List of European Countries by Population

By BYJU'S Exam Prep

Updated on: September 11th, 2023

The article comprises a list of European countries by population. Europe is the second smallest continent in an area out of the 7 continents in the world. Europe encompasses an area of 10,180,000km² (3,930,000 square miles), stretching from Asia to the Atlantic, and from Africa to the Arctic.

Despite being the 2nd smallest continent, it is a continent that has well preserved cultural heritage, open borders, magnificent architecture, and efficient infrastructure. It attracts a huge number of international visitors every year.

Table of content

1. How many Countries are there in Europe?
2. List of European Countries by Population
3. List of European Countries Area-wise

This article comprises the number of countries in Europe with their capitals. Questions on countries with their capitals form a major part in the Reasoning as well as General Knowledge and Awareness questions. All the countries of Europe that are listed below are based on the current data as of December 2020.

How many Countries are there in Europe?

This has been a common question for a number of people. Europe has a total of 50 countries. But, by conventional definition, there are 44 countries in Europe. The other 6 countries are said to be transcontinental. It means that they are a part of both Europe and Asia. The countries that are not included in the list of 44 European countries are those that occupy only a small part of Europe.

The countries that share only a small part of their country with Europe are as follows:

Turkey: It occupies only a small part of East Thrace on the European Balkan Peninsula.
Cyprus: It is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and is geographically part of Asia Minor (Middle East).
The Faroe Islands: It is an island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean that is a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Greenland: It geographically belongs to North America.
Kosovo: It is a partially recognized state in the Balkans.
Kazakhstan: A small part of Western Kazakhstan is considered to be a part of Europe.

List of European Countries by Population

The list of all the European Countries by population is given below. Russia has the largest population amongst all the European countries whereas Vatican City in Southern Europe has the lowest population.

Sr. No.	Country	Population (2020)	Capital	Subregion
1	Russia	145,934,462	Moscow	Eastern Europe
2	Germany	83,783,942	Berlin	Western Europe
3	United Kingdom	67,886,011	London	Northern Europe
4	France	65,273,511	Paris	Western Europe
5	Italy	60,461,826	Rome	Southern Europe
6	Spain	46,754,778	Madrid	Southern Europe
7	Ukraine	43,733,762	Kiev	Eastern Europe
8	Poland	37,846,611	Warsaw	Eastern Europe
9	Romania	19,237,691	Bucharest	Eastern Europe
10	Netherlands	17,134,872	Amsterdam	Western Europe
11	Belgium	11,589,623	Brussels	Western Europe
12	Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,708,981	Prague	Eastern Europe
13	Greece	10,423,054	Athens	Southern Europe
14	Portugal	10,196,709	Lisbon	Southern Europe
15	Sweden	10,099,265	Stockholm	Northern Europe
16	Hungary	9,660,351	Budapest	Eastern Europe
17	Belarus	9,449,323	Minsk	Eastern Europe
18	Austria	9,006,398	Vienna	Western Europe
19	Serbia	8,737,371	Belgrade	Southern Europe
20	Switzerland	8,654,622	Bern	Western Europe
21	Bulgaria	6,948,445	Sofia	Eastern Europe
22	Denmark	5,792,202	Copenhagen	Northern Europe
23	Finland	5,540,720	Helsinki	Northern Europe
24	Slovakia	5,459,642	Bratislava	Eastern Europe
25	Norway	5,421,241	Oslo	Northern Europe
26	Ireland	4,937,786	Dublin	Northern Europe
27	Croatia	4,105,267	Zagreb	Southern Europe
28	Moldova	4,033,963	Chişinău	Eastern Europe
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,819	Sarajevo	Southern Europe
30	Albania	2,877,797	Tirana	Southern Europe
31	Lithuania	2,722,289	Vilnius	Northern Europe
32	North Macedonia	2,083,374	Skopje	Southern Europe
33	Slovenia	2,078,938	Ljubljana	Southern Europe
34	Latvia	1,886,198	Riga	Northern Europe
35	Estonia	1,326,535	Tallinn	Northern Europe
36	Montenegro	628,066	Podgorica	Southern Europe
37	Luxembourg	625,978	Luxembourg	Western Europe
38	Malta	441,543	Valletta	Southern Europe
39	Iceland	341,243	Reykjavík	Northern Europe
40	Andorra	77,265	Andorra la Vella	Southern Europe
41	Monaco	39,242	Monaco	Western Europe
42	Liechtenstein	38,128	Vaduz	Western Europe
43	San Marino	33,931	San Marino	Southern Europe
44	Vatican City (Holy See)	801	Vatican City	Southern Europe

List of European Countries Area-wise

Here is a list of all the European countries in the area as of December 2020. You can find the land wise area as well as the water region-wise area of all the European countries. Moreover, we have compared the area of each country in Europe as well as their position in the world.

Russia occupies the largest area in the world while Vatican City (Holy See) is the smallest. Vatican City covers only 0.2 square miles which is almost 120 times smaller than the island of Manhattan.

Country/Territory	Total area	Water area	Land area Share (%)	Rank
Country/Territory	sq km	sq km	Europe	Europe	World
Russia	17,098,242	720,500	73.7	1	1
France	643,801	3,374	2.88	2	43
Ukraine	603,550	24,220	2.61	3	46
Spain	505,370	6,390	2.24	4	52
Sweden	450,295	39,960	1.85	5	56
Germany	357,022	8,350	1.57	6	63
Finland	338,145	34,330	1.37	7	65
Norway	323,802	19,520	1.37	8	68
Poland	312,685	8,430	1.37	9	70
Italy	301,340	7,200	1.32	10	72
United Kingdom	243,610	1,680	1.09	11	80
Romania	238,391	8,500	1.03	12	83
Belarus	207,600	4,700	0.913	13	86
Greece	131,957	1,310	0.588	14	97
Bulgaria	110,879	2,390	0.488	15	105
Iceland	103,000	2,750	0.451	16	108
Hungary	93,028	3,420	0.403	17	110
Portugal	92,090	620	0.411	18	111
Austria	83,871	1,426	0.371	19	114
Czechia	78,867	1,620	0.347	20	116
Serbia	77,474	0	0.348	21	117
Ireland	70,273	1,390	0.310	22	120
Lithuania	65,300	2,620	0.282	23	123
Latvia	64,589	2,340	0.280	24	124
Svalbard	62,045	0	0.279	25	125
Croatia	56,594	620	0.252	26	127
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	10	0.230	27	128
Slovakia	49,035	930	0.216	28	130
Estonia	45,228	2,840	0.191	29	132
Denmark	43,094	660	0.191	30	133
Netherlands	41,543	7,650	0.152	31	134
Switzerland	41,277	1,280	0.180	32	135
Moldova	33,851	960	0.148	33	139
Belgium	30,528	250	0.136	34	140
Albania	28,748	1,350	0.123	35	144
North Macedonia	25,713	280	0.114	36	149
Slovenia	20,273	122	0.0906	37	154
Montenegro	13,812	360	0.0605	38	161
Kosovo	10,887	0	0.0490	39	167
Luxembourg	2,586	0	0.0116	40	178
Faroe Islands	1,393	0	0.00627	41	182
Isle of Man	572	0	0.00257	42	193
Andorra	468	0	0.00211	43	195
Jan Mayen	377	0	0.00170	44	205
Malta	316	0	0.00142	45	208
Liechtenstein	160	0	0.00072	46	218
Dhekelia	130.8	–	–	47	222
Akrotiri	123	–	–	48	223
Jersey	116	0	0.00052	49	224
Guernsey	78	0	0.00035	50	227
San Marino	61	0	0.00027	51	228
Bouvet Island	49	0	0.00022	52	232
Gibraltar	6.5	0	0.00003	53	244
Monaco	2	0	0.00001	54	254
Holy See (Vatican City)	0.44	0	0.00000	55	257

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