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2.What is the population of the country? What is its size?

  Albania

On 1 January 2022 population of Albania was 2.79 million- https://www.instat.gov.al/en/statistical-literacy/the-population-of-albania/

28 748 km²

  Andorra

458 sq kmts; 80.000 inhab.

  Armenia

29,743 km2; 3,000,756 inhab

  Azerbaijan

As of January 2022, the population of Azerbaijan is 10,156,000. Azerbaijan territory covers 86,6 thousand km2.

  Bulgaria

110,993.6 km2; 6,447,710 inhab.

  Costa Rica

51,100 km2 for 5,204,411 inhab.

  Croatia

At the time of the constitutional enshrinement of bicameralism the population was 4.784.265 (Census of 1991), while at the moment of constitutional revision and introduction of unicameralism (Census of 2001) the population was 4.437.460. According to the official data of the last Census of Population collected in 2021 by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, the population of Croatia is 3.871.833 inhabitants. The size of the country is 56.594km2.

  Cyprus

The current population of Republic of Cyprus is 1,232,360 people. The size of the country is 9 251 km².

  Denmark

Our population is approximately 6 mio. The size is approximately 43.000 km2.

  Estonia

45,339 km2 . Estonia has a population of 1,357,739 people

  Finland

The current population of Finland is 5,565,026 (as of Wednesday, May 3, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data). Finland covers an area of 338,455 square kilometres and, accordingly, is the 7th largest country in Europe geographically.

  Georgia

3,688,647 inhab; 69,700 km2.

  Greece

10.7 million.

  Hungary

On 1 October 2022, the population of Hungary was 9.604.000. The size of Hungary is 93030 square kilometres.

  Iceland

The population of Iceland as of 1 January 2023 is 387.759, a remarkable 3.1% increase from the previous year. The size of Iceland is 103.000 square kilometers, which makes it the second largest island in Europe after Great Britain (which is 209.331 square kilometers).

  Israel

The population of Israel is around 9.5 million people.

  Korea, Republic

100,363 km2 ; 51,966,948 inhab.

  Kosovo

The country has a population of around 2 million people (and a significant Diaspora, which is not included in that number). It terms of territorial size, Kosovo has 10,887 km2 (4,203 sq miles)

  Kyrgyzstan

The resident population at the beginning of the year in Kyrgyzstan is 7,037 .6 million people.
Territory 199.9 thousand kmz (5.8% - forests, 4.4% - water, 53.3% - agricultural land, 36.5% -
other lands). Almost 90Yo is located above 1500 m above sea level.

  Latvia

According to the most recent census, on 1 January 2021 there were 1 893 223 inhabitants in Latvia. The area of the Republic of Latvia is 64 589 km2.

  Liechtenstein

As described above Liechtenstein has today  about 39.000 inhabitants and comprises 160km2.

  Lithuania

According to the official statistical data, as provided by the Department of Statistics of the Republic of Lithuania (https://osp.stat.gov.lt/EN/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=103cad31-9227-4990-90b0-8991b58af8e7#/), the population of Lithuania in 2023 is estimated to be 2,860,002 people (46 % male, 54 % female; 85 % Lithuanians, 6,5 % Poles, 5 % Russians, 3,5 % - other nationalities). The size of the country is 65,286 km2, the population density at the beginning of 2022 was 43.0 per 1 km².

  Luxembourg

2,586.4 km2 ; 660,809 inhab.

  Moldova

The provisional number of the population with habitual residence in Moldova on 1 January 2022 showed that there are 2.604 million citizens. The total area of the country is 33.846 km².

  Monaco

39000 people, 9500 nationals, 202 ha.

  North Macedonia

According to the 2021 census, the population in North Macedonia is 1.836.713. The size of the country is 25.713 km².

  Montenegro

13,812 km2 ; 602,445 inhab.

  Malta

519,562 inhab ; 316km2

  Norway

The population as of 2023 is 5,4 million. The size of its land territory, including the islands of Svaldbard and Jan Mayen, is 385.207 square kilometers.

  Peru

According to the latest records of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, the total population is approximately 33 million 396 thousand 700 inhabitants. The land has a total area of 1,285,220 km² (data added by me).

  Portugal

According to the last periodic census of the INE (National Institute of Statistics) - data referred to April 19, 2021 - the population resident in Portugal was 10,343,066 inhabitants.

  San Marino

The Republic of San Marino is a Microstate to all intents and purposes. According to the latest statistical surveys (www.statistica.sm) in 2021, the Republic of San Marino had 33,840 inhabitants living in the territory. The Republic of San Marino has a territorial extension of approximately sixty square kilometres

  Serbia

88,499 km2 ; 6,647,003 inhab.

  Slovakia

The population is 5,460,185 (2022 census), the total area is 49,035 km2.

  Sweden

The current population of Sweden in 2023 is 10,612,086. The land has a total area of 447,430 km² (172,754 mi²) and a total coastline of 3,218 km (1,999.6 mi).

  Türkiye

The population of Türkiye is 85,279,553 as of 31 December 2022; the surface area of Türkiye is approximately 780000 km2.

  Ukraine

Population – estimated now – 28-32 mln (before the war – 40 mln). The size of the country is 603 700 km2.