Country Sheet : European-union

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: 912.000 (2024)

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

GDP: €16,962,390.6 million (2023)

GDP per capita (PPS): €37,610 (2023)

GDP growth : 1% (est. 2023)

Inflation: 2.0% (August 2025)

Public debt: €14.912.880 (2025)

Unemployment: 6% (May 2024)

Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 6.5% of GDP (2024)

Public debt: (of GDP: 49.2% (2024)

Government revenues: (of GDP): 46.2% (2025)

Exports outside of the EU: €251.5 billion (July 2025)

importationsHorsUE: €205.7 billion (June 2025)

Trade balance: €+12.102.050 million (Q3 2025)

Source : Eurostat and OECD, Trading Economics, Access2Market statistics

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