Population:
total: 516,195,432
rank by population:
1. Germany 80,594,017
2. France 67,106,161
3. United Kingdom 64,769,452
4. Italy 62,137,802
5. Spain 48,958,159
6. Poland 38,476,269
7. Romania 21,529,967
8. Netherlands 17,084,719
9. Belgium 11,491,346
10. Portugal 10,839,514
11. Greece 10,768,477
12. Czechia 10,674,723
13. Sweden 9,960,487
14. Hungary 9,850,845
15. Austria 8,754,413
16. Bulgaria 7,101,510
17. Denmark 5,605,948
18. Finland 5,518,371
19. Slovakia 5,445,829
20. Ireland 5,011,102
21. Croatia 4,292,095
22. Lithuania 2,823,859
23. Slovenia 1,972,126
24. Latvia 1,944,643
25. Estonia 1,251,581
26. Cyprus 1,221,549
27. Luxembourg 594,130
28. Malta 416,338 (July 2017 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Languages:
Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, 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 16% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 38% of the EU population is conversant with it (2012)
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.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.5% (male 40,853,366/female 38,783,889)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 10.9% (male 28,680,885/female 27,396,922)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 41.8% (male 108,312,731/female 106,407,509)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 12.9% (male 32,287,068/female 34,128,099)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 19.1% (male 42,074,448/female 56,127,861) (2017 est.)
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: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Population distribution: Sex ratio: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total: 42.9 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 41.5 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 44.4 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 20
0.23% (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 180
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
10.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
population distribution varies considerably from country to country, but tends to follow a pattern of coastal and river settlement, with urban agglomerations forming large hubs facilitating large scale housing, industry, and commerce; the area in and around the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg (known collectively as Benelux), is the most densely populated area in the EU
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: 0.95 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 (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
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 (2016 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 192
total population: 80.2 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 77.4 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 83.2 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 41
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
1.61 children born/woman (2016 est.)
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
note - see individual entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
note - see individual entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
note - see individual entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
total: 22.7%
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total country ranks ]
male: 22.9%
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male country ranks ]
female: 22.5% (2015 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 52
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