LIST OF EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES BY POPULATION

This is a list of European Union member states by population. The combined population of all countries is about 495.5 Mio. according to the sources and dates listed below.

Rank	Member State	Population	Date and Source
1		82,314,906	December 31, 2006
2	[1]	63,392,140	January 1, 2007
3	[2]	60,587,300	June 30, 2006
4		59,131,287	December 31, 2006
5		45,116,894	January 1, 2007
6		38,116,486	March 31, 2007
7		21,565,119	January 1, 2007
8		16,372,715	June 30, 2007
9		11,125,179	January 1, 2006
10		10,599,095	December 31, 2006
11		10,584,534	January 1, 2007
12		10,306,709	March 31, 2007
13		10,066,158	January 1, 2007
14		9,142,817	June 30, 2007
15		8,316,487	July 1, 2007
16		7,679,290	December 31, 2006
17		5,457,415	June 30, 2007
18		5,396,168	June 30, 2007
19		5,289,128	July 31, 2007
20		4,239,848	April 23, 2006
21		3,373,991	July 1, 2007
22		2,281,305	January 1, 2007
23		2,013,597	March 31, 2007
24		1,342,409	January 1, 2007
25		766,400	December 31, 2005
26		476,200	January 1, 2007
27		404,962	November 27, 2005

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1. The population figure for France includes the four overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion) which are integral parts of the European Union, but does not include the overseas collectivities and territories, which are not part of the European Union. The population figure for Metropolitan France proper is 61,538,322.
2. The population figure for the United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland but not the Channel Islands or the overseas territories.