Countries in Europe:

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:

Other entities, such as overseas territories, Crown Dependencies, autonomous regions and special administrative regions

#	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	39,535,848	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	10,701,046	Northern Europe
13	Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,527,780	Eastern Europe
14	Portugal	10,395,362	Southern Europe
15	Greece	9,897,116	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	6,667,660	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	2,114,574	Southern Europe
33	Latvia	1,835,935	Northern Europe
34	North Macedonia	1,804,062	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 (Vatican City)	506	Southern Europe

Other entities

#	Country	Population 2026	Status
1	Kosovo	1,666,992	Not a member or observer state of the UN
2	Jersey	104,106	British Crown Dependency
3	Isle of Man	84,054	British Crown Dependency
4	Guernsey	64,610	British Crown Dependency
5	Faroe Islands	56,526	Self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark
6	Gibraltar	40,867	British Overseas Territory

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