List of Countries by Continents

First, the list of countries by continents. Afterward, we have also listed all of the world’s countries alphabetically. Enjoy the list and travel the world.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is a continent but does not contain any countries.

Africa

Africa is a continent which consists of 54 sovereign countries:

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara (disputed region)
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Asia

Asia is a continent which consists of 50 sovereign countries:

Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Cyprus
Taiwan
East Timor (Timor Leste)
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Palestine
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen

Europe

Europe is a continent which consists of 46 sovereign countries:

Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Republic of Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City

North America

North America (which includes Central America) is a continent which consists of 27 sovereign countries:

Canada
Greenland (territory of Denmark)
United States of America
Mexico
Bermuda

Central America

Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bonaire (Special Municipality within The Netherlands)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico (US Territory)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos (British Overseas Territory)

South America

South America is a continent which consists of 13 sovereign countries:

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

Oceania

Oceania (as per UN classification) consists of 14 sovereign countries:

Australia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

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