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 about ten million square kilometres.
Some states 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.
RankStateTotal area Total area Notes
1* including Siberia-
2-
3* when the overseas departments are included.-
4* when the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are included.-
5-
6This includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen.-
7-
8-
9-
10-
11*Not including British Overseas Territories.-
12-
13-
14* including Asian part-
15-
16-
17-
18-
19-
20-
21-
22 including Kosovo-
23-
24-
25-
26-
27-
28-
29-
30*This includes Faroe Islands; including Greenland-
31-
32*Excluding Caribbean Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten.-
33-
34-
35*Sometimes considered part of Asia-
36-
37North Macedonia-
38* including Asian part-
39-
40-
41Partially recognised state-
42A Mediterranean island near Turkey in the Middle East, it is a member of the EU-
43* including Asian part-
44-
45* including Asian part-
46-
47-
48-
49-
50-
51-

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
Legend: blue = Contiguous transcontinental states; green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe's boundaries.

Range

The area of European countries varies widely, over several orders of magnitude: