Nations of the World by Region

These are the geographic regions of the world by continent, mostly based upon the United Nations geoscheme.  

Personally for me, this outline helps to more properly envision the geographic location of nations being discussed in news and other articles, particularly with respect to Africa and Oceania.

AFRICA

North Africa

Egypt

Sudan

Libya

Tunisia

Algeria

Mellila (Sp.)

Ceuta (Sp.)

Morocco

Western Sahara (Mor.)

East Africa

South Sudan

Eritrea

Djibouti

Ethiopia

Somalia

Kenya

Uganda

Rwanda

Burundi

Tanzania

Mozambique

Malawi

Zambia

Madagascar

Mauritius

Comoros

Seychelles

Reunion

Mayotte

Central (Middle) Africa

Chad

Central African Republic

Cameroon

Equitorial Guinea

Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe

Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Angola

West Africa

Nigeria

Niger

Burkina Faso

Mali

Mauritania

Senegal

The Gambia

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea (Guinea-Conakry)

Sierra Leone

Liberia

Cote d’Ivoire

Ghana

Togo

Benin

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (& Gough Island; U.K.)
Cabo Verde

Southern Africa

Namibia

Botswana

South Africa

Eswatini

Lesotho

AMERICAS

Northern America

Alaska (U.S.)

Canada

Greenland (Den.)

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (Fr.)

United States

Bermuda (U.K.)

Caribbean

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K)

Cuba

Cayman Islands (U.K.)

Jamaica

Haiti

Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

British Virgin Islands (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Saba (NL)

Sint Eustatius (NL)

Anguilla (U.K.)

Saint-Martin (Fr.)

Sint Maarten (NL)

Saint Barthelemy (Fr.)

Antigua and Barbuda

St. Kitts and Nevis

Montserrat (U.K.)

Guadeloupe (Fr.)

Dominica

Martinique (Fr.)

St. Lucia

Barbados

St. Vincent and the Grendines

Grenada

Trinidad and Tobago

Bonair (NL)

Curacao (NL)

Aruba (NL)

Central America

Mexico

Belize

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

South America

Colombia

Venezuela

Guyana

Suriname

French Guiana (Fr.)

Brazil

Paraguay

Uruguay

Argentina

Falkland Islands (U.K.)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (U.K.)

Chile

Bolivia

Peru

Ecuador

EUROPE

Northern Europe

Iceland (Den.)

Faroe Islands

Jan Mayen (Nor.)

Svalbard (Nor.)

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Aland Islands (Fin.)

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Denmark

Scotland (U.K.)

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Northern Ireland/Ulster (U.K.)

Ireland

Wales (U.K.)

England (U.K.)

Cornwall (U.K.)

Guernsey (U.K.)

Sark (U.K.)

Alderney (U.K.)

Jersey (U.K.)

Few realize that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is made up of many more countries than the name suggests.

Western Europe

France

Luxembourg

Belgium

Netherlands

Germany

Austria

Leichtenstein

Switzerland

Monaco

Southern Europe

Andorra

Spain

Portugal

Gibralter (U.K.)

Balearic Islands (Sp.)

Corsica (Fr.)

Sardinia (It.)

Sicily (It.)

Malta

Vatican City

San Marino

Aosta Valley (It.)

Italy

Trentino-South Tyrol (It.)

Friuli Venezia Giulia (It.)

Slovenia

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbia

Montenegro

Kosovo

Albania

North Macedonia

Bulgaria

East Thrace (Balkan Turkey)

Greece

Crete

The countries followed by (It.) are autonomous regions of the Republic of Italy.

Eastern Europe

Poland

Czechia

Slovakia

Hungary

Romania

Moldova

Ukraine

Belarus

Russia (west of the Ural Mountains)

ASIA

Southwest (Western) Asia

Anatolia (Asian Turkey)

Cyprus

Syria

Israel

Palestine

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Yemen

Oman

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

Bahrain

Kuwait

Iraq

Georgia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Iran

Central Asia

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

South Asia

Afghanistan

Pakistan

India

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Nepal

Bhutan

East Asia

Tibet

China

Macau (Ch.)

Hong Kong (Ch.)

Taiwan

Mongolia

North Korea

South Korea

Japan

Siberia (Russia east of the Ural Mountains)

Southeast Asia

Philippines

Viet Nam

Laos

Cambodia

Thailand

Burma/Myanmar

Malaysia
Singapore

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (In.)

Brunei

Indonesia

Christmas Island (Aus.)

Cocos Islands (Aus.)

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

OCEANIA

Australia (UN’s geoscheme has the region of Australia and New Zealand)

Australia

Melanesia

West New Guinea (Indo.)

Papua New Guinea

Bougainville

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

New Caledonia (Fr.)

Fiji

Micronesia

Northern Marianas Islands (U.S.)

Guam (U.S.)

Palau (western Caroline Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia (eastern Caroline Islands)

Nauru

Marshall Islands

Kiribati

Polynesia

New Zealand (Maori especially)

Tuvalu

Wallis and Futuna (Fr.)

Tokelau (NZ)

Norfolk Island (Aus.)

American Samoa (U.S.)

Samoa

Tonga

Niue (NZ)

Cook Islands (NZ)

French Polynesia (Fr., includes Tahiti)

Pitcairn Islands (U.K.)

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Hawai’ian Islands

U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (U.S.)