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  • How many 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)
#CountryPopulation
(2023)		Subregion
1 Russia 144,444,359 Eastern Europe
2 Germany 83,294,633 Western Europe
3 United Kingdom 67,736,802 Northern Europe
4 France 64,756,584 Western Europe
5 Italy 58,870,762 Southern Europe
6 Spain 47,519,628 Southern Europe
7 Poland 41,026,067 Eastern Europe
8 Ukraine 36,744,634 Eastern Europe
9 Romania 19,892,812 Eastern Europe
10 Netherlands 17,618,299 Western Europe
11 Belgium 11,686,140 Western Europe
12 Sweden 10,612,086 Northern Europe
13 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,495,295 Eastern Europe
14 Greece 10,341,277 Southern Europe
15 Portugal 10,247,605 Southern Europe
16 Hungary 10,156,239 Eastern Europe
17 Belarus 9,498,238 Eastern Europe
18 Austria 8,958,960 Western Europe
19 Switzerland 8,796,669 Western Europe
20 Serbia 7,149,077 Southern Europe
21 Bulgaria 6,687,717 Eastern Europe
22 Denmark 5,910,913 Northern Europe
23 Slovakia 5,795,199 Eastern Europe
24 Finland 5,545,475 Northern Europe
25 Norway 5,474,360 Northern Europe
26 Ireland 5,056,935 Northern Europe
27 Croatia 4,008,617 Southern Europe
28 Moldova 3,435,931 Eastern Europe
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,210,847 Southern Europe
30 Albania 2,832,439 Southern Europe
31 Lithuania 2,718,352 Northern Europe
32 Slovenia 2,119,675 Southern Europe
33 North Macedonia 2,085,679 Southern Europe
34 Latvia 1,830,211 Northern Europe
35 Estonia 1,322,765 Northern Europe
36 Luxembourg 654,768 Western Europe
37 Montenegro 626,485 Southern Europe
38 Malta 535,064 Southern Europe
39 Iceland 375,318 Northern Europe
40 Andorra 80,088 Southern Europe
41 Liechtenstein 39,584 Western Europe
42 Monaco 36,297 Western Europe
43 San Marino 33,642 Southern Europe
44 Holy See 518 Southern Europe

Dependencies or other territories

#TerritoryPopulation
(2023)		Dependency of
1 Isle of Man 84,710 U.K.
2 Faeroe Islands 53,270 Denmark
3 Gibraltar 32,688 U.K.