This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia, along with other areas of special political status.
Eurasia is a large geographical region comprising the continents of Asia and Europe. It is divided from Africa by the Suez Canal. It is separated from Oceania somewhere in Wallacea, and is usually considered to be including Indonesia and Timor-Leste (East Timor).
Malta is traditionally a part of Eurasia. However, the island country lies on the African Plate. It is geologically associated with the continent of Africa.
Some areas are associated with Eurasian states, being parts of them or dependent upon them, but are not physically in it. Examples are the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland, the French overseas territories, the Spanish autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and most of the British Overseas Territories.
The following is a list of internationally recognised sovereign states that are member states of the United Nations.
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 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). For example, Switzerland was a UNGA non-member observer state from 1948 to 2002, until becoming a full member of the UN on September 10, 2002. Currently, there are two non-member observer states, namely the Holy See and the State of Palestine. They are both referred to 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".
The following entities are not member states of the United Nations and have limited or no recognition. However, they are defined as states by the declarative theory of statehood.
The following entities are territories in Eurasia that remain outside the controlling state's integral area.
The following entities are an integral part of their administering state but have a political arrangement which was decided by an agreement with another sovereign state.