Demographics of the European Union
| Demographics of the European Union | |
|---|---|
Map showing the population density by NUTS3 region, 2017, including non-EU countries | |
| Population | 450,380,320 (2025) |
| Growth rate | 0.43% (2023) |
| Birth rate | 8.7 births per 1,000 (2022) |
| Death rate | 11.5 deaths per 1,000 (2022) |
| Life expectancy | 81.5 (2023) |
| • male | 77.9 years (2022) |
| • female | 83.3 years (2022) |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 children per woman (2022) |
| Infant mortality rate | 3.3 deaths per 1,000 live births (2022) |
| Language | |
| Official | See languages of the European Union |
| Spoken | Most spoken L1: German: 20% (2020)
Most spoken L2: English L2: 43% (2017) |
The demographics of the European Union show a highly populated, culturally diverse union of 27 member states. As of 1 January 2025, the population of the EU is slightly higher than 450 million people.