RAPID REPORTS Population and social conditions. POPULATION BY CITIZENSHIP IN THE EC -1.1.1991.

Abstract

This Rapid Report gives for the first time an insight into the structure of the population of the EC by citizenship. It is the result of an intensive data collection programme that would have been impossible without the cooperation of the National Statistical Institutes of Member States. According to Eurostat estimates based on latest available figures, the EC had a population of 344millionon 1 January 1991. Of these 334 million (97%) were citizens of one of the 12Member States and around 10 million (3%) hada citizenship of a non-EC state. Undocumented residents are not included.