Population — all countries

Population — Eastern Europe

Population in Eastern Europe in 2025 — 281,644,598 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.5%.

2025 282M people +0.23% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 310M people1992
Period minimum 253M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population — Eastern Europe, 1960–2025240M260M280M300M320M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 252,542,455 people1962: 257,955,498 people1964: 263,426,276 people1966: 267,834,752 people1968: 271,870,115 people1970: 275,281,372 people1972: 278,682,153 people1974: 282,408,193 people1976: 286,455,989 people1978: 290,310,595 people1980: 293,954,924 people1982: 297,463,964 people1984: 300,993,882 people1986: 304,556,562 people1988: 307,736,698 people1990: 309,228,194 people1992: 309,750,898 people1994: 309,417,337 people1996: 308,099,140 people1998: 306,436,775 people2000: 303,784,333 people2002: 300,291,168 people2004: 297,700,349 people2006: 295,433,600 people2008: 293,916,578 people2010: 293,202,786 people2012: 293,161,476 people2014: 293,287,253 people2016: 293,228,235 people2018: 292,696,182 people2020: 291,099,042 people2022: 285,086,716 people2024: 281,006,424 people2025: 281,644,598 people
Change over the period: +29.1M (+11.52%) Average annual rate: 0.17 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe 282M people
World 8.22B people
Population — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 282M +638,174 +0.23%
2024 281M −266,602 −0.09%
2023 281M −3.81M −1.34%
2022 285M −4.05M −1.4%
2021 289M −1.96M −0.67%
2020 291M −1.17M −0.4%
2019 292M −426,761 −0.15%
2018 293M −374,732 −0.13%
2017 293M −157,321 −0.05%
2016 293M −48,299 −0.02%
2015 293M −10,719 −0%
2014 293M +67,783 +0.02%
2013 293M +57,994 +0.02%
2012 293M +87,776 +0.03%
2011 293M −129,086 −0.04%
2010 293M −392,614 −0.13%
2009 294M −321,178 −0.11%
2008 294M −664,696 −0.23%
2007 295M −852,326 −0.29%
2006 295M −1.04M −0.35%
2005 296M −1.23M −0.41%
2004 298M −1.21M −0.41%
2003 299M −1.38M −0.46%
2002 300M −1.81M −0.6%
2001 302M −1.68M −0.55%
2000 304M −1.62M −0.53%
1999 305M −1.03M −0.34%
1998 306M −812,931 −0.26%
1997 307M −849,434 −0.28%
1996 308M −792,769 −0.26%
1995 309M −525,428 −0.17%
1994 309M −316,266 −0.1%
1993 310M −17,295 −0.01%
1992 310M +145,118 +0.05%
1991 310M +377,586 +0.12%
1990 309M +330,650 +0.11%
1989 309M +1.16M +0.38%
1988 308M +1.51M +0.49%
1987 306M +1.67M +0.55%
1986 305M +1.72M +0.57%
1985 303M +1.84M +0.61%
1984 301M +1.88M +0.63%
1983 299M +1.65M +0.56%
1982 297M +1.72M +0.58%
1981 296M +1.79M +0.61%
1980 294M +1.84M +0.63%
1979 292M +1.8M +0.62%
1978 290M +1.86M +0.64%
1977 288M +1.99M +0.7%
1976 286M +2.09M +0.73%
1975 284M +1.96M +0.69%
1974 282M +1.88M +0.67%
1973 281M +1.84M +0.66%
1972 279M +1.84M +0.67%
1971 277M +1.56M +0.57%
1970 275M +1.57M +0.57%
1969 274M +1.84M +0.68%
1968 272M +1.98M +0.74%
1967 270M +2.05M +0.77%
1966 268M +1.85M +0.69%
1965 266M +2.56M +0.97%
1964 263M +2.75M +1.05%
1963 261M +2.72M +1.06%
1962 258M +2.68M +1.05%
1961 255M +2.74M +1.08%
1960 253M

About the indicator

Total population counts all residents of a country regardless of legal status or citizenship, as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN: national censuses and population registers are harmonized to a single de facto definition of population, so the figures may diverge from the official data of countries that count resident population instead.

Important: Values for the years after the latest census are estimates; for countries with heavy migration the gap with national statistics can reach several percent.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.