List of European countries by area
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.
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List of European countries by area
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
List of European countries by area
European countries vary in area over many orders of magnitude, ranging from Russia which covers almost 4000000 km2 of territory within Europe according to "Definition" below, to Vatican City, which has a total area of less than 1 km2:
List of European countries and dependencies by area
List of European countries by area
Figures are from the United Nations unless otherwise specified.
<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Country or dependency</th><th>% total</th><th>Europe area</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>km2</td><td>mi2</td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td> Europe</td><td>100%</td><td>10,014,000</td><td>3,866,000</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 K</td><td>Russia</td><td>39.5%</td><td>3,952,550</td><td>1,526,090</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2 </td><td>Ukraine</td><td>6.0%</td><td>603,549</td><td>233,032</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3 T</td><td>France</td><td>5.4%</td><td>543,941</td><td>210,017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4 T</td><td>Spain</td><td>5.0%</td><td>498,485</td><td>192,466</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5 </td><td>Sweden</td><td>4.4%</td><td>438,574</td><td>169,334</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6 </td><td>Norway</td><td>3.8%</td><td>385,207</td><td>148,729</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7 </td><td>Germany</td><td>3.6%</td><td>357,581</td><td>138,063</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8 </td><td>Finland</td><td>3.4%</td><td>336,884</td><td>130,072</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9 </td><td>Poland</td><td>3.1%</td><td>312,679</td><td>120,726</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10 T</td><td>Italy</td><td>3.0%</td><td>301,958</td><td>116,587</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11 </td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>2.4%</td><td>244,381</td><td>94,356</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12 </td><td>Romania</td><td>2.4%</td><td>238,298</td><td>92,007</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13 </td><td>Belarus</td><td>2.1%</td><td>207,600</td><td>80,200</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14 K</td><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>1.5%</td><td>148,000</td><td>57,000</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15 T</td><td>Greece</td><td>1.3%</td><td>131,957</td><td>50,949</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16 </td><td>Bulgaria</td><td>1.1%</td><td>110,994</td><td>42,855</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17 </td><td>Iceland</td><td>1.0%</td><td>103,000</td><td>40,000</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18 </td><td>Hungary</td><td>0.9%</td><td>93,025</td><td>35,917</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19 T</td><td>Portugal</td><td>0.9%</td><td>91,424</td><td>35,299</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20 </td><td>Austria</td><td>0.8%</td><td>83,878</td><td>32,385</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21 </td><td>Czech Republic</td><td>0.8%</td><td>78,871</td><td>30,452</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22 </td><td>Serbia</td><td>0.8%</td><td>77,589</td><td>29,957</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23 </td><td>Ireland</td><td>0.7%</td><td>69,825</td><td>26,960</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24 </td><td>Lithuania</td><td>0.7%</td><td>65,286</td><td>25,207</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25 </td><td>Latvia</td><td>0.6%</td><td>64,594</td><td>24,940</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26 </td><td>Croatia</td><td>0.6%</td><td>56,594</td><td>21,851</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27 </td><td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>0.5%</td><td>51,209</td><td>19,772</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28 </td><td>Slovakia</td><td>0.5%</td><td>49,035</td><td>18,933</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29 </td><td>Estonia</td><td>0.5%</td><td>45,399</td><td>17,529</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30 T</td><td>Denmark</td><td>0.4%</td><td>42,947</td><td>16,582</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31 T</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>0.4%</td><td>41,543</td><td>16,040</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>32 </td><td> Switzerland</td><td>0.4%</td><td>41,291</td><td>15,943</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>33 </td><td>Moldova</td><td>0.3%</td><td>33,847</td><td>13,068</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>34 </td><td>Belgium</td><td>0.3%</td><td>30,528</td><td>11,787</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>35 </td><td>Albania</td><td>0.3%</td><td>28,748</td><td>11,100</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>36 </td><td>North Macedonia</td><td>0.3%</td><td>25,713</td><td>9,928</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37 K</td><td>Turkey</td><td>0.2%</td><td>23,757</td><td>9,173</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>38 </td><td>Slovenia</td><td>0.2%</td><td>20,273</td><td>7,827</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>39 </td><td>Montenegro</td><td>0.1%</td><td>13,888</td><td>5,362</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td>Kosovo</td><td>0.1%</td><td>10,910</td><td>4,210</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>40 K</td><td>Azerbaijan</td><td>0.08%</td><td>8,630</td><td>3,330</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td>Transnistria</td><td></td><td>4,163</td><td>1,607</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>41 K</td><td>Georgia</td><td>0.03%</td><td>3,040</td><td>1,170</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>42 </td><td>Luxembourg</td><td>0.03%</td><td>2,586</td><td>998</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td>Åland (Finland)</td><td>0.02%</td><td>1,583</td><td>611</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td>Faroe Islands (Denmark)</td><td>0.01%</td><td>1,393</td><td>538</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td>Isle of Man (UK)</td><td>0.006%</td><td>572</td><td>221</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>43 </td><td>Andorra</td><td>0.005%</td><td>468</td><td>181</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>44 </td><td>Malta</td><td>0.003%</td><td>315</td><td>122</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>45 </td><td>Liechtenstein</td><td>0.002%</td><td>160</td><td>62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td>Jersey (UK)</td><td>0.001%</td><td>116</td><td>45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td>Guernsey (UK)</td><td>0.001%</td><td>78</td><td>30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>46 </td><td>San Marino</td><td>0.001%</td><td>61</td><td>24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– </td><td>Gibraltar (UK)</td><td>0%</td><td>7</td><td>2.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>47 </td><td>Monaco</td><td>0%</td><td>2</td><td>0.77</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>48 </td><td>Vatican City</td><td>0%</td><td>0.49</td><td>0.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– C</td><td>Greenland (Denmark)</td><td>0%</td><td>2,166,086</td><td>836,330</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>49 C</td><td>Armenia</td><td>0%</td><td>29,743</td><td>11,484</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>50 C</td><td>Cyprus</td><td>0%</td><td>9,251</td><td>3,572</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– C</td><td>Abkhazia</td><td>0%</td><td>8,665</td><td>3,346</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– C</td><td>South Ossetia</td><td>0%</td><td>3,885</td><td>1,500</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>– C</td><td>Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)</td><td>0%</td><td>254</td><td>98</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Definition
List of European countries by area
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
Blue = Contiguous transcontinental countries Green = Sometimes considered European due to culture, politics, economy and history, but geographically outside Europe's boundaries