Western Europe Population Pyramid 1998
Western Europe in 1998
In 1998, Western Europe had a total population of 182,398,538 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 4.8%, up from 174,101,524 in 1988.
With a median age of 38.2 years, Western Europe had a youth dependency ratio of 25.9 and an old-age dependency ratio of 23.2 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
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 |





