• The biggest continent in the world, Asia includes 50 independent
countries and occupies the eastern part of the single Eurasian landmass.
LIST OF ASIAN COUNTRIES
1. AFGAANISTAN 17. JAPAN 33. PHILIPPINES 49. VIETNAM
2. ARMENIA 18. JORDAN 34. QATAR 50. YEMEN 3. AZERBAIJAN 19. KAZAKHSTAN 35. RUSSIA 4. BAHRAIN 20. KUWAIT 36. SAUDIA ARABIA 5. BANGLADESH 21. KYRGYZSTAN 37. SINGAPORE 6. BHUTAN 22. LAOS 38. SOUTH KOREA 7. BRUNEI 23. LEBNON 39. SRI LANKA 8. CAMBODIA 24. MALAYSIA 40. SYRIA 9. CHINA 25. MALDIVES 41. TAIWAN 10. CYPRUS 26. MONGOLIA 42. TAJIKISTAN 11. GEORGIA 27. MYANMAR 43. THAILAND 12. INDIA 28. NEPAL 44. TIMOR- LESTE 13. INDONESIA 29. NORTH KOREA 45. TURKEY 14. IRAN 30. OMAN 46. TURKMENISTAN 15. IRAQ 31. PAKISTAN 47. UAE 16. ISRAEL 32. PALESTINE 48. UZBEKISTAN Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (the first being Asia in both categories).
1. ALGERIA 20. GABON 39. RWANDA
2. ANGOLA 21. GAMBIA 40. SAO TOME AND 3. BENIN 22. GHANA PRINCIPE 4. BOTSWANA 23. GUIENA 41. SENEGAL 5. BURKINA FASO 24. GUIENA-BISSAU 42. SEYCHELLES 6. BURUNDI 25. KENYA 43. SIERRA LEONE 7. CABO VERDE 26. LESOTHO 44. SOMALIA 8. CAMEROON 27. LIBERIA 45. SOUTH AFRICA 9. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 28. LIBYA 46. SOUTH SUDAN 10. CHAD 29. MADAGASCAR 47. SUDAN 11. COMOROS 30. MALAWI 48. SWAZILAND 12. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 31. MALI 49. TANZANIA 13. REPUBLIC OF CONGO 32. MAURITANIA 50. TOGO 14. COTE d’IVOIRE 33. MAURITIUS 51. TUNISIA 15. DJIBOUTI 34. MOROCCO 52. UGANDA 16. EGYPT 35. MOZAMBIQUE 53. ZAMBIA 17. EQUATRIAL GUIENA 36. NAMIBIA 54. ZIMBABWE 18. ERITREA 37. NIGER 19. ETHIOPIA 38. NIGERIA • North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. • North America is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean from the north and by the Atlantic Ocean from the east, by the Pacific Ocean from the west and south.
1. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 13. HAITI
2. BAHAMAS 14. HONDURAS 3. BARBADOS 15. JAMAICA 4. BELIZ 16. MEXICO 5. CANADA 17. NICARAGUA 6. COSTA RICA 18. PANAMA 7. CUBA 19. SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 8. DOMINICA 20. SAINT LUCIA 9. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 21. SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 10. EL SALVADOR 22. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 11. GRENADA 23. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA ) 12. GUATEMALA • South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia AFRICA, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America)
• This continent occupies the entire southern part of the supercontinent of
the Americas, that's why is called South America.
List of countries in South America
1. ARGENTINA 7. GUYANA
2. BOLIVIA 8. PARAGUAY
3. BRAZIL 9. PERU
4. CHILE 10. SURINAME
5. COLOMBIA 11. URUGUAY
6. ECUADOR 12. VENEZUELA
• ANTARCTICA is the coldest continent in the world, completely covered with ice. There are no permanent inhabitants, except of scientists maintaining research stations in Antarctica.
• It is the fifth-largest continent.
For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice. • It is the most developed economically continent with the European Union as the biggest economic and political union in the world. • Europe is a unique continent, which is not surrounded by water from all directions, and has an overland border with the neighbouring Asia.
1. ALBANIA 17. GEORGIA 34. MONTENEGRO
2. ANDORRA 18. GERMANY 35. NETHERLANDS 3. ARMENIA 19. GREECE 36. NORWAY 4. AUSTRIA 20. HUNGARY 37. POLAND 5. AZERBAIJAN 21. ICELAND 38. PORTUGAL 6. BALARUS 22. IRELAND 39. ROMANIA 7. BELGIUM 23. ITALY 40. RUSSIA 8. BOSNIA AND 24. KAZAKHSTAN 41. SAN MARINO HERZEGOVINA 25. KOSOVO 42. SERBIA 9. BULGARIA 26. LATIVA 43. SLOVAKIA 10. CROATIA 27. LIECHTENSTEIN 44. SLOVENIA 11. CYPRUS 27. LITHUANIA 45. SPAIN 12. CZECH REPUBLIC 28. LUXEMBOURG 46. SWEDEN 13. DENMARK 29. MACEDONIA 47. SWITZERLAND 14. ESTONIA 30. MALTA 48. TURKEY 15. FINLAND 31. MOLDOVA 49. UKRAINE 16. FRANCE 32. MONACO 50. VATICAN CITY • The smallest in the world continent of Australia and Oceania is surrounded by the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans.