Subregion · part of Europe

Southeast Europe

Country-by-country guide to Southeast Europe: capitals, flags, borders, area, and population for every nation in this UN subregion of Europe.

9 countries 45,724,226 people 613,843 km² total land area

Southeast Europe, sometimes called the Balkans, is a mountainous mosaic of Slavic, Romance, Albanian, and Greek-speaking states. The subregion has reshaped its borders repeatedly over the last century and remains culturally and linguistically diverse.

Use this page as an entry point into the subregion. Skim the table below for an at-a-glance comparison, then click any country to read the full editorial profile — capital, flag, official languages, currencies, bordering states, an embedded OpenStreetMap viewport, and links to high-resolution map services.

Tirana 2,363,314 28,748 ALB
Sarajevo 3,422,000 51,209 BIH
Sofia 6,437,360 110,879 BGR
Zagreb 3,866,233 56,594 HRV
Pristina 1,585,566 10,908 UNK
Podgorica 623,327 13,812 MNE
Skopje 1,822,612 25,713 MKD
Bucharest 19,036,031 238,391 ROU
Belgrade 6,567,783 77,589 SRB