WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The demographics of the European Union show a highly populated, culturally diverse union of 27 member states. As of 1 January 2022, the population of the EU is just below 447 million people. 0.1 (2020 est.) 9.5 births per 1, 000 (2020 est.)

Detailed explanation-2: -EU countries Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

Detailed explanation-3: -EU population shows a slight decrease in 2021 Over a longer period, the population of the EU grew from 354.5 million in 1960 to 446.8 million on 1 January 2022, an increase of 92.3 million people (see Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-4: -By surface area, France is the largest EU country and Malta the smallest.

Detailed explanation-5: -Croatia applied for EU membership in 2003 and was in negotiations from 2005 until 2011. On 9 December 2011 leaders from the EU and Croatia signed the accession treaty. The country became the 28th EU member country on 1 July 2013.