
The Countries
We list 46 European countries for reference in Europe Traveler Guide. The largest being European Russia to the smallest the Holy See – Vatican City. Parts of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakstan overlap into what is considered by geographers continental Europe. We may include them in the future. Also now omitted are Kosovo, who has declared its independence, Crimea’s alliance as a part of the Russian Federation and Transnistria the breakaway state of Moldova. At this time the UN as well as most countries have not recognized their autonomous status.
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While these European microstates are not members of the EU, they include use of the Euro and other areas of cooperation
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The following table shows a quick snapshot of important information all European countries, excluding those mentioned above.
Country | Capitol | Area (mi2) | Population | Symbol | Currency | EU | Schengen | Time Zone |
🇦🇩 ANDORRA | Andorra la Vella | 179 | 74,794 | AD | EUR – € | No | No | CET |
🇦🇱 ALBANIA | Tirana | 11,082 | 2,878,549 | AL | ALL- Lek | No | No | CET |
🇦🇹 AUSTRIA | Vienna | 32,386 | 8,857,960 | A | EUR – € | 1995 | 1995 | CET |
🇧🇦 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA | Sarajevo | 19,772 | 3,511,372 | BA | BAM – KM | No | No | CET |
🇧🇪 BELGIUM | Brussels | 11,787 | 11,449,656 | BE | EUR – € | 1952 | 1985 | CET |
🇧🇬 BULGARIA | Sofia | 42,858 | 7,000,039 | BG | BNG – лв | 2007 | No | EET |
🇧🇾 BELARUS | Minsk | 80,155 | 9,477,100 | BY | BYN – Br | No | No | MSKS |
🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND | Bern | 15,940 | 8,526,932 | CH | CFH- CHF | No | 2004 | CET |
🇨🇾 CYPRUS | Nicosia | 2,276 | 864,200 | CY | EUR – € | 2004 | No | EET |
🇨🇿 CZECHIA | Prague | 30,451 | 10,627,794 | CZ | CZK- Kč | 2004 | 2004 | CET |
🇩🇪 GERMANY | Berlin | 137,903 | 83,122,889 | DE | EUR – € | 1952 | 1985 | CET |
🇩🇰 DENMARK | Copenhagen | 16,640 | 5,837,213 | DK | DKK – kr | 1973 | 1996 | CET |
🇪🇪 ESTONIA | Tallinn | 17,505 | 1,328,976 | EE | EUR – € | 2004 | 2004 | EET |
🇪🇸 SPAIN | Madrid | 195,364 | 47,733,038 | ES | EUR – € | 1986 | 1992 | CET |
🇫🇮 FINLAND | Helsinki | 130,666 | 5,522,015 | FI | EUR – € | 1995 | 1996 | EET |
🇫🇷 FRANCE | Paris | 210,026 | 67,076,000 | FR | EUR – € | 1952 | 1985 | CET |
🇬🇧 UNITED KINGDOM | London | 93,788 | 66,796,807 | GB | GBP – £ | No | No | GMT |
🇬🇷 ATHENS | Athens | 50,949 | 10,768,193 | GR | EUR – € | 1981 | 1992 | CET |
🇭🇷 CROATIA | Zagreb | 21,831 | 4,105,493 | HR | HRK – kn | 2013 | No | CET |
🇭🇺 HUNGARY | Budapest | 35,919 | 9,771,000 | HU | HUF – Ft | 2004 | 2004 | CET |
🇮🇪 IRELAND | Dublin | 27,133 | 4,921,500 | IE | EUR – € | 1973 | No | GMT |
🇮🇸 ICELAND | Reykjavik | 39,682 | 342,773 | IS | ISK – kr | No | 1996 | GMT |
🇮🇹 ITALY | Rome | 116,336 | 60,390,560 | IT | EUR – € | 1952 | 1990 | CET |
🇱🇮 LIECHTENSTEIN | Vaduz | 62 | 38,194 | LI | CFH- CHF | No | 2008 | CET |
🇱🇹 LITHUANIA | Vilnius | 25,212 | 2,794,090 | LT | EUR – € | 2004 | 2004 | EET |
🇱🇺 LUXEMBOURG | Luxembourg City | 998 | 626,108 | LU | EUR – € | 1952 | 1985 | CET |
🇱🇻 LATVIA | Riga | 24,928 | 1,921,300 | LV | EUR – € | 2004 | 2004 | EET |
🇲🇨 MONACO | Monte Carlo | 0.78 | 39,419 | MC | EUR – € | No | No | CET |
🇲🇩 MOLDOVA | Chișinău | 13,067 | 2,681,735 | MD | MDL – L | No | No | EET |
🇲🇪 MONTENEGRO | Podgorica | 5,333 | 622,359 | ME | EUR – € | No | No | CET |
🇲🇰 NORTH MACEDONIA | Skopje | 9,928 | 2,075,301 | MK | EUR – € | No | No | CET |
🇲🇹 MALTA | Valletta | 122 | 514,564 | MT | EUR – € | 2004 | 2004 | CET |
🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS | Amsterdam | 16,033 | 17,417,600 | NL | EUR – € | 1952 | 1985 | CET |
🇳🇴 NORWAY | Oslo | 125,013 | 5,323,933 | NO | NOK – kr | No | 1996 | CET |
🇵🇱 POLAND | Warsaw | 120,728 | 38,433,600 | PL | PLN – Zł | 2004 | 2004 | CET |
🇵🇹 PORTUGAL | Lisbon | 35,556 | 10,276,617 | PT | EUR – € | 1986 | 1992 | GMT |
🇷🇴 ROMANIA | Bucharest | 92,043 | 19,523,621 | RO | RON – lei | 2007 | No | EET |
🇷🇸 SERBIA | Belgrade | 29,913 | 6,963,764 | RS | RSD – Дин | No | No | CET |
🇷🇺 RUSSIA | Moscow | 3,992,500 | 108,949,694 | RU | RUB – ₽ | No | No | *(1) |
🇸🇪 SWEDEN | Stockholm | 173,860 | 10,319,601 | SE | SEK + kr | 1995 | 1996 | CET |
🇸🇮 SLOVENIA | Ljubljana | 7,827 | 2,070,050 | SI | EUR – € | 2004 | 2004 | CET |
🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA | Bratislava | 18,933 | 5,445,087 | SK | EUR – € | 2004 | 2004 | CET |
🇸🇲 SAN MARINO | San Marino | 24 | 33,407 | SM | EUR – € | No | No | CET |
🇹🇷 TURKEY | Ankara | 302,535 | 83,154,997 | TR | TL – ₺ | No | No | EET |
🇺🇦 UKRAINE | Kyiv | 232,820 | 41,660,982 | US | грн – ₴ | No | No | EET |
🇻🇦 HOLY SEE | Vatican City | 0.17 | 799 | VA | EUR – € | No | No | CET |