How the numbers were computed

For the story Median age of the population in the EU countries and regions.

Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.

The ranking

Ranks

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Bulgaria and Portugal, at 47.3 years each, are both 2nd, and Greece is 4th.

27 values, one per country demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1 · flag e: Romania, Poland · flag p: Poland, France

9.5 years

Highest value − lowest value, in years: 49.1 − 39.6 = 9.5. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

49.1: Italy, 2025 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.IT@2025 · request r1
39.6: Ireland, 2025 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.IE@2025 · request r1

27 / 27

EU countries with a value for 2025: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.

27 values, one per country demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1 · flag e: Romania, Poland · flag p: Poland, France

Class 1 of 5

The regions are sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count. Equal values stay in one class. A class's ends are the values of its lowest and highest region.

50 values, one per region demo_r_pjanind2:A.MEDAGEPOP.YR.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the region code) · request r4 · flag e: Bucureşti-Ilfov, Nord-Est · flag p: Haute-Normandie, Picardie, Rhône-Alpes, Nord-Pas de Calais, La Réunion, Ile de France, Guyane, Mayotte

Class 2 of 5

The regions are sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count. Equal values stay in one class. A class's ends are the values of its lowest and highest region.

51 values, one per region demo_r_pjanind2:A.MEDAGEPOP.YR.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the region code) · request r4 · flag e: Centru, Nord-Vest · flag p: Franche-Comté, Midi-Pyrénées, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine, Pays de la Loire, Alsace

Class 3 of 5

The regions are sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count. Equal values stay in one class. A class's ends are the values of its lowest and highest region.

49 values, one per region demo_r_pjanind2:A.MEDAGEPOP.YR.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the region code) · request r4 · flag e: Sud-Est, Vest · flag p: Aquitaine, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Bretagne, Centre — Val de Loire

Class 4 of 5

The regions are sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count. Equal values stay in one class. A class's ends are the values of its lowest and highest region.

45 values, one per region demo_r_pjanind2:A.MEDAGEPOP.YR.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the region code) · request r4 · flag e: Sud-Vest Oltenia, Sud-Muntenia · flag p: Auvergne, Bourgogne, Corse, Basse-Normandie, Languedoc-Roussillon

Class 5 of 5

The regions are sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count. Equal values stay in one class. A class's ends are the values of its lowest and highest region.

49 values, one per region demo_r_pjanind2:A.MEDAGEPOP.YR.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the region code) · request r4 · flag p: Martinique, Limousin, Guadeloupe, Poitou-Charentes

Over time

The EU figure, 2015–2025

The figure of the European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) as Eurostat publishes it, one value a year.

42.8 (flags b and e): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2015 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2015 · request r1
43.0 (flags b and e): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2016 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2016 · request r1
43.2 (flags b and e): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2017 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2017 · request r1
43.5 (flag e): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2018 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2018 · request r1
43.7: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2019 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2019 · request r1
43.9 (flag e): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2020 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2020 · request r1
44.2 (flags b, e and p): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2021 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2021 · request r1
44.4: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2022 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2022 · request r1
44.5 (flags b, e and p): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2023 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2023 · request r1
44.7 (flags e and p): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2024 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2024 · request r1
44.9 (flags e and p): European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2025 demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.EU27_2020@2025 · request r1

Differences, 2025 − 2015

Per country and for the EU, the 2025 value minus the 2015 value. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

28 values, one per country and the EU's demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r1 · flag e: Romania, Poland, European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · flag p: Poland, France, European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
28 values, one per country and the EU's demo_pjanind:A.MEDAGEPOP.<geo>@2015 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r1 · flag b: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · flag e: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)

Countries where the median age fell

The countries whose difference 2025 − 2015 is below zero, 2 in all.

uses Differences, 2025 − 2015

Countries where the median age rose

The countries whose difference 2025 − 2015 is above zero, 25 in all.

uses Differences, 2025 − 2015

In median age of population

Ranks, share of people aged 65 and over

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. France and Latvia, at 21.9% each, are both 9th, and Poland is 11th.

27 values, one per country demo_pjanind:A.PC_Y65_MAX.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2 · flag e: Poland, Romania · flag p: France, Poland

9.5 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 24.7 − 15.2 = 9.5. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

24.7: Italy, 2025 demo_pjanind:A.PC_Y65_MAX.IT@2025 · request r2
15.2: Luxembourg, 2025 demo_pjanind:A.PC_Y65_MAX.LU@2025 · request r2

Women and men

Values, women and men

The values as Eurostat publishes them, one per country and group and for the EU, shown rounded to 1 decimal.

28 values, one per country and the EU's demo_pjanind:A.MMEDAGEPOP.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r3 · flag e: Romania, Poland, European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · flag p: Poland, France, European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
28 values, one per country and the EU's demo_pjanind:A.FMEDAGEPOP.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r3 · flag e: Romania, Poland, European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · flag p: Poland, France, European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)

Ranks, women

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Cyprus and Sweden, at 42.2 years each, are both 23rd, and Malta is 25th.

27 values, one per country demo_pjanind:A.FMEDAGEPOP.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r3 · flag e: Romania, Poland · flag p: Poland, France

The regions of the EU

Ranks, the regions of the EU

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Sachsen-Anhalt, at 51.3 years each, are both 5th, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is 7th.

244 values, one per region demo_r_pjanind2:A.MEDAGEPOP.YR.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the region code) · request r4 · flag e: Sud-Vest Oltenia, Sud-Muntenia, Sud-Est, Vest, Centru, Nord-Vest, Bucureşti-Ilfov, Nord-Est · flag p: Martinique, Limousin, Guadeloupe, Poitou-Charentes, Auvergne, Bourgogne, Corse, Basse-Normandie, Languedoc-Roussillon, Aquitaine, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Bretagne, Centre — Val de Loire, Franche-Comté, Midi-Pyrénées, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine, Pays de la Loire, Alsace, Haute-Normandie, Picardie, Rhône-Alpes, Nord-Pas de Calais, La Réunion, Ile de France, Guyane, Mayotte