List of European countries by area

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Below is a list of European states, in order of their geographical area. As a continent, Europe’s geographical area is about ten million square kilometres.

Some states (marked *) are transcontinental countries. Those are ranked according to the size of their European part only.

The list includes only sovereign states.

Inland water is included in area numbers.

Table

European states by area
  Russia* (39.7%)
  Ukraine (6.0%)
  France (5.5%)
  Spain (5.0%)
  Sweden (4.5%)
  Norway (3.9%)
  Germany (3.6%)
  Finland (3.4%)
  Poland (3.1%)
  Italy (3.0%)
  United Kingdom (2.4%)
  Romania (2.4%)
  Other (17.5%)
Rank State Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Notes
1  Russia* 3,969,100 1,532,500 3,995,200 km2 (1,542,600 sq mi) including Crimea; 17,098,242 km2 (6,601,668 sq mi) including the portion in Asia (Siberia, Sochi, and southern Orenburg Oblast).
2  Ukraine 603,628 233,062 Including Crimea and Donbas.
3  France* 551,695 213,011 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) when the overseas regions are included.
4  Spain* 498,511 192,476 505,990 km2 (195,360 sq mi) when the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla are included.[4]
5  Sweden 450,295 173,860
6  Norway 385,178 148,718 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. If they are excluded, continental Norway is 323,779 km2 (125,012 sq mi) in area.
7  Germany 357,386 137,988
8  Finland 338,145 130,559
9  Poland 312,685 120,728
10  Italy 301,338 116,347
11  United Kingdom* 242,495 93,628 Not including British Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies.
12  Romania 238,397 92,046
13  Belarus 207,600 80,200
14  Kazakhstan* 148,000 57,000 Territory west of the Ural River is counted as in Europe; 2,724,902 km2 (1,052,091 sq mi) including Asian part.
15  Greece 131,940 50,940
16  Bulgaria 110,994 42,855
17  Iceland 102,775 39,682
18  Hungary 93,030 35,920
19  Portugal 88,416 34,138 91,568 km2 (35,355 sq mi) when the Azorean Islands and the Madeiran Archipelago are included.
20  Austria 83,858 32,378
21  Czech Republic 78,866 30,450
22  Serbia 77,474 29,913 88,361 km2 (34,116 sq mi) when including Kosovo.
23  Ireland 70,273 27,133 84,421 km2 (32,595 sq mi) when including Northern Ireland.
24  Lithuania 65,300 25,200
25  Latvia 64,589 24,938[7]
26  Croatia 56,594 21,851
27  Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 19,741
28  Slovakia 49,036 18,933
29  Estonia 45,339 17,505
30  Denmark* 44,493 17,179 Figure includes the Faroe Islands. Including Greenland it would be 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi). Continental Denmark is 43,094 km2 (16,639 sq mi) in area.
31  Switzerland 41,290 15,940
32  Netherlands* 41,198 15,907 Excluding Caribbean Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten; combined into the Kingdom of the Netherlands, its total area is 42,531 km2 (16,421 sq mi).
33  Moldova 33,846 13,068
34  Belgium 30,510 11,780
35  Albania 28,748 11,100
36  North Macedonia 25,713 9,928
37  Turkey* 23,764 9,175 783,562 km2 (302,535 sq mi) including Asian part.
38  Slovenia 20,273 7,827
39  Montenegro 13,812 5,333
40  Kosovo 10,887 4,203 Partially recognised state.
41  Azerbaijan*[citation needed] 6,960 2,690 86,600 km2 (33,400 sq mi) including Asian part.
42  Luxembourg 2,586 998
43  Georgia*[citation needed] 2,428 937 69,700 km2 (26,900 sq mi) including Asian part.
44  Andorra 468 181
45  Malta 316 122
46  Liechtenstein 160 62
47  San Marino 61 24
48  Monaco 2 0.77
49  Vatican City 0.49 0.19
50  Cyprus* 0 0 A Mediterranean island south of Turkey (island of Cyprus, total area of 9,251 km2 divided between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot parts). Cyprus is not geographically a part of Europe, but is considered European because of its political, cultural, and historical ties with Europe.
51  Armenia* 0 0 29,743 km2 (11,484 sq mi) including Asian part. Armenia is geographically part of Asia, but is considered European because of its political, cultural, and historical ties with Europe.
Total 9.725.367,44 3.754.985,36

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.

Clickable map of Europe, showing one of the most commonly used continental boundaries

Legend: blue = Contiguous transcontinental states; green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe’s boundaries.

Range

The area of European countries varies widely, over several orders of magnitude:

A bar graph with logarithmic scale, showing the sizes in three categories: Purple = Russia, Green = countries with European area bigger than 10,000 km², Red = countries with European area smaller than 10,000 km²