Southern Europe Population Pyramid 1998
Year
1998Southern Europe in 1998
As of 1998, Southern Europe counted 145,422,963 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 1.4%, up from 143,413,191 in 1988.
Half of the population was younger than 37.5 years; 16.2% were children under 15 and 15.9% were 65 or older. The pyramid is constrictive: cohorts of children are smaller than those of their parents, reflecting low fertility and an ageing population.
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 |





