List of countries by continents

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area, accounting for about a fifth of the world's land. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. It is surrounded by large areas of water. There are 54 fully recognized and independent countries in Africa, and 14.7% (1.216 billion) of the world's population lives there. It is thought to be the continent where the first humans evolved.

	Flag	English Names[1][2][3][4]	Capital [3][5][6]	Population 2021 [7][8]	Area[a][b] [9]	Currency [3]	Map
1		Algeria	Algiers	44,177,969	2,381,740 km2 (919,595 sq mi)	Algerian dinar
2		Angola	Luanda	34,503,774	1,246,700 km2 (481,354 sq mi)	kwanza
3		Benin	Porto-Novo	12,996,895	112,622 km2 (43,484 sq mi)	CFA franc
4		Botswana	Gaborone	2,588,423	581,726 km2 (224,606 sq mi)	pula
5		Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	22,100,683	274,000 km2 (105,792 sq mi)	CFA franc
6		Burundi	Gitega	12,551,213	27,830 km2 (10,745 sq mi)	Burundi franc
7		Cameroon	Yaoundé	27,198,628	475,442 km2 (183,569 sq mi)	CFA franc
8		Cape Verde	Praia	587,925	4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi)	Cape Verdean escudo
9		Central African Republic	Bangui	5,457,154	622,984 km2 (240,535 sq mi)	CFA franc
10		Chad	N'Djamena	17,179,740	1,284,000 km2 (495,755 sq mi)	CFA franc
11		Comoros	Moroni	821,625	2,235 km2 (863 sq mi)	Comorian franc
12		Democratic Congo[n 1]	Kinshasa	95,894,118	2,344,858 km2 (905,355 sq mi)	Congolese franc
13		Congo[n 2]	Brazzaville	5,835,806	342,000 km2 (132,047 sq mi)	CFA franc
14		Djibouti	Djibouti	1,105,557	23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi)	Djibouti franc
15		Egypt	Cairo	109,262,178	1,001,449 km2 (386,662 sq mi)	Egyptian pound
16		Equatorial Guinea	Malabo[n 3]	1,634,466	28,051 km2 (10,831 sq mi)	CFA franc
17		Eritrea	Asmara	3,620,312	117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi)	nakfa
18		Eswatini	Lobamba	1,192,271	17,364 km2 (6,704 sq mi)	lilangeni
19		Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	120,283,026	1,104,300 km2 (426,373 sq mi)	Ethiopian birr
20		Gabon	Libreville	2,341,179	267,668 km2 (103,347 sq mi)	CFA franc
21		Gambia	Banjul	2,639,916	10,380 km2 (4,008 sq mi)	dalasi
22		Ghana	Accra	32,833,031	238,534 km2 (92,098 sq mi)	Ghana cedi
23		Guinea[n 4]	Conakry	13,531,906	245,857 km2 (94,926 sq mi)	Guinean franc
24		Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	2,060,721	36,125 km2 (13,948 sq mi)	CFA franc
25		Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	27,478,249	322,460 km2 (124,503 sq mi)	CFA franc
26		Kenya	Nairobi	53,005,614	580,367 km2 (224,081 sq mi)	Kenyan shilling
27		Lesotho	Maseru	2,281,454	30,355 km2 (11,720 sq mi)	loti
28		Liberia	Monrovia	5,193,416	111,369 km2 (43,000 sq mi)	Liberian dollar
29		Libya	Tripoli	6,735,277	1,759,540 km2 (679,362 sq mi)	Libyan dinar
30		Madagascar	Antananarivo	28,915,653	587,041 km2 (226,658 sq mi)	ariary
31		Malawi	Lilongwe	19,889,742	118,484 km2 (45,747 sq mi)	Malawian kwacha
32		Mali	Bamako	21,904,983	1,240,192 km2 (478,841 sq mi)	CFA franc
33		Mauritania	Nouakchott	4,614,974	1,030,700 km2 (397,955 sq mi)	ouguiya
34		Mauritius	Port Louis	1,298,915	2,040 km2 (788 sq mi)	Mauritian rupee
35		Morocco	Rabat	37,076,584	710,850 km2 (274,461 sq mi)	Moroccan dirham
36		Mozambique	Maputo	32,077,072	801,590 km2 (309,496 sq mi)	metical
37		Namibia	Windhoek	2,530,151	825,418 km2 (318,696 sq mi)	Namibian dollar
38		Niger	Niamey	25,252,722	1,267,000 km2 (489,191 sq mi)	CFA franc
39		Nigeria	Abuja	213,401,323	923,768 km2 (356,669 sq mi)	naira
40		Rwanda	Kigali	13,461,888	26,798 km2 (10,347 sq mi)	Rwandese franc
41		São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	223,107	964 km2 (372 sq mi)	Dobra
42		Senegal	Dakar	16,876,720	196,723 km2 (75,955 sq mi)	CFA franc
43		Seychelles	Victoria	106,471	451 km2 (174 sq mi)	Seychelles rupee
44		Sierra Leone	Freetown	8,420,641	71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi)	leone
45		Somalia	Mogadishu	17,065,581	637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi)	Somali shilling
46		South Africa	Cape Town	59,392,255	1,221,037 km2 (471,445 sq mi)	rand
47		South Sudan	Juba	10,748,272	644,329 km2 (248,777 sq mi)	South Sudanese pound
48		Sudan	Khartoum	45,657,202	1,861,484 km2 (718,723 sq mi)	Sudanese pound
49		Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	63,588,334	945,203 km2 (364,945 sq mi)	Tanzanian shilling
50		Togo	Lomé	8,644,829	56,785 km2 (21,925 sq mi)	CFA franc
51		Tunisia	Tunis	12,262,946	163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi)	Tunisian dinar
52		Uganda	Kampala	45,853,778	236,040 km2 (91,136 sq mi)	Ugandan shilling
53		Zambia	Lusaka	19,473,125	752,614 km2 (290,586 sq mi)	Zambian kwacha
54		Zimbabwe	Harare	15,993,524	390,757 km2 (150,872 sq mi)	Zimbabwe dollar

Flag	English names	Capital	Population 2021	Area (km²/mi²)	Currency	Map
	Canary Islands	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	2,200,000	7,200 km2 (2,780 sq mi)	Euro
	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Saint-Pierre	116,000[a]	439,781 km2 (169,800 sq mi)	Euro
	Madeira	Funchal	246,000	840 km2 (324 sq mi)	Euro
	Mayotte	Mamoudzou	318,000	375 km2 (145 sq mi)	Euro
	Réunion	Saint-Denis	246,000	2,512 km2 (970 sq mi)	Euro
	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	7,735	395 km2 (153 sq mi)	Saint Helena pound

• Transcontinental countries classified as Southern European countries:  Portugal (Madeira),  Spain (Canary Islands)

• Transcontinental countries classified as Western European countries:  France (French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Mayotte and Reunion)

Asia is the largest and most populous continent and is a continent in the seven continent system. Asia consists of forty-nine countries as per the United Nations along with many other highly autonomous regions and disputed areas that are often generalised as countries of their own. The 49 countries are:

	Flag	English Names [4][10][11][12]	Capital [12][13][14]	Population 2021 [7][8]	Area[a][b] [9]	Map
1		Afghanistan	Kabul	40,099,462	652,230 km2 (251,827 sq mi)
2		Armenia	Yerevan	2,790,974	29,743 km2 (11,484 sq mi)
3		Azerbaijan[a][b]	Baku	10,312,992	86,600 km2 (33,436 sq mi)
4		Bahrain	Manama	1,463,265	760 km2 (293 sq mi)
5		Bangladesh	Dhaka	169,356,251	147,570 km2 (56,977 sq mi)
6		Bhutan	Thimphu	777,486	38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi)
7		Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	460,356	5,765 km2 (2,226 sq mi)
8		Cambodia	Phnom Penh	16,589,023	181,035 km2 (69,898 sq mi)
9		China[b]	Beijing	1,425,893,465	9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi)
10		India	New Delhi	1,407,563,842	3,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)
11		Indonesia[a]	Jakarta	273,753,191	1,904,569 km2 (735,358 sq mi)
12		Iran	Tehran	87,923,432	1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi)
13		Iraq	Baghdad	43,533,592	438,317 km2 (169,235 sq mi)
14		Israel	Jerusalem	8,900,059	20,770 km2 (8,019 sq mi)
15		Japan	Tokyo	124,612,530	377,915 km2 (145,914 sq mi)
16		Jordan	Amman	11,148,278	89,342 km2 (34,495 sq mi)
17		Kazakhstan[a]	Astana	19,196,465	2,724,900 km2 (1,052,090 sq mi)
18		North Korea	Pyongyang	25,971,909	120,538 km2 (46,540 sq mi)
19		South Korea	Seoul	51,830,139	99,720 km2 (38,502 sq mi)
20		Kuwait	Kuwait City	4,250,114	17,818 km2 (6,880 sq mi)
21		Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	6,527,743	199,951 km2 (77,202 sq mi)
22		Laos	Vientiane	7,425,057	236,800 km2 (91,429 sq mi)
23		Lebanon	Beirut	5,592,631	10,452 km2 (4,036 sq mi)
24		Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur[e]	33,573,874	329,847 km2 (127,355 sq mi)
25		Maldives	Male	521,457	298 km2 (115 sq mi)
26		Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	3,347,782	1,564,116 km2 (603,909 sq mi)
27		Myanmar	Nay Pyi Taw	53,798,084	676,578 km2 (261,228 sq mi)
28		Nepal	Kathmandu	30,034,989	147,516 km2 (56,956 sq mi)
29		Oman	Muscat	4,520,471	309,500 km2 (119,499 sq mi)
30		Pakistan	Islamabad	231,402,117	881,913 km2 (340,509 sq mi)
31		Philippines	Manila	113,880,328	343,448 km2 (132,606 sq mi)
32		Qatar	Doha	2,688,235	11,586 km2 (4,473 sq mi)
33		Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	35,950,396	2,149,690 km2 (830,000 sq mi)
34		Singapore	Singapore)	5,941,060	697 km2 (269 sq mi)
35		Sri Lanka	Colombo	21,773,441	65,610 km2 (25,332 sq mi)
36		Syria	Damascus	21,324,367	185,180 km2 (71,498 sq mi)
37		Tajikistan	Dushanbe	9,750,064	143,100 km2 (55,251 sq mi)
38		Taiwan	Taipei[12][13]	23,859,912	35,980 km2 (13,892 sq mi)[15]
39		Thailand	Bangkok	71,601,103	513,120 km2 (198,117 sq mi)
40		Timor-Leste[a]	Dili	1,320,942	14,874 km2 (5,743 sq mi)
41		Turkey[a]	Ankara	84,775,404	783,562 km2 (302,535 sq mi)
42		Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	6,341,855	488,100 km2 (188,456 sq mi)
43		United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	9,365,145	83,600 km2 (32,278 sq mi)
44		Uzbekistan	Tashkent	34,081,449	447,400 km2 (172,742 sq mi)
45		Vietnam	Hanoi	97,468,029	332,698 km2 (128,455 sq mi)
46		Yemen	Sana'a[f]	32,981,641	527,968 km2 (203,850 sq mi)

Europe is the second smallest continent, but the third most populous. It is a continent in the seven continent system. In other systems, it is part of Asia, Eurasia or Eurafrasia. Below is the list of fully sovereign or de facto countries that are indisputably either entirely or partially situated within Europe. The 47 countries are:

	Flag	English Name	Capital	Population 2021 [7][8]	Area[a][b] [9]	Currency [12]	Map
1		Albania[b]	Tirana	2,854,710	28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi)	Albanian lek
2		Andorra	Andorra la Vella	79,034	468 km2 (181 sq mi)	Euro
3		Austria*	Vienna	8,922,082	83,871 km2 (32,383 sq mi)	Euro
4		Belarus	Minsk	9,578,167	207,600 km2 (80,155 sq mi)	Belarusian rouble
5		Belgium	Brussels	11,611,419	30,528 km2 (11,787 sq mi)	Euro
6		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	3,270,943	51,197 km2 (19,767 sq mi)	Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
7		Bulgaria	Sofia	6,885,868	110,879 km2 (42,811 sq mi)	Bulgarian lev
8		Croatia	Zagreb	4,060,135	56,594 km2 (21,851 sq mi)	Euro
9		Czechia	Prague	10,510,751	78,867 km2 (30,451 sq mi)	Czech koruna
10		Cyprus	Nicosia	1,244,188	9,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi)	Euro
11		Denmark	Copenhagen	5,854,240	2,210,573 km2 (853,507 sq mi)	Danish krone
12		Estonia	Tallinn	1,328,701	45,228 km2 (17,463 sq mi)	Euro
13		Finland	Helsinki	5,535,992	338,145 km2 (130,559 sq mi)	Euro
14		France	Paris	64,531,444	643,427 km2 (248,429 sq mi)	Euro
15		Georgia	Tbilisi	3,757,980	69,700 km2 (26,911 sq mi)	Lari
16		Germany	Berlin	83,408,554	357,022 km2 (137,847 sq mi)	Euro
17		Greece	Athens Greek: Αθήνα (Athína)	10,445,365	131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi)	Euro
18		Hungary	Budapest	9,709,786	93,028 km2 (35,918 sq mi)	Hungarian forint
19		Iceland	Reykjavík	370,335	103,000 km2 (39,769 sq mi)	Icelandic króna
20		Ireland	Dublin	4,986,526	70,273 km2 (27,133 sq mi)	Euro
21		Italy	Rome	59,240,329	302,068 km2 (116,629 sq mi)	Euro
22		Kosovo	Pristina[16]	1,836,529[17]	10,887 km2 (4,203 sq mi)[18]	Euro
23		Latvia	Riga	1,873,919	64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi)	Euro
24		Liechtenstein	Vaduz	39,039	160 km2 (62 sq mi)	Liechtenstein franc
25		Lithuania	Vilnius	2,786,651	65,300 km2 (25,212 sq mi)	Euro
26		Luxembourg	Luxembourg	639,321	2,586 km2 (998 sq mi)	Euro
27		Malta	Valletta	526,748	316 km2 (122 sq mi)	Euro
28		Moldova[b]	Chișinău	3,061,506	33,851 km2 (13,070 sq mi)	Moldovan leu
29		Monaco	Monaco	36,686	2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)	Euro
30		Montenegro	Podgorica	627,859	13,812 km2 (5,333 sq mi)	Euro
31		Netherlands	Amsterdam	17,501,696	41,543 km2 (16,040 sq mi)	Euro
32		North Macedonia	Skopje	2,103,330	25,713 km2 (9,928 sq mi)	Macedonian denar
33		Norway	Oslo	5,403,021	386,324 km2 (149,161 sq mi)	Norwegian krone
34		Poland	Warsaw	38,307,726	312,685 km2 (120,728 sq mi)	Polish złoty
35		Portugal	Lisbon	10,290,103	92,090 km2 (35,556 sq mi)	Euro
36		Romania	Bucharest	19,328,560	238,391 km2 (92,043 sq mi)	Romanian leu
37		Russia	Moscow	145,102,755	17,125,242 km2 (6,612,093 sq mi)	Russian rouble
38		San Marino	San Marino	33,745	61 km2 (24 sq mi)	Euro
39		Serbia[b]	Belgrade	7,296,769	77,474 km2 (29,913 sq mi)	Serbian dinar
40		Slovakia	Bratislava	5,447,622	49,035 km2 (18,933 sq mi)	Euro
41		Slovenia	Ljubljana	2,119,410	20,273 km2 (7,827 sq mi)	Euro
42		Spain	Madrid	47,486,935	506,009 km2 (195,371 sq mi)	Euro
43		Sweden	Stockholm	10,467,097	450,295 km2 (173,860 sq mi)	Swedish krona
44		Switzerland	Bern	8,691,406	41,277 km2 (15,937 sq mi)	Swiss franc
45		Ukraine[b]	Kyiv	43,531,422	576,550 km2 (222,607 sq mi)	Ukrainian hryvnia
46		United Kingdom	London	67,281,039	266,702 km2 (102,974 sq mi)	Sterling
47		Vatican City	Vatican City	511	0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi)	Euro

North America is the third largest continent and the fourth most populous. It is a continent in the 7 continents system, consisting of 23 countries, which are:

	Flag	English Names [4][12][19][20]	Capital [12][14][21]	Population 2021 [7][8]	Area[a][b] [9]	Currency [12]	Map
1		Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	93,219	442.6 km2 (171 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
2		The Bahamas	Nassau	407,906	13,940 km2 (5,382 sq mi)	Bahamian dollar
3		Barbados[n 5]	Bridgetown	281,200	431 km2 (166 sq mi)	Barbadian dollar
4		Belize[n 5][n 6]	Belmopan	400,031	22,966 km2 (8,867 sq mi)	Belize dollar
5		Canada[n 7]	Ottawa	38,155,012	9,984,670 km2 (3,855,103 sq mi)	Canadian dollar
6		Costa Rica[n 6]	San José	5,153,957	51,100 km2 (19,730 sq mi)	Costa Rican colón
7		Cuba	Havana	11,256,372	110,860 km2 (42,803 sq mi)	Cuban peso Cuban convertible peso
8		Dominica[n 5]	Roseau	72,412	754 km2 (291 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
9		Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	11,117,873	48,730 km2 (18,815 sq mi)	Dominican peso
10		El Salvador[n 6]	San Salvador	6,314,167	21,040 km2 (8,124 sq mi)	United States dollar
11		Grenada[n 5]	St. George's	124,610	344 km2 (133 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
12		Guatemala[n 6]	Guatemala City	17,608,483	108,890 km2 (42,043 sq mi)	Guatemalan quetzal
13		Haiti[n 5]	Port-au-Prince	11,447,569	27,750 km2 (10,714 sq mi)	Haitian gourde
14		Honduras[n 6]	Tegucigalpa	10,278,345	112,090 km2 (43,278 sq mi)	Honduran lempira
15		Jamaica[n 5]	Kingston	2,827,695	10,991 km2 (4,244 sq mi)	Jamaican dollar
16		Mexico[n 7]	Mexico City	126,705,138	1,972,550 km2 (761,606 sq mi)	Mexican peso
17		Nicaragua[n 6]	Managua	6,850,540	129,494 km2 (49,998 sq mi)	Nicaraguan córdoba
18		Panama[n 6]	Panama City	4,351,267	78,200 km2 (30,193 sq mi)	Panamanian balboa United States dollar
19		Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	47,606	261 km2 (101 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
20		Saint Lucia[n 5]	Castries	179,651	616 km2 (238 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
21		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	104,332	389 km2 (150 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
22		Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	1,422,000	5,130 km²	Trinidadian dollar
23		United States[n 7]	Washington	336,997,624	9,826,630 km2 (3,794,083 sq mi)	United States dollar

South America is the fourth largest continent and fifth most populous. It is a continent in the seven continent system. In other systems, it is part of The Americas. There are 12 countries.

	Flag	English name	Capital	Population 2021 [7][8]	Area[a][b][9]	Official languages	Currency	Location
1		Argentina	Buenos Aires	44,012,000	2,780,000 km²	Spanish	Argentine peso
2		Bolivia	Sucre La Paz	11,748,292	1,088,000 km²	Spanish Quechua Aymara	Boliviano
3		Brazil	Brasilia	206,376,100	8,515,370 km²	Portuguese	Brazilian real
4		Chile	Santiago Valparaiso	17,858,000	756,000 km²	Spanish	Chilean peso
5		Colombia	Bogota	48,476,000	1,148,000 km²	Spanish	Colombian peso
6		Ecuador	Quito	16,476,000	276,000 km²	Spanish	US dollar
7		Guyana	Georgetown	747,000	214,970 km²	English	Guyanese dollar
8		Paraguay	Asuncion	6,363,000	406,000 km²	Spanish Guarani	Paraguayan guarani
9		Peru	Lima	33,376,476	1,285,000 km²	Spanish	Peruvian sol
10		Suriname	Paramaribo	577,000	163,820 km²	Dutch	Surinamese dollar
11		Uruguay	Montevideo	3,352,000	176,454 km²	Spanish	Uruguayan peso
12		Venezuela	Caracas	27,466,364	916,000 km²	Spanish	Venezuelan bolivar US dollar

The countries (16 total) are listed below according to their UN classification:

	Flag	English name	Capital	Population 2021 [7][8]	Area[a][b] [9]	Official languages	Coin	Location
1		Australia	Canberra	23,342,000	7,700,000 km²	English	Australian dollar
2		Cook Islands	Avarua	8,820	236 km²	English Maori Rarotongan	New Zealand dollar
3		Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir	128,032	702 km²	English Spanish[22]	US dollar
4		Fiji	Suva	851,300	18,275 km²	English Fijian Hindi	Fijian dollar
5		Kiribati	South Tarawa	141,362	811 km²	English Gilbertese Chinese[23]	Kiribati dollar
6		Marshall Islands	Majuro	82,252	181 km²	English Marshallese Spanish[24]	US dollar
7		Nauru	Yaren[25]	9,122	21 km²	English Nauruan Chinese[23]	Nauruan dollar
8		New Zealand	Wellington	4,404,252	270,000 km²	English Maori New Zealand Sign Language	New Zealand dollar
9		Niue	Alofi	1,242	261 km²	English Niuean	New Zealand dollar
10		Palau	Ngerulmud	22,000	460 km²	English Palauan Japanese[26]	US dollar
11		Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	8,262,505	462,000 km²	English Tok Pisin Hiri Motu Indonesian[27]	Kina
12		Samoa	Apia	188,033	2830 km²	English Samoan	Tala
13		Solomon Islands	Honiara	566,323	28900 km²	English Pijin	Solomon Islands dollar
14		Tonga	Nuku'alofa	111,363	747 km²	English Tongan	Pa'anga
15		Tuvalu	Funafuti	128,032	702 km²	English Tuvaluan	Tuvaluan dollar
16		Vanuatu	Port Vila	266,374	12200 km²	English French Bislama	Vatu

• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
• http://ontheworldmap.com