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Countries of Europe

Europe has 44 of the world's 195 countries in our count, in 4 regions.

Together they have about 741.5 million inhabitants, 9% of the population of all 195 countries, on 22,987,272 km².

The largest country is Russia, the smallest Vatican City.

The most populous country is Russia, the least populous Vatican City.

Monaco has the highest GDP per person, Ukraine the lowest.

Iceland has the youngest population (median age 36.6 years), Vatican City the oldest (56.2 years).

United KingdomUkraineSwitzerlandSwedenSpainSlovakiaSloveniaSerbiaRussiaRomaniaPortugalPolandNorwayNetherlandsMontenegroMoldovaMaltaNorth MacedoniaLuxembourgLithuaniaLiechtensteinLatviaItalyIrelandIcelandHungaryGreeceGermanyFranceFinlandEstoniaDenmarkCzechiaCroatiaBulgariaBosnia and HerzegovinaBelgiumBelarusAustriaAndorraAlbaniaAlbaniaAndorraLiechtensteinLuxembourgMonacoNorth MacedoniaMaltaMontenegroSan MarinoSloveniaVatican City

Regions of Europe

All 44 countries of Europe

Sorted by population. Every country links to its own page.

CountryCapitalPopulationAreakm²
RussiaMoscow143.4M17,098,246
GermanyBerlin83.6M357,581
United KingdomLondon69.9M244,376
FranceParis66.7M551,500
ItalyRome58.9M302,068
SpainMadrid47.9M506,009
UkraineKyiv39.5M603,500
PolandWarsaw37.8M312,679
RomaniaBucharest18.8M238,398
NetherlandsAmsterdam18.4M41,543
BelgiumBrussels11.8M30,528
SwedenStockholm10.7M438,574
CzechiaPrague10.5M78,871
PortugalLisbon10.4M92,225
GreeceAthens9.9M131,957
HungaryBudapest9.6M93,025
AustriaVienna9.1M83,878
SwitzerlandBern9M41,291
BelarusMinsk8.9M207,600
BulgariaSofia6.7M110,372
SerbiaBelgrade6.6M88,444
DenmarkCopenhagen6M42,947
NorwayOslo5.7M323,772
FinlandHelsinki5.6M336,884
SlovakiaBratislava5.5M49,035
IrelandDublin5.4M69,825
CroatiaZagreb3.8M56,594
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo3.1M51,209
MoldovaChișinău3M33,847
LithuaniaVilnius2.8M65,286
AlbaniaTirana2.8M28,748
SloveniaLjubljana2.1M20,273
LatviaRiga1.8M64,594
North MacedoniaSkopje1.8M25,713
EstoniaTallinn1.3M45,399
LuxembourgLuxembourg687,4482,586
MontenegroPodgorica626,23313,888
MaltaValletta549,011315
IcelandReykjavík402,329103,000
AndorraAndorra la Vella83,753468
LiechtensteinVaduz40,368160
MonacoMonaco38,0872
San MarinoSan Marino33,60561
Vatican CityVatican City5060.44

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Questions about the countries of Europe

How many countries are there in Europe?

We count 44 countries in Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Vatican City.

What is the largest country in Europe?

The largest country in Europe is Russia, with 17,098,246 km².

What is the smallest country in Europe?

The smallest country in Europe is Vatican City, with 0.44 km².

Which country in Europe has the most inhabitants?

The most populous country in Europe is Russia, with about 143.4 million inhabitants.

Each country is counted on one continent only, following Natural Earth: Russia, for example, is counted in Europe and Turkey in Asia. Regions are Natural Earth's subregions, which follow the UN's M49 standard. Capital, region, borders and country code: Natural Earth, capitals checked by hand. Flag: flag-icons. How we check our data →