01 November 2019

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.)

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