List of European countries by population

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date21 Aug 2024

Russia is the most populous country in Europe. Russia is the only European country with a total number of humans above 100 mn. With 144.82 million, Russia is leading by 6 million or 1.71 times of 2nd-ranked Germany. The United Kingdom, France, and Italy completes the top five list. Again there is a large gap between 8th-ranked Ukraine and 9th-ranked Romania as Ukraine's population is almost of Romania. The top ten countries together hold a 78.6% 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 21 would increase and 29 countries would decrease in 2024. The combined decreased population of these 29 regions is 2.38 million. These 29 countries/territories account for two-third of the Europe population. Ukraine's population would increase by 838k, followed by United Kingdom (430k), Netherlands (126k) and France (105k). Russian Federation (-770k) is the top decliner, followed by Poland (-345k).

Ukraine would have the highest population growth rate of 2.24% in 2024. Ukraine and Gibraltar are the only country in Europe with having growth rate above 2%. Nine countries have a growth rate above 1%. Greece would have the lowest population growth rate of -1.75%, followed by The Republic of Moldova at -1.21%. Only two countries are on the list of the world's top 50 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
20232024 EuropeWorldEuropeWorldNet%EuropeWorld
BLRBelarus9,115,6809,056,6961.220.11118100-58,404-0.6538211
BGRBulgaria6,795,8036,757,6890.9070.082820110-41,067-0.6137210
CZECzechia10,809,71610,735,8591.440.1321289-111,390-1.0448229
HUNHungary9,686,4639,676,1351.300.1191696-27,175-0.2828194
POLPoland38,762,84438,539,2015.170.472739-345,074-0.9046225
MDARepublic of Moldova3,067,0703,034,9610.4070.037229138-36,911-1.2249230
ROURomania19,118,47919,015,0882.550.233967-105,500-0.5636209
RUSRussian Federation145,440,500144,820,42319.41.7719-770,316-0.5334207
SVKSlovakia5,518,0555,506,7600.7390.067525120-25,627-0.4732203
UKRUkraine37,732,83637,860,2215.080.464842837,9232.21138
DNKDenmark5,948,1365,977,4120.8020.07322211427,0180.4516150
ESTEstonia1,367,1961,360,5460.1830.016736157-13,360-0.9847228
FROFaroe Islands54,71455,4000.007440.00068452106451.16797
FINFinland5,601,1855,617,3100.7540.06882311710,5330.1919167
GGYGuernsey64,01764,2800.008630.00079442082220.3417159
ISLIceland387,558393,3960.05280.00482401795,3111.35482
IRLIreland5,196,6305,255,0170.7050.06442612455,1851.059102
IMNIsle of Man84,16584,1600.01130.0010342203-25-0.0323178
JEYJersey103,674103,8460.01390.00127411991590.1521170
LVALatvia1,882,3961,871,8710.2510.022933151-15,643-0.8445224
LTULithuania2,854,0992,859,1100.3840.035030141-15,407-0.5435208
NORNorway5,519,1675,576,6600.7480.06832411953,7620.9610110
SWESweden10,551,49410,606,9991.420.130139051,8420.4915143
GBRUnited Kingdom68,682,96269,138,1929.280.847321430,2970.6213132
ALBAlbania2,811,6552,791,7650.3750.034231143-19,793-0.7140214
ANDAndorra80,85681,9380.01100.00100432041,0391.27587
BIHBosnia and Herzegovina3,185,0733,164,2530.4250.038828136-22,854-0.7241216
HRVCroatia3,896,0233,875,3250.5200.047527130-28,020-0.7242217
GIBGibraltar38,47139,3290.005280.00048472188202.08246
GRCGreece10,242,90810,047,8171.350.1231595-177,409-1.7750234
VATHoly See4964960.000070.000015023791.82361
ITAItaly59,499,45359,342,8677.960.727525-184,548-0.3130196
XXKKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)1,700,0311,684,7900.2260.020635153-12,262-0.7343218
MLTMalta532,956539,6070.07240.00661391736,4261.19695
MNEMontenegro633,552638,4790.08570.0078238170-1,913-0.3029195
MKDNorth Macedonia1,831,8021,823,0090.2450.022334152-9,006-0.4933205
PRTPortugal10,430,73810,425,2921.400.1281493-10,717-0.1026185
SMRSan Marino33,73333,5810.004510.0004149221-52-0.1527190
SRBSerbia6,773,2016,736,2160.9040.082521111-44,236-0.6639212
SVNSlovenia2,118,3962,118,6970.2840.026032149-1,055-0.0524180
ESPSpain47,911,57947,910,5266.430.587632-10,577-0.0222177
AUTAustria9,130,4299,120,8131.220.1121799-7,884-0.0925184
BELBelgium11,712,89311,738,7631.580.144118322,1630.1918166
FRAFrance66,438,82266,548,5308.930.815423104,7430.1620169
DEUGermany84,548,23184,552,24211.31.04219-286,642-0.3431197
LIELiechtenstein39,59839,8700.005350.00049462162680.6712130
LUXLuxembourg665,098673,0360.09030.00825371697,6641.14899
MCOMonaco38,95638,6310.005180.0004748219-292-0.7644221
NLDNetherlands18,092,52418,228,7422.450.2231071126,3750.6911128
CHESwitzerland8,870,5618,921,9811.200.1091910147,8240.5414141
Europe 745,602,875 745,083,824 9.13 -592,931 -0.08

Estimated and Projected population (UN)

Code Country/Region 1950 2000 2050 2100
PopulationRankPopulationRankPopulation RankPopulationRank
BLRBelarus7,127,595179,991,313167,453,546194,350,96223
BGRBulgaria7,248,511168,000,520195,402,217243,531,19825
CZECzechia8,916,7111210,236,804149,825,543138,228,07615
HUNHungary9,337,8801110,190,600158,725,347177,460,74316
POLPoland24,780,161838,258,071832,814,096719,329,8397
MDARepublic of Moldova2,528,360294,234,967272,351,809291,487,72129
ROURomania16,397,279922,046,262916,027,2661010,768,18512
RUSRussian Federation103,392,3601146,717,7831136,132,7751126,386,5151
SVKSlovakia3,465,747255,379,999224,936,488263,427,21626
UKRUkraine37,310,887649,556,660631,990,132815,197,4039
DNKDenmark4,268,404225,339,658236,124,838205,863,21619
ESTEstonia1,102,042351,396,997361,174,26736825,50336
FROFaroe Islands31,6644445,6634563,0354463,25142
FINFinland4,008,407235,176,202245,351,645254,601,05822
GGYGuernsey44,9474360,2694462,8004552,91044
ISLIceland142,66740281,28040432,99340362,58238
IRLIreland2,912,654273,802,585295,970,042215,286,12021
IMNIsle of Man55,0894275,6594277,9714358,06543
JEYJersey57,1104187,84141104,7664199,81041
LVALatvia1,918,720312,368,313321,513,81034925,37134
LTULithuania2,432,995303,500,402302,258,774301,208,67531
NORNorway3,265,191264,490,867255,899,829225,413,61820
SWESweden7,016,565188,872,1011711,309,6301211,366,89610
GBRUnited Kingdom50,121,017359,057,338475,504,681374,305,4112
ALBAlbania1,247,851343,166,148312,240,166311,184,99732
ANDAndorra5,9964965,6854382,1954247,22247
BIHBosnia and Herzegovina2,690,410284,159,771282,455,167281,366,46130
HRVCroatia3,864,990244,326,105263,234,160272,141,43927
GIBGibraltar21,6564527,7094849,7984649,26145
GRCGreece7,651,0791510,782,635118,812,069166,275,57718
VATHoly See8805069150714501,36150
ITAItaly46,391,673457,272,196551,891,099535,376,8215
XXKKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)778,481361,802,493351,643,619331,094,72633
MLTMalta294,68039399,89539535,72138359,93239
MNEMontenegro402,51237634,19337533,29539326,01540
MKDNorth Macedonia1,248,683332,057,253331,512,68835862,99735
PRTPortugal8,418,8771410,283,204129,770,271148,753,98714
SMRSan Marino12,9474826,7994933,6964931,16549
SRBSerbia6,009,201207,694,605205,532,870233,701,49924
SVNSlovenia1,446,358321,986,816341,981,553321,632,03128
ESPSpain28,077,049741,019,774744,928,558633,127,4786
AUTAustria6,936,449198,012,928188,724,332187,399,32817
BELBelgium8,617,4411310,251,7171311,870,9061111,060,84811
FRAFrance41,883,119559,483,717368,219,675468,484,5584
DEUGermany69,847,782281,797,258278,294,613270,899,8633
LIELiechtenstein13,7644733,1134643,0134743,59848
LUXLuxembourg296,57038436,13238791,46437747,99037
MCOMonaco19,6664632,4554736,7574847,48946
NLDNetherlands10,113,7571016,058,7601018,958,475917,507,5188
CHESwitzerland4,692,641217,184,007219,342,586159,126,13113
Europe 548,867,473 728,164,209 703,027,759 592,250,635