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)
- Canada
- US
- Mexico
- Guatemala
- Belize
- El Salvador
- Honduras
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Bermuda
- Bahamas
- Haiti
- Cuba
- Jamaica
- Dominican Republic
- Dominica
- St.Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and The Grenadines
- Barbados
- Grenada
- Trinidad and Tobago
Countries of South America (12)
- Columbia
- Venezuela
- Guyana
- Suriname
- Brazil
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
- Chile
- Argentina
- Uruguay
Countries of Europe (43)
- Iceland
- Norway
- Sweden
- Finland
- Russia
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Belarus
- Ireland
- UK
- Denmark
- Portugal
- Spain
- Andorra
- France
- Monaco
- Switzerland
- Lieischenstein
- Luxembourg
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Italy
- Malta
- San Marino
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Austria
- Hungary
- Slovenia
- Croatia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Serbia
- Montenegro
- Albania
- Macedonia
- Greece
- Bulgaria
- Romania
- Moldova
- Ukraine
World Map
Countries of Africa (54)
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Libya
- Egypt
- Mauritania
- Mali
- Senegal
- Gambia
- Guinea Bissau
- Guinea
- Sierra Leone
- Liberia
- Ivory Coast
- Ghana
- Burkina
- Togo
- Benin
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Chad
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- (North) Sudan
- South Sudan
- Eritrea
- Dijibouti
- Ethiopia
- Somalia
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Republic of Congo
- (Democratic Republic of) Congo
- Uganda
- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Burundi
- Tanzania
- Angola
- Zambia
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Lesotho
- Swaziland
- Seychelles
- Comoros
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Cape Verde
- Sai Tome and Principe
Countries of Asia (47)
- Yemen
- Oman
- UAE
- Qatar
- Baharin
- Saudi Arabia
- Kuwait
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Cyprus
- Turkey*
- Georgia*
- Armenia*
- Azerbaijan
- Iran
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Tajikistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Kazakhstan
- China
- Mongolia
- India
- Nepal
- Srilanka
- Maldives
- Bhutan
- Bangladesh
- Myanmar
- Thailand
- Laos
- Cambodia
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Brunei
- Indonesia
- East Timor
- Philippines
- South Korea
- North Korea
- Japan
Countries of Oceania (14)
- Australia
- New zealand
- Papua New guinea
- Palau
- Micronesia
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- Vanuatu
- Solomon Islands
- Kiribati
- Tuvalu
- Tonga
- Fiji
- Samoa
Non UN Member Nations
- Kosova
- Palestine
- Western Sahara
- Turkish Cyprus
- Taiwan
- 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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GREAT.THANKS
1. Bermuda is not a sovereign state but a British overseas territory; while Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign state.
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)
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.