Countries in alphabetical order (A to Z)

There is no single count of the world's countries. The United Nations has 193 member states and two observer states, the Holy See and Palestine.

This catalog lists 199: those 195, plus the Cook Islands, Niue, Kosovo and Taiwan. Listing an entity takes no position on its recognition.

Flag	Country	Capital	Continent	Population, 2023	Area (km²), 2023
	Afghanistan	Kabul	Asia	41,454,761	652,864
	Albania	Tirana	Europe	2,811,655	28,748
	Algeria	Algiers	Africa	46,164,219	2,381,741
	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Europe	80,856	468
	Angola	Luanda	Africa	36,749,906	1,246,700
	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	North America	93,316	442
	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	45,538,401	2,796,427
	Armenia	Yerevan	Asia, Europe	2,943,393	29,743
	Australia	Canberra	Oceania	26,451,124	7,692,024
	Austria	Vienna	Europe	9,130,429	83,878
	Azerbaijan	Baku	Asia, Europe	10,318,207	86,600
	Bahamas	Nassau	North America	399,440	13,940
	Bahrain	Manama	Asia	1,569,666	778
	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia	171,466,990	148,460
	Barbados	Bridgetown	North America	282,336	431
	Belarus	Minsk	Europe	9,115,680	207,600
	Belgium	Brussels	Europe	11,712,893	30,528
	Belize	Belmopan	North America	411,106	22,965
	Benin	Porto-Novo	Africa	14,111,034	114,763
	Bhutan	Thimphu	Asia	786,385	38,394
	Bolivia	Sucre	South America	12,244,159	1,098,581
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe	3,185,073	51,209
	Botswana	Gaborone	Africa	2,480,244	582,000
	Brazil	Brasília	South America	211,140,729	8,515,767
	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia	458,949	5,765
	Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe	6,795,803	110,372
	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Africa	23,025,776	274,200
	Burundi	Gitega	Africa	13,689,450	27,834
	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Asia	17,423,880	181,035
	Cameroon	Yaoundé	Africa	28,372,687	475,650
	Canada	Ottawa	North America	39,299,105	9,984,670
	Cape Verde	Praia	Africa	522,331	4,033
	Central African Republic	Bangui	Africa	5,152,421	622,984
	Chad	N'Djamena	Africa	19,319,064	1,284,000
	Chile	Santiago	South America	19,658,835	756,102
	China	Beijing	Asia	1,422,584,933	9,600,000
	Colombia	Bogotá	South America	52,321,152	1,141,748
	Comoros	Moroni	Africa	850,387	1,862 (2026)
	Cook Islands	Avarua	Oceania	14,222	236
	Costa Rica	San José	North America	5,105,525	51,100
	Croatia	Zagreb	Europe	3,896,023	56,594
	Cuba	Havana	North America	11,019,931	109,884
	Cyprus	Nicosia	Europe, Asia	1,344,976	9,251
	Czechia	Prague	Europe	10,809,716	78,871
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Africa	105,789,731	2,345,410
	Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe	5,948,136	42,938
	Djibouti	Djibouti	Africa	1,152,944	23,200
	Dominica	Roseau	North America	66,510	750
	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	North America	11,331,265	48,671
	Ecuador	Quito	South America	17,980,083	257,217
	Egypt	Cairo	Africa	114,535,772	1,002,000
	El Salvador	San Salvador	North America	6,309,624	21,041
	Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa	1,847,549	28,052
	Eritrea	Asmara	Africa	3,470,390	121,144
	Estonia	Tallinn	Europe	1,367,196	45,261
	Eswatini	Mbabane	Africa	1,230,506	17,363
	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Africa	128,691,692	1,104,300
	Fiji	Suva	Oceania	924,145	18,272
	Finland	Helsinki	Europe	5,601,185	336,884
	France	Paris	Europe	68,655,641	633,109 (2021)
	Gabon	Libreville	Africa	2,484,789	267,668
	Gambia	Banjul	Africa	2,697,845	11,295
	Georgia	Tbilisi	Asia, Europe	3,807,492	69,700
	Germany	Berlin	Europe	84,548,231	357,581
	Ghana	Accra	Africa	33,787,914	238,537
	Greece	Athens	Europe	10,242,908	131,957
	Grenada	St. George's	North America	117,081	345
	Guatemala	Guatemala City	North America	18,124,838	108,889
	Guinea	Conakry	Africa	14,405,468	245,836
	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Africa	2,153,339	36,125
	Guyana	Georgetown	South America	826,353	214,969
	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	North America	11,637,398	27,750
	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	North America	10,644,851	112,492
	Hungary	Budapest	Europe	9,686,463	93,023
	Iceland	Reykjavík	Europe	387,558	103,000
	India	New Delhi	Asia	1,438,069,596	3,287,263
	Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia	281,190,067	1,910,931
	Iran	Tehran	Asia	90,608,707	1,630,848
	Iraq	Baghdad	Asia	45,074,049	435,052
	Ireland	Dublin	Europe	5,196,630	69,825
	Israel	Jerusalem (status disputed)	Asia	9,256,314	22,072
	Italy	Rome	Europe	59,499,453	302,068
	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Africa	31,165,654	322,462
	Jamaica	Kingston	North America	2,839,786	10,990
	Japan	Tokyo	Asia	124,370,947	377,930
	Jordan	Amman	Asia	11,439,213	89,318
	Kazakhstan	Astana	Asia	20,330,104	2,724,902
	Kenya	Nairobi	Africa	55,339,003	591,958
	Kiribati	South Tarawa	Oceania	132,530	811 (2026)
	Kosovo	Pristina	Europe	1,700,031	10,887 (2022)
	Kuwait	Kuwait City	Asia	4,838,782	17,818
	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Asia	7,073,516	199,949
	Laos	Vientiane	Asia	7,664,993	236,800
	Latvia	Riga	Europe	1,882,396	64,594
	Lebanon	Beirut	Asia	5,773,493	10,452
	Lesotho	Maseru	Africa	2,311,472	30,355
	Liberia	Monrovia	Africa	5,493,031	111,369
	Libya	Tripoli	Africa	7,305,659	1,676,198
	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Europe	39,598	160
	Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe	2,854,099	65,286
	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe	665,098	2,586
	Madagascar	Antananarivo	Africa	31,195,932	587,041
	Malawi	Lilongwe	Africa	21,104,482	117,726
	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia	35,126,298	330,621
	Maldives	Malé	Asia	525,994	300
	Mali	Bamako	Africa	23,769,127	1,240,192
	Malta	Valletta	Europe	532,956	315
	Marshall Islands	Majuro	Oceania	38,827	181
	Mauritania	Nouakchott	Africa	5,022,441	1,030,700
	Mauritius	Port Louis	Africa	1,273,588	1,979
	Mexico	Mexico City	North America	129,739,759	1,964,375
	Micronesia	Palikir	Oceania	112,630	702
	Moldova	Chișinău	Europe	3,067,070	33,847
	Monaco	Monaco	Europe	38,956	2
	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Asia	3,431,932	1,564,116
	Montenegro	Podgorica	Europe	633,552	13,812
	Morocco	Rabat	Africa	37,712,505	446,550
	Mozambique	Maputo	Africa	33,635,160	799,380
	Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Asia	54,133,798	676,577
	Namibia	Windhoek	Africa	2,963,095	825,229
	Nauru	Yaren	Oceania	11,875	21
	Nepal	Kathmandu	Asia	29,694,614	147,181
	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Europe	18,122,422	41,865 (2009)
	New Zealand	Wellington	Oceania	5,172,836	268,107
	Nicaragua	Managua	North America	6,823,613	130,374
	Niger	Niamey	Africa	26,159,867	1,267,000
	Nigeria	Abuja	Africa	227,882,945	923,768
	Niue	Alofi	Oceania	1,817	260
	North Korea	Pyongyang	Asia	26,418,204	120,538
	North Macedonia	Skopje	Europe	1,831,802	25,713
	Norway	Oslo	Europe	5,519,167	384,483 (2026)
	Oman	Muscat	Asia	5,049,269	309,980
	Pakistan	Islamabad	Asia	247,504,495	796,095
	Palau	Ngerulmud	Oceania	17,727	459
	Palestine	East Jerusalem (proclaimed); Ramallah (seat of government)	Asia	5,409,202	6,025
	Panama	Panama City	North America	4,458,759	75,320
	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Oceania	10,389,635	462,840
	Paraguay	Asunción	South America	6,844,146	406,752
	Peru	Lima	South America	33,845,617	1,285,216
	Philippines	Manila	Asia	114,891,199	300,000
	Poland	Warsaw	Europe	38,762,844	312,679
	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	10,430,738	92,226
	Qatar	Doha	Asia	2,979,082	11,627
	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Africa	6,182,885	342,000
	Romania	Bucharest	Europe	19,118,479	238,391
	Russia	Moscow	Europe, Asia	145,440,500	17,098,246
	Rwanda	Kigali	Africa	13,954,471	26,338
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	North America	46,758	261
	Saint Lucia	Castries	North America	179,285	616
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	North America	101,323	389
	Samoa	Apia	Oceania	216,663	2,831 (2024)
	San Marino	San Marino	Europe	33,733	61
	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Africa	230,871	964
	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Asia	33,264,292	2,206,714
	Senegal	Dakar	Africa	18,077,573	196,712
	Serbia	Belgrade	Europe	6,773,201	77,474 (2005)
	Seychelles	Victoria	Africa	127,951	457
	Sierra Leone	Freetown	Africa	8,460,512	72,300
	Singapore	Singapore	Asia	5,789,090	728
	Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe	5,518,055	49,035
	Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe	2,118,396	20,273
	Solomon Islands	Honiara	Oceania	800,005	28,896
	Somalia	Mogadishu	Africa	18,358,615	637,657
	South Africa	Pretoria	Africa	63,212,384	1,221,037
	South Korea	Seoul	Asia	51,748,739	100,401
	South Sudan	Juba	Africa	11,483,374	644,329 (2025)
	Spain	Madrid	Europe	47,911,579	506,008
	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia	22,971,617	65,610
	Sudan	Khartoum	Africa	50,042,791	1,886,068 (2017)
	Suriname	Paramaribo	South America	628,886	163,820
	Sweden	Stockholm	Europe	10,551,494	438,574
	Switzerland	Bern	Europe	8,870,561	41,291
	Syria	Damascus	Asia	23,594,623	185,180
	Taiwan	Taipei	Asia	23,317,145	36,197 (2024)
	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Asia	10,389,799	141,400
	Tanzania	Dodoma	Africa	66,617,606	947,303
	Thailand	Bangkok	Asia	71,702,435	513,140
	Timor-Leste	Dili	Asia	1,384,286	14,919
	Togo	Lomé	Africa	9,304,337	56,785
	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	Oceania	104,597	747
	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	North America	1,502,932	5,127
	Tunisia	Tunis	Africa	12,200,431	163,610
	Turkey	Ankara	Asia, Europe	87,270,501	783,562
	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Asia	7,364,438	488,100
	Tuvalu	Funafuti	Oceania	9,816	26
	Uganda	Kampala	Africa	48,656,601	241,550
	Ukraine	Kyiv	Europe	37,732,836	603,500
	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia	10,642,081	71,024
	United Kingdom	London	Europe	68,682,962	242,495
	United States	Washington, D.C.	North America	343,477,335	9,833,517
	Uruguay	Montevideo	South America	3,388,081	173,626
	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Asia	35,652,307	448,969
	Vanuatu	Port Vila	Oceania	320,409	12,189
	Vatican City	Vatican City	Europe	496	0.44 (2026)
	Venezuela	Caracas	South America	28,300,854	929,690
	Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia	100,352,192	331,317
	Yemen	Sanaa	Asia	39,390,799	527,968
	Zambia	Lusaka	Africa	20,723,965	752,612
	Zimbabwe	Harare	Africa	16,340,822	390,757