Statistics in the European Union are collected by Eurostat.
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Member state |
Year of entry |
Population | Parliament seats |
Parliament seats per million inhabitants |
Council weights |
Council weights per million inhabitants |
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European Union | n/a | 495087452 | 785 | 1.6 | 345 | 0.7 |
Austria | 1995 | 8298923 | 18 | 2.2 | 10 | 1.2 |
Belgium | 1957 | 10584534 | 24 | 2.3 | 12 | 1.1 |
Bulgaria | 2007 | 7679290 | 18 | 2.3 | 10 | 1.3 |
Cyprus | 2004 | 778684 | 6 | 7.7 | 4 | 5.1 |
Czech Republic | 2004 | 10287189 | 24 | 2.3 | 12 | 1.2 |
Denmark | 1973 | 5444242 | 14 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.3 |
Estonia | 2004 | 1342409 | 6 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.0 |
Finland | 1995 | 5276955 | 14 | 2.7 | 7 | 1.3 |
France | 1957 | 63392140 | 78 | 1.2 | 29 | 0.5 |
Germany | 1957 | 82314906 | 99 | 1.2 | 29 | 0.4 |
Greece | 1981 | 11171740 | 24 | 2.1 | 12 | 1.1 |
Hungary | 2004 | 10066158 | 24 | 2.4 | 12 | 1.2 |
Ireland | 1973 | 4312526 | 13 | 3.0 | 7 | 1.6 |
Italy | 1957 | 59131287 | 78 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.5 |
Latvia | 2004 | 2281305 | 9 | 3.9 | 4 | 1.8 |
Lithuania | 2004 | 3384879 | 13 | 3.8 | 7 | 2.1 |
Luxembourg | 1957 | 476187 | 6 | 12.6 | 4 | 8.4 |
Malta | 2004 | 407810 | 5 | 12.3 | 3 | 7.4 |
Netherlands | 1957 | 16357992 | 27 | 1.7 | 13 | 0.8 |
Poland | 2004 | 38125479 | 54 | 1.4 | 27 | 0.7 |
Portugal | 1986 | 10599095 | 24 | 2.3 | 12 | 1.1 |
Romania | 2007 | 21565119 | 35 | 1.6 | 14 | 0.6 |
Slovakia | 2004 | 5393637 | 14 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.3 |
Slovenia | 2004 | 2010377 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 2.0 |
Spain | 1986 | 44474631 | 54 | 1.2 | 27 | 0.6 |
Sweden | 1995 | 9113257 | 19 | 2.1 | 10 | 1.1 |
United Kingdom | 1973 | 60816701 | 78 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.5 |
Source | [1] | [2] | [3] | Calculated | [4] | Calculated |
As of 1 January 2006, the population of the EU was about 493 million people.[1] Many countries are expected to experience a decline in population over the coming decades,[2] though this could be offset with new countries planning to join the EU within the next 20 years. The most populous member state is Germany, with an estimated 82 million people. France and Ireland have the highest birth-rates.[3] The most densely populated country is the island of Malta, which is also the smallest, while the largest in area is France. The least densely populated country is Finland.
Population figures in the table below are the latest available for each country (some are 2006 estimates, others are 2007 estimates). The highest and lowest figures in each column have been marked in bold.
Member State | Population in millions |
Population % of EU |
Area km2 |
Area % of EU |
Pop. density People/km2 |
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European Union | 494.8 | 100% | 4,422,773 | 100% | 112 |
Austria | 8.3 | 1.7% | 83,858 | 1.9% | 99 |
Belgium | 10.5 | 2.1% | 30,510 | 0.7% | 344 |
Bulgaria | 7.7 | 1.6% | 110,912 | 2.5% | 70 |
Cyprus | 0.8 | 0.2% | 9,250 | 0.2% | 84 |
Czech Republic | 10.3 | 2.1% | 78,866 | 1.8% | 131 |
Denmark | 5.4 | 1.1% | 43,094 | 1.0% | 126 |
Estonia | 1.4 | 0.3% | 45,226 | 1.0% | 29 |
Finland | 5.3 | 1.1% | 337,030 | 7.6% | 16 |
France[4] | 65.03 | 13.% | 643,548 | 14.6% | 111 |
Germany | 82.3 | 16.6% | 357,021 | 8.1% | 231 |
Greece | 11.1 | 2.2% | 131,940 | 3.0% | 84 |
Hungary | 10.1 | 2.0% | 93,030 | 2.1% | 108 |
Ireland | 4.2 | 0.8% | 70,280 | 1.6% | 60 |
Italy | 58.8 | 11.9% | 301,320 | 6.8% | 195 |
Latvia | 2.3 | 0.5% | 64,589 | 1.5% | 35 |
Lithuania | 3.4 | 0.7% | 65,200 | 1.5% | 52 |
Luxembourg | 0.5 | 0.1% | 2,586 | 0.1% | 181 |
Malta | 0.4 | 0.1% | 316 | 0.0% | 1,261 |
Netherlands | 16.4 | 3.3% | 41,526 | 0.9% | 394 |
Poland | 38.1 | 7.7% | 312,685 | 7.1% | 122 |
Portugal | 10.6 | 2.1% | 92,931 | 2.1% | 114 |
Romania | 21.6 | 4.4% | 238,391 | 5.4% | 91 |
Spain | 44.7 | 9.0% | 504,782 | 11.4% | 87 |
Slovakia | 5.4 | 1.1% | 48,845 | 1.1% | 111 |
Slovenia | 2.0 | 0.4% | 20,253 | 0.5% | 99 |
Sweden | 9.1 | 1.8% | 449,964 | 10.2% | 20 |
United Kingdom | 60.7 | 12.3% | 244,820 | 5.5% | 246 |
For statistics relating to economy, please see Economy of the European Union.
The primary resource for funding the European Union is the contributions sought from member states. Each member state contributes to the EU budget, and receives funding back from the EU, depending on the relative wealth of the states, i.e. their ability to pay.
The table below shows the contributions as a percentage of the total budget. This takes into account the special considerations given to the United Kingdom to reduce its contribution through a rebate. Expenditure in Luxembourg, Belgium and France include items for the EU administrative centres in each of those countries.
Member State | Total Contribution in Euro |
Total Contribution as % of total EU budget |
Total Expenditure year 2006 in Euro |
Total Expenditure as % of total EU budget |
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European Union | 105 259 468 772 | 100.00% | 106 575 500 000 | 100.00% |
Germany | 22 218 438 941 | 21.11% | 12 242 400 000 | 11.49% |
France | 17 303 107 859 | 16.44% | 13 496 200 000 | 12.66% |
Italy | 14 359 479 157 | 13.64% | 10 922 300 000 | 10.25% |
United Kingdom | 13 739 900 046 | 13.05% | 8 294 200 000 | 7.78% |
Spain | 8 957 286 488 | 8.51% | 12 883 000 000 | 12.09% |
Netherlands | 5 552 933 781 | 5.28% | 2 190 400 000 | 2.06% |
Belgium | 4 035 286 807 | 3.83% | 5 625 100 000 | 5.28% |
Sweden | 2 832 862 800 | 2.69% | 1 573 400 000 | 1.48% |
Austria | 2 308 432 030 | 2.19% | 1 830 100 000 | 1.72% |
Denmark | 2 130 860 212 | 2.02% | 1 501 900 000 | 1.41% |
Poland | 2 099 087 114 | 1.99% | 5 305 600 000 | 4.98% |
Greece | 1 882 611 879 | 1.79% | 6 833 700 000 | 6.41% |
Finland | 1 544 832 284 | 1.47% | 1 280 400 000 | 1.20% |
Portugal | 1 443 049 602 | 1.37% | 3 634 800 000 | 3.41% |
Ireland | 1 341 281 313 | 1.27% | 2 461 800 000 | 2.31% |
Hungary | 1 003 119 411 | 0.95% | 1 842 200 000 | 1.73% |
Czech Republic | 932 392 859 | 0.89% | 1 330 000 000 | 1.25% |
Slovakia | 393 148 777 | 0.37% | 696 200 000 | 0.65% |
Slovenia | 299 993 572 | 0.29% | 406 000 000 | 0.38% |
Luxembourg | 241 439 011 | 0.23% | 1 194 800 000 | 1.12% |
Lithuania | 221 997 405 | 0.21% | 799 800 000 | 0.75% |
Cyprus | 144 556 416 | 0.14% | 239 600 000 | 0.22% |
Latvia | 115 205 431 | 0.11% | 402 600 000 | 0.24% |
Estonia | 100 756 308 | 0.10% | 300 000 000 | 0.28% |
Malta | 57 409 269 | 0.05% | 157 000 000 | 0.14% |
Bulgaria | 360 600 000 | 0.34% | ||
Romania | 693 100 000 | 0.65% |
In most EU cities, there is a proportion of its inhabitants which are not nationals of the European Union.
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There are many indices available on issues such as corruption, development, and freedom.
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Reporters sans frontières conducts an annual survey on the freedom of the press and produces scores (not shown here) for each country. In 2009, Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Sweden were jointly proclaimed as having the freest press in the European Union, and indeed the world, with a score of 0.00 (the highest possible score). Bulgaria was ranked as having the least free press, with a score of 15.61.
There is no data available for Malta, and hence it is not included in the statistics.
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An index of Economic Freedom is produced by the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation. It uses 50 different variables to compile the survey, in areas such as trade policy and government intervention. Ireland ranks highest amongst EU nations in terms of these variables.
A similar index produced by the World Economic Forum is its Global Competitiveness Index.
Source: 2009 Index of Economic Freedom.
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Free |
Mostly Free |
Moderately Free |
Mostly Unfree |
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Transparency International is an international NGO publishing an annual Global Corruption Report indicating the perception of corruption around the world. The rankings of the table refer to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 [5].
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The Human Development Index is a measure produced by the United Nations which covers three aspects of human development:
The rankings of the table refer to the UNDP Human Development Report 2010 (2009 data). The UN lists all 27 EU member states as countries with high human development.
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Income inequality, measured by the gini coefficient is how evenly incomes are distributed through the population. Denmark has the least income inequality with a gini coefficient score of 24.4, whilst Portugal has the most income inequality with a score of 38.5. Malta, Luxembourg, and Cyprus have no statistics available, and so are not included in this table. These statistics have been compiled by the United Nations (see [6])
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The Ease of Doing Business Index is created by the World Bank and based on the study of laws and regulations, with the input and verification by more than 3,500 government officials, lawyers, business consultants, accountants and other professionals who routinely advise on or administer legal and regulatory requirements.
The data in the table are from the 2010 report.
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