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European nations: flags and statistics
ALBANIA Area 27,398 sq km Population 2,402,113 Capital Tirana (Tiranë) Language Albanian Religions Muslim 59%, Christian 17%, other 24%
ANDORRA Area 468 sq km Population 87,486 Capital Andorra la Vella Languages Catalan, French, Spanish, Portuguese
ARMENIA Area 82,445 sq km Population 3,071,600 Capital Yerevan Language Armenian
AUSTRIA Area 82,445 sq km Population 9,159,993 Capital Vienna Language German Religions Roman Catholic 85%, other 15%
AZERBAIJAN Area 82,629 sq km Population 10,353,296 Capital Baku Language Azeri
BELARUS Area 202,900 sq km Population 9,109,280 Capital Minsk Language Russian, Belarusian
BELGIUM Area 30,278 sq km Population 11,763,650 Capital Brussels Languages Dutch (Flemish), French, German Religions Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant 15%, other 10%
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Area 51,187 sq km Population 3,434,000 Capital Sarajevo Language Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
BULGARIA Area 108,489 sq km Population 6,445,481 Capital Sofia Languages Bulgarian, Turkish
CROATIA Area 55,974 sq km Population 3,861,967 Capital Zagreb Languages Croatian (Serbo-Croat)
CYPRUS Area 9251 sq km Population Republic of Cyprus 933,505 Northern Cyprus 382,836 Capital Nicosia Languages Greek, Turkish, English
CZECH REPUBLIC Area 77,247 sq km Population 10,900,555 Capital Prague Language Czech Religions Unaffiliated 79%, Roman Catholic 10%, other 11%
DENMARK Area 42,434 sq km Population 5,948,136 Capital Copenhagen Language Danish Religions Protestant 79%, Muslim 3%, other 18%
ESTONIA Area 42,388 sq km Population 1,373,101 Capital Tallinn Languages Estonian, Russian
FINLAND Area 303,815 sq km Population 5,601,185 Capital Helsinki Languages Finnish, Swedish Religions Protestant 89%, other 11%
FRANCE Area 549,970 sq km Population 68,605,616 Capital Paris Language French Religions Roman Catholic 64%, other 36%
GEORGIA Area 69,700 sq km Population 3,728,282 Capital Tbilisi Language Georgian
GERMANY Area 348,672 sq km Population 83,456,045 Capital Berlin Language German Religions Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, other 32% Highest point Zugspitze 2962 m
GREECE Area 130,647 sq km Population 10,400,720 Capital Athens Language Greek Religions Orthodox 98%, other 2%
HUNGARY Area 89,608 sq km Population 9,584,627 Capital Budapest Language Hungarian Religions Roman Catholic 68%, other 32%
ICELAND Area 100,250 sq km Population 383,726 Capital Reykjavik Language Icelandic Religions Protestant 76%, other 24%
IRELAND Area 68,883 sq km Population 5,281,600 Capital Dublin Languages English, Irish (Gaelic)
Religions Roman Catholic 93%, Protestant 3%, other 4%
ITALY Area 294,140 sq km Population 58,974,433 Capital Rome Language Italian Religion Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%
KOSOVO Area 10,908 sq km Population 1,585,566 Capital Pristina Languages Albanian, Serbian
LATVIA Area 62,249 sq km Population 1,856,746 Capital Riga Languages Latvian, Russian
LIECHTENSTEIN Area 160 sq km Population 41,232 Capital Vaduz Language German
LITHUANIA Area 62,680 sq km Population 2,854,099 Capital Vilnius Languages Lithuanian, Polish, Russian
LUXEMBOURG Area 2586 sq km Population 672,050 Capital Luxembourg Languages German, Letzeburgesch, French Religions Roman Catholic 97%, other 3%
NORTH MACEDONIA Area 25,433 sq km Population 1,815,261 Capital Skopje Language Macedonian, Albanian
MALTA Area 316 sq km Population 475,700 Capital Valletta
Languages Maltese, English, Italian
MOLDOVA Area 33,843 sq km Population 2,424,033 Capital Chisinau Languages Romanian (Moldovan), Ukrainian, Russian
MONACO Area 2 sq km Population 38,423 Capital Monaco Language French, English
MONTENEGRO Area 13,452 sq km Population 623,633 Capital Podgorica Languages Montenegrin, Serbian (Serbo-Croat) Religions Eastern Orthodox 72%, Muslim 19%, other 9%
NETHERLANDS Area 33,893 sq km Population 17,821,419 Capital Amsterdam
Language Dutch, Frisian
NORWAY Area 323,877 sq km Population 5,594,340 Capital Oslo
Languages Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk; official languages), Sami languages, Kven
POLAND Area 304,255 sq km Population 37,636,508 Capital Warsaw Language Polish Religions Roman
Catholic 88%, other 12%
PORTUGAL Area 91,470 sq km Population 10,639,726 Capital Lisbon Language Portuguese Religions Roman Catholic 97%, other 3%
ROMANIA Area 229,891 sq km Population 19,064,409 Capital Bucharest Languages Romanian, Hungarian
RUSSIA Area 16,377,742 sq km Population 143,679,916 Capital Moscow Languages Russian, Chechen, Tatar and 25 others (official languages) Religions Russian Orthodox 41%, Muslim 7%, other 52%
SAN MARINO Area 61 sq km Population 34,042 Capital San Marino Language Italian
SERBIA Area 77,474 sq km (excluding Kosovo) Population 6,605,168 Capital Belgrade Languages Serbian (a variety of Serbo-Croat), Albanian, Hungarian, Bosnian
SLOVAKIA Area 48,105 sq km Population 5,419,451 Capital Bratislava Languages Slovak, Hungarian, Czech Religions Christian (Roman Catholic) 62%, Christian (Protestant) 8%, other Christian 4%, others and none 26%
SLOVENIA Area 20,151 sq km Population 2,130,850 Capital Ljubljana Language Slovene Religions Christian (Roman Catholic) 58%, Muslim 2%, Christian (Orthodox) 2%, others and none 38%
SPAIN Area 498,980 sq km Population 49,077,984 Capital Madrid Languages Spanish, Catalan, Galician (Galego), Basque
SWEDEN Area 410,335 sq km Population 10,588,230 Capital Stockholm Languages Swedish, Sami
SWITZERLAND Area 39,997 sq km Population 8,981,565 Capital Bern Languages German, French, Italian, Romansch
UKRAINE Area 603,700 sq km (233,090 sq miles) including disputed territory
Population 44,291,413 (pre-war); 33,443,000 (2024 estimate) Capital Kyiv Languages Ukrainian (official language), Russian
UNITED KINGDOM Area 241,533 sq km Population 68,265,209 Capital London Languages English, Welsh Religions Christian (including Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist) 51%, Christian (Roman Catholic) 9%, Muslim 3%, Hindu 1.3%, other 10%, none 25.7%
VATICAN CITY Area 0.49 sq km Population 842 Capital Vatican City
Languages Italian, Latin
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