Political map of the world
What can you learn from a political world map showing the countries of the globe? A surprising amount, apart from the geography. There are hundreds of countries in the world, as shown on any political map of the globe. The countries are divided into 7 continents, shown below. This is followed by information on the countries of the world, with the country and world maps labeled and including information on population, capital cities and currencies.
World Map with Continents
A political world map labeled with continents
Continent Area Population Density (km2) Percentage
Asia 31,033,131 4,545,133,094 146 59.55%
Africa 29,648,481 1,287,920,518 43 16.87%
Europe 22,134,900 742,648,010 34 9.73%
North America 21,329,926 587,615,976 28 7.70%
South America 17,461,112 428,240,515 25 5.61%
Australia/Oceani 8,486,460 41,261,212 5 0.54%
Antarctica 3,720,000 0 0 0.00%
Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe and Oceania are considered to be Continents.
The word continent is used to differentiate between the various large areas of the world into which all the surface of Earth is divided and shown on world map. So, a continent is “a large, continuous area of land on Earth”. But all the continents together take up less than one-third of the earth’s surface because more than two-thids of the earth is covered by water. Two-thirds of the continental land mass is located in the Northern Hemisphere (the upper half of the globe, north of the equator).
Countries of the world: a political world map
A political world map labeled with countries
Asia Map
The political map of Asia labeled with countries
Asia is the world’s biggest continent with the largest population. It covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometres (17,212,000 sq mi), about 30% of the Earth’s total land area and 8.7% of the total surface area. The continent, home to most of the world’s people, was the site of many of the first civilizations in the world.
Country Capital Population Currency
Afghanistan Kabul 36.80 million Afghani
Armenia Yerevan 2.925 million Armenian Dram
Azerbaijan Baku 9.962 million Manat
Bahrain Manama 1.525 million Dinar
Bangladesh Dhaka 166.36 million Taka
Bhutan Thimphu 817,765 Ngultrum
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 434,196 Bruneian Dollar
Cambodia Phnom Penh 16.25 million Cambodian Riel
China Beijing 1.421 billion Renminbi
Cyprus Nicosia 1.18 million Euro
Egypt Cairo 98.75 million Egyptian pound
Georgia Tbilisi 3.90 million Georgian Lari
India New Delhi 1.4 billion Indian Rupee
Indonesia Jakarta 267 million Indonesian Rupiah
Iran Tehran 82.11 million Iranian Rial
Iraq Baghdad 39.33 million Iraqi Dinar
Israel Jerusalem 8.40 million Israeli new Shekel
Japan Tokyo 127.19 million Japanese yen
Jordan Amman 9.90 million Jordanian dinar
Kazakhstan Astana 18.45 million Kazakhstani Tenge
Kuwait Kuwait City 4.80 million Kuwaiti dinar
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 6.13 million Kyrgyzstani som
Laos Vientiane 7.98 million Lao kip Lao
Lebanon Beirut 6.9 million Lebanese pound
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 31.90 million Malaysian ringgit
Maldives Malé 444,259 Maldivian rufiyaa
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 3.12 million Mongolian tögrög
Myanmar
(Burma) Nay Pyi Taw 53.90 million Burmese kyat
Nepal Kathmandu 29.63 million Nepalese rupee
North Korea Pyongyang 25.60 million North Korean won
Oman Muscat 4.82 million Omani rial
Pakistan Islamabad 200 million Pakistani rupee
Palestine Ramallah 5.1 million Pound, Dinar
Philippines Manila 107 million Philippine peso
Qatar Doha 2.70 million Qatari riyal
Russia Moscow 15 million Russian ruble
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 33.55 million Saudi riyal
Singapore Singapore 5.74 million Singapore dollar
South Korea Seoul 51.30 million South Korean won
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte 20.98 million SriLankan rupee
Syria Damascus 18.27 million Syrian pound
Taiwan Taipei 23.70 million Taiwan dollar
Tajikistan Dushanbe 9.107 million Tajikistani somoni
Thailand Bangkok 69.18 million Thai baht
Timor-Leste Dili 1.35 million Dollar and Rupiah
Turkey Ankara 81.520 million Turkish lira
Turkmenistan Ashgabat 5.851 million Turkmenistan mana
tUAE Abu Dhabi 9.543 million UAE Dirham
Uzbekistan Tashkent 32.364 million Uzbekistani soʻm
Vietnam Hanoi 96.500 million Vietnamese dong
Yemen Sana’a 28.915 million Yemeni rial
South Ossetia Tskhinvali 53,000 Russian ruble
Northern
Cyprus North Nicosia 1.199 million Turkish lira
Artsakh Stepanakert 138.000 Armenian dram
Abkhazia Sukhumi 550,000 Russian Ruble
Akrotiri and
Dhekelia
Episkopi Cantonment 15,700 Euro
Hong Kong Hong Kong 7.38 million Hong Kong dollar
Macau Macau 650,167 Macanese pataca
Africa Map
The political map of Africa labeled with countries
Africa is the world’s second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories). At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.2 billion as of 2016, it accounts for about 16% of the world’s human population.
Country Capital City Population Currency
Algeria Algiers 41. 766 million Algerian Dinar
Angola Luanda 30.421 million Angolan kwanza
Benin Porto-Novo 11.375 million CFA Franc
Botswana Gaborone 2.318 million Botswana pula
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 19.535 million CFA Franc
Burundi Bujumbura 11.216 million Burundian franc
Cabo Verde Praia 550,908 Escudo
Cameroon Yaoundé 24.457 million CFA Franc
Central African
Republic(CAR) Bangui 4.745 million CFA Franc
Chad N’Djamena 15.913 million CFA Franc
Comoros Moroni 825,949 Comorian Franc
Democratic Republic
of the Congo Kinshasa 83.097 million Congolese franc
Republic of Congo Brazzaville 5.350 million CFA franc
Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 24.689 million CFA franc
Djibouti Djibouti 966.524 Djiboutian franc
Egypt Cairo 98.75 million Egyptian pound
Equatorial Guinea Malabo 1.300 million CFA franc
Eritrea Asmara 5.145 million Eritrean nakfa
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 106.700 million Ethiopian birr
Gabon Libreville 2.053 million CFA franc
Gambia Banjul 2.241 million Gambian dalasi
Ghana Accra 29.241 million Ghanaian cedi
Guinea Conakry 12.933 million Guinean franc
Guinea- Bissau Bissau 1.891 million CFA franc
Kenya Nairobi 50.510 million Kenyan shilling
Lesotho Maseru 2.252 million SA rand, Lesotho loti
Liberia Monrovia 4.810 million Liberian dollar
Libya Tripoli 6.434 million Libyan dinar
Madagascar Antananarivo 26.016 million Malagasy ariary, franc
Malawi Lilongwe 18.972 million Malawian kwacha
Mali Bamako 18.995 million CFA franc
Mauritania Nouakchott 4.497 million Mauritanian ouguiya
Mauritius Port Louis 1.267 million Mauritian rupee
Morocco Rabat 36.023 million Moroccan dirham
Mozambique Maputo 30. 221 million Mozambican metical
Namibia Windhoek 2.568 million SA rand, Namibian dollar
Niger Niamey 22.015 million CFA franc
Nigeria Abuja 194.110 million Nigerian naira
Rwanda Kigali 12.399 million Rwandan franc
Sao Tome
and Principe São Tomé 207,248 São Tomé, Príncipe dobra
Senegal Dakar 16.29 million CFA franc
Seychelles Victoria 95,064 Seychellois rupee
Sierra Leone Freetown 7.661 million Sierra Leonean leone
Somalia Mogadishu 15.026 million Somali shilling Somal
South Africa Pretoria 57.168 million South African rand
South Sudan Juba 12.805 million South Sudanese pound
Sudan Khartoum 41.171 million Sudanese pound
Swaziland Mbabane 1.382 million SA rand, Swazi lilangeni
Tanzania Dodoma 58.548 million Tanzanian shilling
Togo Lomé 7.925 million CFA franc
Tunisia Tunis 11.616 million Tunisian dinar
Uganda Kampala 43.769 million Ugandan shilling
Zambia Lusaka 17.434 million Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe Harare 16.778 million US dollar, Euro, Africa Rand
Europe Map
Europe in the world map labeled with countries
Europe covers around 10,180,000 square kms (3,930,000 sq mi), or two percent of the Earth’s surface (6.8% of the earth’s land area). According to the political world map, Europe has about 50 sovereign states of which the Russian Federation is the biggest and most populous, comprising 15% of its population and covering 39% of the continent As of 2016, Europe constituted 11% of the world population i.e., about 741 million.
Eastern Europe
Country Population Capital City Currency
Belarus 9,505,200 Minsk Ruble
Bulgaria 7,153,000 Sofia Lev
Czech Republic 10,565,000 Czechia Map Czech Koruna
Hungary 9,849,000 Budapest Forint
Moldova 3,550,000 Chisinau Moldovan Leu
Poland 38,500,000 Warsaw Złoty
Romania 19,870,000 Bucharest Romanian Leu
Russian Federation 146,544,000 Moscow Russian Ruble
Slovakia 5,421,000 Bratislava Euro
Ukraine 42,700,000 Kiev Hryv
Northern Europe
Country Population Capital City Currency
Denmark 5,740,000 Copenhagen Danish Krone
Estonia 1,313,000 Tallinn Euro
Faroe Islands (DK) 49,500 Tórshavn Faroese Króna
Finland 5,491,627 Helsinki Euro
Greenland (DK) 56,186 Nuuk Danish Krone
Iceland 332,529 Reykjavik Icelandic Króna
Ireland 4,635,000 Dublin Euro
Latvia 1,953,000 Riga Euro
Lithuania 2,890,000 Vilnius Euro
Northern Ireland (UK) 1.840.500 Belfast Pound Sterling
Norway 5,214,00 Oslo Norwegian Krone
Scotland (UK) 5 200,000 Edinburgh Pound Sterling
Sweden 9,753,627 Stockholm Swedish Krona
United Kingdom 66,000,000 London Pound Sterling
Wales (UK) 2 750 000 Cardiff Pound Sterling
Southern Europe
Country Population Capital City Currency
Albania 2,890,000 Tirana Lek
Andorra 71,700 Andorra la Vella Euro
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3,530,000 Sarajevo Convertible Mark
Croatia (Hrvatska) 4,225,000 Zagreb Croatian Kuna
Cyprus 848,300 Nicosia Euro / Turkish lira
Gibraltar (UK) 32,200 Gibraltar Gibraltar Pound
Greece 11,533,000 Athens Euro
Vatican City State 800 Vatican City Euro
Italy 60,796,000 Rome – Milan
