Countries in Southern Europe

Southern Europe is made up of 14 UN member states and 3 others that travelers count on their own: 17 in Globestamp’s list of 250. The region follows the UN’s geoscheme, as Natural Earth records it.

The 17, side by side

Country	UN member	Visitors a year	Stamp	Area
Spain	Yes	126 million (2019)	Ink	506,325 km² (195,493 sq mi)
Italy	Yes	95.4 million (2019)	Ink	300,786 km² (116,134 sq mi)
Croatia	Yes	60 million (2019)	Ink	54,894 km² (21,194 sq mi)
Greece	Yes	34 million (2019)	Metallic	131,219 km² (50,664 sq mi)
Portugal	Yes	17.3 million (2019)	Metallic	91,304 km² (35,252 sq mi)
Andorra	Yes	8.2 million (2019)	Foil	452 km² (174 sq mi)
Albania	Yes	6.4 million (2019)	Foil	28,298 km² (10,926 sq mi)
Slovenia	Yes	4.7 million (2019)	Colour-shift	20,277 km² (7,829 sq mi)
Malta	Yes	3.5 million (2019)	Colour-shift	326 km² (126 sq mi)
Montenegro	Yes	2.5 million (2019)	Colour-shift	13,704 km² (5,291 sq mi)
San Marino	Yes	1.9 million (2019)	Hologram	60 km² (23 sq mi)
Serbia	Yes	1.8 million (2019)	Hologram	77,471 km² (29,912 sq mi)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	1.2 million (2019)	Hologram	51,723 km² (19,970 sq mi)
North Macedonia	Yes	758,000 (2019)	Hologram	25,349 km² (9,787 sq mi)
Gibraltar	No	no figure	Foil	3.7 km² (1.4 sq mi)
Kosovo	No	no figure	Prism	10,895 km² (4,207 sq mi)
Vatican City	Observer	no figure	Foil	0.0 km² (0.0 sq mi)

Questions people ask

How many countries are in Southern Europe?

What is the largest country in Southern Europe?

Spain, at 506,325 km² (195,493 sq mi); the smallest is Vatican City, at 0.0 km² (0.0 sq mi).

Which country in Southern Europe gets the most visitors?

Spain: 126,170,000 international arrivals in 2019, by UN Tourism’s count. The fewest among those with figures: North Macedonia, with 758,000.