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South America Continent

🌎South America 2024

On the South America continent there are 12 sovereign countries and 4 territories/dependencies , according to the United Nations.

Code:SA
Countries:There are twelve sovereign country on the South America continent.
Territories and Dependencies:There are only four territories or dependencies in South America.
Area:17,840,000.00 km² (11,087,632.07 mi²).
Area Text:Seventeen million eight hundred forty thousand km²
(Eleven million eighty-seven thousand six hundred thirty-two mi²).

Countires of South America

There are twelve sovereign countries on the South America continent with independent central governments, and the list of countries may change over time depending on local politics.

CountryISO 3166-1RegionRegion WB
ArgentinaARLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
BoliviaBOLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
BrazilBRLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
ChileCLLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
ColombiaCOLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
EcuadorECLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
GuyanaGYLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
ParaguayPYLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
PeruPELatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
SurinameSRLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
UruguayUYLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
VenezuelaVELatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean

Territories/Dependencies in South America

CountryISO 3166-1RegionRegion WB
ArubaAWLatin America and The Caribbean › CaribbeanLatin America & Caribbean
CuraçaoCWLatin America and The Caribbean › CaribbeanLatin America & Caribbean
Falkland IslandsFKLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean
French GuianaGFLatin America and The Caribbean › South AmericaLatin America & Caribbean

Countries partly exist in South America

There are 1 countries in South America, but they do not officially belong to South America. As you can see in the table below, these countries belong to another continent.

CountryISO 3166-1Sub RegionRegion WB
PanamaPACentral AmericaLatin America & Caribbean