what is the biggest country in europe by population?
Russia
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 In Europe , before the outbreak of the war , the Allies had significant advantages in both population and economics . In 1938 , the Western Allies ( United Kingdom , France , Poland and British Dominions ) had a 30 percent larger population and a 30 percent higher gross domestic product than the European Axis ( Germany and Italy ) ; if colonies are included , it then gives the Allies more than a 5 : 1 advantage in population and nearly 2 : 1 advantage in GDP . In Asia at the same time , China had roughly six times the population of Japan , but only an 89 percent higher GDP ; this is reduced to three times the population and only a 38 percent higher GDP if Japanese colonies are included . 

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 Covering 7 @.@ 3 % of the world population , the EU in 2014 generated a nominal gross domestic product ( GDP ) of 18 @.@ 495 trillion US dollars , constituting approximately 24 % of global nominal GDP and 17 % when measured in terms of purchasing power parity . Additionally , 26 out of 28 EU countries have a very high Human Development Index , according to the United Nations Development Program . In 2012 , the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy , the EU has developed a role in external relations and defence . The union maintains permanent diplomatic missions throughout the world and represents itself at the United Nations , the World Trade Organization , the G8 , and the G @-@ 20 . Because of its global influence , the European Union has been described as a current or as a potential superpower . 

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 The most prominent example of globalization in the first world is the European Union ( EU ) . The European Union is an agreement in which countries voluntarily decide to build common governmental institutions to which they delegate some individual national sovereignty so that decisions can be made democratically on a higher level of common interest for Europe as a whole . The result is a union of 28 Member States covering 4 @,@ 324 @,@ 782 square kilometres ( 1 @,@ 669 @,@ 808 sq mi ) with roughly half a billion people . In total , the European Union produces almost a third of the world ’ s gross national product and the member states speak more than 23 languages . All of the European Union countries are joined together by a hope to promote and extend peace , democracy , cooperativeness , stability , prosperity , and the rule of law . In a 2007 speech , Benita Ferrero @-@ Waldner , the European Commissioner for External Relations , said herself , " The future of the EU is linked to globalization ... the EU has a crucial role to play in making globalization work properly ... " . In a 2014 speech at the European Parliament , the Italian PM Matteo Renzi said " we are the ones who can bring civilization to globalization " . With the " Brexit " ( British Exit ) of the EU in 2016 , the fundamental economic and motivational powerhouse of globalization in Europe was placed , once again , in the hands of Germany . 

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 Through successive enlargements , the European Union has grown from the six founding states — Belgium , France , West Germany , Italy , Luxembourg , and the Netherlands — to the current 28 . Countries accede to the union by becoming party to the founding treaties , thereby subjecting themselves to the privileges and obligations of EU membership . This entails a partial delegation of sovereignty to the institutions in return for representation within those institutions , a practice often referred to as " pooling of sovereignty " . 
