Malta Defies EU Ageing Trend As Median Age Declines
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The average age in Portugal in 2025 was 47.3 years, compared with 47.1 in 2024, 46.9 in 2023 and 46.7 in 2022. On 1 January 2025 the average age of the EU population was 44.9 years.
With an average age of 47.3 years in 2025, Portugal is the second oldest country in the European Union, just behind Italy.
The ageing of European societies is today an unstoppable phenomenon. In the last decade, the median age of the population of the European Union has risen 2.1 years (to 44.9 years) and the proportion of people over 65 years of age by almost three percentage points. As of January 1, 2025, 22% of the 450.6 million people living in the EU exceeded that age, and 6.2% also exceeded that of the 80.Keep reading...
Between EU countries, the average age ranged from 39.6 years in Ireland to 49.1 years in Italy.
Data published today by the EU statistical office indicate that on January 1, 2025, the median age of the EU population reached 44.9 years, meaning that half of the population was over 44.9 years old. The median age in Portugal in 2025 was 47.3 years, compared with 47.1 in 2024, 46.9 in 2023 and 46.7 in 2022. Among EU countries, the median age ranged from 39.6 years in Ireland to 49.1 years in Italy. Still in the 27 Member States as a whole, the…
Malta Defies EU Ageing Trend As Median Age Declines
Europe is getting older, but Malta is quietly bucking the trend. As of 1st January 2025, the median age across the European Union reached 44.9 years. In simple terms, half of the EU’s population is older than 44.9, while the other half is younger. Back in 2015, the EU’s median age stood at 42.8, meaning Europe has aged by 2.1 years in just a decade. Almost every EU country recorded an increase. Malta was one of only two countries, alongside Germ…
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