Median age of the population in the EU countries and regions
Topic: Population and health
The median age of the population is 49.1 years in Italy and 39.6 years in Ireland.
On 1 January 2025, the median age of the EU's population was 44.9 years. Half of the people are younger than the median age and half are older.
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- Dataset updated:
- 25 September 2026.
Published 12 November 2026
The ranking
On 1 January 2025, the median age of the population was highest in Italy, at 49.1 years, and lowest in Ireland, at 39.6 years.
On 1 January 2025, the share of people aged 65 and over was highest in Italy, at 24.7%, and lowest in Luxembourg, at 15.2%.
Median age of the population, years
2025The regions of the EU
On 1 January 2025, among the EU's 244 regions, the median age of the population was highest in Liguria (Italy), 52.6 years, and lowest in Mayotte (France), 17.7 years.
Median age of the population by NUTS 2 region, years
2025 · the EU's 244 NUTS 2 regions- 17.7–42.7 (50 regions)
- 42.8–44.4 (51 regions)
- 44.6–45.7 (49 regions)
- 45.8–47.8 (45 regions)
- 47.9–52.6 (49 regions)
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Austria43.8
- Burgenland49.3 years
- Kärnten48.0 years
- Niederösterreich46.2 years
- Steiermark45.6 years
- Salzburg43.8 years
- Oberösterreich43.7 years
- Tirol43.6 years
- Vorarlberg42.7 years
- Wien39.6 years
Belgium42.1
- Prov. West-Vlaanderen46.0 years
- Prov. Limburg (BE)45.1 years
- Prov. Brabant wallon43.3 years
- Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen42.9 years
- Prov. Vlaams-Brabant42.6 years
- Prov. Namur42.3 years
- Prov. Hainaut42.2 years
- Prov. Antwerpen42.0 years
- Prov. Liège41.8 years
- Prov. Luxembourg (BE)40.6 years
- Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest36.1 years
Bulgaria47.3
- Severozapaden50.7 years
- Severen tsentralen50.6 years
- Yuzhen tsentralen47.8 years
- Severoiztochen47.5 years
- Yugoiztochen47.1 years
- Yugozapaden44.9 years
Croatia45.5
- Panonska Hrvatska47.2 years
- Jadranska Hrvatska46.3 years
- Sjeverna Hrvatska44.8 years
- Grad Zagreb43.1 years
Cyprus41.0
- Kýpros41.0 years
Czechia44.3
- Střední Morava45.6 years
- Moravskoslezsko45.5 years
- Severozápad45.1 years
- Severovýchod44.9 years
- Jihozápad44.8 years
- Jihovýchod44.2 years
- Střední Čechy43.2 years
- Praha41.9 years
Denmark42.2
- Sjælland47.1 years
- Syddanmark44.8 years
- Nordjylland44.3 years
- Midtjylland41.1 years
- Hovedstaden38.8 years
Estonia42.9
- Eesti42.9 years
Finland43.5
- Etelä-Suomi46.9 years
- Åland45.7 years
- Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi45.5 years
- Länsi-Suomi43.9 years
- Helsinki-Uusimaa40.4 years
France42.8
- Martinique50.3 years
- Limousin49.3 years
- Guadeloupe48.1 years
- Poitou-Charentes48.1 years
- Auvergne47.2 years
- Bourgogne47.0 years
- Corse47.0 years
- Basse-Normandie46.4 years
- Languedoc-Roussillon46.0 years
- Aquitaine45.5 years
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur45.5 years
- Bretagne45.3 years
- Centre — Val de Loire44.9 years
- Franche-Comté44.2 years
- Midi-Pyrénées44.2 years
- Champagne-Ardenne44.0 years
- Lorraine44.0 years
- Pays de la Loire43.2 years
- Alsace43.1 years
- Haute-Normandie42.7 years
- Picardie42.4 years
- Rhône-Alpes41.6 years
- Nord-Pas de Calais40.8 years
- La Réunion39.4 years
- Ile de France38.4 years
- Guyane27.4 years
- Mayotte17.7 years
Germany45.5
- Chemnitz52.1 years
- Sachsen-Anhalt51.3 years
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern51.0 years
- Thüringen50.5 years
- Brandenburg49.9 years
- Dresden48.2 years
- Saarland48.1 years
- Lüneburg47.7 years
- Oberfranken47.7 years
- Schleswig-Holstein47.5 years
- Koblenz47.2 years
- Kassel47.1 years
- Braunschweig46.5 years
- Unterfranken46.5 years
- Hannover46.2 years
- Trier46.0 years
- Niederbayern45.9 years
- Arnsberg45.7 years
- Rheinhessen-Pfalz45.7 years
- Oberpfalz45.4 years
- Weser-Ems45.4 years
- Düsseldorf45.2 years
- Detmold45.1 years
- Gießen45.1 years
- Münster45.0 years
- Mittelfranken44.6 years
- Schwaben44.6 years
- Freiburg44.4 years
- Karlsruhe44.4 years
- Köln44.3 years
- Tübingen44.2 years
- Darmstadt44.1 years
- Leipzig44.1 years
- Stuttgart44.0 years
- Oberbayern43.3 years
- Bremen42.2 years
- Berlin41.2 years
- Hamburg41.0 years
Greece47.2
- Dytiki Makedonia50.5 years
- Peloponnisos49.9 years
- Ipeiros49.3 years
- Sterea Elláda49.2 years
- Thessalia48.7 years
- Ionia Nisia48.5 years
- Dytiki Elláda47.5 years
- Kentriki Makedonia47.4 years
- Attiki46.7 years
- Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki46.5 years
- Kriti45.0 years
- Notio Aigaio44.6 years
- Voreio Aigaio44.4 years
Hungary44.8
- Dél-Dunántúl47.0 years
- Dél-Alföld46.1 years
- Nyugat-Dunántúl46.0 years
- Közép-Dunántúl45.4 years
- Észak-Magyarország44.4 years
- Budapest44.0 years
- Észak-Alföld43.5 years
- Pest43.3 years
Ireland39.6
- Northern and Western40.7 years
- Southern40.6 years
- Eastern and Midland38.7 years
Italy49.1
- Liguria52.6 years
- Sardegna51.7 years
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia51.3 years
- Molise50.7 years
- Umbria50.7 years
- Piemonte50.6 years
- Toscana50.6 years
- Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste50.5 years
- Marche50.2 years
- Abruzzo50.0 years
- Basilicata49.9 years
- Veneto49.6 years
- Emilia-Romagna49.2 years
- Lazio48.9 years
- Puglia48.7 years
- Lombardia48.5 years
- Calabria48.1 years
- Provincia Autonoma di Trento48.1 years
- Sicilia47.6 years
- Campania46.0 years
- Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen45.4 years
Latvia44.4
- Latvija44.4 years
Lithuania44.3
- Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas46.0 years
- Sostinės regionas41.4 years
Luxembourg39.8
- Luxembourg39.8 years
Malta40.0
- Malta40.0 years
Netherlands42.6
- Limburg (NL)47.9 years
- Drenthe47.8 years
- Zeeland47.2 years
- Friesland (NL)45.4 years
- Gelderland44.0 years
- Noord-Brabant43.6 years
- Overijssel42.8 years
- Groningen41.5 years
- Noord-Holland41.1 years
- Zuid-Holland40.9 years
- Utrecht40.0 years
- Flevoland39.0 years
Poland43.4
- Świętokrzyskie45.8 years
- Opolskie45.4 years
- Łódzkie45.1 years
- Śląskie44.9 years
- Zachodniopomorskie44.8 years
- Lubelskie44.4 years
- Kujawsko-pomorskie44.1 years
- Lubuskie44.1 years
- Warmińsko-mazurskie44.1 years
- Dolnośląskie43.8 years
- Podlaskie43.8 years
- Mazowiecki regionalny43.3 years
- Podkarpackie43.2 years
- Wielkopolskie42.2 years
- Pomorskie41.8 years
- Małopolskie41.7 years
- Warszawski stołeczny41.5 years
Portugal47.3
- Centro (PT)49.6 years
- Alentejo49.2 years
- Norte48.0 years
- Oeste e Vale do Tejo48.0 years
- Região Autónoma da Madeira47.2 years
- Algarve46.9 years
- Península de Setúbal45.7 years
- Grande Lisboa44.9 years
- Região Autónoma dos Açores43.5 years
Romania44.1
- Sud-Vest Oltenia46.7 years
- Sud-Muntenia46.2 years
- Sud-Est45.7 years
- Vest44.9 years
- Centru43.5 years
- Nord-Vest42.8 years
- Bucureşti-Ilfov42.0 years
- Nord-Est41.9 years
Slovakia43.0
- Západné Slovensko45.0 years
- Stredné Slovensko43.3 years
- Bratislavský kraj42.9 years
- Východné Slovensko40.4 years
Slovenia45.5
- Vzhodna Slovenija46.3 years
- Zahodna Slovenija44.6 years
Spain45.8
- Principado de Asturias51.6 years
- Castilla y León50.6 years
- Galicia50.0 years
- Cantabria48.9 years
- País Vasco48.3 years
- Extremadura47.8 years
- Aragón47.0 years
- La Rioja47.0 years
- Canarias45.7 years
- Comunidad Foral de Navarra45.7 years
- Comunitat Valenciana45.6 years
- Castilla-La Mancha45.4 years
- Andalucía44.9 years
- Cataluña44.6 years
- Comunidad de Madrid44.2 years
- Illes Balears43.2 years
- Región de Murcia42.9 years
- Ciudad de Ceuta39.2 years
- Ciudad de Melilla36.7 years
Sweden41.2
- Norra Mellansverige45.2 years
- Mellersta Norrland45.0 years
- Småland med öarna42.9 years
- Övre Norrland42.4 years
- Sydsverige41.1 years
- Östra Mellansverige41.1 years
- Västsverige41.0 years
- Stockholm39.3 years
Over time
Median age of the population in the EU, years
2015–2025Between 2015 and 2025, the median age fell in 2 countries and rose in 25.
Median age of the population, years
2015 and 2025 · ranked by 2025Women and men
Median age of men and women, years
2025About the data
The median age of the population on 1 January. Half of the people are younger, half are older.
Eurostat: “The age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups, meaning half of the people are younger than median age and half are older.” (source)
Population by age reported by the Member States. Eurostat computes the indicators.
How to read these numbers
How it is measured
The EU median age is computed from all EU residents, not as the average of the countries' median ages.
France's figures cover the whole country, with its overseas departments. Mayotte has been included since 1 January 2015. Cyprus's figures cover only the areas controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus.
Breaks in the series
A break in the series (flag b) means that a value is not fully comparable with the periods before it. This concerns Germany (2023), Italy (2019), Luxembourg (2017), Poland (2021) and the EU (2016–2017, 2021, 2023).
Provisional figures
A provisional value (flag p) may still be revised. This concerns France (2025), Poland (2025), the regions of France (2025) and the EU (2021, 2023–2025).
Estimates
A value with flag e is an estimate, not measured or counted in full. This concerns Poland (2025), Romania (2025), the regions of Romania (2025) and the EU (2015–2018, 2020–2021, 2023–2025).
Sources and data
Eurostat, Population structure indicators at national level (demo_pjanind). Data updated 25 September 2026, retrieved 12 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
Eurostat metadata · Eurostat methodology
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/demo_pjanind?format=JSON&lang=en&freq=A&geo=AT&geo=BE&geo=BG&geo=CY&geo=CZ&geo=DE&geo=DK&geo=EE&geo=EL&geo=ES&geo=EU27_2020&geo=FI&geo=FR&geo=HR&geo=HU&geo=IE&geo=IT&geo=LT&geo=LU&geo=LV&geo=MT&geo=NL&geo=PL&geo=PT&geo=RO&geo=SE&geo=SI&geo=SK&indic_de=MEDAGEPOPEurostat, Population structure indicators by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_pjanind2). Data updated 10 August 2026, retrieved 12 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
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