population estimates

According to Eurostat, as of 1 January 2023 there were 448.8 million people living in the EU. However, the EU’s share of the global population is expected to decrease from the current 6 % to 4 % by 2100. The most populous EU Member State was Germany (84.4 million people, accounting for 19 % of the EU total), followed by France (68.2 million, 15 %), Italy (59.0 million, 13 %), Spain (48.1 million, 11 %) and Poland (36.8 million, 8 %). Together, these five EU countries accounted for 66 % of the total EU population. At the other end of the spectrum, the least populous Member States were Malta (542 000 people), Luxembourg (661 000) and Cyprus (921 000), each making up between 0.1 % and 0.2 % of the EU population.