Europe

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Europe (Listeni/ˈjʊərəp/ EWR-əp or /ˈjɜrəp/ YUR-əp[2]) is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.

Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast. Yet the borders of Europe—a concept dating back to classical antiquity—are somewhat arbitrary, as the primarily physiographic term "continent" can incorporate cultural and political elements.

Europe is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area. Of Europe's approximately 50 countries, Russia is by far the largest by both area and population, taking up 40% of the continent (although the country has territory in both Europe and Asia), while Vatican City is the smallest. Europe is the third-most populous continent after Asia and Africa, with a population of 739-743 million or about 11% of the world's population.
The most commonly used currency is the euro.

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List of Countries in Europe Flag Arms Name Area (km²) Population Population density (per km²) Capital Name(s) in official language(s) Albania 28,748 2,831,741 98.5 Tirana Shqipëria Andorra 468 68,403 146.2 Andorra la Vella Andorra Armenia  29,800 3,229,900 101 Yerevan Hayastan Austria 83,858 8,169,929 97.4 Vienna Österreich Azerbaijan 86,600 9,165,000 105.8 Baku Azǝrbaycan N/A Belarus 207,560 9,458,000 45.6 Minsk Belarus Belgium 30,528 11,007,000 360.6 Brussels België/Belgique/Belgien Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 3,843,126 75.2 Sarajevo Bosna i Hercegovina Bulgaria 110,910 7,621,337 68.7 Sofia Bălgarija Croatia 56,542 4,437,460 77.7 Zagreb Hrvatska Cyprus 9,251 788,457 85 Nicosia Kýpros/Kıbrıs Czech Republic 78,866 10,256,760 130.1 Prague Česko Denmark 43,094 5,564,219 129 Copenhagen Danmark Estonia 45,226 1,340,194 29 Tallinn Eesti Finland 336,593 5,157,537 15.3 Helsinki Suomi/Finland France 547,030 63,182,000 115.5 Paris France Georgia 69,700 4,661,473 64 Tbilisi Sakartvelo Germany 357,021 83,251,851 233.2 Berlin Deutschland Greece 131,957 10,815,187 80.7 Athens Elláda Hungary 93,030 10,075,034 108.3 Budapest Magyarország Iceland 103,000 307,261 2.7 Reykjavík Ísland Ireland 70,280 4,234,925 60.3 Dublin Éire/Ireland Italy 301,230 59,530,464 197.7 Rome Italia Kazakhstan  2,724,900 15,217,711 5.6 Astana Qazaqstan/Kazahstan Latvia 64,589 2,067,900 34.2 Riga Latvija Liechtenstein 160 32,842 205.3 Vaduz Liechtenstein Lithuania 65,200 2,988,400 45.8 Vilnius Lietuva Luxembourg 2,586 448,569 173.5 Luxembourg Lëtzebuerg/Luxemburg/Luxembourg Macedonia 25,713 2,054,800 81.1 Skopje Makedonija Malta 316 397,499 1,257.9 Valletta Malta Moldova 33,843 4,434,547 131.0 Chișinău Moldova Monaco 1.95 31,987 16,403.6 Monaco Monaco Montenegro 13,812 616,258 44.6 Podgorica Crna Gora Netherlands  41,526 16,318,199 393.0 Amsterdam Nederland Norway 385,178 5,018,836 15.5 Oslo Norge Poland 312,685 38,625,478 123.5 Warsaw Polska Portugal  91,568 10,409,995 110.1 Lisbon Portugal Romania 238,391 21,698,181 91.0 Bucharest România Russia  17,075,400 142,200,000 8.3 Moscow Rossiya San Marino 61 27,730 454.6 San Marino San Marino Serbia  88,361 7,120,666 91.9 Belgrade Srbija Slovakia 48,845 5,422,366 111.0 Bratislava Slovensko Slovenia 20,273 2,050,189 101 Ljubljana Slovenija Spain 504,851 47,059,533 93.2 Madrid España Sweden 449,964 9,090,113 19.7 Stockholm Sverige Switzerland 41,290 7,507,000 176.8 Bern Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra Turkey  783,562 75,627,384 98 Ankara Türkiye Ukraine 603,700 48,396,470 80.2 Kiev Ukrajina United Kingdom 244,820 61,100,835 244.2 London United Kingdom Vatican City 0.44 900 2,045.5 Vatican City Status Civitatis Vaticanæ Total 10,180,000 742,000,000 70

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