Europe: Countries and Territories by Population

Figures as of October 8, 2026

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