Europe the second smallest of the world’s continents, is composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia) and occupying nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area.

Europe was the first of the world’s regions to develop a modern economy based on commercial agriculture and industry, and it remains one of the world’s major industrial regions, with average annual income per capita among the world’s highest. The people of Europe constitute about one-tenth of the world’s population.

There are 44 countries in Europe today, according to the United Nations. Some of them include France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and etc.