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 2026 Subregion
1 Russia 143,394,458 Eastern Europe
2 Germany 83,644,258 Western Europe
3 United Kingdom 69,931,528 Northern Europe
4 France 66,746,401 Western Europe
5 Italy 58,926,166 Southern Europe
6 Spain 47,850,793 Southern Europe
7 Ukraine 39,535,849 Eastern Europe
8 Poland 37,843,188 Eastern Europe
9 Romania 18,800,605 Eastern Europe
10 Netherlands 18,448,775 Western Europe
11 Belgium 11,774,642 Western Europe
12 Sweden 10,701,047 Northern Europe
13 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,527,781 Eastern Europe
14 Portugal 10,395,362 Southern Europe
15 Greece 9,897,115 Southern Europe
16 Hungary 9,585,818 Eastern Europe
17 Austria 9,107,266 Western Europe
18 Switzerland 9,007,798 Western Europe
19 Belarus 8,937,018 Eastern Europe
20 Bulgaria 6,667,659 Eastern Europe
21 Serbia 6,641,964 Southern Europe
22 Denmark 6,023,520 Northern Europe
23 Norway 5,652,989 Northern Europe
24 Finland 5,621,739 Northern Europe
25 Slovakia 5,451,342 Eastern Europe
26 Ireland 5,356,950 Northern Europe
27 Croatia 3,822,345 Southern Europe
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,114,242 Southern Europe
29 Moldova 2,961,253 Eastern Europe
30 Lithuania 2,797,338 Northern Europe
31 Albania 2,751,025 Southern Europe
32 Slovenia 2,114,573 Southern Europe
33 Latvia 1,835,935 Northern Europe
34 North Macedonia 1,804,063 Southern Europe
35 Estonia 1,331,062 Northern Europe
36 Luxembourg 687,448 Western Europe
37 Montenegro 626,233 Southern Europe
38 Malta 549,011 Southern Europe
39 Iceland 402,329 Northern Europe
40 Andorra 83,753 Southern Europe
41 Liechtenstein 40,368 Western Europe
42 Monaco 38,087 Western Europe
43 San Marino 33,605 Southern Europe
44 Holy See 506 Southern Europe

Dependencies or other territories

# Country Population 2026 Dependency of
1 Isle of Man 84,055 U.K.
2 Faeroe Islands 56,526 Denmark
3 Gibraltar 40,867 U.K.