| 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.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.5% (male 40,853,366/female 38,783,889) 15-24 years: 10.9% (male 28,680,885/female 27,396,922) 25-54 years: 41.8% (male 108,312,731/female 106,407,509) 55-64 years: 12.9% (male 32,287,068/female 34,128,099) 65 years and over: 19.1% (male 42,074,448/female 56,127,861) (2017 est.) |
| Median age | total: 42.9 years male: 41.5 years female: 44.4 years (2017 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.23% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 10.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.2 years male: 77.4 years female: 83.2 years (2017 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.61 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | note - see individual entries of member states |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | note - see individual entries of member states |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | note - see individual entries of member states |
| 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.) |
| 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) |
| Hospital bed density | 5.4 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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