EUROPEAN UNION

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As of January 1, 2007, there are 27 member States in the European Union (EU27):
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg,
Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Sweden and the United Kingdom.




European Union Internet Usage
EU Internet usage, search engines and market Report.

Official Page of the European Union
Available in 20 languages

European Communications Market Reports

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Links to the 27 Member States of the European Union

503,824,373 is the 2012 estimated population for the European Union (EU27)

368,021,986 Internet users as of June 30, 2012, 73.0 % penetration, per IWS.

192,746,920 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 38.3% penetration rate.

• Internet Statistics and Population for European Union
  
  
• All of Europe Page
  
  
• EU Enlargement Page
  The nine candidate countries for Acceding the European Union.
  
  
• European Union Research
  Guide for EU information research.
  
  
• European Union Statistics
  Official Statistics Page for the European Union
  
  
• European Union and the USA
  Facts, Figures and News from the EU
  
  
• At present, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Kosovo,
  Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey are the nine Applicant
  Countries for future entrance into the European Union.
  Information here.
  
  

A U S T R I A

AT - 8,219,743 population (2012) - Country Area: 83,858 sq km

Capital city: Vienna - population 1,726,412 (2012)

6,559,355 Internet users as of June/12, 79.8% penetration, per IWS.

2,915,240 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31/12, 35.5% penetration.

B E L G I U M

BE - 10,438,353 population (2012) - Country Area: 30,518 sq km

Capital city: Brussels - population 1,124,497 (2012)

8,489,901 Internet users as of Dec.31, 2011, 81.3% penetration, per ITU.

4,922,260 Facebook subscribers on Dec 30/12, 47.2% penetration.

B U L G A R I A

BG - 7,037,935 population (2012) - Country Area: 110,994 sq km

Capital city: Sofia - population 1,118,364 (2012)

3,589,347 Internet users as of June 30, 2012, 51.0% penetration, per IWS.

2,522,120 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31/12, 35.8% penetration rate.

C Y P R U S

CY - 1,138,071 population (2012) - Country Area: 9,251 sq km

Capital city: Nicosia - population 237,854 (2012)

656,439 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 57.7% penetration, per IWS.

582,600 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 51.2% penetration rate.

CZECH REPUBLIC

CZ - 10,177,300 population (2012) - Country Area: 78,866 sq km

Capital city: Prague - population 1,272,044 (2012)

7,426,376 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 73.0% penetration, per IWS

3,834,620 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31/12, 37.7% penetration rate.

D E N M A R K

DK - 5,543,453 population (2012) - Country Area: 43,093 sq km

Capital city: Copenhagen - population 1,217,199 (2012)

4,989,108 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 90.0% penetration, per IWS.

3,037,700 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31/12, 54.8% penetration rate.

E S T O N I A

EE - 1,274,709 population (2012) - Country Area: 45,226 sq km

Capital city: Tallinn - population 399,685 (2012)

993,785 Internet users as of Dec.31, 2011, 78.0% penetration, per ITU.

501,680 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31/12, 39.4% penetration rate.

F I N L A N D

FI - 5,262,930 population (2012)- Country Area: 338,145 sq km

Capital city: Helsinki - population 583,331 (2012)

4,703,480 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 89.4% penetration, per IWS.

2,287,960 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31/12, 43.5% penetration rate.

F R A N C E

FR - 65,630,692 population (2012) - Country Area: 547,030 sq km

Capital city: Paris - population 2,193,624 (2012)

52,228,905 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 79.6% penetration, per IWS.

25,624,760 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31/12, 39.0% penetration rate.

G E R M A N Y

DE - 81,305,856 population (2012) - Country Area: 357,021 sq km

Capital city: Berlin - population 3,448,584 (2010)

67,483,860 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 83.0% penetration, per ITU.

25,332,440 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 31.2% penetration rate.

G R E E C E

GR - 10,767,827 population (2012) - Country Area: 131,957 sq km

Capital city: Athens - population 762,698 (2012)

5,706,948 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 53.0% penetration, per IWS

3,845,820 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 35.7% penetration rate.

H U N G A R Y

HU - 9,958,453 population (2012) - Country Area: 92,966 sq km

Capital city: Budapest - population 1,619,353 (2012)

6,516,627 Internet users as of Dec.31, 2011, 65.4% penetration, per ITU

4,265,960 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 42.8% penetration rate.

I R E L A N D

IE - 4,722,028 population (2012) - Country Area: 70,273 sq km

Capital city: Dublin - population 1,079,402 (2012)

3,627,462 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 76.8% penetration, per IWS

2,183,760 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 46.2% penetration rate.

I T A L Y

IT - 61,261,254 population (2012) - Country Area: 301,323 sq km

Capital city: Rome - population 2,419,287 (2012)

35,800,000 Internet users as of Dec.31, 2011, 58.4% p.r., per Audiweb.

23,202,640 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 37.9% penetration rate.

L A T V I A

LV - 2,191,580 population (2012) - Country Area: 64,598 sq km

Capital city: Riga - population 693,919 (2012)

1,570,925 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 71.7% penetration, per IWS.

414,520 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 18.9% penetration rate.

L I T H U A N I A

LT - 3,525,761 population (2012) - Country Area: 65,300 sq km

Capital city: Vilnius - population 540,608 (2012)

2,293,508 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 65.1% penetration, per IWS.

1,118,500 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 31.7% penetration rate.

L U X E M B O U R G

LU - 509,074 population (2012) - Country Area: 2,586 sq km

Capital city: Luxembourg - population 74,738 (2012)

462,697 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 90.9% penetration, per IWS.

227,520 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 44.7% penetration rate.

M A L T A

MT - 409,836 population (2012) - Country Area: 316 sq km

Capital city: Valletta - population 5,465 (2012)

282,648 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 69.0% penetration, per IWS.

217,040 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 53.0% penetration rate.

NETHERLANDS

NL - 16,730,632 population (2012) - Country Area: 41,526 sq km

Capital city: Amsterdam - population 776,226 (2012)

15,549,787 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 92.9% penetration, per IWS.

7,554,940 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 45.2% penetration rate.

P O L A N D

PL - 38,415,284 population (2012) - Country Area: 312,685 sq km

Capital city: Warsaw - population 1,713,007 (2012)

24,940,902 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 64.9% penetration, per IWS.

9,863,380 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 25.7% penetration rate.

P O R T U G A L

PT - 10,781,459 population (2012) - Country Area: 92,391 sq km

Capital city: Lisbon - population 475,353 (2012)

5,950,449 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 55.2% penetration, per IWS.

4,663,060 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 43.3% penetration rate.

R O M A N I A

RO - 21,848,504 population (2012) - Country Area: 238,391 sq km

Capital city: Bucharest - population 1,910,531 (2012)

9,642,383 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 44.1% penetration, per ITU.

5,374,980 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 24.6% penetration rate.

SLOVAKIA (SLOVAK REPUBLIC)

SK - 5,483,088 population (2012) - Country Area: 49,034 sq km

Capital city: Bratislava - population 421,218 (2012)

4,337,868 Internet users as of Dec.31, 2011, 79.1% penetration, per ITU.

2,032,200 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 37.1% penetration rate.

S L O V E N I A

SI - 1,996,617 population (2012) - Country Area: 20,273 sq km

Capital city: Ljubljana - population 249,700 (2012)

1,440,066 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 72.1% penetration, per IWS.

730,160 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 36.6% penetration rate.

S P A I N

ES - 47,042,984 population (2012) - Country Area: 504,842 sq km

Capital city: Madrid - population 3,332,646 (2012)

31,606,233 Internet users on June 30, 2012, 67.2% penetration, per IWS.

17,590,500 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 37.4% penetration rate.

S W E D E N

SE - 9,103,788 population (2012) - Country Area: 449,965 sq km

Capital city: Stockholm - population 1,293,176 (2012)

8,441,718 Internet users on Dec.31, 2011, 92.7% penetration rate per ITU.

4,950,160 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 54.4% penetration rate.

UNITED KINGDOM

UK - 63,047,162 population (2012) - Country Area: 244,140 sq km

Capital city: London - population 7,869,322 (2012)

52,731,209 Internet users in Dec.31, 2011, 83.6 % penetration, per ITU

32,950,400 Facebook subscribers on Dec 31, 2012, 52.3% penetration rate.