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Asia
Determining the exact count of Asian countries is complex; the United Nations identifies 49, yet considering territories and intercontinental nations, the number varies between 45 and 53.
Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan British Indian Ocean Territory (UK territory) Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus Egypt Georgia Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste/East Timor Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Africa
Africa has a total of 54 countries
Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde/Cape Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo/Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt (transcontinental - generally considered African) Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Gabon Gambia, The Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast/Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Europe
Europe has 51 independent U.N.-recognized states.
Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia/Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City
North America
There are a total of 23 countries comprising North America.
Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States of America
Australia (Oceania)
Oceania is a group that includes 14 countries in the Pacific islands and Australia. Sometimes people only call Australia a continent, but that leaves out many islands and countries. Oceania is mostly ocean and covers a very big area, as shown below.
Australia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
South America
South America is home to 12 countries. The biggest country in South America is Brazil.
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Antarctica
Antarctica is a continent without any recognized nations. The following territories, however, are the result of territorial claims made by seven sovereign governments to Antarctica:
Adélie Land (France) Argentine Antarctica (Argentina) Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia) British Antarctic Territory (UK) Chilean Antarctic Territory (Chile) Peter I Island (Norway) Queen Maud Land (Norway) Ross Dependency (New Zealand)