Eastern European Countries

Eastern Europe is defined more by history and politics than by a hard geographic line, which is why its membership shifts between sources. The list below follows the common definition centred on the former Eastern Bloc and the countries east of Germany and the Alps. It stretches from the Baltic down to the Black Sea, and includes the largest country in Europe by area, Russia.

10 countries A cultural and historical region. This list follows the common definition centred on the former Eastern Bloc.

Country	Capital	Currency	Population
Belarus	Minsk	BYN Br	9,085,991
Bulgaria	Sofia	EUR €	6,433,302
Czechia	Prague	CZK Kč	10,886,878
Hungary	Budapest	HUF Ft	9,514,251
Moldova	Chișinău	MDL L	2,360,527
Poland	Warsaw	PLN zł	36,435,861
Romania	Bucharest	RON lei	19,020,271
Russia	Moscow	RUB ₽	143,513,328
Slovakia	Bratislava	EUR €	5,413,813
Ukraine	Kyiv	UAH ₴	38,980,376

Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Sources and vintage on the data page. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition described above.