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Languages:
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
note: only official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - over 19% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken language - about 49% of the EU population is conversant with it (2007)

Religions:
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish

Population:
503,824,373 (July 2012 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.44% (male 38,992,677/female 36,940,450)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 67.23% (male 166,412,403/female 164,295,636)
[see also: Age structure 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 17.33% (male 35,376,333/female 49,853,361) (2009 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]

Median age:
note - see individual country entries of member states (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.212 % (2012 est.)
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]

Birth rate:
10.27 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
10.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
1.90 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - under 15 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 190
male: 4.96 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 3.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.76 years
country comparison to the world: 36
male: 76.91 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 82.76 years (2012 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]

Total fertility rate:
1.58 children born/woman (2012 est.)
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
note - see individual country entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
note - see individual country entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
note - see individual country entries of member states
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
NA