List of countries by continent
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This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, 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).
However, this list does not contain de facto independent states that are generally unrecognized.
For a detailed discussion of how the world is divided into continents, see the articles Continent and Borders of the continents.
In this list, countries are classified according to the United Nations Statistics Division.[1] There are countries that span more than one continent, according to either geographical or political and historical criteria. For the partition of countries into continents according to geographical criteria, see here.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Eurasia
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
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]
[edit] Americas
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
