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).

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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. 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