44 countries in Europe

 https://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-in-europe/ 

There are 44 countries in Europe today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

• Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)

1	Russia	143,997,393	Eastern Europe
2	Germany	84,075,075	Western Europe
3	United Kingdom	69,551,332	Northern Europe
4	France	66,650,804	Western Europe
5	Italy	59,146,260	Southern Europe
6	Spain	47,889,958	Southern Europe
7	Ukraine	38,980,376	Eastern Europe
8	Poland	38,140,910	Eastern Europe
9	Romania	18,908,650	Eastern Europe
10	Netherlands	18,346,819	Western Europe
11	Belgium	11,758,603	Western Europe
12	Sweden	10,656,633	Northern Europe
13	Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,609,239	Eastern Europe
14	Portugal	10,411,834	Southern Europe
15	Greece	9,938,844	Southern Europe
16	Hungary	9,632,287	Eastern Europe
17	Austria	9,113,574	Western Europe
18	Belarus	8,997,603	Eastern Europe
19	Switzerland	8,967,407	Western Europe
20	Bulgaria	6,714,560	Eastern Europe
21	Serbia	6,689,039	Southern Europe
22	Denmark	6,002,507	Northern Europe
23	Finland	5,623,329	Northern Europe
24	Norway	5,623,071	Northern Europe
25	Slovakia	5,474,881	Eastern Europe
26	Ireland	5,308,039	Northern Europe
27	Croatia	3,848,160	Southern Europe
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,140,095	Southern Europe
29	Moldova	2,996,106	Eastern Europe
30	Lithuania	2,830,144	Northern Europe
31	Albania	2,771,508	Southern Europe
32	Slovenia	2,117,072	Southern Europe
33	Latvia	1,853,559	Northern Europe
34	North Macedonia	1,813,791	Southern Europe
35	Estonia	1,344,232	Northern Europe
36	Luxembourg	680,453	Western Europe
37	Montenegro	632,729	Southern Europe
38	Malta	545,405	Southern Europe
39	Iceland	398,266	Northern Europe
40	Andorra	82,904	Southern Europe
41	Liechtenstein	40,128	Western Europe
42	Monaco	38,341	Western Europe
43	San Marino	33,572	Southern Europe
44	Holy See	501	Southern Europe

Dependencies or other territories

1	Isle of Man	84,118	U.K.
2	Faeroe Islands	56,002	Denmark
3	Gibraltar	40,126	U.K.