List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean

Other than Cuba and the Dominican Republic, all other 11 sovereign states (and one British Overseas Territory) in the Caribbean are member nations of the Caribbean Community, which is an international organisation formed to promote regional integration and collaboration among its member nations. Belize, Guyana, and Suriname can be considered part of the Caribbean culturally, despite Belize being geographically in Central America and Guyana and Suriname in South America. Note that Bermuda is a member nation of the Caribbean Community, though the island nation lies in the North Atlantic Ocean, not in the Caribbean. This table only includes the countries and territories in the West Indies, which is what is generally considered to be the Caribbean as a region. == Dependent territories ==

Montserrat is a member nation of both the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States despite being a dependent territory of the United Kingdom. San Andrés and Providencia; Guadeloupe and Martinique; the Caribbean Netherlands (BES islands); as well as the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela and Nueva Esparta; are not included here because they are not technically dependent territories of Colombia, France, the Netherlands, and Venezuela respectively, instead, they are integral parts of the countries abovementioned. Navassa Island, an uninhabited disputed territory administered by the United States and claimed by Haiti, is also excluded. == The phrase "Caribbean countries" ==

Depending on the speaker and the context, the phrase "Caribbean countries" can have a variety of meanings, such as those shown in the images below. File:Caribbean-1.png|Caribbean countries in the strictest sense File:West Indies (orthographic projection).svg|Caribbean countries as defined by the United Nations geoscheme File:Caribbean-2.png|Caribbean countries in a general sense File:Caribbean-4.png|Caribbean countries in the widest application of the phrase == See also ==