Countries by Continent (2026)

The world's countries span 6 inhabited continents. Asia has the most countries and the highest total population, while Oceania has the fewest. Below is a breakdown of every country organized by continent.

Countries

250

Total Population

8.02B

Total Area

150.3M km²

Regions

Africa (58 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Nigeria	223,800,000	923,768	Abuja	Africa
2	DR Congo	112,832,000	2,344,858	Kinshasa	Africa
3	Ethiopia	111,652,998	1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Africa
4	Egypt	107,271,260	1,002,450	Cairo	Africa
5	Tanzania	68,153,004	947,303	Dodoma	Africa
6	South Africa	63,100,945	1,221,037	Pretoria	Africa
7	Kenya	53,330,978	580,367	Nairobi	Africa
8	Sudan	51,662,000	1,886,068	Khartoum	Africa
9	Algeria	47,400,000	2,381,741	Algiers	Africa
10	Uganda	45,905,417	241,550	Kampala	Africa
11	Morocco	36,828,330	446,550	Rabat	Africa
12	Angola	36,170,961	1,246,700	Luanda	Africa
13	Mozambique	34,090,466	801,590	Maputo	Africa
14	Ghana	33,742,380	238,533	Accra	Africa
15	Madagascar	31,727,042	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
16	Ivory Coast	31,719,275	322,463	Yamoussoukro	Africa
17	Cameroon	29,442,327	475,442	Yaoundé	Africa
18	Niger	26,312,034	1,267,000	Niamey	Africa
19	Burkina Faso	24,070,553	272,967	Ouagadougou	Africa
20	Mali	22,395,489	1,240,192	Bamako	Africa
21	Malawi	20,734,262	118,484	Lilongwe	Africa
22	Zambia	19,693,423	752,612	Lusaka	Africa
23	Somalia	19,655,000	637,657	Mogadishu	Africa
24	Chad	19,340,757	1,284,000	N'Djamena	Africa
25	Senegal	18,593,258	196,722	Dakar	Africa
26	Zimbabwe	17,073,087	390,757	Harare	Africa
27	South Sudan	15,786,898	619,745	Juba	Africa
28	Guinea	14,363,931	245,857	Conakry	Africa
29	Rwanda	14,104,969	26,338	Kigali	Africa
30	Benin	13,224,860	112,622	Porto-Novo	Africa
31	Burundi	12,332,788	27,834	Gitega	Africa
32	Tunisia	11,972,169	163,610	Tunis	Africa
33	Sierra Leone	9,077,691	71,740	Freetown	Africa
34	Togo	8,095,498	56,785	Lomé	Africa
35	Libya	7,459,000	1,759,540	Tripoli	Africa
36	Central African Republic	6,470,307	622,984	Bangui	Africa
37	Republic of the Congo	6,142,180	342,000	Brazzaville	Africa
38	Liberia	5,248,621	111,369	Monrovia	Africa
39	Mauritania	4,927,532	1,030,700	Nouakchott	Africa
40	Eritrea	3,607,000	117,600	Asmara	Africa
41	Namibia	3,022,401	825,615	Windhoek	Africa
42	Gabon	2,469,296	267,668	Libreville	Africa
43	Gambia	2,422,712	10,689	Banjul	Africa
44	Botswana	2,359,609	582,000	Gaborone	Africa
45	Lesotho	2,116,427	30,355	Maseru	Africa
46	Guinea-Bissau	1,781,308	36,125	Bissau	Africa
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,668,768	28,051	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa
48	Mauritius	1,243,741	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
49	Eswatini	1,235,549	17,364	Mbabane	Africa
50	Djibouti	1,066,809	23,200	Djibouti	Africa
51	Comoros	919,901	1,862	Moroni	Africa
52	Réunion	896,175	2,511	Saint-Denis	Africa
53	Western Sahara	600,904	266,000	El Aaiún	Africa
54	Cape Verde	491,233	4,033	Praia	Africa
55	Mayotte	320,901	374	Mamoudzou	Africa
56	São Tomé and Príncipe	209,607	964	São Tomé	Africa
57	Seychelles	122,729	452	Victoria	Africa
58	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,651	394	Jamestown	Africa

Antarctica (5 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Antarctica	1,300	14,000,000	N/A	Antarctic
2	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	400	7,747	Port-aux-Français	Antarctic
3	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	412	N/A	Antarctic
4	South Georgia	0	3,903	King Edward Point	Antarctic
5	Bouvet Island	0	49	N/A	Antarctic

Asia (50 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	India	1,417,492,000	3,287,263	New Delhi	Asia
2	China	1,408,280,000	9,706,961	Beijing	Asia
3	Indonesia	284,438,782	1,904,569	Jakarta	Asia
4	Pakistan	241,499,431	796,095	Islamabad	Asia
5	Bangladesh	169,828,911	147,570	Dhaka	Asia
6	Japan	123,210,000	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
7	Philippines	114,123,600	342,353	Manila	Asia
8	Vietnam	101,343,800	331,212	Hanoi	Asia
9	Iran	85,961,000	1,648,195	Tehran	Asia
10	Thailand	65,859,640	513,120	Bangkok	Asia
11	Myanmar	51,316,756	676,578	Naypyidaw	Asia
12	South Korea	51,159,889	100,210	Seoul	Asia
13	Iraq	46,118,793	438,317	Baghdad	Asia
14	Afghanistan	43,844,000	652,230	Kabul	Asia
15	Uzbekistan	37,859,698	447,400	Tashkent	Asia
16	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	2,149,690	Riyadh	Asia
17	Malaysia	34,231,700	330,803	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
18	Yemen	32,684,503	527,968	Sana'a	Asia
19	Nepal	29,911,840	147,181	Kathmandu	Asia
20	North Korea	25,950,000	120,538	Pyongyang	Asia
21	Syria	25,620,000	185,180	Damascus	Asia
22	Taiwan	23,317,031	36,197	Taipei	Asia
23	Sri Lanka	21,763,170	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
24	Kazakhstan	20,426,568	2,724,900	Astana	Asia
25	Cambodia	17,577,760	181,035	Phnom Penh	Asia
26	Jordan	11,734,000	89,342	Amman	Asia
27	United Arab Emirates	11,294,243	83,600	Abu Dhabi	Asia
28	Tajikistan	10,499,000	143,100	Dushanbe	Asia
29	Israel	10,134,800	21,937	Jerusalem	Asia
30	Laos	7,647,000	236,800	Vientiane	Asia
31	Hong Kong	7,527,500	1,104	City of Victoria	Asia
32	Kyrgyzstan	7,281,800	199,951	Bishkek	Asia
33	Turkmenistan	7,057,841	488,100	Ashgabat	Asia
34	Singapore	6,110,200	710	Singapore	Asia
35	Lebanon	5,490,000	10,452	Beirut	Asia
36	Palestine	5,483,450	6,220	Ramallah	Asia
37	Oman	5,343,630	309,500	Muscat	Asia
38	Kuwait	4,881,254	17,818	Kuwait City	Asia
39	Georgia	4,000,921	69,700	Tbilisi	Asia
40	Mongolia	3,544,835	1,564,110	Ulan Bator	Asia
41	Qatar	3,173,024	11,586	Doha	Asia
42	Armenia	3,076,200	29,743	Yerevan	Asia
43	Bahrain	1,594,654	765	Manama	Asia
44	Bhutan	784,043	38,394	Thimphu	Asia
45	Macau	685,900	30	N/A	Asia
46	Maldives	515,132	300	Malé	Asia
47	Brunei	455,500	5,765	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia
48	Christmas Island	1,692	135	Flying Fish Cove	Oceania
49	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	593	14	West Island	Oceania
50	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	60	Diego Garcia	Africa

Europe (55 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Russia	146,028,325	17,098,246	Moscow	Europe
2	Turkey	85,664,944	783,562	Ankara	Asia
3	Germany	83,491,249	357,114	Berlin	Europe
4	United Kingdom	69,281,437	244,376	London	Europe
5	France	66,351,959	543,908	Paris	Europe
6	Italy	58,927,633	301,336	Rome	Europe
7	Spain	49,315,949	505,992	Madrid	Europe
8	Poland	37,392,000	312,679	Warsaw	Europe
9	Ukraine	32,862,000	603,550	Kyiv	Europe
10	Romania	19,036,031	238,391	Bucharest	Europe
11	Netherlands	18,100,436	41,865	Amsterdam	Europe
12	Belgium	11,825,551	30,528	Brussels	Europe
13	Czechia	10,882,341	78,865	Prague	Europe
14	Portugal	10,749,635	92,090	Lisbon	Europe
15	Sweden	10,605,098	450,295	Stockholm	Europe
16	Greece	10,400,720	131,990	Athens	Europe
17	Azerbaijan	10,241,722	86,600	Baku	Asia
18	Hungary	9,539,502	93,028	Budapest	Europe
19	Austria	9,200,931	83,871	Vienna	Europe
20	Belarus	9,109,280	207,600	Minsk	Europe
21	Switzerland	9,082,848	41,284	Bern	Europe
22	Serbia	6,567,783	77,589	Belgrade	Europe
23	Bulgaria	6,437,360	110,879	Sofia	Europe
24	Denmark	6,011,488	43,094	Copenhagen	Europe
25	Finland	5,650,325	338,455	Helsinki	Europe
26	Norway	5,606,944	386,224	Oslo	Europe
27	Ireland	5,458,600	70,273	Dublin	Europe
28	Slovakia	5,413,813	49,037	Bratislava	Europe
29	Croatia	3,866,233	56,594	Zagreb	Europe
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,422,000	51,209	Sarajevo	Europe
31	Lithuania	2,894,886	65,300	Vilnius	Europe
32	Moldova	2,749,076	33,847	Chișinău	Europe
33	Albania	2,363,314	28,748	Tirana	Europe
34	Slovenia	2,130,638	20,273	Ljubljana	Europe
35	Latvia	1,829,000	64,559	Riga	Europe
36	North Macedonia	1,822,612	25,713	Skopje	Europe
37	Kosovo	1,585,566	10,908	Pristina	Europe
38	Cyprus	1,442,614	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
39	Estonia	1,369,995	45,227	Tallinn	Europe
40	Luxembourg	681,973	2,586	Luxembourg	Europe
41	Montenegro	623,327	13,812	Podgorica	Europe
42	Malta	574,250	316	Valletta	Europe
43	Iceland	391,810	103,000	Reykjavik	Europe
44	Jersey	103,267	116	Saint Helier	Europe
45	Andorra	88,406	468	Andorra la Vella	Europe
46	Isle of Man	84,530	572	Douglas	Europe
47	Guernsey	64,781	78	St. Peter Port	Europe
48	Faroe Islands	54,885	1,393	Tórshavn	Europe
49	Liechtenstein	40,900	160	Vaduz	Europe
50	Monaco	38,423	2.02	Monaco	Europe
51	Gibraltar	38,000	6	Gibraltar	Europe
52	San Marino	34,132	61	City of San Marino	Europe
53	Åland Islands	30,654	1,580	Mariehamn	Europe
54	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	2,530	61,399	Longyearbyen	Europe
55	Vatican City	882	0.49	Vatican City	Europe

North America (41 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	United States	340,110,988	9,525,067	Washington, D.C.	Americas
2	Mexico	130,575,786	1,964,375	Mexico City	Americas
3	Canada	41,651,653	9,984,670	Ottawa	Americas
4	Guatemala	18,079,810	108,889	Guatemala City	Americas
5	Haiti	11,867,032	27,750	Port-au-Prince	Americas
6	Dominican Republic	10,771,504	48,671	Santo Domingo	Americas
7	Honduras	9,892,632	112,492	Tegucigalpa	Americas
8	Cuba	9,748,007	109,884	Havana	Americas
9	Nicaragua	6,803,886	130,373	Managua	Americas
10	El Salvador	6,029,976	21,041	San Salvador	Americas
11	Costa Rica	5,309,625	51,100	San José	Americas
12	Panama	4,064,780	75,417	Panama City	Americas
13	Puerto Rico	3,203,295	8,870	San Juan	Americas
14	Jamaica	2,825,544	10,991	Kingston	Americas
15	Trinidad and Tobago	1,367,764	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
16	Belize	417,634	22,966	Belmopan	Americas
17	Bahamas	398,165	13,943	Nassau	Americas
18	Guadeloupe	378,561	1,628	Basse-Terre	Americas
19	Martinique	349,925	1,128	Fort-de-France	Americas
20	Barbados	267,800	430	Bridgetown	Americas
21	Saint Lucia	184,100	616	Castries	Americas
22	Curaçao	156,115	444	Willemstad	Americas
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,872	389	Kingstown	Americas
24	Grenada	109,021	344	St. George's	Americas
25	Aruba	107,566	180	Oranjestad	Americas
26	Antigua and Barbuda	103,603	442	Saint John's	Americas
27	United States Virgin Islands	87,146	347	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
28	Cayman Islands	84,738	264	George Town	Americas
29	Dominica	67,408	751	Roseau	Americas
30	Bermuda	64,055	54	Hamilton	Americas
31	Greenland	56,542	2,166,086	Nuuk	Americas
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,320	261	Basseterre	Americas
33	Turks and Caicos Islands	50,828	948	Cockburn Town	Americas
34	Sint Maarten	41,349	34	Philipsburg	Americas
35	British Virgin Islands	39,471	151	Road Town	Americas
36	Caribbean Netherlands	31,980	328	Kralendijk	Americas
37	Saint Martin	31,496	53	Marigot	Americas
38	Anguilla	16,010	91	The Valley	Americas
39	Saint Barthélemy	10,562	21	Gustavia	Americas
40	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,819	242	Saint-Pierre	Americas
41	Montserrat	4,386	102	Plymouth	Americas

Oceania (27 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Australia	27,536,874	7,692,024	Canberra	Oceania
2	Papua New Guinea	11,781,559	462,840	Port Moresby	Oceania
3	New Zealand	5,324,700	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
4	Timor-Leste	1,391,221	14,874	Dili	Asia
5	Fiji	900,869	18,272	Suva	Oceania
6	Solomon Islands	750,325	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
7	Vanuatu	321,409	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
8	French Polynesia	279,500	4,167	Papeetē	Oceania
9	New Caledonia	264,596	18,575	Nouméa	Oceania
10	Samoa	205,557	2,842	Apia	Oceania
11	Guam	153,836	549	Hagåtña	Oceania
12	Kiribati	120,740	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
13	Micronesia	105,564	702	Palikir	Oceania
14	Tonga	100,179	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
15	American Samoa	49,710	199	Pago Pago	Oceania
16	Northern Mariana Islands	47,329	464	Saipan	Oceania
17	Marshall Islands	42,418	181	Majuro	Oceania
18	Palau	16,733	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
19	Cook Islands	15,040	236	Avarua	Oceania
20	Nauru	11,680	21	Yaren	Oceania
21	Wallis and Futuna	11,620	142	Mata-Utu	Oceania
22	Tuvalu	10,643	26	Funafuti	Oceania
23	Tokelau	2,608	12	Fakaofo	Oceania
24	Norfolk Island	2,188	36	Kingston	Oceania
25	Niue	1,681	260	Alofi	Oceania
26	Pitcairn Islands	35	47	Adamstown	Oceania
27	United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	34.2	Washington DC	Americas

South America (14 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Brazil	213,421,037	8,515,767	Brasília	Americas
2	Colombia	53,057,212	1,141,748	Bogotá	Americas
3	Argentina	46,735,004	2,780,400	Buenos Aires	Americas
4	Peru	34,350,244	1,285,216	Lima	Americas
5	Venezuela	28,517,000	916,445	Caracas	Americas
6	Chile	20,206,953	756,102	Santiago	Americas
7	Ecuador	18,103,660	276,841	Quito	Americas
8	Bolivia	11,365,333	1,098,581	Sucre	Americas
9	Paraguay	6,109,644	406,752	Asunción	Americas
10	Uruguay	3,499,451	181,034	Montevideo	Americas
11	Guyana	772,975	214,969	Georgetown	Americas
12	Suriname	616,500	163,820	Paramaribo	Americas
13	French Guiana	292,354	83,534	Cayenne	Americas
14	Falkland Islands	3,662	12,173	Stanley	Americas

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