The Political Map of Europe shows the countries that are located on the continent and there political boundaries of each nation and makes it easy to distinguish one from the other.
Europe is the 6th largest Continent Comprising 10,360,000 sq km including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). It is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Europe is actually a vast peninsula of the great Eurasian landmass.
Europe is separated from Asia by the Black Sea, the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles in the south, By the Urals and the Ural River in the east; by the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus in the southeast. The Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea separate it from Africa. Europe is washed in the north by the Arctic Ocean, and in the west by the Atlantic Ocean, with which the North Sea and the Baltic Sea are connected.
Both Russia and Turkey have territories within Europe and have some of their areas are located in Asia as well – further blurring the separation between the two in the map of Europe. As of 2016, the population of Europe stood at 741.4 million.
There are 44 countries in Europe today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with the current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).
Countries With Population
# |
Country |
Population (2020) |
1 | Russia | 145,934,462 |
2 | Germany | 83,783,942 |
3 | United Kingdom | 67,886,011 |
4 | France | 65,273,511 |
5 | Italy | 60,461,826 |
6 | Spain | 46,754,778 |
7 | Ukraine | 43,733,762 |
8 | Poland | 37,846,611 |
9 | Romania | 19,237,691 |
10 | Netherlands | 17,134,872 |
11 | Belgium | 11,589,623 |
12 | Czech Republic (Czechia) | 10,708,981 |
13 | Greece | 10,423,054 |
14 | Portugal | 10,196,709 |
15 | Sweden | 10,099,265 |
16 | Hungary | 9,660,351 |
17 | Belarus | 9,449,323 |
18 | Austria | 9,006,398 |
19 | Serbia | 8,737,371 |
20 | Switzerland | 8,654,622 |
21 | Bulgaria | 6,948,445 |
22 | Denmark | 5,792,202 |
23 | Finland | 5,540,720 |
24 | Slovakia | 5,459,642 |
25 | Norway | 5,421,241 |
26 | Ireland | 4,937,786 |
27 | Croatia | 4,105,267 |
28 | Moldova | 4,033,963 |
29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,280,819 |
30 | Albania | 2,877,797 |
31 | Lithuania | 2,722,289 |
32 | North Macedonia | 2,083,374 |
33 | Slovenia | 2,078,938 |
34 | Latvia | 1,886,198 |
35 | Estonia | 1,326,535 |
36 | Montenegro | 628,066 |
37 | Luxembourg | 625,978 |
38 | Malta | 441,543 |
39 | Iceland | 341,243 |
40 | Andorra | 77,265 |
41 | Monaco | 39,242 |
42 | Liechtenstein | 38,128 |
43 | San Marino | 33,931 |
44 | Holy See | 801 |
Countries and Capital Map of Europe
Europe Several Regions
Eastern Europe: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Moldova, Romania, Russia. Slovakia, Ukraine
Northern Europe: Aland Islands, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sark, Svalbard, and Jan Mayen, Sweden, United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Southern Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Republic of Macedonia. Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Vatican City
Western Europe: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland