List of European countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	13 Oct 2021

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 five countries together hold a 57% share of the Europe population. As of 2021, 15 countries have a population above 10 million. The world's least populous country, Holy See, is located in Europe. Eight countries/dependent territories in Europe have a population below one million.

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 48 countries/territories, the population of 25 would increase, 22 countries would decrease, and one would remain constant in 2021 compared to 2020. United Kingdom's population would increase by 321k, followed by France (153k) and Germany (117k). Ukraine (-267k) is the top decliner, followed by Romania (-110k). The population of Gibraltar will remain the same in 2021 as 2020.

Luxembourg would have the highest population growth rate of 1.41% in 2021. Luxembourg is the only country in Europe with having growth rate above 1%. Eight countries have a growth rate above 0.5%. Lithuania would have the lowest population growth rate of -1.19%, followed by Latvia at -1.02%. However, none of the countries are on the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations. Only Luxembourg is under the 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 (2021)		Growth Rank
Code	Country/Region	2020	2021	Europe	World	Europe	World	Net	%	Europe	World
BLR	Belarus	9,449,321	9,442,867	1.26	0.120	17	96	-6,454	-0.07	32	206
BGR	Bulgaria	6,948,445	6,896,655	0.922	0.0876	21	108	-51,790	-0.75	46	230
CZE	Czechia	10,708,982	10,724,553	1.43	0.136	12	86	15,571	0.15	21	190
HUN	Hungary	9,660,350	9,634,162	1.29	0.122	16	95	-26,188	-0.27	38	218
POL	Poland	37,846,605	37,797,000	5.05	0.480	8	39	-49,605	-0.13	34	209
MDA	Republic of Moldova	4,033,963	4,024,025	0.538	0.0511	28	131	-9,938	-0.25	37	216
ROU	Romania	19,237,682	19,127,772	2.56	0.243	9	63	-109,910	-0.57	43	227
RUS	Russian Federation	145,934,460	145,912,022	19.5	1.85	1	9	-22,438	-0.02	29	202
SVK	Slovakia	5,459,643	5,460,726	0.730	0.0693	25	119	1,083	0.02	25	198
UKR	Ukraine	43,733,759	43,466,822	5.81	0.552	7	35	-266,937	-0.61	45	229
JEY/GGY	Channel Islands	173,859	175,244	0.0234	0.00223	40	190	1,385	0.80	4	131
DNK	Denmark	5,792,203	5,813,302	0.777	0.0738	22	115	21,099	0.36	15	173
EST	Estonia	1,326,539	1,325,188	0.177	0.0168	35	156	-1,351	-0.10	33	208
FRO	Faroe Islands	48,865	49,053	0.00656	0.00062	43	212	188	0.38	12	170
FIN	Finland	5,540,718	5,548,361	0.742	0.0705	23	117	7,643	0.14	23	192
ISL	Iceland	341,250	343,360	0.0459	0.00436	39	180	2,110	0.62	7	147
IRL	Ireland	4,937,796	4,982,904	0.666	0.0633	26	124	45,108	0.91	2	117
IMN	Isle of Man	85,032	85,410	0.0114	0.00108	41	202	378	0.44	10	160
LVA	Latvia	1,886,202	1,866,934	0.250	0.0237	34	151	-19,268	-1.02	47	232
LTU	Lithuania	2,722,291	2,689,862	0.360	0.0342	31	142	-32,429	-1.19	48	234
NOR	Norway	5,421,242	5,465,629	0.731	0.0694	24	118	44,387	0.82	3	129
SWE	Sweden	10,099,270	10,160,159	1.36	0.129	15	91	60,889	0.60	8	150
GBR	United Kingdom	67,886,004	68,207,114	9.12	0.866	3	21	321,110	0.47	9	158
ALB	Albania	2,877,800	2,872,934	0.384	0.0365	30	140	-4,866	-0.17	36	212
AND	Andorra	77,265	77,354	0.0103	0.00098	42	203	89	0.12	24	195
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,815	3,263,459	0.436	0.0414	29	136	-17,356	-0.53	42	226
HRV	Croatia	4,105,268	4,081,657	0.546	0.0518	27	130	-23,611	-0.58	44	228
GIB	Gibraltar	33,691	33,691	0.00451	0.00043	47	219	0	0.00	26	199
GRC	Greece	10,423,056	10,370,747	1.39	0.132	13	87	-52,309	-0.50	41	225
VAT	Holy See	809	812	0.00011	0.00001	48	235	3	0.37	13	171
ITA	Italy	60,461,828	60,367,471	8.07	0.767	5	24	-94,357	-0.16	35	211
MLT	Malta	441,539	442,790	0.0592	0.00562	38	174	1,251	0.28	17	179
MNE	Montenegro	628,062	628,051	0.0840	0.00798	37	169	-11	-0.00	27	200
MKD	North Macedonia	2,083,380	2,082,662	0.279	0.0264	32	148	-718	-0.03	31	205
PRT	Portugal	10,196,707	10,167,923	1.36	0.129	14	90	-28,784	-0.28	39	219
SMR	San Marino	33,938	34,010	0.00455	0.00043	46	218	72	0.21	20	186
SRB	Serbia	8,737,370	8,697,547	1.16	0.110	20	101	-39,823	-0.46	40	224
SVN	Slovenia	2,078,932	2,078,723	0.278	0.0264	33	149	-209	-0.01	28	201
ESP	Spain	46,754,783	46,745,211	6.25	0.594	6	31	-9,572	-0.02	30	203
AUT	Austria	9,006,400	9,043,072	1.21	0.115	18	98	36,672	0.41	11	166
BEL	Belgium	11,589,616	11,632,334	1.56	0.148	11	81	42,718	0.37	14	172
FRA	France	65,273,512	65,426,177	8.75	0.831	4	22	152,665	0.23	18	183
DEU	Germany	83,783,945	83,900,471	11.2	1.07	2	19	116,526	0.14	22	191
LIE	Liechtenstein	38,137	38,254	0.00512	0.00049	45	217	117	0.31	16	177
LUX	Luxembourg	625,976	634,814	0.0849	0.00806	36	168	8,838	1.41	1	76
MCO	Monaco	39,244	39,520	0.00529	0.00050	44	214	276	0.70	6	142
NLD	Netherlands	17,134,873	17,173,094	2.30	0.218	10	70	38,221	0.22	19	184
CHE	Switzerland	8,654,618	8,715,494	1.17	0.111	19	100	60,876	0.70	5	141
	Europe	747,636,045	747,747,396		9.50			111,351	0.01

Projected population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Code	Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
BLR	Belarus	7,745,004	15	9,871,635	16	8,634,216	18	7,429,673	17
BGR	Bulgaria	7,250,996	17	7,997,951	20	5,385,444	25	3,588,337	26
CZE	Czechia	8,902,620	12	10,289,374	13	10,545,590	13	10,274,070	14
HUN	Hungary	9,337,718	11	10,220,509	15	8,470,232	19	6,856,920	20
POL	Poland	24,824,007	8	38,556,699	8	33,294,573	8	23,032,569	8
MDA	Republic of Moldova	2,341,009	30	4,202,659	27	3,360,176	28	2,011,568	28
ROU	Romania	16,236,289	9	22,137,423	9	16,259,784	10	11,877,961	12
RUS	Russian Federation	102,798,649	1	146,404,890	1	135,824,486	1	126,142,651	1
SVK	Slovakia	3,436,576	25	5,399,207	22	4,983,647	26	3,829,211	25
UKR	Ukraine	37,297,640	6	48,838,058	6	35,219,046	7	24,413,452	7
JEY/GGY	Channel Islands	102,235	40	148,439	40	199,427	40	222,514	40
DNK	Denmark	4,268,281	22	5,341,192	23	6,245,374	22	6,872,907	19
EST	Estonia	1,100,997	35	1,399,111	35	1,158,412	35	837,720	36
FRO	Faroe Islands	31,502	42	46,738	43	53,465	43	55,097	44
FIN	Finland	4,008,292	23	5,187,953	24	5,486,152	24	5,254,370	23
ISL	Iceland	142,657	39	280,439	39	376,683	39	353,291	39
IRL	Ireland	2,912,682	27	3,783,095	28	5,677,620	23	5,684,962	22
IMN	Isle of Man	55,253	41	76,942	41	90,747	41	96,202	41
LVA	Latvia	1,926,568	31	2,384,150	32	1,479,176	34	1,114,401	33
LTU	Lithuania	2,567,407	29	3,501,842	30	2,121,388	31	1,524,086	31
NOR	Norway	3,265,274	26	4,499,375	25	6,600,338	21	7,952,927	16
SWE	Sweden	7,009,913	18	8,881,642	18	11,389,198	12	13,022,532	10
GBR	United Kingdom	50,616,019	3	58,923,305	4	74,081,983	3	78,053,263	2
ALB	Albania	1,263,164	33	3,129,246	31	2,424,052	30	1,088,338	34
AND	Andorra	6,198	47	65,390	42	76,123	42	62,406	43
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,661,296	28	3,751,176	29	2,685,037	29	1,641,054	30
HRV	Croatia	3,850,294	24	4,428,075	26	3,364,799	27	2,183,314	27
GIB	Gibraltar	22,032	43	31,081	46	33,918	46	27,242	47
GRC	Greece	7,668,792	16	11,082,103	11	9,029,254	17	6,583,364	21
VAT	Holy See	906	48	790	48	806	48	797	48
ITA	Italy	46,598,599	4	56,692,178	5	54,381,674	5	39,992,910	5
MLT	Malta	311,998	37	393,649	38	426,793	38	357,732	38
MNE	Montenegro	394,739	36	613,558	36	589,336	37	453,656	37
MKD	North Macedonia	1,254,444	34	2,034,823	33	1,856,775	33	1,249,361	32
PRT	Portugal	8,416,971	14	10,297,117	12	9,084,579	16	6,984,955	18
SMR	San Marino	12,774	46	27,460	47	33,635	47	29,693	46
SRB	Serbia	6,732,252	20	9,487,612	17	7,083,830	20	4,217,425	24
SVN	Slovenia	1,473,093	32	1,987,710	34	1,939,598	32	1,676,264	29
ESP	Spain	28,069,734	7	40,824,745	7	43,637,408	6	33,209,856	6
AUT	Austria	6,936,442	19	8,069,276	19	9,130,698	15	8,676,844	15
BEL	Belgium	8,637,521	13	10,282,046	14	12,220,769	11	12,492,831	11
FRA	France	41,833,873	5	59,015,092	3	67,586,729	4	65,497,773	4
DEU	Germany	69,966,252	2	81,400,883	2	80,103,973	2	74,740,596	3
LIE	Liechtenstein	13,752	45	33,184	44	40,355	45	45,212	45
LUX	Luxembourg	296,005	38	436,106	37	789,943	36	985,168	35
MCO	Monaco	20,000	44	32,148	45	45,999	44	64,365	42
NLD	Netherlands	10,042,051	10	15,926,188	10	17,165,370	9	15,759,617	9
CHE	Switzerland	4,668,089	21	7,143,764	21	9,817,716	14	11,041,105	13