Area and population of European countries

Further information: Demographics of Europe

This is a list of countries and territories in Europe by population density. Data are from the United Nations unless otherwise specified.^[1][2]

Abkhazia, Georgia and South Ossetia are each bordered on the north by the Greater Caucasus, and may have some territory north of these mountains and thus in Europe by the most common definition. These three, as well as Armenia and Azerbaijan would have more territory or all of their territory in Europe using a more expansive definition.

Some countries in the Caucasus, as well as Greenland and the geopolitical subdivisions of the island of Cyprus (Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Cyprus and Northern Cyprus) are not considered geographically European, but are listed here because of their cultural connections to the continent.

There is some discussion about whether Kosovo should be recognised as a separate country. De facto it can be considered as one, but de jure recognition is not clear-cut.

European countries and territories by population density

European countries by population

European countries by population density

• Figures are for the European portion of the given countries listed, unless given in italics. Total density and other details may be found in the associated note.

	Country or dependency	Europe density /km2	Europe population	Europe area km2
1	Monaco	18,000	36,298	2.0	[a]
	Gibraltar (UK)	4,800	32,688	6.8	[b]
2	Malta	1,700	535,065	315
3	Vatican City	1,600	764	0.49	[c]
	Jersey (UK)	964	111,803	116
	Guernsey (UK)	870	67,642	78	[d]
4	San Marino	550	33,642	61
5 T	Turkey	515	12,231,038	23,757	[e]
6 T	Netherlands	424	17,618,299	41,543	[f]
7	Belgium	383	11,686,140	30,528
8	United Kingdom	277	67,736,802	244,376	[g]
9	Luxembourg	253	654,768	2,586
10	Liechtenstein	247	39,585	160
11	Germany	233	83,294,633	357,581
12	Switzerland	213	8,796,669	41,291
13 T	Italy	195	58,769,380	301,958	[h]
14	Andorra	171	80,088	468
	Kosovo	153	1,663,595	10,910	[i]
	Isle of Man (UK)	148	84,710	572
15 T	Denmark	138	5,910,913	42,947	[j]
16	Czech Republic	133	10,495,295	78,871
17	Poland	131	41,026,068	312,679
18 T	France	121	65,823,112	543,941	[k]
19	Slovakia	118	5,795,199	49,035
20 T	Portugal	110	10,092,297	91,421	[l]
21	Hungary	109	10,156,239	93,025
22	Austria	107	8,958,961	83,878
23	Slovenia	105	2,119,675	20,273
24	Moldova	102	3,435,931	33,847
25	Albania	99	2,832,439	28,748
26	Serbia	92	7,149,077	77,589	[m]
27 T	Spain	90	45,042,385	498,485	[n]
	Transnistria	88	364,986	4,163	[o]
28	Romania	83	19,892,812	238,298
29	North Macedonia	81	2,085,679	25,713
30	Greece	78	10,341,277	131,957
31 T	Azerbaijan	78	543,800	6,960	[p]
32	Ireland	72	5,056,935	69,825
	Europe	72	724,404,000	10,011,000
33	Ukraine	72	43,649,785	603,549	[q]
34	Croatia	71	4,008,617	56,594
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63	3,210,848	51,209
36	Bulgaria	61	6,687,717	110,372
37	Belarus	46	9,498,238	207,600
38	Montenegro	45	626,485	13,888
39	Lithuania	42	2,718,352	65,286
	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	38	53,270	1,393	[r]
40	Estonia	29	1,322,766	45,399
41	Latvia	28	1,830,212	64,594
42 T	Russia	27	107,630,419	3,952,550	[s]
43	Sweden	24	10,612,086	438,574
	Aland (Finland)	19	30,129	1,583	[t]
44	Norway	17	5,474,360	323,772	[u]
45	Finland	16	5,545,475	336,884	[v]
46 T	Kazakhstan	5.7	840,000	148,000	[w]
47	Iceland	3.6	375,319	103,000
	Svalbard (Norway)	0.04	2,530	62,045	[x]
C	Abkhazia	(28)	(244,236)	(8,665)	[y]
48 C	Georgia	(53)	(3,728,282)	(69,700)	[z]
C	South Ossetia	(14)	(56,520)	(3,900)	[aa]
C	Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)	(72)	(18,195)	(254)	[ab]
49 C	Armenia	(93)	(2,777,971)	(29,743)	[ac]
49 C	Cyprus	(99)	(918,100)	(9,251)	[ad]
C	Greenland (Denmark)	(0.03)	(56,643)	(2,166,086)	[ae]
C	Northern Cyprus	(114)	(382,836)	(3,355)	[af]

See also

• European Union statistics
• List of countries by population density
• List of European countries by area
• List of European countries by population

Notes

1. Area and population are from official figures.^[3]
2. Figures are from the BBC.^[4]
3. Population: 764 residents regardless of citizenship, 618 citizens regardless of residence, 246 resident citizens.^[5]
   
   Area: The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km² in its 1930 edition^[6] but corrected it to 0.49 km² in its 1945–46 edition.^[7] The figure of 0.44 km² is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.
4. Population estimate is from the CIA.^[8] The Bailiwick of Guernsey comprises Guernsey proper (64,037),^[9] Alderney (2,141)^[10] and Sark (562).^[11] The UN estimate of 63,544 may exclude the smaller islands.
5. European Turkey or East Thrace comprises the entire provinces of Tekirdağ, Kırklareli and Edirne, as well as the portion of Istanbul Province west of the Bosporus Strait and the portion of Çanakkale Province north of the Dardanelles Strait.^[12] Overall density is 110/km² when including Asia Minor or Anatolia (98/km²).
6. Density is 422/km² when including the Caribbean Netherlands (91/km²).^[13]
7. Constituent countries have density 434/km² (England), 141/km² (Northern Ireland), 70/km² (Scotland) and 150/km² (Wales).^[14]
8. Excluding the African islands of Pantelleria (87/km²) and Lampedusa e Linosa (255/km²). Including these islands, density remains at 195/km².^[15][16]
9. A partially recognized state also claimed by Serbia. Area is from official figures.^[17]
10. Excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Overall density is 2.5/km² when including those two.
11. Mainland France (122/km²) and Corsica (39/km²) comprise European France or Metropolitan France. Overall density is 107/km² when including Overseas departments (24/km²).^[18]
12. Excluding Madeira (313/km²). Overall density is 112/km².^[19]
13. Area is from official figures, but excluding Kosovo.^[20] UN population figure also excludes Kosovo.
14. Excluding Ceuta (4,514/km²), Melilla (7,013/km²), and the Canary Islands (290/km²). Overall density is 94/km².^[21]
15. De facto state with limited recognition. Internationally recognized as part of Moldova.^[22][23]
16. The Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region comprises Azerbaijan's land north of the Caucasus. Some definitions of the Europe-Asia border place more of Azerbaijan in Europe. Overall density is 117/km².^[24]
17. Includes Crimea (87/km²) and other territory annexed by Russia but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.^[25]
18. Integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark
19. Comprising European Russia. Excludes annexations that are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. Overall density is 8.5/km² when including North Asia (2.8/km²).^[26]
20. An integral but autonomous region of Finland. Classified as a territory by the ISO 3166-1.
21. Excludes Svalbard.
22. Excludes Aland.
23. European portion is about 5% of total area and 4% of total population, with the rest in Central Asia. Nine districts are entirely in Europe, but the Ural river runs through the middle of four districts (Akzhaik, Inder, Makhambet, and Atyrau). Value given is a point estimate between entirely excluding (4.8/km²) or including (6.2/km²) these four districts. Overall density is 7.2/km².^[27]
24. Area figure is from the CIA.^[28] An integral part of Norway. Classified as a territory by the ISO 3166-1, which groups it with the uninhabited Jan Mayen (377 km²).^[29]
25. An unknown portion may lie north of the Caucasus, so total figures are given.^[30][31] De facto state with limited recognition. Internationally recognized as part of Georgia.
26. Approximately 3,040 km^2[32] lies north of the Caucasus with an unknown population, so total figures are given. Excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia.^[33] Some definitions place the Europe-Asia border inside of Georgia.
27. An unknown portion may lie north of the Caucasus, so total figures are given.^[34][35] De facto state with limited recognition. Internationally recognized as part of Georgia.
28. Culturally but often not geographically in Europe, so total figures are given. Part of the island of Cyprus.^[36]
29. Culturally but often not geographically in Europe, so total figures are given.
30. Culturally but often not geographically in Europe, so total figures are given. Not including Northern Cyprus or Akrotiri and Dhekelia.^[37]
31. Culturally tied to Europe but not a geographic part of it, so total figures are given. Integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
32. Culturally but often not geographically in Europe, so total figures are given. Part of the island of Cyprus and claimed by the state of Cyprus.^[38][39]