The European Union.
Date: 2014-03-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Communication, Representation in the United Kingdom – London
Subjects: EU Member State, European Union, associated country, political geography

Published by the European Commission - Directorate General for Communication
Representation in the United Kingdom

Belgium

euro

Belgique/België
CAPITAL Brussels (Bruxelles/Brussel)
JOINED IN 1952 
AREA 30 518 km²
POPULATION 11 million

Bulgaria

България — Bulgaria

lev

CAPITAL Sofia (София — Sofia)
JOINED IN 2007
AREA 110 550 km²
POPULATION 7.3 million

Czech Republic

koruna

Česká republika
CAPITAL Prague (Praha)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 78 859 km²
POPULATION 10.5 million

Denmark

Danmark

krone

CAPITAL Copenhagen (København)
JOINED IN 1973
AREA 43 094 km²
POPULATION 5.6 million

Germany 

euro

Deutschland
CAPITAL Berlin (Berlin)
JOINED IN 1952
AREA 357 020 km²
POPULATION 81.8 million

euro

Eesti
CAPITAL Tallinn (Tallinn)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 43 211 km²
POPULATION 1.3 million

Estonia

euro

Éire/Ireland
CAPITAL Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath/Dublin)
JOINED IN 1973
AREA 131 625 km²
POPULATION 131 625 km²

Greece

Ireland

Ελλάδα — Elláda

euro

CAPITAL Athens (Αθήνα — Athinai)
JOINED IN 1981
AREA 131 625 km²
POPULATION 11.3 million

Spain

Croatia

Cyprus

euro

España
CAPITAL Madrid (Madrid)
JOINED IN 1986
AREA 504 790 km²
POPULATION 46.2 million

euro

France
CAPITAL Paris (Paris)
JOINED IN 1952
AREA 543 964 km²
POPULATION 65.4 million

France

kuna

Hrvatska
CAPITAL Zagreb (Zagreb)
JOINED IN 2013
AREA 56 414 km²
POPULATION 4.4 million

Italy

Italia euro
CAPITAL Rome (Roma)
JOINED IN 1952
AREA 301 333 km²
POPULATION 60.8 million

euro

Κύπρος — Kypros
CAPITAL Nicosia (Λευκωσία — Lefkosia)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 9 240 km²
POPULATION 0.9 million

Latvia

Latvija euro
CAPITAL Riga (Riga)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 64 589 km²
POPULATION 2.0 million

The European Union

Countries that are candidates or potential candidates 
to become members of the European Union

Other countries

NON-CONTINENTAL AND OVERSEAS 
TERRITORIES OF MEMEBER STATES

Figures are for 2012 
Source: Eurostat.

Corvo

Flores

28°W

Graciosa

The countries are in 
alphabetical order according 
the country’s name in its own 
language.

39°N

39°N

31°W

Terceira

Faial

São Jorge

Pico

38°

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29°W

17°W

AÇORES (PT)

28°

MADEIRA (PT)

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Madeira

Porto Santo

33°N

Funchal

Ilhas Desertas

37°N

GUADELOUPE (FR)

AÇORES (PT)

MADEIRA (PT)
CANARIAS (ES)

MARTINIQUE (FR)

GUYANE (FR)

MAYOTTE (FR)

LA RÉUNION (FR)

São Miguel

18°N

Ponta Delgada

Santa Maria

Saint-Martin

(FR)

Saint-Barthélemy

63°W

GUADELOUPE (FR)

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Grande-Terre

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Lithuania

lats

Lietuva
CAPITAL Vilnius (Vilnius)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 65 300 km²
POPULATION 3.0 million

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

euro

CAPITAL Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
JOINED IN 1952
AREA 2 586 km²
POPULATION 0.5 million

Ilhas Selvagens

30°N

16°W
100 km

27°

26°

25°

18°W

17°

16°

15°

14°

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Alegranza

Graciosa

Lanzarote

CANARIAS (ES)

Basse-Terre

16°N

Basse-
Terre

Marie-
Galante

61°30’ W

100 km

MARTINIQUE (FR)

Hungary

29°

28°N

La Palma

Santa Cruz
de Tenerife

Tenerife

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE

La Gomera

Las Palmas
de Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria

El Hierro

18°W

17°

100 km

55°

Paramaribo

16°

15°

14°

LAS PALMAS

Lobos

Fort-de-France

14°30’ N

Fuerteventura

ATLANTIC OCEAN

61°W

100 km

MAYOTTE (FR)

INDIAN OCEAN

Mamoudzou

50°W

ATLANTIC OCEAN

13°S

Cayenne

5°N

45°E

100 km

LA RÉUNION (FR)

Saint-Denis

21°S

SURINAME

M
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GUYANE (FR)

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Oya

forint

Magyarország
CAPITAL Budapest (Budapest)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 93 029 km²
POPULATION 10.0 million

Malta

euro

CAPITAL Valletta (Valletta)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 316 km²
POPULATION 0.4 million

Malta

BELARUS

LIGURIA

100 km

BRASIL

50°

INDIAN OCEAN
55°30’ W

100 km

ON THE ROAD TO EU MEMBERSHIP

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosna i Herzegovina
CAPITAL Sarajevo (Sarajevo)
AREA 51.187 km²
POPULATION 3.8 million

Convertible mark

Montenegro

Црна Гора — Crna Gora
CAPITAL Podgorica (Подгорица — Podgorica)
AREA 13 452 km²
POPULATION 0.6 million

euro

Iceland

króna

Ísland
CAPITAL Reykjavik (Reykjavík)
AREA 100 250 km²
POPULATION 0.3 million

Kosovo
Kosovo under UN Security Resolution 1244
CAPITAL Pristina (Priština)
POPULATION 2.2 million

AREA 10 887 km²

The former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia

Пораншна Југословенска 
Република Македониjа
CAPITAL Skopje (Скопје — Skopje)
POPULATION 2.1 million

denar

AREA 25 713 km²

Albania

Serbia

Turkey

lek

Shqipëria
CAPITAL Tirana (Tiranë)
AREA 27 398 km²
POPULATION 2.8 million

dinar

Србија — Srbija
CAPITAL Belgrade (Београд — Beograd)
AREA 77 474 km²
POPULATION 7.2 million

lira

Türkiye
CAPITAL Ankara (Ankara)
AREA 770 760 km²
POPULATION 74.7 million

KIBRIS

Lefkosa

Netherlands

euro

Nederland
CAPITAL Amsterdam (Amsterdam)
JOINED IN 1952
AREA 33 873 km²
POPULATION 16.7 million

Poland

Austria

Portugal

Österreich

euro

CAPITAL Vienna (Wien)
JOINED IN 1995
AREA 83 859 km²
POPULATION 8.4 million

zloty

Polska
CAPITAL Warsaw (Warszawa)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 312 685 km²
POPULATION 38.5 million

euro

Portugal
CAPITAL Lisbon (Lisboa)
JOINED IN 1986
AREA 91 906 km²
POPULATION 10.5 million

Romania

leu

România
CAPITAL Bucharest (Bucureşti)
JOINED IN 2007
AREA 230 340 km²
POPULATION 21.4 million

Slovenia

euro

Slovenija
CAPITAL Ljubljana (Ljubljana)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 20 273 km²
POPULATION 2.0 million

Slovakia

euro

Slovensko
CAPITAL Bratislava (Bratislava)
JOINED IN 2004
AREA 49 035 km²
POPULATION 5.4 million

Suomi/Finland

euro

CAPITAL Helsinki (Helsinki/Helsingfors)
JOINED IN 1995
AREA 304 529 km²
POPULATION 5.4 million

Sweden

krona

Sverige
CAPITAL Stockholm (Stockholm)
JOINED IN 1995
AREA 410 934 km²
POPULATION 9.5 million

Finland

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Pound sterling

CAPITAL London (London)
JOINED IN 1973
AREA 243 820 km²
POPULATION 63.0 million