Countries in Europe

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) or Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)

#	Country	Population (2018)	Subregion
1	Russia	143,964,709	Eastern Europe
2	Germany	82,293,457	Western Europe
3	U.K.	66,573,504	Northern Europe
4	France	65,233,271	Western Europe
5	Italy	59,290,969	Southern Europe
6	Spain	46,397,452	Southern Europe
7	Ukraine	44,009,214	Eastern Europe
8	Poland	38,104,832	Eastern Europe
9	Romania	19,580,634	Eastern Europe
10	Netherlands	17,084,459	Western Europe
11	Belgium	11,498,519	Western Europe
12	Greece	11,142,161	Southern Europe
13	Czech Republic	10,625,250	Eastern Europe
14	Portugal	10,291,196	Southern Europe
15	Sweden	9,982,709	Northern Europe
16	Hungary	9,688,847	Eastern Europe
17	Belarus	9,452,113	Eastern Europe
18	Serbia	8,762,027	Southern Europe
19	Austria	8,751,820	Western Europe
20	Switzerland	8,544,034	Western Europe
21	Bulgaria	7,036,848	Eastern Europe
22	Denmark	5,754,356	Northern Europe
23	Finland	5,542,517	Northern Europe
24	Slovakia	5,449,816	Eastern Europe
25	Norway	5,353,363	Northern Europe
26	Ireland	4,803,748	Northern Europe
27	Croatia	4,164,783	Southern Europe
28	Moldova	4,041,065	Eastern Europe
29	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3,503,554	Southern Europe
30	Albania	2,934,363	Southern Europe
31	Lithuania	2,876,475	Northern Europe
32	TFYR Macedonia	2,085,051	Southern Europe
33	Slovenia	2,081,260	Southern Europe
34	Latvia	1,929,938	Northern Europe
35	Estonia	1,306,788	Northern Europe
36	Montenegro	629,219	Southern Europe
37	Luxembourg	590,321	Western Europe
38	Malta	432,089	Southern Europe
39	Iceland	337,780	Northern Europe
40	Andorra	76,953	Southern Europe
41	Monaco	38,897	Western Europe
42	Liechtenstein	38,155	Western Europe
43	San Marino	33,557	Southern Europe
44	Holy See	801	Southern Europe

Dependencies or other territories

#	Territory	Population (2018)	Dependency of
1	Channel Islands	166,083	U.K.
2	Isle of Man	84,831	U.K.
3	Faeroe Islands	49,489	Denmark
4	Gibraltar	34,733	U.K.