Continents of the World

 ASIA includes 50 countries, and it is the most populated continent, the 60% of the total population of the Earth live here. (43,820,000 sq.km.)

 List of countries in Asia: Bahrain, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Syria, U.A.E., Cyprus, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen, China,  North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand,    Philippines Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,  and  Krygyzstan.

 AFRICA comprises 54 countries. It is the hottest continent and home of the world's largest desert,the Sahara, occupying the 25% of the total area of Africa. (30,370,000 sq. km.) 

List of countries in Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic(CAR), Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho,Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco,Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia,Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

 NORTH AMERICA includes 23 countries led by the USA as the largest economy in the world. (24,490,000 sq. km.)

List of countries in North America: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala,Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States of America (USA).

SOUTH AMERICA comprises 12 countries. Here is located the largest forest, the Amazon rain forest, which covers 30% of the South America total area. (17,840,000 sq. km.).

List of countries in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and 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. (13,720,000 sq. km.).

 EUROPE comprises 51 countries. It is the most developed economically continent with the European Union as the biggest economic and political union in the world. (10,180,000 sq.km.).

List of countries in Europe: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus,Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia(FYROM),Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey Ukraine,United Kingdom (UK) and Vatican City. 

 AUSTRALIA includes 14 countries. It is the least populated continent after Antarctica, only 0.3% of the total Earth population live here. (9,008,500 sq. km.).

List of countries in Australia:  Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia,Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu.