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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:

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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)

#CountryPopulation
(2024)		World
Share		Land Area
(Km²)
1 India 1,450,935,791 17.78 % 2,973,190
2 China 1,419,321,278 17.39 % 9,388,211
3 United States 345,426,571 4.23 % 9,147,420
4 Indonesia 283,487,931 3.47 % 1,811,570
5 Pakistan 251,269,164 3.08 % 770,880
6 Nigeria 232,679,478 2.85 % 910,770
7 Brazil 211,998,573 2.6 % 8,358,140
8 Bangladesh 173,562,364 2.13 % 130,170
9 Russia 144,820,423 1.77 % 16,376,870
10 Ethiopia 132,059,767 1.62 % 1,000,000
11 Mexico 130,861,007 1.6 % 1,943,950
12 Japan 123,753,041 1.52 % 364,555
13 Egypt 116,538,258 1.43 % 995,450
14 Philippines 115,843,670 1.42 % 298,170
15 DR Congo 109,276,265 1.34 % 2,267,050
16 Vietnam 100,987,686 1.24 % 310,070
17 Iran 91,567,738 1.12 % 1,628,550
18 Turkey 87,473,805 1.07 % 769,630
19 Germany 84,552,242 1.04 % 348,560
20 Thailand 71,668,011 0.88 % 510,890
21 United Kingdom 69,138,192 0.85 % 241,930
22 Tanzania 68,560,157 0.84 % 885,800
23 France 66,548,530 0.82 % 547,557
24 South Africa 64,007,187 0.78 % 1,213,090
25 Italy 59,342,867 0.73 % 294,140
26 Kenya 56,432,944 0.69 % 569,140
27 Myanmar 54,500,091 0.67 % 653,290
28 Colombia 52,886,363 0.65 % 1,109,500
29 South Korea 51,717,590 0.63 % 97,230
30 Sudan 50,448,963 0.62 % 1,765,048
31 Uganda 50,015,092 0.61 % 199,810
32 Spain 47,910,526 0.59 % 498,800
33 Algeria 46,814,308 0.57 % 2,381,740
34 Iraq 46,042,015 0.56 % 434,320
35 Argentina 45,696,159 0.56 % 2,736,690
36 Afghanistan 42,647,492 0.52 % 652,860
37 Yemen 40,583,164 0.5 % 527,970
38 Canada 39,742,430 0.49 % 9,093,510
39 Poland 38,539,201 0.47 % 306,230
40 Morocco 38,081,173 0.47 % 446,300
41 Angola 37,885,849 0.46 % 1,246,700
42 Ukraine 37,860,221 0.46 % 579,320
43 Uzbekistan 36,361,859 0.45 % 425,400
44 Malaysia 35,557,673 0.44 % 328,550
45 Mozambique 34,631,766 0.42 % 786,380
46 Ghana 34,427,414 0.42 % 227,540
47 Peru 34,217,848 0.42 % 1,280,000
48 Saudi Arabia 33,962,757 0.42 % 2,149,690
49 Madagascar 31,964,956 0.39 % 581,795
50 Côte d'Ivoire 31,934,230 0.39 % 318,000
51 Nepal 29,651,054 0.36 % 143,350
52 Cameroon 29,123,744 0.36 % 472,710
53 Venezuela 28,405,543 0.35 % 882,050
54 Niger 27,032,412 0.33 % 1,266,700
55 Australia 26,713,205 0.33 % 7,682,300
56 North Korea 26,498,823 0.32 % 120,410
57 Syria 24,672,760 0.3 % 183,630
58 Mali 24,478,595 0.3 % 1,220,190
59 Burkina Faso 23,548,781 0.29 % 273,600
60 Sri Lanka 23,103,565 0.28 % 62,710
61 Malawi 21,655,286 0.27 % 94,280
62 Zambia 21,314,956 0.26 % 743,390
63 Kazakhstan 20,592,571 0.25 % 2,699,700
64 Chad 20,299,123 0.25 % 1,259,200
65 Chile 19,764,771 0.24 % 743,532
66 Romania 19,015,088 0.23 % 230,170
67 Somalia 19,009,151 0.23 % 627,340
68 Senegal 18,501,984 0.23 % 192,530
69 Guatemala 18,406,359 0.23 % 107,160
70 Netherlands 18,228,742 0.22 % 33,720
71 Ecuador 18,135,478 0.22 % 248,360
72 Cambodia 17,638,801 0.22 % 176,520
73 Zimbabwe 16,634,373 0.2 % 386,850
74 Guinea 14,754,785 0.18 % 245,720
75 Benin 14,462,724 0.18 % 112,760
76 Rwanda 14,256,567 0.17 % 24,670
77 Burundi 14,047,786 0.17 % 25,680
78 Bolivia 12,413,315 0.15 % 1,083,300
79 Tunisia 12,277,109 0.15 % 155,360
80 South Sudan 11,943,408 0.15 % 610,952
81 Haiti 11,772,557 0.14 % 27,560
82 Belgium 11,738,763 0.14 % 30,280
83 Jordan 11,552,876 0.14 % 88,780
84 Dominican Republic 11,427,557 0.14 % 48,320
85 United Arab Emirates 11,027,129 0.14 % 83,600
86 Cuba 10,979,783 0.13 % 106,440
87 Honduras 10,825,703 0.13 % 111,890
88 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,735,859 0.13 % 77,240
89 Sweden 10,606,999 0.13 % 410,340
90 Tajikistan 10,590,927 0.13 % 139,960
91 Papua New Guinea 10,576,502 0.13 % 452,860
92 Portugal 10,425,292 0.13 % 91,590
93 Azerbaijan 10,336,577 0.13 % 82,658
94 Greece 10,047,817 0.12 % 128,900
95 Hungary 9,676,135 0.12 % 90,530
96 Togo 9,515,236 0.12 % 54,390
97 Israel 9,387,021 0.12 % 21,640
98 Austria 9,120,813 0.11 % 82,409
99 Belarus 9,056,696 0.11 % 202,910
100 Switzerland 8,921,981 0.11 % 39,516
101 Sierra Leone 8,642,022 0.11 % 72,180
102 Laos 7,769,819 0.1 % 230,800
103 Turkmenistan 7,494,498 0.09 % 469,930
104 Libya 7,381,023 0.09 % 1,759,540
105 Kyrgyzstan 7,186,009 0.09 % 191,800
106 Paraguay 6,929,153 0.08 % 397,300
107 Nicaragua 6,916,140 0.08 % 120,340
108 Bulgaria 6,757,689 0.08 % 108,560
109 Serbia 6,736,216 0.08 % 87,460
110 El Salvador 6,338,193 0.08 % 20,720
111 Congo 6,332,961 0.08 % 341,500
112 Denmark 5,977,412 0.07 % 42,430
113 Singapore 5,832,387 0.07 % 700
114 Lebanon 5,805,962 0.07 % 10,230
115 Finland 5,617,310 0.07 % 303,890
116 Liberia 5,612,817 0.07 % 96,320
117 Norway 5,576,660 0.07 % 365,268
118 Slovakia 5,506,760 0.07 % 48,088
119 State of Palestine 5,495,443 0.07 % 6,020
120 Central African Republic 5,330,690 0.07 % 622,980
121 Oman 5,281,538 0.06 % 309,500
122 Ireland 5,255,017 0.06 % 68,890
123 New Zealand 5,213,944 0.06 % 263,310
124 Mauritania 5,169,395 0.06 % 1,030,700
125 Costa Rica 5,129,910 0.06 % 51,060
126 Kuwait 4,934,507 0.06 % 17,820
127 Panama 4,515,577 0.06 % 74,340
128 Croatia 3,875,325 0.05 % 55,960
129 Georgia 3,807,670 0.05 % 69,490
130 Eritrea 3,535,603 0.04 % 101,000
131 Mongolia 3,475,540 0.04 % 1,553,560
132 Uruguay 3,386,588 0.04 % 175,020
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,164,253 0.04 % 51,000
134 Qatar 3,048,423 0.04 % 11,610
135 Moldova 3,034,961 0.04 % 32,850
136 Namibia 3,030,131 0.04 % 823,290
137 Armenia 2,973,840 0.04 % 28,470
138 Lithuania 2,859,110 0.04 % 62,674
139 Jamaica 2,839,175 0.03 % 10,830
140 Albania 2,791,765 0.03 % 27,400
141 Gambia 2,759,988 0.03 % 10,120
142 Gabon 2,538,952 0.03 % 257,670
143 Botswana 2,521,139 0.03 % 566,730
144 Lesotho 2,337,423 0.03 % 30,360
145 Guinea-Bissau 2,201,352 0.03 % 28,120
146 Slovenia 2,118,697 0.03 % 20,140
147 Equatorial Guinea 1,892,516 0.02 % 28,050
148 Latvia 1,871,871 0.02 % 62,200
149 North Macedonia 1,823,009 0.02 % 25,220
150 Bahrain 1,607,049 0.02 % 760
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,507,782 0.02 % 5,130
152 Timor-Leste 1,400,638 0.02 % 14,870
153 Estonia 1,360,546 0.02 % 42,390
154 Cyprus 1,358,282 0.02 % 9,240
155 Mauritius 1,271,169 0.02 % 2,030
156 Eswatini 1,242,822 0.02 % 17,200
157 Djibouti 1,168,722 0.01 % 23,180
158 Fiji 928,784 0.01 % 18,270
159 Comoros 866,628 0.01 % 1,861
160 Guyana 831,087 0.01 % 196,850
161 Solomon Islands 819,198 0.01 % 27,990
162 Bhutan 791,524 0.01 % 38,117
163 Luxembourg 673,036 0.01 % 2,590
164 Montenegro 638,479 0.01 % 13,450
165 Suriname 634,431 0.01 % 156,000
166 Malta 539,607 0.01 % 320
167 Maldives 527,799 0.01 % 300
168 Micronesia 526,923 0.01 % 700
169 Cabo Verde 524,877 0.01 % 4,030
170 Brunei 462,721 0.01 % 5,270
171 Belize 417,072 0.01 % 22,810
172 Bahamas 401,283 0 % 10,010
173 Iceland 393,396 0 % 100,250
174 Vanuatu 327,777 0 % 12,190
175 Barbados 282,467 0 % 430
176 Sao Tome & Principe 235,536 0 % 960
177 Samoa 218,019 0 % 2,830
178 Saint Lucia 179,744 0 % 610
179 Kiribati 134,518 0 % 810
180 Seychelles 130,418 0 % 460
181 Grenada 117,207 0 % 340
182 Tonga 104,175 0 % 720
183 St. Vincent & Grenadines 100,616 0 % 390
184 Antigua and Barbuda 93,772 0 % 440
185 Andorra 81,938 0 % 470
186 Dominica 66,205 0 % 750
187 Saint Kitts & Nevis 46,843 0 % 260
188 Liechtenstein 39,870 0 % 160
189 Monaco 38,631 0 % 1
190 Marshall Islands 37,548 0 % 180
191 San Marino 33,581 0 % 60
192 Palau 17,695 0 % 460
193 Nauru 11,947 0 % 20
194 Tuvalu 9,646 0 % 30
195 Holy See 496 0 % 0