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List of countries in the world

Before we look at the list of all the countries in the world, we should know about how many countries there are in total.

Total countries in the world

Now, when this question of total countries in the world comes, there is always a heated argument for it. Some organizations consider that there are only 193 countries, and some other believes in 195. In contrast, many others believe in the figure of 197, and also, there are some other institutions that keep a count of 205 as entire countries. This is because many international organizations recognize different numbers for total countries in the world. Like, U.N. is a collaboration of 193 nations, whereas if we are looking at these figures to travel, then these numbers jump to 205.

So, we just can't say an exact number for this question of total countries in the world. There are many reasons behind this confusion and heated argument, and we can't consider all of them as valid reasons, but here we are listing some valid and popular reasons for this confusion:

  • First and foremost reason, Many Developed countries like the U.S., Russia, or China, and some organizations like the E.U. (European Union), U.N. (United Nations), etc., keep their own count, which makes it very confusing.
  • There are many countries that are recognized by many other countries and Unions but not recognized by some other countries and organizations that create the difference in data and multiple numbers.
  • Many territories and states consider themselves as separate and independent but still under the control of or governed by other countries.

So, for these reasons, whenever we see a list of countries, we can see a possibility of modification in the given data depending upon the source from where we are getting the count.

List of all countries in the world

In this article, we will take the number 195 to create the list of all countries as 195 is the fairest and recognized number for total countries in the world. The list we are providing here contains the name of all the countries as well some of their important contents like the flag of the country, capital of the country, the total area of the country (in Sq. Km), the official language of the country and the official currency of the country.

Let's have a look at the following list of all the countries in the world with all major important contents in it:

S. No. Countries Name (in dictionary order) Flag of the country Official Currency of the Country The total area of the country (in Sq. K.M.) The official language of the country The capital city of the country
1. Afghanistan List of countries in the world Afghani (AFN) 652,000 Dari or Afghan Persian (50%), and Pashto (35%) Kabul
2. Albania List of countries in the world Albanian lek 28,703 Albanian Tirane
3. Algeria List of countries in the world Algerian Dinar (DZD) 2.4 million Arabic Algiers
4. American Samoa List of countries in the world United States dollar (US$) (USD) 200 English and Samoan Pago Pago
5. Andorra List of countries in the world Euro 468 Catalan Andorra la Vella
6. Angola List of countries in the world Kwanza (AOA) 1,246,700 Portuguese Luanda
7. Anguilla List of countries in the world East Caribbean dollar (XCD) 91 English The Valley
8. Antarctica List of countries in the world Euro 14,200,000 Russian and English
9. Antigua and Barbuda List of countries in the world East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) 442 English St. John's (Antigua)
10. Argentina List of countries in the world Argentine peso ($) (ARS) 2,780,400 Spanish Buenos Aires
11. Armenia List of countries in the world Dram (AMD) 29,800 Armenian Yerevan
12. Aruba List of countries in the world Aruban Guilder or Florin (AWG) 180 Papiamento and Dutch Oranjestad
13. Australia List of countries in the world Australian dollar ($) 7,692,024 English Canberra
14. Austria List of countries in the world Euro 88,882 German Vienna
15. Azerbaijan List of countries in the world Manat 86,600 Azerbaijani Baku (Baki)
16. Bahamas List of countries in the world Bahamian dollar (BSD) 13,878 English Nassau
17. Bahrain List of countries in the world Bahraini dinar (BHD) 785.08 Arabic Manama
18. Bangladesh List of countries in the world Taka (?) (BDT) 148,560 Bengali Dhaka
19. Barbados List of countries in the world Barbadian dollar ($) (BBD) 439 English Bridgetown
20. Belarus List of countries in the world Belarusian Ruble 207,595 Belarusian and Russian Minsk
21. Belgium List of countries in the world Euro 11,840 Dutch, French, and German Brussels
22. Belize List of countries in the world Belize dollar (BZD) 22,966 English Belmopan
23. Benin List of countries in the world West African CFA franc (XOF) 114,763 French Porto-Novo
24. Bhutan List of countries in the world Ngultrum (BTN) 38,394 Dzongkha Thimphu
25. Bolivia List of countries in the world Boliviano (BOB) 1,098,581 Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and Guarani (all Indigenous languages) Sucre (constitutional and judicial) and La Paz (executive and legislative)
26. Bosnia and Herzegovina List of countries in the world Convertible mark 51,209 Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian (at the entity level) Sarajevo
27. Botswana List of countries in the world Pula (BWP) 581,730 Setswana and English Gaborone
28. Brazil List of countries in the world Real (R$) (BRL) 8,515,767 Portuguese Braslia
29. Brunei List of countries in the world Brunei dollar (BND) 5,765 Malay Bandar Seri Begawan
30. Bulgaria List of countries in the world Lev 110,372 Bulgarian Sofia
31. Burkina Faso List of countries in the world West African CFA franc (XOF) 274,200 French Ouagadougou
32. Burundi List of countries in the world Burundian franc (FBu) (BIF) 27,834 Kirundi (national and official), French (official) and English (official) Gitega (political) and Bujumbura (economic)
33. Cte d'Ivoire List of countries in the world West African CFA franc (XOF) 322,463 French Yamoussoukro (de jure) Abidjan (de facto)
34. Cabo Verde List of countries in the world Cape Verdean escudo (CVE) 4,033 Portuguese Praia
35. Cambodia List of countries in the world Riel (?) (KHR) 181,035 Khmer Phnom Penh
36. Cameroon List of countries in the world Central African CFA franc (XAF) 475,442 French and English Yaound
37. Canada List of countries in the world Canadian dollar ($) (CAD) 9,984,670 English and French Ottawa
38. Central African Republic List of countries in the world Central African CFA franc (XAF) 622,984 French and Sango Bangui
39. Chad List of countries in the world CFA franchise (CFAF) 1,284,000 Arabic, French N'Djamena
40. Chile List of countries in the world Peso (Ch$) 756,096 Spanish Santiago
41. China List of countries in the world Yuan/ Renminbi 9,596,960 Standard Chinese or Mandarin Beijing
42. Colombia List of countries in the world Colombian Peso 1,138,910 Spanish Santaf de Bogot
43. Comoros List of countries in the world Franc 2,170 Arabic and French Moroni
44. Congo (Congo- Brazzaville) List of countries in the world Congolese franc 2,345,410 French Kinshasa
45. Costa Rica List of countries in the world Coln 51,100 Spanish and English San Jos
46. Croatia List of countries in the world Kuna 56,594 Croatian Zagreb
47. Cuba List of countries in the world Cuban Peso 110,860 Spanish Havana
48. Cyprus List of countries in the world Euro 9,251 Greek and Turkish Nicosia
49. Czechia (Czech Republic) List of countries in the world Koruna 78,871 Czech Prague
50. Democratic Republic of the Congo List of countries in the world Congolese franc (CDF) 2,345,409 French Kinshasa
51. Denmark List of countries in the world Danish krone 42,938 Danish Copenhagen
52. Djibouti List of countries in the world Djibouti franc 23,000 French and Arabic Djibouti
53. Dominica List of countries in the world Koruna 78,866 Czech Prague
54. Dominican Republic List of countries in the world Dominican Peso 48,730 Spanish Santo Domingo
55. Ecuador List of countries in the world U.S. dollar 283,560 Spanish Quito
56. Egypt List of countries in the world Euro 45,336 Estonian Tallinn
57. El Salvador List of countries in the world Coln; U.S. dollar 21,040 Spanish and Nahua San Salvador
58. Equatorial Guinea List of countries in the world CFA Franc 28,050 Spanish, fang Malabo
59. Eritrea List of countries in the world Nakfa 121,320 Tigrinya, Arabic, Tigre,kunama, Afar, and other Cushitic languages Asmara
60. Estonia List of countries in the world Kroon Estonian and Russian Tallinn
61. Eswatini (formerly known as "Swaziland") List of countries in the world Lilangeni 17,363 English and Siswati Mbabane
62. Ethiopia List of countries in the world Birr 1,127,127 Oromo, Amharic, Somali, Tigrigna and Sidamo Addis Ababa
63. Fiji List of countries in the world Fiji dollar 18,270 English, Fijian and Hindustani Suva (or Viti Levu)
64. Finland List of countries in the world Euro 390,909 Finnish and Swedish Helsinki
65. France List of countries in the world Euro and CFP Franc 543,965 French Paris
66. Gabon List of countries in the world CFA Franc 267,667 French, Fang, McEnroe, Nzebi, Eschira and Bandjabi Libreville
67. Gambia List of countries in the world Dalasi 11,300 English Banjul
68. Georgia List of countries in the world Georgian Lari 69,700 Georgian and Abkhazian Tbilisi
69. Germany List of countries in the world Euro 357,104 German Berlin
70. Ghana List of countries in the world Cedi 239,460 English Accra
71. Greece List of countries in the world Euro 131,957 Greek Athens
72. Grenada List of countries in the world East Caribbean dollar English and French patois St. George's
73. Guatemala List of countries in the world Quetzal 108,890 Spanish Guatemala City
74. Guinea List of countries in the world Guinea's franc 245,861 French Conakry
75. Guinea- Bissau List of countries in the world CFA Franc 36,120 Portuguese Bissau
76. Guyana List of countries in the world Guyanese dollar 214,970 English Georgetown
77. Haiti List of countries in the world Gourde 27,750 Creole and French Port-au-Prince
78. Holy See (Vatican City) List of countries in the world Euro 0.44 Italian Vatican City
79. Honduras List of countries in the world Lempira 112,090 Spanish Tegucigalpa
80. Hungary List of countries in the world Forint 93,023 Hungarian Budapest
81. Iceland List of countries in the world Icelandic krona 103,000 Icelandic Reykjavik
82. India List of countries in the world Indian Rupee (INR) 3,287,590 Hindi New Delhi
83. Indonesia List of countries in the world Rupiah 1,919,440 Bahasa and Indonesia Jakarta
84. Iran List of countries in the world Rial 1,648,000 Persian Tehran
85. Iraq List of countries in the world U.S. dollar Arabic Baghdad
86. Ireland List of countries in the world Euro 70,273 Irish and English Dublin
87. Israel List of countries in the world Shekel 20,770 Hebrew Jerusalem
88. Italy List of countries in the world Euro 302,073 Italian Rome
89. Jamaica List of countries in the world Jamaican dollar 10,991 English and Jamaican creole Kingston
90. Japan List of countries in the world Yen 377,915 Japanese Tokyo
91. Jordan List of countries in the world Jordanian dinar 89,342 Arabic Amman
92. Kazakhstan List of countries in the world Tenge 2,724,842 Kazakh Nur-Sultan
93. Kenya List of countries in the world Kenya shilling 582,650 English Nairobi
94. Kiribati List of countries in the world Australian dollar 811 English and l- Kiribati (Gilbertese) Tarawa
95. Kuwait List of countries in the world Kuwaiti Dinar (K.D.) 17,819 Arabic Kuwait
96. Kyrgyzstan List of countries in the world Som 191,300 Kyrgyz Bishkek
97. Laos List of countries in the world New Kip 236,800 Lao Vientiane
98. Latvia List of countries in the world Euro 64,573 Latvian Riga
99. Lebanon List of countries in the world Lebanese pound 10,400 Arabic Beirut
100. Lesotho List of countries in the world Maluti 30,350 English and Sesotho Maseru
101. Liberia List of countries in the world Liberian dollar 111,370 English Monrovia
102. Libya List of countries in the world Libyan dinar (LYD) 1,759,541 Arabic Tripoli
103. Liechtenstein List of countries in the world Swiss franc 160.5 German Vaduz
104. Lithuania List of countries in the world Euro 65,286 Lithuanian Vilnius
105. Luxembourg List of countries in the world Euro 2,586 Luxembourgish, French, and German Luxembourg
106. Madagascar List of countries in the world Ariary (MGA) 587,041 Malagasy and French Antananarivo
107. Malawi List of countries in the world Malawian kwacha (D) (MWK) 118,484 English and Chewa Lilongwe
108. Malaysia List of countries in the world Ringgit (R.M.) (MYR) 330,803 Malaysian Kuala Lumpur
109. Maldives List of countries in the world Maldivian rufiyaa (MVR) 300 Dhivehi Mal
110. Mali List of countries in the world West African CFA franc (XOF) 1,240,192 French Bamako
111. Malta List of countries in the world Euro 315.2 Maltese and English Valletta
112. Marshall Islands List of countries in the world United States dollar (USD) 181.43 Marshallese and English Majuro
113. Mauritania List of countries in the world Ouguiya (MRU) 1,030,000 Arabic Nouakchott
114. Mauritius List of countries in the world Mauritian rupee (MUR) 2,040 None (de jure), English (de facto) and French (de facto) Port Louis
115. Mexico List of countries in the world Mexican peso (MXN) 1,972,550 None at the federal level Spanish and 68 Amerindian languages Mexico City
116. Moldova List of countries in the world Moldovan leu 33,843 Romanian Chisinau
117. Monaco List of countries in the world Euro (?) (EUR) 2.02 French Monaco
118. Mongolia List of countries in the world Tgrg (MNT) 1,566,000 Mongolian Ulaanbaatar
119. Montenegro List of countries in the world Euro 13,888 Montenegrin Podgorica is the new capital of the country, whereas Cetinje is the Old Royal Capital.
120. Morocco List of countries in the world Moroccan dirham (MAD) 710,850 Arabic and Berber Rabat
121. Mozambique List of countries in the world Metical (MZN) 801,590 Portuguese Maputo
122. Myanmar (formerly Burma) List of countries in the world Kyat (K) (MMK) 676,578 Burmese Naypyidaw
123. Namibia List of countries in the world Namibian dollar (NAD) and South African rand (ZAR) 825,615 English Windhoek
124. Nauru List of countries in the world Australian dollar (AUD) 21 Nauruan and English Yaren (de facto)
125. Nepal List of countries in the world Nepalese rupee (Rs, ??) (NPR) 147,516 Nepali Kathmandu
126. Netherlands List of countries in the world Euro and U.S. Dollar 41,850 Dutch Amsterdam
127. Nicaragua List of countries in the world Crdoba (NIO) 130,375 Spanish Managua
128. Niger List of countries in the world West African CFA franc (XOF) 1,267,000 French Niamey
129. Nigeria List of countries in the world Naira (?) (NGN) 923,769 English Abuja
130. North Korea List of countries in the world Korean People's won (?) (KPW) 120,540 Korean Pyongyang
131. North Macedonia List of countries in the world Macedonian denar (MKD) 25,713 Turkish, Romani, Serbian, Bosnian, and Aromanian Skopje
132. Norway List of countries in the world Norwegian krone (NOK) 385,208 Norwegian, Bokml, Nynorsk, Smi, Northern, Lule and Southern Oslo
133. Oman List of countries in the world Omani rial (OMR) 309,500 Arabic Muscat
134. Pakistan List of countries in the world Pakistani rupee (?) (PKR) 881,913 Urdu and English Islamabad
135. Palau List of countries in the world United States dollar (USD) 459 National: Palauan and English
State-level: Japanese, Sonsorolese, and Tobian 		Ngerulmud
136. Palestine State List of countries in the world Egyptian pound (EGP), Israeli new shekel (ILS) and Jordanian dinar (JOD) 6,020 Arabic Jerusalem
137. Panama List of countries in the world Balboa (PAB) and United States dollar (USD) 75,417 Spanish Panama City
138. Papua New Guinea List of countries in the world Kina (PGK) 462,840 English, Hiri Motu, PNG Sign Language, and Tok Pisin Port Moresby
139. Paraguay List of countries in the world Guaran (PYG) 406,796 Spanish and Guarani Asuncin
140. Peru List of countries in the world Sol (PEN) 1,285,216 Spanish Lima
141. Philippines List of countries in the world Philippine peso (?) (PHP) 300,000 Filipino and English Manila
142. Poland List of countries in the world Z?oty (PLN) 312,696 Polish Warsaw
143. Portugal List of countries in the world Euro (?) (EUR) 92,212 Portuguese Lisbon
144. Qatar List of countries in the world Qatari riyal (QAR) 11,581 Arabic Doha
145. Romania List of countries in the world Romanian leu 238,397 Romanian Bucharest
146. Russia List of countries in the world Russian Ruble 17,125,000 Russian Moscow
147. Rwanda List of countries in the world Rwandan franc 26,379 English,French, andKinyarwanda Kigali
148. Saint Kitts and Nevis List of countries in the world Eastern Caribbean dollar 272 English Basseterre
149. Saint Lucia List of countries in the world Eastern Caribbean dollar 616 English Castries
150. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines List of countries in the world Eastern Caribbean dollar 389 English Kingstown
151. Samoa List of countries in the world Samoan t?l? 2,830 English Apia
152. San Marino List of countries in the world Euro 61 Italian San Marino
153. Sao Tome and Principe List of countries in the world So Tom and Prncipe dobra 1,001 Portuguese So Tom
154. Saudi Arabia List of countries in the world Saudi riyal 2,149,690 Arabic Riyadh
155. Senegal List of countries in the world West African CFA franc 196,712 French Dakar
156. Serbia List of countries in the world Serbian Dinar 77,589 Serbian Belgrade
157. Seychelles List of countries in the world Seychellois rupee 452 English, French, Seychellois, and Creole Victoria
158. Sierra Leone List of countries in the world Sierra Leonean leone 71,740 English Freetown
159. Singapore List of countries in the world Singapore dollar Brunei dollar 722.5 English, Malay, Mandarin, Chinese, and Tamil Singapore
160. Slovakia List of countries in the world Euro 49,034 Slovak Bratislava
161. Slovenia List of countries in the world Euro 20,273 Slovene Ljubljana
162. Solomon Islands List of countries in the world Solomon Islands dollar 30,407 English Honiara
163. Somalia List of countries in the world Somali shilling 637,657 Arabic Mogadishu
164. South Africa List of countries in the world South African rand 1,220,813 Afrikaans, English, Southern, Ndebele, Sotho, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
165. Spain List of countries in the world Euro 506,002 Spanish Madrid
166. Sri Lanka List of countries in the world Sri Lankan rupee 65,610 Sinhala and Tamil Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
167. Sudan List of countries in the world Sudanese pound 1,844,797 Arabic and English Khartoum
168. Suriname List of countries in the world Surinamese dollar 163,820 Dutch Paramaribo
169. Sweden List of countries in the world Swedish krona 447,425 Swedish Stockholm
170. Switzerland List of countries in the world Swiss franc 41,285 German,French and Italian Bern
171. Syria List of countries in the world Syrian pound 185,180 Arabic Damascus
172. Tajikistan List of countries in the world Tajikistani somoni 142,600 Tajik Taipei
173. Tanzania List of countries in the world Tanzanian shilling 947,303 English Dodoma
174. Thailand List of countries in the world Thai baht 513,120 Thai Bangkok
175. Timor- Leste List of countries in the world United States dollar 15,007 Portuguese and Tetun Dili
176. Togo List of countries in the world West African CFA franc 56,600 French Lom
177. Tonga List of countries in the world Tongan pa'anga 748 English and Tongan Nuku'alofa
178. Trinidad and Tobago List of countries in the world Trinidad and Tobago dollar 5,127 English Port of Spain
179. Tunisia List of countries in the world Tunisian dinar 163,610 Tunisian, Arabic, and French Tunis
180. Turkey List of countries in the world Turkish lira 785,347 Turkish Ankara
181. Turkmenistan List of countries in the world Turkmenistan manat 491,210 Turkmen Ashgabat
182. Tuvalu List of countries in the world Tuvaluan dollar Australian dollar 25.6 English (de facto) Funafuti
183. Uganda List of countries in the world Ugandan shilling 241,551 English and Swahili Kampala
184. Ukraine List of countries in the world Hryvnia 603,549 Ukrainian Kyiv or also known as Kiev
185. United Arab Emirates List of countries in the world United Arab Emirates dirham 83,600 Arabic Abu Dhabi
186. United Kingdom List of countries in the world British Pound 242,500 English London
187. United States of America List of countries in the world United States dollar 9,525,067 None (English has de facto status but not de jure status) Washington, D.C.
188. Uruguay List of countries in the world Uruguayan peso 175,016 Spanish (de facto) Montevideo
189. Uzbekistan List of countries in the world Uzbekistani so'm 447,400 Uzbek Tashkent
190. Vanuatu List of countries in the world Vanuatu vatu 12,190 English and French Port Vila
191. Venezuela List of countries in the world Venezuelan bolvar soberano 916,445 Spanish and Venezuelan Sign Language Caracas
192. Vietnam List of countries in the world Vietnamese ??ng 331,231 Vietnamese Hanoi
193. Yemen List of countries in the world Yemeni rial 455,000 Arabic Sana'a
194. Zambia List of countries in the world Zambian kwacha 752,614 English Lusaka
195. Zimbabwe List of countries in the world RTGS dollar 390,757 Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa Harare

So, we can see in the above list the name of all countries along with their capital, official currency and capital and total area (in sq. km). These details regarding a particular country have been taken only from the official or genuine sources to maintain the accuracy of data in the list. The total count of countries given in the above list may vary from various sources because of the reason we discussed in the starting of the article.

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