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Country Sheet : European-union

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Last Update on 16th July 2024

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EUROPEAN-UNION

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In English - version of 16th July 2024

Geography

Area : 3,989,180 km² Coastline: around 80,000 km (EU), 42,673 km (Schengen Area)

Borders : null

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Population

Population : 448,387,872 (2023)

Crude natural change rate : -2.6‰ (2023)

Population repartition: 15 years of age 14.9% (2023), 65 years of age 21.3% (2023)

Foreign residents: 37.5 million (2021)

Crude net migration rate: 8.9‰ (2022)

First time asylum applicants: 1,129,800 (2023)

Life expectancy: men 78.9 years, women 84.2 years (2023)

Birth rate: 8.2‰ (2023)

Death rate: 8.2‰ (2023)

Total positive applications: 8.2‰ (2023)

Source : Eurostat, Ined, Insee

Economy

GDP: €16,962,390.6 million (2023)

GDP per capita (PPS): €37,610 (2023)

GDP growth : 1% (est. 2023)

Inflation: 2.6% (March 2024)

Public debt: €13,862,584.5 (Q4 2023)

Unemployment: 6% (May 2024)

Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 62.8% of GDP (2021)

Public debt: (of GDP): 49.8% (2023)

Government revenues: (of GDP): 46.5% (2022)

Exports outside of the EU: €241,5 million (January 2023 est.)

importationsHorsUE: €252,9 million (January 2023 est.)

Trade balance: €-13,989.4 million (Q1 2023)

Source : Eurostat and OECD, Trading Economics, Access2Market statistics

Political system

Political representation

Euro Area Member Countries: 20 Member States of the European Union take part in the Single Currency

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain

Women's representations

    EUROPEAN-UNION

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