Europe Countries and Capitals

Europe’s population is concentrated in Italy, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Europe is the second smallest continent on the planet, and, its territory is quite fragmented, as it is divided into 50 countries. The total population in Europe is approximately 742.5 million residents (2013). Taking into account the limited territory of the continent, it can be said that it is quite populated, because it has a demographic density of 72.9 residents /Km ² .

The European population has its origin ethnically linked to different peoples, especially: Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavians, Slavs, Germans and Latinos, although there are countries whose population originates from miscegenation between the aforementioned human groups.

Christianity (Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox) is the religion practiced by the majority of the European population, which is distributed irregularly in the territory. There are areas where the concentration is very high, with more than 300 residents /km ² , and in others they have a demographic density below 1 residents /km ² .

The most populated part of Europe is located in central-west, a region that stands out especially for industrial and commercial production. The region is home to countries such as Italy, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom and Germany.

To the north of the continent, a region close to the Arctic circle, the population is very restricted, a condition imposed by the extremely cold climate.

Among Europe’s most populous countries, Russia ranks first, with about 142 million residents, then Germany (82 million), France (64 million), the United Kingdom (63 million), Italy (61 million), Spain (47 million) and Ukraine (44 million). The highest population density in Europe belongs to the Republic of Malta, with around 1,344 residents /km ² .

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If you are looking for the international dialing code for a particular country of Europe, you can check the following table. European countries are listed in alphabetical order. Also included are capital cities are ISO codes. To find complete information about countries in Europe, please look at Countryaah.com.

#	Country Name	Capital	International Area Code	2 Letter Code	3 Letter Code
1	Albania	Tirana	355	AL	ALB
2	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	376	AD	AND
3	Austria	Vienna	43	AT	AUT
4	Belarus	Minsk	375	BY	BLR
5	Belgium	Brussels	32	BE	BEL
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	387	BA	BIH
7	Bulgaria	Sofia	359	BG	BGR
8	Croatia	Zagreb	385	HR	HRV
9	Cyprus	Nicosia	357	CY	CYP
10	Czech Republic	Prague	420	CZ	CZE
11	Denmark	Copenhagen	45	DK	DNK
12	Estonia	Tallinn	372	EE	EST
13	Faroe Islands	Tórshavn	298	FO	FRO
14	Finland	Helsinki	358	FI	FIN
15	France	Paris	33	FR	FRA
16	Germany	Berlin	49	DE	DEU
17	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	350	GI	GIB
18	Greece	Athens	30	GR	GRC
19	Hungary	Budapest	36	HU	HUN
20	Iceland	Reykjavík	354	IS	ISL
21	Ireland	Dublin	353	IE	IRL
22	Isle of Man	Douglas, Isle of Man	44	IM	IMN
23	Italy	Rome	39	IT	ITA
24	Kosovo	Pristina	381	XK	XKX
25	Latvia	Riga	371	LV	LVA
26	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	423	LI	LIE
27	Lithuania	Vilnius	370	LT	LTU
28	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	352	LU	LUX
29	Macedonia	Skopje	389	MK	MKD
30	Malta	Valletta	356	MT	MLT
31	Moldova	Chişinău	373	MD	MDA
32	Monaco	Monaco	377	MC	MCO
33	Montenegro	Podgorica	382	ME	MNE
34	Netherlands	Amsterdam	31	NL	NLD
35	Norway	Oslo	47	NO	NOR
36	Poland	Warsaw	48	PL	POL
37	Portugal	Lisbon	351	PT	PRT
38	Romania	Bucharest	40	RO	ROU
39	Russia	Moscow	7	RU	RUS
40	San Marino	San Marino	378	SM	SMR
41	Serbia	Belgrade	381	RS	SRB
42	Slovakia	Bratislava	421	SK	SVK
43	Slovenia	Ljubljana	386	SI	SVN
44	Spain	Madrid	34	ES	ESP
45	Sweden	Stockholm	46	SE	SWE
46	Switzerland	Berne	41	CH	CHE
47	Ukraine	Kiev	380	UA	UKR
48	United Kingdom	London	44	GB	GBR
49	Vatican	Vatican City	39	VA	VAT

Time zones

The United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal and Iceland have assigned themselves to Western European Time (GMT / WET), which is identical to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). It corresponds to the mean solar time at the prime meridian, which runs through London and eastern England.

All Central and some Western and Eastern European countries use Central European Time (UTC + one hour), these are Spain, France, Andorra, Monaco, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, San Marino, the Vatican, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Malta and Albania.

The Eastern European Time (UTC + 2 hours) use Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Romania, Moldavia, Bulgaria and Greece.

The Moscow time (. Tax +3 hours) use Belarus and much of European Russia and Turkey.

Most states use a daylight saving time from late March to late October, with clocks advancing one hour over that period. This applies to all EU countries, including most of the European non-EU countries, but not Iceland, Russia, Belarus and Turkey.

Cities and metropolises

The cities and municipalities form the smallest administrative units in the administrative structure of the states. Lisbon was one of the first cosmopolitan metropolises of modern times, as it was the center of a great colonial empire in the age of imperialism. In 1950, four cities in today’s European Union were among the 20 largest in the world. Since then, European cities have barely grown, and in some cases have lost their population. These four largest EU cities today were London in second place behind New York, Paris in fourth place behind Tokyo, and Milan and Naples in 13th and 19th place.

But in the second half of the 20th century, the cities of the rest of the world, especially those in developing countries, e.g. Mexico City, Manila or São Paulo, in the population and now lead the table in the world. Despite stagnation in older cities, there are numerous other processes in spatial development in the 21st century, such as the gentrification of inner cities.