Schengen Area countries

29 countries have done away with passport checks at their shared borders. 25 EU members and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Bulgaria and Romania joined fully in 2025; Cyprus and Ireland are in the EU but not in Schengen. Members as of September 14, 2026.

In the Schengen Area
Schengen Area countries
#CountryPopulationAreaContinent
1Germany83,491,249357,588 km²Europe
2France68,720,337643,801 km²Europe
3Italy58,915,656302,068 km²Europe
4Spain49,355,143505,990 km²Europe
5Poland36,435,861312,683 km²Europe
6Romania19,020,271238,397 km²Europe
7Netherlands18,087,63342,201 km²Europe
8Belgium11,941,78130,688 km²Europe
9Czechia10,886,87878,871 km²Europe
10Portugal10,804,87192,225 km²Europe
11Sweden10,596,620447,425 km²Europe
12Greece10,413,962131,957 km²Europe
13Hungary9,514,25193,011 km²Europe
14Austria9,208,16383,879 km²Europe
15Switzerland9,092,43641,291 km²Europe
16Bulgaria6,433,302110,994 km²Europe
17Denmark6,009,16942,925 km²Europe
18Finland5,646,436338,478 km²Europe
19Norway5,610,870385,207 km²Europe
20Slovakia5,413,81349,034 km²Europe
21Croatia3,876,20056,594 km²Europe
22Lithuania2,888,77465,300 km²Europe
23Slovenia2,130,98620,271 km²Europe
24Latvia1,847,78564,594 km²Europe
25Estonia1,366,47545,335 km²Europe
26Luxembourg686,9702,593 km²Europe
27Malta579,704316 km²Europe
28Iceland392,404103,004 km²Europe
29Liechtenstein41,024160 km²Europe

Questions

How many schengen Area countries are there?
29. 29 countries have done away with passport checks at their shared borders. 25 EU members and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Bulgaria and Romania joined fully in 2025; Cyprus and Ireland are in the EU but not in Schengen. Members as of September 14, 2026.
Which has the largest population?
Germany, with 83 million people. Then France (69 million people).
How is the list made?
It is a filter over the independent states on Kartavera — in the Schengen Area — using the same figures as the atlas and its rankings. Territories are not included. Open it on the map to change any condition.

Other questions

Figures: area from Wikidata, population, GNI and life expectancy from the World Bank, forms of government from the CIA World Factbook. All sources.