There are 51 countries in Europe, if you count some technicalities around the Vatican, Monaco etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_

There are 51 countries in Europe, if you count some technicalities around the Vatican, Monaco etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_... Though I suspect both yourself and the previous poster was referring to the European Union.