How Many Countries Are There in Europe ? - Arrival and stay

How Many Countries Are There in Europe?

13 Apr 2022

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In total, there are 45 countries in Europe today. The full list is shown in the table below, with the current population and subregion (based on official statistics).

#	Country	Population (2020)	Subregion
30	Albania	2,877,797	Southern Europe
41	Andorra	77,265	Southern Europe
18	Austria	9,006,398	Western Europe
17	Belarus	9,449,323	Eastern Europe
11	Belgium	11,589,623	Western Europe
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,819	Southern Europe
21	Bulgaria	6,948,445	Eastern Europe
27	Croatia	4,105,267	Southern Europe
12	Czechia	10,708,981	Eastern Europe
22	Denmark	5,792,202	Northern Europe
36	Estonia	1,326,535	Northern Europe
23	Finland	5,540,720	Northern Europe
4	France	65,273,511	Western Europe
2	Germany	83,783,942	Western Europe
13	Greece	10,423,054	Southern Europe
45	Holy See	801	Southern Europe
16	Hungary	9,660,351	Eastern Europe
40	Iceland	341,243	Northern Europe
26	Ireland	4,937,786	Northern Europe
5	Italy	60,461,826	Southern Europe
35	Kosovo	1,798,188	Southern Europe
34	Latvia	1,886,198	Northern Europe
43	Liechtenstein	38,128	Western Europe
31	Lithuania	2,722,289	Northern Europe
38	Luxembourg	625,978	Western Europe
39	Malta	441,543	Southern Europe
28	Moldova	4,033,963	Eastern Europe
42	Monaco	39,242	Western Europe
37	Montenegro	628,066	Southern Europe
10	Netherlands	17,134,872	Western Europe
32	North Macedonia	2,083,374	Southern Europe
25	Norway	5,421,241	Northern Europe
8	Poland	37,846,611	Eastern Europe
14	Portugal	10,196,709	Southern Europe
9	Romania	19,237,691	Eastern Europe
1	Russia	145,934,462	Eastern Europe
44	San Marino	33,931	Southern Europe
19	Serbia	8,737,371	Southern Europe
24	Slovakia	5,459,642	Eastern Europe
33	Slovenia	2,078,938	Southern Europe
6	Spain	46,754,778	Southern Europe
15	Sweden	10,099,265	Northern Europe
20	Switzerland	8,654,622	Western Europe
7	Ukraine	43,733,762	Eastern Europe
3	United Kingdom	67,886,011	Northern Europe

Turkey occupies only a small part of East Thrace on the European Balkan Peninsula. Not included in the list above are several countries:

Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, is geographically part of Asia Minor (Middle East).
The Faroe Islands, an island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean are a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Greenland, which geographically belongs to North America, is as well an autonomous Danish territory.
A small piece of Western Kazakhstan is also considered to be part of Europe.