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Country	Capital	Official language	Currency	Population	Status
Afghanistan	Kabul	Dari, Pashto	AFN	43.8 million	Country
Albania	Tirana	Albanian	ALL	2.3 million	Country
Algeria	Algiers	Arabic	DZD	47.4 million	Country
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Catalan	EUR	82,904	Country
Angola	Luanda	Portuguese	AOA	39.0 million	Country
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	English	XCD	94,209	Country
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Guaraní, Spanish	ARS	45.9 million	Country
Armenia	Yerevan	Armenian	AMD	3.1 million	Country
Australia	Canberra	English	AUD	27.6 million	Country
Austria	Vienna	Austro-Bavarian German	EUR	9.2 million	Country
Azerbaijan	Baku	Azerbaijani, Russian	AZN	10.2 million	Country
Bahamas	Nassau	English	BSD	403,033	Country
Bahrain	Manama	Arabic	BHD	1.6 million	Country
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Bengali	BDT	175.7 million	Country
Barbados	Bridgetown	English	BBD	282,623	Country
Belarus	Minsk	Belarusian, Russian	BYN	9.1 million	Country
Belgium	Brussels	German, French	EUR	11.9 million	Country
Belize	Belmopan	Belizean Creole, English	BZD	422,924	Country
Benin	Porto-Novo	French	XOF	14.8 million	Country
Bhutan	Thimphu	Dzongkha	BTN	796,682	Country
Bolivia	La Paz	Aymara, Guaraní	BOB	12.6 million	Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Bosnian, Croatian	BAM	3.1 million	Country
Botswana	Gaborone	English, Tswana	BWP	2.6 million	Country
Brazil	Brasília	Portuguese	BRL	212.8 million	Country
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Malay	BND	466,330	Country
Bulgaria	Sofia	Bulgarian	EUR	6.4 million	Country
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	French	XOF	24.1 million	Country
Burundi	Gitega	French, Kirundi	BIF	14.4 million	Country
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Khmer	KHR	17.8 million	Country
Cameroon	Yaounde	English, French	XAF	29.9 million	Country
Canada	Ottawa	English, French	CAD	41.7 million	Country
Cape Verde	Praia	Portuguese	CVE	527,326	Country
Central African Republic	Bangui	French, Sango	XAF	5.5 million	Country
Chad	N'Djamena	Arabic, French	XAF	21.0 million	Country
Chile	Santiago	Spanish	CLP	19.9 million	Country
China	Beijing	Chinese	CNY	1.41 billion	Country
Colombia	Bogotá	Spanish	COP	53.4 million	Country
Comoros	Moroni	Arabic, French	KMF	882,847	Country
Costa Rica	San José	Spanish	CRC	5.2 million	Country
Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	French	XOF	32.7 million	Country
Croatia	Zagreb	Croatian	EUR	3.9 million	Country
Cuba	Havana	Spanish	CUC	10.9 million	Country
Cyprus	Nicosia	Greek, Turkish	EUR	1.4 million	Country
Czechia	Prague	Czech, Slovak	CZK	10.9 million	Country
Denmark	Copenhagen	Danish	DKK	6.0 million	Country
Djibouti	Djibouti	Arabic, French	DJF	1.2 million	Country
Dominica	Roseau	English	XCD	65,871	Country
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Spanish	DOP	11.5 million	Country
DR Congo	Kinshasa	French, Kikongo	CDF	112.8 million	Country
Ecuador	Quito	Spanish	USD	18.3 million	Country
Egypt	Cairo	Arabic	EGP	118.4 million	Country
El Salvador	San Salvador	Spanish	USD	6.4 million	Country
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	French, Portuguese	XAF	1.9 million	Country
Eritrea	Asmara	Arabic, English	ERN	3.6 million	Country
Estonia	Tallinn	Estonian	EUR	1.4 million	Country
Eswatini	Mbabane	English, Swazi	SZL	1.3 million	Country
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Amharic	ETB	135.5 million	Country
Fiji	Suva	English, Fijian	FJD	933,154	Country
Finland	Helsinki	Finnish, Swedish	EUR	5.6 million	Country
France	Paris	French	EUR	68.7 million	Country
Gabon	Libreville	French	XAF	2.6 million	Country
Gambia	Banjul	English	GMD	2.8 million	Country
Georgia	Tbilisi	Georgian	GEL	3.9 million	Country
Germany	Berlin	German	EUR	83.5 million	Country
Ghana	Accra	English	GHS	35.1 million	Country
Greece	Athens	Greek	EUR	10.4 million	Country
Grenada	Saint George's	English	XCD	117,303	Country
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Spanish	GTQ	18.7 million	Country
Guinea	Conakry	French	GNF	15.1 million	Country
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Portuguese, Upper Guinea Creole	XOF	2.2 million	Country
Guyana	Georgetown	English	GYD	835,986	Country
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	French, Haitian Creole	HTG	11.9 million	Country
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Spanish	HNL	11.0 million	Country
Hong Kong	—	English, Chinese	HKD	7.5 million	Country
Hungary	Budapest	Hungarian	HUF	9.5 million	Country
Iceland	Reykjavik	Icelandic	ISK	392,404	Country
India	New Delhi	English, Hindi	INR	1.46 billion	Country
Indonesia	Jakarta	Indonesian	IDR	285.7 million	Country
Iran	Tehran	Persian (Farsi)	IRR	92.4 million	Country
Iraq	Baghdad	Arabic, Aramaic	IQD	47.0 million	Country
Ireland	Dublin	English, Irish	EUR	5.5 million	Country
Israel	Jerusalem	Arabic, Hebrew	ILS	10.1 million	Country
Italy	Rome	Italian	EUR	58.9 million	Country
Jamaica	Kingston	English, Jamaican Patois	JMD	2.8 million	Country
Japan	Tokyo	Japanese	JPY	123.4 million	Country
Jordan	Amman	Arabic	JOD	11.5 million	Country
Kazakhstan	Astana	Kazakh, Russian	KZT	20.8 million	Country
Kenya	Nairobi	English, Swahili	KES	57.5 million	Country
Kiribati	Tarawa	English, Gilbertese	KID	136,488	Country
Kosovo	Pristina	Albanian, Serbian	EUR	1.6 million	Country
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Arabic	KWD	4.9 million	Country
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Kyrgyz, Russian	KGS	7.3 million	Country
Laos	Vientiane	Lao	LAK	7.9 million	Country
Latvia	Riga	Latvian	EUR	1.8 million	Country
Lebanon	Beirut	Arabic, French	LBP	5.8 million	Country
Lesotho	Maseru	English, Sotho	LSL	2.4 million	Country
Liberia	Monrovia	English	LRD	5.7 million	Country
Libya	Tripoli	Arabic	LYD	7.5 million	Country
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	German	CHF	41,024	Country
Lithuania	Vilnius	Lithuanian	EUR	2.9 million	Country
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	German, French	EUR	686,970	Country
Macau	—	Portuguese, Chinese	MOP	685,900	Country
Madagascar	Antananarivo	French, Malagasy	MGA	32.7 million	Country
Malawi	Lilongwe	English, Chewa	MWK	22.2 million	Country
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	English, Malay	MYR	36.0 million	Country
Maldives	Malé	Maldivian	MVR	529,676	Country
Mali	Bamako	French	XOF	25.2 million	Country
Malta	Valletta	English, Maltese	EUR	579,704	Country
Marshall Islands	Majuro	English, Marshallese	USD	36,282	Country
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Arabic	MRU	5.3 million	Country
Mauritius	Port Louis	English, French	MUR	1.2 million	Country
Mexico	Mexico City	Spanish	MXN	131.9 million	Country
Micronesia	Palikir	English	—	113,683	Country
Moldova	Chisinau in Romanian	Moldavian	MDL	2.4 million	Country
Monaco	Monaco	French	EUR	38,341	Country
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolian	MNT	3.6 million	Country
Montenegro	Podgorica	Montenegrin	EUR	623,129	Country
Morocco	Rabat	Arabic, Berber	MAD	38.4 million	Country
Mozambique	Maputo	Portuguese	MZN	35.6 million	Country
Myanmar	Rangoon	Burmese	MMK	54.9 million	Country
Namibia	Windhoek	Afrikaans, German	NAD	3.1 million	Country
Nauru	no official capital	English, Nauru	AUD	12,025	Country
Nepal	Kathmandu	Nepali	NPR	29.6 million	Country
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Dutch	EUR	18.1 million	Country
New Zealand	Wellington	English, Māori	NZD	5.3 million	Country
Nicaragua	Managua	Spanish	NIO	7.0 million	Country
Niger	Niamey	French	XOF	27.9 million	Country
Nigeria	Abuja	English	NGN	237.5 million	Country
North Korea	Pyongyang	Korean	KPW	26.6 million	Country
North Macedonia	Skopje	Macedonian	MKD	1.8 million	Country
Norway	Oslo	Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål	NOK	5.6 million	Country
Oman	Muscat	Arabic	OMR	5.5 million	Country
Pakistan	Islamabad	English, Urdu	PKR	255.2 million	Country
Palau	Ngerulmud	English, Palauan	USD	17,663	Country
Palestine	—	Arabic	EGP	5.4 million	Country
Panama	Panama City	Spanish	PAB	4.6 million	Country
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	English, Hiri Motu	PGK	10.8 million	Country
Paraguay	Asunción	Guaraní, Spanish	PYG	7.0 million	Country
Peru	Lima	Aymara, Quechua	PEN	34.6 million	Country
Philippines	Manila	English, Filipino	PHP	116.8 million	Country
Poland	Warsaw	Polish	PLN	36.4 million	Country
Portugal	Lisbon	Portuguese	EUR	10.8 million	Country
Qatar	Doha	Arabic	QAR	3.0 million	Country
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	French, Kikongo	XAF	6.5 million	Country
Romania	Bucharest	Romanian	RON	19.0 million	Country
Russia	Moscow	Russian	RUB	143.5 million	Country
Rwanda	Kigali	English, French	RWF	14.6 million	Country
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	English	XCD	46,922	Country
Saint Lucia	Castries	English	XCD	180,149	Country
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	English	XCD	99,924	Country
Samoa	Apia	English, Samoan	WST	219,306	Country
San Marino	San Marino	Italian	EUR	34,109	Country
Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome	Portuguese	STN	240,254	Country
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Arabic	SAR	37.0 million	Country
Senegal	Dakar	French	XOF	18.9 million	Country
Serbia	Belgrade	Serbian	RSD	6.5 million	Country
Seychelles	Victoria	Seychellois Creole, English	SCR	122,730	Country
Sierra Leone	Freetown	English	SLE	8.8 million	Country
Singapore	Singapore	English, Malay	SGD	6.1 million	Country
Slovakia	Bratislava	Slovak	EUR	5.4 million	Country
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Slovene	EUR	2.1 million	Country
Solomon Islands	Honiara	English	SBD	838,645	Country
Somalia	Mogadishu	Arabic, Somali	SOS	19.7 million	Country
South Africa	Pretoria	Afrikaans, English	ZAR	64.7 million	Country
South Korea	Seoul	Korean	KRW	51.7 million	Country
South Sudan	Juba	English	SSP	12.2 million	Country
Spain	Madrid	Spanish	EUR	49.4 million	Country
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Sinhala, Tamil	LKR	21.8 million	Country
Sudan	Khartoum	Arabic, English	SDG	51.7 million	Country
Suriname	Paramaribo	Dutch	SRD	639,850	Country
Sweden	Stockholm	Swedish	SEK	10.6 million	Country
Switzerland	Bern	French, Swiss German	CHF	9.1 million	Country
Syria	Damascus	Arabic	SYP	25.6 million	Country
Taiwan	Taipei	Chinese	TWD	—	Country
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Russian, Tajik	TJS	10.8 million	Country
Tanzania	Dodoma	English, Swahili	TZS	70.5 million	Country
Thailand	Bangkok	Thai	THB	71.6 million	Country
Timor-Leste	Dili	Portuguese, Tetum	USD	1.4 million	Country
Togo	Lome	French	XOF	8.6 million	Country
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	English, Tongan	TOP	103,742	Country
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	English	TTD	1.4 million	Country
Tunisia	Tunis	Arabic	TND	12.3 million	Country
Türkiye	Ankara	Turkish	TRY	85.9 million	Country
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Russian, Turkmen	TMT	7.6 million	Country
Tuvalu	Funafuti	English, Tuvaluan	TVD	9,492	Country
Uganda	Kampala	English, Swahili	UGX	51.4 million	Country
Ukraine	Kyiv	Ukrainian	UAH	39.0 million	Country
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Arabic	AED	11.5 million	Country
United Kingdom	London	English	GBP	69.5 million	Country
United States	Washington, D.C.	English	USD	341.8 million	Country
Uruguay	Montevideo	Spanish	UYU	3.4 million	Country
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Russian, Uzbek	UZS	37.1 million	Country
Vanuatu	Port-Vila	Bislama, English	VUV	335,169	Country
Vatican City	Vatican City	Italian, Latin	EUR	—	Country
Venezuela	Caracas	Spanish	VES	28.5 million	Country
Vietnam	Hanoi	Vietnamese	VND	101.6 million	Country
Yemen	Sanaa	Arabic	YER	41.8 million	Country
Zambia	Lusaka	English	ZMW	21.9 million	Country
Zimbabwe	Harare	Chibarwe, English	ZWB	17.0 million	Country
American Samoa	Pago Pago	English, Samoan	USD	46,029	Territory
Anguilla	The Valley	English	XCD	—	Territory
Aruba	Oranjestad	Dutch, Papiamento	AWG	108,785	Territory
Bermuda	Hamilton	English	BMD	64,555	Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory	administered from London	English	USD	—	Territory
British Virgin Islands	Road Town	English	USD	39,732	Territory
Cayman Islands	George Town	English	KYD	75,844	Territory
Christmas Island	The Settlement	English	AUD	—	Territory
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island	English	AUD	—	Territory
Cook Islands	Avarua	English, Cook Islands Māori	CKD	—	Territory
Curacao	Willemstad	English, Dutch	ANG	156,263	Territory
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	Stanley	English	FKP	—	Territory
Faroe Islands	Torshavn	Danish, Faroese	FOK	54,900	Territory
French Polynesia	Papeete	French	XPF	282,465	Territory
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	English	GIP	40,126	Territory
Greenland	Nuuk	Greenlandic	DKK	56,831	Territory
Guam	Hagatna	Chamorro, English	USD	168,999	Territory
Guernsey	Saint Peter Port	English, French	GGP	—	Territory
Isle of Man	Douglas	English, Manx	IMP	84,118	Territory
Jersey	Saint Helier	English, French	JEP	—	Territory
Montserrat	Plymouth	English	XCD	—	Territory
New Caledonia	Noumea	French	XPF	295,333	Territory
Niue	Alofi	English, Niuean	NZD	—	Territory
Norfolk Island	Kingston	English, Norfuk	AUD	—	Territory
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	Carolinian, Chamorro	USD	43,541	Territory
Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	English	NZD	—	Territory
Puerto Rico	San Juan	English, Spanish	USD	3.2 million	Territory
Saint Barthelemy	Gustavia	French	EUR	—	Territory
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	English	SHP	—	Territory
Saint Martin	Marigot	French	EUR	24,941	Territory
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	French	EUR	—	Territory
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	English, French	ANG	43,923	Territory
Tokelau	—	English, Samoan	NZD	—	Territory
Turks and Caicos Islands	Grand Turk	English	USD	46,855	Territory
Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	English	USD	103,792	Territory
Wallis and Futuna	Mata-Utu	French	XPF	—	Territory
Western Sahara	—	Berber, Hassaniya	DZD	—	Territory

Data: CIA World Factbook (public domain); mledoze/countries (ODbL); World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).

How many countries are there?

There are 199 countries in this list: the 193 UN member states, two observer states (the Holy See and Palestine) and a few widely recognised states such as Kosovo and Taiwan. Territories like Greenland, Puerto Rico or Hong Kong have their own pages but belong to another state.

Countries by continent

Africa: 54 countries
Europe: 49 countries
Asia: 47 countries
Americas: 35 countries
Oceania: 14 countries

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199 countries are listed here — 193 UN members, 2 UN observer states and several partially recognised states.

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