How many countries are there in the world? (2023) - Total & List (2024)

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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.

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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

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Of the 195 countries in the world:

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Below is the full table of countries ranked by the most populous and showing current population, share of world population, and land area:
See also: List with both countries and dependencies together | Alphabetical list of countries (includes dependencies)

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#CountryPopulation
(2023)		World
Share		Land Area
(Km²)
1 India 1,428,627,663 17.76 % 2,973,190
2 China 1,425,671,352 17.72 % 9,388,211
3 United States 339,996,563 4.23 % 9,147,420
4 Indonesia 277,534,122 3.45 % 1,811,570
5 Pakistan 240,485,658 2.99 % 770,880
6 Nigeria 223,804,632 2.78 % 910,770
7 Brazil 216,422,446 2.69 % 8,358,140
8 Bangladesh 172,954,319 2.15 % 130,170
9 Russia 144,444,359 1.8 % 16,376,870
10 Mexico 128,455,567 1.6 % 1,943,950
11 Ethiopia 126,527,060 1.57 % 1,000,000
12 Japan 123,294,513 1.53 % 364,555
13 Philippines 117,337,368 1.46 % 298,170
14 Egypt 112,716,598 1.4 % 995,450
15 DR Congo 102,262,808 1.27 % 2,267,050
16 Vietnam 98,858,950 1.23 % 310,070
17 Iran 89,172,767 1.11 % 1,628,550
18 Turkey 85,816,199 1.07 % 769,630
19 Germany 83,294,633 1.04 % 348,560
20 Thailand 71,801,279 0.89 % 510,890
21 United Kingdom 67,736,802 0.84 % 241,930
22 Tanzania 67,438,106 0.84 % 885,800
23 France 64,756,584 0.8 % 547,557
24 South Africa 60,414,495 0.75 % 1,213,090
25 Italy 58,870,762 0.73 % 294,140
26 Kenya 55,100,586 0.68 % 569,140
27 Myanmar 54,577,997 0.68 % 653,290
28 Colombia 52,085,168 0.65 % 1,109,500
29 South Korea 51,784,059 0.64 % 97,230
30 Uganda 48,582,334 0.6 % 199,810
31 Sudan 48,109,006 0.6 % 1,765,048
32 Spain 47,519,628 0.59 % 498,800
33 Argentina 45,773,884 0.57 % 2,736,690
34 Algeria 45,606,480 0.57 % 2,381,740
35 Iraq 45,504,560 0.57 % 434,320
36 Afghanistan 42,239,854 0.53 % 652,860
37 Poland 41,026,067 0.51 % 306,230
38 Canada 38,781,291 0.48 % 9,093,510
39 Morocco 37,840,044 0.47 % 446,300
40 Saudi Arabia 36,947,025 0.46 % 2,149,690
41 Ukraine 36,744,634 0.46 % 579,320
42 Angola 36,684,202 0.46 % 1,246,700
43 Uzbekistan 35,163,944 0.44 % 425,400
44 Yemen 34,449,825 0.43 % 527,970
45 Peru 34,352,719 0.43 % 1,280,000
46 Malaysia 34,308,525 0.43 % 328,550
47 Ghana 34,121,985 0.42 % 227,540
48 Mozambique 33,897,354 0.42 % 786,380
49 Nepal 30,896,590 0.38 % 143,350
50 Madagascar 30,325,732 0.38 % 581,795
51 Côte d'Ivoire 28,873,034 0.36 % 318,000
52 Venezuela 28,838,499 0.36 % 882,050
53 Cameroon 28,647,293 0.36 % 472,710
54 Niger 27,202,843 0.34 % 1,266,700
55 Australia 26,439,111 0.33 % 7,682,300
56 North Korea 26,160,821 0.33 % 120,410
57 Mali 23,293,698 0.29 % 1,220,190
58 Burkina Faso 23,251,485 0.29 % 273,600
59 Syria 23,227,014 0.29 % 183,630
60 Sri Lanka 21,893,579 0.27 % 62,710
61 Malawi 20,931,751 0.26 % 94,280
62 Zambia 20,569,737 0.26 % 743,390
63 Romania 19,892,812 0.25 % 230,170
64 Chile 19,629,590 0.24 % 743,532
65 Kazakhstan 19,606,633 0.24 % 2,699,700
66 Chad 18,278,568 0.23 % 1,259,200
67 Ecuador 18,190,484 0.23 % 248,360
68 Somalia 18,143,378 0.23 % 627,340
69 Guatemala 18,092,026 0.22 % 107,160
70 Senegal 17,763,163 0.22 % 192,530
71 Netherlands 17,618,299 0.22 % 33,720
72 Cambodia 16,944,826 0.21 % 176,520
73 Zimbabwe 16,665,409 0.21 % 386,850
74 Guinea 14,190,612 0.18 % 245,720
75 Rwanda 14,094,683 0.18 % 24,670
76 Benin 13,712,828 0.17 % 112,760
77 Burundi 13,238,559 0.16 % 25,680
78 Tunisia 12,458,223 0.15 % 155,360
79 Bolivia 12,388,571 0.15 % 1,083,300
80 Haiti 11,724,763 0.15 % 27,560
81 Belgium 11,686,140 0.15 % 30,280
82 Jordan 11,337,052 0.14 % 88,780
83 Dominican Republic 11,332,972 0.14 % 48,320
84 Cuba 11,194,449 0.14 % 106,440
85 South Sudan 11,088,796 0.14 % 610,952
86 Sweden 10,612,086 0.13 % 410,340
87 Honduras 10,593,798 0.13 % 111,890
88 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,495,295 0.13 % 77,240
89 Azerbaijan 10,412,651 0.13 % 82,658
90 Greece 10,341,277 0.13 % 128,900
91 Papua New Guinea 10,329,931 0.13 % 452,860
92 Portugal 10,247,605 0.13 % 91,590
93 Hungary 10,156,239 0.13 % 90,530
94 Tajikistan 10,143,543 0.13 % 139,960
95 United Arab Emirates 9,516,871 0.12 % 83,600
96 Belarus 9,498,238 0.12 % 202,910
97 Israel 9,174,520 0.11 % 21,640
98 Togo 9,053,799 0.11 % 54,390
99 Austria 8,958,960 0.11 % 82,409
100 Switzerland 8,796,669 0.11 % 39,516
101 Sierra Leone 8,791,092 0.11 % 72,180
102 Laos 7,633,779 0.09 % 230,800
103 Serbia 7,149,077 0.09 % 87,460
104 Nicaragua 7,046,310 0.09 % 120,340
105 Libya 6,888,388 0.09 % 1,759,540
106 Paraguay 6,861,524 0.09 % 397,300
107 Kyrgyzstan 6,735,347 0.08 % 191,800
108 Bulgaria 6,687,717 0.08 % 108,560
109 Turkmenistan 6,516,100 0.08 % 469,930
110 El Salvador 6,364,943 0.08 % 20,720
111 Congo 6,106,869 0.08 % 341,500
112 Singapore 6,014,723 0.07 % 700
113 Denmark 5,910,913 0.07 % 42,430
114 Slovakia 5,795,199 0.07 % 48,088
115 Central African Republic 5,742,315 0.07 % 622,980
116 Finland 5,545,475 0.07 % 303,890
117 Norway 5,474,360 0.07 % 365,268
118 Liberia 5,418,377 0.07 % 96,320
119 State of Palestine 5,371,230 0.07 % 6,020
120 Lebanon 5,353,930 0.07 % 10,230
121 New Zealand 5,228,100 0.06 % 263,310
122 Costa Rica 5,212,173 0.06 % 51,060
123 Ireland 5,056,935 0.06 % 68,890
124 Mauritania 4,862,989 0.06 % 1,030,700
125 Oman 4,644,384 0.06 % 309,500
126 Panama 4,468,087 0.06 % 74,340
127 Kuwait 4,310,108 0.05 % 17,820
128 Croatia 4,008,617 0.05 % 55,960
129 Eritrea 3,748,901 0.05 % 101,000
130 Georgia 3,728,282 0.05 % 69,490
131 Mongolia 3,447,157 0.04 % 1,553,560
132 Moldova 3,435,931 0.04 % 32,850
133 Uruguay 3,423,108 0.04 % 175,020
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,210,847 0.04 % 51,000
135 Albania 2,832,439 0.04 % 27,400
136 Jamaica 2,825,544 0.04 % 10,830
137 Armenia 2,777,970 0.03 % 28,470
138 Gambia 2,773,168 0.03 % 10,120
139 Lithuania 2,718,352 0.03 % 62,674
140 Qatar 2,716,391 0.03 % 11,610
141 Botswana 2,675,352 0.03 % 566,730
142 Namibia 2,604,172 0.03 % 823,290
143 Gabon 2,436,566 0.03 % 257,670
144 Lesotho 2,330,318 0.03 % 30,360
145 Guinea-Bissau 2,150,842 0.03 % 28,120
146 Slovenia 2,119,675 0.03 % 20,140
147 North Macedonia 2,085,679 0.03 % 25,220
148 Latvia 1,830,211 0.02 % 62,200
149 Equatorial Guinea 1,714,671 0.02 % 28,050
150 Trinidad and Tobago 1,534,937 0.02 % 5,130
151 Bahrain 1,485,509 0.02 % 760
152 Timor-Leste 1,360,596 0.02 % 14,870
153 Estonia 1,322,765 0.02 % 42,390
154 Mauritius 1,300,557 0.02 % 2,030
155 Cyprus 1,260,138 0.02 % 9,240
156 Eswatini 1,210,822 0.02 % 17,200
157 Djibouti 1,136,455 0.01 % 23,180
158 Fiji 936,375 0.01 % 18,270
159 Comoros 852,075 0.01 % 1,861
160 Guyana 813,834 0.01 % 196,850
161 Bhutan 787,424 0.01 % 38,117
162 Solomon Islands 740,424 0.01 % 27,990
163 Luxembourg 654,768 0.01 % 2,590
164 Montenegro 626,485 0.01 % 13,450
165 Suriname 623,236 0.01 % 156,000
166 Cabo Verde 598,682 0.01 % 4,030
167 Micronesia 544,321 0.01 % 700
168 Malta 535,064 0.01 % 320
169 Maldives 521,021 0.01 % 300
170 Brunei 452,524 0.01 % 5,270
171 Bahamas 412,623 0.01 % 10,010
172 Belize 410,825 0.01 % 22,810
173 Iceland 375,318 0 % 100,250
174 Vanuatu 334,506 0 % 12,190
175 Barbados 281,995 0 % 430
176 Sao Tome & Principe 231,856 0 % 960
177 Samoa 225,681 0 % 2,830
178 Saint Lucia 180,251 0 % 610
179 Kiribati 133,515 0 % 810
180 Grenada 126,183 0 % 340
181 Tonga 107,773 0 % 720
182 Seychelles 107,660 0 % 460
183 St. Vincent & Grenadines 103,698 0 % 390
184 Antigua and Barbuda 94,298 0 % 440
185 Andorra 80,088 0 % 470
186 Dominica 73,040 0 % 750
187 Saint Kitts & Nevis 47,755 0 % 260
188 Marshall Islands 41,996 0 % 180
189 Liechtenstein 39,584 0 % 160
190 Monaco 36,297 0 % 1
191 San Marino 33,642 0 % 60
192 Palau 18,058 0 % 460
193 Nauru 12,780 0 % 20
194 Tuvalu 11,396 0 % 30
195 Holy See 518 0 % 0
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  1. Number of Countries:

    • The article asserts that there are 195 countries in the world. This count includes 193 member states of the United Nations and 2 non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

  2. Exclusions from the Count:

    • Taiwan is not included in the total count, as the United Nations considers it represented by the People's Republic of China.
    • The Cook Islands and Niue, while in free association with New Zealand and members of several UN specialized agencies, are not considered member states or non-member observer states.

  3. Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty:

    • The article mentions that dependencies (or dependent territories) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories) are not included in the count of 195 countries.

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    • The distribution of the 195 countries across continents is provided:
      • Africa: 54 countries
      • Asia: 48 countries
      • Europe: 44 countries
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 33 countries
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    • A table lists the top 100 countries by population in 2023, including their share of the world population and land area.
    • For example, India is the most populous country with over 1.4 billion people, contributing to 17.76% of the world population, and it has a land area of 2,973,190 square kilometers.

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