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Europe

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Key facts

  • number of countries: 44
  • number of regions: 4
  • land area: 22,137,363 km²
  • population: 718,424,940

Profile

The continent Europe has a population of 718,424,940 spread across 44 countries and 4 regions. The land area of the continent is 22,137,363 km².

In the news

Europe has been mentioned 4719 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

Euro 2024 latest: 'Europe here we come!' Unstoppable Demiral blasts Turkey off to quarter-finals
Read: Euronews link
Patrick Artus: 'If they don't react, the countries of Southern Europe will bear the full brunt of the negative effects of a shrinking working-age population'
Read: Le Monde link
China cannot support Russia and hope to woo Europe away from the US
Read: SCMP link
EU countries offering tax relief to foreign skilled workers
Read: Deutsche Welle link

Business

Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 4,106,000.00
  • Democracy score: 6.72
  • Military expenditure: 1.65 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 33.02 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Europe

Evolution of historical military expenditure (% of GDP) in Europe

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Europe

Environment

There are countries in Europe. There are regions in Europe.
  • Agricultural land: 4,601,593.88 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 14.83 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 4,775,132.20 kt
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 21.74 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 19.02 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 22.20 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 14.38 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 5.89 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 13.56 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 31.07 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.99 births per woman
  • Forest area: 10,178,528 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 69.72 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: -183,065.37 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 31.94 years
  • Methane emissions: 1,113,251.23 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 376,123.76 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 373,276,057.00
  • Male population: 345,148,878.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 27.08 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 21,730,602.58 km²
  • Rural population: 221,360,472.00
  • Urban land area: 278,158.57 km²
  • Urban population: 497,064,468.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.89 % of total population

Geographical distribution of records in Europe

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Europe

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in Europe

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Europe

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Europe

Evolution of historical total forest area in Europe

Evolution of historical fossil energy consumption (% of total) in Europe

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Europe

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Europe

Evolution of historical internet access in Europe

Evolution of historical total land area in Europe

Evolution of historical median age in Europe

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Europe

Evolution of historical net migration in Europe

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Europe

Evolution of historical population in Europe

Evolution of historical female population in Europe

Evolution of historical male population in Europe

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption (%) in Europe

Evolution of historical total rural land in Europe

Evolution of historical rural population in Europe

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Europe

Evolution of historical urban land in Europe

Evolution of historical urban population in Europe

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Europe

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Europe

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Europe

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Europe

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Europe (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Europe

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Europe (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) in Europe

Health

  • Birth rate: 14.52 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 9.69 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 3,500.18 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 8.91 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.06 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 5.11 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 74.90 years
  • Suicide mortality rate: 13.19 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Europe

Evolution of historical death rate in Europe

Evolution of average health expenditure per capita in Europe

Evolution of historical health expenditure (% of GDP) in Europe

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Europe

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Europe

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Europe

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Europe

Source

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

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