Comparisons of Europe’s 5 Biggest Countries

The maps below compare Europe’s 5 biggest countries (outside of Russia). They were created by the wonderful geo.universe who you should 100% go and follow.

Now for the maps:

Population

1. Germany: 83.5 million
2. UK: 69.5 million
3. France: 69.1 million
4. Italy: 58.9 million
5. Spain: 49.6 million

GDP

1. Germany: $5.3 Trillion
2. UK: $4.2 Trillion
3. France: $3.6 Trillion
4. Italy: $2.7 Trillion
5. Spain: $2.0 Trillion

GDP per capita

1. Germany: $63,600
2. UK: $60,000
3. France: $51,700
4. Italy: $45,600
5. Spain: $40,600

Life Expectancy

1. Spain: 84.0
2. Italy: 83.7
3. France: 83.0
4. Germany: 81.2
5. UK: 81.1

HDI

1. Germany: 0.959
2. UK: 0.946
3. France: 0.920
4. Spain: 0.918
5. Italy: 0.915

Fertility Rate

1. France: 1.56
2. UK : 1.39
3. Germany: 1.30
4. Italy: 1.14
5. Spain 1.11

Share of Foreigners

1. Germany 20.5%
2. Spain: 19.3%
3. UK: 17.1%
4. France 14.0%
5. Italy 11.8%

3 Largest Metros

1. UK
   1. London: 15.4 million
   2. Manchester: 6.4 million
   3. Birmingham: 4.1 million
2. France
   1. Paris: 11.6 million
   2. Lyon: 2.1 million
   3. Marseille: 1.7 million
3. Germany
   1. Rhein-Rhur: 10.8 million
   2. Berlin: 4.7 million
   3. Frankfurt: 3.2 million
4. Spain
   1. Madrid 7.0 million
   2. Barcelona: 5,0 million
   3. Valencia: 2.0 million
5. Italy
   1. Milan: 6.6 million
   2. Naples: 4.1 million
   3. Rome: 3.5 million

Which stat surprises you the most?