Editing Western Europe (section)

==Population==
Using the CIA classification strictly would give the following calculation of Western Europe's population. All figures based on the projections for 2018 by the Population Division of the [[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]].<ref name="unpop">{{cite web | url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ | title=World Population Prospects 2018 | access-date=14 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ | archive-date=19 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"
! Rank
! Country or territory
! Population<br>(most recent estimates)
! Languages 
! Capital
|-
! 1
| align=left|United Kingdom 
| align=right|{{nts|66040229}}
| align=center|[[English language|English]]
| align=center|[[London]]
|-
! 2
| align=left|France (metropolitan)
| align=right|{{nts|65058000}}
| align=center|[[French language|French]]
| align=center|[[Paris]]
|-
! 3
| align=left|Netherlands
| align=right|{{nts|17889600}}
| align=center|[[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[West Frisian language|Frisian]]
| align=center|[[Amsterdam]] <sup>'''1'''</sup>
|-
! 4
| align=left|Belgium
| align=right|{{nts|11420163}}
| align=center|[[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[French language|French]] and [[German language|German]]
| align=center|[[City of Brussels|Brussels]]
|-
! 5
| align=left|Ireland
| align=right|{{nts|5123536}}
| align=center|[[English language|English]], [[Irish language|Irish]]
| align=center|[[Dublin]]
|-
! 6
| align=left|Luxembourg
| align=right|{{nts|602005}}
| align=center|[[French language|French]], [[Luxembourgish]] and [[German language|German]]
| align=center|[[Luxembourg City]]
|-
! 7
| align=left|Monaco
| align=right|{{nts|38300}}
| align=center|[[French language|French]]
| align=center|[[Monaco]] (city-state)
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total
!
! {{nts|165265329}}
!
!
|}

Using the CIA classification a little more liberally and including "South-Western Europe", would give the following calculation of Western Europe's population.<ref name="unpop"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! Rank
! Country or territory
! Population<br>(most recent estimates)
! Languages 
! Capital
|-
! 1
| align=left|United Kingdom 
| align=right|{{nts|66040229}}
| align=center|[[English language|English]]
| align=center|[[London]]
|-
! 2
| align=left|France (metropolitan)
| align=right|{{nts|65058000}}
| align=center|[[French language|French]]
| align=center|[[Paris]]
|-
! 3
| align=left|Spain
| align=right|{{nts|46700000}}
| align=center|[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| align=center|[[Madrid]]
|-
! 4
| align=left|Netherlands
| align=right|{{nts|17889600}}
| align=center|[[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[West Frisian language|Frisian]]
| align=center|[[Amsterdam]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
! 5
| align=left|Belgium
| align=right|{{nts|11420163}}
| align=center|[[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[French language|French]] and German
| align=center|[[City of Brussels|Brussels]]
|-
! 6
| align=left|Portugal
| align=right|{{nts|10291027}}
| align=center|[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| align=center|[[Lisbon]]
|-
! 7
| align=left|Ireland
| align=right|{{nts|5123536}}
| align=center|[[English language|English]], [[Irish language|Irish]]
| align=center|[[Dublin]]
|-
! 8
| align=left|Luxembourg
| align=right|{{nts|602005}}
| align=center|[[French language|French]], [[Luxembourgish]] and [[German language|German]]
| align=center|[[Luxembourg City]]
|-
! 9
| align=left|Andorra
| align=right|{{nts|78264}}
| align=center|[[Catalan language|Catalan]]
| align=center|[[Andorra la Vella]]
|-
! 10
| align=left|Monaco
| align=right|{{nts|38300}}
| align=center|[[French language|French]]
| align=center|[[Monaco]] (city-state)
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total
!
! {{nts|222293922}}
!
!
|}

<sup>1</sup> <small>The Hague is the seat of government</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=Europe :: Netherlands — The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/netherlands/|access-date=6 October 2020|website=Central Intelligence Agency }}</ref>