List of countries of the world

All 197 countries, A to Z, with capital city, continent, population and area. Filter by continent or search for a country.

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Afghanistan	Kabul	Asia	43,844,000	652,230
Albania	Tirana	Europe	2,363,314	28,748
Algeria	Algiers	Africa	47,400,000	2,381,741
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Europe	88,306	468
Angola	Luanda	Africa	36,170,961	1,246,700
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	North America	103,603	442
Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	46,735,004	2,780,400
Armenia	Yerevan	Asia	3,081,100	29,743
Australia	Canberra	Oceania	27,400,013	7,692,024
Austria	Vienna	Europe	9,200,931	83,871
Azerbaijan	Baku	Asia	10,241,722	86,600
Bahamas	Nassau	North America	398,165	13,943
Bahrain	Manama	Asia	1,594,654	765
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia	169,828,911	147,570
Barbados	Bridgetown	North America	267,800	430
Belarus	Minsk	Europe	9,109,280	207,600
Belgium	Brussels	Europe	11,825,551	30,528
Belize	Belmopan	North America	417,634	22,966
Benin	Porto-Novo	Africa	13,224,860	112,622
Bhutan	Thimphu	Asia	784,043	38,394
Bolivia	Sucre	South America	11,312,620	1,098,581
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe	3,422,000	51,209
Botswana	Gaborone	Africa	2,359,609	582,000
Brazil	Brasília	South America	213,421,037	8,515,767
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia	455,500	5,765
Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe	6,437,360	110,879
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Africa	24,070,553	272,967
Burundi	Gitega	Africa	12,332,788	27,834
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Asia	17,577,760	181,035
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Africa	29,442,327	475,442
Canada	Ottawa	North America	41,548,787	9,984,670
Cape Verde	Praia	Africa	491,233	4,033
Central African Republic	Bangui	Africa	6,470,307	622,984
Chad	N'Djamena	Africa	19,340,757	1,284,000
Chile	Santiago	South America	20,206,953	756,102
China	Beijing	Asia	1,408,280,000	9,706,961
Colombia	Bogotá	South America	53,057,212	1,141,748
Comoros	Moroni	Africa	870,038	1,862
Costa Rica	San José	North America	5,309,625	51,100
Croatia	Zagreb	Europe	3,866,233	56,594
Cuba	Havana	North America	9,748,007	109,884
Cyprus	Nicosia	Europe	966,400	9,251
Czechia	Prague	Europe	10,876,875	78,865
Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe	6,004,342	43,094
Djibouti	Djibouti	Africa	1,066,809	23,200
Dominica	Roseau	North America	67,408	751
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	North America	10,771,504	48,671
DR Congo	Kinshasa	Africa	112,832,000	2,344,858
Ecuador	Quito	South America	18,103,660	276,841
Egypt	Cairo	Africa	107,271,260	1,002,450
El Salvador	San Salvador	North America	6,029,976	21,041
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Africa	1,668,768	28,051
Eritrea	Asmara	Africa	3,607,000	117,600
Estonia	Tallinn	Europe	1,369,995	45,227
Eswatini	Lobamba	Africa	1,235,549	17,364
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Africa	111,652,998	1,104,300
Fiji	Suva	Oceania	900,869	18,272
Finland	Helsinki	Europe	5,645,651	338,424
France	Paris	Europe	68,688,000	551,695
Gabon	Libreville	Africa	2,469,296	267,668
Gambia	Banjul	Africa	2,422,712	10,689
Georgia	Tbilisi	Asia	3,704,500	69,700
Germany	Berlin	Europe	83,517,030	357,114
Ghana	Accra	Africa	33,742,380	238,533
Greece	Athens	Europe	10,400,720	131,990
Grenada	St. George's	North America	109,021	344
Guatemala	Guatemala City	North America	18,079,810	108,889
Guinea	Conakry	Africa	14,363,931	245,857
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Africa	1,781,308	36,125
Guyana	Georgetown	South America	772,975	214,969
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	North America	11,867,032	27,750
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	North America	9,892,632	112,492
Hungary	Budapest	Europe	9,539,502	93,028
Iceland	Reykjavik	Europe	391,810	103,000
India	New Delhi	Asia	1,417,492,000	3,287,590
Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia	284,438,782	1,904,569
Iran	Tehran	Asia	85,961,000	1,648,195
Iraq	Baghdad	Asia	46,118,793	438,317
Ireland	Dublin	Europe	5,458,600	70,273
Israel	Jerusalem	Asia	10,119,400	20,770
Italy	Rome	Europe	58,919,230	301,336
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Africa	29,389,150	322,463
Jamaica	Kingston	North America	2,825,544	10,991
Japan	Tokyo	Asia	123,300,000	377,930
Jordan	Amman	Asia	11,734,000	89,342
Kazakhstan	Astana	Asia	20,407,844	2,724,900
Kenya	Nairobi	Africa	53,330,978	580,367
Kiribati	South Tarawa	Oceania	120,740	811
Kosovo	Pristina	Europe	1,585,566	10,908
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Asia	4,881,254	17,818
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Asia	7,281,800	199,951
Laos	Vientiane	Asia	7,647,000	236,800
Latvia	Riga	Europe	1,830,400	64,559
Lebanon	Beirut	Asia	5,490,000	10,452
Lesotho	Maseru	Africa	2,116,427	30,355
Liberia	Monrovia	Africa	5,248,621	111,369
Libya	Tripoli	Africa	7,459,000	1,759,540
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Europe	40,900	160
Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe	2,894,548	65,300
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe	681,973	2,586
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Africa	31,727,042	587,041
Malawi	Lilongwe	Africa	20,734,262	118,484
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia	34,231,700	330,803
Maldives	Malé	Asia	515,132	300
Mali	Bamako	Africa	22,395,489	1,240,192
Malta	Valletta	Europe	574,250	316
Marshall Islands	Majuro	Oceania	42,418	181
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Africa	4,927,532	1,030,700
Mauritius	Port Louis	Africa	1,243,741	2,040
Mexico	Mexico City	North America	130,575,786	1,964,375
Micronesia	Palikir	Oceania	105,564	702
Moldova	Chișinău	Europe	2,381,300	33,846
Monaco	Monaco	Europe	38,423	2.02
Mongolia	Ulan Bator	Asia	3,544,835	1,564,110
Montenegro	Podgorica	Europe	623,327	13,812
Morocco	Rabat	Africa	36,828,330	446,550
Mozambique	Maputo	Africa	34,090,466	801,590
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Asia	51,316,756	676,578
Namibia	Windhoek	Africa	3,022,401	825,615
Nauru	Yaren	Oceania	11,680	21
Nepal	Kathmandu	Asia	29,911,840	147,181
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Europe	18,080,943	41,850
New Zealand	Wellington	Oceania	5,324,700	270,467
Nicaragua	Managua	North America	6,803,886	130,373
Niger	Niamey	Africa	26,312,034	1,267,000
Nigeria	Abuja	Africa	223,800,000	923,768
North Korea	Pyongyang	Asia	25,950,000	120,538
North Macedonia	Skopje	Europe	1,826,247	25,713
Norway	Oslo	Europe	5,606,944	323,802
Oman	Muscat	Asia	5,306,976	309,500
Pakistan	Islamabad	Asia	241,499,431	881,912
Palau	Ngerulmud	Oceania	16,733	459
Palestine	Ramallah	Asia	5,483,450	6,220
Panama	Panama City	North America	4,064,780	75,417
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Oceania	11,781,559	462,840
Paraguay	Asunción	South America	6,109,644	406,752
Peru	Lima	South America	34,350,244	1,285,216
Philippines	Manila	Asia	114,123,600	342,353
Poland	Warsaw	Europe	37,401,000	312,679
Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	10,749,635	92,090
Qatar	Doha	Asia	3,173,024	11,586
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Africa	6,142,180	342,000
Romania	Bucharest	Europe	19,036,031	238,391
Russia	Moscow	Europe	146,028,325	17,098,242
Rwanda	Kigali	Africa	14,104,969	26,338
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	North America	51,320	261
Saint Lucia	Castries	North America	184,100	616
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	North America	110,872	389
Samoa	Apia	Oceania	205,557	2,842
San Marino	City of San Marino	Europe	34,132	61
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Africa	209,607	964
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Asia	35,300,280	2,149,690
Senegal	Dakar	Africa	18,593,258	196,722
Serbia	Belgrade	Europe	6,567,783	88,361
Seychelles	Victoria	Africa	122,729	452
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Africa	9,077,691	71,740
Singapore	Singapore	Asia	6,036,900	710
Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe	5,413,813	49,037
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe	2,130,638	20,273
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Oceania	750,325	28,896
Somalia	Mogadishu	Africa	19,655,000	637,657
South Africa	Pretoria	Africa	63,100,945	1,221,037
South Korea	Seoul	Asia	51,159,889	100,210
South Sudan	Juba	Africa	15,786,898	619,745
Spain	Madrid	Europe	49,315,949	505,992
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Asia	21,763,170	65,610
Sudan	Khartoum	Africa	51,662,000	1,886,068
Suriname	Paramaribo	South America	616,500	163,820
Sweden	Stockholm	Europe	10,596,652	450,295
Switzerland	Bern	Europe	9,082,848	41,284
Syria	Damascus	Asia	25,620,000	185,180
Taiwan	Taipei	Asia	23,337,936	36,193
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Asia	10,499,000	143,100
Tanzania	Dodoma	Africa	68,153,004	945,087
Thailand	Bangkok	Asia	65,859,640	513,120
Timor-Leste	Dili	Asia	1,391,221	14,874
Togo	Lomé	Africa	8,095,498	56,785
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	Oceania	100,179	747
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	North America	1,368,333	5,130
Tunisia	Tunis	Africa	11,972,169	163,610
Türkiye	Ankara	Asia	85,664,944	783,562
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Asia	7,057,841	488,100
Tuvalu	Funafuti	Oceania	10,643	26
Uganda	Kampala	Africa	45,905,417	241,550
Ukraine	Kyiv	Europe	32,862,000	603,500
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia	10,678,556	83,600
United Kingdom	London	Europe	68,265,209	242,900
United States	Washington D.C.	North America	340,110,988	9,372,610
Uruguay	Montevideo	South America	3,499,451	181,034
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Asia	37,859,698	447,400
Vanuatu	Port Vila	Oceania	321,409	12,189
Vatican City	Vatican City	Europe	882	0.44
Venezuela	Caracas	South America	28,517,000	916,445
Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia	101,343,800	331,212
Yemen	Sana'a	Asia	32,684,503	527,968
Zambia	Lusaka	Africa	19,693,423	752,612
Zimbabwe	Harare	Africa	17,073,087	390,757

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Continents follow the 7-continent model: the Americas are split at the Panama–Colombia border, and transcontinental countries such as Russia and Turkey are listed where most people live, following the UN geoscheme.

Frequently asked questions

How many countries are in this list?

This list has 197 entries: the 193 UN member states, the two UN observer states (Vatican City and Palestine), plus Kosovo and Taiwan. Why the number of countries depends on who you ask.

Which continent has the most countries?

Africa, with 54 countries. Europe and Asia follow.

What is the newest country?

South Sudan, which became independent from Sudan on July 9, 2011 and joined the UN a week later.

Are territories like Greenland or Puerto Rico included?

No. Dependent territories (Greenland, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, French Guiana and others) belong to another country, so they are not listed separately.