What Countries Are in the Northern Hemisphere?

Countries in the Northern Hemisphere include the United States, Canada, Russia and all of the countries in Europe. Other countries in the Northern Hemisphere are Kazakhstan, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. All territory north of the equator is considered part of the Northern Hemisphere.

All the countries in the Middle East and Saharan Africa are in the Northern Hemisphere.

African countries in the Northern Hemisphere are Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Eritrea, Niger, Chad, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia and the northern parts of Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo Brazzaville.

Other countries in the Northern Hemisphere are Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Laos, Vietnam, North and South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia and parts of Indonesia. Still other countries are Mexico, all of Central America and all of the countries in the West Indies. South American countries in the Northern Hemisphere are most of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The most northern parts of Brazil and Ecuador are also in the Northern Hemisphere.

More humans live in the Northern Hemisphere because it has more land than the Southern Hemisphere.