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195
There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
Not in the list
Not included in this total count of 195 countries 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 recognized by the United Nations as not being self-governing
Where are they located?
Of the 195 countries in the world:
- 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
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List of countries
Below is the full table of countries ranked by the most populous and showing current population, share of world population, and land area:
See also: List with both countries and dependencies together | Alphabetical list of countries (includes dependencies)
# | Country | Population (2023) | World Share | Land Area (Km²) |
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1 | India | 1,428,627,663 | 17.76 % | 2,973,190 |
2 | China | 1,425,671,352 | 17.72 % | 9,388,211 |
3 | United States | 339,996,563 | 4.23 % | 9,147,420 |
4 | Indonesia | 277,534,122 | 3.45 % | 1,811,570 |
5 | Pakistan | 240,485,658 | 2.99 % | 770,880 |
6 | Nigeria | 223,804,632 | 2.78 % | 910,770 |
7 | Brazil | 216,422,446 | 2.69 % | 8,358,140 |
8 | Bangladesh | 172,954,319 | 2.15 % | 130,170 |
9 | Russia | 144,444,359 | 1.8 % | 16,376,870 |
10 | Mexico | 128,455,567 | 1.6 % | 1,943,950 |
11 | Ethiopia | 126,527,060 | 1.57 % | 1,000,000 |
12 | Japan | 123,294,513 | 1.53 % | 364,555 |
13 | Philippines | 117,337,368 | 1.46 % | 298,170 |
14 | Egypt | 112,716,598 | 1.4 % | 995,450 |
15 | DR Congo | 102,262,808 | 1.27 % | 2,267,050 |
16 | Vietnam | 98,858,950 | 1.23 % | 310,070 |
17 | Iran | 89,172,767 | 1.11 % | 1,628,550 |
18 | Turkey | 85,816,199 | 1.07 % | 769,630 |
19 | Germany | 83,294,633 | 1.04 % | 348,560 |
20 | Thailand | 71,801,279 | 0.89 % | 510,890 |
21 | United Kingdom | 67,736,802 | 0.84 % | 241,930 |
22 | Tanzania | 67,438,106 | 0.84 % | 885,800 |
23 | France | 64,756,584 | 0.8 % | 547,557 |
24 | South Africa | 60,414,495 | 0.75 % | 1,213,090 |
25 | Italy | 58,870,762 | 0.73 % | 294,140 |
26 | Kenya | 55,100,586 | 0.68 % | 569,140 |
27 | Myanmar | 54,577,997 | 0.68 % | 653,290 |
28 | Colombia | 52,085,168 | 0.65 % | 1,109,500 |
29 | South Korea | 51,784,059 | 0.64 % | 97,230 |
30 | Uganda | 48,582,334 | 0.6 % | 199,810 |
31 | Sudan | 48,109,006 | 0.6 % | 1,765,048 |
32 | Spain | 47,519,628 | 0.59 % | 498,800 |
33 | Argentina | 45,773,884 | 0.57 % | 2,736,690 |
34 | Algeria | 45,606,480 | 0.57 % | 2,381,740 |
35 | Iraq | 45,504,560 | 0.57 % | 434,320 |
36 | Afghanistan | 42,239,854 | 0.53 % | 652,860 |
37 | Poland | 41,026,067 | 0.51 % | 306,230 |
38 | Canada | 38,781,291 | 0.48 % | 9,093,510 |
39 | Morocco | 37,840,044 | 0.47 % | 446,300 |
40 | Saudi Arabia | 36,947,025 | 0.46 % | 2,149,690 |
41 | Ukraine | 36,744,634 | 0.46 % | 579,320 |
42 | Angola | 36,684,202 | 0.46 % | 1,246,700 |
43 | Uzbekistan | 35,163,944 | 0.44 % | 425,400 |
44 | Yemen | 34,449,825 | 0.43 % | 527,970 |
45 | Peru | 34,352,719 | 0.43 % | 1,280,000 |
46 | Malaysia | 34,308,525 | 0.43 % | 328,550 |
47 | Ghana | 34,121,985 | 0.42 % | 227,540 |
48 | Mozambique | 33,897,354 | 0.42 % | 786,380 |
49 | Nepal | 30,896,590 | 0.38 % | 143,350 |
50 | Madagascar | 30,325,732 | 0.38 % | 581,795 |
51 | Côte d'Ivoire | 28,873,034 | 0.36 % | 318,000 |
52 | Venezuela | 28,838,499 | 0.36 % | 882,050 |
53 | Cameroon | 28,647,293 | 0.36 % | 472,710 |
54 | Niger | 27,202,843 | 0.34 % | 1,266,700 |
55 | Australia | 26,439,111 | 0.33 % | 7,682,300 |
56 | North Korea | 26,160,821 | 0.33 % | 120,410 |
57 | Mali | 23,293,698 | 0.29 % | 1,220,190 |
58 | Burkina Faso | 23,251,485 | 0.29 % | 273,600 |
59 | Syria | 23,227,014 | 0.29 % | 183,630 |
60 | Sri Lanka | 21,893,579 | 0.27 % | 62,710 |
61 | Malawi | 20,931,751 | 0.26 % | 94,280 |
62 | Zambia | 20,569,737 | 0.26 % | 743,390 |
63 | Romania | 19,892,812 | 0.25 % | 230,170 |
64 | Chile | 19,629,590 | 0.24 % | 743,532 |
65 | Kazakhstan | 19,606,633 | 0.24 % | 2,699,700 |
66 | Chad | 18,278,568 | 0.23 % | 1,259,200 |
67 | Ecuador | 18,190,484 | 0.23 % | 248,360 |
68 | Somalia | 18,143,378 | 0.23 % | 627,340 |
69 | Guatemala | 18,092,026 | 0.22 % | 107,160 |
70 | Senegal | 17,763,163 | 0.22 % | 192,530 |
71 | Netherlands | 17,618,299 | 0.22 % | 33,720 |
72 | Cambodia | 16,944,826 | 0.21 % | 176,520 |
73 | Zimbabwe | 16,665,409 | 0.21 % | 386,850 |
74 | Guinea | 14,190,612 | 0.18 % | 245,720 |
75 | Rwanda | 14,094,683 | 0.18 % | 24,670 |
76 | Benin | 13,712,828 | 0.17 % | 112,760 |
77 | Burundi | 13,238,559 | 0.16 % | 25,680 |
78 | Tunisia | 12,458,223 | 0.15 % | 155,360 |
79 | Bolivia | 12,388,571 | 0.15 % | 1,083,300 |
80 | Haiti | 11,724,763 | 0.15 % | 27,560 |
81 | Belgium | 11,686,140 | 0.15 % | 30,280 |
82 | Jordan | 11,337,052 | 0.14 % | 88,780 |
83 | Dominican Republic | 11,332,972 | 0.14 % | 48,320 |
84 | Cuba | 11,194,449 | 0.14 % | 106,440 |
85 | South Sudan | 11,088,796 | 0.14 % | 610,952 |
86 | Sweden | 10,612,086 | 0.13 % | 410,340 |
87 | Honduras | 10,593,798 | 0.13 % | 111,890 |
88 | Czech Republic (Czechia) | 10,495,295 | 0.13 % | 77,240 |
89 | Azerbaijan | 10,412,651 | 0.13 % | 82,658 |
90 | Greece | 10,341,277 | 0.13 % | 128,900 |
91 | Papua New Guinea | 10,329,931 | 0.13 % | 452,860 |
92 | Portugal | 10,247,605 | 0.13 % | 91,590 |
93 | Hungary | 10,156,239 | 0.13 % | 90,530 |
94 | Tajikistan | 10,143,543 | 0.13 % | 139,960 |
95 | United Arab Emirates | 9,516,871 | 0.12 % | 83,600 |
96 | Belarus | 9,498,238 | 0.12 % | 202,910 |
97 | Israel | 9,174,520 | 0.11 % | 21,640 |
98 | Togo | 9,053,799 | 0.11 % | 54,390 |
99 | Austria | 8,958,960 | 0.11 % | 82,409 |
100 | Switzerland | 8,796,669 | 0.11 % | 39,516 |
101 | Sierra Leone | 8,791,092 | 0.11 % | 72,180 |
102 | Laos | 7,633,779 | 0.09 % | 230,800 |
103 | Serbia | 7,149,077 | 0.09 % | 87,460 |
104 | Nicaragua | 7,046,310 | 0.09 % | 120,340 |
105 | Libya | 6,888,388 | 0.09 % | 1,759,540 |
106 | Paraguay | 6,861,524 | 0.09 % | 397,300 |
107 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,735,347 | 0.08 % | 191,800 |
108 | Bulgaria | 6,687,717 | 0.08 % | 108,560 |
109 | Turkmenistan | 6,516,100 | 0.08 % | 469,930 |
110 | El Salvador | 6,364,943 | 0.08 % | 20,720 |
111 | Congo | 6,106,869 | 0.08 % | 341,500 |
112 | Singapore | 6,014,723 | 0.07 % | 700 |
113 | Denmark | 5,910,913 | 0.07 % | 42,430 |
114 | Slovakia | 5,795,199 | 0.07 % | 48,088 |
115 | Central African Republic | 5,742,315 | 0.07 % | 622,980 |
116 | Finland | 5,545,475 | 0.07 % | 303,890 |
117 | Norway | 5,474,360 | 0.07 % | 365,268 |
118 | Liberia | 5,418,377 | 0.07 % | 96,320 |
119 | State of Palestine | 5,371,230 | 0.07 % | 6,020 |
120 | Lebanon | 5,353,930 | 0.07 % | 10,230 |
121 | New Zealand | 5,228,100 | 0.06 % | 263,310 |
122 | Costa Rica | 5,212,173 | 0.06 % | 51,060 |
123 | Ireland | 5,056,935 | 0.06 % | 68,890 |
124 | Mauritania | 4,862,989 | 0.06 % | 1,030,700 |
125 | Oman | 4,644,384 | 0.06 % | 309,500 |
126 | Panama | 4,468,087 | 0.06 % | 74,340 |
127 | Kuwait | 4,310,108 | 0.05 % | 17,820 |
128 | Croatia | 4,008,617 | 0.05 % | 55,960 |
129 | Eritrea | 3,748,901 | 0.05 % | 101,000 |
130 | Georgia | 3,728,282 | 0.05 % | 69,490 |
131 | Mongolia | 3,447,157 | 0.04 % | 1,553,560 |
132 | Moldova | 3,435,931 | 0.04 % | 32,850 |
133 | Uruguay | 3,423,108 | 0.04 % | 175,020 |
134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,210,847 | 0.04 % | 51,000 |
135 | Albania | 2,832,439 | 0.04 % | 27,400 |
136 | Jamaica | 2,825,544 | 0.04 % | 10,830 |
137 | Armenia | 2,777,970 | 0.03 % | 28,470 |
138 | Gambia | 2,773,168 | 0.03 % | 10,120 |
139 | Lithuania | 2,718,352 | 0.03 % | 62,674 |
140 | Qatar | 2,716,391 | 0.03 % | 11,610 |
141 | Botswana | 2,675,352 | 0.03 % | 566,730 |
142 | Namibia | 2,604,172 | 0.03 % | 823,290 |
143 | Gabon | 2,436,566 | 0.03 % | 257,670 |
144 | Lesotho | 2,330,318 | 0.03 % | 30,360 |
145 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,150,842 | 0.03 % | 28,120 |
146 | Slovenia | 2,119,675 | 0.03 % | 20,140 |
147 | North Macedonia | 2,085,679 | 0.03 % | 25,220 |
148 | Latvia | 1,830,211 | 0.02 % | 62,200 |
149 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,714,671 | 0.02 % | 28,050 |
150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,534,937 | 0.02 % | 5,130 |
151 | Bahrain | 1,485,509 | 0.02 % | 760 |
152 | Timor-Leste | 1,360,596 | 0.02 % | 14,870 |
153 | Estonia | 1,322,765 | 0.02 % | 42,390 |
154 | Mauritius | 1,300,557 | 0.02 % | 2,030 |
155 | Cyprus | 1,260,138 | 0.02 % | 9,240 |
156 | Eswatini | 1,210,822 | 0.02 % | 17,200 |
157 | Djibouti | 1,136,455 | 0.01 % | 23,180 |
158 | Fiji | 936,375 | 0.01 % | 18,270 |
159 | Comoros | 852,075 | 0.01 % | 1,861 |
160 | Guyana | 813,834 | 0.01 % | 196,850 |
161 | Bhutan | 787,424 | 0.01 % | 38,117 |
162 | Solomon Islands | 740,424 | 0.01 % | 27,990 |
163 | Luxembourg | 654,768 | 0.01 % | 2,590 |
164 | Montenegro | 626,485 | 0.01 % | 13,450 |
165 | Suriname | 623,236 | 0.01 % | 156,000 |
166 | Cabo Verde | 598,682 | 0.01 % | 4,030 |
167 | Micronesia | 544,321 | 0.01 % | 700 |
168 | Malta | 535,064 | 0.01 % | 320 |
169 | Maldives | 521,021 | 0.01 % | 300 |
170 | Brunei | 452,524 | 0.01 % | 5,270 |
171 | Bahamas | 412,623 | 0.01 % | 10,010 |
172 | Belize | 410,825 | 0.01 % | 22,810 |
173 | Iceland | 375,318 | 0 % | 100,250 |
174 | Vanuatu | 334,506 | 0 % | 12,190 |
175 | Barbados | 281,995 | 0 % | 430 |
176 | Sao Tome & Principe | 231,856 | 0 % | 960 |
177 | Samoa | 225,681 | 0 % | 2,830 |
178 | Saint Lucia | 180,251 | 0 % | 610 |
179 | Kiribati | 133,515 | 0 % | 810 |
180 | Grenada | 126,183 | 0 % | 340 |
181 | Tonga | 107,773 | 0 % | 720 |
182 | Seychelles | 107,660 | 0 % | 460 |
183 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 103,698 | 0 % | 390 |
184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94,298 | 0 % | 440 |
185 | Andorra | 80,088 | 0 % | 470 |
186 | Dominica | 73,040 | 0 % | 750 |
187 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 47,755 | 0 % | 260 |
188 | Marshall Islands | 41,996 | 0 % | 180 |
189 | Liechtenstein | 39,584 | 0 % | 160 |
190 | Monaco | 36,297 | 0 % | 1 |
191 | San Marino | 33,642 | 0 % | 60 |
192 | Palau | 18,058 | 0 % | 460 |
193 | Nauru | 12,780 | 0 % | 20 |
194 | Tuvalu | 11,396 | 0 % | 30 |
195 | Holy See | 518 | 0 % | 0 |
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Number of Countries:
- The article asserts that there are 195 countries in the world. This count includes 193 member states of the United Nations and 2 non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
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Exclusions from the Count:
- Taiwan is not included in the total count, as the United Nations considers it represented by the People's Republic of China.
- The Cook Islands and Niue, while in free association with New Zealand and members of several UN specialized agencies, are not considered member states or non-member observer states.
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Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty:
- The article mentions that dependencies (or dependent territories) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories) are not included in the count of 195 countries.
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Geographical Distribution:
- The distribution of the 195 countries across continents is provided:
- Africa: 54 countries
- Asia: 48 countries
- Europe: 44 countries
- Latin America and the Caribbean: 33 countries
- Oceania: 14 countries
- Northern America: 2 countries
- The distribution of the 195 countries across continents is provided:
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Population and Land Area Statistics:
- A table lists the top 100 countries by population in 2023, including their share of the world population and land area.
- For example, India is the most populous country with over 1.4 billion people, contributing to 17.76% of the world population, and it has a land area of 2,973,190 square kilometers.
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