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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Country/Region | Population | Share (%) | Rank | Growth (2024) | Growth Rank | |||||
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2023 | 2024 | Europe | World | Europe | World | Net | % | Europe | World | |
Belarus | 9,498,238 | 9,455,037 | 1.27 | 0.116 | 17 | 97 | -42,857 | -0.45 | 40 | 219 |
Bulgaria | 6,687,717 | 6,618,615 | 0.892 | 0.0815 | 21 | 110 | -53,068 | -0.80 | 43 | 227 |
Czechia | 10,495,295 | 10,503,734 | 1.42 | 0.129 | 13 | 90 | 7,221 | 0.07 | 25 | 190 |
Hungary | 10,156,239 | 9,994,993 | 1.35 | 0.123 | 16 | 95 | -142,835 | -1.43 | 48 | 234 |
Poland | 41,026,067 | 40,221,726 | 5.42 | 0.495 | 7 | 37 | -705,605 | -1.75 | 49 | 235 |
Republic of Moldova | 3,435,931 | 3,329,865 | 0.449 | 0.0410 | 28 | 135 | -88,696 | -2.66 | 50 | 237 |
Romania | 19,892,812 | 19,618,996 | 2.65 | 0.242 | 9 | 66 | -221,737 | -1.13 | 46 | 232 |
Russian Federation | 144,444,359 | 143,957,079 | 19.4 | 1.77 | 1 | 9 | -475,055 | -0.33 | 36 | 214 |
Slovakia | 5,795,199 | 5,702,832 | 0.769 | 0.0702 | 23 | 117 | -80,190 | -1.41 | 47 | 233 |
Ukraine | 36,744,634 | 37,937,821 | 5.12 | 0.467 | 8 | 40 | 1,035,655 | 2.73 | 1 | 12 |
Denmark | 5,910,913 | 5,939,695 | 0.801 | 0.0732 | 22 | 115 | 28,831 | 0.48 | 11 | 150 |
Estonia | 1,322,765 | 1,319,041 | 0.178 | 0.0162 | 36 | 157 | -3,932 | -0.30 | 34 | 212 |
Faroe Islands | 53,270 | 53,444 | 0.00721 | 0.00066 | 45 | 210 | 178 | 0.33 | 13 | 160 |
Finland | 5,545,475 | 5,549,886 | 0.748 | 0.0684 | 24 | 118 | 4,330 | 0.08 | 24 | 189 |
Guernsey | 63,544 | 63,788 | 0.00860 | 0.00079 | 44 | 208 | 251 | 0.39 | 12 | 159 |
Iceland | 375,318 | 377,689 | 0.0509 | 0.00465 | 40 | 180 | 2,354 | 0.62 | 7 | 137 |
Ireland | 5,056,935 | 5,089,478 | 0.686 | 0.0627 | 26 | 125 | 31,876 | 0.63 | 6 | 133 |
Isle of Man | 84,710 | 84,904 | 0.0114 | 0.00105 | 42 | 203 | 178 | 0.21 | 20 | 173 |
Jersey | 111,802 | 112,843 | 0.0152 | 0.00139 | 41 | 196 | 1,043 | 0.92 | 4 | 102 |
Latvia | 1,830,211 | 1,810,240 | 0.244 | 0.0223 | 34 | 151 | -19,718 | -1.09 | 45 | 231 |
Lithuania | 2,718,352 | 2,692,798 | 0.363 | 0.0332 | 31 | 144 | -24,925 | -0.93 | 44 | 229 |
Norway | 5,474,360 | 5,514,477 | 0.744 | 0.0679 | 25 | 120 | 40,152 | 0.73 | 5 | 122 |
Sweden | 10,612,086 | 10,673,669 | 1.44 | 0.131 | 12 | 88 | 61,045 | 0.57 | 9 | 141 |
United Kingdom | 67,736,802 | 67,961,439 | 9.16 | 0.837 | 3 | 22 | 222,803 | 0.33 | 14 | 161 |
Albania | 2,832,439 | 2,826,020 | 0.381 | 0.0348 | 30 | 139 | -4,138 | -0.15 | 32 | 206 |
Andorra | 80,088 | 80,341 | 0.0108 | 0.00099 | 43 | 204 | 250 | 0.31 | 15 | 162 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,210,847 | 3,194,378 | 0.431 | 0.0393 | 29 | 137 | -12,618 | -0.40 | 39 | 217 |
Croatia | 4,008,617 | 3,986,627 | 0.538 | 0.0491 | 27 | 130 | -22,124 | -0.56 | 41 | 222 |
Gibraltar | 32,688 | 32,718 | 0.00441 | 0.00040 | 49 | 220 | 27 | 0.08 | 23 | 188 |
Greece | 10,341,277 | 10,302,720 | 1.39 | 0.127 | 14 | 93 | -39,007 | -0.38 | 38 | 216 |
Holy See | 518 | 526 | 0.00007 | 0.00001 | 50 | 237 | 7 | 1.33 | 2 | 75 |
Italy | 58,870,762 | 58,697,744 | 7.91 | 0.723 | 5 | 25 | -176,466 | -0.30 | 35 | 213 |
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 1,663,594 | 1,667,483 | 0.225 | 0.0205 | 35 | 153 | 3,922 | 0.23 | 19 | 172 |
Malta | 535,064 | 536,740 | 0.0724 | 0.00661 | 39 | 174 | 1,617 | 0.30 | 16 | 164 |
Montenegro | 626,485 | 626,102 | 0.0844 | 0.00771 | 38 | 171 | -427 | -0.07 | 29 | 201 |
North Macedonia | 2,085,679 | 2,082,706 | 0.281 | 0.0257 | 33 | 150 | 7 | 0.00 | 26 | 194 |
Portugal | 10,247,605 | 10,223,349 | 1.38 | 0.126 | 15 | 94 | -24,707 | -0.24 | 33 | 211 |
San Marino | 33,642 | 33,614 | 0.00453 | 0.00041 | 48 | 219 | -37 | -0.11 | 31 | 205 |
Serbia | 7,149,077 | 7,097,028 | 0.957 | 0.0874 | 20 | 106 | -39,971 | -0.56 | 42 | 224 |
Slovenia | 2,119,675 | 2,118,965 | 0.286 | 0.0261 | 32 | 149 | -970 | -0.05 | 27 | 198 |
Spain | 47,519,628 | 47,473,373 | 6.40 | 0.585 | 6 | 32 | -49,666 | -0.10 | 30 | 203 |
Austria | 8,958,960 | 8,977,139 | 1.21 | 0.111 | 18 | 101 | 17,472 | 0.20 | 21 | 175 |
Belgium | 11,686,140 | 11,715,774 | 1.58 | 0.144 | 11 | 82 | 29,351 | 0.25 | 18 | 168 |
France | 64,756,584 | 64,881,830 | 8.75 | 0.799 | 4 | 23 | 122,752 | 0.19 | 22 | 178 |
Germany | 83,294,633 | 83,252,474 | 11.2 | 1.03 | 2 | 19 | -47,788 | -0.06 | 28 | 199 |
Liechtenstein | 39,584 | 39,822 | 0.00537 | 0.00049 | 46 | 217 | 222 | 0.56 | 10 | 142 |
Luxembourg | 654,768 | 661,594 | 0.0892 | 0.00815 | 37 | 169 | 6,670 | 1.01 | 3 | 93 |
Monaco | 36,297 | 36,157 | 0.00488 | 0.00045 | 47 | 218 | -123 | -0.34 | 37 | 215 |
Netherlands | 17,618,299 | 17,671,125 | 2.38 | 0.218 | 10 | 72 | 52,006 | 0.29 | 17 | 166 |
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 |
Country/Region | 1950 | 2000 | 2050 | 2100 | ||||
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Population | Rank | Population | Rank | Population | Rank | Population | Rank | |
Belarus | 7,906,860 | 15 | 10,256,483 | 14 | 8,409,632 | 19 | 6,469,457 | 20 |
Bulgaria | 7,157,632 | 17 | 8,097,691 | 18 | 5,187,392 | 25 | 2,943,542 | 26 |
Czechia | 8,916,634 | 12 | 10,234,710 | 15 | 10,577,126 | 13 | 11,172,303 | 13 |
Hungary | 9,337,714 | 11 | 10,202,055 | 16 | 8,817,396 | 18 | 6,929,830 | 18 |
Poland | 24,786,236 | 8 | 38,504,431 | 8 | 34,932,339 | 7 | 23,082,363 | 7 |
Republic of Moldova | 2,370,311 | 30 | 4,251,573 | 27 | 2,997,532 | 28 | 2,457,142 | 27 |
Romania | 16,392,971 | 9 | 21,919,876 | 9 | 17,457,213 | 10 | 13,105,206 | 11 |
Russian Federation | 102,580,107 | 1 | 146,844,839 | 1 | 133,133,035 | 1 | 112,068,747 | 1 |
Slovakia | 3,465,617 | 25 | 5,376,690 | 22 | 5,186,967 | 26 | 3,854,319 | 24 |
Ukraine | 37,302,996 | 6 | 48,879,755 | 6 | 32,867,719 | 8 | 20,432,787 | 8 |
Denmark | 4,267,694 | 22 | 5,340,655 | 23 | 6,445,109 | 20 | 7,093,770 | 17 |
Estonia | 1,102,078 | 35 | 1,396,877 | 36 | 1,171,695 | 36 | 835,708 | 37 |
Faroe Islands | 31,655 | 44 | 45,660 | 45 | 59,444 | 45 | 68,513 | 43 |
Finland | 4,008,289 | 23 | 5,176,209 | 24 | 5,460,917 | 24 | 5,023,926 | 23 |
Guernsey | 44,419 | 43 | 59,114 | 44 | 66,496 | 44 | 56,453 | 45 |
Iceland | 142,650 | 40 | 281,462 | 40 | 408,783 | 40 | 368,486 | 40 |
Ireland | 2,906,599 | 27 | 3,768,950 | 29 | 5,724,686 | 23 | 5,722,314 | 22 |
Isle of Man | 54,813 | 42 | 75,562 | 42 | 86,680 | 42 | 88,338 | 42 |
Jersey | 56,855 | 41 | 86,192 | 41 | 135,441 | 41 | 161,397 | 41 |
Latvia | 1,922,525 | 31 | 2,392,530 | 32 | 1,433,728 | 35 | 954,183 | 34 |
Lithuania | 2,564,798 | 29 | 3,599,637 | 30 | 2,187,550 | 31 | 1,503,077 | 31 |
Norway | 3,281,416 | 26 | 4,491,202 | 26 | 6,367,559 | 21 | 7,219,859 | 16 |
Sweden | 7,014,610 | 18 | 8,871,043 | 17 | 11,902,033 | 12 | 13,187,841 | 10 |
United Kingdom | 50,055,065 | 3 | 58,850,043 | 3 | 71,684,966 | 3 | 70,485,072 | 2 |
Albania | 1,252,582 | 33 | 3,182,021 | 31 | 2,456,472 | 30 | 1,097,162 | 33 |
Andorra | 6,005 | 49 | 66,097 | 43 | 80,504 | 43 | 60,245 | 44 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,692,907 | 28 | 4,179,350 | 28 | 2,739,014 | 29 | 1,739,032 | 29 |
Croatia | 3,864,691 | 24 | 4,548,434 | 25 | 3,333,425 | 27 | 2,113,899 | 28 |
Gibraltar | 21,402 | 45 | 27,741 | 48 | 31,356 | 49 | 23,865 | 49 |
Greece | 7,669,099 | 16 | 11,038,109 | 11 | 9,144,951 | 16 | 6,380,722 | 21 |
Holy See | 880 | 50 | 651 | 50 | 731 | 50 | 1,237 | 50 |
Italy | 46,391,938 | 4 | 56,966,397 | 5 | 52,250,484 | 5 | 36,874,247 | 5 |
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 767,274 | 36 | 1,823,286 | 35 | 1,669,913 | 34 | 944,539 | 35 |
Malta | 291,873 | 39 | 399,212 | 39 | 522,737 | 39 | 386,365 | 39 |
Montenegro | 402,260 | 37 | 633,324 | 37 | 586,385 | 38 | 429,267 | 38 |
North Macedonia | 1,251,433 | 34 | 2,037,936 | 33 | 1,909,309 | 33 | 1,209,753 | 32 |
Portugal | 8,416,952 | 14 | 10,300,626 | 12 | 9,261,305 | 15 | 6,885,463 | 19 |
San Marino | 12,963 | 48 | 26,823 | 49 | 32,044 | 48 | 26,093 | 48 |
Serbia | 6,017,683 | 20 | 7,935,022 | 20 | 5,777,806 | 22 | 3,266,060 | 25 |
Slovenia | 1,445,033 | 32 | 1,984,339 | 34 | 2,003,258 | 32 | 1,666,113 | 30 |
Spain | 28,069,694 | 7 | 40,741,651 | 7 | 44,219,565 | 6 | 30,880,752 | 6 |
Austria | 6,936,440 | 19 | 8,010,428 | 19 | 8,924,190 | 17 | 7,945,563 | 15 |
Belgium | 8,617,344 | 13 | 10,264,343 | 13 | 12,090,657 | 11 | 11,521,156 | 12 |
France | 41,842,355 | 5 | 58,665,453 | 4 | 65,827,072 | 4 | 60,851,673 | 4 |
Germany | 70,964,095 | 2 | 81,551,677 | 2 | 78,932,228 | 2 | 68,936,102 | 3 |
Liechtenstein | 13,765 | 47 | 33,026 | 46 | 42,287 | 46 | 41,474 | 47 |
Luxembourg | 296,584 | 38 | 435,628 | 38 | 781,910 | 37 | 879,481 | 36 |
Monaco | 19,729 | 46 | 32,465 | 47 | 37,664 | 47 | 50,858 | 46 |
Netherlands | 10,093,554 | 10 | 15,899,135 | 10 | 17,897,025 | 9 | 16,580,142 | 9 |
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 |