how many european countries are there?

Question

Not just those in the EU.

Answer 1

If you count the nations of the UK separately there are 53. If you count the UK as one - there are 49.

Here is the full list in alphabetical order including the nations of the UK.

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Isle of Man
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Scotland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
Vatican City
Wales

addendum - just want to point out that those saying 47 have missed out Russia and Turkey, which are both partly in Europe and partly in Asia, but by geographical convention they are normally listed as being in Europe.

Answer 2

EUROPE (47)
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City

Answer 3

It depends on how you define "country", how you define "Europe", and for that matter, how you define "in".

Some islands and island groups are generally considered to be part of Europe. The U.K. is as European as can be, but Iceland is also an offshore island, and it's pretty far off shore.

The boundary between Europe and Asia follows the Bosporus and Dardanelles from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. Then it follows the crest line of the Caucasus Mountains to the Caspian Sea. Then it turns north again, up the Ural River to the Ural Mountains. Now, if you look at a mountain range in 3-D, you see it has lots of separate lumps. Where would you draw the crest line? You would probably want it to go through the very highest point, but how would you choose the next lump to connect it to on each side? For that reason, it's debatable whether Georgia is part, all, or none in Europe. In the days of the Soviet Union, most people assumed the boundary between the USSR and Iran was the boundary between Asia and Europe, so that would include Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The line between Europe and Asia definitely splits two countries (Russian Federation and Turkey), and may split some others.

It's a political issue whether Cyprus is European or Asian. It is divided between a Turkish section and a Greek section. The Turks want it to be considered Asian, and the Greeks, European (generally speaking).

Then we get into the question of dependencies. For example, the Faroe Islands are a county of Denmark with limited autonomy. So are the Faroe Islands and Denmark one country or two?

In summary, there are 41 independent countries that are in Europe by anybody's definition. Seven of them are called "microstates" because of their tiny population and area. There are seven more countries that are partly in Europe and partly in Asia, or could be, depending on your definitions. There are three more island nations (Cyprus, Iceland, Malta) that are often considered part of Europe. And there are seven more territories that may or may not be considered separate countries; all of them are islands except Gibraltar. So if you're as generous as possible, you would say 57 countries in Europe.

Because of geopolitical changes, the number of countries in Europe has grown by 19 in the last 20 years.

(This same question came up two weeks ago, and this is a copy of my answer then.)

Answer 4

Germany, France, Bulgaria, Lux, Switz, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Rep, Italy, Croatia, Greeve, Bulgaria, Moldova, Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, Albania, UK, Ireland, Sarninia, Sicily, Corsice, Bosnia, Turkey, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Jordan, Georgia

About 41 or so.

Answer 5

I can see at a glance that Massadama has missed out Andorra, for example.

So I'll have a go from memory (I enjoy this kind of thing):

Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Monaco, Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Malta, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia (most of its people though most of its area is in Asia), Georgia, Azerbaijan (I would include these two as they are mostly north of the main Caucasus divide, but exclude Armenia which is south of it), Ukraine, Belorus, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, (Turkey is a matter of dispute; most of it's in Asia), Greece, (Cyprus is normally considered to be a European country but it's geographically much closer to Asia), Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, (Kosovo is indeterminate at present as to its country status), Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany.

That's 47 to 50, depending on what you include.

To Spacephantom, below:
If you count the Isle of Man as a separate country from the UK (which, technically, it is) you must also count Jersey, and Guernsey and dependencies (Alderney and Sark).

Answer 6

There are 27 European Countries.

Answer 7

Re answer above.
Jordan is NOT in Europe.
Sardinia and Sicily are both part of Italy.
Corsica is part of France.

Russia is generally considered to be in Europe although most of it's territory is in Asia. Turkey is generally considered to be in Asia, although it's biggest city (Istanbul) is in Europe.
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan are in the south Caucasus and could be in either Asia or Europe.

Other independent European countries are:
Romania
Latvia
Iceland
Macedonia
Monaco
Malta
Vatican City
San Marino
Liechtenstein

Andorra isn't independent. It is a co-principality of Spain and France.

Answer 8

Europe, the planet's 6th largest continent includes 47 countries and assorted dependencies and territories.

Plus on another note is also Turkey and the Russian Federation (Russia) are considered a part of both Asia and Europe

Answer 9

It's easy to count once you've made your mind up about
Turkey,
Israel / W Bank / Gaza / Golan (1, 2, 3 or 4 countries?),
N & S Cyprus,
Nagorno Karabakh,
Kurdish N Iraq,
Kosovo,
the 2 Bosnian halves ... Republika Srpska,
Svalbard & Färöe,
Chechnya,
Georgia / Abkhazia / South Ossetia,
Kazakhstan - is it in Europe? Azerbaijan & Armenia?
What about Bermuda & Greenland?
the Vatican, Liechtenstein & Monaco.

Lost count yet? I think you have to agree with me that THERE ARE SEVERAL CORRECT ANSWERS to this one

Answer 10

The website says 45...