Statistics relating to enlargement of the European Union

This is a sequence of tables giving statistical data for past and future enlargements of the European Union. All data refer to the populations, land areas, and gross domestic products of the respective countries at the time of their accession to the European Union, illustrating historically accurate changes to the Union. The GDP figures are at purchasing power parity, in United States dollar at 1990 prices.

Past enlargements

Foundation

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	9,052,707	30,528	58.316	$46,878
	44,788,852	674,843	312.966	$40,690
	54,292,038	248,717	400.554	$41,168
	49,476,000	301,336	265.192	$30,116
	310,291	2,586	2.938	$113,533
	11,186,847	41,526	83.351	$50,355
EC6	169,106,736	1,299,536	1,123.317	6,643

1973 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	5,021,861	43,094	70.032	$59,928
	3,073,200	70,273	21.103	$39,638
	56,210,000	244,820	675.941	$36,728
Accession countries	64,305,061	358,187	767.076	11,929
Existing members	192,457,106	1,299,536	2,381,396	12,374
EC9	256,762,167 '	1,657,723 '	3,148.472 '	12,262 '

1981 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	9,729,350	131,945	86.553	8,896
Existing members	261,743,191	1,657,723	3,694,558	14,115
EC10	271,472,541 '	1,789,668 '	3,781.111 '	13,928 '

1986 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	9,907,411	92,391	85.610	8,641
	38,707,556	504,782	386.998	9,998
Accession countries	48,614,967	597,173	472.608	9,721
Existing members	273,398,552	1,789,668	4,186.176	15,312
EC12 EU12	322,013,519 '	2,386,841 '	4,658.784 '	14,468 '

1990 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	16,111,000	108,333	159.5	9,800
Existing members	322,013,519	2,386,841	4,658.784	14,468

1995 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	8,206,524	83,871	145.238	18,048
	5,261,008	338,145	80.955	15,859
	9,047,752	449,964	156.640	17,644
Accession countries	22,515,284	871,980	382.833	17,378
Existing members	350,909,402	2,495,174	5,894.232	16,797
EU15	373,424,686 '	3,367,154 '	6,277.065 '	16,831 '

2004 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	775,927	9,250	11.681	15,054
	10,246,178	78,866	105.248	10,272
	1,341,664	45,226	22.384	16,684
	10,032,375	93,030	102,183	10,185
	2,306,306	64,589	24.826	10,764
	3,607,899	65,200	31.971	8,861
	396,851	316	5.097	12,843
	38,580,445	311,904	316.438	8,202
	5,423,567	49,036	42.800	7,810
	2,011,473	20,273	29.633	14,732
Accession countries	74,722,685	737,690	685.123	9,169
Existing members	381,781,620	3,367,154	7,711.871	20,200
EU25	456,504,305 '	4,104,844 '	8,396,994 '	18,394 '

2007 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	7,761,000	111,002	62.29	8,026
	22,329,977	238,391	204.4	9,153
Accession countries	30,090,977	349,393	266.69	8,863
Existing members	464,205,901	4,104,844	12,170.11	26,217
EU27	494,296,878 '	4,454,237 '	12,436.80 '	25,160.59 '

2013 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
	4,290,612	56,594	80.983	18,338
Existing members	503,492,041	4,454,237	15,821.00	31,607
EU28	506,777,111 '	4,510,831 '	15,868.983 '	31,313.54 '

UK withdrawal

Candidate countries

EU27

Albania

Armenia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Georgia

Montenegro

Moldova

North Macedonia

Serbia

Country	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita	Languages
'	6,871,547	77,474	65.70	9,561	Serbian
EU27 + Serbia	453,879,143 '	4,310,736 '	17,112 '	37,702 '	25 '

Turkey

Ukraine

All Candidates

Countries	Population	Area	GDP	GDP per capita
' ' ' ' ' North Macedonia	147,742,310	1,687,486	1,048	7,093
EU37	594,749,906 '	5,920,748 '	18,094 '	30,423

Note: All data sourced from individual country entries on Wikipedia. Populations usually 2021 estimates; historical/future estimates not used. Figures are approximate due to fluctuations in population and economies.