Seven continent and their countries

 

Asia

Key highlights:

• Word biggest continent (29.9%)

• Highest population (59.69%-2010 AD)

• Continent of heterogeneity

• Biggest river – Yangtze

• Largest country – China

• Smallest country – Maldives

• Landlocked country – 12 ( Biggest landlocked country - Kazakhstan )

• Highest peak – Mount Everest (8848 m)

• Lowest place – Dead Sea

• Biggest glacier – Siachen

There are 48 countries in Asia they are as follows:

1. Afghanistan - Kabul

2. Armenia - Yerevan

3. Azerbaijan - Baku

4. Bahrain - Manama

5. Bangladesh - Dhaka

6. Bhutan - Thimphu

7. Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

8. Cambodia (Kampuchea) - Phnom Penh

9. China - Beijing

10. East Timor - Dili

11. Georgia - Tbilisi

12. India - New Delhi

13. Indonesia - Jakarta

14. Iran - Tehran

15. Iraq - Baghdad

16. Israel - Jerusalem

17. Japan - Tokyo

18. Jordan - Amman

19. Kazakhstan - Nursultan

20. Kuwait - Kuwait city

21. Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

22. Laos - Vientiane

23. Lebanon - Beirut

24. Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

25. Maldives - Male 

26. Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar

27. Myanmar - Naypyidaw

28. Nepal - Kathmandu

29. North Korea - Pyongyang

30. Oman - Muscat

31. Pakistan - Islamabad

32. Philippines - Manila

33. Qatar - Doha

34. Russia - Moscow (Russia is a part of Asia geographically, but politically it is a part of Europe)

35. Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

36. Singapore - Singapore

37. South Korea - Seoul

38. Sri Lanka - Colombo

39. Syria - Damascus

40. Tajikistan - Dushanbe

41. Thailand - Bangkok

42. Turkey - Ankara

43. Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

44. Taiwan - Taipei

45. United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

46. Uzbekistan - Tashkent

47. Vietnam - Hanoi

48. Yemen - Sana'a 

Africa

Key highlights

• Dark continent

• Second largest continent (20%)

• Second highest human population (16.36%-2010 AD)

• Longest river – Nile

• Largest country – Algeria 

• Smallest country – Seychelles 

• Landlocked country – 16 (Biggest landlocked country – Chad )

• Highest peak – Kilimanjaro (5895 m)

• Lowest place – Lake Aysal

• Biggest glacier – Victoria 

There are 54 fully recognized and independent countries in Africa. It is thought to be the continent where the first humans evolved.

1. Algeria - Algiers

2. Angola - Luanda

3. Benin - Porto Novo 

4. Botswana - Gaborone

5. Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

6. Burundi - Guthega

7. Cameroon - Yaoundé

8. Cape Verde - Praia

9. Central African Republic - Bangui

10. Chad - N'Djamena

11. Comoros - Moroni

12. Republic of the Congo - Brazzaville

13. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) - Kinshasa

14. Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Yamoussoukro

15. Djibouti - Djibouti

16. Egypt - Cairo

17. Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

18. Eritrea - Asmara

19. Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

20. Gabon - Libreville

21. The Gambia - Banjul

22. Ghana - Accra

23. Guinea - Conakry

24. Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

25. Kenya - Nairobi

26. Lesotho - Maseru

27. Liberia - Monrovia

28. Libya - Tripoli

29. Madagascar - Antananarivo

30. Malawi - Lilongwe

31. Mali - Bamako

32. Mauritania - Nouakchott

33. Mauritius - Port Louis

34. Morocco - Rabat

35. Mozambique - Maputo

36. Namibia - Windhoek

37. Niger - Niamey

38. Nigeria - Abuja

39. Rwanda - Kigali

40. São Tomé and Príncipe - São Tomé

41. Senegal - Dakar

42. Seychelles - Victoria, Seychelles

43. Sierra Leone - Freetown

44. Somalia - Mogadishu

45. South Africa - Pretoria

46. South Sudan - Juba

47. Sudan - Khartoum

48. Swaziland - Mbabane

49. Tanzania - Dodoma

50. Togo - Lomé

51. Tunisia - Tunis

52. Uganda - Kampala

53. Western Sahara -  EI Aaiun

54. Zambia - Lusaka

55. Zimbabwe - Harare

North America

Key highlights

• New world 

• Third largest continent (16.5%)

• Fourth place in population (7.79%-2010 AD)

• Longest river – Mississippi Missouri 

• Largest country – Canada 

• Smallest country – Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Highest peak –Old name McKinley/New name Denali (6194 m)

• Lowest place – Death valley 

• Landlocked country – 0

• Biggest glacier – Hayward 

There are 45 countries in North America continent:

1. Antigua and Barbuda - St. John's

2. Anguilla - The Valley (territory of U.K.)

3. Aruba - Oranjestad (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

4. The Bahamas - Nassau

5. Barbados - Bridgetown

6. Belize - Belmopan ( Central America)

7. Bermuda - Hamilton (territory of U.K.)

8. Bonaire - part of the Netherlands

9. British Virgin Islands - Road Town (territory of U.K.)

10. Canada - Ottawa

11. Cayman Islands - George Town (territory of U.K.)

12. Clipperton Island - (territory of France) 

13. Costa Rica - San José ( Central America)

14. Cuba - Havana

15. Curacao - Willemstad (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

16. Dominica - Roseau

17. Dominican Republic (Republica Dominicana) - Santo Domingo

18. El Salvador - San Salvador

19. Greenland - Nuuk (territory of Denmark)

20. Grenada - St George's

21. Guadeloupe - (territory of France)

22. Guatemala - Guatemala

23. Haiti - Port-au-Prince

24. Honduras - Tegucigalpa 

25. Jamaica - Kingston

26. Martinique - Fort-de-France Bay (territory of France)

27. Mexico - Mexico City

28. Montserrat - Plymouth, Brades, Little Bay 

29. Navassa Island - Washington, D.C. (territory of U.S.)

30. Nicaragua - Managua ( Central America)

31. Panama (Panamá) - Panama City ( Central America)

32. Puerto Rico - San Juan (territory of U.S.)

33. Saba - The Bottom (territory of Netherlands)

34. Saint Barthelemy - Gustavia (territory of France)

35. Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

36. Saint Lucia - Castries

37. Saint Martin - Marigot (territory of France)

38. Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Saint-Pierre (territory of France)

39. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

40. Sint Eustatius - Oranjestad (territory of Netherlands)

41. Sint Maarten - Philipsburg (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

42. Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain

43. Turks and Caicos - Cockburn Town (British Overseas Territory)

44. United States of America - Washington, District of Columbia

45. US Virgin Islands - Charlotte Amalie (territory of U.S.)

South America

Key highlights

• Continent of bird

• Fourth largest continent (12%)

• Fifth place in population (5.68%-2010 AD)

• Biggest river – Amazon 

• Largest country – Brazil

• Smallest country – Suriname

• Highest peak – Aconcagua (6962 m)

• Lowest place – Peninsula Velda

• Landlocked country – 2 ( Biggest landlocked country Bolivia)

• Biggest glacier – Perito Moreno

There are 13 countries and 3 territory in south America continent :

1. Argentina - Buenos Aires

2. Bolivia - Sucré

3. Brazil (Brasil) - Brasília

4. Chile - Santiago

5. Colombia - Bogotá

6. Ecuador - Quito

7. Falkland Islands - Stanley (territory of U.K.)

8. French Guiana - Cayenne (territory of France)

9. Guyana - Georgetown

10. Paraguay - Asunción

11. Peru - Lima

12. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - (territory of U.K.)

13. Suriname - Paramaribo

14. Uruguay - Montevideo

15. Venezuela - Caracas

Antarctica

Key highlights

• Continent of ice sheet

• No human population 

• Fifth largest continent (9%)

• No river but land is covered by ice

• Highest peak – Vinson Massif

• Lowest place – Denman glacier 

• Biggest glacier – Lambert 

There are no countries.

Europe

Key highlights 

• The peninsula of peninsulas

• Second last smallest continent (6.8%)

• Third place in population (9.94%-2010 AD)

• Longest river – Volga

• Largest country – Russia 

• Smallest country – Vatican City

• Landlocked countries – 18 (Biggest landlocked country Belarus)

• Highest peak – Mount Elbrus (5642 m)

• Lowest place – Bay of Caspian sea

• Biggest glacier – Vatnajokull

There are 46 countries:

1. Albania - Tirana

2. Andorra - Andorra la Vella

3. Austria - Vienna

4. Belarus - Minsk

5. Belgium - Brussels

6. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina) - Sarajevo

7. Bulgaria - Sofia

8. Croatia - Zagreb

9. Cyprus - Nicosia

10. Czech Republic - Prague

11. Denmark - Copenhagen

12. Estonia - Tallinn

13. Finland - Helsinki

14. France - Paris

15. Germany - Berlin

16. Greece - Athens

17. Hungary - Budapest

18. Iceland** (Island) - Reykjavik

19. Republic of Ireland - Dublin

20. Italy (Italia) - Rome

21. Kosovo** - Pristina

22. Latvia - Riga

23. Liechtenstein - Vaduz

24. Lithuania - Vilnius

25. Luxembourg - Luxembourg City

26. North Macedonia - Skopje

27. Malta - Valletta

28. Moldova - Chisinau

29. Monaco - Monte Carlo Quarter

30. Montenegro - Podgorica

31. Netherlands - Amsterdam (Capital), The Hague (Government)

32. Norway - Oslo

33. Poland - Warsaw

34. Portugal - Lisbon

35. Romania - Bucharest

36. Russia** Moscow (Europe up to the Ural Mountains; Asia: the rest to Vladivostok)

37. San Marino - San Marino

38. Serbia - Belgrade

39. Slovakia - Bratislava

40. Slovenia - Ljubljana

41. Spain - Madrid

42. Sweden - Stockholm

43. Switzerland  - Bern

44. Ukraine - Kyiv or Kiev

45. United Kingdom - London

46. Vatican City - Vatican City 

Australia ( The Oceania )

Key highlights 

• Continent of Kangaroo 

• Smallest continent (5.3%)

• Population- 0.54% 2010 AD

• Largest country – Australia 

• Smallest country – Nauru

• Landlocked countries – 0 

• Highest peak – Kosciuszko (2228 m)

• Lowest place/point – lake Eyre

The countries (14 total) are listed below according to their UN classification:

1. Australia - Canberra

2. Federated States of Micronesia - Palikir

3. Fiji - suva

4. Kiribati - South Tarawa

5. Marshall Islands - Majuro

6. Nauru - no capital; biggest city is Yaren

7. New Zealand - Wellington

8. Palau - Melekeok

9. Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

10. Samoa - Apia

11. Solomon Islands - Honiara

12. Tonga - Nuku'alofa

13. Tuvalu - Funafuti

14. Vanuatu - Port Vila