Home Lists Countries by Continent Last updated: May 13, 2026
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250 countries and territories grouped into 7 continent groups, largest group first. A country appears in more than one group when it lists more than one continent.
Africa 58 countries Country Capital Continent Population Area Currency Algiers Africa 47.4 million 2,381,741 km² Algerian dinar Luanda Africa 36.2 million 1,246,700 km² Angolan kwanza Porto-Novo Africa 13.2 million 112,622 km² West African CFA franc Gaborone Africa 2.4 million 582,000 km² Botswana pula Ouagadougou Africa 24.1 million 272,967 km² West African CFA franc Gitega Africa 12.3 million 27,834 km² Burundian franc Yaoundé Africa 29.4 million 475,442 km² Central African CFA franc Praia Africa 491.2 thousand 4,033 km² Cape Verdean escudo Bangui Africa 6.5 million 622,984 km² Central African CFA franc N'Djamena Africa 19.3 million 1,284,000 km² Central African CFA franc Moroni Africa 919.9 thousand 1,862 km² Comorian franc Djibouti Africa 1.1 million 23,200 km² Djiboutian franc Kinshasa Africa 112.8 million 2,344,858 km² Congolese franc Cairo Africa 107.3 million 1,002,450 km² Egyptian pound Ciudad de la Paz Africa 1.7 million 28,051 km² Central African CFA franc Asmara Africa 3.6 million 117,600 km² Eritrean nakfa Mbabane Africa 1.2 million 17,364 km² Swazi lilangeni Addis Ababa Africa 111.7 million 1,104,300 km² Ethiopian birr Libreville Africa 2.5 million 267,668 km² Central African CFA franc Banjul Africa 2.4 million 10,689 km² dalasi Accra Africa 33.7 million 238,533 km² Ghanaian cedi Conakry Africa 14.4 million 245,857 km² Guinean franc Bissau Africa 1.8 million 36,125 km² West African CFA franc Yamoussoukro Africa 31.7 million 322,463 km² West African CFA franc Nairobi Africa 53.3 million 580,367 km² Kenyan shilling Maseru Africa 2.1 million 30,355 km² Lesotho loti Monrovia Africa 5.2 million 111,369 km² Liberian dollar Tripoli Africa 7.5 million 1,759,540 km² Libyan dinar Antananarivo Africa 31.7 million 587,041 km² Malagasy ariary Lilongwe Africa 20.7 million 118,484 km² Malawian kwacha Bamako Africa 22.4 million 1,240,192 km² West African CFA franc Nouakchott Africa 4.9 million 1,030,700 km² Mauritanian ouguiya Port Louis Africa 1.2 million 2,040 km² Mauritian rupee Mamoudzou Africa 320.9 thousand 374 km² euro Rabat Africa 36.8 million 446,550 km² Moroccan dirham Maputo Africa 34.1 million 801,590 km² Mozambican metical Windhoek Africa 3 million 825,615 km² Namibian dollar Niamey Africa 26.3 million 1,267,000 km² West African CFA franc Abuja Africa 223.8 million 923,768 km² Nigerian naira Brazzaville Africa 6.1 million 342,000 km² Central African CFA franc Kigali Africa 14.1 million 26,338 km² Rwandan franc Saint-Denis Africa 896.2 thousand 2,511 km² euro Jamestown Africa 5.7 thousand 394 km² Pound sterling Dakar Africa 18.6 million 196,722 km² West African CFA franc Victoria Africa 122.7 thousand 452 km² Seychellois rupee Freetown Africa 9.1 million 71,740 km² Leone Mogadishu Africa 19.7 million 637,657 km² Somali shilling Pretoria Africa 63.1 million 1,221,037 km² South African rand Juba Africa 15.8 million 619,745 km² South Sudanese pound Khartoum Africa 51.7 million 1,886,068 km² Sudanese pound São Tomé Africa 209.6 thousand 964 km² São Tomé and Príncipe dobra Dodoma Africa 68.2 million 947,303 km² Tanzanian shilling Lomé Africa 8.1 million 56,785 km² West African CFA franc Tunis Africa 12 million 163,610 km² Tunisian dinar Kampala Africa 45.9 million 241,550 km² Ugandan shilling El Aaiún Africa 600.9 thousand 266,000 km² Algerian dinar Lusaka Africa 19.7 million 752,612 km² Zambian kwacha Harare Africa 17.1 million 390,757 km² Zimbabwean dollar
Europe 55 countries Country Capital Continent Population Area Currency Tirana Europe 2.4 million 28,748 km² Albanian lek Andorra la Vella Europe 88.4 thousand 468 km² euro Vienna Europe 9.2 million 83,871 km² euro Baku Europe 10.2 million 86,600 km² Azerbaijani manat Minsk Europe 9.1 million 207,600 km² Belarusian ruble Brussels Europe 11.8 million 30,528 km² euro Sarajevo Europe 3.4 million 51,209 km² Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark Sofia Europe 6.4 million 110,879 km² Bulgarian lev Zagreb Europe 3.9 million 56,594 km² euro Nicosia Europe 1.4 million 9,251 km² euro Prague Europe 10.9 million 78,865 km² Czech koruna Copenhagen Europe 6 million 43,094 km² Danish krone Tallinn Europe 1.4 million 45,227 km² euro Tórshavn Europe 54.9 thousand 1,393 km² Danish krone Helsinki Europe 5.7 million 338,455 km² euro Paris Europe 66.4 million 543,908 km² euro Berlin Europe 83.5 million 357,114 km² euro Gibraltar Europe 38 thousand 6 km² Gibraltar pound Athens Europe 10.4 million 131,990 km² euro St. Peter Port Europe 64.8 thousand 78 km² British pound Budapest Europe 9.5 million 93,028 km² Hungarian forint Reykjavik Europe 391.8 thousand 103,000 km² Icelandic króna Dublin Europe 5.5 million 70,273 km² euro Douglas Europe 84.5 thousand 572 km² British pound Rome Europe 58.9 million 301,336 km² euro Saint Helier Europe 103.3 thousand 116 km² British pound Pristina Europe 1.6 million 10,908 km² euro Riga Europe 1.8 million 64,559 km² euro Vaduz Europe 40.9 thousand 160 km² Swiss franc Vilnius Europe 2.9 million 65,300 km² euro Luxembourg Europe 682 thousand 2,586 km² euro Valletta Europe 574.3 thousand 316 km² euro Chișinău Europe 2.7 million 33,847 km² Moldovan leu Monaco Europe 38.4 thousand 2 km² euro Podgorica Europe 623.3 thousand 13,812 km² euro Amsterdam Europe 18.1 million 41,865 km² euro Skopje Europe 1.8 million 25,713 km² denar Oslo Europe 5.6 million 386,224 km² Norwegian krone Warsaw Europe 37.4 million 312,679 km² Polish złoty Lisbon Europe 10.7 million 92,090 km² euro Bucharest Europe 19 million 238,391 km² Romanian leu Moscow Europe 146 million 17,098,246 km² Russian ruble City of San Marino Europe 34.1 thousand 61 km² euro Belgrade Europe 6.6 million 77,589 km² Serbian dinar Bratislava Europe 5.4 million 49,037 km² euro Ljubljana Europe 2.1 million 20,273 km² euro Madrid Europe 49.3 million 505,992 km² euro Longyearbyen Europe 2.5 thousand 61,399 km² krone Stockholm Europe 10.6 million 450,295 km² Swedish krona Bern Europe 9.1 million 41,284 km² Swiss franc Ankara Europe 85.7 million 783,562 km² Turkish lira Kyiv Europe 32.9 million 603,550 km² Ukrainian hryvnia London Europe 69.3 million 244,376 km² British pound Vatican City Europe 882 0 km² euro Mariehamn Europe 30.7 thousand 1,580 km² euro
Asia 50 countries Country Capital Continent Population Area Currency Kabul Asia 43.8 million 652,230 km² Afghan afghani Yerevan Asia 3.1 million 29,743 km² Armenian dram Manama Asia 1.6 million 765 km² Bahraini dinar Dhaka Asia 169.8 million 147,570 km² Bangladeshi taka Thimphu Asia 784 thousand 38,394 km² Bhutanese ngultrum Diego Garcia Asia 0 60 km² United States dollar Bandar Seri Begawan Asia 455.5 thousand 5,765 km² Brunei dollar Phnom Penh Asia 17.6 million 181,035 km² Cambodian riel Beijing Asia 1.41 billion 9,706,961 km² Chinese yuan Flying Fish Cove Asia 1.7 thousand 135 km² Australian dollar West Island Asia 593 14 km² Australian dollar Tbilisi Asia 4 million 69,700 km² lari City of Victoria Asia 7.5 million 1,104 km² Hong Kong dollar New Delhi Asia 1.42 billion 3,287,263 km² Indian rupee Jakarta Asia 284.4 million 1,904,569 km² Indonesian rupiah Tehran Asia 86 million 1,648,195 km² Iranian rial Baghdad Asia 46.1 million 438,317 km² Iraqi dinar Jerusalem Asia 10.1 million 21,937 km² Israeli new shekel Tokyo Asia 123.2 million 377,930 km² Japanese yen Amman Asia 11.7 million 89,342 km² Jordanian dinar Astana Asia 20.4 million 2,724,900 km² Kazakhstani tenge Kuwait City Asia 4.9 million 17,818 km² Kuwaiti dinar Bishkek Asia 7.3 million 199,951 km² Kyrgyzstani som Vientiane Asia 7.6 million 236,800 km² Lao kip Beirut Asia 5.5 million 10,452 km² Lebanese pound No official capital listed Asia 685.9 thousand 30 km² Macanese pataca Kuala Lumpur Asia 34.2 million 330,803 km² Malaysian ringgit Malé Asia 515.1 thousand 300 km² Maldivian rufiyaa Ulan Bator Asia 3.5 million 1,564,110 km² Mongolian tögrög Naypyidaw Asia 51.3 million 676,578 km² Burmese kyat Kathmandu Asia 29.9 million 147,181 km² Nepalese rupee Pyongyang Asia 25.9 million 120,538 km² North Korean won Muscat Asia 5.3 million 309,500 km² Omani rial Islamabad Asia 241.5 million 796,095 km² Pakistani rupee Ramallah Asia 5.5 million 6,220 km² Egyptian pound Manila Asia 114.1 million 342,353 km² Philippine peso Doha Asia 3.2 million 11,586 km² Qatari riyal Riyadh Asia 35.3 million 2,149,690 km² Saudi riyal Singapore Asia 6.1 million 710 km² Singapore dollar Seoul Asia 51.2 million 100,210 km² South Korean won Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Asia 21.8 million 65,610 km² Sri Lankan rupee Damascus Asia 25.6 million 185,180 km² Syrian pound Taipei Asia 23.3 million 36,197 km² New Taiwan dollar Dushanbe Asia 10.5 million 143,100 km² Tajikistani somoni Bangkok Asia 65.9 million 513,120 km² Thai baht Ashgabat Asia 7.1 million 488,100 km² Turkmenistan manat Abu Dhabi Asia 11.3 million 83,600 km² United Arab Emirates dirham Tashkent Asia 37.9 million 447,400 km² Uzbekistani soʻm Hanoi Asia 101.3 million 331,212 km² Vietnamese đồng Sana'a Asia 32.7 million 527,968 km² Yemeni rial
North America 41 countries Country Capital Continent Population Area Currency The Valley North America 16 thousand 91 km² Eastern Caribbean dollar Saint John's North America 103.6 thousand 442 km² Eastern Caribbean dollar Oranjestad North America 107.6 thousand 180 km² Aruban florin Nassau North America 398.2 thousand 13,943 km² Bahamian dollar Bridgetown North America 267.8 thousand 430 km² Barbadian dollar Belmopan North America 417.6 thousand 22,966 km² Belize dollar Hamilton North America 64.1 thousand 54 km² Bermudian dollar Road Town North America 39.5 thousand 151 km² United States dollar Ottawa North America 41.7 million 9,984,670 km² Canadian dollar Kralendijk North America 32 thousand 328 km² United States dollar George Town North America 84.7 thousand 264 km² Cayman Islands dollar San José North America 5.3 million 51,100 km² Costa Rican colón Havana North America 9.7 million 109,884 km² Cuban convertible peso Willemstad North America 156.1 thousand 444 km² Netherlands Antillean guilder Roseau North America 67.4 thousand 751 km² Eastern Caribbean dollar Santo Domingo North America 10.8 million 48,671 km² Dominican peso San Salvador North America 6 million 21,041 km² United States dollar Nuuk North America 56.5 thousand 2,166,086 km² krone St. George's North America 109 thousand 344 km² Eastern Caribbean dollar Basse-Terre North America 378.6 thousand 1,628 km² euro Guatemala City North America 18.1 million 108,889 km² Guatemalan quetzal Port-au-Prince North America 11.9 million 27,750 km² Haitian gourde Tegucigalpa North America 9.9 million 112,492 km² Honduran lempira Kingston North America 2.8 million 10,991 km² Jamaican dollar Fort-de-France North America 349.9 thousand 1,128 km² euro Mexico City North America 130.6 million 1,964,375 km² Mexican peso Plymouth North America 4.4 thousand 102 km² Eastern Caribbean dollar Managua North America 6.8 million 130,373 km² Nicaraguan córdoba Panama City North America 4.1 million 75,417 km² Panamanian balboa San Juan North America 3.2 million 8,870 km² United States dollar Gustavia North America 10.6 thousand 21 km² euro Basseterre North America 51.3 thousand 261 km² Eastern Caribbean dollar Castries North America 184.1 thousand 616 km² Eastern Caribbean dollar Marigot North America 31.5 thousand 53 km² euro Saint-Pierre North America 5.8 thousand 242 km² euro Kingstown North America 110.9 thousand 389 km² Eastern Caribbean dollar Philipsburg North America 41.3 thousand 34 km² Netherlands Antillean guilder Port of Spain North America 1.4 million 5,130 km² Trinidad and Tobago dollar Cockburn Town North America 50.8 thousand 948 km² United States dollar Washington, D.C. North America 340.1 million 9,525,067 km² United States dollar Charlotte Amalie North America 87.1 thousand 347 km² United States dollar
Oceania 27 countries Country Capital Continent Population Area Currency Pago Pago Oceania 49.7 thousand 199 km² United States dollar Canberra Oceania 27.5 million 7,692,024 km² Australian dollar Avarua Oceania 15 thousand 236 km² Cook Islands dollar Suva Oceania 900.9 thousand 18,272 km² Fijian dollar Papeetē Oceania 279.5 thousand 4,167 km² CFP franc Hagåtña Oceania 153.8 thousand 549 km² United States dollar South Tarawa Oceania 120.7 thousand 811 km² Australian dollar Majuro Oceania 42.4 thousand 181 km² United States dollar Palikir Oceania 105.6 thousand 702 km² United States dollar Yaren Oceania 11.7 thousand 21 km² Australian dollar Nouméa Oceania 264.6 thousand 18,575 km² CFP franc Wellington Oceania 5.3 million 268,838 km² New Zealand dollar Alofi Oceania 1.7 thousand 260 km² New Zealand dollar Kingston Oceania 2.2 thousand 36 km² Australian dollar Saipan Oceania 47.3 thousand 464 km² United States dollar Ngerulmud Oceania 16.7 thousand 459 km² United States dollar Port Moresby Oceania 11.8 million 462,840 km² Papua New Guinean kina Adamstown Oceania 35 47 km² New Zealand dollar Apia Oceania 205.6 thousand 2,842 km² Samoan tālā Honiara Oceania 750.3 thousand 28,896 km² Solomon Islands dollar Dili Oceania 1.4 million 14,874 km² United States dollar Fakaofo Oceania 2.6 thousand 12 km² New Zealand dollar Nuku'alofa Oceania 100.2 thousand 747 km² Tongan paʻanga Funafuti Oceania 10.6 thousand 26 km² Australian dollar Washington DC Oceania 0 34 km² United States dollar Port Vila Oceania 321.4 thousand 12,189 km² Vanuatu vatu Mata-Utu Oceania 11.6 thousand 142 km² CFP franc
South America 14 countries Country Capital Continent Population Area Currency Buenos Aires South America 46.7 million 2,780,400 km² Argentine peso Sucre South America 11.4 million 1,098,581 km² Bolivian boliviano Brasília South America 213.4 million 8,515,767 km² Brazilian real Santiago South America 20.2 million 756,102 km² Chilean peso Bogotá South America 53.1 million 1,141,748 km² Colombian peso Quito South America 18.1 million 276,841 km² United States dollar Stanley South America 3.7 thousand 12,173 km² Falkland Islands pound Cayenne South America 292.4 thousand 83,534 km² euro Georgetown South America 773 thousand 214,969 km² Guyanese dollar Asunción South America 6.1 million 406,752 km² Paraguayan guaraní Lima South America 34.4 million 1,285,216 km² Peruvian sol Paramaribo South America 616.5 thousand 163,820 km² Surinamese dollar Montevideo South America 3.5 million 181,034 km² Uruguayan peso Caracas South America 28.5 million 916,445 km² Venezuelan bolívar soberano
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