List of countries in the world

There are 195 countries: the 193 members of the United Nations plus Vatican City and Palestine. The list below has all of them A to Z with flag, capital, continent and population. By continent: Africa 54, Asia 47, Europe 45, North America 23, Oceania 14, South America 12.

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All 195 countries A to Z

CountryCapitalContinentPopulation
AfghanistanKabulAsia42.6 million
AlbaniaTiranaEurope2.4 million
AlgeriaAlgiersAfrica46.8 million
AndorraAndorra la VellaEurope81,900
AngolaLuandaAfrica37.9 million
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John'sNorth America93,800
ArgentinaBuenos AiresSouth America45.7 million
ArmeniaYerevanAsia3 million
AustraliaCanberraOceania27.2 million
AustriaViennaEurope9.2 million
AzerbaijanBakuAsia10.2 million
BahamasNassauNorth America401,300
BahrainManamaAsia1.6 million
BangladeshDhakaAsia173.6 million
BarbadosBridgetownNorth America282,500
BelarusMinskEurope9.1 million
BelgiumBrusselsEurope11.9 million
BelizeBelmopanNorth America417,100
BeninPorto-NovoAfrica14.5 million
BhutanThimphuAsia791,500
BoliviaSucreSouth America12.4 million
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevoEurope3.2 million
BotswanaGaboroneAfrica2.5 million
BrazilBrasíliaSouth America212 million
BruneiBandar Seri BegawanAsia462,700
BulgariaSofiaEurope6.4 million
Burkina FasoOuagadougouAfrica23.5 million
BurundiGitegaAfrica14 million
CambodiaPhnom PenhAsia17.6 million
CameroonYaoundéAfrica29.1 million
CanadaOttawaNorth America41.3 million
Cape VerdePraiaAfrica524,900
Central African RepublicBanguiAfrica5.3 million
ChadN'DjamenaAfrica20.3 million
ChileSantiagoSouth America19.8 million
ChinaBeijingAsia1.4 billion
ColombiaBogotáSouth America52.9 million
ComorosMoroniAfrica866,600
Costa RicaSan JoséNorth America5.1 million
CroatiaZagrebEurope3.9 million
CubaHavanaNorth America11 million
CyprusNicosiaEurope1.4 million
CzechiaPragueEurope10.9 million
DenmarkCopenhagenEurope6 million
DjiboutiDjiboutiAfrica1.2 million
DominicaRoseauNorth America66,200
Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoNorth America11.4 million
DR CongoKinshasaAfrica109.3 million
EcuadorQuitoSouth America18.1 million
EgyptCairoAfrica116.5 million
El SalvadorSan SalvadorNorth America6.3 million
Equatorial GuineaMalaboAfrica1.9 million
EritreaAsmaraAfrica3.5 million
EstoniaTallinnEurope1.4 million
EswatiniMbabane and LobambaAfrica1.2 million
EthiopiaAddis AbabaAfrica132.1 million
FijiSuvaOceania928,800
FinlandHelsinkiEurope5.6 million
FranceParisEurope68.6 million
GabonLibrevilleAfrica2.5 million
GambiaBanjulAfrica2.8 million
GeorgiaTbilisiAsia3.8 million
GermanyBerlinEurope83.5 million
GhanaAccraAfrica34.4 million
GreeceAthensEurope10.4 million
GrenadaSt. George'sNorth America117,200
GuatemalaGuatemala CityNorth America18.4 million
GuineaConakryAfrica14.8 million
Guinea-BissauBissauAfrica2.2 million
GuyanaGeorgetownSouth America831,100
HaitiPort-au-PrinceNorth America11.8 million
HondurasTegucigalpaNorth America10.8 million
HungaryBudapestEurope9.6 million
IcelandReykjavíkEurope386,500
IndiaNew DelhiAsia1.5 billion
IndonesiaJakartaAsia283.5 million
IranTehranAsia91.6 million
IraqBaghdadAsia46 million
IrelandDublinEurope5.4 million
IsraelJerusalemAsia10 million
ItalyRomeEurope59 million
Ivory CoastYamoussoukroAfrica31.9 million
JamaicaKingstonNorth America2.8 million
JapanTokyoAsia124 million
JordanAmmanAsia11.6 million
KazakhstanAstanaAsia20.6 million
KenyaNairobiAfrica56.4 million
KiribatiSouth TarawaOceania134,500
KuwaitKuwait CityAsia4.9 million
KyrgyzstanBishkekAsia7.2 million
LaosVientianeAsia7.8 million
LatviaRigaEurope1.9 million
LebanonBeirutAsia5.8 million
LesothoMaseruAfrica2.3 million
LiberiaMonroviaAfrica5.6 million
LibyaTripoliAfrica7.4 million
LiechtensteinVaduzEurope40,500
LithuaniaVilniusEurope2.9 million
LuxembourgLuxembourgEurope677,000
MadagascarAntananarivoAfrica32 million
MalawiLilongweAfrica21.7 million
MalaysiaKuala LumpurAsia35.6 million
MaldivesMaléAsia527,800
MaliBamakoAfrica24.5 million
MaltaVallettaEurope568,800
Marshall IslandsMajuroOceania37,500
MauritaniaNouakchottAfrica5.2 million
MauritiusPort LouisAfrica1.2 million
MexicoMexico CityNorth America130.9 million
MicronesiaPalikirOceania113,200
MoldovaChișinăuEurope2.4 million
MonacoMonacoEurope38,600
MongoliaUlaanbaatarAsia3.5 million
MontenegroPodgoricaEurope623,500
MoroccoRabatAfrica38.1 million
MozambiqueMaputoAfrica34.6 million
MyanmarNaypyidawAsia54.5 million
NamibiaWindhoekAfrica3 million
NauruYarenOceania11,900
NepalKathmanduAsia29.7 million
NetherlandsAmsterdamEurope18 million
New ZealandWellingtonOceania5.3 million
NicaraguaManaguaNorth America6.9 million
NigerNiameyAfrica27 million
NigeriaAbujaAfrica232.7 million
North KoreaPyongyangAsia26.5 million
North MacedoniaSkopjeEurope1.8 million
NorwayOsloEurope5.6 million
OmanMuscatAsia5.3 million
PakistanIslamabadAsia251.3 million
PalauNgerulmudOceania17,700
PalestineRamallahAsia5.3 million
PanamaPanama CityNorth America4.5 million
Papua New GuineaPort MoresbyOceania10.6 million
ParaguayAsunciónSouth America6.9 million
PeruLimaSouth America34.2 million
PhilippinesManilaAsia115.8 million
PolandWarsawEurope36.6 million
PortugalLisbonEurope10.7 million
QatarDohaAsia2.9 million
Republic of the CongoBrazzavilleAfrica6.3 million
RomaniaBucharestEurope19.1 million
RussiaMoscowEurope143.7 million
RwandaKigaliAfrica14.3 million
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterreNorth America46,800
Saint LuciaCastriesNorth America179,700
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstownNorth America100,600
SamoaApiaOceania218,000
San MarinoSan MarinoEurope34,000
São Tomé and PríncipeSão ToméAfrica235,500
Saudi ArabiaRiyadhAsia35.3 million
SenegalDakarAfrica18.5 million
SerbiaBelgradeEurope6.6 million
SeychellesVictoriaAfrica121,400
Sierra LeoneFreetownAfrica8.6 million
SingaporeSingaporeAsia6 million
SlovakiaBratislavaEurope5.4 million
SloveniaLjubljanaEurope2.1 million
Solomon IslandsHoniaraOceania819,200
SomaliaMogadishuAfrica19 million
South AfricaPretoria, Cape Town and BloemfonteinAfrica64 million
South KoreaSeoulAsia51.8 million
South SudanJubaAfrica11.9 million
SpainMadridEurope48.8 million
Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura KotteAsia21.9 million
SudanKhartoumAfrica50.4 million
SurinameParamariboSouth America634,400
SwedenStockholmEurope10.6 million
SwitzerlandBernEurope9 million
SyriaDamascusAsia24.7 million
TajikistanDushanbeAsia10.6 million
TanzaniaDodomaAfrica68.6 million
ThailandBangkokAsia71.7 million
Timor-LesteDiliAsia1.4 million
TogoLoméAfrica8.4 million
TongaNukuʻalofaOceania104,200
Trinidad and TobagoPort of SpainNorth America1.4 million
TunisiaTunisAfrica12.3 million
TurkeyAnkaraAsia85.5 million
TurkmenistanAshgabatAsia7.5 million
TuvaluFunafutiOceania9,600
UgandaKampalaAfrica50 million
UkraineKyivEurope37.9 million
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiAsia11 million
United KingdomLondonEurope69.3 million
United StatesWashington, D.C.North America340 million
UruguayMontevideoSouth America3.4 million
UzbekistanTashkentAsia36.4 million
VanuatuPort VilaOceania327,800
Vatican CityVatican CityEurope900
VenezuelaCaracasSouth America28.4 million
VietnamHanoiAsia101 million
YemenSanaaAsia40.6 million
ZambiaLusakaAfrica21.3 million
ZimbabweHarareAfrica16.6 million

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