Type of indicator

Socio-economic

Indicator C02

Age structure

Definition 

This indicator refers to the age structure of the EU population on 1st of January of any given year. It consists of 2 sub-indicators:

 

  1. total population by broad age groups (less than 15 years / from 15 to 64 years / 65 years or over)
  2. population by broad age groups (less than 15 years / from 15 to 64 years / 65 years or over) in predominantly rural regions.

Unit of measurement

1 - 2: Share of total population

Data source

Eurostat - Demography and migration

Eurostat - Demography statistics by other typologies

References/

location of the data

National data: Table Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex [demo_pjanbroad] 

National data, by typology: Table Population by sex and age groups on 1 January [urt_pjanaggr3]  

Regional data: Table Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and NUTS 3 region [demo_r_pjanaggr3] 

Alternatively, there is more detailed data age structure of the population by NUTS 3 regions starting with the year 2014: data by 5-year age group are available in the table [demo_r_pjangrp3].

Data collection level

EU, National (NUTS 0), Regional (NUTS 1, 2 and 3)

by type of region (predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban) 

Frequency

Annual

Delay

1 year

Comments/caveats

The age structure by type of region has been calculated using the Commission's urban-rural typology, which classifies NUTS 3 regions into predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban.