Eastern Europe Population Pyramid 2000
Eastern Europe in 2000
As of 2000, Eastern Europe counted 304,612,977 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1990, the population was still 311,437,739; it has declined by 2.2% since.
With a median age of 36.5 years, Eastern Europe had a youth dependency ratio of 26.4 and an old-age dependency ratio of 18.6 per 100 people of working age. The narrow base of the pyramid marks a constrictive age structure: fertility below replacement level and a rising share of older people.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
17,722,338 immigrants live in Eastern Europe.
| Ukraine | 5,303,438 |
| Russian Federation | 4,174,274 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,641,929 |
| Uzbekistan | 1,024,432 |
| Belarus | 575,344 |
32,476,805 people born in Eastern Europe live in other countries.
| Germany | 6,301,571 |
| Ukraine | 3,787,310 |
| Russian Federation | 3,319,457 |
| United Kingdom | 1,889,958 |
| Italy | 1,771,059 |





