HOW MANY COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS ARE THERE IN AFRICA; THE WORLD. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF; LIST OF COUNTRIES AND THERE CAPITALS. NOTE ON CONTINENTS; LIST OF COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO THEIR CONTINENT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER....

There are 7 continents in the world.

There are 54 countries in Africa today.

There are 196 countries in the world today, depending on how you define a country. Some may say it’s more than 240, but the most appropriate answer you can give is 196

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

AFRICA; (30,370,000 sqkm) Has 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.

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

SOUTH AMERICA; (17,840,000 sq km) Includes 12 countries. Here is located the largest forest, the Amazon

rainforest, which covers 30% of the south American total area.

ATLANTICA; (13, 720,000 sq km) is the coldest continent in the world, completely covered with ice. There are no permanent in habitants, aside from scientists maintaining research stations in Atlantica.

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

AUSTRALIA; (9,008,500 sq km) includes 14 countries. It is the least populated continent after Antartica, only 0.3% of the total earth population lives there.