European countries by area

Of the seven continents, Europe is the second smallest, surpassing only Australia. It’s no surprise that Russia, the largest country on Earth, dominates the continent (as it also does on the Asian continent). Its land in Europe alone measures 1,112,457 square miles (2,881,250 square km), making its European side almost five times as large as Ukraine, the second largest country in Europe. Ukraine’s land area measures 233,032 square miles (603,549 square km). How do the other countries in Europe rank? Find out in the table below, which lists the continent’s top 20 largest countries.