Europe is one of the world's continents and as such it occupies a large area of the world. It varies in latitude from places like Greece which is in the range of about 35˚N to 39˚N latitude to Iceland which ranges from around 64˚N to over 66˚N. As such Europe has varying climates, topography and city-types.
Europe is made up of 45 different countries which range in size from some of the largest in the world to some of the smallest. The following is a list of the countries of Europe arranged by area.
1) Russia: 6,592,771 square miles (17,075,200 sq km)
2) Turkey: 302,535 square miles (783,562 sq km)
3) Ukraine: 233,090 square miles (603,700 sq km)
4) France: 211,209 square miles (547,030 sq km)
5) Spain: 194,897 square miles (504,782 sq km)
6) Sweden: 173,732 square miles (449,964 sq km)
7) Germany: 137,846 square miles (357,021 sq km)
8) Finland: 130,674 square miles (338,445 sq km)
9) Norway:125,182 square miles (324,220 sq km)
10) Poland: 120,728 square miles (312,685 sq km)
11) Italy: 116,305 square miles (301,230 sq km)
12) United Kingdom: 94,525 square miles (244,820 sq km)
13) Romania: 92,043 square miles (238,391 sq km)
14) Belarus: 80,155 square miles (207,600 sq km)
15) Greece: 50,942 square miles (131,940 sq km)
16) Bulgaria: 42,822 square miles (110,910 sq km)
17) Iceland: 39,768 square miles (103,000 sq km)
18) Serbia and Montenegro: 39,493 square miles (102,286 sq km)
19) Hungary: 35,919 square miles (93,030 sq km)
20) Portugal: 35,672 square miles (92,391 sq km)
21) Austria:32,378 square miles (83,858 sq km)
22) Czech Republic: 30,450 square miles (78,866 sq km)
23) Ireland: 27,135 square miles (70,280 sq km)
24) Lithuania: 25,174 square miles (65,200 sq km)
25) Latvia: 24,937 square miles (64,589 sq km)
26) Croatia: 21,831 square miles (56,542 sq km)
27) Bosnia and Herzegovina:19,741 square miles (51,129 sq km)
28) Slovakia:18,859 square miles (48,845 sq km)
29) Estonia: 17,462 square miles (45,226 sq km)
30) Denmark: 16,638 square miles (43,094 sq km)
31) Netherlands: 16,033 square miles (41,526 sq km)
32) Switzerland: 15,942 square miles (41,290 sq km)
33) Moldova: 13,067 square miles (33,843 sq km)
34) Belgium: 11,780 square miles (30,510 sq km)
35) Albania: 11,099 square miles (28,748 sq km)
36) Macedonia: 9,928 square miles (25,713 sq km)
37) Slovenia: 7,827 square miles (20,273 sq km)
38) Cyprus:3,571 square miles (9,250 sq km)
39) Luxembourg: 998 square miles (2,586 sq km)
40) Andorra: 181 square miles (468 sq km)
41) Malta: 122 square miles (316 sq km)
42) Liechtenstein: 62 square miles (160 sq km)
43) San Marino: 23 square miles (61 sq km)
44) Monaco: 0.77 square miles (2 sq km)
45) Vatican City: 0.17 square miles (0.44 sq km)
Reference
Wikipedia.org. (16 November 2010). Area and Population of European Countries - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_and_population_of_European_countries