European Union statistics

The European Union has 25 member states as of 1 May 2004. This number is likely to increase further in 2007 when Romania and Bulgaria are scheduled to join.

Institutional Statistics

Member State	Year of Entry	Seats in Parliament	Seats in Parliament % of Total	Votes in the Council	Votes in the Council % of Total
Template:EU-List	N/A	732	100.0%	321	100.0%
Austria	1995	18	2.5%	10	3.1%
Belgium	1957	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Cyprus	2004	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
Czech Republic	2004	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Denmark	1973	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
Estonia	2004	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
Finland	1995	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
France	1957	78	10.7%	29	9.0%
Germany	1957	99	13.5%	29	9.0%
Greece	1981	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Hungary	2004	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Ireland	1973	13	1.8%	7	2.1%
Italy	1957	78	10.7%	29	9.0%
Latvia	2004	9	1.2%	4	1.2%
Lithuania	2004	13	1.8%	7	2.1%
Luxembourg	1957	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
Malta	2004	5	0.7%	3	0.9%
Netherlands	1957	27	3.7%	13	4.0%
Poland	2004	54	7.4%	27	8.4%
Portugal	1986	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Spain	1986	54	7.4%	27	8.4%
Slovakia	2004	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
Slovenia	2004	7	1.0%	4	1.2%
Sweden	1995	19	2.6%	10	3.1%
United Kingdom	1973	78	10.7%	29	9.0%

See also:

Area & Population

The European Union has over 450 million citizens. This would exceed 500 million if Turkey were to join the union. 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.

Member State	Population in millions	Population % of EU	Area km²	Area % of EU	Pop. density People/km²
Template:EU-List	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

Economy

Main article: Economy of the European Union

The European Union as a single entity has the largest economy in the world (by GDP), surpassing that of the USA. It is also the largest trade bloc.

Member State	GDP in billions of $ (USD)	GDP % of EU	GDP per capita in $ (USD)	Public Debt % of GDP	Deficit % of GDP	Inflation % Annual	Unemp. %
Template:EU-List	10422.2	100.0%	22 911	63.2	2.3	2.1	9.0
Austria	227.7	2.2%	27 900	65.0	0.2	1.7	4.4
Belgium	299.7	2.2%	29 200	100.5	-0.1	1.6	7.9
Cyprus	9.4	0.1%	15 000	72.2	3.5	2.8	4.4
Czech Republic	157.1	1.5%	15 300	37.6	3.9	1.4	7.6
Denmark	155.3	1.5%	28 900	45.0	2.1	2.4	5.6
Estonia	15.5	0.1%	11 000	5.8	-1.3	3.6	10.2
Finland	133.8	1.3%	25 800	45.3	-4.2	2.0	9.1
France	1558	15.0%	26 000	63.0	3.1	1.9	9.3
Germany	2160	20.2%	26 200	64.2	3.5	1.3	9.3
Greece	203.3	2.0%	19 100	102.4	1.2	3.9	9.3
Hungary	134.0	1.3%	13 300	59.0	9.2	5.2	5.8
Ireland	113.7	1.1%	29 300	32.0	0.2	4.7	4.6
Italy	1455	14.0%	25 100	106.2	2.3	2.6	8.7
Latvia	21.0	0.2%	8 900	15.6	3.0	2.0	10.5
Lithuania	30.0	0.3%	8 400	21.9	2.0	0.4	12.7
Luxembourg	21.9	0.2%	48 900	4.9	-2.5	2.1	3.6
Malta	6.8	0.1%	17 200	72.0	6.2	3.1	7.7
Netherlands	437.8	4.2%	27 200	54.8	1.6	3.9	3.7
Poland	373.2	3.6%	9 700	45.4	4.1	1.9	19.3
Portugal	195.2	1.9%	19 400	59.4	2.7	3.7	6.4
Spain	850.7	8.2%	21 200	50.8	0.1	3.6	10.2
Slovakia	67.3	0.6%	12 400	42.8	7.2	3.5	17.2
Slovenia	37.1	0.4%	19 200	27.1	2.6	7.5	6.6
Sweden	230.7	2.2%	26 000	51.8	1.3	2.0	5.5
United Kingdom	1528	14.7%	25 500	39.8	1.5	1.3	5.0