This indicator provides a broad cross-cutting measure of health status at the national level and hence the intended ultimate outcome of biomedical and health research. Breakdowns by country and demographic characteristics also provide an indication of health inequalities, which is one of the key challenges identified to be addressed under Horizon 2020. Source: Eurostat
| Geo | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) | 4,341,741.0 | 4,344,647.0 | 4,318,817.0 | 4,441,347.0 | 4,419,258.0 | 4,372,607.0 | 4,620,411.0 | 4,534,200.0 | 4,660,917.0 | 4,693,576.0 | 4,653,033.0 | 5,186,787.0 |
| European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020) | 4,901,358.0 | 4,906,313.0 | 4,871,049.0 | 5,010,371.0 | 4,994,203.0 | 4,941,447.0 | 5,221,683.0 | 5,129,855.0 | 5,266,665.0 | 5,307,889.0 | 5,257,654.0 | - |
| European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013) | 4,848,944.0 | 4,854,217.0 | 4,820,030.0 | 4,958,661.0 | 4,943,817.0 | 4,890,608.0 | 5,167,478.0 | 5,078,313.0 | 5,213,188.0 | 5,255,183.0 | 5,205,860.0 | - |
| Euro area - 19 countries (from 2015) | 3,156,319.0 | 3,162,030.0 | 3,154,503.0 | 3,258,137.0 | 3,251,031.0 | 3,209,109.0 | 3,412,516.0 | 3,350,011.0 | 3,443,923.0 | 3,462,649.0 | 3,438,580.0 | 3,807,251.0 |
| Euro area - 18 countries (2014) | 3,114,287.0 | 3,119,910.0 | 3,113,466.0 | 3,217,199.0 | 3,209,520.0 | 3,168,857.0 | 3,370,740.0 | 3,308,905.0 | 3,403,781.0 | 3,423,075.0 | 3,400,299.0 | 3,763,704.0 |
| Belgium | 103,854.0 | 105,152.0 | 104,292.0 | 109,076.0 | 109,334.0 | 104,755.0 | 110,541.0 | 108,097.0 | 109,666.0 | 110,693.0 | 108,783.0 | 126,896.0 |
| Bulgaria | 108,068.0 | 110,165.0 | 108,258.0 | 109,281.0 | 104,345.0 | 108,952.0 | 110,117.0 | 107,580.0 | 109,791.0 | 108,526.0 | 108,083.0 | 124,735.0 |
| Czechia | 107,421.0 | 106,844.0 | 106,848.0 | 108,189.0 | 109,160.0 | 105,665.0 | 111,173.0 | 107,750.0 | 111,443.0 | 112,920.0 | 112,362.0 | 129,289.0 |
| Denmark | 54,872.0 | 54,368.0 | 52,516.0 | 52,325.0 | 52,470.0 | 51,340.0 | 52,555.0 | 52,824.0 | 53,261.0 | 55,232.0 | 53,958.0 | 54,645.0 |
| Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG) | 854,544.0 | 858,768.0 | 852,328.0 | 869,582.0 | 893,825.0 | 868,356.0 | 925,200.0 | 910,902.0 | 932,272.0 | 954,874.0 | 939,520.0 | 985,572.0 |
| Estonia | 16,081.0 | 15,790.0 | 15,244.0 | 15,450.0 | 15,244.0 | 15,484.0 | 15,243.0 | 15,392.0 | 15,543.0 | 15,751.0 | 15,401.0 | 15,811.0 |
| Ireland | 28,380.0 | 27,961.0 | 28,456.0 | 29,186.0 | 29,504.0 | 29,252.0 | 30,127.0 | 30,667.0 | 30,317.0 | 31,140.0 | 30,959.0 | 31,765.0 |
| Greece | 108,316.0 | 109,084.0 | 111,099.0 | 116,668.0 | 111,794.0 | 113,740.0 | 121,183.0 | 118,788.0 | 124,501.0 | 120,296.0 | 124,965.0 | 130,620.0 |
| Spain | 383,209.0 | 380,234.0 | 386,017.0 | 401,122.0 | 388,600.0 | 393,734.0 | 420,408.0 | 408,231.0 | 422,037.0 | 425,153.0 | 416,102.0 | 491,602.0 |
| France | 548,689.0 | 551,369.0 | 545,221.0 | 569,986.0 | 569,365.0 | 559,435.0 | 593,807.0 | 594,005.0 | 606,410.0 | 609,747.0 | 613,388.0 | 669,137.0 |
| France (metropolitan) | 538,116.0 | 540,469.0 | 534,795.0 | 559,227.0 | 561,000.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Croatia | 52,414.0 | 52,096.0 | 51,019.0 | 51,710.0 | 50,386.0 | 50,839.0 | 54,205.0 | 51,542.0 | 53,477.0 | 52,706.0 | 51,794.0 | 57,023.0 |
| Italy | 591,663.0 | 587,488.0 | 593,427.0 | 612,883.0 | 600,744.0 | 598,364.0 | 647,571.0 | 615,261.0 | 649,061.0 | 633,133.0 | 634,417.0 | 746,146.0 |
| Cyprus | 5,182.0 | 5,103.0 | 5,504.0 | 5,665.0 | 5,141.0 | 5,424.0 | 5,859.0 | 5,471.0 | 5,996.0 | 5,768.0 | 6,239.0 | 6,381.0 |
| Latvia | 29,897.0 | 30,040.0 | 28,540.0 | 29,025.0 | 28,691.0 | 28,466.0 | 28,478.0 | 28,580.0 | 28,757.0 | 28,820.0 | 27,719.0 | 28,854.0 |
| Lithuania | 42,032.0 | 42,120.0 | 41,037.0 | 40,938.0 | 41,511.0 | 40,252.0 | 41,776.0 | 41,106.0 | 40,142.0 | 39,574.0 | 38,281.0 | 43,547.0 |
| Luxembourg | 3,655.0 | 3,760.0 | 3,819.0 | 3,876.0 | 3,822.0 | 3,841.0 | 3,983.0 | 3,967.0 | 4,263.0 | 4,318.0 | 4,283.0 | 4,609.0 |
| Hungary | 130,414.0 | 130,456.0 | 128,795.0 | 129,440.0 | 126,677.0 | 126,294.0 | 131,575.0 | 127,098.0 | 131,877.0 | 131,247.0 | 129,892.0 | 141,326.0 |
| Malta | 3,221.0 | 3,010.0 | 3,267.0 | 3,418.0 | 3,236.0 | 3,270.0 | 3,442.0 | 3,342.0 | 3,571.0 | 3,688.0 | 3,688.0 | 4,084.0 |
| Netherlands | 134,235.0 | 136,058.0 | 135,741.0 | 140,813.0 | 141,245.0 | 139,223.0 | 147,134.0 | 148,997.0 | 150,214.0 | 153,363.0 | 151,885.0 | 168,678.0 |
| Austria | 77,381.0 | 77,199.0 | 76,479.0 | 79,436.0 | 79,526.0 | 78,252.0 | 83,073.0 | 80,669.0 | 83,270.0 | 83,975.0 | 83,386.0 | 91,599.0 |
| Poland | 384,940.0 | 378,478.0 | 375,501.0 | 384,788.0 | 387,312.0 | 376,467.0 | 394,921.0 | 388,009.0 | 402,852.0 | 414,200.0 | 409,709.0 | 477,355.0 |
| Portugal | 104,434.0 | 105,953.0 | 102,845.0 | 107,612.0 | 106,554.0 | 104,843.0 | 108,539.0 | 110,573.0 | 109,758.0 | 113,051.0 | 111,793.0 | 123,357.0 |
| Romania | 257,213.0 | 259,723.0 | 251,439.0 | 255,539.0 | 247,475.0 | 254,965.0 | 262,442.0 | 258,404.0 | 262,321.0 | 263,911.0 | 259,889.0 | 297,039.0 |
| Slovenia | 18,750.0 | 18,609.0 | 18,699.0 | 19,257.0 | 19,334.0 | 18,886.0 | 19,834.0 | 19,689.0 | 20,509.0 | 20,485.0 | 20,588.0 | 24,016.0 |
| Slovakia | 52,913.0 | 53,445.0 | 51,903.0 | 52,437.0 | 52,089.0 | 51,346.0 | 53,826.0 | 52,351.0 | 53,914.0 | 54,293.0 | 53,234.0 | 59,089.0 |
| Finland | 49,883.0 | 50,887.0 | 50,585.0 | 51,707.0 | 51,472.0 | 52,186.0 | 52,492.0 | 53,923.0 | 53,722.0 | 54,527.0 | 53,949.0 | 55,488.0 |
| Sweden | 90,080.0 | 90,487.0 | 89,938.0 | 91,938.0 | 90,402.0 | 88,976.0 | 90,907.0 | 90,982.0 | 91,972.0 | 92,185.0 | 88,766.0 | 98,124.0 |
| Iceland | 2,002.0 | 2,020.0 | 1,986.0 | 1,955.0 | 2,154.0 | 2,049.0 | 2,178.0 | 2,309.0 | 2,238.0 | 2,254.0 | 2,275.0 | 2,301.0 |
| Liechtenstein | 229.0 | 238.0 | 248.0 | 224.0 | 246.0 | 268.0 | 252.0 | 271.0 | 249.0 | 274.0 | 263.0 | 319.0 |
| Norway | 41,449.0 | 41,499.0 | 41,393.0 | 41,992.0 | 41,131.0 | 40,369.0 | 40,676.0 | 40,726.0 | 40,774.0 | 40,840.0 | 40,684.0 | 40,611.0 |
| Switzerland | 62,476.0 | 62,649.0 | 62,091.0 | 64,173.0 | 64,961.0 | 63,938.0 | 67,606.0 | 64,964.0 | 66,971.0 | 67,088.0 | 67,780.0 | 76,195.0 |
| United Kingdom | 559,617.0 | 561,666.0 | 552,232.0 | 569,024.0 | 574,945.0 | 568,840.0 | 601,272.0 | 595,655.0 | 605,748.0 | 614,313.0 | 604,621.0 | - |
| Montenegro | 5,862.0 | 5,633.0 | 5,847.0 | 5,922.0 | 5,917.0 | 6,014.0 | 6,329.0 | 6,464.0 | 6,523.0 | 6,504.0 | 6,595.0 | 7,293.0 |
| North Macedonia | 19,060.0 | 19,113.0 | 19,465.0 | 20,134.0 | 19,208.0 | 19,718.0 | 20,461.0 | 20,417.0 | 20,318.0 | 19,727.0 | 20,446.0 | 25,755.0 |
| Albania | 20,428.0 | 20,107.0 | 20,012.0 | 20,870.0 | 20,442.0 | 20,656.0 | 22,418.0 | 21,388.0 | 22,232.0 | 21,804.0 | 21,937.0 | 27,605.0 |
| Serbia | 104,000.0 | 103,211.0 | 102,935.0 | 102,400.0 | 100,300.0 | 101,247.0 | 103,678.0 | 100,834.0 | 103,722.0 | 101,655.0 | 101,458.0 | 116,850.0 |
| Turkey | 392,000.0 | 365,707.0 | 375,367.0 | 374,855.0 | 372,094.0 | 390,121.0 | 405,218.0 | 422,135.0 | 425,781.0 | 426,106.0 | 435,941.0 | - |
| Andorra | 272.0 | 239.0 | - | 303.0 | - | - | - | 310.0 | - | 335.0 | 301.0 | - |
| Belarus | 135,056.0 | 137,132.0 | 135,090.0 | 126,531.0 | 125,326.0 | 121,542.0 | 120,026.0 | 119,379.0 | 119,311.0 | 120,053.0 | 120,470.0 | - |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34,904.0 | 35,118.0 | 35,522.0 | 35,817.0 | 35,662.0 | 34,824.0 | - | 35,530.0 | 36,336.0 | 37,744.0 | - | - |
| Kosovo (under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99) | 7,037.0 | 7,234.0 | 7,111.0 | 7,317.0 | 7,135.0 | 7,634.0 | 8,202.0 | 8,495.0 | 8,721.0 | 8,998.0 | 9,430.0 | - |
| Moldova | 42,139.0 | 43,631.0 | 39,249.0 | 39,560.0 | 38,060.0 | 39,494.0 | 39,906.0 | 38,489.0 | 36,727.0 | - | - | - |
| Monaco | - | - | - | - | - | - | 289.0 | 298.0 | - | 253.0 | - | - |
| San Marino | - | - | 222.0 | 237.0 | 247.0 | 252.0 | 235.0 | 253.0 | 278.0 | 244.0 | 251.0 | - |
| Ukraine | 706,739.0 | 698,235.0 | 664,588.0 | 663,139.0 | 662,368.0 | 632,296.0 | 594,796.0 | 583,631.0 | 574,123.0 | 587,665.0 | 581,114.0 | 616,835.0 |
| Armenia | 27,560.0 | 27,921.0 | 27,963.0 | - | 27,196.0 | 27,714.0 | 27,878.0 | 28,226.0 | 27,157.0 | 25,751.0 | 26,186.0 | 36,170.0 |
| Azerbaijan | 52,514.0 | 53,580.0 | 53,762.0 | 55,017.0 | 54,383.0 | 55,648.0 | 54,697.0 | 56,648.0 | 57,109.0 | 57,250.0 | 55,916.0 | 75,647.0 |
| Georgia | 46,625.0 | 47,864.0 | 49,818.0 | - | 48,553.0 | 49,087.0 | 49,121.0 | 50,771.0 | 47,822.0 | 46,524.0 | 46,659.0 | - |