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This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands VGB English: Virgin Islands: Road Town: 31,122 153 km 2 (59 sq mi) United States dollar: Cayman Islands CYM English: Cayman Islands: George Town: 68,136 262 km 2 (101 sq mi) Cayman Islands dollar: Montserrat [n 1] MSR English: Montserrat: Plymouth (de jure — abandoned) Brades (de facto — seat of ...
Wieringen, Schokland and Urk are former islands, now part of a polder; De Kreupel, an artificial island, constructed to be a bird refuge; The Marker Wadden archipelago, a collection of artificial islands in the Markermeer
Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country of the Kingdom ...
The Greenland national football team, while not officially part of any confederation, has historically competed against teams from Europe, rather than North America. Three islands in the Caribbean are legally a direct part of the Netherlands, that is the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius).
This is a list of countries and dependent territories in the Americas by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections. Table [ edit ]
Transcontinental countries in Europe and Africa, classified as Southern European countries by the United Nations Statistics Division: Italy (Pantelleria and the Pelagie Islands), Malta, Portugal (Madeira [including the Savage Islands]), and Spain (Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Alboran Island, and Spain's plazas de soberanía).