Below is a list of all countries in Europe, in order of geographical area. Europe's total geographical area is 10,288,305 km².
* — Note: some countries are transcontinental, meaning, they are only partially located in Europe. Those are ranked according to the size of their parts within Europe only.
Europe is contingent with Asia and its exact limitation is therefore arbitrarily defined, and often following historical, political and cultural definitions rather than geographical. This list uses the modern geographical definition thus excluding Armenia, Georgia and Cyprus, which are traditionally considered part of Europe. The two Caucasus nations for political and cultural reasons, and Cyprus because all larger islands in the Mediterranean have historically been considered European, regardless of their proximity to the European mainland.