Languages:
Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
note: only the 24 official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - about 18% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 38% of the EU population is conversant with it (2013)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 48%, Protestant 12%, Orthodox 8%, other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, other 1% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu), atheist 7%, non-believer/agnostic 16%, unspecified 2% (2012 est.)

Population:
513,949,445 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.5% (male 40,819,985/female 38,752,319)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 11% (male 29,022,494/female 27,724,216)
[see also: Age structure 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 41.9% (male 108,625,856/female 106,777,338)
[see also: Age structure 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 12.8% (male 31,915,689/female 33,797,415)
[see also: Age structure 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 18.8% (male 41,266,149/female 55,247,984) (2015 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid:
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.

For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.

Median age:
total: 42.5 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 41 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 43.9 years (2015 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]

Population growth rate:
.25% (2015 est.)
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]

Birth rate:
10.2 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 4 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 193

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 80.2 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total country ranks ]
male: 77.4 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 83.2 years (2015 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 38

Total fertility rate:
1.61 children born/woman (2015 est.)
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
5.4 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
note - see individual entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
note - see individual entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
note - see individual entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]