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, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
# Country Population
(2025) 		Subregion
1 Russia 143,997,393 Eastern Europe
2 Germany 84,075,075 Western Europe
3 United Kingdom 69,551,332 Northern Europe
4 France 66,650,804 Western Europe
5 Italy 59,146,260 Southern Europe
6 Spain 47,889,958 Southern Europe
7 Ukraine 38,980,376 Eastern Europe
8 Poland 38,140,910 Eastern Europe
9 Romania 18,908,650 Eastern Europe
10 Netherlands 18,346,819 Western Europe
11 Belgium 11,758,603 Western Europe
12 Sweden 10,656,633 Northern Europe
13 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,609,239 Eastern Europe
14 Portugal 10,411,834 Southern Europe
15 Greece 9,938,844 Southern Europe
16 Hungary 9,632,287 Eastern Europe
17 Austria 9,113,574 Western Europe
18 Belarus 8,997,603 Eastern Europe
19 Switzerland 8,967,407 Western Europe
20 Bulgaria 6,714,560 Eastern Europe
21 Serbia 6,689,039 Southern Europe
22 Denmark 6,002,507 Northern Europe
23 Finland 5,623,329 Northern Europe
24 Norway 5,623,071 Northern Europe
25 Slovakia 5,474,881 Eastern Europe
26 Ireland 5,308,039 Northern Europe
27 Croatia 3,848,160 Southern Europe
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,140,095 Southern Europe
29 Moldova 2,996,106 Eastern Europe
30 Lithuania 2,830,144 Northern Europe
31 Albania 2,771,508 Southern Europe
32 Slovenia 2,117,072 Southern Europe
33 Latvia 1,853,559 Northern Europe
34 North Macedonia 1,813,791 Southern Europe
35 Estonia 1,344,232 Northern Europe
36 Luxembourg 680,453 Western Europe
37 Montenegro 632,729 Southern Europe
38 Malta 545,405 Southern Europe
39 Iceland 398,266 Northern Europe
40 Andorra 82,904 Southern Europe
41 Liechtenstein 40,128 Western Europe
42 Monaco 38,341 Western Europe
43 San Marino 33,572 Southern Europe
44 Holy See 501 Southern Europe

Dependencies or other territories

# Country Population
(2025) 		Dependency of
1 Isle of Man 84,118 U.K.
2 Faeroe Islands 56,002 Denmark
3 Gibraltar 40,126 U.K.