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Demography
Population: 499 million
Population Density (inhabitant/km2): 112 (EU average)
Largest Cities (pop. in million including suburbs): London (11.8m), Paris (11.3m), Madrid (5.6m), Berlin (4.2m), Barcelona (3.8m), Milan (3.8m), Athens (3.5m), Rome (3.3m), Naples (3m), Lisbon (2.9m), Stuttgart (2.7m), Birmingham (2.6m), Hamburg (2.6m), Brussels (2.5m), Budapest (2.5m), Manchester (2.5m), Warsaw (2.4m), Bucharest (2.3m), Amsterdam (2.1m), Leeds (2.1m).
Home Ownership: 69%
Life Expectancy (2006 est.): 78.9 (average), 75.8 years (men), 81.9 years (women)
Birth Rate: 10.5 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death Rate: 9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Ethnic Composition: Caucasians (Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, Greek,Turks, etc.), Maghrebans, Black Africans, South Asians
Major Religions: Roman Catholicism, Protestanism, Orthodoxism, Islam, Judaism, Agnosticism, Atheism
Geography
Area: 4,324,782 km²
Coastline: over 150,000 km
Highest Peak: Mont Blanc (4,807m)
Lowest Elevation: Lammefjord, Denmark (-7 m); Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands (-7 m)
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Economy
Monetary unit: Euro (€, EUR)
GDP at PPP (2007): US$ 14.43 trillion
GDP per capita (2007) : US$33,889 (average),
GNI per capita of euro-zone (2005) : US$ 31,914
GDP - real growth rate (2006) : 3.1%
Inflation (2007) : 1.9 %
Unemployment (2007) : 7%
Public Debt (% of GDP - 2007) : 58.7%
Public Deficit (2007) : €109.5 Billion
Main Industries: iron and steel, aluminum, petroleum, coal, cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, aircraft, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment, machine tools, electronics, telecommunications equipment, fishing, food processing, furniture, paper, textiles and clothing, tourism
Main Exports: machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft, plastics, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, fuels, iron and steel, nonferrous metals, wood pulp and paper products, textiles, meat, dairy products, fish, alcoholic beverages.
