Europe: Countries and Territories by Population Density

Figures as of October 8, 2026

Rank	Country / Region	Capital	Density	Population	Area
1	Monaco	Monaco	19,236 per km²	38,857	2.02 km²
2	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	6,366 per km²	38,196	6 km²
3	Vatican City	Vatican City	2,005 per km²	882	0.44 km²
4	Malta	Valletta	1,862 per km²	588,254	316 km²
5	Jersey	Saint Helier	901 per km²	104,540	116 km²
6	Guernsey	St. Peter Port	831 per km²	64,781	78 km²
7	San Marino	City of San Marino	560 per km²	34,172	61 km²
8	Netherlands	Amsterdam	434 per km²	≈18.2 million	41,850 km²
9	Belgium	Brussels	391 per km²	≈11.9 million	30,528 km²
10	United Kingdom	London	275 per km²	≈66.9 million	242,900 km²
11	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	267 per km²	690,959	2,586 km²
12	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	258 per km²	41,237	160 km²
13	Germany	Berlin	233 per km²	≈83.3 million	357,114 km²
14	Switzerland	Bern	222 per km²	≈9.2 million	41,284 km²
15	Italy	Rome	196 per km²	≈58.9 million	301,336 km²
16	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	193 per km²	90,105	468 km²
17	Isle of Man	Douglas	148 per km²	84,523	572 km²
18	Kosovo	Pristina	145 per km²	≈1.6 million	10,908 km²
19	Denmark	Copenhagen	140 per km²	≈6.0 million	43,094 km²
20	Czechia	Prague	138 per km²	≈10.9 million	78,865 km²
21	France	Paris	125 per km²	≈69.1 million	551,695 km²
22	Portugal	Lisbon	124 per km²	≈11.4 million	92,090 km²
23	Poland	Warsaw	119 per km²	≈37.2 million	312,679 km²
24	Slovakia	Bratislava	110 per km²	≈5.4 million	49,037 km²
25	Austria	Vienna	110 per km²	≈9.2 million	83,871 km²
26	Cyprus	Nicosia	106 per km²	983,000	9,251 km²
27	Slovenia	Ljubljana	105 per km²	≈2.1 million	20,273 km²
28	Hungary	Budapest	102 per km²	≈9.5 million	93,028 km²
29	Spain	Madrid	98.4 per km²	≈49.8 million	505,992 km²
30	Albania	Tirana	81.3 per km²	≈2.3 million	28,748 km²
31	Romania	Bucharest	79.9 per km²	≈19.0 million	238,391 km²
32	Ireland	Dublin	78.6 per km²	≈5.5 million	70,273 km²
33	Greece	Athens	78.6 per km²	≈10.4 million	131,990 km²
34	Serbia	Belgrade	73.9 per km²	≈6.5 million	88,361 km²
35	North Macedonia	Skopje	71.4 per km²	≈1.8 million	25,713 km²
36	Moldova	Chișinău	69.9 per km²	≈2.4 million	33,846 km²
37	Croatia	Zagreb	68.5 per km²	≈3.9 million	56,594 km²
38	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	66.6 per km²	≈3.4 million	51,209 km²
39	Bulgaria	Sofia	57.9 per km²	≈6.4 million	110,879 km²
40	Ukraine	Kyiv	47.6 per km²	28.7 million	603,500 km²
41	Montenegro	Podgorica	45.1 per km²	622,902	13,812 km²
42	Lithuania	Vilnius	44.2 per km²	≈2.9 million	65,300 km²
43	Belarus	Minsk	43.6 per km²	≈9.1 million	207,600 km²
44	Faroe Islands	Tórshavn	40.4 per km²	56,210	1,393 km²
45	Estonia	Tallinn	30.1 per km²	≈1.4 million	45,227 km²
46	Latvia	Riga	28.4 per km²	≈1.8 million	64,559 km²
47	Sweden	Stockholm	23.6 per km²	≈10.6 million	450,295 km²
48	Åland Islands	Mariehamn	19.4 per km²	30,654	1,580 km²
49	Norway	Oslo	17.4 per km²	≈5.6 million	323,802 km²
50	Finland	Helsinki	16.7 per km²	≈5.7 million	338,424 km²
51	Russia	Moscow	8.5 per km²	≈146.0 million	≈17.10 million km²
52	Iceland	Reykjavik	3.8 per km²	396,500	103,000 km²
53	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Longyearbyen	0.04 per km²	2,562	61,399 km²

This list was last updated on October 8, 2026. Includes overseas territories and other regions as well as independent countries. Population and area are rounded in the table; the country pages show the exact figures.