List of Mediterranean countries
The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea or are located within the Mediterranean Basin.[1] Twenty sovereign states in Southern Europe, Western Asia and North African border the sea itself, while two island nations are completely surrounded by it (Malta and Cyprus); additionally, the United Kingdom is present through two British Overseas Territories: Gibraltar in the west and Akrotiri & Dhekelia in the east.
While not having a coastline in the Mediterranean, Portugal, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican City, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Jordan are sometimes classified as Mediterranean countries based on their biography (climate and flora) and their geographical, economic, geopolitical, historical, ethnic and cultural (language, art, music, cuisine) ties to the region as a whole.[2][3]
List of countries on the Mediterranean Sea
[edit | edit source]Below is the list of the countries and territories bordering the Mediterranean, listed clockwise from Gibraltar on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula:
Southern European coast, from west to east
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain[4]
- File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar[4] (British Overseas Territory)
- File:Flag of France.svg France[4]
- File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco[4]
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy[4]
- File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta[4]
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia[4]
- File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia[4]
- File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina[4]
- File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro[4]
- File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania[4]
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece[4]
- File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus[4]
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (East Thrace)[4]
Western Asian coast, from north to south
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (Anatolia)[4]
- File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus[4]
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Overseas Territory)
- File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon[4]
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel[4]
- File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine (Gaza Strip)[4]
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Northern African coast, from east to west
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt[4]
- File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya[4]
- File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia[4]
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria[4]
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco[4]
List of countries in the Mediterranean Basin
[edit | edit source]Below is the list of the countries and territories in the biogeographical Mediterranean Basin.
Southern Europe
- File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain[4]
- File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar[4] (British Overseas Territory)
- File:Flag of France.svg France[4]
- File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco[4]
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy[4]
- File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta[4]
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia[4]
- File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia[4]
- File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina[4]
- File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro[4]
- File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania[4]
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece[4]
- File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus[4]
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Overseas Territory)
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
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Western Asia
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Overseas Territory)
- File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus[4]
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel[4]
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon[4]
- File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine
- File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria[4]
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Northern Africa
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria[4]
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt[4]
- File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya[4]
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco[4]
- File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia[4]
Other countries
[edit | edit source]- List of countries in the Mediterranean Basin by ecoregion
- List of countries in the drainage basin of the Mediterranean Sea
See also
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