Land area in Europe

45 countries in Europe, 2023. Unit: km². World ranking →

First in the ranking
16,376,870 km²
Russia
Median country
62,600 km²
half above, half below
World total
129.8 mn km²
World Bank aggregate
Range
2 to 16,376,870
Monaco - Russia

How to read it

Across 45 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Russia (16,376,870 km²) and the lowest in Monaco (2 km²).

The median country is at 62,600 km²: half are above, half below.

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

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Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture… · via World Bank WDI (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) · licence

Land area over time

km²

Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Russia16,376,870
2Ukraine579,400
3France538,950
4Spain499,697
5Sweden407,270
6Norway364,270
7Germany349,430
8Poland306,270
9Finland303,960
10Italy295,720
11United Kingdom241,930
12Romania230,080
13Belarus202,983
14Greece128,900
15Bulgaria108,560
16Iceland100,830
17Portugal91,606
18Hungary91,260
19Serbia84,090
20Austria82,520
21Czechia77,167
22Ireland68,890
23Lithuania62,600
24Latvia62,230
25Croatia55,960
26Bosnia and Herzegovina51,200
27Slovakia48,080
28Estonia42,730
29Denmark40,000
30Switzerland39,510
31Netherlands33,670
32Moldova32,930
33Belgium30,494
34Albania27,400
35North Macedonia25,220
36Slovenia20,135
37Montenegro13,450
38Luxembourg2,574
39Faroe Islands1,370
40Isle of Man570
41Andorra470
42Malta320
43Liechtenstein160
44San Marino60
45Monaco2
World Bank, WDI · AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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