List of European countries by area explained

Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe.^[1] As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres.^[2] 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

	Country or dependency	% total	Europe area
				mi^2
–		100%	10014000km2
1		39.5%	3952550km2
2		6.0%	603549km2
3		5.4%	543941km2
4		5.0%	498485km2
5		4.4%	438574km2
6		3.6%	357581km2
7		3.4%	336884km2
8		3.2%	323772km2
9		3.1%	312679km2
10		3.0%	301958km2
11		2.4%	244376km2
12		2.4%	238298km2
13		2.1%	207600km2
14		1.5%	148000km2
15		1.3%	131957km2
16		1.1%	110372km2
17		1.0%	103000km2
18		0.9%	93025km2
19		0.9%	92230km2
20		0.8%	83878km2
21		0.8%	78871km2
22		0.8%	77589km2
23		0.7%	69825km2
24		0.7%	65286km2
25		0.6%	64594km2
–	(Norway)	0.6%	62045km2
26		0.6%	56594km2
27		0.5%	51209km2
28		0.5%	49035km2
29		0.5%	45399km2
30		0.4%	42947km2
31		0.4%	41543km2
32		0.4%	41291km2
33		0.3%	33847km2
34		0.3%	30528km2
35		0.3%	28748km2
36		0.3%	25713km2
37		0.2%	23757km2
38		0.2%	20273km2
39		0.1%	13888km2
–		0.1%	10910km2
40		0.07%	6960km2
–			4163km2
41		0.03%	3040km2
42		0.03%	2586km2
–	(Finland)	0.02%	1583km2
–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	0.01%	1393km2
–	(UK)	0.006%	572km2
43		0.005%	468km2
44		0.003%	315km2
45		0.002%	160km2
–	(UK)	0.001%	116km2
–	(UK)	0.001%	78km2
46		0.001%	61km2
–	Gibraltar (UK)	0%	7km2
47		0%	2km2
48		0%	0.49km2
–			(8,665)	(3,346)
–			(3,900)	(1,506)
–	(UK)	0%	(254)	(98)
49		0%	(29,743)	(11,484)
50		0%	(9,251)	(3,572)
–	Greenland (Denmark)	0%	(2,166,086)	(836,327)
–		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

Notes and References

1. Source unless otherwise specified: Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density . 2021 . United Nations Statistics Division . 21 May 2023. Entries in this table giving figures other than the figures given in this source are explained in the associated Note.
2. Web site: Map and Details of all 7 Continents. 4 May 2019. WorldAtlas.