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Statistics in the European Union are collected by Eurostat. The EU has 27 member states as of 1 January 2007. This number will increase as other states join the Union.

See also: Enlargement of the European Union

Contents 1 Institutional Statistics 2 Area and population 3 Languages 4 Economy 5 EU Budget 6 Proportion of non-EU nationals 7 Freedom and Governance-related Rankings 7.1 Freedom of the Press 7.2 Economic Freedom 7.3 Perception of Corruption 7.4 Human Development 7.5 Income equality 7.6 Ease of doing business 8 See also 9 Sources 10 References

Member State	Year of Entry	Seats in Parliament	Seats in Parliament % of Total	Seats in Parliament per million of inhabitants	Votes in the Council	Votes in the Council % of Total	Votes in the Council per million of inhabitants
European Union	N/A	785	100.0%	1.6	345	100.0%	0.7
Austria	1995	18	2.3%	2.2	10	2.9%	1.2
Belgium	1957	24	3.1%	2.3	12	3.5%	1.2
Bulgaria	2007	18	2.3%	2.3	10	2.9%	1.3
Cyprus	2004	6	0.8%	7.5	4	1.2%	5.0
Czech Republic	2004	24	3.1%	2.4	12	3.5%	1.2
Denmark	1973	14	1.8%	2.6	7	2.0%	1.3
Estonia	2004	6	0.8%	4.3	4	1.2%	2.9
Finland	1995	14	1.8%	2.7	7	2.0%	1.3
France	1957	78	10.0%	1.3	29	8.4%	0.5
Germany	1957	99	12.6%	1.2	29	8.4%	0.4
Greece	1981	24	3.1%	2.2	12	3.5%	1.1
Hungary	2004	24	3.1%	2.4	12	3.5%	1.2
Ireland	1973	13	1.7%	3.3	7	2.0%	1.8
Italy	1957	78	10.0%	1.3	29	8.4%	0.5
Latvia	2004	9	1.1%	3.9	4	1.2%	1.7
Lithuania	2004	13	1.7%	3.7	7	2.0%	2.0
Luxembourg	1957	6	0.8%	12.0	4	1.2%	8.0
Malta	2004	5	0.6%	12.5	3	0.9%	7.5
Netherlands	1957	27	3.4%	1.7	13	3.8%	0.8
Poland	2004	54	6.9%	1.4	27	7.8%	0.7
Portugal	1986	24	3.1%	2.4	12	3.5%	1.2
Romania	2007	35	4.5%	1.6	14	4.1%	0.6
Spain	1986	54	6.9%	1.3	27	7.8%	0.7
Slovakia	2004	14	1.8%	2.6	7	2.0%	1.3
Slovenia	2004	7	0.9%	3.7	4	1.2%	2.1
Sweden	1995	19	2.4%	2.1	10	2.9%	1.1
United Kingdom	1973	78	10.0%	1.3	29	8.4%	0.5

See also:

• Apportionment in the European Parliament
• Growth in membership of the European Parliament

As of January 1, 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, whilst 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, other 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
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]	63.4	12.8%	643 548	14.6%	99
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

See also:

• Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits
• Largest urban areas of the European Union
• Largest cities of the European Union by population (Metropolitan area)

For statistics relating to languages spoken in the European Union, please see Languages of the European Union.

Language		Proportion of EU25 population speaking it
		as a mother tongue	as a language other than mother tongue	Total proportion
English		13%	38%	51%
German		18%	14%	32%
French		12%	14%	26%
Italian		13%	3%	16%
Spanish		9%	6%	15%
Polish		9%	1%	10%
Dutch		5%	1%	6%
Russian	n/a	1%	6%	7%
Swedish		2%	1%	3%
Greek		3%	0%	3%
Czech		2%	1%	3%
Portuguese		2%	0%	2%
Hungarian		2%	0%	2%
Slovak		1%	1%	2%
Catalan		1%	1%	2%

Source: [1], data for EU25, published before 2007 enlargement.

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.

Member State	Total Contribution in Euro	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%
Lithuania	221 997 405	0.21%
Cyprus	144 556 416	0.14%
Latvia	115 205 431	0.11%
Estonia	100 756 308	0.10%
Malta	57 409 269	0.05%

In most EU cities, there is a proportion of its inhabitants which are not nationals of the European Union. Eurostat has compiled figures for this, which are listed below.

Top 10 Cities Rank City Proportion % 1 Tallinn, Estonia 27.8 2 Cayenne, French Guiana (France) 22.7 3 Athens, Greece 16.7 4 Frankfurt, Germany 16.3 5 Munich, Germany 16.2 6 Vienna, Austria 14.4 7 Augsburg, Germany 14.3 8 Cologne, Germany 14.0 9 Wiesbaden, Germany 13.9 10 Bonn, Germany 13.5

Bottom 10 Cities Rank City Proportion % 1 Konin, Poland 0.0 = Suwałki, Poland 0.0 = Żory, Poland 0.0 2 Kielce, Poland 0.1 = Poznań, Poland 0.1 = Toruń, Poland 0.1 = Lublin, Poland 0.1 = Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland 0.1 = Gdańsk, Poland 0.1 = Katowice, Poland 0.1

There are many indices available on issues such as corruption, development, and freedom.

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 1  Finland 1 =  Ireland = =  Netherlands = 4  Czech Republic 5 5  Estonia 6 6  Slovakia 8 7  Latvia 10 =  Slovenia = =  Portugal = =  Hungary = 11  Belgium 14 =  Sweden = 13  Austria 16

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 14  Denmark 19 15  Germany 23 16  Lithuania 27 =  United Kingdom = 18  Cyprus 30 19  Greece 32 20  Bulgaria 35 =  France 35 22  Italy 40 23  Spain 41 24  Poland 58 =  Romania 58

Reporters sans frontières conducts an annual survey on the freedom of the press and produces scores (not shown here) for each country. In 2006 three countries, Finland, Ireland, and the Netherlands, all ranked as having the most free press with a score of 0.50, whilst Poland was ranked as having the least free press in the European Union, with a score of 14.00. Romania, a new member of the European Union as of January 1, 2007, also recieved the same ranking as Poland.

There is no data available for Luxembourg and Malta, and hence these are not included in the statistics.

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 1  United Kingdom =6 2  Ireland 7 3  Luxembourg 8 4  Estonia 12 5  Denmark 13 6  Netherlands =14 7  Finland =16 7  Belgium 17 9  Germany 19 10  Cyprus 20 10  Sweden 21 12  Lithuania 22 13  Austria 25 14  Spain 27

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 15  Czech Republic 31 16  Slovakia =40 17  Latvia 41 18  Malta 42 19  Portugal 43 20  Hungary 44 21  France =45 22  Slovenia 58 23  Italy =60 24  Bulgaria 62 25  Romania 67 26  Poland =87 27  Greece =94

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. The UK 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: The Heritage Foundation.

Colour Codes
Free
Mostly Free
Moderately Free
Mostly Unfree

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 1  Finland =1 2  Denmark =4 3  Sweden 6 4  Netherlands =9 5  Austria =11 5  Luxembourg =11 5  United Kingdom =11 8  Germany 16 9  France =18 9  Ireland =18 11  Belgium =20 12  Spain 23 13  Estonia =24 14  Portugal =26

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 15  Malta =28 15  Slovenia =28 17  Cyprus =37 18  Hungary 41 19  Italy 45 20  Czech Republic =46 20  Lithuania =46 22  Latvia =49 22  Slovakia =49 24  Greece 54 25  Bulgaria =57 26  Poland =61 27  Romania =84

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 2006.

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 1  Ireland 4 2  Sweden 5 3  Netherlands 10 4  Finland 11 5  Luxembourg 12 6  Belgium 13 7  Austria 14 8  Denmark 15 9  France 16 10  Italy 17 11  United Kingdom 18 12  Spain 19 13  Germany 21 14  Greece 24

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 15  Slovenia 27 16  Portugal 28 17  Cyprus 29 18  Czech Republic 30 19  Malta 32 20  Hungary 35 21  Poland 37 22  Estonia 40 23  Lithuania 41 24  Slovakia 42 25  Latvia 45 26  Bulgaria 54 27  Romania 60

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

• poverty (GDP per capita)
• education (literacy rate)
• health (life expectancy)

The rankings of the table refer to the UNDP Human Development Report 2006. The UN lists all 27 EU member states as countries with high human development.

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 1  Denmark 2 2  Sweden 4 3  Czech Republic 5 4  Slovakia 6 5  Hungary 10 =  Finland 10 7  Germany 14 8  Slovenia 15 9  Austria 18 10  Bulgaria 19 11  Netherlands 25 12  Romania 26

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 13  France 32 14  Belgium 33 15  Ireland 40 =  Greece 40 17  Poland 44 18  Spain 47 19  Estonia 50 20  Lithuania 51 =  Italy 51 =  United Kingdom 51 23  Latvia 57 24  Portugal 59

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 and Cyprus have no statistics available, and so are not included in this table. These statistics have been compiled by the United Nations (see [2])

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 1  United Kingdom 6 2  Denmark 7 3  Ireland 10 4  Sweden 13 5  Finland 14 6  Lithuania 16 7  Estonia 17 8  Belgium 20 9  Germany 21 10  Netherlands 22 11  Latvia 24 12  Austria 30

EU Rank Member State Global Rank 13  France 35 14  Slovakia 36 15  Spain 39 16  Portugal 40 17  Romania 49 18  Czech Republic 52 19  Bulgaria 54 20  Slovenia 61 21  Hungary 66 22  Poland 75 23  Italy 82 24  Greece 109

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.

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