The continent of Europe comprises 47 countries with around 10,530,000 km², which corresponds to around 7% of the world's total land area and has around 800 million inhabitants. Almost all countries grow grapes or at least grapes for the production of table grapes, grape juice, grape jelly or sultanas.
These are Albania, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, England (see also Great Britain), Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldavia (see also under Bessarabia), Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira), Romania, Russia (partly in Asia), San Marino, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (including the Canary Islands), the Czech Republic, Turkey (mostly in Asia), Ukraine (including the Crimean peninsula), Hungary, Wales, Belarus and Cyprus.
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