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- Africa. Africa has the most countries of any continent, with a total of 54 countries. The most populous of these countries is Nigeria, which has over 206 million people.
- Asia. Asia has the second-highest number of countries of any continent with a total of 48. The most populated country in Asia is China, which has over 1.4 billion people.
- Europe. Europe has 51 independent states. The largest country by population and by land area is Russia with 145.93 million people and spanning over 6.6 million square miles (17.125 million square kilometers).
- North America. North America is made up of 23 countries. The most populated of these countries is the United States, which has a population of 329.9 million people.
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Asia stretches from former "stans" of the USSR to the Pacific Ocean. There are 27 countries in Asia and it is the world's largest and most populous region, with about 60 percent of the world's population living there. The region boasts five of the 10 most populous countries in the world, with India and China taking the top two spots. Bangladesh Bhu...
The 23 countries of the Middle East, North Africa, and Greater Arabia include some countries not traditionally considered as part of the Middle East(such as Pakistan). Their inclusion is based on culture. Turkey is also sometimes placed in lists of Asian and Europan countries since geographically, it straddles them both. In the last 50 years of the...
The European continent and its local region contain 48 countries and stretches from North America and back to North America as it encompasses Iceland and all of Russia. As of 2018, data shows that about three-quarters of its population live in urban areas. Having so many peninsulas, and the region itself being a peninsula of Eurasia, means a wealth...
Economic powerhouse North America includes only three countries but it takes up most of a continent and is thus a region onto itself. Since it stretches from the Arctic to the tropics, North Americ includes almost all the major climate biomes. In the farthest reaches north, the region stretches halfway around the world—from Greenland to Alaska—but ...
Among the 20 countries of Central America and the Caribbean, none are landlocked, and half are islands. In fact, there is no location in Central America that is more than 125 miles (200 kilometers) from the sea. Volcanoes and earthquakes go hand in hand in this region, as many of the islands in the Caribbean are volcanic in origin and not dormant. ...
Twelve countries occupy South America, which stretches from the equator to nearly the Antarctic Circle. It's separated from Antarctica by the Drake Passage which is 600 miles wide (1,000 kilometers). Mount Aconcagua, located in the Andes Mountains in Argentina near Chile is the highest point in the Western Hemisphere. At 131 feet (40 meters) below ...
There are 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. (Some of these countries are actually intra-Saharan or within the Sahara Desert.) Nigeria is one of the fastest-growing countries in the world, and by the year 2050, will overtake the United States as the world's third most populous nation. As a whole, Africa is the second largest and second most populo...
The 15 countries of Australia and Oceania vary widely by culture and occupy a large swath of the world ocean. With the exception of continent/country Australia, the region does not occupy a great deal of land. Islands have been known—since Charles Darwin pointed it out—for their endemic species and nowhere is this more apparent than in Australia an...
Below is the list of fully sovereign or de facto countries that are indisputably either entirely or partially situated within Europe. The 45 countries are: Flag
FlagEnglish Names [4] [10] [11] [12]Capital [12] [13] [14]Population 2021 [7] [8]140,099,46222,790,974310,312,99241,463,2651Africa. 2Eurasia. 2.1Asia. 2.2Europe. 3Americas. 3.1North America. 3.2South America. 4Oceania. 5Antarctica. 6Notes. 7External links. 8Credits. This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according to the United Nations Statistics Division, [1] displayed with their respective national flags and capitals. This list contains:
Oct 22, 2019 · Country or Area ISO-alpha3 Code M49 Code Region 1 Region 2 Continent; 1: Afghanistan: AFG: 004: Southern Asia: Asia: 2: Åland Islands: ALA: 248: Northern Europe: Europe: 3: Albania: ALB: 008: Southern Europe: Europe: 4: Algeria: DZA: 012: Northern Africa: Africa: 5: American Samoa: ASM: 016: Polynesia: Oceania: 6: Andorra: AND: 020: Southern ...
NoCountry Or AreaIso-alpha3 CodeM49 Code1AfghanistanAFG0042Åland IslandsALA2483AlbaniaALB0084AlgeriaDZA012- 22 Oct 2019
- United Nations Statistics Division
United Nations’ published list of countries belonging to world regions, split into a total of eight regions. Time span: A single time period, the regional definition remaining constant over time. Available at: The data is available online here .
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification.
