List of All Countries In the World [195 Countries Names]

We bring to you the alphabetical list of all countries in the world. Yes, 195 countries names, their population, land area, and more.

If you have ever asked the questions; “how many questions are in the world?”, then you’re not only the cute angel curious about the names of all the countries.

No worries though, you’ve landed on the right page, and on this blog, you’ll also find the world map with the nations represented by their flags.

You may also be curious about the United States as well, so we’ve written about all the 50 US states in alphabetical order and their capitals.

What exactly is a country?

Before giving the list of all countries in the world, how about a quick definition of what a country really is?

There are several variety of definitions of what constitutes a “country” or a “state.” Certainly, when we talk about a country being independent and autonomous, we are referring to its political and economic status. However, this is not a definition that is universally applicable. 

According to Wikipedia: in political geography, a country is a geographical region that has been identified as a distinct entity.

As a sovereign state or as a component of a larger state, a country may exist as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or as a geographical region containing groups of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics.

It is therefore necessary to first develop a regulatory framework that defines these “territories” and categorizes them in a manner that is independent of political or international interests.

Even the United Nations does not recognize or reject a state on a unanimous basis. However, each member state has the authority to make this decision for itself.

On Worlddata.info, a country is defined as follows in order to prevent subjective political decisions from being made: Basically, anything with an ISO 3166-1 country code is considered to be a “country” in this context.

How Many Countries Are There In the World List?

Since the independence of South Sudan on 9 July 2011, there are now 195 independent countries or sovereign nations in the world (excluding the disputed but de facto independent Taiwan), as well as approximately 60 dependent areas and several disputed territories, such as Kosovo.

The United Nations is comprised of 193 sovereign states, each of which has an equal number of representatives in the UN General Assembly.

The Holy See and the State of Palestine are the only non-member countries that have permanent observer status at the United Nations.

Where are these countries located in the 7 continents around the world? You should check out the 7 world continents and oceans map for more details.

On this list of all countries in the world, the countries are:

• 54 countries are in Africa
• 48 in Asia
• 44 in Europe
• 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean
• 14 in Oceania
• 2 in Northern America

Alphabetical List of All Countries In the World

In the following table, the list of all countries in the world are ranked by population, with current population, and land area shown for each of the countries:

#	Country (A-Z)	Population (2020)	Land Area (Km²)
1	Afghanistan	38,928,346	652,860
2	Albania	2,877,797	27,400
3	Algeria	43,851,044	2,381,740
4	Andorra	77,265	470
5	Angola	32,866,272	1,246,700
6	Antigua and Barbuda	97,929	440
7	Argentina	45,195,774	2,736,690
8	Armenia	2,963,243	28,470
9	Australia	25,499,884	7,682,300
10	Austria	9,006,398	82,409
11	Azerbaijan	10,139,177	82,658
12	Bahamas	393,244	10,010
13	Bahrain	1,701,575	760
14	Bangladesh	164,689,383	130,170
15	Barbados	287,375	430
16	Belarus	9,449,323	202,910
17	Belgium	11,589,623	30,280
18	Belize	397,628	22,810
19	Benin	12,123,200	112,760
20	Bhutan	771,608	38,117
21	Bolivia	11,673,021	1,083,300
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,819	51,000
23	Botswana	2,351,627	566,730
24	Brazil	212,559,417	8,358,140
25	Brunei	437,479	5,270
26	Bulgaria	6,948,445	108,560
27	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	273,600
28	Burundi	11,890,784	25,680
29	Côte d’Ivoire	26,378,274	318,000
30	Cabo Verde	555,987	4,030
31	Cambodia	16,718,965	176,520
32	Cameroon	26,545,863	472,710
33	Canada	37,742,154	9,093,510
34	Central African Republic	4,829,767	622,980
35	Chad	16,425,864	1,259,200
36	Chile	19,116,201	743,532
37	China	1,439,323,776	9,388,211
38	Colombia	50,882,891	1,109,500
39	Comoros	869,601	1,861
40	Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)	5,518,087	341,500
41	Costa Rica	5,094,118	51,060
42	Croatia	4,105,267	55,960
43	Cuba	11,326,616	106,440
44	Cyprus	1,207,359	9,240
45	Czechia (Czech Republic)	10,708,981	77,240
46	Democratic Republic of the Congo	89,561,403	2,267,050
47	Denmark	5,792,202	42,430
48	Djibouti	988,000	23,180
49	Dominica	71,986	750
50	Dominican Republic	10,847,910	48,320
51	Ecuador	17,643,054	248,360
52	Egypt	102,334,404	995,450
53	El Salvador	6,486,205	20,720
54	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	28,050
55	Eritrea	3,546,421	101,000
56	Estonia	1,326,535	42,390
57	Eswatini (fmr. “Swaziland”)	1,160,164	17,200
58	Ethiopia	114,963,588	1,000,000
59	Fiji	896,445	18,270
60	Finland	5,540,720	303,890
61	France	65,273,511	547,557
62	Gabon	2,225,734	257,670
63	Gambia	2,416,668	10,120
64	Georgia	3,989,167	69,490
65	Germany	83,783,942	348,560
66	Ghana	31,072,940	227,540
67	Greece	10,423,054	128,900
68	Grenada	112,523	340
69	Guatemala	17,915,568	107,160
70	Guinea	13,132,795	245,720
71	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	28,120
72	Guyana	786,552	196,850
73	Haiti	11,402,528	27,560
74	Holy See	801	0
75	Honduras	9,904,607	111,890
76	Hungary	9,660,351	90,530
77	Iceland	341,243	100,250
78	India	1,380,004,385	2,973,190
79	Indonesia	273,523,615	1,811,570
80	Iran	83,992,949	1,628,550
81	Iraq	40,222,493	434,320
82	Ireland	4,937,786	68,890
83	Israel	8,655,535	21,640
84	Italy	60,461,826	294,140
85	Jamaica	2,961,167	10,830
86	Japan	126,476,461	364,555
87	Jordan	10,203,134	88,780
88	Kazakhstan	18,776,707	2,699,700
89	Kenya	53,771,296	569,140
90	Kiribati	119,449	810
91	Kuwait	4,270,571	17,820
92	Kyrgyzstan	6,524,195	191,800
93	Laos	7,275,560	230,800
94	Latvia	1,886,198	62,200
95	Lebanon	6,825,445	10,230
96	Lesotho	2,142,249	30,360
97	Liberia	5,057,681	96,320
98	Libya	6,871,292	1,759,540
99	Liechtenstein	38,128	160
100	Lithuania	2,722,289	62,674
101	Luxembourg	625,978	2,590
102	Madagascar	27,691,018	581,795
103	Malawi	19,129,952	94,280
104	Malaysia	32,365,999	328,550
105	Maldives	540,544	300
106	Mali	20,250,833	1,220,190
107	Malta	441,543	320
108	Marshall Islands	59,190	180
109	Mauritania	4,649,658	1,030,700
110	Mauritius	1,271,768	2,030
111	Mexico	128,932,753	1,943,950
112	Micronesia	548,914	700
113	Moldova	4,033,963	32,850
114	Monaco	39,242	1
115	Mongolia	3,278,290	1,553,560
116	Montenegro	628,066	13,450
117	Morocco	36,910,560	446,300
118	Mozambique	31,255,435	786,380
119	Myanmar (formerly Burma)	54,409,800	653,290
120	Namibia	2,540,905	823,290
121	Nauru	10,824	20
122	Nepal	29,136,808	143,350
123	Netherlands	17,134,872	33,720
124	New Zealand	4,822,233	263,310
125	Nicaragua	6,624,554	120,340
126	Niger	24,206,644	1,266,700
127	Nigeria	206,139,589	910,770
128	North Korea	25,778,816	120,410
129	North Macedonia	2,083,374	25,220
130	Norway	5,421,241	365,268
131	Oman	5,106,626	309,500
132	Pakistan	220,892,340	770,880
133	Palau	18,094	460
134	Palestine State	5,101,414	6,020
135	Panama	4,314,767	74,340
136	Papua New Guinea	8,947,024	452,860
137	Paraguay	7,132,538	397,300
138	Peru	32,971,854	1,280,000
139	Philippines	109,581,078	298,170
140	Poland	37,846,611	306,230
141	Portugal	10,196,709	91,590
142	Qatar	2,881,053	11,610
143	Romania	19,237,691	230,170
144	Russia	145,934,462	16,376,870
145	Rwanda	12,952,218	24,670
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53,199	260
147	Saint Lucia	183,627	610
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,940	390
149	Samoa	198,414	2,830
150	San Marino	33,931	60
151	Sao Tome and Principe	219,159	960
152	Saudi Arabia	34,813,871	2,149,690
153	Senegal	16,743,927	192,530
154	Serbia	8,737,371	87,460
155	Seychelles	98,347	460
156	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	72,180
157	Singapore	5,850,342	700
158	Slovakia	5,459,642	48,088
159	Slovenia	2,078,938	20,140
160	Solomon Islands	686,884	27,990
161	Somalia	15,893,222	627,340
162	South Africa	59,308,690	1,213,090
163	South Korea	51,269,185	97,230
164	South Sudan	11,193,725	610,952
165	Spain	46,754,778	498,800
166	Sri Lanka	21,413,249	62,710
167	Sudan	43,849,260	1,765,048
168	Suriname	586,632	156,000
169	Sweden	10,099,265	410,340
170	Switzerland	8,654,622	39,516
171	Syria	17,500,658	183,630
172	Tajikistan	9,537,645	139,960
173	Tanzania	59,734,218	885,800
174	Thailand	69,799,978	510,890
175	Timor-Leste	1,318,445	14,870
176	Togo	8,278,724	54,390
177	Tonga	105,695	720
178	Trinidad and Tobago	1,399,488	5,130
179	Tunisia	11,818,619	155,360
180	Turkey	84,339,067	769,630
181	Turkmenistan	6,031,200	469,930
182	Tuvalu	11,792	30
183	Uganda	45,741,007	199,810
184	Ukraine	43,733,762	579,320
185	United Arab Emirates	9,890,402	83,600
186	United Kingdom	67,886,011	241,930
187	United States of America	331,002,651	9,147,420
188	Uruguay	3,473,730	175,020
189	Uzbekistan	33,469,203	425,400
190	Vanuatu	307,145	12,190
191	Venezuela	28,435,940	882,050
192	Vietnam	97,338,579	310,070
193	Yemen	29,825,964	527,970
194	Zambia	18,383,955	743,390
195	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	386,850

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Which Regions Didn’t Make The List?

Not included on list of all countries in the world with a total count of 195 are:

• Taiwan – the United Nations considers it represented by the People’s Republic of China
• The Cook Islands and Niue, both states in free association with New Zealand which are members of several UN specialized agencies and have been recognized “full treaty-making capacity”, but are neither member states nor non-member observer states.
• Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
• Other countries are recognized by the United Nations as not being self-governing

Countries In Asia and Their Capitals

There are fifty-one (51) countries in Asia, and they make up the total list of all countries in the world:

Country	Capital
Afghanistan	Kabul
Armenia	Yerevan
Azerbaijan	Baku
Bahrain	Manama
Bangladesh	Dhaka
Bhutan	Thimphu
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia	Phnom Penh
China (PRC)	Beijing
East Timor	Dili
Georgia	Tbilisi
Hong Kong	City of Victoria
India	New Delhi
Indonesia	Jakarta
Iran	Tehran
Iraq	Baghdad
Israel	Jerusalem (disputed)
Japan	Tokyo
Jordan	Amman
Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan
Kuwait	Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
Laos	Vientiane
Lebanon	Beirut
Macau	Macau
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	Malé
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	Naypyidaw
Nepal	Kathmandu
North Korea	Pyongyang
Oman	Muscat
Pakistan	Islamabad
Palestine	Ramallah
Qatar	Doha
Russia	Moscow
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
Singapore	Singapore
South Korea	Seoul
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Syria	Damascus
Taiwan	Taipei
Tajikistan	Dushanbe
Thailand	Bangkok
The Philippines	Manila
Turkey	Ankara
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan	Tashkent
Vietnam	Hanoi
Yemen	Sana’a

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Countries In Europe And Their Capitals

There are currently 46 countries in Europe. The 46 countries are included on the list of all countries in the world.

Country	Capital
Albania	Tirana
Andorra	Andorra la Vella
Austria	Vienna
Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	Brussels
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
Bulgaria	Sofia
Croatia	Zagreb
Cyprus	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Prague
Denmark	Copenhagen
Estonia	Tallinn
Finland	Helsinki
France	Paris
Germany	Berlin
Greece	Athens
Hungary	Budapest
Iceland	Reykjavik
Ireland	Dublin
Italy	Rome
Kosovo	Prishtina
Latvia	Riga
Liechtenstein	Vaduz
Lithuania	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Luxembourg
Malta	Valletta
Moldova	Chisinau
Monaco	Monaco
Montenegro	Podgorica
Netherlands	Amsterdam
North Macedonia	Skopje
Norway	Oslo
Poland	Warsaw
Portugal	Lisbon
Romania	Bucharest
Russia	Moscow
San Marino	San Marino
Serbia	Belgrade
Slovakia	Bratislava
Slovenia	Ljubljana
Spain	Madrid
Sweden	Stockholm
Switzerland	Bern
Ukraine	Kyiv
United Kingdom	London
Vatican City	Vatican City

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Countries In North America And Their Capitals

There are 23 countries in North America:

Country	Capital
United States of America	Washington
Mexico	Mexico City
Canada	Ottawa
Guatemala	Guatemala City
Cuba	Havana
Haiti	Port au Prince
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
Honduras	Tegucigalpa
Nicaragua	Managua
El Salvador	San Salvador
Costa Rica	San José
Panama	Panama City
Jamaica	Kingston
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain
Belize	Belmopan
Bahamas	Nassau
Barbados	Bridgetown
Saint Lucia	Castries
Grenada	St. George’s
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John’s
Dominica	Roseau
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre

Related: Smallest countries in North America by Population

Countries In South America And Their Capitals

There are 12 independent countries located in South America.

Country	Capital
Argentina	Buenos Aires
Bolivia	La Paz, Sucre
Brazil	Brasi­lia
Chile	Santiago
Colombia	Bogota
Ecuador	Quito
Guyana	Georgetown
Paraguay	Asuncion
Peru	Lima
Suriname	Paramaribo
Uruguay	Montevideo
Venezuela	Caracas

In South America, only Brazil makes the list of the top 10 most populated countries in the world.

Countries In Oceania

There are 14 sovereign countries in Oceania as listed below:

Country	Capital
Australia	Canberra
Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir
Fiji	Suva
Kiribati	South Tarawa
Marshall Islands	Majuro
Nauru	Yaren
New Zealand	Wellington
Palau	Ngerulmud
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
Samoa	Apia
Solomon Islands	Honiara
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa
Tuvalu	Funafuti
Vanuatu	Port Vila

Is Kosovo a Country or Not?

Since Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008, the international community has acknowledged the country.

The international community, on the other hand, is divided on the subject. As of September 2020, 98 out of 193 member states of the United Nations (UN), 22 out of 27 member states of the European Union (EU), 26 out of 30 member states of NATO, and 33 out of 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had recognized Kosovo as a sovereign state.

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What Is the United Nations?

The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization with the mission of maintaining international peace and security, fostering friendly relations among nations, achieving international cooperation, and serving as a focal point for harmonizing the actions of countries around the world.

More information can be found at United Nations website.

Is France considered a country?

France, which is located in Western Europe, is one of the world’s oldest countries, and its influence can be felt all over the world through science, politics, economics, and, perhaps most importantly, culture.

Since its founding in the Middle Ages, France has progressed from kingdom to empire to republic and finally back to a republic.

Which country has the highest level of education?

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data, Canada is the most educated country in the world, with 56.71 percent of adults meeting the OECD criteria.

Japan has the second-highest percentage of 51.44 percent, followed by Israel, which has 50.92 percent of the population.

List of All Countries In the World (Summary)

There you have it, all the countries in the world. So, what did you think? Let’s have your comments in the section provided below.