European Union Summary 🇪🇺

EU is among one of the 7 continents in the world. EU is on 5th spot by land area and 3rd by population.

1. Asia
2. Africa
3. Antarctica
4. Australia
5. Europe
6. North America
7. South America

Definition of Europe

For the purposes of comparison the broader definition of Europe will be used. A sovereign state must meet at least one of the following criteria to be included:

• Be a recognized European state by the United Nations geoscheme for Europe
• Be a member state of the European Union(EU is made up of 28 states)
• Be a member state of the Eurozone (States referred to the euro as the official currency have.)
• Be a member state of the Council of Europe

EU Regions

EU can be roughly divide into 5 regions as shown in this image from Wikipedia:

Eastern Europe	Northern Europe	Southern Europe	Western Europe
Belarus 🇧🇾	Åland Islands 🇦🇽	Albania 🇦🇱	Austria 🇦🇹
Bulgaria 🇧🇬	Denmark 🇩🇰	Andorra 🇦🇩	Belgium 🇧🇪
Czech Republic 🇨🇿	Estonia 🇪🇪	Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦	France 🇫🇷
Republic of Moldova 🇲🇩	Faroe Islands 🇫🇴	Croatia 🇭🇷	Germany 🇩🇪
Poland 🇵🇱	Finland 🇫🇮	Gibraltar 🇬🇮	Liechtenstein 🇱🇮
Hungary 🇭🇺	Guernsey 🇬🇬	Greece 🇬🇷	Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Romania 🇷🇴	Iceland 🇮🇸	Italy 🇮🇹	Monaco 🇲🇨
Russia 🇷🇺	Ireland 🇮🇪	Macedonia 🇲🇰	Netherlands 🇳🇱
Slovakia 🇸🇰	Isle of Man 🇮🇲	Malta 🇲🇹	Switzerland 🇨🇭
Ukraine 🇺🇦	Latvia 🇱🇻	Portugal 🇵🇹
	Lithuania 🇱🇹	San Marino 🇸🇲
	Norway 🇳🇴	Serbia 🇷🇸
	Sark 🇬🇬	Slovenia 🇸🇮
	Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇸🇯	Spain 🇪🇸
	Sweden 🇸🇪	Vatican City 🇻🇦
	United Kingdom 🇬🇧

List of top 10 EU countries by population as on 2018:

• Eastern Europe is the most populated region because it includes Russia(143 million) which is biggest country in the world.

• Central Europe is the second most populated country in Europe, thanks to Germany( 82 million) which is the second most populated region.

• Northern Europe is the least populated, despite the fact that it includes the United Kingdom(66 million), which is the fifth most populated country on the continent.

Rank	Country	Official Population	Date	Regional Grouping	Source
1	🇷🇺 Russia	146,877,088	January 1, 2018	EAEU	Official Estimate
2	🇩🇪 Germany	82,887,000	June 30, 2018	EU	Official Estimate
3	🇹🇷 Turkey	82,003,882	December 31, 2018		Official Estimate
4	🇫🇷 France	67,372,000	November 1, 2018	EU	Monthly Official Estimate
5	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	66,040,229	June 30, 2017	EU	Official Annual Estimate
6	🇮🇹 Italy	60,390,560	September 30, 2018	EU	Monthly Official Estimate
7	🇪🇸 Spain	46,733,038	July 1, 2018	EU	Official Estimate
8	🇺🇦 Ukraine	42,220,824	October 1, 2018	EU	Monthly Official Estimate
9	🇵🇱 Poland	38,433,600	December 31, 2017	EU	Official Estimate
10	🇷🇴 Romania	19,523,621	January 1, 2018	EU	Official Annual Estimate

List of top 10 EU countries by GDP:

Rank	Country	GDP (Millions of US$)
	European Union 🇪🇺	18,162,109
1	Germany 🇩🇪	3,930,000
2	United Kingdom 🇬🇧	2,770,000
3	France 🇫🇷	2,660,000
4	Italy 🇮🇹	2,050,000
5	Russia 🇷🇺	1,520,000
6	Spain 🇪🇸	1,420,000
7	Netherlands 🇳🇱	853,806
8	Switzerland 🇨🇭	650,431
9	Sweden 🇸🇪	558,949
10	Poland 🇵🇱	517,705

Best of EU

• Austria has the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union and the Eurozone

• France has the highest Net National Wealth of any European state

• Germany is the current largest economy in Europe, the European Union and the Eurozone, with Germany remaining the Eurozone's largest economy

• Ireland has the highest rating for Opportunity in Europe, the European Union and the Eurozone

• Luxembourg is home to the highest GDP (nominal) per capita in both the European Union and Eurozone

• Luxembourg has the highest average wage in the European Union and Eurozone as well as the highest monthly minimum wage in the entirety of Europe

• Denmark ranks highest on the World Happiness Report in Europe and the European Union

• Netherlands has highest Human Development Index figure in the European Union and the Eurozone, and also ranks first in the EU and Eurozone on the Social Progress Index, as well as being the highest ranked country in the Eurozone on the World Happiness Index

Worst of EU

• Armenia has the largest percentage living under the poverty line of any state in Europe
• Bulgaria has the smallest average wage and monthly minimum wage in the European Union
• Greece has the highest public debt (as a percentage of GDP) of any European state, as well as having the largest unemployment rate in the European Union and Eurozone
• Greece has the largest percentage living under the poverty line in the Eurozone, and is also ranked last on the Social Progress Index among Eurozone members, including for Opportunity
• Macedonia has the highest unemployment rate of any European state
• Ukraine has the smallest average wage in Europe, mostly as a result of ongoing political and military struggles
• United Kingdom has the largest deficit of any country in Europe and the European Union