1. Depending on how you count it (I have divided them below as I have seen fit, but it is far from a set delineation), there are more people, and square miles in Eastern Europe
2. There are more countries, despite there being fewer square miles and people, in Western Europe
3. The top twenty largest has ten countries from the East, and ten from the West
4. The top twenty most populated has ten from the East, and ten from the West

List of West v East by area:

West|East
---|---
France|Russia **edit** only counting European Russia
Spain|Ukraine
Sweden|Poland
Norway|Romania
Germany|Belarus
Finland|European Kazakhstan
Italy|Bulgaria
UK|Hungary
Greece|Serbia
Iceland|Czech Republic
Portugal|Georgia
Ireland|Latvia
Austria|Lithuania
Denmark|Croatia
Holland|Bosnia Hertzegovina
Switzerland|Slovakia
Belgium|Moldova
Cyprus|Albania
Luxembourg|Macedonia
Andorra|European Turkey
Malta|Slovenia
Lichtenstein|Montenegro
San Marino|Azerbaijan
Monaco|Out of Countries
Vatican City|Out of Countries

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