Wikipedia: European Union member states

European Union member states
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There are currently 15 member states in the European Union:

Additionally, the following states have declared their interest in joining the European Union and are expected to join on May 1, 2004:

Romania and Bulgaria plan to join in 2007, and Turkey is expected to join, but a date has not yet been set.

EU territories outside Europe

France: the four overseas départements d'outre-mer (DOM) of French Guiana in South America, Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean Sea, and La Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
Spain: Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, Ceuta and Melilla, in Africa.
Portugal: Azores and Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean.

Note: Ceuta, Melilla, Gibraltar and the Åland Islands are in the EU but not the customs union.

All other member states territories not in Europe are not in the EU (and not in the customs union), partial list:

France: French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Mayotte and uninhabited territories...
Denmark: Greenland, Faroe Islands.
United Kingdom: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

In addition, the British crown dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man (which are not territories of the United Kingdom) are not in the EU proper, but are included in the customs union.

Maps

The European Commission made maps available online [1], [1].