- 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
- 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
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:
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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:
# | Country | Population (2017) | World Share |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,388,232,693 | 18.5 % |
2 | India | 1,342,512,706 | 17.9 % |
3 | U.S. | 326,474,013 | 4.3 % |
4 | Indonesia | 263,510,146 | 3.5 % |
5 | Brazil | 211,243,220 | 2.8 % |
6 | Pakistan | 196,744,376 | 2.6 % |
7 | Nigeria | 191,835,936 | 2.6 % |
8 | Bangladesh | 164,827,718 | 2.2 % |
9 | Russia | 143,375,006 | 1.9 % |
10 | Mexico | 130,222,815 | 1.7 % |
11 | Japan | 126,045,211 | 1.7 % |
12 | Ethiopia | 104,344,901 | 1.4 % |
13 | Philippines | 103,796,832 | 1.4 % |
14 | Viet Nam | 95,414,640 | 1.3 % |
15 | Egypt | 95,215,102 | 1.3 % |
16 | DR Congo | 82,242,685 | 1.1 % |
17 | Iran | 80,945,718 | 1.1 % |
18 | Germany | 80,636,124 | 1.1 % |
19 | Turkey | 80,417,526 | 1.1 % |
20 | Thailand | 68,297,547 | 0.9 % |
21 | U.K. | 65,511,098 | 0.9 % |
22 | France | 64,938,716 | 0.9 % |
23 | Italy | 59,797,978 | 0.8 % |
24 | Tanzania | 56,877,529 | 0.8 % |
25 | South Africa | 55,436,360 | 0.7 % |
26 | Myanmar | 54,836,483 | 0.7 % |
27 | South Korea | 50,704,971 | 0.7 % |
28 | Colombia | 49,067,981 | 0.7 % |
29 | Kenya | 48,466,928 | 0.6 % |
30 | Spain | 46,070,146 | 0.6 % |
31 | Ukraine | 44,405,055 | 0.6 % |
32 | Argentina | 44,272,125 | 0.6 % |
33 | Sudan | 42,166,323 | 0.6 % |
34 | Uganda | 41,652,938 | 0.6 % |
35 | Algeria | 41,063,753 | 0.5 % |
36 | Iraq | 38,654,287 | 0.5 % |
37 | Poland | 38,563,573 | 0.5 % |
38 | Canada | 36,626,083 | 0.5 % |
39 | Morocco | 35,241,418 | 0.5 % |
40 | Afghanistan | 34,169,169 | 0.5 % |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 32,742,664 | 0.4 % |
42 | Peru | 32,166,473 | 0.4 % |
43 | Venezuela | 31,925,705 | 0.4 % |
44 | Malaysia | 31,164,177 | 0.4 % |
45 | Uzbekistan | 30,690,914 | 0.4 % |
46 | Mozambique | 29,537,914 | 0.4 % |
47 | Nepal | 29,187,037 | 0.4 % |
48 | Ghana | 28,656,723 | 0.4 % |
49 | Yemen | 28,119,546 | 0.4 % |
50 | Angola | 26,655,513 | 0.4 % |
51 | Madagascar | 25,612,972 | 0.3 % |
52 | North Korea | 25,405,296 | 0.3 % |
53 | Australia | 24,641,662 | 0.3 % |
54 | Cameroon | 24,513,689 | 0.3 % |
55 | Côte d'Ivoire | 23,815,886 | 0.3 % |
56 | Niger | 21,563,607 | 0.3 % |
57 | Sri Lanka | 20,905,335 | 0.3 % |
58 | Romania | 19,237,513 | 0.3 % |
59 | Burkina Faso | 19,173,322 | 0.3 % |
60 | Syria | 18,906,907 | 0.3 % |
61 | Mali | 18,689,966 | 0.2 % |
62 | Chile | 18,313,495 | 0.2 % |
63 | Malawi | 18,298,679 | 0.2 % |
64 | Kazakhstan | 18,064,470 | 0.2 % |
65 | Zambia | 17,237,931 | 0.2 % |
66 | Netherlands | 17,032,845 | 0.2 % |
67 | Guatemala | 17,005,497 | 0.2 % |
68 | Ecuador | 16,625,776 | 0.2 % |
69 | Zimbabwe | 16,337,760 | 0.2 % |
70 | Cambodia | 16,076,370 | 0.2 % |
71 | Senegal | 16,054,275 | 0.2 % |
72 | Chad | 14,965,482 | 0.2 % |
73 | Guinea | 13,290,659 | 0.2 % |
74 | South Sudan | 13,096,190 | 0.2 % |
75 | Rwanda | 12,159,586 | 0.2 % |
76 | Burundi | 11,936,481 | 0.2 % |
77 | Tunisia | 11,494,760 | 0.2 % |
78 | Benin | 11,458,611 | 0.2 % |
79 | Belgium | 11,443,830 | 0.2 % |
80 | Somalia | 11,391,962 | 0.2 % |
81 | Cuba | 11,390,184 | 0.2 % |
82 | Bolivia | 11,052,864 | 0.1 % |
83 | Haiti | 10,983,274 | 0.1 % |
84 | Greece | 10,892,931 | 0.1 % |
85 | Dominican Republic | 10,766,564 | 0.1 % |
86 | Czech Republic | 10,555,130 | 0.1 % |
87 | Portugal | 10,264,797 | 0.1 % |
88 | Azerbaijan | 9,973,697 | 0.1 % |
89 | Sweden | 9,920,624 | 0.1 % |
90 | Hungary | 9,787,905 | 0.1 % |
91 | Belarus | 9,458,535 | 0.1 % |
92 | United Arab Emirates | 9,397,599 | 0.1 % |
93 | Tajikistan | 8,858,115 | 0.1 % |
94 | Serbia | 8,776,940 | 0.1 % |
95 | Austria | 8,592,400 | 0.1 % |
96 | Switzerland | 8,454,083 | 0.1 % |
97 | Israel | 8,323,248 | 0.1 % |
98 | Honduras | 8,304,677 | 0.1 % |
99 | Papua New Guinea | 7,933,841 | 0.1 % |
100 | Jordan | 7,876,703 | 0.1 % |
101 | Togo | 7,691,915 | 0.1 % |
102 | Bulgaria | 7,045,259 | 0.1 % |
103 | Laos | 7,037,521 | 0.1 % |
104 | Paraguay | 6,811,583 | 0.1 % |
105 | Sierra Leone | 6,732,899 | 0.1 % |
106 | Libya | 6,408,742 | 0.1 % |
107 | Nicaragua | 6,217,796 | 0.1 % |
108 | El Salvador | 6,167,147 | 0.1 % |
109 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,124,945 | 0.1 % |
110 | Lebanon | 6,039,277 | 0.1 % |
111 | Singapore | 5,784,538 | 0.1 % |
112 | Denmark | 5,711,837 | 0.1 % |
113 | Finland | 5,541,274 | 0.1 % |
114 | Turkmenistan | 5,502,586 | 0.1 % |
115 | Eritrea | 5,481,906 | 0.1 % |
116 | Slovakia | 5,432,157 | 0.1 % |
117 | Norway | 5,330,800 | 0.1 % |
118 | Central African Republic | 5,098,826 | 0.1 % |
119 | State of Palestine | 4,928,225 | 0.1 % |
120 | Costa Rica | 4,905,626 | 0.1 % |
121 | Congo | 4,866,243 | 0.1 % |
122 | Ireland | 4,749,153 | 0.1 % |
123 | Oman | 4,741,305 | 0.1 % |
124 | Liberia | 4,730,437 | 0.1 % |
125 | New Zealand | 4,604,871 | 0.1 % |
126 | Mauritania | 4,266,448 | 0.1 % |
127 | Croatia | 4,209,815 | 0.1 % |
128 | Kuwait | 4,099,932 | 0.1 % |
129 | Moldova | 4,054,640 | 0.1 % |
130 | Panama | 4,051,284 | 0.1 % |
131 | Georgia | 3,972,532 | 0.1 % |
132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,792,759 | 0.1 % |
133 | Uruguay | 3,456,877 | 0 % |
134 | Mongolia | 3,051,900 | 0 % |
135 | Armenia | 3,031,670 | 0 % |
136 | Albania | 2,911,428 | 0 % |
137 | Lithuania | 2,830,582 | 0 % |
138 | Jamaica | 2,813,285 | 0 % |
139 | Namibia | 2,568,569 | 0 % |
140 | Botswana | 2,343,981 | 0 % |
141 | Qatar | 2,338,085 | 0 % |
142 | Lesotho | 2,185,159 | 0 % |
143 | Gambia | 2,120,418 | 0 % |
144 | TFYR Macedonia | 2,083,308 | 0 % |
145 | Slovenia | 2,071,252 | 0 % |
146 | Latvia | 1,944,565 | 0 % |
147 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,932,871 | 0 % |
148 | Gabon | 1,801,232 | 0 % |
149 | Bahrain | 1,418,895 | 0 % |
150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,369,157 | 0 % |
151 | Swaziland | 1,320,356 | 0 % |
152 | Estonia | 1,305,755 | 0 % |
153 | Mauritius | 1,281,353 | 0 % |
154 | Timor-Leste | 1,237,251 | 0 % |
155 | Cyprus | 1,187,575 | 0 % |
156 | Djibouti | 911,382 | 0 % |
157 | Fiji | 902,547 | 0 % |
158 | Equatorial Guinea | 894,464 | 0 % |
159 | Comoros | 825,920 | 0 % |
160 | Bhutan | 792,877 | 0 % |
161 | Guyana | 774,407 | 0 % |
162 | Montenegro | 626,250 | 0 % |
163 | Solomon Islands | 606,215 | 0 % |
164 | Luxembourg | 584,103 | 0 % |
165 | Suriname | 552,112 | 0 % |
166 | Cabo Verde | 533,468 | 0 % |
167 | Brunei | 434,448 | 0 % |
168 | Malta | 420,521 | 0 % |
169 | Bahamas | 397,164 | 0 % |
170 | Maldives | 375,867 | 0 % |
171 | Belize | 374,651 | 0 % |
172 | Iceland | 334,303 | 0 % |
173 | Barbados | 285,744 | 0 % |
174 | Vanuatu | 276,331 | 0 % |
175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 198,481 | 0 % |
176 | Samoa | 195,743 | 0 % |
177 | Saint Lucia | 187,768 | 0 % |
178 | Kiribati | 116,405 | 0 % |
179 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 109,895 | 0 % |
180 | Grenada | 107,850 | 0 % |
181 | Tonga | 107,797 | 0 % |
182 | Micronesia | 105,566 | 0 % |
183 | Seychelles | 97,539 | 0 % |
184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 93,659 | 0 % |
185 | Dominica | 73,353 | 0 % |
186 | Andorra | 68,728 | 0 % |
187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56,780 | 0 % |
188 | Marshall Islands | 53,132 | 0 % |
189 | Liechtenstein | 38,022 | 0 % |
190 | Monaco | 38,010 | 0 % |
191 | San Marino | 32,104 | 0 % |
192 | Palau | 21,726 | 0 % |
193 | Nauru | 10,301 | 0 % |
194 | Tuvalu | 9,975 | 0 % |
195 | Holy See | 801 | 0 % |