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45 Appendix A TABLE A.1: Distribution of males and females across countries. Country Age Group < 25 25 −44 45 −65
65 Total Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Austria 395 286 1,488 1,630 1,936 2,130 1,173 1,387 10,425 Belgium 235 180 1,672 1,767 1,879 2,004 1,124 1,291 10,152 Bulgaria 307 272 2,014 1,897 2,731 2,880 1,873 2,889 14,863 Croatia 389 290 2,118 2,070 3,126 3,319 1,892 2,661 15,865 Czechia 265 250 2,290 2,289 2,625 2,913 1,962 2,691 15,285 Denmark 297 299 1,198 1,268 2,269 2,474 1,623 1,587 11,015 Estonia 380 285 1,787 1,745 2,134 2,357 1,151 1,810 11,649 Finland 709 540 2,690 2,766 4,239 4,198 2,104 2,089 19,335 France 572 459 2,708 2,909 3,843 4,097 2,320 2,907 19,815 Germany 447 383 2,187 2,534 4,478 5,207 3,376 3,562 22,174 Greece 733 616 4,991 4,999 6,517 7,123 5,130 5,948 36,057 Hungary 378 302 2,054 2,142 2,659 3,230 1,520 2,585 14,870 Latvia 242 219 1,558 1,607 1,816 2,299 1,034 2,307 11,082 Lithuania 190 137 910 965 1,806 2,158 1,023 1,743 8,932 Netherlands 599 543 2,678 2,955 4,939 5,412 2,407 2,655 22,188 Norway 568 452 1,885 1,942 2,472 2,635 1,250 1,195 12,399 Poland 886 670 4,016 4,050 4,677 5,309 2,423 3,666 25,697 Portugal 455 390 2,929 3,186 3,847 4,375 2,573 3,445 21,200 Romania 309 235 2,020 2,068 2,781 3,032 1,949 2,505 14,899 Serbia 398 319 2,293 2,202 2,704 2,768 1,443 1,998 14,125 Slovakia 330 267 2,257 2,261 2,220 2,721 1,073 1,737 12,866 Slovenia 402 222 3,310 3,094 4,022 4,239 1,981 2,396 19,666 Spain 538 432 4,225 4,332 5,630 5,997 3,276 4,265 28,695 Sweden 390 318 1,435 1,488 1,929 1,987 1,455 1,440 10,442 UK 485 516 2,453 2,935 2,901 3,155 2,086 2,293 16,824 Total 420,520 Source: author’s calculations from EU-SILC 2016 data.