Population on 1 January in European Union
The European Union had 450,646,971 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960. 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
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2024
+0.3%
Population on 1 January 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.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 429,240,746 peopleb (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 +0.3% from 449,306,184 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 442,924,865 people, the figure has changed by +1.7%.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Population
451,127,411 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
44.9ep (Source flag ep) years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
5,684,984ip (Source flag ip) immigrants
2024 · 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