Europe is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area. Of Europe's approximately 50 states, Russia is the largest by both area and population, while the Vatican City is the smallest. Europe is the third most populous continent after Asia and Africa, with a population of 731 million or about 11% of the world's population.
| name of country | Area
(km²) |
Population
(1 July 2002 est.) |
Population density
(per km²) |
Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 28,748 | 3,600,523 | 125.2 | Tirana |
| Andorra | 468 | 68,403 | 146.2 | Andorra la Vella |
| Armenia | 29,800 | 3,229,900 | 101 | Yerevan |
| Austria | 83,858 | 8,169,929 | 97.4 | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | 86,600 | 9,000,000 | 97 | Baku |
| Belarus | 207,600 | 10,335,382 | 49.8 | Minsk |
| Belgium | 30,510 | 10,274,595 | 336.8 | Brussels |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,129 | 4,448,500 | 77.5 | Sarajevo |
| Bulgaria | 110,910 | 7,621,337 | 68.7 | Sofia |
| Croatia | 56,542 | 4,437,460 | 77.7 | Zagreb |
| Cyprus | 9,251 | 788,457 | 85 | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | 78,866 | 10,256,760 | 130.1 | Prague |
| Denmark | 43,094 | 5,368,854 | 124.6 | Copenhagen |
| Estonia | 45,226 | 1,415,681 | 31.3 | Tallinn |
| Finland | 336,593 | 5,157,537 | 15.3 | Helsinki |
| France | 547,030 | 59,765,983 | 109.3 | Paris |
| Georgia | 69,700 | 4,661,473 | 64 | Tbilisi |
| Germany | 357,021 | 83,251,851 | 233.2 | Berlin |
| Greece | 131,940 | 10,645,343 | 80.7 | Athens |
| Hungary | 93,030 | 10,075,034 | 108.3 | Budapest |
| Iceland | 103,000 | 307,261 | 2.7 | Reykjavik |
| Ireland | 70,280 | 4,234,925 | 60.3 | Dublin |
| Italy | 301,230 | 58,751,711 | 191.6 | Rome |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 | 15,217,711 | 5.6 | Astana |
| Latvia | 64,589 | 2,366,515 | 36.6 | Riga |
| Liechtenstein | 160 | 32,842 | 205.3 | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | 65,200 | 3,601,138 | 55.2 | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | 2,586 | 448,569 | 173.5 | Luxembourg |
| Macedonia | 25,713 | 2,054,800 | 81.1 | Skopje |
| Malta | 316 | 397,499 | 1,257.9 | Valletta |
| Moldova | 33,843 | 4,434,547 | 131.0 | Chisinau |
| Monaco | 1.95 | 31,987 | 16,403.6 | Monaco City |
| Montenegro | 13,812 | 616,258 | 44.6 | Podgorica |
| Netherlands | 41,526 | 16,318,199 | 393.0 | Amsterdam |
| Norway | 324,220 | 4,525,116 | 14.0 | Oslo |
| Poland | 312,685 | 38,625,478 | 123.5 | Warsaw |
| Portugal | 91,568 | 10,409,995 | 110.1 | Lisbon |
| Romania | 238,391 | 21,698,181 | 91.0 | Bucharest |
| Russia | 17,075,400 | 142,200,000 | 26.8 | Moscow |
| San Marino | 61 | 27,730 | 454.6 | San Marino |
| Serbia | 88,361 | 7,495,742 | 89.4 | Belgrade |
| Slovakia | 48,845 | 5,422,366 | 111.0 | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | 20,273 | 1,932,917 | 95.3 | Ljubljana |
| Spain | 504,851 | 45,061,274 | 89.3 | Madrid |
| Sweden | 449,964 | 9,090,113 | 19.7 | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | 41,290 | 7,507,000 | 176.8 | Bern |
| Turkey | 783,562 | 71,517,100 | 93 | Ankara |
| Ukraine | 603,700 | 48,396,470 | 80.2 | Kiev |
| United Kingdom | 244,820 | 61,100,835 | 244.2 | London |
| Vatican City | 0.44 | 900 | 2,045.5 | Vatican City |
| Total | 10,180,000 | 731,000,000 | 70 |
Within the above-mentioned states are several regions, enjoying broad autonomy, as well as several de facto independent countries with limited international recognition or unrecognised. None of them are UN members:
| Name of territory, with flag | Area
(km²) |
Population
(1 July 2002 est.) |
Population density
(per km²) |
Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | 8,432 | 216,000 | 29 | Sukhumi |
| Åland (Finland) | 1,552 | 26,008 | 16.8 | Mariehamn |
| Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 1,399 | 46,011 | 32.9 | Torshavn |
| Gibraltar (UK) | 5.9 | 27,714 | 4,697.3 | Gibraltar |
| Guernsey (UK) | 78 | 64,587 | 828.0 | Saint Peter Port |
| Isle of Man (UK) | 572 | 73,873 | 129.1 | Douglas |
| Jersey (UK) | 116 | 89,775 | 773.9 | Saint Helier |
| Kosovo | 10,887 | 1,804,838 | 220 | Pristina |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | 11,458 | 138,800 | 12 | Stepanakert |
| Northern Cyprus | 3,355 | 265,100 | 78 | Nicosia |
| South Ossetia | 3,900 | 70,000 | 18 | Tskhinvali |
| Svalbard and Jan
Mayen Islands (Norway) |
62,049 | 2,868 | 0.046 | Longyearbyen |
| Transnistria | 4,163 | 537,000 | 133 | Tiraspol |
