Economic Integration: Europe is the 6th largest continent in the world and presently has 50 countries on it.

Russia is the largest country in the world and extends across the whole of Northern Asia and about 40% of Europe, whereas the Vatican city is the smallest in Europe. The population of Europe makes about 11% of the world's total population. Now, lets test how many countries in Europe continent and in the European Union can you remember. How Many Countries in Europe Continent Europe is made of 45 countries excluding those shared with the Asian continent and their names are

Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic or Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg FYR of Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia) Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia

San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

Countries like Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Georgia are Transcontinental countries as they belong to both Asia as well as Europe. How Many Countries in European Union There are 27 independent countries in the European Union (EU) which was founded on November 1993. It was called the European community (EC) or the European Economic Community (EEC) at the time of foundation and was initiated to maintain a social, political and economical co-operation. The countries are:

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain

Sweden United Kingdom

How Many Countries in Europe Have a Monarchy Monarchy is a system of governance where the prime minister has a day-to-day power of ruling the country and the monarchs such as the King, Queen, Prince or the Grand Duke have only residual powers. These countries can be listed as:

Kingdom of Belgium Kingdom of Denmark Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Principality of Monaco Kingdom of Netherlands Kingdom of Norway Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Sweden United Kingdom of Great Britain

Sometimes the residual powers given to these monarchs are not always minor. In countries like Denmark, Belgium and Netherlands it is the monarch who appoints a coalition government and has the authority to hold a parliamentary election. In Norway the cabinet gives special importance to the King's decisions. How Many Countries in Europe Speak French Now-a-days, French is one of those languages which is gaining a global linguist audience. There are about four to five countries in Europe besides France who have French as their Official language. A part of Switzerland and Belgium speak a French dialect. Other European countries like Monaco, Andorra, Luxembourg also use French as their first language. The geography of Europe includes snow clad mountains, lush green plains, mountains full of flowers and many more such beautiful landscapes. Every country in Europe has a difference in either language or culture, but they all blend in together to give Europe its authentic beauty. So if you get a chance to visit Europe sometime, don't miss it! The euro (sign: ; code: EUR) is the official currency of the euro zone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The euro zone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. The currency is also used in a further five European countries (Montenegro, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City) and the disputed territory of Kosovo. It is consequently used daily by some 332 million Europeans. Additionally, over 175 million people worldwide use currencies which are pegged to the euro, including more than 150 million people in Africa.

The euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. As of July 2011, with nearly 890 billion in circulation, the euro has the highest combined value of banknotes and coins in circulation in the world, having surpassed the U.S. dollar Based on International Monetary Fund estimates of 2008 GDP and purchasing power parity among the various currencies, the euro zone is the second largest economy in the world. The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995.The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU) at a ratio of 1:1. Euro coins and banknotes entered circulation on 1 January 2002. Since late 2009 the euro has been immersed in the European sovereign debt crisis which has led to the state bonds of three euro zone states to be downgraded to "junk" status, and the creation of the European Financial Stability Facility. The North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. In terms of combined GDP of its members, as of 2010 the trade bloc is the largest in the world. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has two supplements, the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC). The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organization of South Asian nations, founded in December 1985 and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2005. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries, twice annually. It is headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 11 stated areas of cooperation are agriculture; education, culture, and sports; health, population, and child welfare; the environment and meteorology; rural development (including the SAARC Youth Volunteers Program); tourism; transport; science and technology; communications. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations,[commonly abbreviated ASEAN rarely, is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, membership has expanded to include Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of regional peace and

stability, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully. ASEAN covers an area of 4.46 million km, 3% of the total land area of Earth, with a population of approximately 600 million people, 8.8% of the world population. In 2010, its combined nominal GDP had grown to US$1.8 trillion. If ASEAN was a single entity, it would rank as the ninth largest economy in the world. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948. The organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence to WTO agreements which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified by their parliaments. Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round (19861994). The organization is currently endeavoring to persist with a trade negotiation called the Doha Development Agenda (or Doha Round), which was launched in 2001 to enhance equitable participation of poorer countries which represent a majority of the world's population. However, the negotiation has been dogged by "disagreement between exporters of agricultural bulk commodities and countries with large numbers of subsistence farmers on the precise terms of a 'special safeguard measure' to protect farmers from surges in imports. At this time, the future of the Doha Round is uncertain." The WTO has 153 members representing more than 97% of the world's population and 30 observers, most seeking membership. The WTO is governed by a ministerial conference, meeting every two years; a general council, which implements the conference's policy decisions and is responsible for day-to-day administration; and a director-general, who is appointed by the ministerial conference. The WTO's headquarters is at the Centre William Rappard, Geneva, Switzerland.