How many countries are...?

Question

Can someone either direct me to a site or tell me where I can find about how many countries are on the continent of Europe? How many are on the continent of Africa? and how many are on the continent of Asia?

Answer 1

Europe - 50 c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

Asia - 37 c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia

Africa - 53 c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa  

Answer 2

Wikipedia is easy to find. But if you need some source you can quote AND TRUST, try others resources like Oxford (http://www.askoxford.com/) or Encarta (encarta.com)

Answer 3

CONTINENTS (by the number of countries)

#1 Africa - (53)

#3 Europe - (46)

#2 Asia - (44)

#4 North America - (23)

#5 Oceania - (14)

#6 South America - (12)

Answer 4

Summary Statistics -

  

Europe

Number of Countries: 45

For list click on blue

http://www.aneki.com/europe.html

Africa

Number of Countries: 54

For list click on blue

http://www.aneki.com/africa.html

Asia

Number of Countries: 37

For list click on blue

http://www.aneki.com/asia.html

Answer 5

It depends on how old the map is, whether you count island nations, and possibly how closely you define 'country.'