List of countries by continent

This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according to the United Nations Statistics Division,^[1] displayed with their respective national flags and capitals. This list contains:

Sovereign states (country names in bold), consisting of:
- The member states of the United Nations (UN).
- A UN-recognized non-member state: Vatican City.
- States not recognized by the UN, but recognized by or maintaining de facto international relations with many UN members: the Republic of China and Kosovo.
Territories de facto not independent, but recognized by many UN members as entitled to sovereignty (country names in bold italics): the Palestinian territories and Western Sahara.
Dependent territories, including the overseas departments of France and the special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (country names in italics).

Africa


Country	Capital	Country	Capital
Algeria	Algiers	Angola	Luanda
Benin	Porto-Novo (seat of government at Cotonou)	Botswana	Gaborone
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Burundi	Bujumbura
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Cape Verde	Praia
Central African Republic	Bangui	Chad	N'Djamena
Comoros	Moroni	Congo, Democratic Republic of (also known as Congo-Kinshasa)	Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of (also known as Congo-Brazzaville)	Brazzaville	Côte d'Ivoire (also commonly known as Ivory Coast)	Yamoussoukro (seat of government at Abidjan)
Djibouti	Djibouti	Egypt	Cairo
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Eritrea	Asmara
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Gabon	Libreville
Gambia	Banjul	Ghana	Accra
Guinea	Conakry	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
Kenya	Nairobi	Lesotho	Maseru
Liberia	Monrovia	Libya	Tripoli
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Malawi	Lilongwe
Mali	Bamako	Mauritania	Nouakchott
Mauritius	Port Louis	Mayotte (overseas territory of France)	Mamoudzou
Morocco	Rabat	Mozambique	Maputo
Namibia	Windhoek	Niger	Niamey
Nigeria	Abuja	Réunion (overseas department of France)	Saint-Denis
Rwanda	Kigali	Saint Helena (overseas territory of the United Kingdom; including the territories of Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha)	Jamestown
Sao Tome and Principe	São Tomé	Senegal	Dakar
Seychelles	Victoria	Sierra Leone	Freetown
Somalia	Mogadishu	South Africa	Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Sudan	Khartoum	Swaziland	Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)
Tanzania	Dodoma (seat of government at Dar es Salaam)	Togo	Lomé
Tunisia	Tunis	Uganda	Kampala
Western Sahara	El Aaiún (unofficial)	Zambia	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Harare

Eurasia

Asia


Country	Capital	Country	Capital
Afghanistan	Kabul	Armenia^[2]	Yerevan
Azerbaijan^[2]	Baku	Bahrain	Manama
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Bhutan	Thimphu
British Indian Ocean Territory^[3]	(overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	China, People's Republic of	Beijing
China, Republic of (commonly known as Taiwan)	Taipei	Christmas Island^[4]	(overseas territory of Australia)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands^[4]	(overseas territory of Australia)	Cyprus^[2]	Nicosia
Georgia^[2]	Tbilisi	Hong Kong	(special administrative region of the People's Republic of China)
India	New Delhi	Indonesia	Jakarta
Iran	Tehran	Iraq	Baghdad
Israel	Jerusalem	Japan	Tokyo
Jordan	Amman	Kazakhstan	Astana
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (commonly known as North Korea)	Pyongyang	Korea, Republic of (commonly known as South Korea)	Seoul
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
Laos	Vientiane	Lebanon	Beirut
Macau	(special administrative region of the People's Republic of China)	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur (seat of government at Putrajaya)
Maldives	Malé	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar (also commonly known as Burma)	Naypyidaw	Nepal	Kathmandu
Oman	Muscat	Pakistan	Islamabad
Palestinian territories	(collectively the territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip)	Philippines	Manila
Qatar	Doha	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
Singapore	Singapore^[5]	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Syria	Damascus	Tajikistan	Dushanbe
Thailand	Bangkok	Timor-Leste (also commonly known as East Timor)	Dili
Turkey^[2]	Ankara	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Uzbekistan	Tashkent
Vietnam	Hanoi	Yemen	Sana'a

Europe


Country	Capital	Country	Capital
Albania	Tirana	Andorra	Andorra la Vella
Austria	Vienna	Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	Brussels	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
Bulgaria	Sofia	Croatia	Zagreb
Czech Republic	Prague	Denmark	Copenhagen
Estonia	Tallinn	Faroe Islands (overseas territory of Denmark)	Tórshavn
Finland	Helsinki	France	Paris
Germany	Berlin	Gibraltar (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Gibraltar^[5]
Greece	Athens	Guernsey (British crown dependency)	Saint Peter Port
Hungary	Budapest	Iceland	Reykjavík
Ireland	Dublin	Isle of Man (British crown dependency)	Douglas
Italy	Rome	Jersey (British crown dependency)	Saint Helier
Kosovo	Pristina	Latvia	Riga
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Lithuania	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Skopje
Malta	Valletta	Moldova	Chisinau
Monaco	Monaco^[5]	Montenegro	Podgorica
Netherlands	Amsterdam (seat of government at The Hague)	Norway	Oslo
Poland	Warsaw	Portugal	Lisbon
Romania	Bucharest	Russia^[6]	Moscow
San Marino	San Marino	Serbia	Belgrade
Slovakia	Bratislava	Slovenia	Ljubljana
Spain	Madrid	Sweden	Stockholm
Switzerland	Berne	Ukraine	Kiev
United Kingdom	London	Vatican City	Vatican City^[5]

Americas

North America


Country	Capital	Country	Capital
Anguilla (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	The Valley	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's
Aruba (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	Oranjestad	Bahamas	Nassau
Barbados	Bridgetown	Belize	Belmopan
Bermuda (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Hamilton	British Virgin Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Road Town
Canada	Ottawa	Cayman Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	George Town
Clipperton Island (overseas territory of France)
Costa Rica	San José	Cuba	Havana
Dominica	Roseau	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
El Salvador	San Salvador	Greenland (overseas territory of Denmark)	Nuuk
Grenada	Saint George's	Guadeloupe (overseas department of France)	Basse-Terre
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Haiti	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Jamaica	Kingston
Martinique (overseas department of France)	Fort-de-France	Mexico	Mexico City
Montserrat (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Plymouth (seat of government at Brades)	Navassa Island (overseas territory of the United States)
Netherlands Antilles (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	Willemstad	Nicaragua	Managua
Panama	Panama City	Puerto Rico (overseas territory of the United States)	San Juan
Saint Barthélemy (overseas territory of France)	Gustavia	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre
Saint Lucia	Castries	Saint Martin (overseas territory of France)	Marigot
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (overseas territory of France)	Saint-Pierre	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Turks and Caicos Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Cockburn Town
United States	Washington, D.C.	United States Virgin Islands (overseas territory of the United States)	Charlotte Amalie

South America


Country	Capital	Country	Capital
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Bolivia	Sucre (seat of government at La Paz)
Brazil	Brasília	Chile	Santiago
Colombia	Bogotá	Ecuador	Quito
Falkland Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Stanley	French Guiana (overseas department of France)	Cayenne
Guyana	Georgetown	Paraguay	Asunción
Peru	Lima	Suriname	Paramaribo
Uruguay	Montevideo	Venezuela	Caracas

Oceania

Oceania is a geopolitical region, rather than a continent, consisting of many countries in the Pacific Ocean, including those in the continent of Australia and the Pacific Islands.


Country	Capital	Country	Capital
American Samoa (overseas territory of the United States)	Pago Pago (seat of government at Fagatogo)	Australia	Canberra
Baker Island	(overseas territory of the United States)	Cook Islands (territory in free association with New Zealand)	Avarua
Fiji	Suva	French Polynesia (overseas territory of France)	Papeete
Guam (overseas territory of the United States)	Hagåtña	Howland Island	(overseas territory of the United States)
Jarvis Island	(overseas territory of the United States)	Johnston Atoll	(overseas territory of the United States)
Kingman Reef	(overseas territory of the United States)	Kiribati	South Tarawa
Marshall Islands	Majuro	Micronesia	Palikir
Midway Atoll	(overseas territory of the United States)	Nauru	no official capital (seat of government at Yaren)
New Caledonia (overseas territory of France)	Nouméa	New Zealand	Wellington
Niue (territory in free association with New Zealand)	Alofi	Norfolk Island (overseas territory of Australia)	Kingston
Northern Mariana Islands (overseas territory of the United States)	Saipan	Palau	Melekeok
Palmyra Atoll	(overseas territory of the United States)	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
Pitcairn Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Adamstown	Samoa	Apia
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Tokelau (overseas territory of New Zealand)	no official capital (each atoll has its own administrative centre)
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	Tuvalu	Funafuti
Vanuatu	Port Vila	Wake Island	(overseas territory of the United States)
Wallis and Futuna (overseas territory of France)	Mata-Utu

Antarctica, including all territorial claims by sovereign states, is regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System, which defines it as all land and ice shelves south of 60°S. Several dependent territories include sub-Antarctic islands north of 60°S.


Territory	Comment
Bouvet Island	overseas territory of Norway
French Southern Territories	overseas territory of France
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	overseas territory of Australia
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands^[7]	overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Notes

↑ Geographic Regions United Nations Statistics Division. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, and Turkey are classified as Asian countries by the United Nations Statistics Division Geographic Regions Retrieved November 3, 2020. However, they are often considered European countries, since their territories are either partly in Europe or in the vicinity of Europe and they have close political and historical ties with Europe (for example, they are members of the Council of Europe).
↑ The British Indian Ocean Territory is sometimes considered an African territory, since it was historically part of Mauritius.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are sometimes considered Oceanian territories, since they are dependent territories of Australia.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 This country is a city-state.
↑ Russia is generally considered a European country more than an Asian country, even though most of its territory is in Asia, since most of its population and also its capital are in Europe, and it has close political and historical ties with Europe. Among the federal districts of Russia, four are in Europe (Central, Southern, Northwestern and Volga), while three are in Asia (Far Eastern, Siberian and Urals).
↑ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is sometimes considered a South American territory, since it is administered from the Falkland Islands.

External links

All links retrieved October 29, 2022.

U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets U.S. Department of State.
List of countries, territories and currencies European Commission.
Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")

Continents of the world

Africa-Eurasia

Americas

Eurasia

Oceania

Africa

Antarctica

Asia

Australia

Europe

N. America

S. America

Geological supercontinents

Gondwana • Laurasia • Pangaea • Pannotia • Rodinia • Columbia • Kenorland • Ur • Vaalbara

Mythical and theorized continents

Atlantis • Kerguelen Plateau • Lemuria • Mu • Terra Australis • Zealandia

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[1] Geographic Regions United Nations Statistics Division. Retrieved November 3, 2020.

[europe-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, and Turkey are classified as Asian countries by the United Nations Statistics Division Geographic Regions Retrieved November 3, 2020. However, they are often considered European countries, since their territories are either partly in Europe or in the vicinity of Europe and they have close political and historical ties with Europe (for example, they are members of the Council of Europe).

[3] The British Indian Ocean Territory is sometimes considered an African territory, since it was historically part of Mauritius.

[australia-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are sometimes considered Oceanian territories, since they are dependent territories of Australia.

[city-state-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 This country is a city-state.

[6] Russia is generally considered a European country more than an Asian country, even though most of its territory is in Asia, since most of its population and also its capital are in Europe, and it has close political and historical ties with Europe. Among the federal districts of Russia, four are in Europe (Central, Southern, Northwestern and Volga), while three are in Asia (Far Eastern, Siberian and Urals).

[7] South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is sometimes considered a South American territory, since it is administered from the Falkland Islands.

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