The 35 Largest Countries in Europe [Area Based]

In today’s article, we have listed the top 35 largest countries in Europe. The European continent has an area of more than 10 million square kilometers. This makes it the fourth largest continent on the planet behind Asia, America, and Africa.

Russia has an area of 17 million km², a size larger than the continent itself. This is because Russia belongs to both Europe and Asia (known as a transcontinental country). About 25% of the Russian territory is in Europe and the remaining 75% is in Asia.

The natural border between Europe and Asia is found in the Ural Mountains.

The Largest Countries in Europe

S/N	Country	Area (in km²)
1.	Russia	17,098,242
2.	Kazakhstan	2,724,900
3.	Turkey	783,356
4.	France	643,801
5.	Ukraine	603,550
6.	Spain	505,370
7.	Sweden	450,295
8.	Germany	357,022
9.	Finland	338,415
10.	Norway	323,802
11.	Poland	312,685
12.	Italy	301,340
13.	United Kingdom	243,610
14.	Romania	238,391
15.	Belarus	207,600
16.	Greece	131,957
17.	Bulgaria	110,879
18.	Iceland	103,000
19.	Hungary	93,028
20.	Portugal	92,090
21.	Azerbaijan	86,600
22.	Austria	83,871
23.	Czech Republic	78,867
24.	Serbia	77,474
25.	Ireland	70,273
26.	Georgia	69,700
27.	Lithuania	65,300
28.	Latvia	64,589
29.	Croatia	56,594
30.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,917
31.	Slovakia	49,035
32.	Estonia	45,228
33	Denmark	43,094
34.	Netherlands	41,543
35.	Swiss	41,277