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ALBANIA
Area: 11,100 sq miles
(28,748 sq km)
Population: 3,029,000
Capital: Tirana

ANDORRA
Area: 181 sq miles
(468 sq km)
Population: 85,500
Capital: Andorra la Vella

AUSTRIA
Area: 32,383 sq miles
(83,871 sq km)
Population: 8,665,500
Capital: Vienna

BELGIUM
Area: 11,787 sq miles
(30,528 sq km)
Population: 11,324,000
Capital: Brussels

BELARUS
Area: 80,154 sq miles
(207,600 sq km)
Population: 9,590,000
Capital: Minsk

BOSNIA AND

HERZEGOVINA

Area: 19,767 sq miles (51,197 sq km)

Population: 3,867,000

Capital: Sarajevo

BULGARIA

Area: 42,810 sq miles

(110,879 sq km)

Population: 7,187,000

Capital: Sofia

CROATIA

Area: 21,851 sq miles

(56,594 sq km)

Population: 4,465,000

Capital: Zagreb

CZECH REPUBLIC

Area: 30,451 sq miles

(78,867 sq km)

Population: 10,645,000

Capital: Prague

DENMARK

Area: 16,638 sq miles

(43,094 sq km)

Population: 5,581,500

Capital: Copenhagen

ESTONIA

Area: 17,462 sq miles

(45,228 sq km)

Population: 1,265,500

Capital: Tallinn

FINLAND

Area: 130,558 sq miles

(338,145 sq km)

Population: 5,477,000

Capital: Helsinki

FRANCE

Area: 212,930 sq miles

(551,500 sq km)

Population: 66,554,000

Capital: Paris

GERMANY

Area: 137,846 sq miles

(357,022 sq km)

Population: 80,854,500

Capital: Berlin

GREECE

Area: 50,948 sq miles

(131,957 sq km)

Population: 10,776,000

Capital: Athens

HUNGARY

Area: 35,919 sq miles

(93,030 sq km)

Population: 9,897,500

Capital: Budapest

ICELAND

Area: 39,770 sq miles

(103,000 sq km)

Population: 332,000

Capital: Reykjavik

IRELAND

Area: 27,132 sq miles

(70,273 sq km)

Population: 4,892,000

Capital: Dublin

ITALY

Area: 116,348 sq miles

(301,340 sq km)

Population: 61,855,000

Capital: Rome

KOSOVO

Area: 4,203 sq miles

(10,887 sq km)

Population: 1,871,000

Capital: Pristina

LATVIA

Area: 24,938 sq miles

(64,589 sq km)

Population: 1,987,000

Capital: Riga

LIECHTENSTEIN

Area: 62 sq miles

(160 sq km)

Population: 37,500

Capital: Vaduz

LITHUANIA

Area: 25,212 sq miles

(65,300 sq km)

Population: 2,884,500

Capital: Vilnius

LUXEMBOURG

Area: 998 sq miles

(2,586 sq km)

Population: 570,000

Capital: Luxembourg

MACEDONIA

Area: 9,927 sq miles

(25,713 sq km)

Population: 2,096,000

Capital: Skopje

MALTA

Area: 122 sq miles

(316 sq km)

Population: 414,000

Capital: Valletta

MOLDOVA

Area: 13,069 sq miles

(33,851 sq km)

Population: 3,547,000

Capital: Chisinau

MONACO

Area: 0.77 sq miles

(2 sq km)

Population: 30,500

Capital: Monaco

MONTENEGRO

Area: 5,332 sq miles

(13,812 sq km)

Population: 647,000

Capital: Podgorica

NETHERLANDS

Area: 16,040 sq miles

(41,543 sq km)

Population: 16,948,000

Capital: Amsterdam, The Hague

NORWAY

Area: 125,020 sq miles

(323,802 sq km)

Population: 5,208,000

Capital: Oslo

POLAND

Area: 120,728 sq miles

(312,685 sq km)

Population: 38,562,000

Capital: Warsaw

PORTUGAL

Area: 35,556 sq miles

(92,090 sq km)

Population: 10,825,500

Capital: Lisbon

ROMANIA

Area: 92,043 sq miles

(238,391 sq km)

Population: 21,666,500

Capital: Bucharest

RUSSIAN FED.

Area: 6,601,668 sq miles

(17,098,242 sq km)

Population: 142,424,000

Capital: Moscow

SAN MARINO

Area: 24 sq miles

(61 sq km)

Population: 33,000

Capital: San Marino

SERBIA

Area: 29,913 sq miles

(77,474 sq km)

Population: 7,177,000

Capital: Belgrade

SLOVAKIA

Area: 18,932 sq miles

(49,035 sq km)

Population: 5,445,000

Capital: Bratislava

SLOVENIA

Area: 7,827 sq miles

(20,273 sq km)

Population: 1,983,500

Capital: Ljubljana

SPAIN

Area: 195,124 sq miles

(505,370 sq km)

Population: 48,146,000

Capital: Madrid

SWEDEN

Area: 173,859 sq miles

(450,295 sq km)

Population: 9,801,500

Capital: Stockholm

SWITZERLAND

Area: 15,937 sq miles

(41,277 sq km)

Population: 8,123,000

Capital: Bern

UKRAINE

Area: 233,031 sq miles

(603,550 sq km)

Population: 44,429,500

Capital: Kiev

UNITED KINGDOM

Area: 94,058 sq miles

(243,610 sq km)

Population: 64,088,000

Capital: London

VATICAN CITY

Area: 0.17 sq miles

(0.44 sq km)

Population: 800

Capital: Vatican City

EUROPEAN UNION

In 1957, five European

countries agreed to

form the European

Economic Community (EEC).

In December 1991, the Maastricht

Treaty created the European Union

(EU). The EU flag (above) has

12 yellow stars on a blue background.

The Union now has 28 members.

EUROPE

STATISTICS

Area: 4,053,309 sq miles

(10,498,000 sq km)

Population: 743,122,000

Highest point: El’ brus,

Caucasus Mountains

(European Russia)

18,511 ft (5,642 m)

Longest river: Volga

(European Russia)

2,290 miles (3,688 km)

Largest lake: Ladoga

(European Russia)

7,100 sq miles

(18,300 sq km)

Main occupations:

Agriculture,

manufacturing, industry

Main exports:

Machinery and

transportation, equipment

Main imports: Oil and

other raw materials