Home › How Many Countries Are There in the World? How Many Countries Are There in the World? The most commonly cited number is 195 countries in the world — 193 members of the United Nations, plus Vatican City and Palestine, which hold permanent observer status at the UN. However, the exact count depends on how you define "country." Some sources cite 197 (adding Kosovo and Taiwan, which are not UN members but function as independent states). The International Olympic Committee recognizes 206 national Olympic committees. The FIFA recognizes 211 football associations. If you include all territories, dependencies, and autonomous regions, the number rises to over 250.
Complete list # Country Capital Population Area Region 1 India New Delhi 1.42B 3,287,263 km² Asia 2 China Beijing 1.41B 9,706,961 km² Asia 3 United States Washington, D.C. 340.11M 9,525,067 km² Americas 4 Indonesia Jakarta 284.44M 1,904,569 km² Asia 5 Pakistan Islamabad 241.50M 796,095 km² Asia 6 Nigeria Abuja 223.80M 923,768 km² Africa 7 Brazil Brasília 213.42M 8,515,767 km² Americas 8 Bangladesh Dhaka 169.83M 147,570 km² Asia 9 Russia Moscow 146.03M 17,098,246 km² Europe 10 Mexico Mexico City 130.58M 1,964,375 km² Americas 11 Japan Tokyo 123.21M 377,930 km² Asia 12 Philippines Manila 114.12M 342,353 km² Asia 13 DR Congo Kinshasa 112.83M 2,344,858 km² Africa 14 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 111.65M 1,104,300 km² Africa 15 Egypt Cairo 107.27M 1,002,450 km² Africa 16 Vietnam Hanoi 101.34M 331,212 km² Asia 17 Iran Tehran 85.96M 1,648,195 km² Asia 18 Turkey Ankara 85.66M 783,562 km² Asia 19 Germany Berlin 83.49M 357,114 km² Europe 20 United Kingdom London 69.28M 244,376 km² Europe 21 Tanzania Dodoma 68.15M 947,303 km² Africa 22 France Paris 66.35M 543,908 km² Europe 23 Thailand Bangkok 65.86M 513,120 km² Asia 24 South Africa Pretoria 63.10M 1,221,037 km² Africa 25 Italy Rome 58.93M 301,336 km² Europe 26 Kenya Nairobi 53.33M 580,367 km² Africa 27 Colombia Bogotá 53.06M 1,141,748 km² Americas 28 Sudan Khartoum 51.66M 1,886,068 km² Africa 29 Myanmar Naypyidaw 51.32M 676,578 km² Asia 30 South Korea Seoul 51.16M 100,210 km² Asia 31 Spain Madrid 49.32M 505,992 km² Europe 32 Algeria Algiers 47.40M 2,381,741 km² Africa 33 Argentina Buenos Aires 46.74M 2,780,400 km² Americas 34 Iraq Baghdad 46.12M 438,317 km² Asia 35 Uganda Kampala 45.91M 241,550 km² Africa 36 Afghanistan Kabul 43.84M 652,230 km² Asia 37 Canada Ottawa 41.65M 9,984,670 km² Americas 38 Uzbekistan Tashkent 37.86M 447,400 km² Asia 39 Poland Warsaw 37.39M 312,679 km² Europe 40 Morocco Rabat 36.83M 446,550 km² Africa 41 Angola Luanda 36.17M 1,246,700 km² Africa 42 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 35.30M 2,149,690 km² Asia 43 Peru Lima 34.35M 1,285,216 km² Americas 44 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 34.23M 330,803 km² Asia 45 Mozambique Maputo 34.09M 801,590 km² Africa 46 Ghana Accra 33.74M 238,533 km² Africa 47 Ukraine Kyiv 32.86M 603,550 km² Europe 48 Yemen Sana'a 32.68M 527,968 km² Asia 49 Madagascar Antananarivo 31.73M 587,041 km² Africa 50 Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 31.72M 322,463 km² Africa 51 Nepal Kathmandu 29.91M 147,181 km² Asia 52 Cameroon Yaoundé 29.44M 475,442 km² Africa 53 Venezuela Caracas 28.52M 916,445 km² Americas 54 Australia Canberra 27.54M 7,692,024 km² Oceania 55 Niger Niamey 26.31M 1,267,000 km² Africa 56 North Korea Pyongyang 25.95M 120,538 km² Asia 57 Syria Damascus 25.62M 185,180 km² Asia 58 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 24.07M 272,967 km² Africa 59 Mali Bamako 22.40M 1,240,192 km² Africa 60 Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 21.76M 65,610 km² Asia 61 Malawi Lilongwe 20.73M 118,484 km² Africa 62 Kazakhstan Astana 20.43M 2,724,900 km² Asia 63 Chile Santiago 20.21M 756,102 km² Americas 64 Zambia Lusaka 19.69M 752,612 km² Africa 65 Somalia Mogadishu 19.66M 637,657 km² Africa 66 Chad N'Djamena 19.34M 1,284,000 km² Africa 67 Romania Bucharest 19.04M 238,391 km² Europe 68 Senegal Dakar 18.59M 196,722 km² Africa 69 Ecuador Quito 18.10M 276,841 km² Americas 70 Netherlands Amsterdam 18.10M 41,865 km² Europe 71 Guatemala Guatemala City 18.08M 108,889 km² Americas 72 Cambodia Phnom Penh 17.58M 181,035 km² Asia 73 Zimbabwe Harare 17.07M 390,757 km² Africa 74 South Sudan Juba 15.79M 619,745 km² Africa 75 Guinea Conakry 14.36M 245,857 km² Africa 76 Rwanda Kigali 14.10M 26,338 km² Africa 77 Benin Porto-Novo 13.22M 112,622 km² Africa 78 Burundi Gitega 12.33M 27,834 km² Africa 79 Tunisia Tunis 11.97M 163,610 km² Africa 80 Haiti Port-au-Prince 11.87M 27,750 km² Americas 81 Belgium Brussels 11.83M 30,528 km² Europe 82 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 11.78M 462,840 km² Oceania 83 Jordan Amman 11.73M 89,342 km² Asia 84 Bolivia Sucre 11.37M 1,098,581 km² Americas 85 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 11.29M 83,600 km² Asia 86 Czechia Prague 10.88M 78,865 km² Europe 87 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 10.77M 48,671 km² Americas 88 Portugal Lisbon 10.75M 92,090 km² Europe 89 Sweden Stockholm 10.61M 450,295 km² Europe 90 Tajikistan Dushanbe 10.50M 143,100 km² Asia 91 Greece Athens 10.40M 131,990 km² Europe 92 Azerbaijan Baku 10.24M 86,600 km² Asia 93 Israel Jerusalem 10.13M 21,937 km² Asia 94 Honduras Tegucigalpa 9.89M 112,492 km² Americas 95 Cuba Havana 9.75M 109,884 km² Americas 96 Hungary Budapest 9.54M 93,028 km² Europe 97 Austria Vienna 9.20M 83,871 km² Europe 98 Belarus Minsk 9.11M 207,600 km² Europe 99 Switzerland Bern 9.08M 41,284 km² Europe 100 Sierra Leone Freetown 9.08M 71,740 km² Africa 101 Togo Lomé 8.10M 56,785 km² Africa 102 Laos Vientiane 7.65M 236,800 km² Asia 103 Libya Tripoli 7.46M 1,759,540 km² Africa 104 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 7.28M 199,951 km² Asia 105 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 7.06M 488,100 km² Asia 106 Nicaragua Managua 6.80M 130,373 km² Americas 107 Serbia Belgrade 6.57M 77,589 km² Europe 108 Central African Republic Bangui 6.47M 622,984 km² Africa 109 Bulgaria Sofia 6.44M 110,879 km² Europe 110 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 6.14M 342,000 km² Africa 111 Singapore Singapore 6.11M 710 km² Asia 112 Paraguay Asunción 6.11M 406,752 km² Americas 113 El Salvador San Salvador 6.03M 21,041 km² Americas 114 Denmark Copenhagen 6.01M 43,094 km² Europe 115 Finland Helsinki 5.65M 338,455 km² Europe 116 Norway Oslo 5.61M 386,224 km² Europe 117 Lebanon Beirut 5.49M 10,452 km² Asia 118 Ireland Dublin 5.46M 70,273 km² Europe 119 Slovakia Bratislava 5.41M 49,037 km² Europe 120 Oman Muscat 5.34M 309,500 km² Asia 121 New Zealand Wellington 5.32M 268,838 km² Oceania 122 Costa Rica San José 5.31M 51,100 km² Americas 123 Liberia Monrovia 5.25M 111,369 km² Africa 124 Mauritania Nouakchott 4.93M 1,030,700 km² Africa 125 Kuwait Kuwait City 4.88M 17,818 km² Asia 126 Panama Panama City 4.06M 75,417 km² Americas 127 Georgia Tbilisi 4.00M 69,700 km² Asia 128 Croatia Zagreb 3.87M 56,594 km² Europe 129 Eritrea Asmara 3.61M 117,600 km² Africa 130 Mongolia Ulan Bator 3.54M 1,564,110 km² Asia 131 Uruguay Montevideo 3.50M 181,034 km² Americas 132 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 3.42M 51,209 km² Europe 133 Qatar Doha 3.17M 11,586 km² Asia 134 Armenia Yerevan 3.08M 29,743 km² Asia 135 Namibia Windhoek 3.02M 825,615 km² Africa 136 Lithuania Vilnius 2.89M 65,300 km² Europe 137 Jamaica Kingston 2.83M 10,991 km² Americas 138 Moldova Chișinău 2.75M 33,847 km² Europe 139 Gabon Libreville 2.47M 267,668 km² Africa 140 Gambia Banjul 2.42M 10,689 km² Africa 141 Albania Tirana 2.36M 28,748 km² Europe 142 Botswana Gaborone 2.36M 582,000 km² Africa 143 Slovenia Ljubljana 2.13M 20,273 km² Europe 144 Lesotho Maseru 2.12M 30,355 km² Africa 145 Latvia Riga 1.83M 64,559 km² Europe 146 North Macedonia Skopje 1.82M 25,713 km² Europe 147 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 1.78M 36,125 km² Africa 148 Equatorial Guinea Ciudad de la Paz 1.67M 28,051 km² Africa 149 Bahrain Manama 1.59M 765 km² Asia 150 Kosovo Pristina 1.59M 10,908 km² Europe 151 Cyprus Nicosia 1.44M 9,251 km² Europe 152 Timor-Leste Dili 1.39M 14,874 km² Asia 153 Estonia Tallinn 1.37M 45,227 km² Europe 154 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 1.37M 5,130 km² Americas 155 Mauritius Port Louis 1.24M 2,040 km² Africa 156 Eswatini Mbabane 1.24M 17,364 km² Africa 157 Djibouti Djibouti 1.07M 23,200 km² Africa 158 Comoros Moroni 919.9K 1,862 km² Africa 159 Fiji Suva 900.9K 18,272 km² Oceania 160 Bhutan Thimphu 784.0K 38,394 km² Asia 161 Guyana Georgetown 773.0K 214,969 km² Americas 162 Solomon Islands Honiara 750.3K 28,896 km² Oceania 163 Luxembourg Luxembourg 682.0K 2,586 km² Europe 164 Montenegro Podgorica 623.3K 13,812 km² Europe 165 Suriname Paramaribo 616.5K 163,820 km² Americas 166 Malta Valletta 574.3K 316 km² Europe 167 Maldives Malé 515.1K 300 km² Asia 168 Cape Verde Praia 491.2K 4,033 km² Africa 169 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 455.5K 5,765 km² Asia 170 Belize Belmopan 417.6K 22,966 km² Americas 171 Bahamas Nassau 398.2K 13,943 km² Americas 172 Iceland Reykjavik 391.8K 103,000 km² Europe 173 Vanuatu Port Vila 321.4K 12,189 km² Oceania 174 Barbados Bridgetown 267.8K 430 km² Americas 175 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 209.6K 964 km² Africa 176 Samoa Apia 205.6K 2,842 km² Oceania 177 Saint Lucia Castries 184.1K 616 km² Americas 178 Seychelles Victoria 122.7K 452 km² Africa 179 Kiribati South Tarawa 120.7K 811 km² Oceania 180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 110.9K 389 km² Americas 181 Grenada St. George's 109.0K 344 km² Americas 182 Micronesia Palikir 105.6K 702 km² Oceania 183 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 103.6K 442 km² Americas 184 Tonga Nuku'alofa 100.2K 747 km² Oceania 185 Andorra Andorra la Vella 88.4K 468 km² Europe 186 Dominica Roseau 67.4K 751 km² Americas 187 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 51.3K 261 km² Americas 188 Marshall Islands Majuro 42.4K 181 km² Oceania 189 Liechtenstein Vaduz 40.9K 160 km² Europe 190 Monaco Monaco 38.4K 2.02 km² Europe 191 San Marino City of San Marino 34.1K 61 km² Europe 192 Palau Ngerulmud 16.7K 459 km² Oceania 193 Nauru Yaren 11.7K 21 km² Oceania 194 Tuvalu Funafuti 10.6K 26 km² Oceania 195 Vatican City Vatican City 882 0.49 km² Europe
Frequently Asked Questions How many countries are there in the world in 2024? There are 195 countries in the world in 2024: 193 UN member states plus Vatican City and Palestine, which have permanent observer status at the UN.
Why do different sources give different numbers of countries? Different organizations use different criteria. The UN has 193 members, some add Vatican City and Palestine (195), others add Kosovo and Taiwan (197). Sports organizations like FIFA recognize 211 football associations.
Which is the newest country in the world? South Sudan is the world's newest internationally recognized country, gaining independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011.
