List of European countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	21 Aug 2024

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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 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)
Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2024)		Growth Rank
Country/Region	2023	2024	Europe	World	Europe	World	Net	%	Europe	World
Belarus	9,115,680	9,056,696	1.22	0.111	18	100	-58,404	-0.65	38	211
Bulgaria	6,795,803	6,757,689	0.907	0.0828	20	110	-41,067	-0.61	37	210
Czechia	10,809,716	10,735,859	1.44	0.132	12	89	-111,390	-1.04	48	229
Hungary	9,686,463	9,676,135	1.30	0.119	16	96	-27,175	-0.28	28	194
Poland	38,762,844	38,539,201	5.17	0.472	7	39	-345,074	-0.90	46	225
Republic of Moldova	3,067,070	3,034,961	0.407	0.0372	29	138	-36,911	-1.22	49	230
Romania	19,118,479	19,015,088	2.55	0.233	9	67	-105,500	-0.56	36	209
Russian Federation	145,440,500	144,820,423	19.4	1.77	1	9	-770,316	-0.53	34	207
Slovakia	5,518,055	5,506,760	0.739	0.0675	25	120	-25,627	-0.47	32	203
Ukraine	37,732,836	37,860,221	5.08	0.464	8	42	837,923	2.21	1	38
Denmark	5,948,136	5,977,412	0.802	0.0732	22	114	27,018	0.45	16	150
Estonia	1,367,196	1,360,546	0.183	0.0167	36	157	-13,360	-0.98	47	228
Faroe Islands	54,714	55,400	0.00744	0.00068	45	210	645	1.16	7	97
Finland	5,601,185	5,617,310	0.754	0.0688	23	117	10,533	0.19	19	167
Guernsey	64,017	64,280	0.00863	0.00079	44	208	222	0.34	17	159
Iceland	387,558	393,396	0.0528	0.00482	40	179	5,311	1.35	4	82
Ireland	5,196,630	5,255,017	0.705	0.0644	26	124	55,185	1.05	9	102
Isle of Man	84,165	84,160	0.0113	0.00103	42	203	-25	-0.03	23	178
Jersey	103,674	103,846	0.0139	0.00127	41	199	159	0.15	21	170
Latvia	1,882,396	1,871,871	0.251	0.0229	33	151	-15,643	-0.84	45	224
Lithuania	2,854,099	2,859,110	0.384	0.0350	30	141	-15,407	-0.54	35	208
Norway	5,519,167	5,576,660	0.748	0.0683	24	119	53,762	0.96	10	110
Sweden	10,551,494	10,606,999	1.42	0.130	13	90	51,842	0.49	15	143
United Kingdom	68,682,962	69,138,192	9.28	0.847	3	21	430,297	0.62	13	132
Albania	2,811,655	2,791,765	0.375	0.0342	31	143	-19,793	-0.71	40	214
Andorra	80,856	81,938	0.0110	0.00100	43	204	1,039	1.27	5	87
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,185,073	3,164,253	0.425	0.0388	28	136	-22,854	-0.72	41	216
Croatia	3,896,023	3,875,325	0.520	0.0475	27	130	-28,020	-0.72	42	217
Gibraltar	38,471	39,329	0.00528	0.00048	47	218	820	2.08	2	46
Greece	10,242,908	10,047,817	1.35	0.123	15	95	-177,409	-1.77	50	234
Holy See	496	496	0.00007	0.00001	50	237	9	1.82	3	61
Italy	59,499,453	59,342,867	7.96	0.727	5	25	-184,548	-0.31	30	196
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,700,031	1,684,790	0.226	0.0206	35	153	-12,262	-0.73	43	218
Malta	532,956	539,607	0.0724	0.00661	39	173	6,426	1.19	6	95
Montenegro	633,552	638,479	0.0857	0.00782	38	170	-1,913	-0.30	29	195
North Macedonia	1,831,802	1,823,009	0.245	0.0223	34	152	-9,006	-0.49	33	205
Portugal	10,430,738	10,425,292	1.40	0.128	14	93	-10,717	-0.10	26	185
San Marino	33,733	33,581	0.00451	0.00041	49	221	-52	-0.15	27	190
Serbia	6,773,201	6,736,216	0.904	0.0825	21	111	-44,236	-0.66	39	212
Slovenia	2,118,396	2,118,697	0.284	0.0260	32	149	-1,055	-0.05	24	180
Spain	47,911,579	47,910,526	6.43	0.587	6	32	-10,577	-0.02	22	177
Austria	9,130,429	9,120,813	1.22	0.112	17	99	-7,884	-0.09	25	184
Belgium	11,712,893	11,738,763	1.58	0.144	11	83	22,163	0.19	18	166
France	66,438,822	66,548,530	8.93	0.815	4	23	104,743	0.16	20	169
Germany	84,548,231	84,552,242	11.3	1.04	2	19	-286,642	-0.34	31	197
Liechtenstein	39,598	39,870	0.00535	0.00049	46	216	268	0.67	12	130
Luxembourg	665,098	673,036	0.0903	0.00825	37	169	7,664	1.14	8	99
Monaco	38,956	38,631	0.00518	0.00047	48	219	-292	-0.76	44	221
Netherlands	18,092,524	18,228,742	2.45	0.223	10	71	126,375	0.69	11	128
Switzerland	8,870,561	8,921,981	1.20	0.109	19	101	47,824	0.54	14	141
Europe	745,602,875	745,083,824		9.13			-592,931	-0.08

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