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Statistics in the European Union are collected by Eurostat. The EU has 25 member states as of 1 May 2004. This number will increase as other states join the Union. Romania and Bulgaria are scheduled to join in 2007 or 2008, while Croatia is expected to join until the end of the decade, possibly in 2009 or 2010.

Contents

1 Institutional Statistics
2 Area & Population
3 Economy
4 EU Budget
5 Proportion of non-EU nationals
6 Freedom and Governance-related Rankings

6.1 Freedom of the Press
6.2 Economic Freedom
6.3 Perception of Corruption
6.4 Human Development
6.5 Income equality

7 See also
8 Sources

Institutional Statistics

Member State	Year of Entry	Seats in Parliament	Seats in Parliament % of Total	Votes in the Council	Votes in the Council % of Total
European Union	N/A	732	100.0%	321	100.0%
	1995	18	2.5%	10	3.1%
	1957	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
	2004	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
	2004	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
	1973	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
	2004	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
	1995	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
	1957	78	10.7%	29	9.0%
	1957	99	13.5%	29	9.0%
	1981	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
	2004	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
	1973	13	1.8%	7	2.1%
	1957	78	10.7%	29	9.0%
	2004	9	1.2%	4	1.2%
	2004	13	1.8%	7	2.1%
	1957	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
	2004	5	0.7%	3	0.9%
	1957	27	3.7%	13	4.0%
	2004	54	7.4%	27	8.4%
	1986	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
	1986	54	7.4%	27	8.4%
	2004	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
	2004	7	1.0%	4	1.2%
	1995	19	2.6%	10	3.1%
	1973	78	10.7%	29	9.0%

See also:

Area & Population

The European Union had a population of 456.8 million in 2004. This will exceed 500 million as more states are expected to join the union in the next few years. The most densely populated country is the island of Malta, which is also the smallest, whilst the largest in area is France. The least densely populated country is Finland. The highest and lowest figures in each column have been marked in bold.

Member State	Population in millions	Population % of EU	Area km²	Area % of EU	Pop. density People/km²
European Union	454.9	100%	3 976 952	100%	115
	8.2	1.8%	83 858	2.1%	98
	10.3	2.3%	30 510	0.8%	340
	0.8	0.2%	9 250	0.2%	84
	10.2	2.2%	78 866	2.0%	130
	5.4	1.2%	43 094	1.1%	126
	1.4	0.3%	45 226	1.1%	29
	5.2	1.1%	337 030	8.5%	15
	60.2	13.2%	547 030	13.8%	111
	82.4	18.1%	357 021	9.0%	231
	10.7	2.4%	131 940	3.3%	81
	10.0	2.2%	93 030	2.3%	108
	3.9	0.9%	70 280	1.8%	57
	58.0	12.8%	301 320	7.6%	193
	2.3	0.5%	64 589	1.6%	35
	3.5	0.8%	65 200	1.6%	55
	0.5	0.1%	2 586	0.1%	181
	0.4	0.1%	316	0.0%	1 261
	16.3	3.6%	41 526	1.0%	395
	38.6	8.5%	312 685	7.9%	124
	10.1	2.2%	92 931	2.3%	114
	40.2	8.8%	504 782	12.7%	80
	5.4	1.9%	48 845	1.2%	111
	1.9	0.4%	20 253	0.5%	99
	8.9	2.0%	449 964	11.3%	20
	60.1	13.2%	244 820	6.2%	243

Economy

For statistics relating to economy, please see Economy of the European Union.

EU Budget

The primary resource for funding the European Union is the contributions sought from member states. Each member state contributes to the EU budget, and receives funding back from the EU, depending on the relative wealth of the states, i.e. their ability to pay.

The table below shows the contributions as a percentage of the total budget. This takes into account the special considerations given to the United Kingdom to reduce its contribution through a rebate.

Member State	Total Contribution in Euro	Total Contribution as % of total EU budget
European Union	105 259 468 772	100.00%
	22 218 438 941	21.11%
	17 303 107 859	16.44%
	14 359 479 157	13.64%
	13 739 900 046	13.05%
	8 957 286 488	8.51%
	5 552 933 781	5.28%
	4 035 286 807	3.83%
	2 832 862 800	2.69%
	2 308 432 030	2.19%
	2 130 860 212	2.02%
	2 099 087 114	1.99%
	1 882 611 879	1.79%
	1 544 832 284	1.47%
	1 443 049 602	1.37%
	1 341 281 313	1.27%
	1 003 119 411	0.95%
	932 392 859	0.89%
	393 148 777	0.37%
	299 993 572	0.29%
	241 439 011	0.23%
	221 997 405	0.21%
	144 556 416	0.14%
	115 205 431	0.11%
	100 756 308	0.10%
	57 409 269	0.05%

Proportion of non-EU nationals

In most EU cities, there is a proportion of its inhabitants which are not nationals of the European Union. Eurostat has compiled figures for this, which are listed below.



Tallinn, Estonia
Cayenne, French Guiana (France)
Athens, Greece
Frankfurt, Germany
Munich, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Augsburg, Germany
Cologne, Germany
Wiesbaden, Germany
Bonn, Germany

Bottom 10 Cities
Rank	City	Proportion %
1	Konin, Poland	0.0
=	Suwałki, Poland	0.0
=	Żory, Poland	0.0
2	Kielce, Poland	0.1
=	Poznań, Poland	0.1
=	Toruń, Poland	0.1
=	Lublin, Poland	0.1
=	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland	0.1
=	Gdańsk, Poland	0.1
=	Katowice, Poland	0.1

Freedom and Governance-related Rankings

There are many indices available on issues such as corruption, development, and freedom.

Freedom of the Press

|} Reporters sans frontières conducts an annual survey on the freedom of the press and produces scores (not shown here) for each country. In 2004 five countries, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovakia all ranked as having the most free press with a score of 0.50, whilst Italy and Spain were ranked as having the least free press in the European Union, with a score of 9.00.

There is no data available for Cyprus, Luxembourg, or Malta, and hence are not included in these statistics.

Economic Freedom

|valign="top"| |} An index of Economic Freedom is produced by the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation. It uses 50 different variables to compile the survey, in areas such as trade policy and government intervention. Luxembourg ranks as having the most economic freedom in the European Union, and is also placed third out of all nations surveyed.

A similar index produced by the World Economic Forum is its Global Competitiveness Index.

Perception of Corruption

|valign="top"| |} Transparency International is an international NGO publishing an annual Global Corruption Report indicating the perception of corruption around the world. The rankings of the table refer to the [Corruption Perceptions Index 2004]. The three Nordic countries in the EU, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden rank as having the lowest perception of corruption.

Human Development

|valign="top"| |} The Human Development Index is a measure produced by the United Nations which covers three aspects of human development:

Income equality

|valign="top"| |} Income inequality, measured by the gini coefficient is how evenly incomes are distributed through the population. Hungary has the least income inequality with a gini coefficient score of 24.4, whilst Portugal has the most income inequality with a score of 38.5. Malta and Cyprus have no statistics available, and so are not included in this table. These statistics have been compiled by the United Nations (see [link])

Sources

[EU Budget Data]

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