Europe: Factsheet

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Name Europe Capital Brussels (EU)
Time
(Winter/Summer)
GMT to UTC+12/
GMT to UTC+13
Area, sq km
(total/land/water)
495,023.92 [23,761,148.09]/
489,916.59 [23,515,996.09]/
5,107.33 [245,152.00]
Languages English;
French;
Russian;
German;
Spanish;
other
Major cities Moscow 10,342,151;
Istanbul 10,291,102;
London 7,172,091;
Saint Petersburg 4,661,219;
Ankara 4,319,167;
Kyiv 3,950,968
Population 16,947,212.64 [559,258,017] Birth/Death rate,
per thousand
10.60 [498.20]/
10.15 [477.03]
Dialing Code   Telephones
(landlines/mobiles)
6,943,423.30 [326,340,895.00]/
14,398,136.53 [676,712,417.00]
Domain extension .eu (EU) Internet
(hosts/users)
1,266,068.46 [58,239,149.00]/
6,563,994.98 [308,507,764.00]
Currency Euro (EUR) (EU) GDP $336,303,176,595.75 [15,806,249,300,000.00]
Unemployment 8.61% [404.60%]% Inflation 4.07% [191.50%]%

Average figures based on all countries are shown here [totals are in bold in brackets].

Source: Wikipedia (full compilation available here)