List of countries by continents
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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories of the world by continents
- By UN association:
- The 193 members of the United Nations (UN)
- The 2 General Assembly Observer States (the Vatican City State (sometimes Holy See) and the State of Palestine
- 'By other states:
- De facto states with disputed sovereignty
- States that lack international recognition
- Cook Islands and Niue, two states in free association with New Zealand, without UN membership
- By non-sovereign territories:
- Generally this includes non-sovereign territories recognized by the UN as part of any state.
- Dependent territories
- Other territories often regarded as separate geographical territories even through they are integral parts of their mother states (such as the overseas departments and regions of France)