List of European countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	25 Sep 2025

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Russia is the most populous country in Europe. Russia is the only European country with a total number of humans above 100 million. With 144 million, Russia is leading by 6 million, or 1.71 times the number of 2nd-ranked Germany. The United Kingdom, France, and Italy complete the top five list. Again there is a large gap between 8th-ranked Poland and 9th-ranked Romania, as Ukraine's population is almost double that of Romania. The top ten countries together hold a 78.7% share of the Europe population.

As of 2025, 14 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 22 would increase and 28 countries would decrease in 2025. The combined decreased population of these 28 regions is 3.03 million. These 28 countries/territories account for two-thirds of the Europe population. Ukraine's population would increase by 1.40 million, followed by the United Kingdom (396k), the Netherlands (110k), and France (100k). The Russian Federation (-876k) is the top decliner, followed by Germany (-668k).

Ukraine would have the highest population growth rate of 3.60% in 2025. Ukraine is the only country in Europe with a growth rate above 2%. Six countries have a growth rate above 1%. Montenegro would have the lowest population growth rate of -1.51%, followed by Lithuania at -1.50%. Only Ukraine is 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, the United Kingdom will replace Germany in the 2nd spot.

The Holy See will remain the least populous country until 2100.

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Population (UN)
Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2025)		Growth Rank
Country/Region	2024	2025	Europe	World	Europe	World	Net	%	Europe	World
Belarus	9,056,696	8,997,603	1.21	0.109	18	100	-59,782	-0.66	35	208
Bulgaria	6,757,689	6,714,560	0.902	0.0816	20	110	-45,191	-0.67	36	209
Czechia	10,735,859	10,609,239	1.43	0.129	13	92	-141,849	-1.34	46	227
Hungary	9,676,135	9,632,287	1.29	0.117	16	97	-60,520	-0.63	34	207
Poland	38,539,201	38,140,910	5.12	0.463	8	42	-451,509	-1.18	45	226
Republic of Moldova	3,034,961	2,996,106	0.402	0.0364	29	139	-40,799	-1.36	47	228
Romania	19,015,088	18,908,650	2.54	0.230	9	69	-107,375	-0.57	32	204
Russian Federation	144,820,423	143,997,393	19.3	1.75	1	9	-875,744	-0.61	33	205
Slovakia	5,506,760	5,474,881	0.735	0.0665	25	123	-38,130	-0.70	38	212
Ukraine	37,860,221	38,980,376	5.24	0.474	7	40	1,402,387	3.60	1	2
Denmark	5,977,412	6,002,507	0.806	0.0729	22	114	23,172	0.39	16	153
Estonia	1,360,546	1,344,232	0.181	0.0163	36	158	-19,268	-1.43	48	229
Faroe Islands	55,400	56,002	0.00752	0.00068	45	209	559	1.00	6	101
Finland	5,617,310	5,623,329	0.755	0.0683	23	118	1,505	0.03	22	172
Guernsey	64,280	64,477	0.00866	0.00078	44	208	171	0.27	17	157
Iceland	393,396	398,266	0.0535	0.00484	40	179	4,430	1.11	3	93
Ireland	5,255,017	5,308,039	0.713	0.0645	26	125	50,858	0.96	7	103
Isle of Man	84,160	84,118	0.0113	0.00102	42	203	-59	-0.07	24	179
Jersey	103,846	103,989	0.0140	0.00126	41	198	127	0.12	20	166
Latvia	1,871,871	1,853,559	0.249	0.0225	33	151	-20,982	-1.13	44	225
Lithuania	2,859,110	2,830,144	0.380	0.0344	30	142	-42,523	-1.50	49	230
Norway	5,576,660	5,623,071	0.755	0.0683	24	119	39,060	0.69	9	123
Sweden	10,606,999	10,656,633	1.43	0.129	12	91	47,426	0.45	15	147
United Kingdom	69,138,192	69,551,332	9.34	0.845	3	22	395,983	0.57	13	135
Albania	2,791,765	2,771,508	0.372	0.0337	31	144	-20,721	-0.75	39	215
Andorra	81,938	82,904	0.0111	0.00101	43	204	895	1.08	4	97
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,164,253	3,140,095	0.422	0.0381	28	136	-25,461	-0.81	43	221
Croatia	3,875,325	3,848,160	0.517	0.0467	27	130	-26,310	-0.68	37	211
Gibraltar	39,329	40,126	0.00539	0.00049	47	217	774	1.93	2	52
Greece	10,047,817	9,938,844	1.34	0.121	15	95	-40,535	-0.41	29	197
Holy See	496	501	0.00007	0.00001	50	237	3	0.60	12	131
Italy	59,342,867	59,146,260	7.95	0.719	5	25	-208,666	-0.35	28	194
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,684,790	1,674,125	0.225	0.0203	35	153	-9,068	-0.54	31	202
Malta	539,607	545,405	0.0733	0.00663	39	173	5,170	0.95	8	105
Montenegro	638,479	632,729	0.0850	0.00769	38	171	-9,586	-1.51	50	231
North Macedonia	1,823,009	1,813,791	0.244	0.0220	34	152	-9,430	-0.52	30	200
Portugal	10,425,292	10,411,834	1.40	0.126	14	93	-16,201	-0.16	27	187
San Marino	33,581	33,572	0.00451	0.00041	49	221	35	0.10	21	167
Serbia	6,736,216	6,689,039	0.899	0.0813	21	111	-50,118	-0.75	40	216
Slovenia	2,118,697	2,117,072	0.284	0.0257	32	149	-2,194	-0.10	26	183
Spain	47,910,526	47,889,958	6.43	0.582	6	32	-30,560	-0.06	23	177
Austria	9,120,813	9,113,574	1.22	0.111	17	99	-6,594	-0.07	25	180
Belgium	11,738,763	11,758,603	1.58	0.143	11	83	17,516	0.15	19	165
France	66,548,530	66,650,804	8.95	0.810	4	23	99,805	0.15	18	164
Germany	84,552,242	84,075,075	11.3	1.02	2	19	-667,693	-0.79	42	219
Liechtenstein	39,870	40,128	0.00539	0.00049	46	216	248	0.62	10	129
Luxembourg	673,036	680,453	0.0914	0.00827	37	169	7,171	1.05	5	98
Monaco	38,631	38,341	0.00515	0.00047	48	219	-288	-0.75	41	217
Netherlands	18,228,742	18,346,819	2.46	0.223	10	71	109,780	0.60	11	130
Switzerland	8,921,981	8,967,407	1.20	0.109	19	101	43,029	0.48	14	141
Europe	745,083,824	744,398,832		9.04			-777,050	-0.10

Estimated and Projected population (UN)
Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
Belarus	7,127,595	17	9,991,313	16	7,453,546	19	4,350,962	23
Bulgaria	7,248,511	16	8,000,520	19	5,402,217	24	3,531,198	25
Czechia	8,916,711	12	10,236,804	14	9,825,543	13	8,228,076	15
Hungary	9,337,880	11	10,190,600	15	8,725,347	17	7,460,743	16
Poland	24,780,161	8	38,258,071	8	32,814,096	7	19,329,839	7
Republic of Moldova	2,528,360	29	4,234,967	27	2,351,809	29	1,487,721	29
Romania	16,397,279	9	22,046,262	9	16,027,266	10	10,768,185	12
Russian Federation	103,392,360	1	146,717,783	1	136,132,775	1	126,386,515	1
Slovakia	3,465,747	25	5,379,999	22	4,936,488	26	3,427,216	26
Ukraine	37,310,887	6	49,556,660	6	31,990,132	8	15,197,403	9
Denmark	4,268,404	22	5,339,658	23	6,124,838	20	5,863,216	19
Estonia	1,102,042	35	1,396,997	36	1,174,267	36	825,503	36
Faroe Islands	31,664	44	45,663	45	63,035	44	63,251	42
Finland	4,008,407	23	5,176,202	24	5,351,645	25	4,601,058	22
Guernsey	44,947	43	60,269	44	62,800	45	52,910	44
Iceland	142,667	40	281,280	40	432,993	40	362,582	38
Ireland	2,912,654	27	3,802,585	29	5,970,042	21	5,286,120	21
Isle of Man	55,089	42	75,659	42	77,971	43	58,065	43
Jersey	57,110	41	87,841	41	104,766	41	99,810	41
Latvia	1,918,720	31	2,368,313	32	1,513,810	34	925,371	34
Lithuania	2,432,995	30	3,500,402	30	2,258,774	30	1,208,675	31
Norway	3,265,191	26	4,490,867	25	5,899,829	22	5,413,618	20
Sweden	7,016,565	18	8,872,101	17	11,309,630	12	11,366,896	10
United Kingdom	50,121,017	3	59,057,338	4	75,504,681	3	74,305,411	2
Albania	1,247,851	34	3,166,148	31	2,240,166	31	1,184,997	32
Andorra	5,996	49	65,685	43	82,195	42	47,222	47
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,690,410	28	4,159,771	28	2,455,167	28	1,366,461	30
Croatia	3,864,990	24	4,326,105	26	3,234,160	27	2,141,439	27
Gibraltar	21,656	45	27,709	48	49,798	46	49,261	45
Greece	7,651,079	15	10,782,635	11	8,812,069	16	6,275,577	18
Holy See	880	50	691	50	714	50	1,361	50
Italy	46,391,673	4	57,272,196	5	51,891,099	5	35,376,821	5
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	778,481	36	1,802,493	35	1,643,619	33	1,094,726	33
Malta	294,680	39	399,895	39	535,721	38	359,932	39
Montenegro	402,512	37	634,193	37	533,295	39	326,015	40
North Macedonia	1,248,683	33	2,057,253	33	1,512,688	35	862,997	35
Portugal	8,418,877	14	10,283,204	12	9,770,271	14	8,753,987	14
San Marino	12,947	48	26,799	49	33,696	49	31,165	49
Serbia	6,009,201	20	7,694,605	20	5,532,870	23	3,701,499	24
Slovenia	1,446,358	32	1,986,816	34	1,981,553	32	1,632,031	28
Spain	28,077,049	7	41,019,774	7	44,928,558	6	33,127,478	6
Austria	6,936,449	19	8,012,928	18	8,724,332	18	7,399,328	17
Belgium	8,617,441	13	10,251,717	13	11,870,906	11	11,060,848	11
France	41,883,119	5	59,483,717	3	68,219,675	4	68,484,558	4
Germany	69,847,782	2	81,797,258	2	78,294,613	2	70,899,863	3
Liechtenstein	13,764	47	33,113	46	43,013	47	43,598	48
Luxembourg	296,570	38	436,132	38	791,464	37	747,990	37
Monaco	19,666	46	32,455	47	36,757	48	47,489	46
Netherlands	10,113,757	10	16,058,760	10	18,958,475	9	17,507,518	8
Switzerland	4,692,641	21	7,184,007	21	9,342,586	15	9,126,131	13
Europe	548,867,473		728,164,209		703,027,759		592,250,635