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.

While Portugal is considered a Mediterranean country,[2] and Portuguese people are considered as Mediterranean people, in terms of culture,[3] history, language, and climate,[4] Portugal does not border the Mediterranean sea.

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

•  Spain[5]
•  Gibraltar[5] (a British Overseas Territory)
•  France[5]
•  Monaco[5]
•  Italy[5]
•  Malta[5] (island nation)
•  Slovenia[5]
•  Croatia[5]
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina[5]
•  Montenegro[5]
•  Albania[5]
•  Greece[5]
•  Turkey[5]

Levantine coast, from north to south

•  Syria[5]
•  Cyprus[5] (island nation; includes the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, and Northern Cyprus)
•  Lebanon[5]
•  Israel[5]
•  Palestine (Gaza Strip)

Northern African coast, from east to west

•  Egypt[5]
•  Libya[5]
•  Tunisia[5]
•  Algeria[5]
•  Morocco [5]