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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia, along with other areas of special political status.
Contents
- United Nations Member States
- United Nations Observer States
- States with limited recognition
- Dependent territories
- Special areas of internal sovereignty
- References
Eurasia is a continent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia. It is divided from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez. Some states such as Malta are traditionally part of Eurasia, however they lie on the African tectonic plate. It is separated from Australasia (Oceania) somewhere in the Malay archipelago, and is usually considered as including Indonesia and Timor-Leste (East Timor).
Some areas are associated with Eurasian states, being part of them or dependent upon them, but are not physically in it. Examples are the Danish territory of Greenland, French overseas departments, some British Overseas Territories, and the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
United Nations Member States
The following is a list of internationally recognized sovereign states and are members of the United Nations.
United Nations Observer States
Non-member sovereign states are free to submit a petition to join as a full member at their discretion. The petition is then evaluated by the United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly. For example, Switzerland was a permanent observer state from 1948 to 2002, until becoming a full member on September 10, 2002. Currently, there are two observer non-member states: the Holy See and Palestine. They are both permanent observers, described as "Non-member States having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining permanent observer missions at Headquarters".
States with limited recognition
The following entities are not UN member states and have limited or no recognition. However, they are defined as states by the declarative theory of statehood.
Dependent territories
The following places are territories in Eurasia that remain outside the controlling states integral area
Special areas of internal sovereignty
The following places are integral parts of their controlling state, but have a political arrangement which was decided by agreements with other states