/* -- declare class */
public class Country {
  public string Name;
  public string ContinentName;
  public int Population;
  public Country( string _name, string _continentName, int _population ) {
    this.Name = _name;
    this.ContinentName = _continentName;
    this.Population = _population;
  }
}
/* -- init */
List<country> listCountry = new List();
listCountry.Add( new Country( "czech", "europe", 10 ) );
listCountry.Add( new Country( "germany", "europe", 60 ) );
listCountry.Add( new Country( "france", "europe", 60 ) );
listCountry.Add( new Country( "usa", "america", 350 ) );
listCountry.Add( new Country( "china", "asia", 1200 ) );
double value;
/* -- sum - query syntax variant */
value = ( from row in listCountry
          where row.ContinentName == "europe" 
          select row.Population ).Sum();
Console.WriteLine( string.Format( "Sum of population, europe (variant 1) = {0}", value ) );
/* -- sum - fluent syntax variant */
value = listCountry.Where( w => w.ContinentName == "europe" ).Sum( x => x.Population );
Console.WriteLine( string.Format( "Sum of population, europe (variant 2) = {0}", value ) );Output: 
Sum of population, europe (variant 1) = 130
Sum of population, europe (variant 2) = 130