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How to Best Use Google Flights

I love Google Flights for searching for flights, and that’s why we include sample searches from it in almost every deal we send to our more than 2 million members. But first, I want to tell you a secret that not many people in the travel business are willing to share:

A lot of places offer cheap trips, but there isn’t just one. That’s the reason I like Google Flights so much.

I have spent years and years of my life looking through millions of prices on hundreds of airlines and flight search tools. I can say for sure that they’re all pretty much the same.

That’s good news, not bad. This means that no matter which flight search engine you use, you’ll still get the same deal. And Google Flights is the one that I’ve found to be the easiest and most useful.

(Just in case you were wondering, we don’t get paid, rewarded, praised, or anything else for suggesting this site. At Google, we only book cheap tickets. That’s it.

Good things about Google Flights

Google Flights is great in many ways. These are the things I like best:

More than any other ticket search engine, Google Flights is lightning fast. It shows months’ worth of fares in a fraction of a second.

A calendar-based price view on Google Flights shows you the cheapest fares for the next 12 months. The view is simple and easy to use.

Google Flights lets you look for the best fare between up to seven airports, and adding more than seven airports won’t slow down the search.

Map-based search: The Google Flights Explore map shows you where you can fly from your airport for the least amount of money.

To help you decide, Google Flights will tell you if the price you see is high, low, or normal for the trip. It will also show you how much carbon each flight costs.

This will all help you get a cheap flight, so let me show you how it works.

You live in Philadelphia and want to go to Europe next summer. Most flight search engines will only show you flights that leave from Philadelphia and arrive at a certain European airport, like Paris. You would have to look again if you also want to find out how much it costs to get to Amsterdam.

With Google Flights, you could choose to leave from not only Philadelphia Airport, but also six other airports that are only a short train ride away. Three of these airports are near New York City, and the other three are near Washington, DC. You could choose Paris, Amsterdam, or up to five more airports as your stop. It will then show you the 49 routes where you can get those prices for the least amount of money. Along with that, it will show you findings not only for a certain date but for the whole year.

Google Flights does have some problems. You should be aware of the following problems:

Has the lowest prices sometimes, but not always: To find flights, Google Flights looks at prices from airlines and a few of the best online travel companies (OTAs), like Orbitz and Expedia. Google Flights doesn’t always check smaller OTAs, but sometimes they have slightly lower prices. However, these sites can come with a lot of risks.

Lacks a list of all airlines: You’ll also need to check Southwest Airlines’ website because Google Flights doesn’t show results from that company. (Thank goodness Southwest’s Low Fare Calendar is easy to use.)

Shows expired deals: Once in a while, Google Flights will show you a fare that is available at a certain price. However, when you click to make a reservation, either (a) the price of the fare goes up, or (b) it says you can’t book online and to call the airline instead. (Don’t call; it won’t go through.) This is known as “ghosting,” and it can happen on Google Flights when a fare was available not long ago but is now not.

How to use Google Flights

Google Flights checks prices on the websites of almost all airlines as well as the biggest online ticket sites, such as Orbitz, Expedia, and Priceline. Take a look at this Google Flights guide.

How to tell Google Flights where to depart and arrive to get the most choices

When you get to the home page, type in where you want to fly from, where you want to go, and when you’d like to travel. This is an example:

A look on Google Flights: Three things to keep in mind:

You can name the place as a country or even a whole region. If you want to find the cheapest flight to the Caribbean over the holidays, type “Caribbean” into the search box.

You can put up to seven destinations in each box, with commas between them. Putting “LHR, CDG, AMS, CPH, BCN, FCO, MXP” as your target will help you find the cheapest flight from Chicago to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Rome, or Milan, if you want to take a cheap trip anywhere in Europe.

There are city codes in some places with more than one airport. New York City (NYC) or Washington, DC (WAS) each get three points because NYC = JFK, LGA, EWR and WAS = DCA, IAD, and BWI.

How to use Google Flights to find the cheapest day to fly

To get the best deals on travel times, click the box next to the departure date. After you do that, prices for two months will show up, with the cheapest times in green:

This is an example of a search on Google Flights. Two important points:

When you search for flights on Google, it only looks at prices for the months you tell it to. In the above example, the green dates that are the cheapest are in May and June. However, you might be able to find cheaper dates if you scroll to a different time range.

The cheap green dates are only for the length of trip you chose at the beginning. I first looked for a 7-day trip, but as you can see in the red box above, changing the length of the trip can often lead to very different prices. A helpful hint is that prices often drop a lot when you change your trip from 6 days to 7 days. That’s because the small print on many foreign flights says that the cheapest prices are only good for trips that last at least 7 days.

Look at the calendar of the cheapest flights, then click on the times you want. This will bring up a long list of flights, like this:

Take a look at how Google Flights shows the “Best departing flights” at the top. These flights are chosen based on price, route, and other factors. You might still want to check out the “Other departing flights” to find the best flights for your plan.

Every flight time on Google Flights is shown in your time zone. Google Flights shows that if you see a +1 next to the arrival time, your flight will arrive the next day (or two days later if it says +2).

How to use Google Flights to book a flight

Click on a good flight to leave once you’ve chosen it. Then, if you’re buying a round-trip ticket, you’ll be asked to pick a flight that goes with it. Your screen will look like this:

In this case, all you have to do to change the trip that leaves is click on the word “EWR-ORY” on the left, just above the words “Returning flights.”

Here are three quick things you should know:

  • When you use Google Flights, the price you see includes all taxes, but not extra fees like choosing your seat or bags if they’re not included.
  • The price that Google Flights shows you will be for the whole roundtrip if you look for a roundtrip itinerary.
  • A travel agent (OTA) is not what Google Flights is; it’s a flight search engine. In other words, Google planes does not sell planes. Instead, after you pick a flight, it gives you links to book with either an online travel agent or the airline itself. You may be able to “Book on Google with [airline]” for some flights. This is just a fancy way for Google to send your information and payment to the airline.

When you click on your preferred return flight, you’ll see your booking choices, which look like this:

There are different kinds of economy tickets on a lot of flights. Basic economy and main economy (or names that sound like them) are the two most popular. Searching on Google Flights will tell you about the pros and cons of each type of budget ticket, such as:

What to do when you can’t book a cheap flight on Google Flights (“Ghosting”)

Google Flights will sometimes tell you that a cheap fare is available, but when you try to book the ticket, the fare either goes up in price or can’t be bought at all.

This is known as “ghosting.”

This only happens very rarely because the airline may have just changed the price, and the search results don’t yet show the new price.

Google Flights may tell you that calling the flight is the only way to get the best deal. Don’t do that. The price of the ticket has already changed, so it won’t work. Sad about the great food that got away? Let’s hope the next one goes better.

There are a few ways to make sure that a service that’s “ghosting” is really gone:

Google Flights lets you try different times. There may be new prices for May 2–9, but the cheap fare is still available for May 3–10.

Look at the times of a “ghost fare” and see if you can book it through an online travel site like Priceline or Expedia.

Don’t get too excited, though. Airfares can change quickly, and if a great deal goes away, it’s not likely that it can still be bought.

How to use Google Flights Look at the map view

You’ve been working hard, and now all you can think about is a fruity drink and a small umbrella in the sand. You just want a cheap flight and warm weather, not which beach you go to.

Moreover, ou could look through dozens of Caribbean airports for thirty minutes.

You can also use the Explore map, which is one of the best (and most secret!) parts of Google Flights to quickly look for flights.

The Explore map lets you see prices for specific dates or dates that are open to change across a country or area.

Discover map can be reached in two ways.

When you look for flights on Google Flights, put in a country, region, or continent instead of an airport. Then, hit the blue Explore button like this:

You could also click the Explore button at the top.

Both ways will take you to a map view in Google Flights. You can zoom in on any part of the map to see more prices:

If your plans are flexible, you can find even cheaper tickets by changing your dates to “Flexible dates.”

After that, you can choose which months to travel (or look for any time in the next 6 months) and whether you want a weekend, one week, or two weeks trip.

To get better search results, you can sort the map results in Google Explore. You can sort the results at the top by the number of stops, airlines, travel times, and trip lengths. Moreover, you can also tell it how many bags you have to see prices that include bag fees. You can also move the slider in the Price section to set the highest price you’re ready to pay for a flight. Any options that cost more than that amount will be taken out of the search results.

A Few Cons to be aware of

There’s a good chance you’ll get a lot of emails because flight prices change all the time.

You can’t tell the warning to only go off when the price hits a certain level.

You won’t be told about great deals on flights from your home airport to other places, even ones that are close by. That’s why you go!

How to use Google Flights to book tickets to more than one place

It’s easy to book open-jaw or multi-city flights on Google Flights. Find the word “round trip” on the far left side of the home screen and click on the drop down menu that’s there. Click on “multi-city.”

Now put in your travel dates and places like you normally would. It’s possible to add five planes.

To save money, book an open-jaw multi-city flight instead of several one-way flights if you want to visit more than one place on an international trip. Often, long-haul flights that go one way cost about the same as trips that go both ways or between cities. To see both Paris and Rome for the lowest price, look for a trip that goes from your home airport to Paris and then from Rome back to your home airport. After you book the flights across the ocean, book a different flight from Paris to Rome. If you book this way instead of three one-way trips or one three-leg itinerary, you’ll save hundreds of dollars.

How to know if Google has a good deal for you

Good thing about Google Flights is that it lets you know if the current prices are a good deal.

Between December 2 and 9, you can take a plane from New York to Paris and back again. Google Flights says that the price of $431 is low and that the price of $299 is less than usual. There’s also a graph that shows how prices have changed for that trip in the last few months.

Don’t put too much stock in these findings. When they say how much trips “usually” cost, it can be way off. At the moment, they say that off-peak trips between New York City and Paris should cost $1,050, which is not advice I would give. I would say that $700 is the most “normal” price below this. Instead, think of their price ranges as a rough way to compare prices right now.

How to use “Date grid” to get better deals on flights

Let’s say you want to go to Germany for Oktoberfest and fly from New York. You know that the best way to find the cheapest fare is to look for several German destinations, such as FRA, MUC, BER, DUS, HAM, and more. But Google Flights only shows you flights for the times you picked, like September 20–27.

The “Date grid” is useful in this case. The date grid is better than the calendar of cheap fares because it shows you prices for trips of different lengths. If I fly from September 20th to September 28th instead of September 20th to September 27th, the prices are $221 less.

Just below the flight numbers is where you’ll find the Date grid. If you change your travel plans by just one or two days, Google Flights will often show a small pop-up like the one below when there is a big price drop.

How to get the most out of Google Flights

Tip #1: Look at more than one airport to find the best way to get from one place to another.

You can use up to seven different departure and arrival airport codes to search for flights in Google Flights.

Why would you want to do that? So, let’s say you want to fly from Los Angeles to any place in Japan during plum blossom season, which isn’t as well known as cherry blossom season. With the destination codes for several airports in Japan (NRT, HND, KIX, NGO, FUK, OKA, CTS), you can easily find the cheapest one for your trip from February 17th to 24th. You can start by entering the airport codes for Los Angeles (LAX, SNA, LGB, ONT, BUR, and maybe even SFO and SJC to see if the savings are worth it).

The best deal will be at the top of the list of findings. For this case, it costs $630 to go from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT).

A search for flights on Google Tip #2: Find the cheapest places to stay with open times on the Explore Map.

Let’s say your case is a little different from the one described above. You just want to go somewhere, and you don’t have any set plans. You can also go to https://www.google.com/travel/explore and click on the “Explore” button at the top.

Once you do that, you’ll see a map that shows you the cheapest places to go for a week in the next six months from your home airport. If you want to narrow down your choices, click the date box and pick a trip length (weekend, one week, or two weeks) and/or a month within the next six months.

This choice is great for people who don’t have to be rigid about where and when they travel and just want to get the best price deal possible.

Tip: Keep in mind that ticket prices change all the time! It’s the thing we buy that changes the most. Prices on the Explore map could be very different tomorrow from what they are today.

Let’s say you live in Houston and want to take a trip to Europe in the next six months. The Explore map would quickly show you prices all over Europe.

Tip: Set a price ceiling with the price filter to see all the choices that cost less than, say, $650.

Third tip: You can use the price graph, calendar, and date grid to find the best times to go to a certain place.

Because Google Flights lets you change times a lot once you know where you want to go, you can find the cheapest airfare.

The calendar will appear and show you two months of prices after you enter your dates. The least expensive times will be shown in green. From the calendar view, click the lines to the right to see what’s coming up in the next few months. How to get from Atlanta to Denver in the fall of 2023:

Tip: Any filters you choose will be taken into account by the calendar of the best fares. If you don’t want to fly with discount flights like Frontier and Spirit, unchecking them will change the prices shown in the calendar.

The date grid, on the other hand, will show you the most affordable prices for a range of trip lengths and times. Anything that is less expensive than the flight you chose is shown in green. You can see more times if you click the arrows at the top of the grid.

The price line is the same, but it shows two months’ worth of fares as a bar chart. I’ll tell you the truth: the price line is harder to understand and use than the calendar and date grid. Your mileage may be different!

Tip #4: Get the Chrome add-on “Legroom for Google Flights.”

It’s great that tickets are cheap, but they still need to be good. With the Chrome add-on Legroom for Google Flights, you can see right in the search results how much legroom you’ll have on each route. Most domestic planes in the US have 30 to 31 inches of legroom. This extension will show in green if there’s more legroom and red if there’s less.

When you look for a flight from Boston to Miami, this is what you see:

For $45 more than Spirit, is four extra inches of space worth it? You make the choice!

Getting money back for trips booked on Google trips

Since Google Flights is just a search engine and the flights are booked directly with the airline, return policies vary from airline to airline.

The “24-hour rule” from the US Department of Transportation says that you can cancel your flight and get your money back if you do it within 24 hours of buying the ticket. It doesn’t matter what flight leaves from a US airport as long as the ticket was bought straight from the airline at least 7 days before the flight.

Promises the Best Price

If the price of some flights goes down after you book, Google Flights will pay you the difference. (This is how they show that they are sure the current price won’t go down any further.)

Please see the full terms and conditions for a list of limits. Here are some important ones to keep in mind:

You can only get the price promise if you see a price badge next to the fare, like this:

There’s no need to sign up at all; all you have to do is book the ticket on Google Flights with this information:

Once you book, you don’t need to do anything else. Google checks immediately to see if prices drop and gives you the difference back.

You can get back any difference in price through Google Pay up to 48 hours after your trip.

Which companies does Google Flights show?

Google Flights lists flights from the vast majority of companies, such as

  • Air Ligus
  • Mexicana Air
  • Canada’s Air
  • Serb Air
  • The Alaska ANA
  • American
  • The British Airways
  • China Southern Delta Ethiopian Etihad
  • Emirates
  • Island of Hawaii
  • Air Iceland
  • Air France, KLM, LOT, and Lufthansa
  • Delta Air Lines
  • SAS
  • Flights from Singapore
  • Swiss TAP
  • The Turkish Airlines

Many more, like United, Westjet, and a lot more

Which companies does Google Flights not list?

In the US, Southwest Airlines trips are the main thing that is missing. Southwest doesn’t want to sell tickets through online booking agencies, so they only do it on their own website.

It’s funny that Google Flights does show you the Southwest trip schedule, but not the price. You will need to go to Southwest.com to see the price.

How to change Google Flights’ currency, language, or home country

Look for the “hamburger” in the upper left area of Google Flights. It’s made up of three horizontal lines to the left of the “Google” logo.

This shows a choice that goes up and down on the left. Change the language, currency, or region you use for Google Flights at the bottom of this page.

How to use Google planes to find planes that put out less carbon dioxide

The carbon impact of most flights is now shown on Google Flights. Most of the time, nonstop trips produce less carbon dioxide than routes with connections. However, even within nonstop routes, the amount of pollution produced can change depending on the type of aircraft used.

You can find out the pollution rate for your flight on Google Flights. It also tells you what the average rate is for that route and lets you know if your rate is higher or lower. Keep in mind that the rate also depends on your fare class. Usually, business class tickets have a higher rate of emissions because there are fewer people in those places, so each seat is responsible for a bigger amount of pollution.

General

Member States of the United Nations

The Member States of the United Nations include the recognized countries around the world. Currently, there are total of 193 member states of the United Nations.

  1. Afghanistan Date of Admission: 19-11-1946
  2. Albania Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  3. Algeria Date of Admission: 08-10-1962
  4. Andorra Date of Admission: 28-07-1993
  5. Angola Date of Admission: 01-12-1976 
  6. Antigua and Barbuda Date of Admission: 11-11-1981
  7. Argentina Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  8. Armenia Date of Admission: 02-03-1992
  9. Australia Date of Admission: 01-11-1945
  10. Austria Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  11. Azerbaijan Date of Admission: 02-03-1992
  12. Bahamas Date of Admission: 18-09-1973
  13. Bahrain Date of Admission: 21-09-1971
  14. Bangladesh Date of Admission: 17-09-1974
  15. Barbados Date of Admission: 09-12-1966
  16. Belarus Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  17. Belgium Date of Admission: 27-12-1945
  18. Belize Date of Admission: 25-09-1981
  19. Benin Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  20. Bhutan Date of Admission: 21-09-1971
  21. Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Date of Admission: 14-11-1945
  22. Bosnia and Herzegovina Date of Admission: 22-05-1992
  23. Botswana Date of Admission: 17-10-1966
  24. Brazil Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  25. Brunei Darussalam Date of Admission: 21-09-1984
  26. Bulgaria Date of Admission: 14-12-1955 
  27. Burkina Faso Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  28. Burundi Date of Admission: 18-09-1962  
  29. Cabo Verde Date of Admission: 16-09-1975
  30. Cambodia Date of Admission: 14-12-1955 
  31. Cameroon Date of Admission: 20-09-1960 
  32. Canada Date of Admission: 09-11-1945
  33. Central African Republic Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  34. Chad Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  35. Chile Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  36. China Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  37. Colombia Date of Admission: 05-11-1945
  38. Comoros Date of Admission: 12-11-1975 
  39. Congo Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  40. Costa Rica Date of Admission: 02-11-1945 
  41. Côte D’Ivoire Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  42. Croatia Date of Admission: 22-05-1992
  43. Cuba Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  44. Cyprus Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  45. Czechia Date of Admission: 19-01-1993
  46. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Date of Admission: 17-09-1991
  47. Democratic Republic of the Congo Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  48. Denmark Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  49. Djibouti Date of Admission: 20-09-1977
  50. Dominica Date of Admission: 18-12-1978
  51. Dominican Republic Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  52. Ecuador Date of Admission: 21-12-1945
  53. Egypt Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  54. El Salvador Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  55. Equatorial Guinea Date of Admission: 12-11-1968
  56. Eritrea Date of Admission: 28-05-1993
  57. Estonia Date of Admission: 17-09-1991
  58. Eswatini Date of Admission: 24-09-1968
  59. Ethiopia Date of Admission: 13-11-1945
  60. Fiji Date of Admission: 13-10-1970
  61. Finland Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  62. France Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  63. Gabon Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  64. Gambia (Republic of The) Date of Admission: 21-09-1965
  65. Georgia Date of Admission: 31-07-1992
  66. Germany Date of Admission: 18-09-1973
  67. Ghana Date of Admission: 08-03-1957
  68. Greece Date of Admission: 25-10-1945
  69. Grenada Date of Admission: 17-09-1974
  70. Guatemala Date of Admission: 21-11-1945
  71. Guinea Date of Admission: 12-12-1958
  72. Guinea Bissau Date of Admission: 17-09-1974
  73. Guyana Date of Admission: 20-09-1966
  74. Haiti Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  75. Honduras Date of Admission: 17-12-1945
  76. Hungary Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  77. Iceland Date of Admission: 19-11-1946
  78. India Date of Admission: 30-10-1945
  79. Indonesia Date of Admission: 28-09-1950
  80. Iran (Islamic Republic of) Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  81. Iraq Date of Admission: 21-12-1945
  82. Ireland Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  83. Israel Date of Admission: 11-05-1949
  84. Italy Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  85. Jamaica Date of Admission: 18-09-1962
  86. Japan Date of Admission: 18-12-1956
  87. Jordan Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  88. Kazakhstan Date of Admission: 02-03-1992
  89. Kenya Date of Admission: 16-12-1963
  90. Kiribati Date of Admission: 14-09-1999
  91. Kuwait Date of Admission: 14-05-1963
  92. Kyrgyzstan Date of Admission: 02-03-1992
  93. Lao People’s Democratic Republic Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  94. Latvia Date of Admission: 17-09-1991
  95. Lebanon Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  96. Lesotho Date of Admission: 17-10-1966
  97. Liberia Date of Admission: 02-11-1945
  98. Libya Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  99. Liechtenstein Date of Admission: 18-09-1990
  100. Lithuania Date of Admission: 17-09-1991
  101. Luxembourg Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  102. Madagascar Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  103. Malawi Date of Admission: 01-12-1964
  104. Malaysia Date of Admission: 17-09-1957
  105. Maldives Date of Admission: 21-09-1965
  106. Mali Date of Admission: 28-09-1960
  107. Malta Date of Admission: 01-12-1964
  108. Marshall Islands Date of Admission: 17-09-1991
  109. Mauritania Date of Admission: 27-10-1961
  110. Mauritius Date of Admission: 24-04-1968
  111. Mexico Date of Admission: 07-11-1945
  112. Micronesia (Federated States of) Date of Admission: 17-09-1991
  113. Monaco Date of Admission: 28-05-1993
  114. Mongolia Date of Admission: 27-10-1961
  115. Montenegro Date of Admission: 28-06-2006
  116. Morocco Date of Admission: 12-11-1956
  117. Mozambique Date of Admission: 16-09-1975
  118. Myanmar Date of Admission: 19-04-1948
  119. Namibia Date of Admission: 23-04-1990 
  120. Nauru Date of Admission: 14-09-1999
  121. Nepal Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  122. Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Date of Admission: 10-12-1945
  123. New Zealand Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  124. Nicaragua Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  125. Niger Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  126. Nigeria Date of Admission: 07-10-1960
  127. North Macedonia Date of Admission: 08-04-1993
  128. Norway Date of Admission: 27-11-1945
  129. Oman Date of Admission: 07-10-1971
  130. Pakistan Date of Admission: 30-09-1947
  131. Palau Date of Admission: 15-12-1994
  132. Panama Date of Admission: 13-11-1945
  133. Papua New Guinea Date of Admission: 10-10-1975
  134. Paraguay Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  135. Peru Date of Admission: 31-10-1945
  136. Philippines Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  137. Poland Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  138. Portugal Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  139. Qatar Date of Admission: 21-09-1971
  140. Republic of Korea Date of Admission: 17-09-1991
  141. Republic of Moldova Date of Admission: 02-03-1992
  142. Romania Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  143. Russian Federation Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  144. Rwanda Date of Admission: 18-09-1962
  145. Saint Kitts and Nevis Date of Admission: 23-09-1983
  146. Saint Lucia Date of Admission: 18-09-1979
  147. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Date of Admission: 16-09-1980
  148. Samoa Date of Admission: 15-12-1976
  149. San Marino Date of Admission: 02-03-1992
  150. Sao Tome and Principe Date of Admission: 16-09-1975 
  151. Saudi Arabia Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  152. Senegal Date of Admission: 28-09-1960
  153. Serbia Date of Admission: 01-11-2000
  154. Seychelles Date of Admission: 21-09-1976
  155. Sierra Leone Date of Admission: 27-09-1961
  156. Singapore Date of Admission: 21-09-1965
  157. Slovakia Date of Admission: 19-01-1993
  158. Slovenia Date of Admission: 22-05-1992
  159. Solomon Islands Date of Admission: 19-09-1978
  160. Somalia Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  161. South Africa Date of Admission: 07-11-1945
  162. South Sudan Date of Admission: 14-07-2011
  163. Spain Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  164. Sri Lanka Date of Admission: 14-12-1955
  165. Sudan Date of Admission: 12-11-1956
  166. Suriname Date of Admission: 04-12-1975
  167. Sweden Date of Admission: 19-11-1946
  168. Switzerland Date of Admission: 10-09-2002
  169. Syrian Arab Republic Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  170. Tajikistan Date of Admission: 02-03-1992 
  171. Thailand Date of Admission: 15-12-1946
  172. Timor-Leste Date of Admission: 27-09-2002
  173. Togo Date of Admission: 20-09-1960
  174. Tonga Date of Admission: 14-09-1999
  175. Trinidad and Tobago Date of Admission: 18-09-1962
  176. Tunisia Date of Admission: 12-11-1956
  177. Türkiye Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  178. Turkmenistan Date of Admission: 02-03-1992
  179. Tuvalu Date of Admission: 05-09-2000
  180. Uganda Date of Admission: 25-10-1962
  181. Ukraine Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  182. United Arab Emirates Date of Admission: 09-12-1971
  183. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  184. United Republic of Tanzania Date of Admission: 14-12-1961
  185. United States of America Date of Admission: 24-10-1945
  186. Uruguay Date of Admission: 18-12-1945
  187. Uzbekistan Date of Admission: 02-03-1992
  188. Vanuatu Date of Admission: 15-09-1981
  189. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Date of Admission: 15-11-1945 
  190. Viet Nam Date of Admission: 20-09-1977
  191. Yemen Date of Admission: 30-09-1947
  192. Zambia Date of Admission: 01-12-1964
  193. Zimbabwe Date of Admission: 25-08-1980

This list includes all the current members of the United Nations.

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Afghanistan

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Official Name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Capital: Kabul

Currency: Afghani

Afghanistan or Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is an autocratic country of the world positioned in Central Asia naturally surrounded by mountains. The total area of Afghanistan is 251,823 square mile or 652,230 square km. Dari which is Afghan Persian and Pushto is national as well as official tongue of Afghani people.

As this is mountainous country in between the prettiest lush and productive valleys where majority of people live and grow its crops to survive their lives in better way. Mountains are mostly entrapped with snow as many rivers pass through mountain gorges where melted snow and rain flow out of Hindu Kush positioned in eastern part of the country near to Pakistan and Tajikistan.

Afghanistan permits the merchants and travelers to pass through these mountainous routes cross China and India. It assigns its border with Pakistan known as Durand line, Tajiskistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Moreover, it has Wakhan border with China.

Climate of Afghanistan

The climate of Afghanistan is dry with hot summer and very cold with winter. About half of population are Pashtuns which are similar to Iranian Persian, Tajiks as well Persian whereas Dari is also spoken out in the country. Uzbeks language is same to Turkish while speak out.

Afghani is interested to fly kites as makes kite fights to cut the kite strings of its competitor kite flyers. They make their own kites and strings by use of glass. Afghani tea is known as khewa (green tea) which is heart traditional drink and Palau is delicious dish made of rice, sheep and goat meat while fresh and dry fruits are very much famous in Afghanistan.

Afghani people have fond of hunting and due to hunting, drought and war wild animal lives have been mostly reduced like Tiger, Wolves and bears nearly extinction. Snow leopards alive in cold Hindu Kush by thick hair to keep warm. Snow leopard’s skins are sold by the hunters in Kabul’s market.

Afghanistan has naturally gift of blue stone, lapis lazuli was used to decorate the tomb of Egyptian king. Natural gas zinc, lead, iron, salt, chromite, copper, sulfur are natural reservoirs as well Opium, wheat, corn, barley, rice, cotton is agricultural item.

After 2001, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan had bicameral governmental system, National Assembly known as parliament is the legislature of Afghanistan with two houses known as Wolesi Dschirga (House of people) and Meschrano Dschirga (House of Elder). President is the head of state as well head of Afghani government.

On 15 August, 2021, Taliban took over the government in Afghanistan after evacuation of US forces from Kabul.

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Albania

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Official Name: Republic of Albania

Capital: Tirana

Currency: Albanian Lek

Albania is a European country located in South East Europe’s Balkan Peninsula with presence of several sites of heritage and historical and cultural importance. Although, it is a European nation, the country is relatively poorer amongst the others in this region. The country has a population of 2.812 million as per 2021 statistics. The country is located next to Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea. It has its borders with Greece, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro.

Historically, Albania has been a part of Ottoman Empire. However, the country sought independence from the Islamic Empire in 1912. Although, it remained independent for a few years. The country was conquered by Italy in 1939.

Moreover, it is part of European Union. However, it is the third poorest nation in the continent. Its economy is heavily dependent on support from other European nations, tourism and sea products.

Visa for Albania

The republic has developed an online e-visa application system to visit Albania. The country offers various tourism options to visit and explore the country across its different regions.

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Algeria

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Official Name: People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Capital: Algiers

Currency: Dinar

Algeria or People Democratic Republic of Algeria by world’s ranking is the 10th largest country which belongs to Africa continent. Algeria is a Muslim country with the population of 46.3 million and has total area 2,381,741 square km. The official and national tongue and diction of Algeria are Arabic and Tamazight(Berber) but French is spoken as well in People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The life expectancy of Algerian males are 75 years and females are 78 years.

The President is the head of the country, selected by suffrage for period of 2 to 5 years. The President appoints and engages the Prime minister, Provisional Governors and Military leaders while rest 2/3 are selected indirectly by the local and district legislatures. These legislatures handle the issues and disputes like criminal, civil laws, country finance, personal status and misuse of natural reservoirs.

People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria has bicameral legislation composed of lower house, the National Assembly known as Majlis al-shabi al-watani and upper house, the council of Nation known as Majlis-al-ummah.

Location of Algeria

The capital Algiers literally meaning “Islands” has main sea port and has become the focal point by means of political, economic and culture way. The borders are assigned with Niger, Mali, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco as Morocco is the eye of “Sahara Desert” which enwraps the Algeria, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania and Tunisia while assigns maritime borders with Italy and Spain. Mediterranean Sea is located to the north of Algeria.

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC) represents 14 various countries, Nigeria, Kuwait, Saudia Arabia, Iraq, Libya, Iran, and UAE whereas Algeria is the largest member country of OPEC joined in 1969. Like other natural resources or deep pockets Uranium, Lead, Ore. Phosphates, Iron, the Oil and Gas are the lifeblood of Algerian’s economy.

Military

Algeria does keep up the energetic and agile small Military, Air force and Navy. Arabic is considered to be mandatory diction for educational system. The literacy rate is approximately 2/3 for males and less than 0.5 for females so due to unavailability of expert and knowledgeable Arab lecturers and these qualified lecturers have been hired by the Algerian government form other Arab Islamic countries. Like Islamic universities other well reputed institutions are set up in capital Algiers and Constantine.

Various sport games like Valley ball, Handball and Athletics are soulfully played in Algeria but Football (soccer) is the national game of Algeria as its own national football team is entitled by its national animal Fennec Fox, a small desert fox with immensely large ears.

In spite of governmental restrictions and military violence Algeria has effective and efficient printing presses and media in the Arab countries. Algiers, Oran and Constantine are publishing Daily Newspaper, weeklies and host of magazines in both Arabic and French. Two television channels and three radio broad casting channels on air programs in both international dictions like English, Spain and French as well as native dialect like Arabic and Kabyle. Algerian National and Traditional dish or food is couscous made up of small pellets of streamed semolina capped and enwrapped with vegetables, chicken(meat) carrots and chickpeas.

Effective and efficient medical staff center and health care unit have been established a network of hospitals, clinics and dispensaries by Algerian government and facilitate them with free of medical fee to all resident of Algeria as all these charges are aided by Algerian government.

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Andorra

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Official Name: Andorra

Capital: Andorra la Vella

Currency: Euro

Andorra is a small country in Europe, an independent principality between France and Spain. It has an area of 468 square kilometers and its population is less than 100,000 people. It is a landlocked nation heavily dependent on its large European neighbors.

Andorra’s land is hardly cultivatable so the country relies on non-agricultural means of economy. The country has significantly low taxes making it a tax heaven for high net worth individuals. It has adopted Euro after an agreement with European Central Bank of European Union on 30 June 2011. It has authority to issue its own Euro coins from this agreement.

A number of tourists visit the country every year. It is a highly visited tourism destination with several sports and recreational opportunities for people of all ages.

Although, it is situated right in the heart of Europe; it isn’t a member of European Union as yet. There is no railway system in the country. However, there is a huge road network connecting it with mainland Europe.

The country has a single university. The University of Andorra was found in 1997.

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Angola

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Official Name: Republic of Angola

Capital: Luanda

Currency: Angolan Kwanza

Angola or Republic of Angola is an African country located in continent’s Southern side. It was a Portuguese colony for several hundred years. The country got independence in 1975.

The country has South Atlantic Ocean on its borders. The countries bordering it include Namibia and Democratic Republic of Congo.

It has a total land area of 1,246,700 square kilometers. The country has a population of 34.5 million people as per statistics of 2021. #

It has several reserves of natural resources. The natural resources include petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite and uranium.

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Argentina

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Official Name: Argentine Republic

Capital: Buenos Aires

Currency:    Argentina Peso 

Argentina is the second largest country situated in North America and by world ranking it is the 8th largest country in the world. This country has Republic form of government. The total area of Argentina is about 1,073,364 square miles or 2,780,400 square km as the population of this country is 44,694,198, but Argentina has few natives in rest of its population which came from Europe.  Spanish is the official and national dialect of Argentine Republic.

Argentina assigns its borders to north with Paraguay, to the west with Andes Mountains, the highest mountain with the 3195 miles’ border with chile.  and to the north west with Bolivia. Pampas is lush Greenland known as the core of Agriculture.

About 97% people of its total population are well educated as the ability to read and write. Argentina are keenly interested to play soccer (football) and most famous player is the Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona.

Elephants, penguins and sea lions are the famous animals are found in Argentina. Shark, dolphins and salmon are found in waters off the Atlantic Ocean while crocodile, turtles and tortoises also live in this region.

Argentine Republic is a federal Republic where by the President is selected by political disorder. The president assigns the judges and National congress is known as Senate. Tourism, Agriculture, mining, oil and sheep herding are the life blood of Argentina’s economy but it is badly being impacted by pollution and deforestation.

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Bangladesh

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Official Name: Islamic Republic of Bangladesh

Capital: Dhaka

Currency: Taka

Bangladesh or the Islamic Republic of Bangladesh is situated in South Asia by the worldly ranking it is the 8th populous country in the world with the population of 169 million and total area of 148,460 square km. Bengali is the national and official diction of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is unicameral parliamentary system where parliament assigns president as head of the state for period of 5 years then President elects the Prime minister as head of government known as the leader of legislative system.

Bangladesh assigns borders with India and Myanmar. The capital Dhaka is the largest city and eye of Bangladesh by means of political, cultural and financial aspects. Chittagong the 2nd busiest city of Bangladesh has sea port on the Bay of Bengal.

Naturally enwrapped with rivers known as” Land of Bengals” is the heavily inhabited country of the world with Muslims community. There are 5 rivers which capture the beauty of the country, the rivers Chittagong hill and plains, the Bengal rivers, Jamuna and connecting channel growths in China, the Padma (Ganges) and deltaic streams upsurges in Nepal so Bangladesh does not have control to flow any of rivers that waters as none of rivers of Bangladesh upsurge from its own, they all are crossed from Indian land.

Climate of Bangladesh

The climatic condition of Bangladesh is basically monsoon categorized by rainy winds, moderate hot temperatures and high humidity. April is the hottest month in summer and January is the coldest month in winter but June and July are stormy season as catches heavy rainfall. Some part of country is enwrapping with fertile lands(forests) that receives lush vegetation and fruits like mango, coconut, date palm, betel nut, jack fruit and bamboo.

 Though heavily wildlife like mammals, elephants, water buffaloes are used for plowing and pulling carts, various sort of deer, large deer and barking deer, leopard cat as well birds like crows, cuckoos, hawk’s owls, vultures, hornbills, kingfishers, hoopoes, eagles and water birds like Wild geese, ducks, herons and storks are found in Islamic Republic of Bangladesh.

Economy of Bangladesh

Jute, cotton, hides, skins, wheat, pulses such as beans, peas, sweet potatoes oilseeds, tobacco, sugarcane and fruits bananas, mangoes and pine apples, goat milk and goat meat, all these are the primary producer as well the life blood of the country’s economy. But the hurdle in the Bangladesh’s economy is scarcity of mineral resources.

Petroleum is easily available in the country and Natural gas is chiefly used in the manufacture of fertilizer and for thermal power. Jute is performing the excellent role in country’s foreign exchange earnings. Bangladesh yearly imports increase exports, the main exports jute, leather, seafood, knitwear garments and agricultural items and exports to Canada, US, and Europe while imports from South Asia and China.

Efficient education system is performing a progressive role in the country to provide standardized education to its nation. Schools and colleges are established in the country for the betterment of their people. Medical education to several medical colleges have hospital committed to it. Vocational centers, a channel of polytechnic, law colleges and engineering colleges. Specific trainings like arts, home economics, social welfare and researches are given to the Bangladeshi people.

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Nepal

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Official Name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Capital: Kathmandu

Currency: Nepalese Rupee

Nepal is very beautiful country included in Asia in between China and India.  Mount Everest, the largest peak of the world is the natural beauty of Nepal and part of Himalaya which connects border of China. The population of Nepal is about 29,717,587 and its area is 140,800 square km. Nepali and English is the national and official dialect. Hinduism and Buddhism both religious followers are living in the country as Nepalese are categorized into sectors like the Hindu caste belongs from India, the Bhotes used to live in mountains basically from Tibet valley, the Hill tribes’ community embraces Sherpas and other tribes, the Newar are the inborn people belongs from Nepal Kathmandu Valley.

Nepalese used trees as fire wood for their cooking and heating purposes due to cut down of trees, the land has converted into breakable and erodes away as trees have been reduced as well the animals are going to vanished due to population growth and removal of trees.  The Bengal tiger, the Asian one- horned rhinoceros, the snow leopard and Ganges freshwater dolphin all are rare animals as all these are fascinating to tourists to perceive the mysterious and colorful wildlife and this is the bone back of Nepal ‘s economy so the government tends to save these animals from extinction.

Nepal is a Federal Democratic Republic has Presidency system where President is the head of the country and Prime minister is the state of government.

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Malaysia

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Official Name: Malaysia

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

Currency: Ringgit

Malaysia is an Islamic country positioned in Southeast Asia and comprises of two region called as Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia as these two areas are divided by South China Sea. The population of the country is 32,400,000 as it has area of about 329,847 square km. Malay is the national tongue. Moreover, Melaka is the major sea port.

Malaysia assigns its borders with Thailand and Indonesia and island of Singapore that is parted through bridge. It has three types of ecosystem forest, river and marine that make it according to world ranking the 17th Mega –diverse country.

Malaysian National park is Taman National park situated on the Malay Peninsula that saves the rainforest of the country as this rainforest is the hub of many rare animals like pygmy elephants, Bornean orangutans and Sumatran rhinoceroses in East and Malayan tigers and Indochinese leopards prowl the Malay Peninsula.

There are 13 states consists of federal constitutional monarchy and three federal areas such as the island of Labuan, the administrative capital of Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur the capital. Senate is known Dewan Negara and the House of Representatives called as Dewan Rakyat. Yang di- Pertuan Agong assigns Prime minister.

The life blood of Malaysia’s economy are rubber and palm oil as well as increasing financial banking sectors service and efficient manufacturing industry perform excellent role in its country’s economy.