Countries and dependencies of the world in alphabetical order from A to Z and by letter, showing current population estimates for 2016, density, and land area

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.. Not in the list. Not included in this total count of 195 countries are: Taiwan - the United Nations considers it represented by the People’s Republic of China

See also: Flags of other dependencies and territories (flags not included on this page of 195 countries); List of dependencies other territories (with current population and land area); List of all countries and dependencies (all 195 countries + dependencies and other territories)

Countries that start with "A"Countries that start with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Country Population (2025) Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²)

Countries of the World. The list below is divided into two groups, each ranked by population: Countries (following the U.N. definition and classification, for which we have counted 195 countries in the world) Dependencies and other territories; See also: List with both countries and dependencies together; Alphabetical list of countries ...

Map of the World with the names of all countries, territories and major cities, with borders. Zoomable political map of the world: Zoom and expand to get closer.

There are however other ways of grouping countries into continents. List of the seven continents. Ranked by current population # Continent Population (2025) Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) World Share; 1 : Asia: 4,835,320,061 ... in the list of continents, we had to place Russia in one continent or the other, so we placed it in Europe, following ...

The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics). Not included in this total of “countries” and listed separately are: Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories) #

On 22 May 1990, the two countries merged and have since been represented as one Member with the name “ Yemen”. References and useful links: United Nations Protocol’s Blue Book “Permanent Missions to the United Nations No. 295”, April 2006 Last updated with ST/SG/SER.A/295/Add.5 (3 October 2006)

Countries in the world by population (2025) This list includes both countries and dependent territories.Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates. Click on the name of the country or dependency for current estimates (live population clock), historical data, and projected figures.