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How Many Countries In Europe?

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How Many Countries In Europe?

Ask this question to 15 different people and you will get 15 different answers, while most continents in the world are very well defined, Europe is almost more like a concept.

Exactly how many countries are in Europe is hard to define, since some countries are on two continents at the same time - Istanbul, a city in Turkey, is actually situated both in Asia and in Europe.

Transcontinental Countries

There are a number of Transcontinental countries which are in two continents at the same time. Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are considered to be located in both Asia and Europe, so depending on who you ask you will get a different answer to whether they are a European country or not.

If you include the transcontinental countries the number of countries in Europe would be 50 internationally recognized sovereign states with territory located in common definitions Europe and/or membership in international European organizations, of which 44 have their capital city within Europe.

All except the Vatican City are members of the United Nations (UN), and all except Belarus, Kazakhstan and Vatican City are members of the Council of Europe.

Micro-states

There are also a number of microstates in Europe. Due to their size they are most often closely linked with another larger state. The Vatican city is a perfect example of this, located in Rome, the capital city of Italy it is very closely linked with Italy.

The Vatican City, Andorra, Monaco, Lietchenstein and San Marino are usually considered to be the microstates of Europe.

Here is the list of all the countries in Europe:

  1. Albania
  2. Andorra
  3. Armenia
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Austria
  6. Belarus
  7. Belgium
  8. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  9. Bulgaria
  10. Croatia
  11. Czech Republic
  12. Cyprus
  13. Denmark
  14. Estonia
  15. Finland
  16. France
  17. Germany
  18. Greece
  19. Georgia
  20. Hungary
  21. Iceland
  22. Ireland
  23. Italy
  24. Kazakhstan
  25. Latvia
  26. Liechtenstein
  27. Lithuania
  28. Luxembourg
  29. FYR of Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia)
  30. Malta
  31. Moldova
  32. Monaco
  33. Montenegro
  34. Netherlands
  35. Norway
  36. Poland
  37. Portugal
  38. Romania
  39. Russia
  40. San Marino
  41. Serbia
  42. Slovakia
  43. Slovenia
  44. Spain
  45. Sweden
  46. Switzerland
  47. Turkey
  48. Ukraine
  49. United Kingdom
  50. Vatican City

How many countries did you think there were in Europe?

3 comments on “How Many Countries In Europe?”
  1. Chris on said:

    Not nearly that many. All of a sudden I want to do a tour of all of them. Would help me hit my goal of 100 countries that much faster!

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  3. DICKFSF on said:

    It all depends on if you think Kosovo is a country or not. People have different views on this but I personally believe KOSOVO IS SERBIA

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