Learn the Country Shapes
The Americas contains 35 countries, also known as the Western Hemisphere and the New World, comprise the totality of territories in North America, South America and the Caribbean.
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Countries (35)
Dependencies and other territories.
Africa contains 54 countries. It's the second (2nd) largest continent in the world.
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Countries (54)
Dependencies and other territories.
Asia contains 47 countries and is the Earth's largest and most populous continent. Asia covers about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area.
Important:- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia and Turkey are classified as Asian countries by the United Nations Statistics Division. More info here.
- Russia is a transcontinental country (located on more than one continent, Asia and Europe). European Russia contains about 77% of the country's population. The majority of Russian economy is European. Russia is considered as a part of Europe.
- The State of Palestine status is described as 'de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine' but not independent.
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Countries (47)
Dependencies and other territories.
Europe includes 44 independent countries and is the second smallest continent.
Important:- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia and Turkey are classified as Asian countries by the United Nations Statistics Division. More info here.
- Russia is a transcontinental country (located on more than one continent, Asia and Europe). European Russia contains about 77% of the country's population. The majority of Russian economy is European. Russia is considered as a part of Europe.
- Kosovo self-declared independent country from Serbia in February 2008, but still a significant number of countries do not recognize Kosovo’s declaration of independence.
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Countries (44)
Dependencies and other territories.
Oceania includes 14 independent countries and is the smallest continent in the world.
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