, the figure has changed by +4.9%.
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Crude birth rate
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