This is a sequence of tables giving statistical data for past and future enlargements

Enlargement of the European Union

The Enlargement of the European Union is the process of expanding the European Union through the accession of new member states. This process began with the Inner Six, who founded the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952...

 of the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

. All data refer to the populations, land areas, and gross domestic product

Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....

s (GDP) 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

Purchasing power parity

In economics, purchasing power parity is a condition between countries where an amount of money has the same purchasing power in different countries. The prices of the goods between the countries would only reflect the exchange rates...

, in United States dollar

United States dollar

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 at 1990 prices.

Foundation

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	9,052,707	30,528	58.316	6,442
	44,788,852	674,843	312.966	6,988
	54,292,038	248,717	400.554	7,378
	49,476,000	301,336	265.192	5,360
	310,291	2,586	2.938	9,469
	11,186,847	41,526	83.351	7,451
EC6 (1958)	169,106,736	1,299,536	1,123.317	6,643

1973 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	5,021,861	43,094	70.032	13,945
	3,073,200	70,273	21.103	6,867
	56,210,000	244,820	675.941	12,025
Accession countries	64,305,061	358,187	767.076	11,929
Existing members (1973)	192,457,106	1,299,536	2,381,396	12,374
EC9 (1973)	256,762,167 (+33.41%)	1,657,723 (+25.44%)	3,148.472 (+32.21%)	12,262 (-0.91%)

1981 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	9,729,350	131,945	86.553	8,896
Existing members (1981)	261,743,191	1,657,723	3,694,558	14,115
EC10 (1981)	271,472,541 (+3.72%)	1,789,668 (+7.96%)	3,781.111 (+2.34%)	13,928 (-1.33%)

1986 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	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 (1986)	273,398,552	1,789,668	4,186.176	15,312
EC12 (1986) EU12 (1993)	366,867,431 (+17.53%)	2,386,841 (+33.37%)	4,658,784 (+11.29%)	14,468 (-5.51%)

1995 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	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	22,029,977	871,980	382.833	17,378
Existing members (1995)	350,909,402	2,495,174	5,894.232	16,797
EU15 (1995)	372,939,379 (+6.28%)	3,367,154 (+34.95%)	6,277.065 (+6.50%)	16,831 (+0.20%)

2004 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	775,927	9,250	11.681	15,055
	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	10,100
	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	23,900
Accession countries	74,722,685	737,690	685.123	9,169
Existing members (2004)	381,781,620	3,367,154	7,711.871	20,200
EU25 (2004)	456,504,305 (+19.57%)	4,104,844 (+17.97%)	8,396,994 (+8.88%)	18,394 (-8.94%)

2007 enlargement

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	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 (2007)	464,205,901	4,104,844	12,170.11	26,217
EU27 (2007)	494,296,878 (+6.48%)	4,454,237 (+8.51%)	12,436.80 (+2.04%)	25,160.59 (-4.03%)

Croatia

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	4,486,881	56,594	62.457	17,675
EU28 (EU27 + Croatia)	504,284,264 (+0.89%)	4,381,376 (+1.30%)	16,051.70 (+0.39%)	30,374.96 (-0.45%)

Iceland

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	317,593	103,001	12.148	38,022
EU28 (EU27 + Iceland)	501,577,433 (+0.06%)	4,427,783 (+2.38%)	14,793.12 (+0.01%)	29,492.95 (-0.09%)

Macedonia

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...	2,114,550	25,713	18.831	9,163
EU28 (EU27 + Macedonia)	501,909,405 (+0.42%)	4,350,495 (+0.59%)	15,265.83 (+0.12%)	29,750.51 (-2.49%)

Turkey

Member countries	Population	Area (km²)	GDP (billion US$)	GDP per capita (US$)
	74,816,000	783,562	915.212	13,138
EU28 (EU27 + Turkey)	574,610,855 (+14.96%)	5,108,344 (+18.11%)	16,162.22 (+6.01%)	29,892.46 (-2.03%)

If these countries are added to the European Union, the total population of the EU would be aprox 581,214,814
Note: All data sourced from individual country entries on Wikipedia. Presumed source CIA World Factbook 2009. Populations usually 2009 estimates; historical/future estimates not used.

Footnotes

1. Algeria was part of France until 1962.
2. German reunification in 1990 led to the inclusion of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...

. This enlargement is not explicitly mentioned. Data for Germany in all tables is from current statistics.
3. Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

left the EC in 1985.
4. Officially the whole of Cyprus lies within the European Union. "In light of Protocol 10 of the Accession Treaty 2003 Cyprus as a whole entered the EU, whereas the acquis is suspended in the northern part of the island (“areas not under effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus”). This means inter alia that these areas are outside the customs and fiscal territory of the EU. The suspension has territorial effect, but does not concern the personal rights of Turkish Cypriots as EU citizens, as they are considered as citizens of the Member State Republic of Cyprus"http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/turkish_cypriot_community/index_en.htm.

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