European Union: People & Society#
Population | 515,052,778 (July 2016 est.) |
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Languages | Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish note: only the 24 official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - about 16% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 38% of the EU population is conversant with it (2012) |
Religions | Roman Catholic 48%, Protestant 12%, Orthodox 8%, other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, other 1% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu), atheist 7%, non-believer/agnostic 16%, unspecified 2% (2012 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.5% (male 40,853,366/female 38,783,889) 15-24 years: 10.9% (male 28,680,885/female 27,396,922) 25-54 years: 41.8% (male 108,312,731/female 106,407,509) 55-64 years: 12.9% (male 32,287,068/female 34,128,099) 65 years and over: 19.1% (male 42,074,448/female 56,127,861) (2016 est.) |
Median age | total: 42.7 years male: 41.3 years female: 44.1 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.23% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 10.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | population distribution varies considerably from country to country, but tends to follow a pattern of coastal and river settlement, with urban agglomerations forming large hubs facilitating large scale housing, industry, and commerce |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.2 years male: 77.4 years female: 83.2 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.61 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Hospital bed density | 5.4 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | note - see individual entries of member states |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | note - see individual entries of member states |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | note - see individual entries of member states |