Europe , the planet's 6th largest continent, includes (46) countries, and a few dependencies, territories and regions. In exacting geographic definitions, Europe is really not a continent, but part of the peninsula of Euroasia, which includes all of Europe and Asia. However, ( most geographers today ) refer to it as an individual continent.

Europe continent Size: 9,938,000 sq km - 3,837,081 sq miles.
Percent of earth's land: 6.7%
Europe's population: 727,000,000 (est)