2. Total Population
8% of the world’s population
575 million people* *Including European Russia & Turkey, excluding
Transcaucasus
Germany has the largest population*: 81.2
million people, or 14% of total *outside Russia
Data Sources: eurostat, CIA World Factbook, worldometers
Map Source: Wikimedia Commons
3. Population Density
69.9 per sq.
km (appx .4 sq. mile)
Data Sources: eurostat, CIA World Factbook
Map Source: Wikimedia Commons
Density refers to people per square kilometer or mile. The darker the color, the more
people living in a concentrated area. Very dark areas would indicate urban centers.
4. The Blue
Banana
The heaviest
population density is
found in a swath
running from
northern Italy,
through the
Rhineland and
Benelux, and into the
U.K.
It’s called the “Blue
Banana” because
blue is one of the EU
colors and the area
is shaped like a
banana.
Why do you think this
area is so heavily
populated? What’s
going on here
economically?
Source: Wikimedia Commons
9. Major Ethnic Groups
Eight groups make up 63% of the population:
European Russians
Germans
French
British
Italians
Spanish
Ukrainians
Poles
10. Origins
Approximately 6% of modern Europeans are
descended from first peoples appearing some
45,000 years ago from Southwest Asia.
Most numerous in the Basque Country and
Scandinavia
80% came 20,000-30,000 years ago.
10% came 10,000 with the introduction of agriculture.
13. National Minorities
14% of Europeans are
members of national
minorities
Nenets, Mordvins and
Komi in European Russia
Council of Europe
convention affords these
groups protected status;
all member states have
signed it, with the
exception of France.
Sami and Kvens in
Scandanavian countries
National minorities
include indigenous
ethnic groups.
Basques of northern
Spain and Southern
France
14.
15. Diasporic Populations
Approximately 3-4% of the population is nonEuropean in Origin. Examples:
Romani: 4-10 million, primarily in Central Europe
and the Balkans, but dispersed throughout Europe.
Turks (not in Turkey): 5 million, primarily in
German-speaking countries.
North Africans (Berbers & Arabs): 5 million
primarily in France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy
and Sweden.
17. Who’s
missing?
While a minority
everywhere, and
only making up
less than 1% of
the total
European
population, Jews
are widely
dispersed
throughout
Europe and
central players in
the creation of
the European
culture area.
Source: Wikimedia Commons (disputed accuracy)
18. Which of these statements comes closest to your belief?
52%
I believe there is a god.
3%
I don’t know
27%
I believe there is some sort of spirit or life force.
18%
I don’t believe there is a god or some sort of
spirit or life force.
Source: Eurobarometer – Social Values, Science and Technology Survey, 2005
