List of countries by continents
Countries listed by continent and their capitals:
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Eurafrasia[change]
Eurafrasia is a continent in the three-continent system and includes Africa, Asia and Europe.
Africa[change]
Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more continents, consisting of 57 countries.
- Algeria - Algiers(Al - Jaza'ir)
- Angola - Luanda
- Benin - Porto Novo, Cotonou
- Botswana - Gaborone
- Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
- Burundi - Bujumbura
- Cameroon (also spelled Cameroun) - Yaoundé
- Cape Verde - Praia
- Central African Republic (Centrafrique) - Bangui
- Chad (Tchad) - N'Djamena
- Comoros - Moroni
- Republic of the Congo - Brazzaville
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kinshasa
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Yamoussoukro
- Djibouti - Djibouti
- Egypt (Misr) - Cairo
- Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
- Eritrea - Asmara
- Ethiopia (Itiopia) - Addis Ababa
- Gabon - Libreville
- The 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
- Morocco (Al Maghrib) - Rabat
- Mozambique - Maputo
- Namibia - Windhoek
- Niger - Niamey
- Nigeria - Abuja
- Rwanda - Kigali
- São Tomé and Príncipe - São Tomé
- Senegal - Dakar
- Seychelles - Victoria, Seychelles
- Sierra Leone - Freetown
- Somalia - Mogadishu
- South Africa - Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein
- South Sudan - Juba
- Sudan - Khartoum
- Swaziland - Mbabane
- Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Dodoma
- Togo - Lome
- Tunisia - Tunis
- Uganda - Kampala
- Western Sahara *DISPUTED* - La'youn
- Zambia - Lusaka
- Zaire - Kinshasa
- Zimbabwe - Harare
Eurasia[change]
Eurasia is a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.
Asia[change]
Asia is a continent in the 5 continent systems (but includes Europe in one of them) and those with 6 or more continents. The 49 countries within it are as follows:
- Afghanistan - Kabul
- Armenia - Yerevan
- Azerbaijan - Baku
- Bahrain - Manama
- Bangladesh - Dhaka
- Bhutan - Thimphu
- Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
- Cambodia (Kampuchea) - Phnom Penh
- China, People's Republic of - Beijing
- China, Republic of (a.k.a. Taiwan) - Taipei
- East Timor (Timor Leste) - Dili
- India (Hindi: Bharat) - New Delhi
- Indonesia - Jakarta
- Iran - Tehran
- Iraq - Baghdad
- Israel - Tel Aviv
- Palestine - Jerusalem
- Japan (Nihon) - Tokyo
- Jordan (Al Urdun) - Amman
- Kazakhstan - Astana
- Kuwait - Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
- Laos - Vientiane
- Lebanon (Lubnan) - Beirut
- Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives - Malé
- Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
- Myanmar (Burma) - Yangon
- Nepal - Kathmandu
- North Korea - Pyongyang
- Oman - Muscat
- Pakistan - Islamabad
- Philippines - Manila
- Qatar - Doha
- Russia (Россия) - Moscow
- Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
- Singapore - Singapore
- South Korea - Seoul
- Sri Lanka - Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, not Colombo now
- Syria - Damascus
- Tajikistan - Dushanbe
- Thailand (Muang Thai) - Bangkok
- Tibet
- Turkey - Ankara
- Turkmenistan - Aşgabat
- United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
- Uzbekistan - Tashkent
- Vietnam - Hanoi
- Yemen - Sana'a
Europe[change]
Europe is a continent in one of the 6 continent systems and the 7 continent system. In other systems it is part of Asia, Eurasia or Eurafrasia. 47 countries are listed below.
- Albania (Shqipria) - Tirana
- Andorra - Andorra la Vella
- Austria (Österreich) - Vienna
- Belarus - Minsk
- Belgium - Brussels
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo
- Bulgaria (България) - Sofia
- Croatia (Hrvatska) - Zagreb
- Cyprus (Kupros) - Nicosia
- Czech Republic (Česko) - Prague
- Denmark (Danmark) - Copenhagen
- Estonia (Eesti) - Tallinn
- Finland (Suomi) - Helsinki
- France - Paris
- Georgia (საქართველ) - Tbilisi
- Germany (Deutschland) - Berlin
- Greece (Hellas) - Athens
- Hungary (Magyarország) - Budapest
- Iceland (Island) - Reykjavik
- Republic of Ireland (Éire) - Dublin
- Italy (Italia) - Rome
- Latvia (Latvijas) - Riga
- Liechtenstein - Vaduz
- Lithuania (Lietuvos) - Vilnius
- Luxembourg - Luxembourg City
- (Former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia - Skopje
- Malta - Valletta
- Moldova - Chisinau
- Monaco - Monaco
- Montenegro (Crna Gora, Црна Гора) - Podgorica
- Netherlands (Nederland) - Amsterdam (Capital), The Hague (Location of Government)
- Norway (Norge) - Oslo
- Poland (Polska) - Warsaw
- Portugal - Lisbon
- Romania (România) - Bucharest
- Russia (Россия) - Moscow
- San Marino - San Marino
- Serbia (Србија) - Belgrade
- Slovakia (Slovensko) - Bratislava
- Slovenia (Slovenija) - Ljubljana
- Spain (España) - Madrid
- Sweden (Sverige) - Stockholm
- Switzerland - Bern
- Turkey - Ankara
- Ukraine (Україна) - Kyiv
- United Kingdom - London
- Vatican City - Vatican City
America[change]
America is a continent in the 4, 5 and one of the 6 continent systems.
North America[change]
North America is a continent in the 7 continent system, consisting of 4 countries.
- United States - Washington DC
- Mexico (México) - Mexico City
- Canada - Ottawa
- Greenland - Nuuk
Central America and the Antilles[change]
Central America is a continent in the 6 continent system, consisting of 23 countries.
- Antigua and Barbuda - St. John's
- Bahamas - Nassau
- Barbados - Bridgetown
- Belize - Belmopan
- Cayman Islands - George Town
- Costa Rica - San José
- Cuba - Havana
- Dominica - Roseau
- Dominican Republic (Republica Dominicana) - Santo Domingo
- El Salvador - San Salvador
- Grenada - St George's
- Guatemala - Guatemala
- Haiti - Port-au-Prince
- Honduras - Tegucigalpa
- Jamaica - Kingston, Jamaica
- Nicaragua - Managua
- Panama (Panamá) - Panama City
- Puerto Rico - San Juan
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
- Saint Lucia - Castries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown
- Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain
- Turks and Caicos - Cockburn Town
South America[change]
South America is a continent in the seven continent system. In other systems it is part of America. The 13 countries belonging to it are as follows:
- Argentina - Buenos Aires
- Bolivia - La Paz, Sucre.
- Brazil (Brasil) - Brasília
- Chile - Santiago
- Colombia - Bogotá
- Ecuador - Quito
- French Guiana - Cayenne (part of France)
- Guyana - Georgetown
- Paraguay - Asuncion
- Peru - Lima
- Suriname - Paramaribo
- Uruguay - Montevideo
- Venezuela - Caracas
Oceania[change]
Several terms are in use to describe the region comprising Australia and the nations of the Pacific Ocean. The term Oceania is usually preferred, and this is the term in use by the United Nations. The term Pacific Islands generally excludes the islands of New Zealand, and the continent of Australia. The indigenous Māori of New Zealand are a Polynesian people.
Historically the region was called Australasia, although this often meant just Australia, New Zealand and sometimes Papua New Guinea. The term gives special emphasis to Australia and is falling out of favour.
The countries (26 total) are listed below according to their UN classification: