Demographics of the European Union

Demographics of the European Union
Map showing the population density by NUTS3 region, 2017, including non-EU countries
Population448,753,823 (2023)[1]
Growth rate0.37% (2022)[1]
Birth rate8.7 births per 1,000 (2022)[2]
Death rate11.5 deaths per 1,000 (2022)[3]
Life expectancy80.6 (2022)[4]
 • male77.9 years (2022)[4]
 • female83.3 years (2022)[4]
Fertility rate1.46 children per woman (2022)
Infant mortality rate3.3 deaths per 1,000 live births (2022)[5]
Language
OfficialSee languages of the European Union
SpokenMost spoken L1: German: 20% (2020)

Most spoken L2: English L2: 43% (2017)[6][7]

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The population density of the EU is 106 people per km2. N.B. the light in the North Sea, as well as much of Norway, is from Routine flaring not human habitation.
A cartogram depicting the population distribution between old EU-27 member states in 2008 (including the UK and excluding Croatia). 57.8% of all citizens of the EU live in the four largest member states: Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.
The fertility rate in the EU was 1.46 in 2022 (Kindergarten in France).

The demographics of the European Union show a highly populated, culturally diverse union of 27 member states. As of 1 January 2023, the population of the EU is around 448 million people.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Population on 1 January". Eurostat. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Live births and crude birth rate". Eurostat.
  3. ^ "Deaths and crude death rate". Eurostat.
  4. ^ a b c "Life expectancy at birth by sex". Eurostat.
  5. ^ "Infant Mortality rate". Eurostat.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wiley was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Despite Brexit, English Remains The EU's Most Spoken Language By Far". Forbes.
  8. ^ "Eurobarometer" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2016.

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