Random European Country Generator

Picks a country at random from Europe — 46 sovereign states packed into the second-smallest continent, from Iceland to Cyprus and from Portugal to the Urals.

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How many

13510

Include territories No repeats

Generate

46 countries in this selection

Portugal

Southern Europe, Europe

Capital

Lisbon

Population

10.4 million

Area

92,212 km²

Ranked 92nd of 195 countries by population and 109th by area.

Learn more about Portugal

Europe is smaller and stranger than it looks

Europe fits more sovereign states into less land than any continent except, arguably, the Caribbean. Six of the world’s smallest countries are here: the Vatican at less than half a square kilometre, then Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Malta and Andorra. At the other end, Russia alone is larger than the rest of Europe combined and extends well past it. That spread is what makes a random European draw interesting — you are as likely to land on Moldova or Montenegro as on France.

The four Europes

• Northern Europe — 10 states: the Nordics, the Baltics, Ireland and the UK.
• Western Europe — 9 states, including three of the six microstates.
• Southern Europe — 16 states covering Iberia, Italy and the Balkans.
• Eastern Europe — 10 states from Poland and Hungary across to Russia and Ukraine.

A note on borders

Where Europe ends is a convention, not a fact of geography. This site counts Russia as European because most of its population lives west of the Urals, and counts Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan as Asian on the same test. Cyprus is geographically Asian and politically European; it is filed under Europe here. Kosovo is included and appears when territories are switched on, since it is not a UN member state.

Using it for travel

If you are planning a trip around Europe and keep landing on the same five countries, this is a cheap way to break the habit. Draw three or four, read their pages, and see which one still appeals an hour later. The travel picker does the same thing worldwide.