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Europe

Europe is a part of the Eurasian plate, but it is traditionally considered as one of the seven continents. Europe is the sixth biggest continent by area and the third by population. Despite its small size, Europe is the second most densely populated continent after Asia. The core region of this continent is the European Union, which is the second economic power in the world. If Europe is the wealthiest and developed region of the world, it is however not homogeneous between countries.

Key facts

Area	10 180 000 km² (3 930 000 sq mi)
Lowest point: Caspian Sea (Russia / Kazakhstan)	28 m (92 ft) below sea level
Highest point: Mount Elbrus (Russia)	5 642 m (18 510 ft)
Longest river	Volga
Population (2020)	747 636 045
Density of population (2020)	72.9 inhabitant / km² (188 inhabitants / sq mi)
Largest city totally located in Europe	Moscow (12 632 409)
GDP (PPP) total (estimate for 2019)	$29.01 trillion
GDP (nominal) total (estimate for 2019)	$21.79 trillion
GDP (nominal) per capita (estimate for 2019)	$29 410

Continent profile

Geography

Population

Economy

Climate

Maps

Map of the density of population of Europe with cities and megalopolis (megaregions)

Map of the GDP nominal per capita in Europe

Map of the Human Development Index (HDI) of Europe in 2019

Map of the average annual temperature across Europe

Map of the average temperature across Europe in January

Map of the average temperature across Europe in July

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European countries and capitals

Albania

Capital: Tirana

Population: 3 074 579 (2020)

Area: 28,748 km²

Andorra

Capital: Andorra la Vella

Population: 77 543 (2020)

Area: 468 km²

Armenia

Capital: Yerevan

Population: 2 956 900 (2020)

Area: 19 743 km²

Austria

Capital: Vienna

Population: 8 902 600 (2020)

Area : 83 871 km²

Azerbaijan

Capital: Baku

Population: 10 027 874 (2020

Area: 86 600 km²

Belarus

Capital: Minsk

Population: 9 408 400 (2020)

Area: 207 600 km²

Belgium

Capital: Brussels

Population: 11 492 641 (2020)

Area: 30 528 km²

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Capital: Sarajevo

Population: 3 301 000 (2019)

Area : 51 197 km²

Bulgaria

Capital: Sofia

Population: 6 951 482 (2019)

Area: 110 879 km²

Croatia

Capital: Zagreb

Population: 4 076 246 (2019)

Area: 56 594 km²

Cyprus

Capital: Nicosia

Population: 1 189 265 (2018)

Area: 9 251 km²

Czech Republic

Capital: Prague

Population: 10 693 939 (2020)

Area : 78 867 km²

Denmark

Capital: Copenhagen

Population: 5 824 857 (2020)

Area: 43 094 km²

Estonia

Capital: Tallinn

Population: 1 328 976 (2020)

Area: 45 228 km²

Finland

Capital: Helsinki

Population: 5 528 737 (2020)

Area: 338 145 km²

France

Capital: Paris

Population: 67 067 000 (2020)

Area : 549 970 km²

Georgia

Capital: Tbilisi

Population: 3 716 858 (2020)

Area: 69 700 km²

Germany

Capital: Berlin

Population: 83 149 300 (2019)

Area: 357 022 km²

Greece

Capital: Athens

Population: 10 724 599 (2019)

Area: 131 957 km²

Hungary

Capital: Budapest

Population: 9 772 756 (2019)

Area : 93 028 km²

Iceland

Capital: Reykjavík

Population: 364 134 (2020)

Area: 103 000 km²

Ireland

Capital: Dublin

Population: 4 921 500 (2019)

Area: 70 273 km²

Italy

Capital: Rome

Population: 60 317 116 (2020)

Area: 301 340 km²

Kazakhstan

Capital: Nur-Sultan

Population: 18 708 352 (2020)

Area : 2 724 900 km²

Latvia

Capital: Riga

Population: 1 904 600 (2020)

Area: 64 589 km²

Liechtenstein

Capital: Vaduz

Population: 38 749 (2020)

Area: 160 km²

Lithuania

Capital: Vilnius

Population: 2 794 329 (2020)

Area: 65 300 km²

Luxembourg

Capital: Luxembourg

Population: 626 108 (2020)

Area : 2 586 km²

Malta

Capital: Valletta

Population: 493 559 (2019)

Area: 316 km²

Moldova

Capital: Chișinău

Population: 2 681 735 (2019)

Area: 33 851 km²

Monaco

Capital: Monaco

Population: 38 300 (2019)

Area: 2 km²

Montenegro

Capital: Podgorica

Population: 622 359 (2018)

Area : 13 812 km²

Netherlands

Capital: Amsterdam

Population: 17 418 465 (2020)

Area: 41 543 km²

North Macedonia

Capital: Skopje

Population: 2 077 132 (2019)

Area: 25 713 km²

Norway

Capital: Oslo

Population: 5 367 580 (2020)

Area: 323 802 km²

Poland

Capital: Warsaw

Population: 38 386 000 (2019)

Area : 312 685 km²

Portugal

Capital: Lisbon

Population: 10 295 909 (2019)

Area: 92 090 km²

Romania

Capital: Bucharest

Population: 19 401 658 (2019)

Area: 238 391 km²

Russia

Capital: Moscow

Population: 146 748 590 (2020)

Area: 17 098 242 km²

San Marino

Capital: San Marino

Population: 33 344 (2018)

Area : 61 km²

Serbia

Capital: Belgrade

Population: 6 963 764 (2019)

Area: 77 474 km²

Slovakia

Capital: Bratislava

Population: 5 457 926 (2020)

Area: 49 035 km²

Slovenia

Capital: Ljubljana

Population: 2 095 861 (2020)

Area: 20 273 km²

Spain

Capital: Madrid

Population: 47 329 981 (2020)

Area : 505 370 km²

Sweden

Capital: Stockholm

Population: 10 343 403 (2020)

Area: 450 295 km²

Switzerland

Capital: Bern

Population: 8 570 146 (2019)

Area: 41 277 km²

Turkey

Capital: Ankara

Population: 83 154 997 (2019)

Area: 783 562 km²

Ukraine

Capital: Kiev

Population: 41 660 982 (2020)

Area : 603 550 km²

United Kingdom

Capital: London

Population: 67 886 004 (2020)

Area: 243 610 km²

Vatican city

Capital: Vatican city

Population: 842 (2014)

Area: 0.44 km²