As of 2023, ** was the largest country in the European Union in terms of population. The central European country comprised almost one-fifth of the total population of the EU in that year, with * in second place with percent, and in third at percent. While there are ** member states of the European Union in total, approximately two-thirds of the population of the bloc is made up by the * largest countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, and the Netherlands. Of the remaining ** member states, no country makes up more than * percent of the EU's total population, with the smallest country, Malta, comprising just **** percent of the total.
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