List of Countries by Continent
On this page, you’ll find list of countries of the world sorted by continent from A to Z, each showing population estimates, area, capital, and language. Click on a country card to view a dashboard containing demographic, economic, and geographic data about the selected country. You can additionally filter the list by toggling countries and territories.
Countries in Africa
Algeria
Capital:Algiers
Language:Arabic
Population:447,022,473
Area:2,381,741km²
Angola
Capital:Luanda
Language:Portuguese
Population:37,202,061
Area:1,246,700km²
Benin
Capital:Porto-Novo
Language:French
Population:14,697,052
Area:112,622km²
Botswana
Capital:Gaborone
Language:English, Tswana
Population:2,450,668
Area:582,000km²
British Indian Ocean Territory
Capital:Diego Garcia
Language:English
Population:0
Area:60km²
Burkina Faso
Capital:Ouagadougou
Language:French
Population:23,042,199
Area:272,967km²
Burundi
Capital:Gitega
Language:French, Kirundi
Population:13,590,102
Area:27,834km²
Cameroon
Capital:Yaoundé
Language:English, French
Population:30,966,105
Area:475,442km²
Central African Republic
Capital:Bangui
Language:French, Sango
Population:5,650,957
Area:622,984km²
Chad
Capital:N'Djamena
Language:Arabic, French
Population:19,093,595
Area:1,284,000km²
Comoros
Capital:Moroni
Language:Arabic, French, Comorian
Population:900,141
Area:1,862km²
Democratic Republic of Congo
Capital:Kinshasa
Language:French, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili
Population:115,403,027
Area:2,344,858km²
Djibouti
Capital:Djibouti
Language:Arabic, French
Population:994,974
Area:23,200km²
Egypt
Capital:Cairo
Language:Arabic
Population:111,247,248
Area:1,002,450km²
Equatorial Guinea
Capital:Malabo
Language:French, Portuguese, Spanish
Population:1,795,834
Area:28,051km²
Eritrea
Capital:Asmara
Language:Arabic, English, Tigrinya
Population:6,343,956
Area:117,600km²
Ethiopia
Capital:Addis Ababa
Language:Amharic
Population:118,550,298
Area:1,104,300km²
Gabon
Capital:Libreville
Language:French
Population:2,455,105
Area:267,668km²
Gambia
Capital:Banjul
Language:English
Population:2,523,327
Area:10,689km²
Ghana
Capital:Accra
Language:English
Population:34,589,092
Area:238,533km²
Guinea
Capital:Conakry
Language:French
Population:13,986,179
Area:245,857km²
Guinea-Bissau
Capital:Bissau
Language:Portuguese, Upper Guinea Creole
Population:2,132,325
Area:36,125km²
Ivory Coast
Capital:Yamoussoukro
Language:French
Population:29,981,758
Area:322,463km²
Kenya
Capital:Nairobi
Language:English, Swahili
Population:58,246,378
Area:580,367km²
Lesotho
Capital:Maseru
Language:English, Sotho
Population:2,227,548
Area:30,355km²
Liberia
Capital:Monrovia
Language:English
Population:5,437,249
Area:111,369km²
Libya
Capital:Tripoli
Language:Arabic
Population:7,361,263
Area:1,759,540km²
Madagascar
Capital:Antananarivo
Language:French, Malagasy
Population:29,452,714
Area:587,041km²
Malawi
Capital:Lilongwe
Language:English, Chewa
Population:21,763,309
Area:118,484km²
Mali
Capital:Bamako
Language:French
Population:21,990,607
Area:1,240,192km²
Mauritania
Capital:Nouakchott
Language:Arabic
Population:4,328,040
Area:1,030,700km²
Mauritius
Capital:Port Louis
Language:English, French, Mauritian Creole
Population:1,310,504
Area:2,040km²
Morocco
Capital:Rabat
Language:Arabic, Berber
Population:37,387,585
Area:446,550km²
Mozambique
Capital:Maputo
Language:Portuguese
Population:33,350,954
Area:801,590km²
Namibia
Capital:Windhoek
Language:Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
Population:2,803,660
Area:825,615km²
Niger
Capital:Niamey
Language:French
Population:26,342,784
Area:1,267,000km²
Nigeria
Capital:Abuja
Language:English
Population:236,747,130
Area:923,768km²
Republic of Congo
Capital:Brazzaville
Language:French, Kikongo, Lingala
Population:6,097,665
Area:342,000km²
Rwanda
Capital:Kigali
Language:English, French, Kinyarwanda
Population:13,623,302
Area:26,338km²
Saint Helena, Ascencion and Tristan da Cunha
Capital:Jamestown
Language:English
Population:7,943
Area:394km²
Senegal
Capital:Dakar
Language:French
Population:18,847,519
Area:196,722km²
Seychelles
Capital:Victoria
Language:Seychellois Creole, English, French
Population:98,187
Area:452km²
Sierra Leone
Capital:Freetown
Language:English
Population:9,121,049
Area:71,740km²
Somalia
Capital:Mogadishu
Language:Arabic, Somali
Population:13,017,273
Area:637,657km²
South Africa
Capital:Pretoria
Language:Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Population:60,442,647
Area:1,221,037km²
South Sudan
Capital:Juba
Language:English
Population:12,703,714
Area:619,745km²
Sudan
Capital:Khartoum
Language:Arabic, English
Population:50,467,278
Area:1,886,068km²
Tanzania
Capital:Dodoma
Language:English, Swahili
Population:67,462,121
Area:945,087km²
Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Capital:Port-aux-Français
Language:French
Population:0
Area:7,747km²
Togo
Capital:Lomé
Language:French
Population:8,917,994
Area:56,785km²
Tunisia
Capital:Tunis
Language:Arabic
Population:12,048,847
Area:163,610km²
Uganda
Capital:Kampala
Language:English, Swahili
Population:49,283,041
Area:241,550km²
Zambia
Capital:Lusaka
Language:English
Population:20,799,116
Area:752,612km²
Zimbabwe
Capital:Harare
Language:Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Ndau, Northern Ndebele, Chewa, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zimbabwean Sign Language
Population:17,150,352
Area:390,757km²
Countries in Asia
Afghanistan
Capital:Kabul
Language:Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
Population:40,121,552
Area:652,230km²
Armenia
Capital:Yerevan
Language:Armenian
Population:2,976,765
Area:29,743km²
Azerbaijan
Capital:Baku
Language:Azerbaijani
Population:10,650,239
Area:86,600km²
Bahrain
Capital:Manama
Language:Arabic
Population:1,566,888
Area:765km²
Bangladesh
Capital:Dhaka
Language:Bengali
Population:168,697,184
Area:147,570km²
Bhutan
Capital:Thimphu
Language:Dzongkha
Population:884,546
Area:38,394km²
Brunei
Capital:Bandar Seri Begawan
Language:Malay
Population:491,900
Area:5,765km²
Cambodia
Capital:Phnom Penh
Language:Khmer
Population:17,063,669
Area:181,035km²
China
Capital:Beijing
Language:Chinese
Population:1,416,043,270
Area:9,706,961km²
Georgia
Capital:Tbilisi
Language:Georgian
Population:4,900,961
Area:69,700km²
Hong Kong
Capital:City of Victoria
Language:English, Chinese
Population:7,297,821
Area:1,104km²
India
Capital:New Delhi
Language:English, Hindi, Tamil
Population:1,409,128,296
Area:3,287,590km²
Iran
Capital:Tehran
Language:Persian (Farsi)
Population:88,386,937
Area:1,648,195km²
Iraq
Capital:Baghdad
Language:Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani
Population:42,083,436
Area:438,317km²
Israel
Capital:Jerusalem
Language:Arabic, Hebrew
Population:9,402,617
Area:20,770km²
Japan
Capital:Tokyo
Language:Japanese
Population:123,201,945
Area:377,930km²
Jordan
Capital:Amman
Language:Arabic
Population:11,174,024
Area:89,342km²
Kazakhstan
Capital:Astana
Language:Kazakh, Russian
Population:20,260,006
Area:2,724,900km²
Kuwait
Capital:Kuwait City
Language:Arabic
Population:3,138,355
Area:17,818km²
Kyrgyzstan
Capital:Bishkek
Language:Kyrgyz, Russian
Population:6,172,101
Area:199,951km²
Laos
Capital:Vientiane
Language:Lao
Population:7,953,556
Area:236,800km²
Lebanon
Capital:Beirut
Language:Arabic, French
Population:5,364,482
Area:10,452km²
Macau
Capital:–
Language:Portuguese, Chinese
Population:644,426
Area:30km²
Malaysia
Capital:Kuala Lumpur
Language:English, Malay
Population:34,564,810
Area:330,803km²
Maldives
Capital:Malé
Language:Maldivian
Population:388,858
Area:300km²
Mongolia
Capital:Ulan Bator
Language:Mongolian
Population:3,281,676
Area:1,564,110km²
Nepal
Capital:Kathmandu
Language:Nepali
Population:31,122,387
Area:147,181km²
North Korea
Capital:Pyongyang
Language:Korean
Population:26,298,666
Area:120,538km²
Oman
Capital:Muscat
Language:Arabic
Population:3,901,992
Area:309,500km²
Pakistan
Capital:Islamabad
Language:English, Urdu
Population:252,363,571
Area:881,912km²
Philippines
Capital:Manila
Language:English, Filipino
Population:118,277,063
Area:342,353km²
Qatar
Capital:Doha
Language:Arabic
Population:2,552,088
Area:11,586km²
Russia
Capital:Moscow
Language:Russian
Population:140,820,810
Area:17,098,242km²
Saudi Arabia
Capital:Riyadh
Language:Arabic
Population:36,544,431
Area:2,149,690km²
Singapore
Capital:Singapore
Language:English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil
Population:6,028,459
Area:710km²
South Korea
Capital:Seoul
Language:Korean
Population:52,081,799
Area:100,210km²
Sri Lanka
Capital:Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Language:Sinhala, Tamil
Population:21,982,608
Area:65,610km²
Syria
Capital:Damascus
Language:Arabic
Population:23,865,423
Area:185,180km²
Taiwan
Capital:Taipei
Language:Chinese
Population:23,595,274
Area:36,193km²
Tajikistan
Capital:Dushanbe
Language:Russian, Tajik
Population:10,394,063
Area:143,100km²
Thailand
Capital:Bangkok
Language:Thai
Population:69,920,998
Area:513,120km²
Timor-Leste
Capital:Dili
Language:Portuguese, Tetum
Population:1,506,909
Area:14,874km²
Turkey
Capital:Ankara
Language:Turkish
Population:84,119,531
Area:783,562km²
Turkmenistan
Capital:Ashgabat
Language:Russian, Turkmen
Population:5,744,151
Area:488,100km²
United Arab Emirates
Capital:Abu Dhabi
Language:Arabic
Population:10,032,213
Area:83,600km²
Uzbekistan
Capital:Tashkent
Language:Russian, Uzbek
Population:36,520,593
Area:447,400km²
Vietnam
Capital:Hanoi
Language:Vietnamese
Population:105,758,975
Area:331,212km²
Yemen
Capital:Sana'a
Language:Arabic
Population:32,140,443
Area:527,968km²
Countries in Europe
Albania
Capital:Tirana
Language:Albanian
Population:2,837,743
Area:28,748km²
Andorra
Capital:Andorra la Vella
Language:Catalan
Population:85,370
Area:468km²
Austria
Capital:Vienna
Language:German
Population:8,967,982
Area:83,871km²
Belarus
Capital:Minsk
Language:Belarusian, Russian
Population:9,501,451
Area:207,600km²
Belgium
Capital:Brussels
Language:German, French, Dutch
Population:11,977,634
Area:30,528km²
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital:Sarajevo
Language:Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Population:3,798,671
Area:51,209km²
Bouvet Island
Capital:–
Language:Norwegian
Population:0
Area:49km²
Bulgaria
Capital:Sofia
Language:Bulgarian
Population:6,782,659
Area:110,879km²
Croatia
Capital:Zagreb
Language:Croatian
Population:4,150,116
Area:56,594km²
Cyprus
Capital:Nicosia
Language:Greek, Turkish
Population:1,320,525
Area:9,251km²
Czechia
Capital:Prague
Language:Czech, Slovak
Population:10,837,890
Area:78,865km²
Denmark
Capital:Copenhagen
Language:Danish
Population:5,973,136
Area:43,094km²
Estonia
Capital:Tallinn
Language:Estonian
Population:1,193,791
Area:45,227km²
Faroe Islands
Capital:Tórshavn
Language:Danish, Faroese
Population:52,933
Area:1,393km²
Finland
Capital:Helsinki
Language:Finnish, Swedish
Population:5,626,414
Area:338,424km²
France
Capital:Paris
Language:French
Population:68,374,591
Area:551,695km²
Germany
Capital:Berlin
Language:German
Population:84,119,100
Area:357,114km²
Gibraltar
Capital:Gibraltar
Language:English
Population:29,683
Area:6km²
Greece
Capital:Athens
Language:Greek
Population:10,461,091
Area:131,990km²
Guernsey
Capital:St. Peter Port
Language:English, French, Guernésiais
Population:67,787
Area:78km²
Hungary
Capital:Budapest
Language:Hungarian
Population:9,855,745
Area:93,028km²
Iceland
Capital:Reykjavik
Language:Icelandic
Population:364,036
Area:103,000km²
Ireland
Capital:Dublin
Language:English, Irish
Population:5,233,461
Area:70,273km²
Isle of Man
Capital:Douglas
Language:English, Manx
Population:92,269
Area:572km²
Italy
Capital:Rome
Language:Italian, Catalan
Population:60,964,931
Area:301,336km²
Jersey
Capital:Saint Helier
Language:English, French, Jèrriais
Population:103,387
Area:116km²
Kosovo
Capital:Pristina
Language:Albanian, Serbian
Population:1,977,093
Area:10,908km²
Latvia
Capital:Riga
Language:Latvian
Population:1,801,246
Area:64,559km²
Liechtenstein
Capital:Vaduz
Language:German
Population:40,272
Area:160km²
Lithuania
Capital:Vilnius
Language:Lithuanian
Population:2,628,186
Area:65,300km²
Luxembourg
Capital:Luxembourg
Language:German, French, Luxembourgish
Population:671,254
Area:2,586km²
Malta
Capital:Valletta
Language:English, Maltese
Population:469,730
Area:316km²
Moldova
Capital:Chișinău
Language:Romanian
Population:3,599,528
Area:33,846km²
Monaco
Capital:Monaco
Language:French
Population:31,813
Area:2km²
Montenegro
Capital:Podgorica
Language:Montenegrin
Population:599,849
Area:13,812km²
Netherlands
Capital:Amsterdam
Language:Dutch
Population:17,772,378
Area:41,850km²
North Macedonia
Capital:Skopje
Language:Macedonian
Population:2,135,622
Area:25,713km²
Norway
Capital:Oslo
Language:Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål, Sami
Population:5,509,733
Area:323,802km²
Poland
Capital:Warsaw
Language:Polish
Population:38,746,310
Area:312,679km²
Portugal
Capital:Lisbon
Language:Portuguese
Population:10,207,177
Area:92,090km²
Romania
Capital:Bucharest
Language:Romanian
Population:18,148,155
Area:238,391km²
Russia
Capital:Moscow
Language:Russian
Population:140,820,810
Area:17,098,242km²
San Marino
Capital:City of San Marino
Language:Italian
Population:35,095
Area:61km²
Serbia
Capital:Belgrade
Language:Serbian
Population:6,652,212
Area:88,361km²
Slovakia
Capital:Bratislava
Language:Slovak
Population:5,563,649
Area:49,037km²
Slovenia
Capital:Ljubljana
Language:Slovene
Population:2,097,893
Area:20,273km²
Spain
Capital:Madrid
Language:Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician
Population:47,280,433
Area:505,992km²
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Capital:Longyearbyen
Language:Norwegian
Population:1,353
Area:61,399km²
Sweden
Capital:Stockholm
Language:Swedish
Population:10,589,835
Area:450,295km²
Switzerland
Capital:Bern
Language:French, Swiss German, Italian, Romansh
Population:8,860,574
Area:41,284km²
Ukraine
Capital:Kyiv
Language:Ukrainian
Population:35,661,826
Area:603,500km²
United Kingdom
Capital:London
Language:English
Population:68,459,055
Area:242,900km²
Countries in North-America
Anguilla
Capital:The Valley
Language:English
Population:19,416
Area:91km²
Antigua and Barbuda
Capital:Saint John's
Language:English
Population:102,634
Area:442km²
Aruba
Capital:Oranjestad
Language:Dutch, Papiamento
Population:125,063
Area:180km²
Bahamas
Capital:Nassau
Language:English
Population:410,862
Area:13,943km²
Barbados
Capital:Bridgetown
Language:English
Population:304,139
Area:430km²
Belize
Capital:Belmopan
Language:Belizean Creole, English, Spanish
Population:415,789
Area:22,966km²
Bermuda
Capital:Hamilton
Language:English
Population:72,800
Area:54km²
Canada
Capital:Ottawa
Language:English, French
Population:38,966,105
Area:9,984,670km²
Cayman Islands
Capital:George Town
Language:English
Population:66,653
Area:264km²
Costa Rica
Capital:San José
Language:Spanish
Population:5,265,575
Area:51,100km²
Cuba
Capital:Havana
Language:Spanish
Population:10,966,038
Area:109,884km²
Dominica
Capital:Roseau
Language:English
Population:74,661
Area:751km²
Dominican Republic
Capital:Santo Domingo
Language:Spanish
Population:10,815,857
Area:48,671km²
El Salvador
Capital:San Salvador
Language:Spanish
Population:6,628,702
Area:21,041km²
Greenland
Capital:Nuuk
Language:Greenlandic
Population:57,751
Area:2,166,086km²
Grenada
Capital:St. George's
Language:English
Population:114,621
Area:344km²
Guatemala
Capital:Guatemala City
Language:Spanish
Population:18,255,216
Area:108,889km²
Haiti
Capital:Port-au-Prince
Language:French, Haitian Creole
Population:11,753,943
Area:27,750km²
Honduras
Capital:Tegucigalpa
Language:Spanish
Population:9,529,188
Area:112,492km²
Jamaica
Capital:Kingston
Language:English, Jamaican Patois
Population:2,823,713
Area:10,991km²
Mexico
Capital:Mexico City
Language:Spanish
Population:130,739,927
Area:1,964,375km²
Montserrat
Capital:Plymouth
Language:English
Population:5,468
Area:102km²
Nicaragua
Capital:Managua
Language:Spanish
Population:6,676,948
Area:130,373km²
Panama
Capital:Panama City
Language:Spanish
Population:4,470,241
Area:75,417km²
Puerto Rico
Capital:San Juan
Language:English, Spanish
Population:3,019,450
Area:8,870km²
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Capital:Basseterre
Language:English
Population:55,133
Area:261km²
Saint Lucia
Capital:Castries
Language:English
Population:168,038
Area:616km²
Saint Martin
Capital:Marigot
Language:French
Population:32,996
Area:53km²
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Capital:Saint-Pierre
Language:French
Population:5,132
Area:242km²
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Capital:Kingstown
Language:English
Population:100,647
Area:389km²
Sint Maarten
Capital:Philipsburg
Language:English, French, Dutch
Population:46,215
Area:34km²
Turks and Caicos Islands
Capital:Cockburn Town
Language:English
Population:30,389
Area:948km²
United States
Capital:Washington, D.C.
Language:English
Population:341,963,408
Area:9,372,610km²
Countries in Oceanian
American Samoa
Capital:Pago Pago
Language:English, Samoan
Population:43,895
Area:199km²
Australia
Capital:Canberra
Language:English
Population:26,768,598
Area:7,692,024km²
Christmas Island
Capital:Flying Fish Cove
Language:English
Population:1,692
Area:135km²
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Capital:West Island
Language:English
Population:593
Area:14km²
Cook Islands
Capital:Avarua
Language:English, Cook Islands Māori
Population:7,761
Area:236km²
Fiji
Capital:Suva
Language:English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
Population:951,611
Area:18,272km²
French Polynesia
Capital:Papeetē
Language:French
Population:303,540
Area:4,167km²
Guam
Capital:Hagåtña
Language:Chamorro, English, Spanish
Population:169,532
Area:549km²
Indonesia
Capital:Jakarta
Language:Indonesian
Population:281,562,465
Area:1,904,569km²
Kiribati
Capital:South Tarawa
Language:English, Gilbertese
Population:116,545
Area:811km²
Marshall Islands
Capital:Majuro
Language:English, Marshallese
Population:82,011
Area:181km²
Micronesia
Capital:Palikir
Language:English
Population:99,603
Area:702km²
Nauru
Capital:Yaren
Language:English, Nauru
Population:9,892
Area:21km²
New Caledonia
Capital:Nouméa
Language:French
Population:304,167
Area:18,575km²
New Zealand
Capital:Wellington
Language:English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language
Population:5,161,211
Area:270,467km²
Niue
Capital:Alofi
Language:English, Niuean
Population:1,815
Area:260km²
Norfolk Island
Capital:Kingston
Language:English, Norfuk
Population:1,739
Area:36km²
Northern Mariana Islands
Capital:Saipan
Language:Carolinian, Chamorro, English
Population:51,118
Area:464km²
Palau
Capital:Ngerulmud
Language:English, Palauan
Population:21,864
Area:459km²
Papua New Guinea
Capital:Port Moresby
Language:English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
Population:10,046,233
Area:462,840km²
Pitcairn Islands
Capital:Adamstown
Language:English
Population:50
Area:47km²
Samoa
Capital:Apia
Language:English, Samoan
Population:208,853
Area:2,842km²
Solomon Islands
Capital:Honiara
Language:English
Population:726,799
Area:28,896km²
Tokelau
Capital:Fakaofo
Language:English, Samoan, Tokelauan
Population:2,453
Area:12km²
Tonga
Capital:Nuku'alofa
Language:English, Tongan
Population:104,889
Area:747km²
Tuvalu
Capital:Funafuti
Language:English, Tuvaluan
Population:11,733
Area:26km²
Vanuatu
Capital:Port Vila
Language:Bislama, English, French
Population:318,007
Area:12,189km²
Wallis and Futuna
Capital:Mata-Utu
Language:French
Population:15,964
Area:142km²
Countries in South-America
Argentina
Capital:Buenos Aires
Language:Guaraní, Spanish
Population:46,994,384
Area:2,780,400km²
Bolivia
Capital:Sucre
Language:Aymara, Guaraní, Quechua, Spanish
Population:12,311,974
Area:1,098,581km²
Brazil
Capital:Brasília
Language:Portuguese
Population:220,051,512
Area:8,515,767km²
Chile
Capital:Santiago
Language:Spanish
Population:18,664,652
Area:756,102km²
Colombia
Capital:Bogotá
Language:Spanish
Population:49,588,357
Area:1,141,748km²
Ecuador
Capital:Quito
Language:Spanish
Population:18,309,984
Area:276,841km²
Guyana
Capital:Georgetown
Language:English
Population:794,099
Area:214,969km²
Paraguay
Capital:Asunción
Language:Guaraní, Spanish
Population:7,522,549
Area:406,752km²
Peru
Capital:Lima
Language:Aymara, Quechua, Spanish
Population:32,971,846
Area:1,285,216km²
Suriname
Capital:Paramaribo
Language:Dutch
Population:646,758
Area:163,820km²
Trinidad and Tobago
Capital:Port of Spain
Language:English
Population:1,408,966
Area:5,130km²
Uruguay
Capital:Montevideo
Language:Spanish
Population:3,425,330
Area:181,034km²
Venezuela
Capital:Caracas
Language:Spanish
Population:31,250,306
Area:916,445km²