“On 1 January 2024, the median age of the EU’s population reached 44.7 years. This means that half of the people in the EU were older than 44.7 years, while the other half was younger”. Across the EU, the median age “ranged from 39.4 years in Ireland to 48.7 years in Italy”. This is according to a demographic study released today by Eurostat, the European Commission’s statistical office based in Luxembourg. The median age – according to Eurostat researchers – has increased by 2.2 years since 2014, when it was 42.5 years. Increases were recorded in all EU countries, except Malta (-0.7 years) and Germany (-0.1 years). The ageing of the population was most pronounced in Italy, Greece, Portugal and Slovakia, with the median increasing by 4.0 years. The median age in Cyprus, Spain and Poland increased by 3.8 years.