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How Many Countries In The World
At this time there are officially 195 Countries in the World. In addition to the Countries, there are 58 independent Territories and Regions.
COUNTRY: A country is a political state, nation, or territory which is controlled. It is often referred to as the land of an individual’s birth, residence, or citizenship. A country may be an independent sovereign state or part of a larger state, as a non-sovereign political division, a physical territory with a government, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent people with distinct political characteristics.
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas, The
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Congo, Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
E-K
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia, The
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See (Vatican City)
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, North
- Korea, South
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
L-R
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho*
- Liberia
- Libya*
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
S-Z
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia*
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
THE NUMBER of countries in the world can change over time depending on the results of territorial disputes and the extent of political unrest in the world. In addition, the number of nations in the world varies depending on the source of information and the way that information is interpreted.
To simplify things, our official ‘Independent States in the World’ number is based on the current US Department of State (DOS) list and is comprised of data supplied by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
At this time there are officially 195 countries in the world, with an additional 63 dependent areas and other entities for a total of 258 countries and territories.
*Information sources include, but are not limited to, The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The US Department of Interior (DOI), The Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, The United Nations, World Bank, NATO, The US Census Bureau, Wikipedia and Wikipedia Travel, The European Forum for Geography and Statistics, and a variety of Government and Informational Websites Worldwide.