List of European countries by population

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

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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. 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)
Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2021)		Growth Rank
Country/Region	2020	2021	Europe	World	Europe	World	Net	%	Europe	World
Belarus	9,449,321	9,442,867	1.26	0.120	17	96	-6,454	-0.07	32	206
Bulgaria	6,948,445	6,896,655	0.922	0.0876	21	108	-51,790	-0.75	46	230
Czechia	10,708,982	10,724,553	1.43	0.136	12	86	15,571	0.15	21	190
Hungary	9,660,350	9,634,162	1.29	0.122	16	95	-26,188	-0.27	38	218
Poland	37,846,605	37,797,000	5.05	0.480	8	39	-49,605	-0.13	34	209
Republic of Moldova	4,033,963	4,024,025	0.538	0.0511	28	131	-9,938	-0.25	37	216
Romania	19,237,682	19,127,772	2.56	0.243	9	63	-109,910	-0.57	43	227
Russian Federation	145,934,460	145,912,022	19.5	1.85	1	9	-22,438	-0.02	29	202
Slovakia	5,459,643	5,460,726	0.730	0.0693	25	119	1,083	0.02	25	198
Ukraine	43,733,759	43,466,822	5.81	0.552	7	35	-266,937	-0.61	45	229
Channel Islands	173,859	175,244	0.0234	0.00223	40	190	1,385	0.80	4	131
Denmark	5,792,203	5,813,302	0.777	0.0738	22	115	21,099	0.36	15	173
Estonia	1,326,539	1,325,188	0.177	0.0168	35	156	-1,351	-0.10	33	208
Faroe Islands	48,865	49,053	0.00656	0.00062	43	212	188	0.38	12	170
Finland	5,540,718	5,548,361	0.742	0.0705	23	117	7,643	0.14	23	192
Iceland	341,250	343,360	0.0459	0.00436	39	180	2,110	0.62	7	147
Ireland	4,937,796	4,982,904	0.666	0.0633	26	124	45,108	0.91	2	117
Isle of Man	85,032	85,410	0.0114	0.00108	41	202	378	0.44	10	160
Latvia	1,886,202	1,866,934	0.250	0.0237	34	151	-19,268	-1.02	47	232
Lithuania	2,722,291	2,689,862	0.360	0.0342	31	142	-32,429	-1.19	48	234
Norway	5,421,242	5,465,629	0.731	0.0694	24	118	44,387	0.82	3	129
Sweden	10,099,270	10,160,159	1.36	0.129	15	91	60,889	0.60	8	150
United Kingdom	67,886,004	68,207,114	9.12	0.866	3	21	321,110	0.47	9	158
Albania	2,877,800	2,872,934	0.384	0.0365	30	140	-4,866	-0.17	36	212
Andorra	77,265	77,354	0.0103	0.00098	42	203	89	0.12	24	195
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,815	3,263,459	0.436	0.0414	29	136	-17,356	-0.53	42	226
Croatia	4,105,268	4,081,657	0.546	0.0518	27	130	-23,611	-0.58	44	228
Gibraltar	33,691	33,691	0.00451	0.00043	47	219	0	0.00	26	199
Greece	10,423,056	10,370,747	1.39	0.132	13	87	-52,309	-0.50	41	225
Holy See	809	812	0.00011	0.00001	48	235	3	0.37	13	171
Italy	60,461,828	60,367,471	8.07	0.767	5	24	-94,357	-0.16	35	211
Malta	441,539	442,790	0.0592	0.00562	38	174	1,251	0.28	17	179
Montenegro	628,062	628,051	0.0840	0.00798	37	169	-11	-0.00	27	200
North Macedonia	2,083,380	2,082,662	0.279	0.0264	32	148	-718	-0.03	31	205
Portugal	10,196,707	10,167,923	1.36	0.129	14	90	-28,784	-0.28	39	219
San Marino	33,938	34,010	0.00455	0.00043	46	218	72	0.21	20	186
Serbia	8,737,370	8,697,547	1.16	0.110	20	101	-39,823	-0.46	40	224
Slovenia	2,078,932	2,078,723	0.278	0.0264	33	149	-209	-0.01	28	201
Spain	46,754,783	46,745,211	6.25	0.594	6	31	-9,572	-0.02	30	203
Austria	9,006,400	9,043,072	1.21	0.115	18	98	36,672	0.41	11	166
Belgium	11,589,616	11,632,334	1.56	0.148	11	81	42,718	0.37	14	172
France	65,273,512	65,426,177	8.75	0.831	4	22	152,665	0.23	18	183
Germany	83,783,945	83,900,471	11.2	1.07	2	19	116,526	0.14	22	191
Liechtenstein	38,137	38,254	0.00512	0.00049	45	217	117	0.31	16	177
Luxembourg	625,976	634,814	0.0849	0.00806	36	168	8,838	1.41	1	76
Monaco	39,244	39,520	0.00529	0.00050	44	214	276	0.70	6	142
Netherlands	17,134,873	17,173,094	2.30	0.218	10	70	38,221	0.22	19	184
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)
Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
Belarus	7,745,004	15	9,871,635	16	8,634,216	18	7,429,673	17
Bulgaria	7,250,996	17	7,997,951	20	5,385,444	25	3,588,337	26
Czechia	8,902,620	12	10,289,374	13	10,545,590	13	10,274,070	14
Hungary	9,337,718	11	10,220,509	15	8,470,232	19	6,856,920	20
Poland	24,824,007	8	38,556,699	8	33,294,573	8	23,032,569	8
Republic of Moldova	2,341,009	30	4,202,659	27	3,360,176	28	2,011,568	28
Romania	16,236,289	9	22,137,423	9	16,259,784	10	11,877,961	12
Russian Federation	102,798,649	1	146,404,890	1	135,824,486	1	126,142,651	1
Slovakia	3,436,576	25	5,399,207	22	4,983,647	26	3,829,211	25
Ukraine	37,297,640	6	48,838,058	6	35,219,046	7	24,413,452	7
Channel Islands	102,235	40	148,439	40	199,427	40	222,514	40
Denmark	4,268,281	22	5,341,192	23	6,245,374	22	6,872,907	19
Estonia	1,100,997	35	1,399,111	35	1,158,412	35	837,720	36
Faroe Islands	31,502	42	46,738	43	53,465	43	55,097	44
Finland	4,008,292	23	5,187,953	24	5,486,152	24	5,254,370	23
Iceland	142,657	39	280,439	39	376,683	39	353,291	39
Ireland	2,912,682	27	3,783,095	28	5,677,620	23	5,684,962	22
Isle of Man	55,253	41	76,942	41	90,747	41	96,202	41
Latvia	1,926,568	31	2,384,150	32	1,479,176	34	1,114,401	33
Lithuania	2,567,407	29	3,501,842	30	2,121,388	31	1,524,086	31
Norway	3,265,274	26	4,499,375	25	6,600,338	21	7,952,927	16
Sweden	7,009,913	18	8,881,642	18	11,389,198	12	13,022,532	10
United Kingdom	50,616,019	3	58,923,305	4	74,081,983	3	78,053,263	2
Albania	1,263,164	33	3,129,246	31	2,424,052	30	1,088,338	34
Andorra	6,198	47	65,390	42	76,123	42	62,406	43
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,661,296	28	3,751,176	29	2,685,037	29	1,641,054	30
Croatia	3,850,294	24	4,428,075	26	3,364,799	27	2,183,314	27
Gibraltar	22,032	43	31,081	46	33,918	46	27,242	47
Greece	7,668,792	16	11,082,103	11	9,029,254	17	6,583,364	21
Holy See	906	48	790	48	806	48	797	48
Italy	46,598,599	4	56,692,178	5	54,381,674	5	39,992,910	5
Malta	311,998	37	393,649	38	426,793	38	357,732	38
Montenegro	394,739	36	613,558	36	589,336	37	453,656	37
North Macedonia	1,254,444	34	2,034,823	33	1,856,775	33	1,249,361	32
Portugal	8,416,971	14	10,297,117	12	9,084,579	16	6,984,955	18
San Marino	12,774	46	27,460	47	33,635	47	29,693	46
Serbia	6,732,252	20	9,487,612	17	7,083,830	20	4,217,425	24
Slovenia	1,473,093	32	1,987,710	34	1,939,598	32	1,676,264	29
Spain	28,069,734	7	40,824,745	7	43,637,408	6	33,209,856	6
Austria	6,936,442	19	8,069,276	19	9,130,698	15	8,676,844	15
Belgium	8,637,521	13	10,282,046	14	12,220,769	11	12,492,831	11
France	41,833,873	5	59,015,092	3	67,586,729	4	65,497,773	4
Germany	69,966,252	2	81,400,883	2	80,103,973	2	74,740,596	3
Liechtenstein	13,752	45	33,184	44	40,355	45	45,212	45
Luxembourg	296,005	38	436,106	37	789,943	36	985,168	35
Monaco	20,000	44	32,148	45	45,999	44	64,365	42
Netherlands	10,042,051	10	15,926,188	10	17,165,370	9	15,759,617	9
Switzerland	4,668,089	21	7,143,764	21	9,817,716	14	11,041,105	13