Southern Europe Population Pyramid 2012
Year
2012Southern Europe in 2012
In 2012, Southern Europe had a total population of 154,365,485 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 5.2%, up from 146,781,628 in 2002.
With a median age of 42.3 years, Southern Europe had a youth dependency ratio of 22.4 and an old-age dependency ratio of 28.3 per 100 people of working age. 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 |





