Europe: population size of over 65's 2020

In 2020, Germany had the highest number of over 65's at approximately 18.1 million, which was followed by Italy and France at 13.9 million and 13.7 million inhabitants respectively.

Population size of citizens aged 65 years and older Europe in 2020, by country

Characteristic	Number of inhabitants
Germany	18,090,682
Italy	13,859,090
France	13,740,658
Spain	9,267,316
Turkey	7,550,727
Poland	6,916,746
Romania	3,661,763
Netherlands	3,392,555
Greece	2,386,200
Portugal	2,280,424
Belgium	2,204,642
Czechia	2,131,630
Sweden	2,065,367
Hungary	1,942,234
Austria	1,693,627
Switzerland	1,605,800
Bulgaria	1,504,088
Finland	1,231,274
Denmark	1,155,991
Norway	941,816
Slovakia	905,175
Croatia	853,784
Ireland	716,214
Lithuania	555,976
Slovenia	424,004
Latvia	391,413
Estonia	266,288
Cyprus	144,888
Malta	95,050
Luxembourg	90,787
Iceland	52,473
Liechtenstein	7,087

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Release date

April 2021

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2020

Age group

65 years and older

Supplementary notes

Eurostat aims at collecting from the EU Member States data on population on 1 January. The recommended definition is the 'usually resident population' and represents the number of inhabitants of a given area on 1 January of the year in question (or, in some cases, on 31st December of the previous year). However, the population transmitted by the countries can also be either based on data from the most recent census adjusted by the components of population change produced since the last census, either based on population registers.
The completeness of the demographic data collected on a voluntary basis depends on the availability and completeness of information provided by the national statistical institutes.
The data refers to Section Y_GE65 of the Eurostat Database Statistic, online data code MIGR_POP1CTZ.

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