Claim: The population of the European Union, with some five hundred million residents, accounts for a highly populated, culturally diverse union of 27 member states and about 20–25 million residents (3%) are members of diasporas of non-European origin.
Evidence: Its members have a combined area of 4,233,255.3 km (1,634,469.0 sq mi) and an estimated total population of about 447 million.