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List of European countries by area

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Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only. Inland water is included in area numbers.

Relative sizes

European countries vary in area over many orders of magnitude, ranging from Russia which covers almost of territory within Europe according to "Definition" below, to Vatican City, which has a total area of less than :

List of European countries and dependencies by area

Figures are from the United Nations unless otherwise specified.

Country or dependency%
totalEurope areami2
–****100%10014000 km2
1 KRussia39.5%3952550 km2
2Ukraine6.0%603549 km2
3 TFrance5.4%543908 km2
4 TSpain5.0%498485 km2
5Sweden4.4%438574 km2
6Norway3.8%385207 km2
7Germany3.6%357581 km2
8Finland3.4%336884 km2
9Poland3.1%312679 km2
10 TItaly3.0%301958 km2
11United Kingdom2.4%244381 km2
12Romania2.4%238298 km2
13Belarus2.1%207600 km2
14 KKazakhstan1.5%148000 km2
15 TGreece1.3%131957 km2
16Bulgaria1.1%110994 km2
17Iceland1.0%103000 km2
18Hungary0.9%93025 km2
19 TPortugal0.9%91424 km2
20Austria0.8%83878 km2
21Czech Republic0.8%78871 km2
22Serbia0.8%77589 km2
23Ireland0.7%69825 km2
24Lithuania0.7%65286 km2
25Latvia0.6%64594 km2
26Croatia0.6%56594 km2
27Bosnia and Herzegovina0.5%51209 km2
28Slovakia0.5%49035 km2
29Estonia0.5%45399 km2
30 TDenmark0.4%42947 km2
31 TNetherlands0.4%41543 km2
32Switzerland0.4%41291 km2
33Moldova0.3%33847 km2
34Belgium0.3%30528 km2
35Albania0.3%28748 km2
36North Macedonia0.3%25713 km2
37 KTurkey0.2%23757 km2
38Slovenia0.2%20273 km2
39Montenegro0.1%13888 km2
–Kosovo0.1%10910 km2
40 KAzerbaijan0.07%6960 km2
–Transnistria4163 km2
41 KGeorgia0.03%3040 km2
42Luxembourg0.03%2586 km2
–Åland (Finland)0.02%1583 km2
–Faroe Islands (Denmark)0.01%1393 km2
–Isle of Man (UK)0.006%572 km2
43Andorra0.005%468 km2
44Malta0.003%315 km2
45Liechtenstein0.002%160 km2
–Jersey (UK)0.001%116 km2
–Bailiwick of Guernsey (UK)0.001%78 km2
46San Marino0.001%61 km2
–Gibraltar (UK)0%7 km2
47Monaco0%2 km2
48Vatican City0%0.49 km2
– CAbkhazia8664.59 km2
– CSouth Ossetia3885 km2
– CAkrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)0%254 km2
49 CArmenia0%29743 km2
50 CCyprus0%9251 km2
– CGreenland (Denmark)0%2166086 km2

Definition

Europe and Asia are contiguous with each other; thus, the exact boundary between them is not clearly defined, and often follows historical, political, and cultural definitions, rather than geographical.

Map of Europe, showing one of the most commonly used continental boundaries

Legend:

Blue = Contiguous transcontinental countries

Green = Sometimes considered European due to culture, politics, economy and history, but geographically outside Europe's boundaries

Notes

References

References

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  2. "Map and Details of all 7 Continents". WorldAtlas.
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  10. (31 May 2024). "Standard Area Measurements for International Territorial Levels (January 2021) in the UK".
  11. (11 December 2022). "Kazakhstan: Administrative Division".
  12. "Statistics Portugal".
  13. (28 May 2023). "Serbia : Regions, Districts and Major Cities".
  14. (15 September 2022). "Netherlands : Major Urban Centers".
  15. (12 February 2023). "Turkey: Administrative Division".
  16. (7 September 2023). "Kosovo".
  17. (2021). "Territories, number and density of population by economic and administrative regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
  18. (22 May 2023). "Transnistria profile".
  19. (Jan 2019). "Some Demographic Trends in Borderline Regions of East Caucasus Mountains (Georgia)".
  20. (19 May 2023). "Gibraltar profile".
  21. (2020). "Key Facts About Monaco".
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  24. (28 August 2023). "Abkhazia profile".
  25. (28 August 2023). "South Ossetia profile".
  26. (4 August 2023). "Akrotiri and Dhekelia".
  27. (4 August 2023). "Cyprus".
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