List of European countries by area
List of European countries by area
Below is a list of most states in Europe, in order of geographical area. Europe's total geographical area is 10.186 million km².[1]
Some states (marked *) are only partially located in Europe. Those are ranked according to the size of their European part only.
The list includes only sovereign states. Therefore, for example the United Kingdom is included in place of the four individual home nations.
Inland water is included in area numbers.
| Rank | State | Total area (km²) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia* | 3,972,400 | 17,098,242 km² including North Asia[2] |
| 2 |  Ukraine | 603,628 | |
| 3 |  France* | 551,695 | 643,801 km² when the overseas departments are included. |
| 4 |  Spain* | 498,511 | 505,990 km² when the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are included.[3] |
| 5 |  Sweden | 450,295 | |
| 6 |  Norway | 385,178 | This includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen[4] |
| 7 |  Germany | 357,386[5] | |
| 8 |  Finland | 338,145 | |
| 9 |  Poland | 312,685 | |
| 10 |  Italy | 301,338 | |
| 11 |  United Kingdom* | 242,495 | 260,665 km² when the British Overseas Territories (except the British Antarctic Territory) are included. |
| 12 |  Romania | 238,397 | |
| 13 |  Belarus | 207,600 | |
| 14 |  Kazakhstan* | 180,000 (est.) | 2,724,902 km² including Asian part |
| 15 |  Greece | 131,940 | |
| 16 |  Bulgaria | 110,994 | |
| 17 |  Iceland | 102,775 | |
| 18 |  Hungary | 93,030 | |
| 19 |  Portugal | 91,568 | |
| 20 |  Austria | 83,858 | |
| 21 |  Czech Republic | 78,866 | |
| 22 |  Serbia | 77,453 | 88,361 km² including Kosovo |
| 23 |  Ireland | 70,273 | |
| 24 |  Lithuania | 65,300 | |
| 25 |  Latvia | 64,589 | |
| 26 |  Croatia | 56,594 | |
| 27 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,129 | |
| 28 |  Slovakia | 49,036 | |
| 29 |  Estonia | 45,339 | |
| 30 |  Denmark | 44,493 | This includes Faroe Islands; 2,210,579 km² including Greenland |
| 31 |  Switzerland | 41,290 | |
| 32 |  Netherlands* | 41,198 | Excluding Caribbean Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten. |
| 33 |  Moldova | 33,846 | |
| 34 |  Belgium | 30,510 | |
| 35 |  Albania | 28,748 | |
| 36 |  North Macedonia | 25,713 | |
| 37 |  Turkey* | 23,507 | 783,562 km² including Asian part |
| 38 |  Slovenia | 20,273 | |
| 39 |  Montenegro | 13,812 | |
| 40 |  Kosovo | 10,908 | Partially recognised state |
| 41 |  Cyprus | 9,251 | |
| 42 |  Azerbaijan* | 6,960 | 86,600 km² including Asian part |
| 43 |  Luxembourg | 2,586 | |
| 44 |  Georgia* | 2,428 | 69,700 km² including Asian part |
| 45 |  Andorra | 468 | |
| 46 |  Malta | 316 | |
| 47 |  Liechtenstein | 160 | |
| 48 |  San Marino | 61 | |
| 49 |  Monaco | 2.02 | |
| 50 |  Vatican City | 0.44 | |
| Total | 10,180,000 ±5,000 |
Definition
Europe and Asia are contiguous with each other and 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[6]
Legend: blue = Contiguous transcontinental states; green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe's boundaries.
See also
List of African countries by area
List of Asian countries by area
List of Oceanian countries by area
List of South American countries by area