This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas. The Americas (also known as America or the 'New World') are the landmasses of North America and South America, collectively sometimes considered a single continent. The Americas are almost entirely located in the Western Hemisphere, with some of the north-west islands of Alaska entering the Eastern Hemisphere. The majority of islands lying in the Atlantic between the Americas and Afroeurasia, such as Iceland, are not normally associated with the Americas and are therefore excluded from this list.
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The following is a list of sovereign states in the Americas. All are members of the United Nations and the Organization of American States, although Honduras has been suspended from the latter.
| Flag | English short name | English long name | Capital | Domestic long names | Independence |
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| Antigua and Barbuda[1] | Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | English: Antigua and Barbuda | 1981 | |
| Argentina[2][3] | Argentine Republic | Buenos Aires | Spanish: República Argentina | 1816 | |
| Bahamas[1] | Commonwealth of The Bahamas | Nassau | English: Commonwealth of The Bahamas | 1973 | |
| Barbados[1] | Barbados | Bridgetown | English: Barbados | 1966 | |
| Belize[1] | Belize | Belmopan | English: Belize Spanish: Belice |
1981 | |
| Bolivia[4] | Plurinational State of Bolivia |
La Paz & Sucre [B] | Spanish: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia | 1825 | |
| Brazil[3] | Federative Republic of Brazil |
Brasília | Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil | 1822 | |
| Canada[5] | Canada | Ottawa | English: Canada French: Canada |
1931 | |
| Chile[2][6] | Republic of Chile |
Santiago[C] | Spanish: República de Chile | 1818 | |
| Colombia[4] | Republic of Colombia |
Bogotá | Spanish: República de Colombia | 1810 | |
| Costa Rica | Republic of Costa Rica |
San José | Spanish: República de Costa Rica | 1821 | |
| Cuba | Republic of Cuba |
Havana | Spanish: República de Cuba | 1902 | |
| Dominica[1] | Commonwealth of Dominica | Roseau | English: Commonwealth of Dominica | 1978 | |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo | Spanish: República Dominicana | 1844 | |
| Ecuador[4][6] | Republic of Ecuador |
Quito | Spanish: República del Ecuador | 1822 | |
| El Salvador | Republic of El Salvador |
San Salvador | Spanish: República de El Salvador | 1821 | |
| Grenada[1] | Grenada | St. George's | English: Grenada | 1974 | |
| Guatemala | Republic of Guatemala |
Guatemala City | Spanish: República de Guatemala | 1821 | |
| Guyana[1] | Co-operative Republic of Guyana | Georgetown | English: Co-operative Republic of Guyana | 1966 | |
| Haiti[1] | Republic of Haiti | Port-au-Prince | French: République d'Haïti | 1804 | |
| Honduras | Republic of Honduras |
Tegucigalpa | Spanish: República de Honduras | 1821 | |
| Jamaica[1] | Jamaica | Kingston | English: Jamaica | 1962 | |
| Mexico[5] | United Mexican States | Mexico City | Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos | 1810 | |
| Nicaragua | Republic of Nicaragua | Managua | Spanish: República de Nicaragua | 1821 | |
| Panama | Republic of Panama | Panama City | Spanish: República de Panamá | 1903 | |
| Paraguay[3] | Republic of Paraguay | Asunción | Spanish: República del Paraguay Guarani: Tetã Paraguái |
1811 | |
| Peru[4] | Republic of Peru | Lima | Spanish: República del Perú | 1821 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis[1] | Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | English: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1983 | |
| Saint Lucia[1] | Saint Lucia | Castries | English: Saint Lucia | 1979 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[1] | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | English: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1979 | |
| Suriname[1] | Republic of Suriname | Paramaribo | Dutch: Republiek Suriname | 1975 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago[1] | Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | English: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | 1962 | |
| United States[5][6] | United States of America | Washington, D.C. | English: United States of America | 1776 | |
| Uruguay[3] | Oriental Republic of Uruguay | Montevideo | Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay | 1827 | |
| Venezuela | Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | Caracas | Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela | 1811 |
The territories on this list are not sovereign states. This includes dependent territories of American countries listed above, or are territories that are either part of or subject to a non-American country.
| Flag | English short name | English long name | Political status | Capital | Domestic short names |
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| Anguilla | Anguilla | Territory of the United Kingdom | The Valley | English: Anguilla | |
| Aruba | Aruba | Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Oranjestad | Dutch: Aruba | |
| Bermuda | Bermuda Islands | Territory of the United Kingdom | Hamilton | English: Bermuda Portuguese: Bermudas |
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| Bonaire | Bonaire | Part (special municipality) of the Netherlands | Kralendijk | Dutch: Bonaire Papiamento: Boneiru |
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| British Virgin Islands | British Virgin Islands | Territory of the United Kingdom | Road Town | English: British Virgin Islands | |
| Cayman Islands | Cayman Islands | Territory of the United Kingdom | George Town | English: Cayman Islands | |
| Clipperton Island[7] | Clipperton Island | French government possession | Uninhabited | French: Île de la Passion | |
| Curaçao | Curaçao | Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Willemstad | Dutch: Curaçao Papiamento: Kòrsou |
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| Falkland Islands[8] | Falkland Islands | Territory of the United Kingdom | Stanley | English: Falkland Islands | |
| French Guiana | French Guiana | Part (overseas department) of France | Cayenne | French: Guyane française | |
| Greenland | Greenland | Country of the Kingdom of Denmark | Nuuk | Kalaallisut: Kalaallit Nunaat Danish: Grønland |
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| Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | Part (overseas department) of France | Basse-Terre | French: Guadeloupe | |
| Martinique | Martinique | Part (overseas department) of France | Fort-de-France | French: Martinique | |
| Montserrat[1] | Montserrat | Territory of the United Kingdom | Plymouth | English: Montserrat | |
| Navassa Island[9] | Navassa Island | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Uninhabited | English: Navassa Island | |
| Puerto Rico | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | Unincorporated commonwealth of the USA | San Juan | Spanish: Puerto Rico English: Puerto Rico |
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| Saba | Saba | Part (special municipality) of the Netherlands | The Bottom | Dutch: Saba | |
| Saint Barthélemy | Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy | Overseas collectivity of France | Gustavia | French: Saint-Barthélemy | |
| Saint Martin | Collectivity of Saint Martin | Overseas collectivity of France | Marigot | French: Saint-Martin | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Overseas collectivity of France | Saint-Pierre | French: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | |
| Sint Eustatius | Sint Eustatius | Part (special municipality) of the Netherlands | Oranjestad | Dutch: Sint Eustatius | |
| Sint Maarten | Sint Maarten | Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Philipsburg | Dutch: Sint Maarten | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[8] | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Territory of the United Kingdom | King Edward Point | English: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands | Territory of the United Kingdom | Cockburn Town | English: Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| United States Virgin Islands | United States Virgin Islands | Unincorporated organized territory of the USA | Charlotte Amalie | English: United States Virgin Islands |
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