§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total population of the member countries of the European Economic Community.
§ Sir Ian GilmourI have been asked to reply.
The estimated approximate population figures for 1979—the latest available—of the member countries of the European Community are:
(000s) Belgium 9,849 Denmark 5,117 France 53,478 Germany 61,359 Greece 9,450 Republic of Ireland 3,370 Italy 56,888 Luxembourg 364 Netherlands 14,030 United Kingdom 55,946 EC Total (including Greece) 269,851 Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (December 1980).