Continents and their Countries and Capitals

The entire land mass of earth is divided into seven continents. Apart from the continent
named Antarctica, all the continents are divided into different countries consisting of
definite geographical boundaries. This article will briefly shed light on the seven
continents, their countries, and capitals.

Seven Continents – List

The seven different continents are listed below:

1. Asia
2. Europe
3. North America
4. South America
5. Africa
6. Australia
7. Antarctica

Countries and their Capitals – Seven Continents

Each continent has many countries. All the continents have different numbers of
countries. This article will give a list of some of the countries in those continents.

Asia
● There are 49 countries in Asia.
● There are some countries which are geographically located in regions coming under Asia but
they are generally considered as a European nation or African nation. Two examples are
Russia and Egypt.
● Asian countries are usually categorised as East Asian countries, Southeast Asian countries,
South Asian countries, West Asian countries, and Central Asian countries.

South Asian Countries and Capitals

The list of South Asian countries and their respective capitals is given in the table below.

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 India (New Delhi) Nepal (Kathmandu) Bhutan (Thimphu)

Maldives (Male) Sri Lanka (Colombo) Bangladesh (Dhaka)

Afghanistan (Kabul)

East Asian Countries and Capitals

The list of East Asian countries and their respective capitals is given in the table below.

China (Beijing) Japan (Tokyo) South Korea (Seoul)

North Korea (Pyongyang) Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) Taiwan (Taipei)

Southeast Asian Countries and Capitals

The list of Southeast Asian countries and their respective capitals is given in the table
below.

Indonesia (Jakarta) Philippines (Manila) Vietnam (Hanoi)

Cambodia (Phnom Penh) Laos (Vientiane) Myanmar (Naypyidaw)

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) Thailand (Bangkok) Brunei (Bandar Seri)

Singapore (Singapore)

West Asian Countries and Capitals

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The list of West Asian countries and their respective capitals is given in the table below.

Iraq (Baghdad) Iran (Tehran) Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)

Kuwait (Kuwait City) Oman (Muscat) Bahrain (Manama)

Lebanon (Beirut) Yemen (Sana’a) Syria (Damascus)

Jordan (Amman) Qatar (Doha) United Arab Emirates (UAE) – (Abu Dhabi)

Europe – Second Smallest Continent

● Although Europe is the second smallest continent, there are many countries located in
Europe.
● Europe is divided into 50 different countries.
● Russia is the largest country in Europe. Although a major part of Russia is geographically
located in Asia, Russia is still considered a European country as it has close cultural, ethnic,
and political ties with Europe.
● Some of the interesting names given to countries in different regions of Europe are Balkan
countries, Nordic countries, etc.

European Countries and Capitals – Balkan Countries

The list of European countries and their respective capitals located in the Balkan region
is given in the table below..

Romania (Bucharest) Serbia (Belgrade) Kosovo (Pristina)

Slovenia (Ljubljana) Albania (Tirana) Croatia (Zagreb)

North Macedonia (Skopje) Bulgaria (Sofia) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)

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 Montenegro (Podgorica)

European Countries and Capitals – Nordic Countries

The list of European countries and their respective capitals located in the Nordic region
is given in the table below.

Denmark (Copenhagen) Sweden (Stockholm) Finland (Helsinki)

Norway (Oslo) Iceland (Reykjavik)

East European Countries and Capitals

Some of these East European countries are also part of the Balkan nations. The list of
East European countries and their respective capitals is given in the table below.

Armenia (Yerevan) Azerbaijan (Baku) Belarus (Minsk)

Czech Republic (Prague) Estonia (Tallinn) Georgia (Tbilisi)

Hungary (Budapest) Latvia (Riga) Lithuania (Vilnius)

Poland (Warsaw) Republic of Moldova (Chișinău) Russia (Moscow)

Serbia (Belgrade) Slovakia (Bratislava) Ukraine (Kiev)

West European Countries and their Capitals

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Some of these West European countries are also part of the Nordic nations. The list of
West European countries and their respective capitals is given in the table below.

Andorra (Andorra la Vella) Austria (Vienna) Germany (Berlin)

Belgium (Brussels) France (Paris) Italy (Rome)

Greece (Athens) Ireland (Dublin) Malta (Valletta)

Liechtenstein (Vaduz) Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Portugal (Lisbon)

Monaco (No official capital) Netherlands (Amsterdam) Switzerland (Bern)

United Kingdom
San Marino (San Marino) Spain (Madrid) (London)

Turkey (Ankara)

Africa – Continent
There are 54 countries in Africa.

● Africa is the second-largest continent in the world.

● The different regions of Africa are Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa which consists of
Western Africa, Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, and Middle Africa.
● The largest country by land area in Africa is Algeria and the second-largest country in Africa
is the Democratic Republic of Congo.
● Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa.
● The least populous and smallest country in Africa is Seychelles.

The list of some of those African countries is given in the table below.

Northern Africa

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The list of some of the Northern African countries and their respective capitals are given
in the table below.

Algeria (Algiers) Egypt (Cairo) Libya (Tripoli)

Morocco (Rabat) Sudan (Khartoum) Tunisia (Tunis)

Eastern Africa

The list of some of the Eastern African countries and their respective capitals is given in
the table below.

Uganda (Kampala) Zambia (Lusaka) Burundi (Gitega)

Comoros (Moroni) Djibouti (Djibouti) Eritrea (Asmara)

Kenya (Nairobi) Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Mauritius (Port Louis)

Mozambique (Maputo) Malawi (Lilongwe) Rwanda (Kigali)

Seychelles (Victoria) Somalia (Mogadishu) Tanzania (Dodoma)

South Sudan (Juba)

Western Africa

The list of Western African countries and their respective capitals is given in the table
below.

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 Burkina Faso
Benin (Porto-Novo) (Ouagadougou) Cape Verde (Praia)

Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) Gambia (Banjul) Ghana (Accra)

Guinea (Conakry) Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) Liberia (Monrovia)

Mali (Bamako) Mauritania (Nouakchott) Niger (Niamey)

Sierra Leone
Nigeria (Abuja) Senegal (Dakar) (Freetown)

Togo (Lomé)

Middle Africa

The list of Middle African countries and their respective capitals is given in the table
below.

Central African Republic

Angola (Luanda) Cameroon (Yaoundé) (Bangui)

Chad (N’Djamena) Congo (Brazzaville) DR Congo (Kinshasa)

Equatorial Guinea São Tomé and Príncipe (São

(Malabo) Tomé) Gabon (Libreville)

Southern Africa

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The list of Southern African countries and their respective capitals is given in the table
below.

South Africa (Cape Town, Madagascar

Pretoria, Bloemfontein) Namibia (Windhoek) (Antananarivo)

Swaziland (Mbabane,
Lesotho (Maseru) Lobamba) Botswana (Gaborone)

North America – Continent

The continent of North America has 23 sovereign countries. The countries located in the
southern part of the North American continent are known as Caribbean nations and
Central American countries.

Canada is the largest country in North America. The USA is the 2nd largest country in
North America. Canada is also the 2nd largest country in the world, and the USA is the
4th largest country in the world.

The list of North American countries and their respective capitals is given in the table
below.

USA (Washington D.C.) Canada (Ottawa) Mexico (Mexico City)

Haiti Dominican Republic (Santo

Cuba (Havana) (Port-au-Prince) Domingo)

Nicaragua
Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (Managua) El Salvador (San Salvador)

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 Panama (Panama City) Jamaica (Kingston) Guatemala (Guatemala City)

Trinidad & Tobago (Port of

Spain) Belize (Belmopan) Bahamas (Nassau)

Saint Lucia
Barbados (Bridgetown) (Castries) Grenada (Saint George’s)

Antigua & Barbuda (Saint

John’s) Dominica (Roseau) Saint Kitts & Nevis (Basseterre)

South America – Continent

The South American continent has 12 sovereign nations.

● South America is predominantly in the Southern Hemisphere.

● Brazil is the largest country in South America.
● South America is connected to North America through the Isthmus of Panama.

The list of sovereign South American countries and their respective capitals is given in
the table below.

Brazil (Brasilia) Argentina (Buenos Aires) Colombia (Bogota)

Ecuador (Quito ) Chile (Santiago) Peru (Lima)

Bolivia (La Paz) Venezuela (Caracas) Uruguay (Montevideo)

Paraguay (Asunción) Suriname (Paramaribo) Guyana (Georgetown)

Australia – Continent

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Australia is the world’s only continent that is governed by a single nation state,
Australia. It is the world’s smallest continent.

Antarctica – Continent
● Antarctica is the southernmost continent on the earth.
● Earth’s South Pole is located in Antarctica.
● Antarctica is twice the size of the Australian continent.
● The 5th largest continent is Antarctica.
● Antarctica is mainly a polar desert.
● Around 30 countries govern Antarctica, all of which are signatories of the Antarctic Treaty
System of 1959.
● As per the terms of the treaty, it is prohibited to dispose of nuclear wastes, conduct nuclear
explosions, mining, and military activities in Antarctica.
● There will be around 5000 research scientists during the summer months in Antarctica.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1

Which continent has only one country?

Australia is the continent which has only 1 country. Antarctica does not have any
countries. Australia is the largest country in the Oceania region. It has diverse
landscapes such as mountain ranges, tropical rainforests, and deserts.

Q2

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Which continent has no country?

Antarctica is the only continent which does not have any country. Antarctica does not
have any native population. It is governed by 30 countries who are signatories of the
Antarctic Treaty System of 1959. Antarctica has a large number of scientists from all
across the globe working to discover and break scientific barriers.

Q3

Which country is located on two continents?

There are many countries which are located on two different continents. Some of the
examples are Russia, Kazakhstan, Egypt, and Turkey. Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey
are located in Europe and Asia. Egypt is located in Asia and Africa. However, Russia
and Turkey are considered as European countries. Egypt is considered as an African
country. Kazakhstan is considered as an Asian country. There are many other
examples.

Q4

Which is the largest country in the world?

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Russia is the largest country in the world. Although a major part of Russia is
geographically located in Asia, Russia is still considered as a European nation as it is
culturally, politically, and ethnically more connected to Europe.

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