Countries of the World Listed By Continent

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

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. Djibouti
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. Bahrain
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.