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Romania(România)Capital: Bucharest (Bucureşti)Population: 21.7 millionArea: 230 340 km²GDP: 7 100 pps/hab.

Turkey(Türkiye)Capital: Ankara (Ankara)Population: 71.3 millionArea: 770 760 km²GDP: 6 500 pps/hab.

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Belgium(Belgique/België)Capital: Brussels (Bruxelles/Brussel)Population: 10.5 millionArea: 30 518 km²GDP: 30 200 pps/person

Denmark(Danmark)Capital: Copenhagen (København)Population: 5.5 millionArea: 43 094 km²GDP: 31 200 pps/person

Germany(Deutschland)Capital: Berlin (Berlin)Population: 82.5 millionArea: 357 020 km²GDP: 28 200 pps/person

Estonia(Eesti)Capital: Tallinn (Tallinn)Population: 1.4 millionArea: 43 211 km²GDP: 17 900 pps/person

Greece(Ελλάδα - Elláda)Capital: Athens (Αθήνα - Athinai)Population: 11.2 millionArea: 131 625 km²GDP: 22 100 pps/person

Spain(España)Capital: Madrid (Madrid)Population: 44.5 millionArea: 504 790 km²GDP: 25 400 pps/person

France(France)Capital: Paris (Paris)Population: 63.4 millionArea: 543 964 km²GDP: 27 800 pps/person

Ireland(Ireland/Eire)Capital: Dublin (Dublin/Baile Atha Cliath)Population: 4.2 millionArea: 70 273 km²GDP: 35 700 pps/person

Italy(Italia)Capital: Rome (Roma)Population: 59.1 millionArea: 301 333 km²GDP: 25 500 pps/person

Cyprus(Κύπρος - Kypros/Kibris)Capital: Nicosia (Λευκωσία - Lefkosia/Lefkosa)Population: 0.8 millionArea: 9 240 km²GDP: 22 900 pps/person

Lithuania(Lietuva)Capital: Vilnius (Vilnius)Population: 3.4 millionArea: 65 300 km²GDP: 15 000 pps/person

Luxembourg(Luxembourg)Capital: Luxembourg (Luxembourg)Population: 0.5 millionArea: 2 586 km²GDP: 70 000 pps/person

Latvia(Latvija)Capital: Riga (Riga)Population: 2.3 millionArea: 64 589 km²GDP: 14 900 pps/person

Hungary(Magyarország)Capital: Budapest (Budapest)Population: 10.1 millionArea: 93 029 km²GDP: 16 200 pps/person

Malta(Malta)Capital: Valletta (Valletta)Population: 0.4 millionArea: 316 km²GDP: 18 600 pps/person

Netherlands(Nederland)Capital: Amsterdam (Amsterdam)Population: 16.3 millionArea: 33 873 km²GDP: 32 800 pps/person

Austria(Österreich)Capital: Vienna (Wien)Population: 8.3 millionArea: 83 859 km²GDP: 31 900 pps/person

Poland(Polska)Capital: Warsaw (Warszawa)Population: 38.1 millionArea: 312 685 km²GDP: 13 600 pps/person

Portugal(Portugal)Capital: Lisbon (Lisboa)Population: 10.6 millionArea: 91 906 km²GDP: 18 200 pps/person

Slovenia(Slovenija)Capital: Ljubljana (Ljubljana)Population: 2.0 millionArea: 20 273 km²GDP: 22 300 pps/person

Slovakia(Slovensko)Capital: Bratislava (Bratislava)Population: 5.4 millionArea: 49 035 km²GDP: 16 400 pps/person

Finland(Suomi/Finland)Capital: Helsinki (Helsinki/Helsingfors)Population: 5.3 millionArea: 304 529 km²GDP: 28 900 pps/person

Sweden(Sverige)Capital: Stockholm (Stockholm)Population: 9.1 millionArea: 410 934 km²GDP: 30 000 pps/person

United Kingdom(United Kingdom)Capital: London (London)Population: 60.8 millionArea: 243 820 km²GDP: 29 400 pps/person

Romania(România)Capital: Bucharest (Bucureşti)Population: 21.6 millionArea: 230 340 km²GDP: 9 700 pps/person

Bulgaria(България - Bulgaria)Capital: Sofia (София - Sofia)Population: 7.7 millionArea: 110 550 km²GDP: 9 500 pps/person

Czech Republic(Česká republika)Capital: Prague (Praha)Population: 10.3 millionArea: 78 859 km²GDP: 20 100 pps/person

Croatia(Hrvatska)Capital: Zagreb (Zagreb)Population: 4.4 million Area: 56 414 km²GDP: 12 600 pps/person

Turkey(Türkiye)Capital: Ankara (Ankara)Population: 73.5 millionArea: 770 760 km²GDP: 7 300 pps/personFormer Yugoslav

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Capital: Skopje (Skopje) Population: 2.0 millionArea: 25 713 km²GDP: 6 900 pps/person

The figures are for 2007. Source: Eurostat.

Gross domestic product (GDP) is often used to get a general idea about how wealthy a country is. It is the total value of everything that is produced in a country within a year. It is expressed here in purchasing power standards (pps) per person.

The purchasing power standard is a device used to make the figures for the various countries broadly comparable by ensuring that the differences in price levels in different countries do not affect the calculation. One pps corresponds roughly to one euro. The average for the 27 EU countries was 23 085 pps/person. GDP figures are forecasts.

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

Published by the European Commission,Directorate-General for Communication, October 2007.

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