Western Europe Population Pyramid 1988
Western Europe in 1988
In 1988, Western Europe had a total population of 174,101,524 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 2.7%, up from 169,546,008 in 1978.
Half of the population was younger than 35.9 years; 17.7% were children under 15 and 14.2% were 65 or older. 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.
31,204,854 immigrants live in Western Europe.
| Poland | 2,397,087 |
| Turkey | 2,343,059 |
| Ukraine | 1,901,825 |
| Morocco | 1,670,534 |
| Romania | 1,518,727 |
9,008,522 people born in Western Europe live in other countries.
| United States of America | 1,390,671 |
| Switzerland | 667,982 |
| Italy | 567,585 |
| Spain | 564,622 |
| France | 562,804 |





