page_title: List of Mediterranean countries
hierarchical_section_title: List of Mediterranean countries
caption_attribution_description: English: Relief map of the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries
context_page_description: The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea. 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.
  While Portugal is considered a Mediterranean country, and Portuguese people are considered as Mediterranean people, in terms of culture, history, language, and climate, 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
  Gibraltar
  France
  Monaco
  Italy
  Malta
  Slovenia
  Croatia
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Montenegro
  Albania
  Greece
  Turkey
  Levantine coast, from north to south
  Syria
  Republic of Cyprus Republic of Cyprus
  Lebanon
  Israel
  Palestine
  Northern African coast, from east to west
  Egypt
  Libya
  Tunisia
  Algeria
  Morocco
context_section_description: The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea. 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). 
  While Portugal is considered a Mediterranean country, and Portuguese people are considered as Mediterranean people, in terms of culture, history, language, and climate, 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
   Gibraltar (a British Overseas Territory)
   France
   Monaco
   Italy
   Malta (island nation)
   Slovenia
   Croatia
   Bosnia and Herzegovina
   Montenegro
   Albania
   Greece
   Turkey
  Levantine coast, from north to south
   Syria
   Republic of Cyprus Republic of Cyprus
   Lebanon
   Israel
   Palestine (Gaza Strip)
  Northern African coast, from east to west
   Egypt
   Libya
   Tunisia
   Algeria
   Morocco
caption: Political map of the Mediterranean Sea as of September 2004.
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