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Facts and figures 

The European Union had a population of 456.8 million in 2004. This will exceed 500 million as more states are expected to join the union in the next few years. The most densely populated country is the island of Malta, which is also the smallest, whilst the largest in area is France. The least densely populated country is Finland. 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

European Union

454.9

100%

3 976 952

100%

115

 Austria

8.2

1.8%

83 858

2.1%

98

 Belgium

10.3

2.3%

30 510

0.8%

340

 Cyprus

0.8

0.2%

9 250

0.2%

84

 Czech Republic

10.2

2.2%

78 866

2.0%

130

 Denmark

5.4

1.2%

43 094

1.1%

126

 Estonia

1.4

0.3%

45 226

1.1%

29

 Finland

5.2

1.1%

337 030

8.5%

15

 France

60.2

13.2%

547 030

13.8%

111

 Germany

82.4

18.1%

357 021

9.0%

231

 Greece

10.7

2.4%

131 940

3.3%

81

 Hungary

10

2.2%

93 030

2.3%

108

 Ireland

3.9

0.9%

70 280

1.8%

57

 Italy

58

12.8%

301 320

7.6%

193

 Latvia

2.3

0.5%

64 589

1.6%

35

 Lithuania

3.5

0.8%

65 200

1.6%

55

 Luxembourg

0.5

0.1%

2 586

0.1%

181

 Malta

0.4

0.1%

316

0.0%

1 261

 Netherlands

16.2

3.6%

41 526

1.0%

395

 Poland

38.6

8.5%

312 685

7.9%

124

 Portugal

10.1

2.2%

92 931

2.3%

114

 Spain

40.2

8.8%

504 782

12.7%

80

 Slovakia

5.4

1.9%

48 845

1.2%

111

 Slovenia

1.9

0.4%

20 253

0.5%

99

 Sweden

8.9

2.0%

449 964

11.3%

20

 United Kingdom

60.1

13.2%

244 820

6.2%

243

 

 

 

EU Budget

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.

Member State

Total Contribution
in Euros

Total Contribution
as % of total EU budget

European Union

105 259 468 772

100.00%

 Germany

22 218 438 941

21.11%

 France

17 303 107 859

16.44%

 Italy

14 359 479 157

13.64%

 United Kingdom

13 739 900 046

13.05%

 Spain

8 957 286 488

8.51%

 Netherlands

5 552 933 781

5.28%

 Belgium

4 035 286 807

3.83%

 Sweden

2 832 862 800

2.69%

 Austria

2 308 432 030

2.19%

 Denmark

2 130 860 212

2.02%

 Poland

2 099 087 114

1.99%

 Greece

1 882 611 879

1.79%

 Finland

1 544 832 284

1.47%

 Portugal

1 443 049 602

1.37%

 Ireland

1 341 281 313

1.27%

 Hungary

1 003 119 411

0.95%

 Czech Republic

932 392 859

0.89%

 Slovakia

393 148 777

0.37%

 Slovenia

299 993 572

0.29%

 Luxembourg

241 439 011

0.23%

 Cyprus

144 556 416

0.14%

 Latvia

115 205 431

0.11%

 Estonia

100 756 308

0.10%

 Malta

57 409 269

0.05%

 


Human Development

EU
Rank

Member State

Global
Rank

1

 Luxembourg

4

2

 Sweden

6

3

 Ireland

8

4

 Belgium

9

5

 Netherlands

12

6

 Finland

13

7

 Denmark

14

8

 United Kingdom

15

9

 France

16

10

 Austria

17

11

 Italy

18

12

 Germany

20

13

 Spain

21

EU
Rank

Member State

Global
Rank

14

 Greece

24

15

 Slovenia

26

16

 Portugal

27

17

 Cyprus

29

18

 Czech Republic

31

19

 Malta

32

20

 Hungary

35

21

 Poland

36

22

 Estonia

38

23

 Lithuania

39

24

 Slovakia

42

25

 Latvia

48

The Human Development Index is a measure produced by the United Nations which covers three aspects of human development:

Sweden is ranked as being the most developed in the EU and is also second out of all countries which were assessed, only being beaten by Norway.

European Union Historical Summary

European Union Snapshots

Year

States

Pop

Area

GDP

GDP
per
capita

1958

6

227,9

1 279 993

6 267,5

27,5 k

1973

9

297,6

1 638 187

8 216,9

27,6 k

1981

10

308,2

1 770 127

8 430,5

27,4 k

1986

12

359,0

2 367 840

9 497,8

26,4 k

1995

15

381,4

3 238 692

10 123,6

26,5 k

2004

25

456,0

3 973 597

11 066,2

24,3 k

 


Death rate of a population of a standard age distribution. As most causes of death vary significantly with people's age and sex, the use of standard death rates improves comparability over time and between countries, as they aim at measuring death rates independently of different age structures of populations. The standard reference population used is the "standard European population" as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

 

 

 

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Males

EU (25 countries)

 

:

:

:

:

764.3

876.4

901.6

:

:

:

EU (15 countries)

 

949.2

944.3

924.5

893.2

887.8

805.9

839.7

:

:

:

Euro-zone

 

956.6

948.1

931.2

927.0

887.6

841.4

:

:

:

:

Euro-zone (12 countries)

 

947.0

938.7

921.4

890.5

886.9

790.9

844.2

:

:

:

Belgium

 

998.4

995.4

971.0

947.5

:

:

:

:

:

:

Czech Republic

 

:

:

:

:

:

1181.5

1164.5

1134.2

1145.8

1164.3

Denmark

 

1056.3

1081.9

1044.3

995.1

967.8

949.5

920.5

910.0

:

:

Germany

 

1027.5

1011.8

989.1

943.2

920.2

902.1

876.2

845.4

840.5

:

Estonia

 

:

:

:

:

:

1653.4

1610.9

1638.3

1588.6

1553.6

Greece

 

841.4

846.0

836.3

811.2

873.8

866.5

824.5

820.4

806.5

796.1

Spain

 

892.7

896.7

887.6

860.6

865.0

870.3

828.1

811.7

787.7

:

France

 

911.9

911.6

900.7

872.5

869.6

858.1

832.7

839.3

:

:

Ireland

 

1074.6

1098.1

1063.3

1037.4

1021.0

1035.0

970.1

923.5

899.9

840.5

Italy

 

891.6

869.2

839.6

824.7

830.4

808.6

776.2

762.8

745.4

:

Cyprus

 

:

:

:

:

:

766.3

809.8

766.2

867.8

782.8

Latvia

 

:

:

:

:

:

1665.1

1621.8

1641.2

1619.4

1571.3

Lithuania

 

:

:

:

:

:

1373.1

1368.5

1494.4

1476.6

1467.0

Luxembourg

 

1007.1

992.8

1013.6

926.6

960.5

887.2

897.3

861.9

867.2

926.8

Hungary

 

:

:

:

:

:

1607.8

1477.9

1391.2

1395.5

1410.2

Malta

 

:

:

:

:

:

:

871.0

813.6

853.4

830.3

Netherlands

 

952.7

954.3

950.4

911.1

910.2

903.3

883.8

860.9

852.1

837.2

Austria

 

985.8

978.4

952.3

932.6

902.5

872.9

839.3

807.0

839.3

828.1

Poland

 

:

:

:

:

:

1320.3

1253.7

1218.0

1202.7

1213.6

Portugal

 

1113.8

1138.4

1101.2

1052.3

1043.2

1029.8

981.3

949.2

946.3

:

Slovenia

 

:

:

:

:

:

1135.1

1093.5

1085.3

1075.5

1093.3

Slovakia

 

:

:

:

:

:

1343.0

1347.8

1333.5

:

:

Finland

 

1033.1

1046.1

1024.4

993.0

992.8

975.8

941.1

908.5

895.0

873.8

Sweden

 

821.4

825.6

805.8

793.7

787.2

777.4

751.7

739.4

:

:

United Kingdom

 

963.8

972.5

943.5

910.7

899.1

884.2

822.5

:

:

:

Bulgaria

 

:

:

:

:

:

1413.8

1416.9

1357.2

1380.0

1373.4

Croatia

 

:

:

:

:

:

:

1291.4

:

:

:

Romania

 

:

:

:

:

:

1441.1

1367.7

1380.6

1340.6

:

Iceland

 

753.6

809.8

810.3

:

:

:

:

:

667.1

629.5

Norway

 

917.5

911.9

886.0

882.9

868.6

868.1

831.2

814.4

808.2

761.0

Switzerland

 

846.0

845.1

808.2

762.2

759.6

776.3

748.9

:

705.4

:

Females

EU (25 countries)

 

:

:

:

:

:

509.6

534.1

:

:

:

EU (15 countries)

 

558.6

554.5

545.1

533.7

415.3

474.8

503.9

:

:

:

Euro-zone

 

546.6

539.5

531.6

537.8

515.2

490.9

:

:

:

:

Euro-zone (12 countries)

 

549.1

541.8

532.6

520.6