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− | This is | + | This is a list of the [[country|countries]] of the [[world]] by [[continent]], according to the [[United Nations Statistics Division]]<ref>[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings]</ref>, displayed with their respective [[national flag]]s and [[national capital|capital]]s. This list contains: |
* [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign states]] (country names in '''bold'''), consisting of: | * [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign states]] (country names in '''bold'''), consisting of: | ||
** The [[United Nations member states|member states]] of the [[United Nations]] (UN). | ** The [[United Nations member states|member states]] of the [[United Nations]] (UN). | ||
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* 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]]. | * 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]]. | ||
* [[List of dependent territories|Dependent territories]], including the [[overseas department|overseas departments of France]] and the [[special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China]] (country names in ''italics''). | * [[List of dependent territories|Dependent territories]], including the [[overseas department|overseas departments of France]] and the [[special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China]] (country names in ''italics''). | ||
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* ''{{flagicon|Australia|size=50px}} [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]'' (overseas territory of Australia) | * ''{{flagicon|Australia|size=50px}} [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]'' (overseas territory of Australia) | ||
* ''{{flag|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|size=50px}}''<ref>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is sometimes considered a South American territory, since it is administered from the Falkland Islands.</ref> ([[British overseas territory|overseas territory of the United Kingdom]]) | * ''{{flag|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|size=50px}}''<ref>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is sometimes considered a South American territory, since it is administered from the Falkland Islands.</ref> ([[British overseas territory|overseas territory of the United Kingdom]]) | ||
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Revision as of 12:41, 15 November 2008
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
- 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
- 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
- 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 – Chişinău
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
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.
- 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
- ↑ Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings
- ↑ 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 [1]. However, they are often considered European countries, since their territories are either partly in Europe or in the vicinity of Europe (for the geographical boundaries between Asia and Europe, see here), and they have close political and historical ties with Europe (e.g., 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
- UN List of Territories
- CIA – The World Factbook
- U.S. Department of State: Background notes
- European Commission: List of countries, territories and currencies
- Statoids
- World Gazetteer
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