Research · July 2026 · European Commission
Demographic transformation in the EU
Selected by Stephen Watson
The Commission's newest evidence on population change in the EU: longer lives, an older population and fewer births, projected to 2100, with the effects on work, pensions, health care, housing and regions.
Key figure
Nearly one in three: the share of EU residents aged 65 or over by mid-century, up from about one in five today.
About the publisher
The European Commission, the EU's executive body. This is its periodic demography report, prepared with its science service, the Joint Research Centre.
Useful for
Developers and municipalities planning age-friendly housing, services and destinations in Portugal's ageing regions.
Credit and license European Union, 2026. European Commission, Demographic transformation in the EU: understanding change and adapting to its consequences, Publications Office of the European Union, 2026, doi:10.2760/9943353. CC BY 4.0. We host this copy unchanged, under the publisher's open license.
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