European Union

The European Union has 27 member countries since the United Kingdom left on 31 January 2020.

Countries: 27
Population: 451.1 million
Area: 4.1 M km²
Most populous: Germany

All the countries of the European Union


Austria	Vienna	9,208,163	83,871	110
Belgium	Brussels	11,941,781	30,528	391
Bulgaria	Sofia	6,433,302	110,879	58
Croatia	Zagreb	3,876,200	56,594	68
Cyprus	Nicosia	1,370,754	9,251	148
Czechia	Prague	10,886,878	78,865	138
Denmark	Copenhagen	6,009,169	43,094	139
Estonia	Tallinn	1,366,475	45,227	30
Finland	Helsinki	5,646,436	338,424	17
France	Paris	68,720,337	551,695	125
Germany	Berlin	83,491,249	357,114	234
Greece	Athens	10,413,962	131,990	79
Hungary	Budapest	9,514,251	93,028	102
Ireland	Dublin	5,484,367	70,273	78
Italy	Rome	58,915,656	301,336	196
Latvia	Riga	1,847,785	64,559	29
Lithuania	Vilnius	2,888,774	65,300	44
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	686,970	2,586	266
Malta	Valletta	579,704	316	1,835
Netherlands	Amsterdam	18,087,633	41,850	432
Poland	Warsaw	36,435,861	312,679	117
Portugal	Lisbon	10,804,871	92,090	117
Romania	Bucharest	19,020,271	238,391	80
Slovakia	Bratislava	5,413,813	49,037	110
Slovenia	Ljubljana	2,130,986	20,273	105
Spain	Madrid	49,355,143	505,992	98
Sweden	Stockholm	10,596,620	450,295	24

Population: World Bank, latest available year. Click a header to sort.

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Good to know

Most populous: Germany (83.5 million people); largest: France (551,695 km²).
The six founding members (1957): Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
The latest country to join was Croatia, in 2013.
Most members use the euro; others, such as Poland, Sweden and Hungary, keep their own currency.

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