List of Mediterranean countries

The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea.[1] Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe, the Levant and North Africa regions border the Mediterranean, in addition to two island nations completely located in it (Malta and Cyprus).

Political map of the Mediterranean Sea as of September 2004.

List of Countries

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

•  Portugal[2] (considered Mediterranean)
•  Spain[2]
•  Gibraltar[2] (a British Overseas Territory)
•  France[2]
•  Monaco[2]
•  Italy[2]
•  Malta[2]
•  Slovenia[2]
•  Croatia[2]
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina[2]
•  Montenegro[2]
•  Albania[2]
•  Greece[2]
•  Turkey[2]

Levantine coast, from north to south

•  Syria[2]
•  Northern Cyprus (de facto, disputed)
•  Republic of Cyprus[2]
•  Akrotiri and Dhekelia (a British Overseas Territory)
•  Lebanon[2]
•  Israel[2]
•  Palestine (Gaza Strip)
•  Jordan[2] (considered Mediterranean)

Northern African coast, from east to west

•  Egypt[2]
•  Libya[2]
•  Tunisia[2]
•  Algeria[2]
•  Morocco [2]

See also

• Eastern Mediterranean

References

1. The Countries bordering the Mediterranean
2. "The Countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea". mediterranean-yachting.com. Retrieved 24 March 2015.