The list of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent data file is a plain text format describing the list of countries by continent, suitable for automated processing. Format Data file Note: This data was compiled by hand and may contain mistakes. One small modification is that the various "insular areas of the United States" listed above are recorded here as the single "United States Minor Outlying Islands" in Oceania. See also List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent List of countries and capitals in native languages List of national capitals Gallery of sovereign state flags Gallery of dependent territory flags References External links UN List of Territories CIA – The World Factbook European Commission: List of countries, territories and currencies Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids") Data file States (data file), list