How many countries are there in the world? (2023)

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How many Countries are there 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:

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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:
See also: List with both countries and dependencies together | Alphabetical list of countries (includes dependencies)

#	Country	Population (2023)	World Share	Land Area (Km²)
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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Total Number of Countries: The article asserts that there are currently 195 countries in the world. This figure includes 193 member states of the United Nations and two non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
Exclusions from the Count: Notably, the article mentions entities that are excluded from the total count of 195 countries. These exclusions comprise Taiwan, which the United Nations regards as represented by the People's Republic of China, as well as the Cook Islands and Niue, both in free association with New Zealand.
Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty: The article introduces the concept of dependencies, dependent territories, dependent areas, and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories). It further identifies other countries recognized by the United Nations as not being self-governing.
Geographical Distribution: The distribution of the 195 countries across continents is outlined:
- Africa: 54 countries
- Asia: 48 countries
- Europe: 44 countries
- Latin America and the Caribbean: 33 countries
- Oceania: 14 countries
- Northern America: 2 countries
Population and Land Area: The article provides a table ranking countries based on population, including the current population, share of the world population, and land area. The top five countries by population are India, China, the United States, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
Geopolitical Statistics: The geopolitical statistics include information on each country's population (as of 2023), its share of the world population, and its land area in square kilometers. For instance, India has a population of 1,428,627,663, representing 17.76% of the world population, with a land area of 2,973,190 square kilometers.

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How many countries are there in the world? (2023) - Total & List (2024)

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