# How Many Countries in the World

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Category: Geography
Published: 2010-01-02T04:59:00
Updated: 2010-01-02T04:59:00
How many countries are there in the world are there? This article provides an extensive list of all the countries listed by the United Nations, with their capitals.

One would think that answering the question as to how many countries are there in the world would be an easy task. However, listing the exact number of countries in the world is quite a cumbersome task, and the answer may vary depending on the source of information. The number of countries in the world may vary from 189, 191, 192, 193, 194 to 195. As of April 26, 2009, the United Nations (UN) has 192 members listed as recognized independent countries of the world.  
  
However, UN considers Taiwan to be a part of China, and not as an independent country, even though it meets most of the requirements of an independent nation. Taiwan has failed to emerge as an independent country due to political reasons, which is why it is clubbed with China, in the United Nations list of countries.  
  
Moreover, since countries like the Vatican City and Kosovo are not signed up with the United Nations, they are not included in UN’s final tally of 192. Sources that consider Taiwan, Vatican City and Kosovo as independent nations have managed to jot down a total of 195 countries. We all know that facts cannot be relative and need to have a definite answer. However, in the case of ‘how many countries are there in the world’, one has the liberty to go with the UN’s tally or other citations. Let’s have a look at United Nation’s list of 192 countries in alphabetical order.  
  
**Number of Countries in the World**  
  
[A](#A) | [B](#B) | [C](#C) | [D](#D) | [E](#E) | [F](#F) | [G](#G) | [H](#H) | [I](#I) | [J](#J) | [K](#K) | [L](#L) | [M](#M) | [N](#N) | [O](#O) | [P](#P) | [Q](#Q) | [R](#R) | [S](#S) | [T](#T) | [U](#U) | [V](#V) | [Y](#Y) | [Z](#Z) |

This table features the name of the country in the first column, with the continent it belongs to in brackets beside it. The adjacent column features the respective capital of that country.  
  
  
**A  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Afghanistan (AS)

Kabul

Albania (EU)

Tirane

Algeria (AF)

Algers

Andorra (EU)

Andorra la Vella

Angola (AF)

Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda (NA)

St. John’s

Argentina (SA)

Buenos Aires

Armenia (EU)

Yerevan

Australia (AU)

Canberra

Austria (EU)

Vienna

Azerbaijan (AS)

Baku

  
  
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******B  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Bahamas (NA)

Nassau

Bahrain (AS)

Manama

Bangladesh (AS)

Dhaka

Barbados (NA)

Bridgetown

Belarus (EU)

Minsk

Belgium (EU)

Brussels

Belize (NA)

Belmopan

Benin (AF)

Port-Novo

Bhutan (AS)

Thimphu

Bolivia (SA)

Sucre

Bosnia and Herzegovina (EU)

Sarajevo

Botswana (AF)

Gaborone

Brazil (SA)

Brasilia

Brunei (AS)

Bander Seri Begawan

Bulgaria (EU)

Sofia

Burkina Faso (AF)

Ouagadougou

Burma/Myanmar (AS)

Yangon

Burundi (AF)

Bujumbura

  
  
  

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**C  
**

  

**Country**

**Capital**

Cambodia (AS)

Phnom Penh

Cameroon (AF)

Yaounde

Canada (NA)

Ottawa

Cape Verde (EU - Portugal)

Praia

Central African Republic (AF)

Bangui

Chad (AF)

N’Djamena

Chile (SA)

Santiago

China (AS)

Beijing

Colombia (SA)

Bogota

Comoros (AF)

Moroni

Congo (AF)

Brazzaville

Congo, Democratic Republic of (AF)

Kinshasa

Costa Rica (NA)

San Jose

Cote d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast (AF)

Yamoussoukro

Croatia (EU)

Zagreb

Cuba (NA)

Havana

Cyprus (AS) and/or (EU)

Nicosia

Czech Republic (EU)

Prague

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****D  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Denmark (EU)

Copenhagen

Djibouti (AF)

Djibouti

Dominica (NA)

Roseau

Dominican Republic (NA)

Santo Domingo

  
  

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****E  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

East Timor (AS)

Dili

Ecuador (SA)

Quito

Egypt (AF)

Cairo

El Salvador (NA)

San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea (AF)

Malabo

Eritrea (AF)

Asmara

Estonia (EU)

Tallinn

Ethiopia (AF)

Addis Ababa

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****F  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Fiji (Oceania)

Suva

Finland (EU)

Helsinki

France (EU)

Paris

  
  

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**G**  
  

**Country**

**Capital**

Gabon (AF)

Liberville

Gambia (AF)

Banjul

Georgia (EU)

Tbilisi

Germany (EU)

Berlin

Ghana (AF)

Accra

Greece (EU)

Athens

Grenada (NA)

St. George’s

Guatemala (NA)

Guatemala City

Guinea (AF)

Conakry

Guinea-Bissau (AF)

Bissau

Guyana (SA)

Georgetown

  
  

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**H**  
  

**Country**

**Capital**

Haiti (NA)

Port-au-Prince

Honduras (NA)

Tegucigalpa

Hungary (EU)

Budapest

  
  

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****I  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Iceland (EU)

Reykjavik

India (AS)

New Delhi

Indonesia (AS)

Jakarta

Iran (AS)

Tehran

Iraq (AS)

Baghdad

Ireland (EU)

Dublin

Israel (AS)

Jerusalem

Italy (EU)

Rome

  
  

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****J  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Jamaica (NA)

Kingston

Japan (AS)

Tokyo

Jordan (AS)

Amman

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****K  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Kazakstan (AS)

Astana

Kenya (AF)

Nairobi

Kiribati (AU - Oceania)

Bairiki

Korea, North (AS)

Pyongyang

Korea, South (AS)

Seoul

Kuwait (AS)

Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan (AS)

Bishkek

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****L  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Laos (AS)

Vientiane

Latvia (EU)

Riga

Lebanon (AS)

Beirut

Lesotho (AF)

Maseru

Liberia (AF)

Monrovia

Libya (AF)

Tripoli

Liechtenstein (EU)

Vaduz

Lithuania (EU)

Vilnius

Luxembourg (EU)

Luxembourg

  
  
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****M  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Macedonia (EU)

Skopje

Madagascar (AF)

Antananarivo

Malawi (AF)

Lilongwe

Malaysia (AS)

Kuala Lumpur

Maldives (AS)

Male

Mali (AF)

Bamako

Malta (EU)

Valletta

Marshall Islands (AU - Oceania)

Majuro

Mauritania (AF)

Nouakchott

Mauritius (AF)

Port Louis

Mexico (NA)

Mexico City

Micronesia (AU - Oceania)

Palikir

Moldova (EU)

Chisinau

Monaco (EU)

Monaco

Mongolia (AS)

Ulan Bator

Montenegro (EU)

Podgorica

Morocco (AF) (including Western Sahara)

Rabat

Mozambique (AF)

Maputo

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****N  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Namibia (AF)

Windhoek

Nauru (AU - Oceania)

No official capital

Nepal (AS)

Kathmandu

Netherlands (EU)

Amsterdam, The Hague

New Zealand (AU)

Wellington

Nicaragua (NA)

Managua

Niger (AF)

Niamey

Nigeria (AF)

Abuja

Norway (EU)

Oslo

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****O  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Oman (AS)

Muscat

  
  

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****P  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Pakistan (AS)

Islamabad

Palau (AU - Oceania)

Koror

Panama (NA)

Panama City

Papua New Guinea (AU)

Port Moresby

Paraguay (SA)

Asuncion

Peru (SA)

Lima

Philippines (AS)

Manila

Poland (EU)

Warsaw

Portugal (EU)

Lisbon

  
  

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**Q**  
  

**Country**

**Capital**

Qatar (AS)

Doha

  
  

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**R**  
  

**Country**

**Capital**

Romania (EU)

Bucharest

Russian Federation (AS)

Moscow

Rwanda (AF)

Kigali

  
  

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****S  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Saint Kitts and Nevis (NA)

Basseterre

Saint Lucia (NA)

Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (NA)

Kingstown

Samoa (AU - Oceania)

Apia

San Marino (EU)

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe (AF)

Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia (AS)

Riyadh

Senegal (AF)

Dakar

Serbia (EU)

Belgrade

Seychelles (AF)

Victoria

Sierra Leone (AF)

Freetown

Singapore (AS)

Singapore City

Slovakia (EU)

Bratislava

Slovenia (EU)

Ljubljana

Solomon Islands (AU - Oceania)

Honiara

Somalia (AF)

Mogadishu

South Africa (AF)

Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein

Spain (EU)

Madrid

Sri Lanka (AS)

Colombo

Sudan (AF)

Khartoum

Suriname (SA)

Paramaribo

Swaziland (AF)

Mbabane

Sweden (EU)

Stockholm

Switzerland (EU)

Bern

Syria (AS)

Damascus

  
  
  

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****T  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Tajikistan (AS)

Dushanbe

Tanzania (AF)

Dodoma

Thailand (AS)

Bangkok

Togo (AF)

Lome

Tonga (AU - Oceania)

Nuku’alofa

Trinidad and Tobago (NA)

Port-of-Spain

Tunisia (AF)

Tunis

Turkey (AS) & (EU)

Ankara

Turkmenistan (AS)

Ashgabat

Tuvalu (AU - Oceania)

Funafuti

  
  
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****U  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Uganda (AF)

Kampala

Ukraine (EU)

Kiev

United Arab Emirates (AS)

Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom (EU)

London

United States (NA)

Washington D.C.

Uruguay (SA)

Montevideo

Uzbekistan (AS)

Tashkent

  
  
  

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****V  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Vanuatu (AU - Oceania)

Port-Vila

Venezuela (SA)

Caracas

Vietnam (AS)

Hanoi

  
  
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****Y  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Yemen (AS)

Sana

  
  

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****Z  
  
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**Country**

**Capital**

Zambia (AF)

Lusaka

Zimbabwe (AF)

Harare

  
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Don’t forget that Kosovo, Vatican city and Taiwan are not included in this list. Moreover, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all make up a single country called United Kingdom, however, some prefer to consider them as independent nations. This will further cause variation in the total tally. There are many such examples of places that are considered countries but not included in the above list of the UN.  
  
If your country has been excluded from the above list, please do not get offended. The above list of countries simply puts down the list of countries mentioned by the United Nations.