ಯುರೋಪ್ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ೭ ಖಂಡಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡನೇ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಖಂಡ. ಭೂಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಯುರೋಪ್ ಯುರೇಷ್ಯಾ ಮಹಾಖಂಡದ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ದ್ವೀಪಕಲ್ಪ. ಆದರೆ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕವಾಗಿ, ರಾಜಕೀಯವಾಗಿ, ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕವಾಗಿ ಇದು ಏಷ್ಯಾದಿಂದ ವಿಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಇದನ್ನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕ ಖಂಡವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
೨೫ ಸದಸ್ಯ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳ ಯುರೋಪಿನ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ ಈ ಖಂಡದ ಅತಿ ದೊಡ್ಡ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಮತ್ತು ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ.
↑ರಷ್ಯಾ is generally considered a transcontinental country in ಪೂರ್ವ ಯೂರೋಪ್ (UN region) ಮತ್ತು ಏಷ್ಯಾ , with European territory west of the Ural Mountains and both the Ural and Emba rivers; population and area figures are for European portion only.
↑Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia (UN region) and Eastern Europe, with European territory west of the Ural Mountains and both the Ural and Emba rivers; population and area figures are for European portion only.
↑Armenia and Cyprus are sometimes considered transcontinental countries: both are geographically in Western Asia but have historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
↑Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia (UN region) and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for European portion only (north of the crest of the Caucasus and the Kura River). This excludes the exclave of Nakhichevan and Nagorno-Karabakh (a region that has declared, and de factoachieved, independence; however, it is only recognised de jure by Armenia).
↑Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia (UN region) and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for European portion only (north of the crest of the Caucasus and the Kura River). Also includes Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two regions that have declared, and de factoachieved, independence; however, they are not recognised de jure by sovereign states.
↑ಟರ್ಕಿ is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia (UN region) and Southern Europe: the region of Rumelia (Trakya) – which includes the provinces of Edirne, Kirklareli, Tekirdag, and the western parts of the Çanakkale and Istanbul Provinces – is west and north of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles; population and area figures are for European portion only, including all of Istanbul.