Figures for the population of Europe vary according to which definition of European boundaries is used. The population within the standard physical geographical boundaries was 731 million in 2005 according to the United Nations. In 2011 the population is 857 million, using a definition which includes the whole of the transcontinental countries of Russia and Turkey. Population growth is comparatively slow, and median age comparatively high in relation to the world’s other continents.
Population Of Europe: 857 million
| Name of region |
|
Population |
|
Capital |
 Åland (within Finland) |
|
26,008 |
|
Mariehamn |
 Albania |
|
3,600,523 |
|
Tirana |
 Andorra |
|
82,403 |
|
Andorra la Vella |
 Armenia |
|
4,000,000 |
|
Yerevan |
 Austria |
|
8,470,929 |
|
Vienna |
 Azerbaijan |
|
8,521,000 |
|
Baku |
 Belarus |
|
9,735,382 |
|
Minsk |
 Belgium |
|
10,574,595 |
|
Brussels |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
4,048,500 |
|
Sarajevo |
 Bulgaria |
|
7,621,337 |
|
Sofia |
 Croatia |
|
4,637,460 |
|
Zagreb |
 Cyprus |
|
863,457 |
|
Nicosia |
 Czech Republic |
|
10,256,760 |
|
Prague |
 Denmark |
|
5,568,854 |
|
Copenhagen |
 Estonia |
|
1,315,681 |
|
Tallinn |
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
|
46,011 |
|
Tórshavn |
 Finland |
|
5,357,537 |
|
Helsinki |
 France |
|
65,447,374 |
|
Paris |
 Georgia |
|
4,461,473 |
|
Tbilisi |
 Germany |
|
81,757,600 |
|
Berlin |
 Gibraltar (UK) |
|
27,714 |
|
Gibraltar |
 Greece |
|
11,245,343 |
|
Athens |
 Greenland (Denmark) |
|
56,452 |
|
Nuuk |
 Guernsey |
|
66,587 |
|
St. Peter Port |
 Hungary |
|
10,075,034 |
|
Budapest |
 Iceland |
|
304,261 |
|
Reykjavík |
 Ireland |
|
4,434,925 |
|
Dublin |
 Isle of Man |
|
80,873 |
|
Douglas |
 Italy |
|
60,418,711 |
|
Rome |
 Jersey |
|
89,775 |
|
Saint Helier |
 Latvia |
|
2,366,515 |
|
Riga |
 Liechtenstein |
|
35,322 |
|
Vaduz |
 Lithuania |
|
3,401,138 |
|
Vilnius |
 Luxembourg |
|
472,569 |
|
Luxembourg |
 Republic of Macedonia |
|
2,054,800 |
|
Skopje |
 Malta |
|
408,009 |
|
Valletta |
 Moldova |
|
3,834,547 |
|
Chişinău |
 Monaco |
|
32,087 |
|
Monaco |
 Montenegro |
|
672,180 |
|
Podgorica |
 Netherlands |
|
16,518,199 |
|
Amsterdam |
 Norway |
|
4,930,116 |
|
Oslo |
 Poland |
|
38,192,000 |
|
Warsaw |
 Portugal |
|
11,317,995 |
|
Lisbon |
 Romania |
|
21,959,278 |
|
Bucharest |
 Russia |
|
141,927,297 |
|
Moscow |
 San Marino |
|
31,730 |
|
San Marino |
 Serbia |
|
9,150,000 (7,345,000 + 1,805,000 Kosovo) |
|
Belgrade |
 Slovakia |
|
5,422,366 |
|
Bratislava |
 Slovenia |
|
2,012,917 |
|
Ljubljana |
 Spain |
|
46,030,109 |
|
Madrid |
Svalbard and Jan
Mayen Islands (Norway) |
|
2,868 |
|
Longyearbyen |
 Sweden |
|
9,360,113 |
|
Stockholm |
 Switzerland |
|
7,785,000 |
|
Bern |
 Turkey |
|
77,804,122 |
|
Ankara |
 Ukraine |
|
45,939,820 |
|
Kyiv |
 United Kingdom |
|
62,041,708 |
|
London |
 Vatican City |
|
900 |
|
Vatican City |
|
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