How many people live in the European Union?

World medium Data from 2024

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Answer in people. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

449,000,000 people

Roughly 449M.

The 27 EU member states hold about 449 million people, roughly a third more than the United States. The bloc peaked above 510 million before the UK left in 2020, taking 67 million people with it.

Where this number comes from

Source Eurostat
Figure refers to 2024
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Unit people

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