How many countries in the world

  How many countries in the world

• There are currently 195 countries in the world. This number can vary slightly depending on how countries are defined and recognized, but the vast majority of countries are members of the United Nations, which currently has 193 member states.
  

• The two countries that are not members of the UN are Taiwan, which is recognized by some countries but not others due to political disputes with China, and Palestine, which has observer status in the UN but is not a full member state.

• The number of countries in the world has changed over time due to factors such as wars, colonialism, and political changes. For example, the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in the creation of several new countries, such as Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

• The process of defining and recognizing countries can be complex and controversial, with disputes over issues such as borders, sovereignty, and historical claims. However, the current list of 195 countries is widely accepted and recognized by most countries and international organizations.

• In summary, there are currently 195 countries in the world, with the vast majority being members of the United Nations. The number of countries has changed over time due to various factors, and the process of defining and recognizing countries can be complex and controversial.

#	Country	Population (2020)	World Share	Land Area (Km²)
	China	1,439,323,776	18.5 %	9,388,211
	India	1,380,004,385	17.7 %	2,973,190
	United States	331,002,651	4.2 %	9,147,420
	Indonesia	273,523,615	3.5 %	1,811,570
	Pakistan	220,892,340	2.8 %	770,880
	Brazil	212,559,417	2.7 %	8,358,140
	Nigeria	206,139,589	2.6 %	910,770
	Bangladesh	164,689,383	2.1 %	130,170
	Russia	145,934,462	1.9 %	16,376,870
	Mexico	128,932,753	1.7 %	1,943,950
	Japan	126,476,461	1.6 %	364,555
	Ethiopia	114,963,588	1.5 %	1,000,000
	Philippines	109,581,078	1.4 %	298,170
	Egypt	102,334,404	1.3 %	995,450
	Vietnam	97,338,579	1.2 %	310,070
	DR Congo	89,561,403	1.1 %	2,267,050
	Turkey	84,339,067	1.1 %	769,630
	Iran	83,992,949	1.1 %	1,628,550
	Germany	83,783,942	1.1 %	348,560
	Thailand	69,799,978	0.9 %	510,890
	United Kingdom	67,886,011	0.9 %	241,930
	France	65,273,511	0.8 %	547,557
	Italy	60,461,826	0.8 %	294,140
	Tanzania	59,734,218	0.8 %	885,800
	South Africa	59,308,690	0.8 %	1,213,090
	Myanmar	54,409,800	0.7 %	653,290
	Kenya	53,771,296	0.7 %	569,140
	South Korea	51,269,185	0.7 %	97,230
	Colombia	50,882,891	0.7 %	1,109,500
	Spain	46,754,778	0.6 %	498,800
	Uganda	45,741,007	0.6 %	199,810
	Argentina	45,195,774	0.6 %	2,736,690
	Algeria	43,851,044	0.6 %	2,381,740
	Sudan	43,849,260	0.6 %	1,765,048
	Ukraine	43,733,762	0.6 %	579,320
	Iraq	40,222,493	0.5 %	434,320
	Afghanistan	38,928,346	0.5 %	652,860
	Poland	37,846,611	0.5 %	306,230
	Canada	37,742,154	0.5 %	9,093,510
	Morocco	36,910,560	0.5 %	446,300
	Saudi Arabia	34,813,871	0.4 %	2,149,690
	Uzbekistan	33,469,203	0.4 %	425,400
	Peru	32,971,854	0.4 %	1,280,000
	Angola	32,866,272	0.4 %	1,246,700
	Malaysia	32,365,999	0.4 %	328,550
	Mozambique	31,255,435	0.4 %	786,380
	Ghana	31,072,940	0.4 %	227,540
	Yemen	29,825,964	0.4 %	527,970
	Nepal	29,136,808	0.4 %	143,350
	Venezuela	28,435,940	0.4 %	882,050
	Madagascar	27,691,018	0.4 %	581,795
	Cameroon	26,545,863	0.3 %	472,710
	Côte d'Ivoire	26,378,274	0.3 %	318,000
	North Korea	25,778,816	0.3 %	120,410
	Australia	25,499,884	0.3 %	7,682,300
	Niger	24,206,644	0.3 %	1,266,700
	Sri Lanka	21,413,249	0.3 %	62,710
	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	0.3 %	273,600
	Mali	20,250,833	0.3 %	1,220,190
	Romania	19,237,691	0.2 %	230,170
	Malawi	19,129,952	0.2 %	94,280
	Chile	19,116,201	0.2 %	743,532
	Kazakhstan	18,776,707	0.2 %	2,699,700
	Zambia	18,383,955	0.2 %	743,390
	Guatemala	17,915,568	0.2 %	107,160
	Ecuador	17,643,054	0.2 %	248,360
	Syria	17,500,658	0.2 %	183,630
	Netherlands	17,134,872	0.2 %	33,720
	Senegal	16,743,927	0.2 %	192,530
	Cambodia	16,718,965	0.2 %	176,520
	Chad	16,425,864	0.2 %	1,259,200
	Somalia	15,893,222	0.2 %	627,340
	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	0.2 %	386,850
	Guinea	13,132,795	0.2 %	245,720
	Rwanda	12,952,218	0.2 %	24,670
	Benin	12,123,200	0.2 %	112,760
	Burundi	11,890,784	0.2 %	25,680
	Tunisia	11,818,619	0.2 %	155,360
	Bolivia	11,673,021	0.1 %	1,083,300
	Belgium	11,589,623	0.1 %	30,280
	Haiti	11,402,528	0.1 %	27,560
	Cuba	11,326,616	0.1 %	106,440
	South Sudan	11,193,725	0.1 %	610,952
	Dominican Republic	10,847,910	0.1 %	48,320
	Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,708,981	0.1 %	77,240
	Greece	10,423,054	0.1 %	128,900
	Jordan	10,203,134	0.1 %	88,780
	Portugal	10,196,709	0.1 %	91,590
	Azerbaijan	10,139,177	0.1 %	82,658
	Sweden	10,099,265	0.1 %	410,340
	Honduras	9,904,607	0.1 %	111,890
	United Arab Emirates	9,890,402	0.1 %	83,600
	Hungary	9,660,351	0.1 %	90,530
	Tajikistan	9,537,645	0.1 %	139,960
	Belarus	9,449,323	0.1 %	202,910
	Austria	9,006,398	0.1 %	82,409
	Papua New Guinea	8,947,024	0.1 %	452,860
	Serbia	8,737,371	0.1 %	87,460
	Israel	8,655,535	0.1 %	21,640
	Switzerland	8,654,622	0.1 %	39,516
	Togo	8,278,724	0.1 %	54,390
	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	0.1 %	72,180
	Laos	7,275,560	0.1 %	230,800
	Paraguay	7,132,538	0.1 %	397,300
	Bulgaria	6,948,445	0.1 %	108,560
	Libya	6,871,292	0.1 %	1,759,540
	Lebanon	6,825,445	0.1 %	10,230
	Nicaragua	6,624,554	0.1 %	120,340
	Kyrgyzstan	6,524,195	0.1 %	191,800
	El Salvador	6,486,205	0.1 %	20,720
	Turkmenistan	6,031,200	0.1 %	469,930
	Singapore	5,850,342	0.1 %	700
	Denmark	5,792,202	0.1 %	42,430
	Finland	5,540,720	0.1 %	303,890
	Congo	5,518,087	0.1 %	341,500
	Slovakia	5,459,642	0.1 %	48,088
	Norway	5,421,241	0.1 %	365,268
	Oman	5,106,626	0.1 %	309,500
	State of Palestine	5,101,414	0.1 %	6,020
	Costa Rica	5,094,118	0.1 %	51,060
	Liberia	5,057,681	0.1 %	96,320
	Ireland	4,937,786	0.1 %	68,890
	Central African Republic	4,829,767	0.1 %	622,980
	New Zealand	4,822,233	0.1 %	263,310
	Mauritania	4,649,658	0.1 %	1,030,700
	Panama	4,314,767	0.1 %	74,340
	Kuwait	4,270,571	0.1 %	17,820
	Croatia	4,105,267	0.1 %	55,960
	Moldova	4,033,963	0.1 %	32,850
	Georgia	3,989,167	0.1 %	69,490
	Eritrea	3,546,421	0 %	101,000
	Uruguay	3,473,730	0 %	175,020
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,819	0 %	51,000
	Mongolia	3,278,290	0 %	1,553,560
	Armenia	2,963,243	0 %	28,470
	Jamaica	2,961,167	0 %	10,830
	Qatar	2,881,053	0 %	11,610
	Albania	2,877,797	0 %	27,400
	Lithuania	2,722,289	0 %	62,674
	Namibia	2,540,905	0 %	823,290
	Gambia	2,416,668	0 %	10,120
	Botswana	2,351,627	0 %	566,730
	Gabon	2,225,734	0 %	257,670
	Lesotho	2,142,249	0 %	30,360
	North Macedonia	2,083,374	0 %	25,220
	Slovenia	2,078,938	0 %	20,140
	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	0 %	28,120
	Latvia	1,886,198	0 %	62,200
	Bahrain	1,701,575	0 %	760
	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	0 %	28,050
	Trinidad and Tobago	1,399,488	0 %	5,130
	Estonia	1,326,535	0 %	42,390
	Timor-Leste	1,318,445	0 %	14,870
	Mauritius	1,271,768	0 %	2,030
	Cyprus	1,207,359	0 %	9,240
	Eswatini	1,160,164	0 %	17,200
	Djibouti	988,000	0 %	23,180
	Fiji	896,445	0 %	18,270
	Comoros	869,601	0 %	1,861
	Guyana	786,552	0 %	196,850
	Bhutan	771,608	0 %	38,117
	Solomon Islands	686,884	0 %	27,990
	Montenegro	628,066	0 %	13,450
	Luxembourg	625,978	0 %	2,590
	Suriname	586,632	0 %	156,000
	Cabo Verde	555,987	0 %	4,030
	Micronesia	548,914	0 %	700
	Maldives	540,544	0 %	300
	Malta	441,543	0 %	320
	Brunei	437,479	0 %	5,270
	Belize	397,628	0 %	22,810
	Bahamas	393,244	0 %	10,010
	Iceland	341,243	0 %	100,250
	Vanuatu	307,145	0 %	12,190
	Barbados	287,375	0 %	430
	Sao Tome & Principe	219,159	0 %	960
	Samoa	198,414	0 %	2,830
	Saint Lucia	183,627	0 %	610
	Kiribati	119,449	0 %	810
	Grenada	112,523	0 %	340
	St. Vincent & Grenadines	110,940	0 %	390
	Tonga	105,695	0 %	720
	Seychelles	98,347	0 %	460
	Antigua and Barbuda	97,929	0 %	440
	Andorra	77,265	0 %	470
	Dominica	71,986	0 %	750
	Marshall Islands	59,190	0 %	180
	Saint Kitts & Nevis	53,199	0 %	260
	Monaco	39,242	0 %	1
	Liechtenstein	38,128	0 %	160
	San Marino	33,931	0 %	60
	Palau	18,094	0 %	460
	Tuvalu	11,792	0 %	30
	Nauru	10,824	0 %	20
	Holy See	801	0 %	0

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