List of European countries by area

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Below is a list of all countries in Europe, in order of geographical area. Europe's total geographical area is 10,176,246 km².

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

Note: Some of these countries are transcontinental, meaning that they are only partially located in Europe. Transcontinental countries below are marked with an asterisk (*) and are ranked by the area of parts within Europe only.

Rank Country Area (km²) Notes
1 Russia* 3,836,652 17,098,242 total (including Asian part)
2 Ukraine 603,628
3 France 551,695 643,801 when overseas departments are included
4 Spain 498,468 505,992 when the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are included
5 Sweden 449,964
6 Norway 385,171 This includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen[1]
7 Germany 357,168
8 Finland 338,145 This includes Åland
9 Poland 312,685
10 Italy 301,318
11 United Kingdom 244,820
12 Romania 238,392
13 Belarus 207,600
14 Kazakhstan* 180,000 2,724,902 including Asian part
15 Greece 131,940
16 Bulgaria 110,910
17 Iceland 102,775
18 Hungary 93,030
19 Portugal 91,568
20 Azerbaijan 86,600 75,142 excluding Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
21 Austria 83,858
22 Czech Republic 78,866
23 Serbia 77,453 88,361 including Kosovo (disputed)
24 Republic of Ireland 70,273
25 Georgia 69,700
26 Lithuania 65,300
27 Latvia 64,589
28 Croatia 56,594
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129
30 Slovakia 49,036
31 Estonia 45,339
32 Denmark 44,493 Incl. the Faroe Islands. The Danish Realm incl. Greenland is 2,210,579 km²
33 Switzerland 41,290
34 Netherlands 41,198 Excluding Caribbean Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten.
35 Moldova 33,846
36 Belgium 30,510
37 Albania 28,748
38 Republic of Macedonia 25,713
39 Turkey* 23,507 783,562 including Asian part
40 Slovenia 20,273
41 Montenegro 13,812
42 Kosovo 10,908 Partially recognized state
43 Luxembourg 2,586
44 Andorra 468
45 Malta 316
46 Liechtenstein 160
47 San Marino 61
48 Monaco 1.95
49 Vatican City 0.44
Total 10,185,497

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Updated land cover figures". ssb.no. Retrieved 2015-11-21.