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

8.14B

Total Area

150.3M km²

Regions

Africa (58 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Nigeria	232,679,478	923,768	Abuja	Africa
2	Ethiopia	132,059,767	1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Africa
3	Egypt	116,538,258	1,002,450	Cairo	Africa
4	DR Congo	109,276,265	2,344,858	Kinshasa	Africa
5	Tanzania	68,560,157	947,303	Dodoma	Africa
6	South Africa	64,007,187	1,221,037	Pretoria	Africa
7	Kenya	56,432,944	580,367	Nairobi	Africa
8	Sudan	50,448,963	1,886,068	Khartoum	Africa
9	Uganda	50,015,092	241,550	Kampala	Africa
10	Algeria	46,814,308	2,381,741	Algiers	Africa
11	Morocco	38,081,173	446,550	Rabat	Africa
12	Angola	37,885,849	1,246,700	Luanda	Africa
13	Mozambique	34,631,766	801,590	Maputo	Africa
14	Ghana	34,427,414	238,533	Accra	Africa
15	Madagascar	31,964,956	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
16	Ivory Coast	31,934,230	322,463	Yamoussoukro	Africa
17	Cameroon	29,123,744	475,442	Yaoundé	Africa
18	Niger	27,032,412	1,267,000	Niamey	Africa
19	Mali	24,478,595	1,240,192	Bamako	Africa
20	Burkina Faso	23,548,781	272,967	Ouagadougou	Africa
21	Malawi	21,655,286	118,484	Lilongwe	Africa
22	Zambia	21,314,956	752,612	Lusaka	Africa
23	Chad	20,299,123	1,284,000	N'Djamena	Africa
24	Somalia	19,009,151	637,657	Mogadishu	Africa
25	Senegal	18,501,984	196,722	Dakar	Africa
26	Zimbabwe	16,634,373	390,757	Harare	Africa
27	Guinea	14,754,785	245,857	Conakry	Africa
28	Benin	14,462,724	112,622	Porto-Novo	Africa
29	Rwanda	14,256,567	26,338	Kigali	Africa
30	Burundi	14,047,786	27,834	Gitega	Africa
31	Tunisia	12,277,109	163,610	Tunis	Africa
32	South Sudan	11,943,408	619,745	Juba	Africa
33	Togo	9,515,236	56,785	Lomé	Africa
34	Sierra Leone	8,642,022	71,740	Freetown	Africa
35	Libya	7,381,023	1,759,540	Tripoli	Africa
36	Republic of the Congo	6,332,961	342,000	Brazzaville	Africa
37	Liberia	5,612,817	111,369	Monrovia	Africa
38	Central African Republic	5,330,690	622,984	Bangui	Africa
39	Mauritania	5,169,395	1,030,700	Nouakchott	Africa
40	Eritrea	3,535,603	117,600	Asmara	Africa
41	Namibia	3,030,131	825,615	Windhoek	Africa
42	Gambia	2,759,988	10,689	Banjul	Africa
43	Gabon	2,538,952	267,668	Libreville	Africa
44	Botswana	2,521,139	582,000	Gaborone	Africa
45	Lesotho	2,337,423	30,355	Maseru	Africa
46	Guinea-Bissau	2,201,352	36,125	Bissau	Africa
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,892,516	28,051	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa
48	Mauritius	1,245,779	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
49	Eswatini	1,242,822	17,364	Mbabane	Africa
50	Djibouti	1,168,722	23,200	Djibouti	Africa
51	Réunion	896,175	2,511	Saint-Denis	Africa
52	Comoros	866,628	1,862	Moroni	Africa
53	Western Sahara	600,904	266,000	El Aaiún	Africa
54	Cape Verde	524,877	4,033	Praia	Africa
55	Mayotte	320,901	374	Mamoudzou	Africa
56	São Tomé and Príncipe	235,536	964	São Tomé	Africa
57	Seychelles	121,354	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	Bouvet Island	0	49	N/A	Antarctic
4	South Georgia	0	3,903	King Edward Point	Antarctic
5	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	412	N/A	Antarctic

Asia (50 countries)

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	India	1,450,935,791	3,287,263	New Delhi	Asia
2	China	1,408,975,000	9,706,961	Beijing	Asia
3	Indonesia	283,487,931	1,904,569	Jakarta	Asia
4	Pakistan	251,269,164	796,095	Islamabad	Asia
5	Bangladesh	173,562,364	147,570	Dhaka	Asia
6	Japan	123,975,371	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
7	Philippines	115,843,670	342,353	Manila	Asia
8	Vietnam	100,987,686	331,212	Hanoi	Asia
9	Iran	91,567,738	1,648,195	Tehran	Asia
10	Thailand	71,668,011	513,120	Bangkok	Asia
11	Myanmar	54,500,091	676,578	Naypyidaw	Asia
12	South Korea	51,751,065	100,210	Seoul	Asia
13	Iraq	46,042,015	438,317	Baghdad	Asia
14	Afghanistan	42,647,492	652,230	Kabul	Asia
15	Yemen	40,583,164	527,968	Sana'a	Asia
16	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	447,400	Tashkent	Asia
17	Malaysia	35,557,673	330,803	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
18	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	2,149,690	Riyadh	Asia
19	Nepal	29,651,054	147,181	Kathmandu	Asia
20	North Korea	26,498,823	120,538	Pyongyang	Asia
21	Syria	24,672,760	185,180	Damascus	Asia
22	Taiwan	23,317,031	36,197	Taipei	Asia
23	Sri Lanka	21,916,000	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
24	Kazakhstan	20,592,571	2,724,900	Astana	Asia
25	Cambodia	17,638,801	181,035	Phnom Penh	Asia
26	Jordan	11,552,876	89,342	Amman	Asia
27	United Arab Emirates	10,986,400	83,600	Abu Dhabi	Asia
28	Tajikistan	10,590,927	143,100	Dushanbe	Asia
29	Israel	9,974,400	21,937	Jerusalem	Asia
30	Laos	7,769,819	236,800	Vientiane	Asia
31	Hong Kong	7,524,100	1,104	City of Victoria	Asia
32	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	488,100	Ashgabat	Asia
33	Kyrgyzstan	7,221,868	199,951	Bishkek	Asia
34	Singapore	6,036,860	710	Singapore	Asia
35	Lebanon	5,805,962	10,452	Beirut	Asia
36	Palestine	5,289,152	6,220	Ramallah	Asia
37	Oman	5,281,538	309,500	Muscat	Asia
38	Kuwait	4,897,263	17,818	Kuwait City	Asia
39	Georgia	3,699,557	69,700	Tbilisi	Asia
40	Mongolia	3,524,788	1,564,110	Ulan Bator	Asia
41	Armenia	3,033,500	29,743	Yerevan	Asia
42	Qatar	2,857,822	11,586	Doha	Asia
43	Bahrain	1,588,670	765	Manama	Asia
44	Bhutan	791,524	38,394	Thimphu	Asia
45	Macau	687,000	30	N/A	Asia
46	Maldives	527,799	300	Malé	Asia
47	Brunei	462,721	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	143,533,851	17,098,246	Moscow	Europe
2	Turkey	85,518,661	783,562	Ankara	Asia
3	Germany	83,516,593	357,114	Berlin	Europe
4	United Kingdom	69,226,000	244,376	London	Europe
5	France	68,551,653	543,908	Paris	Europe
6	Italy	58,952,704	301,336	Rome	Europe
7	Spain	48,848,840	505,992	Madrid	Europe
8	Ukraine	37,860,221	603,550	Kyiv	Europe
9	Poland	36,559,233	312,679	Warsaw	Europe
10	Romania	19,051,804	238,391	Bucharest	Europe
11	Netherlands	17,993,485	41,865	Amsterdam	Europe
12	Belgium	11,858,610	30,528	Brussels	Europe
13	Czechia	10,905,028	78,865	Prague	Europe
14	Portugal	10,694,681	92,090	Lisbon	Europe
15	Sweden	10,569,709	450,295	Stockholm	Europe
16	Greece	10,405,134	131,990	Athens	Europe
17	Azerbaijan	10,202,830	86,600	Baku	Asia
18	Hungary	9,562,065	93,028	Budapest	Europe
19	Austria	9,177,982	83,871	Vienna	Europe
20	Belarus	9,132,629	207,600	Minsk	Europe
21	Switzerland	9,005,582	41,284	Bern	Europe
22	Serbia	6,586,476	77,589	Belgrade	Europe
23	Bulgaria	6,441,421	110,879	Sofia	Europe
24	Denmark	5,976,992	43,094	Copenhagen	Europe
25	Finland	5,619,911	338,455	Helsinki	Europe
26	Norway	5,572,279	386,224	Oslo	Europe
27	Slovakia	5,422,069	49,037	Bratislava	Europe
28	Ireland	5,395,790	70,273	Dublin	Europe
29	Croatia	3,866,200	56,594	Zagreb	Europe
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,164,253	51,209	Sarajevo	Europe
31	Lithuania	2,888,278	65,300	Vilnius	Europe
32	Moldova	2,402,306	33,847	Chișinău	Europe
33	Albania	2,377,128	28,748	Tirana	Europe
34	Slovenia	2,127,400	20,273	Ljubljana	Europe
35	Latvia	1,866,124	64,559	Riga	Europe
36	North Macedonia	1,824,359	25,713	Skopje	Europe
37	Kosovo	1,594,353	10,908	Pristina	Europe
38	Estonia	1,372,341	45,227	Tallinn	Europe
39	Cyprus	1,358,282	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
40	Luxembourg	677,012	2,586	Luxembourg	Europe
41	Montenegro	623,525	13,812	Podgorica	Europe
42	Malta	568,847	316	Valletta	Europe
43	Iceland	386,506	103,000	Reykjavik	Europe
44	Jersey	103,267	116	Saint Helier	Europe
45	Isle of Man	84,160	572	Douglas	Europe
46	Andorra	81,938	468	Andorra la Vella	Europe
47	Guernsey	64,781	78	St. Peter Port	Europe
48	Faroe Islands	54,681	1,393	Tórshavn	Europe
49	Liechtenstein	40,450	160	Vaduz	Europe
50	Gibraltar	39,329	6	Gibraltar	Europe
51	Monaco	38,631	2.02	Monaco	Europe
52	San Marino	33,977	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	130,861,007	1,964,375	Mexico City	Americas
3	Canada	41,288,599	9,984,670	Ottawa	Americas
4	Guatemala	18,406,359	108,889	Guatemala City	Americas
5	Haiti	11,772,557	27,750	Port-au-Prince	Americas
6	Dominican Republic	11,427,557	48,671	Santo Domingo	Americas
7	Cuba	10,979,783	109,884	Havana	Americas
8	Honduras	10,825,703	112,492	Tegucigalpa	Americas
9	Nicaragua	6,916,140	130,373	Managua	Americas
10	El Salvador	6,338,193	21,041	San Salvador	Americas
11	Costa Rica	5,129,910	51,100	San José	Americas
12	Panama	4,515,577	75,417	Panama City	Americas
13	Puerto Rico	3,203,295	8,870	San Juan	Americas
14	Jamaica	2,839,175	10,991	Kingston	Americas
15	Trinidad and Tobago	1,368,333	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
16	Belize	417,072	22,966	Belmopan	Americas
17	Bahamas	401,283	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	282,467	430	Bridgetown	Americas
21	Saint Lucia	179,744	616	Castries	Americas
22	Curaçao	155,967	444	Willemstad	Americas
23	Grenada	117,207	344	St. George's	Americas
24	Aruba	107,995	180	Oranjestad	Americas
25	United States Virgin Islands	104,377	347	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,616	389	Kingstown	Americas
27	Antigua and Barbuda	93,772	442	Saint John's	Americas
28	Cayman Islands	74,457	264	George Town	Americas
29	Dominica	66,205	751	Roseau	Americas
30	Bermuda	64,636	54	Hamilton	Americas
31	Greenland	56,836	2,166,086	Nuuk	Americas
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,843	261	Basseterre	Americas
33	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,535	948	Cockburn Town	Americas
34	Sint Maarten	43,350	34	Philipsburg	Americas
35	British Virgin Islands	39,471	151	Road Town	Americas
36	Caribbean Netherlands	31,980	328	Kralendijk	Americas
37	Saint Martin	26,129	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	27,196,812	7,692,024	Canberra	Oceania
2	Papua New Guinea	10,576,502	462,840	Port Moresby	Oceania
3	New Zealand	5,287,500	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
4	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	14,874	Dili	Asia
5	Fiji	928,784	18,272	Suva	Oceania
6	Solomon Islands	819,198	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
7	Vanuatu	327,777	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
8	New Caledonia	292,639	18,575	Nouméa	Oceania
9	French Polynesia	281,807	4,167	Papeetē	Oceania
10	Samoa	218,019	2,842	Apia	Oceania
11	Guam	167,777	549	Hagåtña	Oceania
12	Kiribati	134,518	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
13	Micronesia	113,160	702	Palikir	Oceania
14	Tonga	104,175	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
15	American Samoa	46,765	199	Pago Pago	Oceania
16	Northern Mariana Islands	44,278	464	Saipan	Oceania
17	Marshall Islands	37,548	181	Majuro	Oceania
18	Palau	17,695	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
19	Cook Islands	15,040	236	Avarua	Oceania
20	Nauru	11,947	21	Yaren	Oceania
21	Wallis and Futuna	11,620	142	Mata-Utu	Oceania
22	Tuvalu	9,646	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	211,998,573	8,515,767	Brasília	Americas
2	Colombia	52,886,363	1,141,748	Bogotá	Americas
3	Argentina	45,696,159	2,780,400	Buenos Aires	Americas
4	Peru	34,217,848	1,285,216	Lima	Americas
5	Venezuela	28,405,543	916,445	Caracas	Americas
6	Chile	19,764,771	756,102	Santiago	Americas
7	Ecuador	18,135,478	276,841	Quito	Americas
8	Bolivia	12,413,315	1,098,581	Sucre	Americas
9	Paraguay	6,929,153	406,752	Asunción	Americas
10	Uruguay	3,386,588	181,034	Montevideo	Americas
11	Guyana	831,087	214,969	Georgetown	Americas
12	Suriname	634,431	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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