[johnnyjustice]

Would it be almost fair to compare the EU to the United States?

[droithomme]

That's a more reasonable comparison, sure. I'm not finding exact numbers on aggregate european population but seems to be between 731 and 857 million, about 2.5-3 times that of the US.

[Zirro]

That doesn't make it a fair comparison though, given the massive differences in economics of European countries (to mention one thing).