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Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between Europe and Asia. Inland water is included in area numbers.

List of European countries and dependencies by area

Figures are from the United Nations unless otherwise specified.

	Country or dependency	% total	Europe area
			km	mi
–	Europe	100%	10,014,000	3,866,000
1 K	Russia	39.5%	3,952,550	1,526,090
2	Ukraine	6.0%	603,549	233,032
3 T	France	5.4%	543,941	210,017
4 T	Spain	5.0%	498,485	192,466
5	Sweden	4.4%	438,574	169,334
6	Germany	3.6%	357,581	138,063
7	Finland	3.4%	336,884	130,072
8	Norway	3.2%	323,772	125,009
9	Poland	3.1%	312,679	120,726
10 T	Italy	3.0%	301,958	116,587
11	United Kingdom	2.4%	244,381	94,356
12	Romania	2.4%	238,298	92,007
13	Belarus	2.1%	207,600	80,200
14 K	Kazakhstan	1.5%	148,000	57,000
15 T	Greece	1.3%	131,957	50,949
16	Bulgaria	1.1%	110,372	42,615
17	Iceland	1.0%	103,000	40,000
18	Hungary	0.9%	93,025	35,917
19 T	Portugal	0.9%	92,230	35,610
20	Austria	0.8%	83,878	32,385
21	Czech Republic	0.8%	78,871	30,452
22	Serbia	0.8%	77,589	29,957
23	Ireland	0.7%	69,825	26,960
24	Lithuania	0.7%	65,286	25,207
25	Latvia	0.6%	64,594	24,940
–	Svalbard (Norway)	0.6%	62,045	23,956
26	Croatia	0.6%	56,594	21,851
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.5%	51,209	19,772
28	Slovakia	0.5%	49,035	18,933
29	Estonia	0.5%	45,399	17,529
30 T	Denmark	0.4%	42,947	16,582
31 T	Netherlands	0.4%	41,543	16,040
32	Switzerland	0.4%	41,291	15,943
33	Moldova	0.3%	33,847	13,068
34	Belgium	0.3%	30,528	11,787
35	Albania	0.3%	28,748	11,100
36	North Macedonia	0.3%	25,713	9,928
37 K	Turkey	0.2%	23,757	9,173
38	Slovenia	0.2%	20,273	7,827
39	Montenegro	0.1%	13,888	5,362
–	Kosovo	0.1%	10,910	4,210
40 K	Azerbaijan	0.07%	6,960	2,690
–	Transnistria		4,163	1,607
41 K	Georgia	0.03%	3,040	1,170
42	Luxembourg	0.03%	2,586	998
–	Åland (Finland)	0.02%	1,583	611
–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	0.01%	1,393	538
–	Isle of Man (UK)	0.006%	572	221
43	Andorra	0.005%	468	181
44	Malta	0.003%	315	122
45	Liechtenstein	0.002%	160	62
–	Jersey (UK)	0.001%	116	45
–	Guernsey (UK)	0.001%	78	30
46	San Marino	0.001%	61	24
–	Gibraltar (UK)	0%	7	2.7
47	Monaco	0%	2	0.77
48	Vatican City	0%	0.49	0.19
– C	Abkhazia		(8,665)	(3,346)
– C	South Ossetia		(3,900)	(1,506)
– C	Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)	0%	(254)	(98)
49 C	Armenia	0%	(29,743)	(11,484)
50 C	Cyprus	0%	(9,251)	(3,572)
– C	Greenland (Denmark)	0%	(2,166,086)	(836,327)
– C	Northern Cyprus	0%	(3,355)	(1,295)

Definition

Europe and Asia are contiguous with each other; thus, the exact boundary between them is not clearly defined, and often follows historical, political, and cultural definitions, rather than geographical.

Map of Europe, showing one of the most commonly used continental boundaries

Legend:

Blue = Contiguous transcontinental countries
Green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe's boundaries

See also

• Area and population of European countries
• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of European countries by population
• European microstates

Notes

1. Comprising European Russia. Excludes annexations that are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. Total area is 17,035,650 km when including Siberia or North Asia (13,083,100 km).
2. Includes Crimea (26,945 km) and other territory annexed by Russia but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.
3. Mainland France (535,261 km) and Corsica (8,680 km) comprise European France or Metropolitan France. Total area is 633,109 km when including Overseas departments (89,168 km).
4. Excluding Ceuta (19 km), Melilla (12 km), and the Canary Islands (7,493 km). Total area is 506,009 km.
5. Excludes Aland.
6. Excludes Svalbard.
7. Excluding the African islands of Pantelleria (25 km) and Lampedusa e Linosa (85 km). Total area including these is 302,068 km.
8. Constituent countries have area 130,462 km (England), 14,333 km (Northern Ireland), 78,803 km (Scotland) and 20,782 km (Wales). Figures may not include coastal water.
9. European portion is about 5% of total area, with the rest in Central Asia. Nine districts are entirely in Europe, but the Ural river runs through the middle of four districts (Akzhaik, Inder, Makhambet, and Atyrau). Value given is a point estimate between entirely excluding (122,176 km) or including (174,814 km) these four districts. Overall area is 2,724,902 km.
10. Including the islands just off the coast of Asia Minor, such as Rhodes, Kos, Samos, Chios, Lesbos, Kastellorizo, Strongyli Megistis, and Ro.
11. Excluding Madeira (801 km). Total area is 92,225 km.
12. Area is from official figures, but excluding Kosovo.
13. Figure is from the CIA. An integral part of Norway. Classified as a territory by the ISO 3166-1, which groups it with Jan Mayen (377 km).
14. Excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
15. Area is 34,651 km when including the Caribbean Netherlands (322 km).
16. European Turkey or East Thrace comprises the entire provinces of Tekirdağ, Kırklareli and Edirne, as well as the portion of Istanbul Province west of the Bosporus Strait and the portion of Çanakkale Province north of the Dardanelles Strait. Total area is 769,734 km when including Asia Minor or Anatolia (745,978 km).
17. A partially recognized state also claimed by Serbia. Area is from official figures.
18. The Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region comprises Azerbaijan's land north of the Caucasus. Some definitions of the Europe-Asia border place more of Azerbaijan in Europe. Total area is 86,600 km.
19. De facto state with limited recognition. Internationally recognized as part of Moldova.
20. The historically defined regions of Khevi, Khevsureti and Tusheti comprise Georgia's area north of the Greater Caucasus. Some definitions place the Europe-Asia border inside of Georgia. Total area is 69,700 km.
21. An integral but autonomous region of Finland. Classified as a territory by the ISO 3166-1.
22. An integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Classified as a territory by the ISO 3166-1
23. Figures are from the BBC.
24. Area and population are from official figures.
25. The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km in its 1930 edition but corrected it to 0.49 km in its 1945–46 edition. The figure of 0.44 km is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.
26. An unknown portion may lie north of the Caucasus, so total figures are given. De facto state with limited recognition. Internationally recognized as part of Georgia.
27. An unknown portion may lie north of the Caucasus, so total figures are given. De facto state with limited recognition. Internationally recognized as part of Georgia.
28. Culturally but often not geographically in Europe, so total figures are given. Part of the island of Cyprus.
29. Culturally but often not geographically in Europe, so total figures are given.
30. Culturally but often not geographically in Europe, so total figures are given. Not including Northern Cyprus or Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
31. Culturally tied to Europe but not a geographic part of it, so total figures are given. An integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Classified as a territory by the ISO 3166-1
32. Culturally but often not geographically in Europe, so total figures are given. Part of the island of Cyprus and claimed by the state of Cyprus.
33. The map shows one of the most commonly accepted delineations of the geographical boundaries of Europe, as used by National Geographic and Encyclopædia Britannica. Whether countries are considered in Europe or Asia can vary in sources, for example in the classification of the CIA World Factbook or that of the BBC. Certain countries in Europe, such as France, have territories lying geographically outside Europe, but which are nevertheless considered integral parts of that country.

References

1. ^ Source unless otherwise specified: Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density (PDF) (Report). United Nations Statistics Division. 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023. Entries in this table giving figures other than the figures given in this source are explained in the associated Note.
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24. De Agostini Atlas Calendar, 1945–46, p. 128. (in Italian)
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26. "South Ossetia profile". BBC. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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