Population in European Union
The population of the European Union was 451,127,411 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest 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
451,127,411
Change from 2024
+0.2%
World, 2025
8,215,424,893 people
Population 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: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 451,127,411 people | 8,215,424,893 people |
| 2024 | 450,228,188 people | 8,140,897,523 people |
| 2023 | 448,897,545 people | 8,062,923,417 people |
| 2022 | 447,203,596 people | 7,988,550,201 people |
| 2021 | 446,228,281 people | 7,919,567,995 people |
| 2020 | 446,870,959 people | 7,853,863,139 people |
| 2019 | 446,910,453 people | 7,777,162,476 people |
| 2018 | 446,058,453 people | 7,696,159,728 people |
| 2017 | 445,321,060 people | 7,613,788,655 people |
| 2016 | 444,676,652 people | 7,528,221,579 people |
| 2015 | 443,793,218 people | 7,441,084,771 people |
| 2014 | 442,920,819 people | 7,353,532,223 people |
| 2013 | 442,425,741 people | 7,265,404,737 people |
| 2012 | 442,069,839 people | 7,176,482,165 people |
| 2011 | 441,414,078 people | 7,086,704,141 people |
| 2010 | 442,088,310 people | 7,000,860,073 people |
| 2009 | 441,388,573 people | 6,916,168,196 people |
| 2008 | 440,270,719 people | 6,830,080,867 people |
| 2007 | 438,796,003 people | 6,744,049,498 people |
| 2006 | 437,263,803 people | 6,659,536,021 people |
| 2005 | 435,789,139 people | 6,575,410,029 people |
| 2004 | 434,193,248 people | 6,492,354,627 people |
| 2003 | 432,512,916 people | 6,409,352,386 people |
| 2002 | 430,924,112 people | 6,327,171,255 people |
| 2001 | 429,909,307 people | 6,244,739,668 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2% from 450,228,188 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 443,793,218 people, the figure has changed by +1.7%.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Population on 1 January
450,646,971ep (Source flag ep) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population growth
0.20%
2025 · World Bank
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
Total fertility rate
1.34ep (Source flag ep) births per woman
2024 · Eurostat