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Europe: Facts and figures
Area: 3,8500,000mi2
/ 9,900,000 km2
Largest
country: Russia
Area
(European):
1,663,859
mi2/ 4,309,400 km2
Population:
147,231,000 (1998)
Smallest
country: Vatican State
Area:
0.17mi2/ 0.44 km2
Population:
1,000 (1996)
Largest
city: Paris
Area: 40mi2/
105km2
(Metro
Area 185 mi2 / 479 km2)
Population:
9,318,821 (1990)
Population
Density:
82 per mi2/
32 per km2
Highest:
Malta
3,025 per
mi2/ 1,168 per km2
Lowest:
Iceland
7.8 per mi2/
3 per km2
Number of
inhabitants: 727,000,000
Main
Languages:
English,
French, German, Russian
Main
Religion:
55% Roman Catholic,
25% Protestant, 13% Orthodox, 7% Muslim
Literacy: 94%
Highest:
Finland, France and Germany 100%
Lowest:
Albania 86%
Largest
University:
La
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
184,000
students
Oldest
University:
Universita
degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
11th
century
Life
expectancy at birth:
68.3 years
Male, 77 years Females
Highest:
Andorra 86yrs M, 95yrs F
Lowest:
Russia 62yrs M, 74 yrs F
Marriage
rate per 1000 annually: 6.0
Highest:
Lithuania 12.9
Lowest:
Estonia 3.8
Divorce rate
per 1000 annually: 2.1
Highest
Russia 4.6
Lowest:
Macedonia 0.3
% World
oil production
18.7%
Highest
Mountain:
Mount
Elbrus, Russia
18,466 ft
5,630 m