Population aged 0 to 14 in European Union
14.2% of the population of the European Union was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
14.2%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
World, 2025
24.4%
Population aged 0 to 14 in European Union over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.2% | 24.4% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | 24.7% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | 25.0% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | 25.3% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | 25.6% |
| 2020 | 15.0% | 25.8% |
| 2019 | 15.1% | 26.0% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | 26.2% |
| 2017 | 15.2% | 26.4% |
| 2016 | 15.2% | 26.5% |
| 2015 | 15.2% | 26.6% |
| 2014 | 15.3% | 26.8% |
| 2013 | 15.3% | 26.9% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | 27.0% |
| 2011 | 15.4% | 27.1% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | 27.3% |
| 2009 | 15.4% | 27.5% |
| 2008 | 15.5% | 27.6% |
| 2007 | 15.6% | 27.9% |
| 2006 | 15.7% | 28.1% |
| 2005 | 15.9% | 28.5% |
| 2004 | 16.1% | 28.8% |
| 2003 | 16.3% | 29.2% |
| 2002 | 16.5% | 29.6% |
| 2001 | 16.7% | 30.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 14.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 15.2%, the figure has changed by −1.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.
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Fertility rate
1.34 births per woman
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Population on 1 January
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Population by age and sex
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
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Crude birth rate
7.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
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Crude death rate
10.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
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