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  • How many Countries in Europe?

Countries in Europe:

44

There are 44 countries in Europe today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

  • Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas) or Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
#CountryPopulation
(2024)		Subregion
1 Russia 144,820,423 Eastern Europe
2 Germany 84,552,242 Western Europe
3 United Kingdom 69,138,192 Northern Europe
4 France 66,548,530 Western Europe
5 Italy 59,342,867 Southern Europe
6 Spain 47,910,526 Southern Europe
7 Poland 38,539,201 Eastern Europe
8 Ukraine 37,860,221 Eastern Europe
9 Romania 19,015,088 Eastern Europe
10 Netherlands 18,228,742 Western Europe
11 Belgium 11,738,763 Western Europe
12 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,735,859 Eastern Europe
13 Sweden 10,606,999 Northern Europe
14 Portugal 10,425,292 Southern Europe
15 Greece 10,047,817 Southern Europe
16 Hungary 9,676,135 Eastern Europe
17 Austria 9,120,813 Western Europe
18 Belarus 9,056,696 Eastern Europe
19 Switzerland 8,921,981 Western Europe
20 Bulgaria 6,757,689 Eastern Europe
21 Serbia 6,736,216 Southern Europe
22 Denmark 5,977,412 Northern Europe
23 Finland 5,617,310 Northern Europe
24 Norway 5,576,660 Northern Europe
25 Slovakia 5,506,760 Eastern Europe
26 Ireland 5,255,017 Northern Europe
27 Croatia 3,875,325 Southern Europe
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,164,253 Southern Europe
29 Moldova 3,034,961 Eastern Europe
30 Lithuania 2,859,110 Northern Europe
31 Albania 2,791,765 Southern Europe
32 Slovenia 2,118,697 Southern Europe
33 Latvia 1,871,871 Northern Europe
34 North Macedonia 1,823,009 Southern Europe
35 Estonia 1,360,546 Northern Europe
36 Luxembourg 673,036 Western Europe
37 Montenegro 638,479 Southern Europe
38 Malta 539,607 Southern Europe
39 Iceland 393,396 Northern Europe
40 Andorra 81,938 Southern Europe
41 Liechtenstein 39,870 Western Europe
42 Monaco 38,631 Western Europe
43 San Marino 33,581 Southern Europe
44 Holy See 496 Southern Europe

Dependencies or other territories

#TerritoryPopulation
(2024)		Dependency of
1 Isle of Man 84,160 U.K.
2 Faeroe Islands 55,400 Denmark
3 Gibraltar 39,329 U.K.