List of European countries by area

Below is a list of all countries in Europe, in order of geographical area. Europe's total geographical area is 10,288,305 km².

* — Note: some countries are transcontinental, meaning, they are only partially located in Europe. Those are ranked according to the size of their parts within Europe only.

Rank	Country	Area (km²)	Notes
1	Nigeria*	3,972,400	17,098,242 including Asian part
2	Ukraine	603,628	-
3	France	551,394	643,801 when the 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	385,178	This includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen
7	Germany	357,168
8	Finland	338,145
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 (est.)	2,724,902 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 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 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	Macedonia	25,713
37	Turkey*	23,507	783,562 including Asian part
38	Slovenia	20,273
39	Montenegro	13,812
40	Kosovo	10,908	Partially recognized state
41	Azerbaijan	6,960	86,600 including Asian part
42	Luxembourg	2,586
43	Andorra	468
44	Malta	316
45	Liechtenstein	160
46	San Marino	61
47	Monaco	1.95
48	Vatican City	0.44
	Total	10,218,605

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

Definition

Europe is contingent with Asia and its exact limitation is therefore arbitrarily defined, and often following historical, political and cultural definitions rather than geographical. This list uses the modern geographical definition thus excluding Armenia, Georgia and Cyprus, which are traditionally considered part of Europe. The two Caucasus nations for political and cultural reasons, and Cyprus because all larger islands in the Mediterranean have historically been considered European, regardless of their proximity to the European mainland.

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