Southern Europe Population Pyramid 1978
Year
1978Southern Europe in 1978
As of 1978, Southern Europe counted 137,079,244 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1968, the population was 126,259,647; it has grown by 8.6% since.
With a median age of 31.6 years, Southern Europe had a youth dependency ratio of 39.4 and an old-age dependency ratio of 17.9 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.
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.
19,501,402 immigrants live in Southern Europe.
| Morocco | 1,568,708 |
| Romania | 1,489,712 |
| Albania | 1,089,848 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 850,964 |
| Colombia | 839,354 |
12,463,148 people born in Southern Europe live in other countries.
| Germany | 1,888,804 |
| France | 1,296,218 |
| United States of America | 802,453 |
| Switzerland | 798,324 |
| Italy | 766,606 |





