Europe
This article is about the continent. For the politico-economic union, see European Union. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). Europe Area 10,180,000 km 2 (3,930,000 sq mi) (6th) [a] Population 741,447,158 (2016; 3rd) [1] Population density 72.9/km 2 (188/sq mi) (2nd) GDP (nominal) $20.2 trillion (2017; 3rd) [2] GDP (PPP) $26.7 trillion (2017; 2nd) [3] GDP per capita $27,330 (2017; 3rd) [4] HDI 0.845 [5] Demonym European Countries 50 sovereign states 6 with limited recognition Dependencies 6 dependencies Languages Approx. 225 languages, [6] including: English French German Italian Russian Time zones UTC−1 to UTC+5 Largest cities Largest urban areas: Istanbul [b] Moscow Paris London Madrid Barcelona St Petersburg Rome Berlin Milan [7] a. ^ Figures include only European portions of transcontinental countries. [n] b. ^ Istanbul is a transcontinental city with about two-thirds of the population residing in the European side. Europe is a continent located entirely in the Nor...