Western Europe Population Pyramid 1997
Western Europe in 1997
As of 1997, Western Europe counted 182,405,280 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 5.3%, up from 173,282,865 in 1987.
The median age was 37.8 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 26.1 children under 15 and 23.0 people aged 65 or over. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
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 |





