Table 5.11 - Number of lakes in different European countries
Source: See table
Note: Country estimates may include some reservoirs Notes: Missing information. There are no or only a few lakes in Belgium, the Czech and Slovak republics, Luxembourg and Portugal. There is no information from Belarus, Romania and Lithuania. Information obtained from: Country Surface area (km2) 0.010.1 0.11 110 10100 >100 Number of lakes Albania1 >3 3 Austria1 some 100s 19 7 2 Bulgaria1 53 175 288 14 0 Croatia1 1 3 0 0 Denmark1 354 256 74 6 0 England and Wales1 1665 50 2 0 Estonia1 750 209 41 1 3 Finland1 40 309 13 114 2283 279 47 France2 128 23 1 Georgia1 799 58 21 14 0 Germany3 ~100 ~20 2 Greece3 >16 1 Hungary1,4 2 2 Iceland1 ~7000 1650 176 17 0 Ireland3 ~100 14 3 Italy5 >168 >82 13 5 Latvia1 2164 740 122 20 0 Moldova1 >3300 48 30 6 0 The Netherlands1 47 3 Norway1 208 000 2000 450 7 Poland1 6050 2627 545 32 2 Russian Federation1 471 000 4626 412 51 Spain1 800 Sweden1 59 500 19 374 3990 358 22 Switzerland6 1300 10 15 5 Ukraine1 950 >4 2 former Yugoslavia6 >200 >10 15 4