EU regions (NUTS 2) by average age

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by average age, 2018
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)

Asturias had the highest average age of 19 regions in 2018, at 48.1 years. Melilla had the lowest, at 35.2 years. The median was 43.1 years. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48.1Asturias

Lowest35.2Melilla

Median43.119 regions

All regions, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 years	Change on 2017
1	Asturias	48.1	+0.3
2	Castile and León	47.3	+0.3
3	Galicia	47	+0.2
4	Cantabria	45.3	+0.3
5	Basque Country	45.2	+0.2
6	Aragon	44.7	+0.2
7	La Rioja	44.2	+0.2
8	Extremadura	44.1	+0.3
9	Navarre	43.1	+0.1
10	Valencian Community	43.1	+0.2
11	Castilla-La Mancha	42.8	+0.3
12	Catalonia	42.7	+0.1
13	Community of Madrid	42.2	+0.2
14	Canary Islands	42.1	+0.3
15	Andalusia	41.6	+0.3
16	Balearic Islands	41.2	+0.1
17	Region of Murcia	40.3	+0.2
18	Ceuta	37	+0.2
19	Melilla	35.2	+0.2

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 48.1 years in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which region has the lowest average age?

Melilla, with 35.2 years in 2018.

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.