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Countries in the World:
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
Flags
- Flags of all 195 countries in the world
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:
# Country Population
(2020)World
ShareLand Area
(Km²)1 China 1,439,323,776 18.5 % 9,388,211 2 India 1,380,004,385 17.7 % 2,973,190 3 United States 331,002,651 4.2 % 9,147,420 4 Indonesia 273,523,615 3.5 % 1,811,570 5 Pakistan 220,892,340 2.8 % 770,880 6 Brazil 212,559,417 2.7 % 8,358,140 7 Nigeria 206,139,589 2.6 % 910,770 8 Bangladesh 164,689,383 2.1 % 130,170 9 Russia 145,934,462 1.9 % 16,376,870 10 Mexico 128,932,753 1.7 % 1,943,950 11 Japan 126,476,461 1.6 % 364,555 12 Ethiopia 114,963,588 1.5 % 1,000,000 13 Philippines 109,581,078 1.4 % 298,170 14 Egypt 102,334,404 1.3 % 995,450 15 Vietnam 97,338,579 1.2 % 310,070 16 DR Congo 89,561,403 1.1 % 2,267,050 17 Turkey 84,339,067 1.1 % 769,630 18 Iran 83,992,949 1.1 % 1,628,550 19 Germany 83,783,942 1.1 % 348,560 20 Thailand 69,799,978 0.9 % 510,890 21 United Kingdom 67,886,011 0.9 % 241,930 22 France 65,273,511 0.8 % 547,557 23 Italy 60,461,826 0.8 % 294,140 24 Tanzania 59,734,218 0.8 % 885,800 25 South Africa 59,308,690 0.8 % 1,213,090 26 Myanmar 54,409,800 0.7 % 653,290 27 Kenya 53,771,296 0.7 % 569,140 28 South Korea 51,269,185 0.7 % 97,230 29 Colombia 50,882,891 0.7 % 1,109,500 30 Spain 46,754,778 0.6 % 498,800 31 Uganda 45,741,007 0.6 % 199,810 32 Argentina 45,195,774 0.6 % 2,736,690 33 Algeria 43,851,044 0.6 % 2,381,740 34 Sudan 43,849,260 0.6 % 1,765,048 35 Ukraine 43,733,762 0.6 % 579,320 36 Iraq 40,222,493 0.5 % 434,320 37 Afghanistan 38,928,346 0.5 % 652,860 38 Poland 37,846,611 0.5 % 306,230 39 Canada 37,742,154 0.5 % 9,093,510 40 Morocco 36,910,560 0.5 % 446,300 41 Saudi Arabia 34,813,871 0.4 % 2,149,690 42 Uzbekistan 33,469,203 0.4 % 425,400 43 Peru 32,971,854 0.4 % 1,280,000 44 Angola 32,866,272 0.4 % 1,246,700 45 Malaysia 32,365,999 0.4 % 328,550 46 Mozambique 31,255,435 0.4 % 786,380 47 Ghana 31,072,940 0.4 % 227,540 48 Yemen 29,825,964 0.4 % 527,970 49 Nepal 29,136,808 0.4 % 143,350 50 Venezuela 28,435,940 0.4 % 882,050 51 Madagascar 27,691,018 0.4 % 581,795 52 Cameroon 26,545,863 0.3 % 472,710 53 Côte d’Ivoire 26,378,274 0.3 % 318,000 54 North Korea 25,778,816 0.3 % 120,410 55 Australia 25,499,884 0.3 % 7,682,300 56 Niger 24,206,644 0.3 % 1,266,700 57 Sri Lanka 21,413,249 0.3 % 62,710 58 Burkina Faso 20,903,273 0.3 % 273,600 59 Mali 20,250,833 0.3 % 1,220,190 60 Romania 19,237,691 0.2 % 230,170 61 Malawi 19,129,952 0.2 % 94,280 62 Chile 19,116,201 0.2 % 743,532 63 Kazakhstan 18,776,707 0.2 % 2,699,700 64 Zambia 18,383,955 0.2 % 743,390 65 Guatemala 17,915,568 0.2 % 107,160 66 Ecuador 17,643,054 0.2 % 248,360 67 Syria 17,500,658 0.2 % 183,630 68 Netherlands 17,134,872 0.2 % 33,720 69 Senegal 16,743,927 0.2 % 192,530 70 Cambodia 16,718,965 0.2 % 176,520 71 Chad 16,425,864 0.2 % 1,259,200 72 Somalia 15,893,222 0.2 % 627,340 73 Zimbabwe 14,862,924 0.2 % 386,850 74 Guinea 13,132,795 0.2 % 245,720 75 Rwanda 12,952,218 0.2 % 24,670 76 Benin 12,123,200 0.2 % 112,760 77 Burundi 11,890,784 0.2 % 25,680 78 Tunisia 11,818,619 0.2 % 155,360 79 Bolivia 11,673,021 0.1 % 1,083,300 80 Belgium 11,589,623 0.1 % 30,280 81 Haiti 11,402,528 0.1 % 27,560 82 Cuba 11,326,616 0.1 % 106,440 83 South Sudan 11,193,725 0.1 % 610,952 84 Dominican Republic 10,847,910 0.1 % 48,320 85 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,708,981 0.1 % 77,240 86 Greece 10,423,054 0.1 % 128,900 87 Jordan 10,203,134 0.1 % 88,780 88 Portugal 10,196,709 0.1 % 91,590 89 Azerbaijan 10,139,177 0.1 % 82,658 90 Sweden 10,099,265 0.1 % 410,340 91 Honduras 9,904,607 0.1 % 111,890 92 United Arab Emirates 9,890,402 0.1 % 83,600 93 Hungary 9,660,351 0.1 % 90,530 94 Tajikistan 9,537,645 0.1 % 139,960 95 Belarus 9,449,323 0.1 % 202,910 96 Austria 9,006,398 0.1 % 82,409 97 Papua New Guinea 8,947,024 0.1 % 452,860 98 Serbia 8,737,371 0.1 % 87,460 99 Israel 8,655,535 0.1 % 21,640 100 Switzerland 8,654,622 0.1 % 39,516 101 Togo 8,278,724 0.1 % 54,390 102 Sierra Leone 7,976,983 0.1 % 72,180 103 Laos 7,275,560 0.1 % 230,800 104 Paraguay 7,132,538 0.1 % 397,300 105 Bulgaria 6,948,445 0.1 % 108,560 106 Libya 6,871,292 0.1 % 1,759,540 107 Lebanon 6,825,445 0.1 % 10,230 108 Nicaragua 6,624,554 0.1 % 120,340 109 Kyrgyzstan 6,524,195 0.1 % 191,800 110 El Salvador 6,486,205 0.1 % 20,720 111 Turkmenistan 6,031,200 0.1 % 469,930 112 Singapore 5,850,342 0.1 % 700 113 Denmark 5,792,202 0.1 % 42,430 114 Finland 5,540,720 0.1 % 303,890 115 Congo 5,518,087 0.1 % 341,500 116 Slovakia 5,459,642 0.1 % 48,088 117 Norway 5,421,241 0.1 % 365,268 118 Oman 5,106,626 0.1 % 309,500 119 State of Palestine 5,101,414 0.1 % 6,020 120 Costa Rica 5,094,118 0.1 % 51,060 121 Liberia 5,057,681 0.1 % 96,320 122 Ireland 4,937,786 0.1 % 68,890 123 Central African Republic 4,829,767 0.1 % 622,980 124 New Zealand 4,822,233 0.1 % 263,310 125 Mauritania 4,649,658 0.1 % 1,030,700 126 Panama 4,314,767 0.1 % 74,340 127 Kuwait 4,270,571 0.1 % 17,820 128 Croatia 4,105,267 0.1 % 55,960 129 Moldova 4,033,963 0.1 % 32,850 130 Georgia 3,989,167 0.1 % 69,490 131 Eritrea 3,546,421 0 % 101,000 132 Uruguay 3,473,730 0 % 175,020 133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,280,819 0 % 51,000 134 Mongolia 3,278,290 0 % 1,553,560 135 Armenia 2,963,243 0 % 28,470 136 Jamaica 2,961,167 0 % 10,830 137 Qatar 2,881,053 0 % 11,610 138 Albania 2,877,797 0 % 27,400 139 Lithuania 2,722,289 0 % 62,674 140 Namibia 2,540,905 0 % 823,290 141 Gambia 2,416,668 0 % 10,120 142 Botswana 2,351,627 0 % 566,730 143 Gabon 2,225,734 0 % 257,670 144 Lesotho 2,142,249 0 % 30,360 145 North Macedonia 2,083,374 0 % 25,220 146 Slovenia 2,078,938 0 % 20,140 147 Guinea-Bissau 1,968,001 0 % 28,120 148 Latvia 1,886,198 0 % 62,200 149 Bahrain 1,701,575 0 % 760 150 Equatorial Guinea 1,402,985 0 % 28,050 151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,399,488 0 % 5,130 152 Estonia 1,326,535 0 % 42,390 153 Timor-Leste 1,318,445 0 % 14,870 154 Mauritius 1,271,768 0 % 2,030 155 Cyprus 1,207,359 0 % 9,240 156 Eswatini 1,160,164 0 % 17,200 157 Djibouti 988,000 0 % 23,180 158 Fiji 896,445 0 % 18,270 159 Comoros 869,601 0 % 1,861 160 Guyana 786,552 0 % 196,850 161 Bhutan 771,608 0 % 38,117 162 Solomon Islands 686,884 0 % 27,990 163 Montenegro 628,066 0 % 13,450 164 Luxembourg 625,978 0 % 2,590 165 Suriname 586,632 0 % 156,000 166 Cabo Verde 555,987 0 % 4,030 167 Micronesia 548,914 0 % 700 168 Maldives 540,544 0 % 300 169 Malta 441,543 0 % 320 170 Brunei 437,479 0 % 5,270 171 Belize 397,628 0 % 22,810 172 Bahamas 393,244 0 % 10,010 173 Iceland 341,243 0 % 100,250 174 Vanuatu 307,145 0 % 12,190 175 Barbados 287,375 0 % 430 176 Sao Tome & Principe 219,159 0 % 960 177 Samoa 198,414 0 % 2,830 178 Saint Lucia 183,627 0 % 610 179 Kiribati 119,449 0 % 810 180 Grenada 112,523 0 % 340 181 St. Vincent & Grenadines 110,940 0 % 390 182 Tonga 105,695 0 % 720 183 Seychelles 98,347 0 % 460 184 Antigua and Barbuda 97,929 0 % 440 185 Andorra 77,265 0 % 470 186 Dominica 71,986 0 % 750 187 Marshall Islands 59,190 0 % 180 188 Saint Kitts & Nevis 53,199 0 % 260 189 Monaco 39,242 0 % 1 190 Liechtenstein 38,128 0 % 160 191 San Marino 33,931 0 % 60 192 Palau 18,094 0 % 460 193 Tuvalu 11,792 0 % 30 194 Nauru 10,824 0 % 20 195 Holy See 801 0 % 0