Epidemiological Trends of Human Monkeypox Cases in Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern Regions in Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

European countries with population, monkeypox cases, and cases per one million people.

Subregion and country	Population	Total cases from Jan 1 to July 7, 2022	Number of cases per million people
Northern Europe
United Kingdom	67,886,011	1351	19.90
Ireland	4,937,786	44	8.91
Sweden	10,099,265	28	2.77
Denmark	5,792,202	26	4.49
Norway	5,421,241	19	3.50
Finland	5,540,720	10	1.80
Iceland	341,243	4	11.72
Latvia	1,886,198	2	1.06
Estonia	1,326,535	2	1.51
Gibraltar	33,691	1	29.68
Subtotal	103,231,201	1487	14.40
Average	10,326,489	149	8.53
Southern Europe
Spain	46,754,778	1256	26.86
Portugal	10,196,709	415	40.70
Italy	60,461,826	233	3.85
Slovenia	2,078,938	12	5.77
Malta	441,543	8	18.12
Greece	10,423,054	6	0.58
Serbia	8,737,371	1	0.11
Croatia	4,105,267	1	0.24
Subtotal	143,199,486	1932	13.49
Average	17, 899,936	242	12.03
Western Europe
Germany	83,783,942	1304	15.56
France	65,273,511	604	9.25
The Netherlands	17,134,872	352	20.54
Belgium	11,589,623	168	14.50
Switzerland	8,654,622	131	15.14
Austria	9,006,398	37	4.11
Luxembourg	625,978	3	4.79
Subtotal	196,068,946	2,599	13.26
Average	28,009,849	371	11.98
Eastern Europe
Hungary	9,660,351	22	2.28
Poland	37,846,611	13	0.34
Romania	19,237,691	12	0.62
Czechia	10,708,981	9	0.84
Bulgaria	6,948,445	3	0.43
Subtotal	84,402,079	59	0.70
Average	16,880,416	12	0.902
Grand total	526,901,712	6,077	11.53
Average grand total	131,725,428	1,519	10.46

Note: cases were searched from Jan 1 to July 7, 2022; in Europe, the first case was identified on May 7, 2022; hence the cases are presented from May 7 to July 7, 2022 (see Ref [6, 12]).