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 located in 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]
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
Western Asian coast, from north to south
Northern African coast, from east to west
Below is the list of the countries and territories in the biogeographical Mediterranean Basin.
Southern Europe
Western Asia
Northern Africa
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