List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America

The following is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America, including their capitals, official languages, currencies, population, area, and GDP per capita at PPP.

South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean. North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. South America has an area of approximately 17,840,000 square kilometres (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2008, its population is more than 380 million, according to estimates of population in the The World Factbook. South America ranks fourth among all continents in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).^[1]

The division between North and South America is unclear, lying somewhere in the Isthmus of Panama, however, Panama is considered to be part of North America.

Sovereign states

Flag	Map	English short and formal names [6][7][8]	Domestic short and formal names [6][7]	Capital [8][9][10]	Population [11]	Area [12]
		Argentina Argentine Republic	Spanish: Argentina — República Argentina	Buenos Aires Spanish: Ciudad de Buenos Aires	41,769,726	02780400 !2,780,400 km2 (1,073,518 sq mi)
		Bolivia Plurinational State of Bolivia	Spanish: Bolivia — Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia	Sucre (constitutional) Spanish: Sucre[B] La Paz (administrative) Spanish: La Paz	10,118,683	01098581 !1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi)
		Brazil Federative Republic of Brazil	Portuguese: Brasil — República Federativa do Brasil	Brasília Portuguese: Brasília	203,429,773	08514877 !8,514,877 km2 (3,287,612 sq mi)
		ChileJ Republic of Chile	Spanish: Chile — República de Chile	Santiago[C] Spanish: Santiago	16,888,760	00756102 !756,102 km2 (291,933 sq mi)
		Colombia Republic of Colombia	Spanish: Colombia — República de Colombia	Bogotá / Santa Fe de Bogotá Spanish: Bogotá	46,366,364	01138910 !1,138,910 km2 (439,736 sq mi)
		Ecuador Republic of Ecuador	Spanish: Ecuador — República del Ecuador	Quito Spanish: Quito	15,007,343	00283561 !283,561 km2 (109,484 sq mi)
		Guyana Co-operative Republic of Guyana	English: Guyana — Co-operative Republic of Guyana	Georgetown Spanish: Georgetown	744,768	00214969 !214,969 km2 (83,000 sq mi)
		Paraguay Republic of Paraguay	Spanish: Paraguay — República del Paraguay Guarani: Paraguai — Tetã Paraguai	Asunción Spanish: Asunción	6,459,058	00406752 !406,752 km2 (157,048 sq mi)
		Peru Republic of Peru	Aymara: Perú Quechua: Perú[G] Spanish: Perú — República del Perú	Lima Spanish: Lima	29,248,943	01285216 !1,285,216 km2 (496,225 sq mi)
		Suriname Republic of Suriname	Dutch: Suriname — Republiek Suriname	Paramaribo Dutch: Paramaribo	491,989	00163820 !163,820 km2 (63,251 sq mi)
		Uruguay Eastern Republic of Uruguay / Oriental Republic of Uruguay	Spanish: Uruguay — República Oriental del Uruguay	Montevideo Spanish: Montevideo	3,308,535	00176215 !176,215 km2 (68,037 sq mi)
		Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	Spanish: Venezuela — República Bolivariana de Venezuela[H]	Caracas Spanish: Caracas	27,635,743	00912050 !912,050 km2 (352,144 sq mi)

Non-sovereign territories

Dependent territories

Flag	Map	English name[6][8]	Legal status	Domestic name	Capital[9]	Population[11]	Area[12]
		Falkland Islands	British overseas territory	English: Falkland Islands	Stanley English: Stanley	3,140	00012173 !12,173 km2 (4,700 sq mi)
		[13]	British overseas territory	English: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	King Edward Point English: King Edward Point	0	00003903 !3,903 km2 (1,507 sq mi)

Integral territories of states outside of South America

Flag	Map	English name[6][8]	Legal status	Domestic name	Capital[9]	Population[11]	Area[12]
		French Guiana[D]	Overseas region of France	French: Guyane	Cayenne French: Cayenne	7005250109000000000250,109[14]	00083534 !83,534 km2 (32,253 sq mi)

Economic statistics

See also

• by GDP
  • by GDP per
  • by GDP PPP
• by population
  • by population density

Notes

• ^A The CIA's estimate for GDP per capita (PPP) is used in the article. For the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's estimates, see List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita.
• ^B La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia; Sucre is the judicial seat.
• ^C Santiago is the administrative capital of Chile; Valparaíso is the site of legislative meetings.
• ^D The figures in this table only apply to French Guiana (which is an overseas department and region of France), not France itself.
• ^E The estimated area of French Guiana varies from 83,534 to 91,000 square kilometres based on the source.^[30]
• ^F This table only takes into account French Guiana's Gross Regional Product (GRP), not the entire gross national product of France.
• ^G Aymara is given limited recognition as an official language of Peru.^[31]
• ^H Article 9 of the 1999 Constitution of Venezuela also recognizes all indigenous languages spoken in the country. "Indigenous languages are also for official use for Indigenous peoples and must be respected throughout the Republic's territory for being part of the nation's and humanity's patrimonial culture.'^[32]
• ^I Usually considered to be part of North America due to social and political reasons
• ^J Includes Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, a Chilean territory frequently reckoned in Oceania.

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