Olan McEvoy
Research expert covering the European Union for society, economy, and politics.
Get in touch with us nowAs of 2022, Turkey was the most populous candidate country for EU membership, with over 85 million inhabitants, while Ukraine came second with 38 million people. All other potential future member states of the EU are much smaller in terms of population, with the third placed Serbia being less than seven million people.
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