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Flag	Map	English short and formal names [19][20][21]	Domestic short and formal names [19][20]	Capital [21][22][23]	Population [a][24]	Area [a][25]
		Albania Republic of Albania	Albanian: Shqipëri / Shqipëria — Republika e Shqipërisë	Tirana Albanian: Tiranë	2,994,667	28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi)
		Andorra Principality of Andorra	Catalan: Andorra — Principat d'Andorra	Andorra la Vella Catalan: Andora la Vella	84,825	468 km2 (181 sq mi)
		Armenia[b] Republic of Armenia	Armenian: Հայաստան — Հայաստանի Հանրապետությու (Hayastan — Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun)	Yerevan Armenian: Երևան (Yerevan)	2,967,975	29,743 km2 (11,484 sq mi)
		Austria* Republic of Austria	German: Österreich — Republik Österreich	Vienna German: Wien	8,217,280	83,871 km2 (32,383 sq mi)
		Azerbaijan[b] Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani: Azǝrbaycan — Azǝrbaycan Respublikası	Baku Azerbaijani: Bakı	8,372,373	86,600 km2 (33,436 sq mi)
		Belarus Republic of Belarus	Belarusian: Беларусь — Рэспубліка Беларусь Russian: Беларусь — Республика Беларусь (Bielarus' — Respublika Belaruś)	Minsk Belarusian: Мінск (Minsk)	9,577,552	207,600 km2 (80,155 sq mi)
		Belgium* Kingdom of Belgium	German: Belgien — Königreich Belgien French: Belgique — Royaume de Belgique Dutch: België — Koninkrijk België	Brussels German: Brüssel French: Bruxelles Dutch: Brussel	10,431,477	30,528 km2 (11,787 sq mi)
		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Latin: Bosna i Hercegovina Bosnian, Serbian Cyrillic: Босна и Херцеговина	Sarajevo Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Latin: Sarajevo Bosnian, Serbian Cyrillic: Сарајево	4,622,163	51,197 km2 (19,767 sq mi)
		Bulgaria* Republic of Bulgaria	Bulgarian: България — Република България (Bǎlgarija — Republika Bǎlgarija)	Sofia Bulgarian: София (Sofia)	7,093,635	110,879 km2 (42,811 sq mi)
		Croatia Republic of Croatia	Croatian: Hrvatska — Republika Hrvatska	Zagreb Croatian: Zagreb	4,483,804	56,594 km2 (21,851 sq mi)
		Cyprus*[c] Republic of Cyprus	Greek: Κύπρος — Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία (Kýpros — Kypriakí Dimokratí) Turkish: Kıbrıs — Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti	Nicosia Greek: Λευκωσία (Lefkosia) Turkish: Lefkoşa	1,120,489	9,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi)
		Czech Republic*	Czech: Česko — Česká republika	Prague Czech: Praha	10,190,213	78,867 km2 (30,451 sq mi)
		Denmark*[f] Kingdom of Denmark	Danish: Danmark — Kongeriget Danmark	Copenhagen Danish: København	5,529,888	43,094 km2 (16,639 sq mi)
		Estonia* Republic of Estonia	Estonian: Eesti — Eesti Vabariik	Tallinn Estonian: Tallinn	1,282,963	45,228 km2 (17,463 sq mi)
		Finland* Republic of Finland	Finnish: Suomi — Suomen tasavalta Swedish: Finland — Republiken Finland	Helsinki Finnish: Helsinki Swedish: Helsingfors	5,259,250	338,145 km2 (130,559 sq mi)
		France* French Republic	French: France — République française	Paris French: Paris	65,312,249	643,427 km2 (248,429 sq mi)
		Georgia[b]	Georgian: საქართველო (Sak'art'velo)	Tbilisi / T'bilisi Georgian: თბილისი (T'bilisi)	4,585,874	69,700 km2 (26,911 sq mi)
		Germany* Federal Republic of Germany	German: Deutschland — Bundesrepublik Deutschland	Berlin German: Berlin	81,471,834	357,022 km2 (137,847 sq mi)
		Greece* Hellenic Republic	Greek: Ελλάς — Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (Ellás — Elliniki Dimokratia)	Athens Greek: Αθήνα (Athína)	10,760,136	131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi)
		Hungary*	Hungarian: Magyarország	Budapest Hungarian: Budapest	9,976,062	93,028 km2 (35,918 sq mi)
		Iceland Republic of Iceland	Icelandic: Ísland — Lýðveldið Ísland	Reykjavík Icelandic: Reykjavík	311,058	103,000 km2 (39,769 sq mi)
		Ireland*[d][26]	English: Ireland Irish: Éire	Dublin English: Dublin Irish: Baile Átha Cliath	4,670,976	70,273 km2 (27,133 sq mi)
		Italy* Italian Republic	Italian: Italia — Repubblica Italiana	Rome Italian: Roma	61,016,804	301,340 km2 (116,348 sq mi)
		Kazakhstan[e] Republic of Kazakhstan	Kazakh: Қазақстан — Қазақстан Республикасы (Qazaqstan — Qazaqstan Respūblīkasy) Russian: Казахстан — Республика Казахстан (Kazahstan — Respublika Kazahstan)	Astana Kazakh: Астана Russian: Астана (Astana)	15,522,373	2,724,900 km2 (1,052,090 sq mi)
		Latvia* Republic of Latvia	Latvian: Latvija — Latvijas Republika	Riga Latvian: Rīga	2,204,708	64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi)
		Liechtenstein Principality of Liechtenstein	German: Liechtenstein — Fürstentum Liechtenstein	Vaduz German: Vaduz	35,236	160 km2 (62 sq mi)
		Lithuania* Republic of Lithuania	Lithuanian: Lietuva — Lietuvos Respublika	Vilnius Lithuanian: Vilnius	3,535,547	65,300 km2 (25,212 sq mi)
		Luxembourg* Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	German: Luxemburg — Großherzogtum Luxemburg French: Luxembourg — Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg	Luxembourg German: Luxemburg French: Luxembourg Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg	503,302	2,586 km2 (998 sq mi)
		Macedonia Republic of Macedonia	Macedonian: Македонија — Република Македонија (Makedonija — Republika Makedonija)	Skopje Macedonian: Скопје (Skopje)	2,077,328	25,713 km2 (9,928 sq mi)
		Malta* Republic of Malta	English: Malta — Republic of Malta Maltese: Malta — Repubblika ta' Malta	Valletta English: Valletta Maltese: Valletta	408,333	316 km2 (122 sq mi)
		Moldova Republic of Moldova	Romanian: Moldova — Republica Moldova	Chişinău Romanian: Chişinău	4,314,377	33,851 km2 (13,070 sq mi)
		Monaco Principality of Monaco	French: Monaco — Principauté de Monaco	Monaco French: Monaco	30,539	2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
		Montenegro	Serbian: Црна Гора (Crna Gora)	Podgorica Serbian: Подгорица (Podgorica)	661,807	13,812 km2 (5,333 sq mi)
		Netherlands*[f][g][13] Kingdom of the Netherlands	Dutch: Nederland — Koninkrijk der Nederlanden	Amsterdam (capital) The Hague (seat of government) Dutch: Amsterdam Dutch: 's-Gravenhage / Den Haag	16,847,007	41,543 km2 (16,040 sq mi)
		Norway Kingdom of Norway	Bokmål: Norge — Kongeriket Norge Nynorsk: Noreg — Kongeriket Noreg	Oslo Bokmål: Oslo	4,691,849	323,802 km2 (125,021 sq mi)
		Poland* Republic of Poland	Polish: Polska — Rzeczpospolita Polska	Warsaw Polish: Warszawa	38,441,588	312,685 km2 (120,728 sq mi)
		Portugal* Portuguese Republic	Portuguese: Portugal — República Portuguesa	Lisbon Portuguese: Lisboa	10,760,305	92,090 km2 (35,556 sq mi)
		Romania*	Romanian: România	Bucharest Romanian: Bucureşti	21,904,551	238,391 km2 (92,043 sq mi)
		Russia[e] Russian Federation	Russian: Росси́я — Российская Федерация (Rossija — Rossijskaja Federacija)	Moscow Russian: Москва (Moskva)	138,739,892	17,098,242 km2 (6,601,668 sq mi)
		San Marino Republic of San Marino	Italian: San Marino — Repubblica di San Marino	San Marino Italian: San Marino	31,817	61 km2 (24 sq mi)
		Serbia Republic of Serbia	Serbian: Србија — Република Србија (Srbija — Republika Srbija)	Belgrade Serbian: Београд (Beograd)	9,396,411	88,361 km2 (34,116 sq mi)
		Slovakia* Slovak Republic	Slovak: Slovensko — Slovenská republika	Bratislava Slovak: Bratislava	5,477,038	49,035 km2 (18,933 sq mi)
		Slovenia* Republic of Slovenia	Slovene: Slovenija — Republika Slovenija	Ljubljana Slovene: Ljubljana	2,000,092	20,273 km2 (7,827 sq mi)
		Spain* Kingdom of Spain	Spanish: España — Reino de España	Madrid Spanish: Madrid	46,754,784	505,370 km2 (195,124 sq mi)
		Sweden* Kingdom of Sweden	Swedish: Sverige — Konungariket Sverige	Stockholm Swedish: Stockholm	9,088,728	450,295 km2 (173,860 sq mi)
		Switzerland Swiss Confederation	German: Schweiz — Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft French: Suisse — Confédération Suisse Italian: Svizzera — Confederazione Svizzera Romansh: Svizra — Confederaziun svizra	Bern / Berne German: Bern French: Berne Italian: Berna	7,639,961	41,277 km2 (15,937 sq mi)
		Turkey[e] Republic of Turkey	Turkish: Türkiye — Türkiye Cumhuriyeti	Ankara Turkish: Ankara	78,785,548	783,562 km2 (302,535 sq mi)
		Ukraine	Ukrainian: Украïна (Ukraina)	Kiev Ukrainian: Київ (Kyiv)	45,134,707	603,550 km2 (233,032 sq mi)
		United Kingdom (UK)*[h] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	English: United Kingdom — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	London English: London	62,698,362	243,610 km2 (94,058 sq mi)
		Vatican City State of the Vatican City Holy See	Italian: Città del Vaticano — Stato della Città del Vaticano Latin: Santa Sede — Status Civitatis Vaticanæ[27]	Vatican City Italian: Città del Vaticano	832	0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi)

Partially recognised states

The following six entities in Europe have partial diplomatic recognition by one or more UN member states (and therefore are defined as states by the constitutive theory of statehood) or have no diplomatic recognition by any UN member state but are defined as states by the declarative theory of statehood and are recognised by one or more Non-UN member states. None are members of the UN, Council of Europe or EU.

Flag	Map	English short and formal names	Status	Domestic short and formal names	Capital	Population[a]	Area[a]
		Abkhazia[b] Republic of Abkhazia	Claimed as an autonomous republic of Georgia. Recognised by six UN states.	Abkhaz: Аҧсны (Apsny) Russian: Абха́зия (Abhazia)	Sukhumi Abkhaz: Аҟəа (Akwa) Russian: Сухуми	250,000 [28]	8,660 km2 (3,344 sq mi)[29]
		Kosovo Republic of Kosovo[19]	Claimed as an autonomous province of Serbia. Recognised by 90 UN member states	Albanian: Kosova / Kosovë — Republika e Kosovës Serbian: Косово — Република Косово (Kosovo — Republika Kosovo)	Pristina[22] Albanian: Prishtina, Prishtinë Serbian: Приштина (Priština)	1,825,632[24]	10,887 km2 (4,203 sq mi)[25]
		Nagorno-Karabakh[b] Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Claimed as part of Azerbaijan. Recognised by 3 non-UN states.	Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ — Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ Հանրապետություն (Lernayin Gharabaghi — Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut’yun)[30]	Stepanakert Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ (Khankendi)	141,400[31]	7,000 km2 (2,703 sq mi)[32]
		Northern Cyprus[c] Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Claimed as part of the Republic of Cyprus. Recognised by Turkey.	Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs — Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti	Nicosia Turkish: Lefkoşa	285,356[33]	3,355 km2 (1,295 sq mi)[25]
		Transnistria / Trans-Dniester Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic	Claimed as a territorial unit of Moldova. Recognised by 3 non-UN states.	Moldovan: Нистрянэ — Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ (Transnistria — Republica Moldovenească Nistreană) Russian: Приднестрóвье — Приднестрóвская Молдáвская Респýблика (Pridnestrov'ye — Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika) Ukrainian: Придністрóв'я — Придністровська Молдавська Республіка (Prydnistrov'ya — Pridnistrovs'ka Moldavs'ka Respublika)	Tiraspol Moldovan: Тираспол Russian: Тирáсполь Ukrainian: Тирáсполь	530,000[34]	3,500 km2 (1,351 sq mi)[35]
		South Ossetia[b] Republic of South Ossetia	Claimed as part of Georgia. Recognised by five UN states.	Ossetic: Хуссар Ирыстон — Республикæ Хуссар Ирыстон (Khussar Iryston — Respublikæ Khussar Iryston) Russian: Южная Осетия — Республика Южная Осетия (Yuzhnaya Osetiya — Respublika Yuzhnaya Osetiya)	Tskhinvali Ossetic: Цхинвал or Чъреба (Chreba)	70,000[36]	3,900 km2 (1,506 sq mi)[37]

Dependent territories

The following six European entities are dependent territories.^[38]

*	= Part of the EU, although there may be special arrangements

Flag	Map	English short and formal names[19][21]	Legal status	Domestic short and formal names	Capital[22]	Population[24]	Area[25]
		Akrotiri and Dhekelia [c] Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia[citation needed]	British overseas territory	English: Akrotiri and Dhekelia — Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Episkopi Cantonment English: Episkopi Cantonment	15,700	254 km2 (98 sq mi)
		Faroe Islands / Faeroe Islands	Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark	Faroese: Føroyar Danish: Færøerne	Tórshavn Faroese: Tórshavn Danish: Thorshavn	49,267	1,393 km2 (538 sq mi)
		Gibraltar*[39]	British overseas territory	English: Gibraltar	Gibraltar English: Gibraltar	28,956	6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
		Guernsey[h] Bailiwick of Guernsey	Crown Dependency of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom	English: Guernsey — Bailiwick of Guernsey French: Guernesey — Bailliage de Guernesey Guernésiais: Guernesey — Bailliage de Guernesey	Saint Peter Port English: Saint Peter Port French: Saint Pierre Port Guernésiais: Saint Pierre Port	65,068	78 km2 (30 sq mi)
		Isle of Man[h]	Crown Dependency of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom	English: Isle of Man Manx: Mannin — Ellan Vannin	Douglas English: Douglas Manx: Doolish	84,655	572 km2 (221 sq mi)
		Jersey[h] Bailiwick of Jersey	Crown Dependency of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom	English: Jersey — Bailiwick of Jersey French: Jèrri — Bailliage de Jèrri Jèrriais: Jèrri — Bailliage de Jèrri	Saint Helier English: Saint Helier French: Saint-Hélier Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi	94,161	116 km2 (45 sq mi)

Special areas of internal sovereignty

The following places are considered integral parts of their controlling state, but have a political arrangement which was decided through an international agreement.

*	= Part of the EU, although there may be special arrangements

Flag	Map	English short and formal names	Legal status	Domestic short and formal names	Capital	Population	Area
		Åland*[40] Åland Islands[21]	Self-governing area of Finland, determined by the result of the Åland crisis[41]	Swedish: Åland — Landskapet Åland	Mariehamn[21] Swedish: Mariehamn	27,500[42]	6,787 km2 (2,620 sq mi)[42]
		Svalbard[19]	Special territory of Norway, determined by the Svalbard Treaty[43]	Bokmål: Svalbard	Longyearbyen[22][21] Bokmål: Longyearbyen	2,019[24]	62,045 km2 (23,956 sq mi)[25]