Population growth in European Union
The population of the European Union changed by 0.20% in 2025.
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
0.20%
Change from 2024
−0.10percentage points
World, 2025
0.91%
Population growth in European Union over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.20% | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 0.30% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 0.38% | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 0.22% | 0.87% |
| 2021 | -0.14% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | -0.01% | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 0.19% | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 0.17% | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 0.14% | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 0.20% | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 0.20% | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 0.11% | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 0.08% | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 0.15% | 1.26% |
| 2011 | -0.15% | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 0.16% | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 0.25% | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 0.34% | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 0.35% | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 0.34% | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 0.37% | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 0.39% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 0.37% | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 0.24% | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 0.13% | 1.34% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.10 percentage points from 0.30% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.20%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Population
451,127,411 people
2025 · World Bank
Net migration
-317,019 people
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
10.7ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat