Percentage of the working age population in selected EU countries in 2006 and 2017

The phenomenon of aging of the society, and thus changes in the structure of the share of population in pre- and post-working age, is typical for all European Union countries. The median age of the population in the European Union countries in 2001-2016 increased from 38.5 years to 43 years. This is the scale of the aging of the population (Median age of population, 2017). However, while the aging of the population in the next 30 years will be appropriate for all EU countries, not all countries will experience a demographic crisis related to a decline in population. The population will not decrease according to forecasts, incl. in UK, France, Spain and Italy.