Compare the 27 european union members: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Link | Germany | Belgium | France | Italy | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Denmark | Ireland | United Kingdom | Greece | Spain | Portugal | Austria | Finland | Sweden | Cyprus | Estonia | Hungary | Latvia | Lithuania | Malta | Poland | Czech Republic | Slovakia | Slovenia | Bulgaria | Romania |
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| EU accession | Mar. 25th 1957 | Mar. 25th 1957 | Mar. 25th 1957 | Mar. 25th 1957 | Mar. 25th 1957 | Mar. 25th 1957 | 1973 | 1973 | 1973 | 1981 | 1986 | 1986 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2007 | 2007 |
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| Capital | Berlin | Brussels | Paris | Rome | Luxembourg | Amsterdam | Copenhagen | Dublin | London | Athens | Madrid | Lisbon | Vienna | Helsinki | Stockholm | Nicosia | Tallinn | Budapest | Riga | Vilnius | Valletta | Warsaw | Prague | Bratislava | Ljubljana | Sofia | Bucharest |
| Area | 357,021 km² | 30,528 km² | 674,843 km² | 301,338 km² | 2,586.4 km² | 41,848 km² | 43,094 km² | 70,273 km² | 244,820 km² | 131,990 km² | 506,030 km² | 92,391 km² | 83,871 km² | 338,145 km² | 449,964 km² | 9,251 km² | 45,226 km² | 93,030 km² | 64,589 km² | 65,303 km² | 316 km² | 312,683 km² | 78,866 km² | 49.037 km² | 20,273 km² | 110,910 km² | 238,391 km² |
| Population | 81,799,600 | 11,007,020 | 65,821,885 | 60,642,308 | 511,840 | 16,685,200 | 5,547,088 | 4,467,854 | 62,041,708 | 11,125,179 | 47,150,819 | 11,317,192 | 8,372,930 | 5,350,475 | 9,347,899 | 801,851 | 1,340,274 | 10,013,628 | 2,248,961 | 3,329,227 | 416,333 | 38,163,895 | 10,512,397 | 5,424,057 | 2,054,119 | 7,576,751 | 21,466,174 |
| Density | 229 hab/km² | 354.7 hab/km² | 116 hab/km² | 200.5 hab/km² | 194.1 hab/km² | 400.8 hab/km² | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Currency | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Danish krone | Euro | Pound sterling | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Euro | Swedish krona | Euro | Euro | Hungarian forint | Latvian lats | Lithuanian litas | Euro | Polish złoty | Czech koruna | Euro | Euro | Bulgarian lev | Romanian leu |
| GDP (PPP per person) | $ 34,212 | $ 35,534 | $ 33,678 | $ 29,109 | $ 78,395 | $ 39,938 | $ 35,757 | $ 39,468 | $ 34,618 | $ 29,881 | $ 31,963 | $ 21,858 | $ 38,838 | $ 33,555 | $ 35,964 | $ 28,544 | $ 17,908 | $ 18,566 | $ 14,254 | $ 16,542 | $ 23,583 | $ 18,072 | $ 24,093 | $ 21,244 | $ 27,654 | $ 11,900 | $ 11,917 |
| Debt/GDP | 73.2 % | 96.7 % | 77.6 % | 115.8 % | 14.5 % | 60.9 % | 41.6 % | 64 % | 68.1 % | 115.1 % | 53.2 % | 76.8 % | 66.5 % | 44 % | 42.3 % | 56.2 % | 7.2 % | 78.3 % | 36.1 % | 29.3 % | 69.1 % | 51 % | 35.4 % | 35.7 % | 35.9 % | 14.8 % | 23.7 % |
| Deficit/GDP | -3.3 % | -6 % | -7.5 % | -5.3 % | -0.7 % | -5.3 % | -2.7 % | -14.3 % | -11.5 % | -13.6 % | -11.2 % | -9.4 % | -3.4 % | -2.2 % | -0.5 % | -6.1 % | -1.7 % | -4 % | -9 % | -8.9 % | -3.8 % | -7.1 % | -5.9 % | -6.8 % | -5.5 % | -3.9 % | -8.3 % |
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| Human Development Index | 0.885 | 0.867 | 0.872 | 0.854 | 0.852 | 0.89 | 0.955 | 0.965 | 0.947 | 0.942 | 0.955 | 0.909 | 0.955 | 0.959 | 0.963 | 0.914 | 0.883 | 0.879 | 0.866 | 0.87 | 0.902 | 0.88 | 0.903 | 0.88 | 0.929 | 0.84 | 0.837 |
| Gini | 28.3 | 33 | 32.7 | 36 | 30.8 | 30.9 | 24.7 | 34.3 | 36 | 34.3 | 32 | 38.5 | 29.1 | 26.9 | 25 | 31.2 | 36 | 30 | 35.7 | 35.8 | 25.8 | 34.9 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 31.2 | 29.2 | 31.5 |
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| Calling code | +49 | +32 | +33 | +39 | +352 | +31 | +45 | +353 | +44 | +30 | +34 | +351 | +43 | +358 | +46 | +357 | +372 | +36 | +371 | +370 | +356 | +48 | +420 | +421 | +386 | +359 | +40 |
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| Official language(s) | German | Dutch, French, German | French | Italian | Luxembourgish, French, German | Dutch | Danish | Irish, English | English | Greek | Spanish, Galician, Catalan/Valencian, Basque | Portuguese | Austrian German | Finnish, Swedish | Swedish | Greek, Turkish | Estonian | Hungarian | Latvian | Lithuanian | Maltese, English | Polish | Czech | Slovak | Slovenian | Bulgarian | Romanian |
| Constitutional name(s) | Bundesrepublik Deutschland | Koninkrijk België (Dutch) Royaume de Belgique (French) Königreich Belgien (German) | République française | Repubblica italiana | Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish) Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (French) Großherzogtum Luxemburg (German) | Nederland | Kongeriget Danmark | Éire, Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Ελληνική Δημοκρατία | Reino de España | República Portuguesa | Republik Österreich | Suomen tasavalta, Republiken Finland | Konungariket Sverige | Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti | Eesti Vabariik | Magyar Köztársaság | Latvijas Republika | Lietuvos Respublika | Repubblika ta' Malta, Republic of Malta | Rzeczpospolita Polska | Česká republika | Slovenská republika | Republika Slovenija | Република България | România |
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User reviews and comments
Still a great lifestyle to be had in France for those that want to get out of the rat race.