The 20th anniversary of the EU enlargement

On 1 May, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU enlargement when 10 new countries - Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia - joined the EU.

This marked the largest single enlargement of the EU in terms of territory, number of countries and population.

Eurostat commemorates this occasion by presenting statistical data and some interesting facts on each of these countries.

Click on the tiles to discover more.