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Encyclopedia > Area and population of European countries
Colours indicate the current population of European countries
Colours indicate the current population of European countries

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List of countries/dependencies by population density

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Serbia and Montenegro are listed as separate countries, although at the time of the estimates they were also considered as one country.


Cyprus is generally considered to be part of southwest Asia. It is listed as one country, although it is currently de facto divided between the primarily ethnically Greek and internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus and the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", which is recognized only by Turkey. Anthem İstiklâl Marşı(Turkish) Independence March Capital Nicosia Official languages Turkish Government Representative democratic republic1  -  President Mehmet Ali Talat  -  Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer Sovereignty from Cyprus   -  Proclaimed November 15, 1983   -  Recognition By Turkey   -  Independence from Cyprus   -  Declared November 15, 1983  Area  -  Total 3,355 km² (not ranked) 1...


Unlike the figures in the country articles, the figures in this table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers) and therefore the population densities stated here may be lower.

countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km²
country pop. dens. area population
  (/km²) (km²) (2002-07-01 est.)
Monaco 16,000 2 31,987
Gibraltar (UK) 5,000 6 27,714
Vatican City 2,000 0.44 900
Malta 1,260 316 397,499
Guernsey (UK) 830 78 64,587
Jersey (UK) 774 116 89,775
San Marino 455 61 27,730
Netherlands 393 41,526 16,491,461
Belgium 337 30,510 10,274,595
United Kingdom 244 244,820 60,587,000
Germany 233 357,021 83,251,851
Liechtenstein 205 160 32,842
Italy 192 301,230 59,715,625
Switzerland 177 41,290 7,301,994
Luxembourg 173 2,586 448,569
Andorra 146 468 68,403
Moldova 131 33,843 4,434,547
Czech Republic 130 78,866 10,256,760
Isle of Man (UK) 129 572 73,873
Denmark 125 43,094 5,368,854
Poland 124 312,685 38,625,478
Albania 123 28,748 3,544,841
Armenia 112 29,800 3,330,099
Slovakia 111 48,845 5,422,366
Serbia 110 88,361 9,780,000
France 109 547,030 60,765,983
Portugal 109 92,391 10,084,245
Hungary 108 93,030 10,075,034
Austria 97 83,858 8,169,929
Slovenia 95 20,273 1,932,917
Romania 94 238,391 22,303,552
Azerbaijan 90 86,600 7,798,497
Spain 88 504,782 45,061,274
Turkey 86 780,580 67,308,928
Cyprus 83 9,250 767,314
Republic of Macedonia 81 25,333 2,054,800
Greece 81 131,940 10,645,343
Ukraine 80 603,700 48,396,470
Croatia 78 56,542 4,390,751
Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 51,129 3,964,388
Georgia 71 69,700 4,960,951
Bulgaria 69 110,910 7,621,337
Republic of Ireland 60 70,280 4,234,925
Lithuania 55 65,200 3,601,138
Belarus 50 207,600 10,335,382
Latvia 37 64,589 2,366,515
Montenegro 36 13,812 500,000
Faroe Islands (Denmark) 33 1,399 46,011
Estonia 31 45,226 1,415,681
Sweden 20 449,964 8,876,744
Finland 15 337,030 5,183,545
Norway 14 324,220 4,525,116
Russia 8.5 17,075,200 144,978,573
Iceland 2.7 103,000 279,384
Svalbard (Norway) 0.05 62,049 2,868

A similar list for the whole world is List of countries by population density. Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... This article is about the country in Europe. ... Population density by country, 2006 List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. ...


A similar list for the European Union can be found in European Union Statistics. Statistics in the European Union are collected by Eurostat. ...

Area

Area in square kilometres, 2002
Rank Country Area (km²)
1 Russia 17,075,200
2 Greenland 2,166,086
3 Turkey 780,580
4 Ukraine 603,700
5 France 547,030
6 Spain 504,782
7 Sweden 449,964
8 Germany 357,021
9 Finland 337,030
10 Norway 324,220
11 Poland 312,685
12 Italy 301,230
13 United Kingdom 244,820
14 Romania 237,500
15 Belarus 207,600
16 Greece 131,940
17 Bulgaria 110,910
18 Iceland 103,000
19 Serbia and Montenegro 102,350
20 Hungary 93,030
21 Portugal 92,391
22 Austria 83,858
23 Czech Republic 78,866
24 Ireland 70,280
25 Lithuania 65,200
26 Latvia 64,589
27 Croatia 56,542
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129
29 Slovakia 48,845
30 Estonia 45,226
31 Denmark 43,094
32 Netherlands 41,526
33 Switzerland 41,290
34 Moldova 33,843
35 Belgium 30,510
36 Albania 28,748
37 Republic of Macedonia 25,333
38 Slovenia 20,273
39 Cyprus 9,250
40 Luxembourg 2,586
41 Faroe Islands 1,399
42 Andorra 468
43 Malta 316
44 Liechtenstein 160
45 San Marino 61
46 Monaco 2
47 Vatican City 0.44
 
  Average 551,622
  Average without Russia and Greenland 148,555
  Median 70,280

To help compare sizes of different areas, here is a list of areas between 10 million km² and 100 million km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different surface areas, here is a list of areas between 1 million km² and 10 million km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here surface areas between 100,000 km² and 1,000,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions  we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1,000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... To aid in the comparison of sizes of different geographic regions, areas between 1 km² (100 hectares) and 10 km² (1000 hectares) are listed below. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, areas between 10 hectares (100,000 m²) and 100 hectares (1,000,000 m²) are listed below. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here surface areas between 100,000 km² and 1,000,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here surface areas between 100,000 km² and 1,000,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions  we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...

Languages in Europe

This is a list of 30 spoken languages (mother tongue) in Europe.

  1. Russian over 100 000 000 (mainly in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus)
  2. German 98 000 000 (mainly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
  3. Turkish 80 000 000 (mainly in Turkey, Germany and Cyprus)
  4. French 66 000 000 (mainly in France, Belgium and Switzerland)
  5. English 65 000 000 (mainly in the UK and Ireland)
  6. Italian 58 000 000 (mainly in Italy)
  7. Spanish 45 000 000 (mainly in Spain)
  8. Polish 39 000 000 (mainly in Poland)
  9. Ukrainian 39 000 000 (mainly in Ukraine)
  10. Serbo Croatian languages 25 000 000 (in the former Yugoslavia)
  11. Romanian 24 000 000 (mainly in Romania and Moldova)
  12. Dutch 22 000 000 (mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium);
  13. Hungarian 13 000 000 (mainly in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, etc.)
  14. Serbian 12 000 000 (mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina)
  15. Portuguese 12 000 000 (mainly in Portugal, Luxemburg, France and Germany)
  16. Greek 12 000 000 (mainly in Greece and Cyprus)
  17. Czech 10 000 000 (mainly in Czech Republic)
  18. Bulgarian 10 000 000 (mainly in Bulgaria)
  19. Swedish 9 000 000 (mainly in Sweden and Finland)
  20. Belarusian 8 000 000 (mainly in Belarus)
  21. Catalan 6 500 000 (mainly in Spain, Andorra and France)
  22. Albanian 6 500 000 (mainly in Albania, Macedonia and Serbia)
  23. Croatian 6 500 000 (mainly in Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Austria and Germany)
  24. Danish 5 500 000 (mainly in Denmark)
  25. Finnish 5 500 000 (mainly in Finland)
  26. Slovak 5 000 000 (mainly in Slovakia)
  27. Norwegian 5 000 000 (mainly in Norway)
  28. Lithuanian 4 000 000 (mainly in Lithuania)
  29. Latvian 2 500 000 (mainly in Latvia)
  30. Macedonian 2 000 000 (mainly in Macedonia)
  31. Slovenian 2 000 000 (mainly in Slovenia)

The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian (sometimes just Croatian or Serbian) (srpskohrvatski, cрпскохрватски, hrvatskosrpski, hrvatski ili srpski or srpski ili hrvatski), earlier also Serbo-Croat, is a South Slavic language. ... Serbian (; ) is one of the standard versions of the Shtokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and by Serbs in the Serbian diaspora. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ...

External links

  • European countries by population

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