List of European countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	06 Feb 2024

Russia is the most populous country in Europe. Russia is the only European country with a total number of humans above 100 mn. Russia is followed by Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The top ten countries together hold a 78.4% share of the Europe population. As of 2024, 15 countries have a population above 10 million. The world's least populous country, Holy See, is located in Europe. 14 countries/dependent territories in Europe have a population below one million. Seventeen smallest countries/territories only contribute 1 % of the Europe population, and 32 lowest ranked constitute only 10 % of the total continent population.

Only one European country is in the list of the top ten most populous countries globally as it hosts Russia, the world's 9th most populous country. On the other hand, eight countries are within the top 50 world population ranking.

Out of 50 countries/territories, the population of 26 would increase and 24 countries would decrease in 2024. The combined decreased population of these 24 regions is 2.28 mn. These 24 countries/territories account for 64 % of the Europe population. Ukraine's population would increase by 1.04 mn, followed by United Kingdom (223k) and France (123k). Poland (-706 k) is the top decliner, followed by Russian Federation (-475k).

Ukraine would have the highest population growth rate of 2.73 % in 2024. Ukraine is the only country in Europe with having growth rate above 2%. Three countries have a growth rate above 1%. The Republic of Moldova would have the lowest population growth rate of -2.66 %, followed by Poland at -1.75 %. Only three countries are on the list of the world's top 100 fastest-growing nations.

Russia will remain the most populous country on the continent until 2100. By 2100, United Kingdom will replace Germany in the 2nd spot.

Holy See will remain the least populous country until 2100.

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Population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2024)		Growth Rank
Code	Country/Region	2023	2024	Europe	World	Europe	World	Net	%	Europe	World
BLR	Belarus	9,498,238	9,455,037	1.27	0.116	17	97	-42,857	-0.45	40	219
BGR	Bulgaria	6,687,717	6,618,615	0.892	0.0815	21	110	-53,068	-0.80	43	227
CZE	Czechia	10,495,295	10,503,734	1.42	0.129	13	90	7,221	0.07	25	190
HUN	Hungary	10,156,239	9,994,993	1.35	0.123	16	95	-142,835	-1.43	48	234
POL	Poland	41,026,067	40,221,726	5.42	0.495	7	37	-705,605	-1.75	49	235
MDA	Republic of Moldova	3,435,931	3,329,865	0.449	0.0410	28	135	-88,696	-2.66	50	237
ROU	Romania	19,892,812	19,618,996	2.65	0.242	9	66	-221,737	-1.13	46	232
RUS	Russian Federation	144,444,359	143,957,079	19.4	1.77	1	9	-475,055	-0.33	36	214
SVK	Slovakia	5,795,199	5,702,832	0.769	0.0702	23	117	-80,190	-1.41	47	233
UKR	Ukraine	36,744,634	37,937,821	5.12	0.467	8	40	1,035,655	2.73	1	12
DNK	Denmark	5,910,913	5,939,695	0.801	0.0732	22	115	28,831	0.48	11	150
EST	Estonia	1,322,765	1,319,041	0.178	0.0162	36	157	-3,932	-0.30	34	212
FRO	Faroe Islands	53,270	53,444	0.00721	0.00066	45	210	178	0.33	13	160
FIN	Finland	5,545,475	5,549,886	0.748	0.0684	24	118	4,330	0.08	24	189
GGY	Guernsey	63,544	63,788	0.00860	0.00079	44	208	251	0.39	12	159
ISL	Iceland	375,318	377,689	0.0509	0.00465	40	180	2,354	0.62	7	137
IRL	Ireland	5,056,935	5,089,478	0.686	0.0627	26	125	31,876	0.63	6	133
IMN	Isle of Man	84,710	84,904	0.0114	0.00105	42	203	178	0.21	20	173
JEY	Jersey	111,802	112,843	0.0152	0.00139	41	196	1,043	0.92	4	102
LVA	Latvia	1,830,211	1,810,240	0.244	0.0223	34	151	-19,718	-1.09	45	231
LTU	Lithuania	2,718,352	2,692,798	0.363	0.0332	31	144	-24,925	-0.93	44	229
NOR	Norway	5,474,360	5,514,477	0.744	0.0679	25	120	40,152	0.73	5	122
SWE	Sweden	10,612,086	10,673,669	1.44	0.131	12	88	61,045	0.57	9	141
GBR	United Kingdom	67,736,802	67,961,439	9.16	0.837	3	22	222,803	0.33	14	161
ALB	Albania	2,832,439	2,826,020	0.381	0.0348	30	139	-4,138	-0.15	32	206
AND	Andorra	80,088	80,341	0.0108	0.00099	43	204	250	0.31	15	162
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,210,847	3,194,378	0.431	0.0393	29	137	-12,618	-0.40	39	217
HRV	Croatia	4,008,617	3,986,627	0.538	0.0491	27	130	-22,124	-0.56	41	222
GIB	Gibraltar	32,688	32,718	0.00441	0.00040	49	220	27	0.08	23	188
GRC	Greece	10,341,277	10,302,720	1.39	0.127	14	93	-39,007	-0.38	38	216
VAT	Holy See	518	526	0.00007	0.00001	50	237	7	1.33	2	75
ITA	Italy	58,870,762	58,697,744	7.91	0.723	5	25	-176,466	-0.30	35	213
XXK	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,663,594	1,667,483	0.225	0.0205	35	153	3,922	0.23	19	172
MLT	Malta	535,064	536,740	0.0724	0.00661	39	174	1,617	0.30	16	164
MNE	Montenegro	626,485	626,102	0.0844	0.00771	38	171	-427	-0.07	29	201
MKD	North Macedonia	2,085,679	2,082,706	0.281	0.0257	33	150	7	0.00	26	194
PRT	Portugal	10,247,605	10,223,349	1.38	0.126	15	94	-24,707	-0.24	33	211
SMR	San Marino	33,642	33,614	0.00453	0.00041	48	219	-37	-0.11	31	205
SRB	Serbia	7,149,077	7,097,028	0.957	0.0874	20	106	-39,971	-0.56	42	224
SVN	Slovenia	2,119,675	2,118,965	0.286	0.0261	32	149	-970	-0.05	27	198
ESP	Spain	47,519,628	47,473,373	6.40	0.585	6	32	-49,666	-0.10	30	203
AUT	Austria	8,958,960	8,977,139	1.21	0.111	18	101	17,472	0.20	21	175
BEL	Belgium	11,686,140	11,715,774	1.58	0.144	11	82	29,351	0.25	18	168
FRA	France	64,756,584	64,881,830	8.75	0.799	4	23	122,752	0.19	22	178
DEU	Germany	83,294,633	83,252,474	11.2	1.03	2	19	-47,788	-0.06	28	199
LIE	Liechtenstein	39,584	39,822	0.00537	0.00049	46	217	222	0.56	10	142
LUX	Luxembourg	654,768	661,594	0.0892	0.00815	37	169	6,670	1.01	3	93
MCO	Monaco	36,297	36,157	0.00488	0.00045	47	218	-123	-0.34	37	215
NLD	Netherlands	17,618,299	17,671,125	2.38	0.218	10	72	52,006	0.29	17	166
CHE	Switzerland	8,796,669	8,851,431	1.19	0.109	19	102	54,038	0.61	8	139
	Europe	742,272,652	741,651,866		9.13			-552,402	-0.07

Estimated and Projected population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Code	Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
BLR	Belarus	7,906,860	15	10,256,483	14	8,409,632	19	6,469,457	20
BGR	Bulgaria	7,157,632	17	8,097,691	18	5,187,392	25	2,943,542	26
CZE	Czechia	8,916,634	12	10,234,710	15	10,577,126	13	11,172,303	13
HUN	Hungary	9,337,714	11	10,202,055	16	8,817,396	18	6,929,830	18
POL	Poland	24,786,236	8	38,504,431	8	34,932,339	7	23,082,363	7
MDA	Republic of Moldova	2,370,311	30	4,251,573	27	2,997,532	28	2,457,142	27
ROU	Romania	16,392,971	9	21,919,876	9	17,457,213	10	13,105,206	11
RUS	Russian Federation	102,580,107	1	146,844,839	1	133,133,035	1	112,068,747	1
SVK	Slovakia	3,465,617	25	5,376,690	22	5,186,967	26	3,854,319	24
UKR	Ukraine	37,302,996	6	48,879,755	6	32,867,719	8	20,432,787	8
DNK	Denmark	4,267,694	22	5,340,655	23	6,445,109	20	7,093,770	17
EST	Estonia	1,102,078	35	1,396,877	36	1,171,695	36	835,708	37
FRO	Faroe Islands	31,655	44	45,660	45	59,444	45	68,513	43
FIN	Finland	4,008,289	23	5,176,209	24	5,460,917	24	5,023,926	23
GGY	Guernsey	44,419	43	59,114	44	66,496	44	56,453	45
ISL	Iceland	142,650	40	281,462	40	408,783	40	368,486	40
IRL	Ireland	2,906,599	27	3,768,950	29	5,724,686	23	5,722,314	22
IMN	Isle of Man	54,813	42	75,562	42	86,680	42	88,338	42
JEY	Jersey	56,855	41	86,192	41	135,441	41	161,397	41
LVA	Latvia	1,922,525	31	2,392,530	32	1,433,728	35	954,183	34
LTU	Lithuania	2,564,798	29	3,599,637	30	2,187,550	31	1,503,077	31
NOR	Norway	3,281,416	26	4,491,202	26	6,367,559	21	7,219,859	16
SWE	Sweden	7,014,610	18	8,871,043	17	11,902,033	12	13,187,841	10
GBR	United Kingdom	50,055,065	3	58,850,043	3	71,684,966	3	70,485,072	2
ALB	Albania	1,252,582	33	3,182,021	31	2,456,472	30	1,097,162	33
AND	Andorra	6,005	49	66,097	43	80,504	43	60,245	44
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,692,907	28	4,179,350	28	2,739,014	29	1,739,032	29
HRV	Croatia	3,864,691	24	4,548,434	25	3,333,425	27	2,113,899	28
GIB	Gibraltar	21,402	45	27,741	48	31,356	49	23,865	49
GRC	Greece	7,669,099	16	11,038,109	11	9,144,951	16	6,380,722	21
VAT	Holy See	880	50	651	50	731	50	1,237	50
ITA	Italy	46,391,938	4	56,966,397	5	52,250,484	5	36,874,247	5
XXK	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	767,274	36	1,823,286	35	1,669,913	34	944,539	35
MLT	Malta	291,873	39	399,212	39	522,737	39	386,365	39
MNE	Montenegro	402,260	37	633,324	37	586,385	38	429,267	38
MKD	North Macedonia	1,251,433	34	2,037,936	33	1,909,309	33	1,209,753	32
PRT	Portugal	8,416,952	14	10,300,626	12	9,261,305	15	6,885,463	19
SMR	San Marino	12,963	48	26,823	49	32,044	48	26,093	48
SRB	Serbia	6,017,683	20	7,935,022	20	5,777,806	22	3,266,060	25
SVN	Slovenia	1,445,033	32	1,984,339	34	2,003,258	32	1,666,113	30
ESP	Spain	28,069,694	7	40,741,651	7	44,219,565	6	30,880,752	6
AUT	Austria	6,936,440	19	8,010,428	19	8,924,190	17	7,945,563	15
BEL	Belgium	8,617,344	13	10,264,343	13	12,090,657	11	11,521,156	12
FRA	France	41,842,355	5	58,665,453	4	65,827,072	4	60,851,673	4
DEU	Germany	70,964,095	2	81,551,677	2	78,932,228	2	68,936,102	3
LIE	Liechtenstein	13,765	47	33,026	46	42,287	46	41,474	47
LUX	Luxembourg	296,584	38	435,628	38	781,910	37	879,481	36
MCO	Monaco	19,729	46	32,465	47	37,664	47	50,858	46
NLD	Netherlands	10,093,554	10	15,899,135	10	17,897,025	9	16,580,142	9
CHE	Switzerland	4,692,639	21	7,182,059	21	9,753,753	14	10,439,548	14
	Europe	549,721,718		726,968,473		703,007,486		586,515,447