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European countries by population in 2025 More than 100 million
Between 30 and 100 million
Between 10 and 30 million
Between 3 and 10 million
Between 1 and 3 million
Between 0.3 and 1 million
Less than 0.3 million
Thislist of European countries by population comprises the 51 countries and 5 territories and dependencies inEurope, broadly defined , includingCyprus ,Kazakhstan ,Turkey , and thecountries of theCaucasus .
The most populous European country isRussia , with a population of over 144 million.Turkey , with a population of about 85 million, has most of its population living within itsAsian part ; though within itsterritory in Europe , some one-tenth of its population is situated.[ 1] Germany is the second-most populous country on the continent, with a population of about 84 million.
The ranking here is according to the national figures, which may be estimates or somewhat out of date so the ranking of countries that are very close in population is approximate. TheUnited Nations estimates are those published in the UN'sWorld Population Prospects [ 2] [ 3] Kosovo .
Location UN estimate % Official Official Europe 744,398,832 N/A 1T Russia 143,997,393 −0.6% 146,150,789 1 Jan 2024 [ 4] [ a] 2T Turkey 87,685,426 0.3% 85,664,944 31 Dec 2024 [ 5] 3Germany 84,075,074 −0.6% 83,510,950 30 Jun 2024 [ 6] 4United Kingdom 69,551,332 0.6% 68,265,209 30 Jun 2023 [ 7] [ b] 5T France 66,650,804 0.2% 68,513,000 1 Sep 2024 [ 8] [ c] 6T Italy 59,146,260 −0.3% 58,974,433 31 Jul 2024 [ 9] 7T Spain 47,889,958 0% 49,442,844 11 Nov 2025 [ 10] 8Ukraine 38,980,376 3.0% 40,960,795 1 Feb 2025 [ 11] [ d] 9Poland 38,140,910 −1.0% 37,552,000 31 Jul 2024 [ 12] 10T Kazakhstan 20,843,754 1.2% 20,201,849 1 Sep 2024 [ 13] 11 Romania 18,908,650 −0.6% 19,064,409 1 Jan 2024 [ 14] 12T Netherlands 18,346,819 0.6% 18,005,142 31 Aug 2024 [ 15] 13 Belgium 11,758,603 0.2% 11,763,650 1 Jan 2024 [ 16] 14 Sweden 10,656,633 0.5% 10,576,145 31 Aug 2024 [ 17] 15 Czech Republic 10,609,240 −1.2% 10,909,500 1 Jan 2025 [ 18] 16T Portugal 10,411,834 −0.1% 10,639,726 1 Jan 2024 [ 19] 17T Azerbaijan 10,397,713 0.6% 10,180,800 1 Jan 2024 [ 20] 18T Greece 9,938,844 −1.1% 10,248,505 10 Oct 2024 [ 21] 19 Hungary 9,632,287 −0.5% 9,584,627 1 Jan 2024 [ 22] 20 Austria 9,113,574 −0.1% 9,154,514 1 Oct 2023 [ 23] 21 Belarus 8,997,603 −0.7% 9,155,978 1 Jan 2024 [ 24] 22 Switzerland 8,967,408 0.5% 8,931,306 30 Sep 2023 [ 25] 23 Bulgaria 6,714,560 −0.6% 6,447,710 31 Dec 2022 [ 26] 24 Serbia 6,689,039 −0.7% 6,641,197 1 Jan 2023 [ 27] [ e] 25T Denmark 6,002,507 0.4% 5,959,464 1 Oct 2023 [ 28] 26 Finland 5,623,330 0.1% 5,599,869 31 Oct 2023 [ 29] 27T Norway 5,623,071 0.8% 5,571,634 21 Aug 2024 [ 30] 28 Slovakia 5,474,881 −0.6% 5,426,248 1 Apr 2023 [ 31] 29 Ireland 5,308,039 1.0% 5,149,139 3 Apr 2022 [ 32] 30 Croatia 3,848,160 −0.7% 3,879,074 31 Dec 2021 [ 33] 31T Georgia 3,806,671 0% 3,688,600 1 Jan 2022 [ 34] [ f] 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,140,096 −0.8% 3,219,415 15 Jun 2020 [ 35] 33 Moldova 2,996,106 −1.3% 2,423,300 1 Jan 2024 [ 36] 34C Armenia 2,952,364 −0.7% 3,075,800 1 Jan 2024 [ 37] 35 Lithuania 2,830,144 −1.0% 2,889,888 1 Jan 2025 [ 38] 36 Albania 2,771,508 −0.7% 2,793,592 1 Jan 2022 [ 39] 37 Slovenia 2,117,072 −0.1% 2,107,180 1 Jan 2022 [ 40] 38 Latvia 1,853,559 −1.0% 1,862,700 1 May 2024 [ 41] 39 North Macedonia 1,813,791 −0.5% 1,836,713 15 Dec 2024 [ 42] 40 Kosovo 1,674,125 −0.6% 1,602,515 Apr 2024 [ 43] 41C Cyprus 1,370,754 0.9% 966,400 31 Dec 2023 [ 44] [ g] 42 Estonia 1,344,232 −1.2% 1,369,285 1 Jan 2025 [ 45] 43 Luxembourg 680,454 1.1% 645,397 1 Jan 2024 [ 46] 44 Montenegro 632,729 −0.9% 617,683 1 Jan 2022 [ 47] 45 Malta 545,405 1.1% 520,971 31 Dec 2021 [ 48] 46 Iceland 398,266 1.2% 396,960 30 Sep 2023 [ 49] Jersey (United Kingdom)103,988 0.1% 103,267 21 Mar 2021 [ 50] Isle of Man (United Kingdom)84,118 0% 84,069 24 Apr 2021 [ 51] 47 Andorra 82,904 1.2% 80,120 1 May 2022 [ 52] Guernsey (United Kingdom)64,476 0.3% 67,642 1 Jul 2023 [ 53] [ h] Faroe Islands (Denmark)56,002 1.1% 54,081 1 Sep 2022 [ 57] 48 Liechtenstein 40,128 0.6% 40,900 31 Dec 2024 [ 58] Gibraltar (United Kingdom)40,126 2.0% 34,003 26 Jun 2022 [ 59] 49 Monaco 38,341 −0.8% 39,150 31 Dec 2021 [ 60] 50 San Marino 33,572 0% 33,785 30 Sep 2022 [ 61] 51 Vatican City - - 764 26 Jun 2023 [ 62] [ i]
^ Includes the disputed territories of theRepublic of Crimea and the city ofSevastopol . ^ Includes the constituent countries ofEngland ,Northern Ireland ,Scotland , andWales . Excludes the 14Overseas Territories and 3Crown Dependencies .Gibraltar ,Jersey , theIsle of Man , andGuernsey shown separately below. ^ Population of the 18regions of France includingoverseas regions . Excludes Overseas Territories and Collectivities:French Polynesia ,New Caledonia ,French Southern and Antarctic Lands ,Clipperton Island ,Saint Barthélemy ,Saint Martin ,Saint Pierre and Miquelon andWallis and Futuna . ^ Excludes theAutonomous Republic of Crimea and City ofSevastopol , Ukraine's administrative areas on theCrimean Peninsula which are disputed with andde facto administered by Russia. However, includes the entire population of territory in theDonbas region where there are ongoing insurgencies by separatist forces, and does not include any changes due to theRussian invasion in 2022 . ^ ExcludesKosovo . ^ ExcludesAbkhazia (242,862, census 2011) andSouth Ossetia (53,559, census 2015). ^ National data only includes theGovernment-controlled area of Cyprus ^ TheBailiwick of Guernsey comprisesGuernsey proper (64,037),[ 54] [ 55] [ 56] ^ UN estimate not available. Official figure notes 764 residents regardless of citizenship, 618 citizens regardless of residence, 246 resident citizens.[ 62] ^ Zdanowski, Jerzy (2014).Middle Eastern Societies in the 20th Century . Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 11.ISBN 978-1443869591 ^ "World Population Prospects, 2024 Revision" . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. 11 July 2022. Retrieved12 February 2025 .^ "World Population Prospects" .United Nations Population Division the original on 2024-03-26. Retrieved2020-09-05 .^ National annual estimate"Federal State Statistics Service" . Federal State Statistics Service. ^ National annual estimate"The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2024" .www.tuik.gov.tr . ^ National quarterly estimate"Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht (Quartalszahlen)" .www.destatis.de . ^ National annual estimate"Population estimates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland: mid-2022" .www.ons.gov.uk . ^ National monthly estimate"Demography - Population at the beginning of the month - France" .www.insee.fr . ^ National monthly estimate"Bilancio demografico anno 2024 Italia" .demo.istat.it . ^ National monthly estimate"INEbase / Continuous Population Statistics (CPS). 1st October 2025. Provisional data" .ine.es . Retrieved11 November 2025 . ^ National monthly estimate"Population of Ukraine" .database.ukrcensus.gov.ua . Archived fromthe original on 2022-04-19. Retrieved2020-05-24 . ^ National monthly estimate"Basic data" . stat.gov.pl. ^ National monthly estimate"stat.gov.kz" .stat.gov.kz . ^ 2024 census result"Data" (PDF) . www.insse.ro. ^ National monthly estimate"Population dynamics; month and year" .opendata.cbs.nl . ^ National estimate"Structure of the Population" . www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be. ^ National monthly estimate"Population statistics 2024" .www.scb.se . ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025" .Czech Statistical Office . 2025-05-16.^ National annual estimate"Statistics Portugal" .www.ine.pt . Archived fromthe original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved2022-07-04 . ^ National estimate"Demographic situation in Azerbaijan" .www.stat.gov.az . Retrieved2023-06-22 . ^ 2022 census result"Census Results 2022" (PDF) .www.statistics.gr . ^ National annual estimate"Hungarian Central Statistical Office" .www.ksh.hu . ^ Quarterly provisional figure"Bevölkerung zu Jahres-/Quartalsanfang" .www.statistik.at . ^ National quarterly estimate"National Statistical portal of the Republic of Belarus" .www.belstat.gov.by . Archived fromthe original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved2018-12-26 . ^ National provisional figure"Bevölkerungsstand am Ende des 3. Quartals 2023" .www.bfs.admin.ch . 5 December 2023. ^ National estimate"Population and Demographic Processes in 2022 | National statistical institute" .www.nsi.bg . ^ National annual estimate"Home | Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia" .www.stat.gov.rs . ^ National monthly estimate"Population in Denmark" .www.dst.dk . ^ National monthly estimate"Preliminary population statistics" .www.stat.fi . 23 September 2025. ^ National quarterly estimate"Population" .ssb.no . ^ National monthly estimate"Statistical office of the Slovak Republic" .slovak.statistics.sk . ^ 2022 census result"Census of Population 2022 - Summary Results" .www.cso.ie . 30 May 2023. ^ National estimate"Data" . www.dzs.gov.hr. ^ National annual estimate"საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური" .www.geostat.ge . ^ National estimate"Data" (PDF) . www.bhas.ba. Retrieved2020-06-09 . ^ National estimate"// Noutăţi" .statistica.gov.md . Biroul Naţional de Statistică. 10 June 2024. ^ National annual estimate"Time series / Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia" . ^ National monthly estimate"Pradžia - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas" .osp.stat.gov.lt . ^ National annual estimate"Population of Albania" (PDF) . www.instat.gov.al. ^ National estimate"SURS" .www.stat.si . ^ National estimate"Population number, its changes and density" .stat.gov.lv . ^ National estimate"State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia" .www.stat.gov.mk . ^ 2024 census result"Population by age, sex and municipality, 2024" .ask.rks-gov.net . ^ National annual estimate"End of the Year De Jure Population by Age and Sex, Annual" .cystat.gov.cy . ^ National annual estimate"Avaleht Statistikaamet" .www.stat.ee/et . ^ National annual estimate"Statistics Portal - Luxembourg" . statistiques.public.lu. ^ National estimate"Statistical Office of Montenegro - MONSTAT" .www.monstat.org . ^ National annual estimate"Economic and Financial Data For Malta" . nso.gov.mt. Retrieved2022-09-10 . ^ National quarterly estimate"The population increased by 2,760 in the third quarter of 2023" . Retrieved2023-12-07 . ^ National estimate"Population estimate" (PDF) . www.gov.je. Retrieved2020-06-09 . ^ 2021 census result"Isle of Man census" (PDF) . www.gov.im. Retrieved2020-06-09 . ^ National estimate"Departament d'Estadística" .www.estadistica.ad . ^ CIA estimate"Guernsey" .cia.gov . Retrieved14 Jan 2023 . ^ "Electronic Census; Latest Population, Employment and Earnings" .gov.gg . 1 Sep 2023. Retrieved14 Jan 2024 .^ "Facts & Figures" .alderney.gov.gg . Retrieved14 Jan 2024 .^ "Sark census puts population at 562" .bbc.com . 15 Sep 2023. Retrieved14 Jan 2024 .^ National monthly estimate"Population" .hagstova.fo . ^ National semi-annual estimate"Bevölkerungsstatistik" .www.llv.li . ^ National estimate"Key indicators" .www.gibraltar.gov.gi . ^ National annual estimate"Population and employment / IMSEE - Monaco IMSEE" (PDF) .www.monacostatistics.mc . ^ National monthly estimate"San Marino - Population - Upeceds" (PDF) .www.statistica.sm . ^a b Official figure"Population" .www.vaticanstate.va . Vatican City State. 26 June 2023. Retrieved16 August 2023 .
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Iceland
Jersey (United Kingdom)
Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
Andorra
Guernsey (United Kingdom)
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
Liechtenstein
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
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