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ClearIAS » Geography Notes » Countries of the World Listed By Continent

Countries of the World Listed By Continent

Last updated on June 4, 2014 by Alex Andrews George

In Geography, we study about the earth as a whole. Political Geography is a branch of geography which studies the political entities like countries, across the globe. It always helps to have a good idea about the location of different nations. List of countries of the world, classified according to the continent they belong is given below. A world map is also given for reference purpose. As of now there are 193 UN member nations and more than 6 Non-UN members. Africa is the continent with most number of nations (54).

UN Member Countries listed by continent

* Those countries of the world marked with * symbol are classified along with Europe and not with Asia in some listings.

Countries of North America (23)

  1. Canada
  2. US
  3. Mexico
  4. Guatemala
  5. Belize
  6. El Salvador
  7. Honduras
  8. Costa Rica
  9. Nicaragua
  10. Panama
  11. Bermuda
  12. Bahamas
  13. Haiti
  14. Cuba
  15. Jamaica
  16. Dominican Republic
  17. Dominica
  18. St.Kitts and Nevis
  19. St. Lucia
  20. St. Vincent and The Grenadines
  21. Barbados
  22. Grenada
  23. Trinidad and Tobago

Countries of South America (12)

  1. Columbia
  2. Venezuela
  3. Guyana
  4. Suriname
  5. Brazil
  6. Ecuador
  7. Peru
  8. Bolivia
  9. Paraguay
  10. Chile
  11. Argentina
  12. Uruguay

Countries of Europe (43)

  1. Iceland
  2. Norway
  3. Sweden
  4. Finland
  5. Russia
  6. Estonia
  7. Latvia
  8. Lithuania
  9. Belarus
  10. Ireland
  11. UK
  12. Denmark
  13. Portugal
  14. Spain
  15. Andorra
  16. France
  17. Monaco
  18. Switzerland
  19. Lieischenstein
  20. Luxembourg
  21. Belgium
  22. Netherlands
  23. Germany
  24. Italy
  25. Malta
  26. San Marino
  27. Poland
  28. Czech Republic
  29. Slovakia
  30. Austria
  31. Hungary
  32. Slovenia
  33. Croatia
  34. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  35. Serbia
  36. Montenegro
  37. Albania
  38. Macedonia
  39. Greece
  40. Bulgaria
  41. Romania
  42. Moldova
  43. Ukraine

    World Map - Political
    World Map

Countries of Africa (54)

  1. Morocco
  2. Algeria
  3. Tunisia
  4. Libya
  5. Egypt
  6. Mauritania
  7. Mali
  8. Senegal
  9. Gambia
  10. Guinea Bissau
  11. Guinea
  12. Sierra Leone
  13. Liberia
  14. Ivory Coast
  15. Ghana
  16. Burkina
  17. Togo
  18. Benin
  19. Niger
  20. Nigeria
  21. Chad
  22. Cameroon
  23. Central African Republic
  24. (North) Sudan
  25. South Sudan
  26. Eritrea
  27. Dijibouti
  28. Ethiopia
  29. Somalia
  30. Equatorial Guinea
  31. Gabon
  32. Republic of Congo
  33. (Democratic Republic of) Congo
  34. Uganda
  35. Kenya
  36. Rwanda
  37. Burundi
  38. Tanzania
  39. Angola
  40. Zambia
  41. Malawi
  42. Mozambique
  43. Namibia
  44. Botswana
  45. Zimbabwe
  46. South Africa
  47. Lesotho
  48. Swaziland
  49. Seychelles
  50. Comoros
  51. Madagascar
  52. Mauritius
  53. Cape Verde
  54. Sai Tome and Principe

Countries of Asia (47)

  1. Yemen
  2. Oman
  3. UAE
  4. Qatar
  5. Baharin
  6. Saudi Arabia
  7. Kuwait
  8. Iraq
  9. Jordan
  10. Israel
  11. Lebanon
  12. Syria
  13. Cyprus
  14. Turkey*
  15. Georgia*
  16. Armenia*
  17. Azerbaijan
  18. Iran
  19. Afghanistan
  20. Pakistan
  21. Turkmenistan
  22. Uzbekistan
  23. Tajikistan
  24. Kyrgyzstan
  25. Kazakhstan
  26. China
  27. Mongolia
  28. India
  29. Nepal
  30. Srilanka
  31. Maldives
  32. Bhutan
  33. Bangladesh
  34. Myanmar
  35. Thailand
  36. Laos
  37. Cambodia
  38. Vietnam
  39. Malaysia
  40. Singapore
  41. Brunei
  42. Indonesia
  43. East Timor
  44. Philippines
  45. South Korea
  46. North Korea
  47. Japan

Countries of Oceania (14)

  1. Australia
  2. New zealand
  3. Papua New guinea
  4. Palau
  5. Micronesia
  6. Marshall Islands
  7. Nauru
  8. Vanuatu
  9. Solomon Islands
  10. Kiribati
  11. Tuvalu
  12. Tonga
  13. Fiji
  14. Samoa

Non UN Member Nations

  1. Kosova
  2. Palestine
  3. Western Sahara
  4. Turkish Cyprus
  5. Taiwan
  6. Vatican City

Apart from these nations, there are numerous islands and territorial regions claimed by different nations as their foreign territories.

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  1. Manjuinsights says

    November 7, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    quality geography notes available here www.pmfias.com

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  2. SHYAM says

    September 24, 2016 at 3:34 pm

    GREAT.THANKS

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  3. Soumya Ranjan Mishra says

    May 7, 2017 at 7:27 am

    1. Bermuda is not a sovereign state but a British overseas territory; while Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign state.

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  4. Aamir Abbas says

    August 3, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    As I read that in north America 23 country and south America 13 country where as in Africa 54 and Europe 50 and in Asia 49 and in Australia 3 and in Oceania 15 west new Guinea ( Indonesia)

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  5. Ipsita Panda says

    August 30, 2020 at 12:21 am

    Cyprus isn’t a country of Asia. A lot of data are incorrect here, it is advisable to fellow aspirants to do cross-check before noting down.

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