The new Europe

As midnight struck, 10 nations jettisoned years of troubled history. Where once there was Cold War, now 25 nations advance, united.

376.53m population of EU yesterday, before enlargement
450.83m population of EU today, following enlargement

400,000 Maltese (the smallest new member)
38.2m Poles (the biggest new member)

336.3m Population of the six biggest states
6m Average population of the other 19 states

3.23m sq kms size of the old EU
3.94m sq kms size of the new EU today

547,030 sq kms size of France, the largest member state
316 sq kms size of Malta, the smallest member state

67 per cent The amount of EU GDP contributed by Germany, Britain, France and Italy

9,669,571bn euro Annual GDP of the EU yesterday
10,124,138bn euro Annual GDP of the EU today

40,315 euro GDP per head of population in Luxembourg
3,952 euro GDP per head of population in Lithuania

75 per cent Credit card debt in EU owed by Britons

8 per cent unemployment in EU yesterday
9 per cent unemployment in EU today

76.8 per cent citizens in new EU who are Christians
4.3 per cent Muslims
3.1 per cent Atheists
0.4 per cent Jewish

75.8 life expectancy of men in old EU
74.8 life expectancy of men in new EU

49 cars per 100 people in old EU
46 cars per 100 people in new EU

102 televisions per 1,000 people in UK
19 televisions per 1,000 people in Poland

21.8 per cent people in old EU who have degrees
20.4 per cent people in new EU who have degrees