Countries

19 countries share the Danube River Basin, which makes it the world’s most international river basin.

More than 81 million people of different cultures and languages call the Danube Basin their home and are since centuries interconnected through the widely ramified water system of the Danube. All countries sharing over 2,000 km² of the Danube River Basin and the European Union are contracting parties of the ICPDR.

THIS SECTION IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT. INFORMATION ABOUT ALL COUNTRIES WILL BE PROVIDED SHORTLY.

Basic information on the countries in the Danube River Basin (DRB)

Country	Code	Coverage in DRB (km²)	Percentage of DRB (%)	Percentage of DRB in country (%)	Population in DRB (Mio.)
Albania	AL	126	< 0.1	0.01	< 0.01
Austria*	AT	80,423	10.0	96.1	7.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina*	BA	36,636	4.6	74.9	2.9
Bulgaria*	BG	47,413	5.9	43.0	3.5
Croatia*	HR	34,965	4.4	62.5	3.1
Czech Republic*	CZ	21,688	2.9	27.5	2.8
Germany*	DE	56,184	7.0	16.8	9.4
Hungary*	HU	93,030	11.6	100.0	10.1
Italy	IT	565	< 0.1	0.2	0.02
Macedonia	MK	109	< 0.1	0.2	< 0.01
Moldova*	MD	12,834	1.6	35.6	1.1
Montenegro, *	ME	7,075	0.9
Poland	PL	430	< 0.1	0.1	0.04
Romania*	RO	232,193	29.0	97.4	21.7
Serbia, *	RS	81,560	10.2
Slovak Republic*	SK	47,084	5.9	96.0	5.2
Slovenia*	SI	16,422	2.0	81.0	1.7
Switzerland	CH	1,809	0.2	4.3	0.02
Ukraine*	UA	30,520	3.8	5.4	2.7
Total		801,463	100		81.00

Data in the table above is based on the Danube Basin Analysis 2005.

*) Contracting Party to the ICPDR

**) Serbia and Montenegro split into two countries in June 2006. So far no exact data on the share of the individual countries is available.

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