EU regions (NUTS 2) by average age

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by average age, 2016
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)

Asturias had the highest average age of 19 regions in 2016, at 47.5 years. Melilla had the lowest, at 34.9 years. The median was 42.6 years. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest47.5Asturias

Lowest34.9Melilla

Median42.619 regions

All regions, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

years. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2016 years	Change on 2015
1	Asturias	47.5	+0.3
2	Castile and León	46.7	+0.3
3	Galicia	46.5	+0.3
4	Basque Country	44.8	+0.2
5	Cantabria	44.7	+0.3
6	Aragon	44.3	+0.2
7	La Rioja	43.7	+0.3
8	Extremadura	43.5	+0.3
9	Navarre	42.8	+0.2
10	Valencian Community	42.6	+0.3
11	Catalonia	42.4	+0.2
12	Castilla-La Mancha	42.3	+0.3
13	Community of Madrid	41.8	+0.2
14	Canary Islands	41.5	+0.3
15	Andalusia	41	+0.3
16	Balearic Islands	40.9	+0.2
17	Region of Murcia	39.9	+0.3
18	Ceuta	36.6	+0.3
19	Melilla	34.9	+0.1

Other periods

About this ranking

Mean age of the resident population on 1 January.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Indicadores demográficos básicos: edad media de la población (tablas 3197, 3198, 3199 y 30699). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=3198. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which region has the highest average age?

Asturias, with 47.5 years in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which region has the lowest average age?

Melilla, with 34.9 years in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Indicadores demográficos básicos: edad media de la población (tablas 3197, 3198, 3199 y 30699). Retrieved 2026-10-07.