How many Countries are there in the World?

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:
• 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

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 %