The population of Europe decreased by approximately 0.09 percent in 2023, falling to an overall total of approximately 743.5 million people. Since 1961, Europe's population growth rate has never exceeded one percent, and was even declining in the late 1990s and between 2020 and 2023.
Annual population growth rate in Europe from 1950 to 2023
Characteristic
Annual population growth
2023
-0.09%
2022
-0.25%
2021
-0.18%
2020
-0.1%
2019
0.11%
2018
0.11%
2017
0.13%
2016
0.17%
2015
0.15%
2014
0.14%
2013
0.13%
2012
0.17%
2011
0.19%
2010
0.17%
2009
0.2%
2008
0.25%
2007
0.26%
2006
0.16%
2005
0.09%
2004
0.12%
2003
0.08%
2002
0.06%
2001
-0.04%
2000
0.01%
1999
-0.05%
1998
-0.05%
1997
0.01%
1996
0.02%
1995
0.02%
1994
0.04%
1993
0.13%
1992
0.2%
1991
0.26%
1990
0.32%
1989
0.34%
1988
0.4%
1987
0.43%
1986
0.43%
1985
0.38%
1984
0.39%
1983
0.4%
1982
0.4%
1981
0.4%
1980
0.46%
1979
0.45%
1978
0.46%
1977
0.5%
1976
0.52%
1975
0.54%
1974
0.61%
1973
0.59%
1972
0.65%
1971
0.66%
1970
0.54%
1969
0.61%
1968
0.66%
1967
0.74%
1966
0.78%
1965
0.79%
1964
0.89%
1963
0.9%
1962
0.93%
1961
1.01%
1960
0.99%
1959
0.99%
1958
1.03%
1957
0.99%
1956
0.97%
1955
0.99%
1954
0.98%
1953
1%
1952
0.94%
1951
0.87%
1950
0.88%
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UN DESA. (November 15, 2023). Annual population growth rate in Europe from 1950 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251591/population-growth-rate-in-europe/
UN DESA. "Annual population growth rate in Europe from 1950 to 2023." Chart. November 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251591/population-growth-rate-in-europe/
UN DESA. (2023). Annual population growth rate in Europe from 1950 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251591/population-growth-rate-in-europe/
UN DESA. "Annual Population Growth Rate in Europe from 1950 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251591/population-growth-rate-in-europe/
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Annual population growth rate in Europe from 1950 to 2023 [Graph], UN DESA, November 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251591/population-growth-rate-in-europe/
