List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent
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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories of the world by continent, displayed with their respective national flags, including the following entities:
- By association within the UN system:
- The 193 United Nations member states (UN).
- Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN General Assembly observer state), which has diplomatic relations with 183 countries as of 7 January 2019.[1]
- Palestine (a UN General Assembly observer state), which has diplomatic relations with 140 countries as of 4 April 2024.[2]
- By Other States
- Generally this contains states with limited recognition and associated states not members of the United Nations
- Partially recognised de facto sovereign states without UN membership, such as the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- De facto sovereign states lacking general international recognition
- Cook Islands and Niue, two states in free association with New Zealand without UN membership
- By Dependent Territories of other UN member states:
- Generally this contains non-sovereign territories that are recognized by the UN as part of some member state.
- Dependent territories.
- Other territories often regarded as separate geographical territories even though they are integral parts of their mother countries (such as the overseas departments and regions of France).
This list divides the world using the seven-continent model, with islands grouped into adjacent continents. Variations on are noted below and discussed in the following articles: Continent, Boundaries between the continents of Earth, and List of transcontinental countries.