Southern Europe Population Pyramid 2016
Year
2016Southern Europe in 2016
In 2016, Southern Europe had a total population of 152,970,628 people. A decade earlier, in 2006, the population was 151,024,906; it has grown by 1.3% since.
With a median age of 44.0 years, Southern Europe had a youth dependency ratio of 22.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 30.9 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 |





