This list of countries specifies all the countries of the world with their own independent governance structures.
List of Countries in this article shares the nation states in different continents of the world.
In the current world of nation states, we all belong to one country or the other. Our country is defined as a place within a border with its own identity, culture, currency and government. It should be understood that every country is distinct with its own identity. Although, there have been large nation states in the past. The current world is defined on the basis of defined borders as of today.
The world today has different number of countries due to multiple conflicts. For instance, the United Nations has its own list of countries which is considered as a consensus based nation states in different regions. The UN recognizes 197 nation states as independent countries. However, there are a few discrepancies and complexities when considering this list of countries. It must be stated that the total strength of countries in our world is 215. Since, this includes several other smaller or conflict based States which are not yet recognized by the United Nations.
List of Countries
The list of countries include:
- Abkhazia
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Austria
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Armenia
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Burma
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Burkina Faso
- Canada
- Cambodia
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Cyprus
- Costa Rica
- Colombia
- Chile
- Cuba
- Comoros
- Republic of Congo
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Cape Verde
- Cook Islands
- Djibouti
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- East Timor
- Ethiopia
- Egypt
- Estonia
- El Salvador
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- England
- France
- Finland
- Greece
- Germany
- Fiji
- Georgia
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Grenada
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- The Gambia
- Faroe Islands
- Greenland
- Hungary
- Honduras
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- India
- Ireland
- Japan
- Indonesia
- Kenya
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Israel
- Italy
- Iceland
- Iraq
- Iran
- Jamaica
- Kuwait
- Ivory Coast
- Kiribati
- Iraqi Kurdistan
- Northern Ireland
- Kyrgyzstan
- Libya
- Lesotho
- Laos
- Nepal
- Malaysia
- Mozambique
- Malawi
- Lebanon
- Mongolia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- New Zealand
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Mali
- Niger
- Liberia
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- Micronesia
- Norway
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Macau
- The Netherlands
- North Korea
- Monaco
- The Philippines
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Palau
- Pakistan
- Oman
- Poland
- Portugal
- Rwanda
- Russia
- Romania
- Qatar
- South Korea
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Serbia
- San Marino
- Switzerland
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Spain
- Solomon Islands
- Samoa
- Suriname
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint Lucia
- St Kitts and Nevis
- South Sudan
- Seychelles
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sierra Leone
- Senegal
- Saudi Arabia
- Somaliland
- South Ossetia
- Scotland
- Tanzania
- Taiwan
- Tonga
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Transnistria
- Tibet
- Thailand
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- United States of America
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Northern Cyprus
- Western Sahara
- Wales
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
- Zambia
