Europe population
50 countries9% of world todayPast peak
Europe population right now
744,010,306
Births this year
0
Deaths this year
0
Net change this year
0
Today
744 million
9% of world
2050
704 million
2100
593 million
6% of world
Peaked
2020
750 million
Europe population over time
Total population 1950-2100, medium variant
The Europe outlook
Europe is home to about 744 million people in 2026, roughly 9% of the world total, spread across 50 countries and territories. Its most populous are Russia, Germany, United Kingdom.
The region has already passed its peak. Population topped out near 750 million around 2020 and is projected to fall to about 593 million by 2100, as low fertility and aging outweigh migration. Its share of the world is set to slip from 9% today to about 6% by 2100.
These are the UN's medium-variant figures, the central scenario rather than a forecast. The further out they run the wider the plausible range, but the broad shape of Europe's century is consistent across the main variants.
Largest countries in Europe
By population today