The two pie charts compare the percentage of populations in the European Union in selected countries, in 1998 and 2007.
Overall, it can be clearly observed that Germany accounted for the largest proportion , while Poland represented the minor change.
In 1998, Germany made up 17.1% slightly decreasing into 16.6 % in 2007. France experienced a slight rise from 12.5 % in 1998 to 12.8 % in 2007. The United Kingdom and Italy increased marginally. One from 12.2 % in 1998 from 12.3% in 2007 and the other from 11.8% in 1998 to 11.9 % in 2007. While Spain experienced a noticeable increase from 8.3% in 1998 to 9.0 % in 2007.
In contrast, Poland had a moderate decline from 8.0% in 1998 to 7.7 % in 2007.
Furthermore, all other countries had a slight drop from 29.4% in 1998 to 29.7% in 2007.
