List of European countries by area

This is a list of European countries, by geographical area.

Notes: Some of these countries are also considered part of Asia. Their names are given in italics and <u/l>only their European area is given</u/l>. 

Not all states within the geographical region are part of the European Union, although member states are in the majority. Non-member states are marked with an asterisk (*). This currently includes all of the Asian border states.

Some of the smaller countries, marked (†), are represented indirectly in the EU by larger EU members. 

 Rank State  Area (km²) Notes 1 *  3,972,200 3,999,364 km² including illegally occupied Crimea. 17,098,242 km² including its Asian territory excluding Crimea as it is a contested territory with most European states claiming it is Ukrainian territory. 2    603,628  3  551,695 643,801 km² when the overseas departments are included. 4  498,468 505,992 km² when the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are included. 5  450,295  6  385,178 This includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen 7  357,386  8  338,145 9  312,685 10  301,338  11 * 242,495 260,665 km² when the British Overseas Territories (except British Antarctic Territory) are included. 12  238,397 13  207,600 14  131,940 15  110,994 16  102,775  17  93,030 18  91,568 19  83,858 20  78,866 21  77,453  88,361 km² including Kosovo. 22  70,273 23  65,300 24  64,589  25  61,022  26  56,594  27  51,129 28  49,036  29  45,339 30            44,493 This includes Faroe Islands; 2,210,579 km² including Greenland. 31  41,290   32  41,198  Excluding Caribbean Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten. 33  33,846  34  30,510 35  28,748 36  25,713 37 * 23,757 Total area: 783,356. 97% of Turkey's land area is in Asia and 3% in Europe. 38  20,273 39  13,812 40  10,908Partially recognized state 41 * 9,251 transcontinental island country in Europe and Asia 42 * 6,960 86,600 km² including Asian part 43  2,586 44 * 2,428 69,700 km² including Asian part 45  1553 46  1,399 47  572 48  468 49  373 50  316 51  160 52  119.5 53  78 54  61 55  7 56  6.8 57  2.02 58  0.44

Notes

countries in order of geographical area
Category:Lists of countries