Countries in the World:

195

There are 195 countries in the world today: the 193 member states of the United Nations and 2 non-member observer states, the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.

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Not included in the count of 195 countries are:

Taiwan and Kosovo, which are neither UN member states nor observer states. China's UN seat is held by the People's Republic of China, which claims Taiwan. Kosovo is claimed by Serbia.
The Cook Islands and Niue, self-governing states in free association with New Zealand. They are members of several UN specialized agencies and have full treaty-making capacity, but are neither UN member states nor observer states.
Other entities, such as overseas territories, Crown Dependencies, autonomous regions and special administrative regions, and Western Sahara, whose status is undetermined. The full list shows the status of each.

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List of countries

The 195 countries ranked by population, with current population, share of world population and land area.

#	Country	Population 2026	World Share	Land Area (km²)	Region
1	India	1,476,625,576	17.8%	2,973,193	Asia
2	China	1,412,914,089	17.0%	9,326,410	Asia
3	United States	349,035,494	4.2%	9,147,420	Americas
4	Indonesia	287,886,782	3.5%	1,811,569	Asia
5	Pakistan	259,299,792	3.1%	856,692	Asia
6	Nigeria	242,431,832	2.9%	910,768	Africa
7	Brazil	213,562,666	2.6%	8,358,140	Americas
8	Bangladesh	177,818,044	2.1%	130,170	Asia
9	Russia	143,394,458	1.7%	16,377,742	Europe
10	Ethiopia	138,902,185	1.7%	1,096,570	Africa
11	Mexico	132,997,658	1.6%	1,943,945	Americas
12	Japan	122,427,731	1.5%	364,485	Asia
13	Egypt	120,101,175	1.4%	995,450	Africa
14	Philippines	117,724,472	1.4%	298,170	Asia
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	116,452,162	1.4%	2,267,048	Africa
16	Vietnam	102,177,431	1.2%	310,070	Asia
17	Iran	93,168,497	1.1%	1,531,595	Asia
18	Turkey (Türkiye)	87,926,082	1.1%	769,632	Asia
19	Germany	83,644,258	1.0%	348,672	Europe
20	Tanzania	72,563,780	0.87%	885,800	Africa
21	Thailand	71,559,614	0.86%	510,890	Asia
22	United Kingdom	69,931,528	0.84%	241,930	Europe
23	France	66,746,401	0.80%	549,970	Europe
24	South Africa	65,453,084	0.79%	1,214,470	Africa
25	Italy	58,926,166	0.71%	294,140	Europe
26	Kenya	58,636,412	0.71%	569,140	Africa
27	Myanmar	55,184,819	0.66%	653,508	Asia
28	Colombia	53,936,226	0.65%	1,038,700	Americas
29	Sudan	53,282,719	0.64%	1,731,671	Africa
30	Uganda	52,761,470	0.64%	197,100	Africa
31	South Korea	51,600,388	0.62%	96,920	Asia
32	Algeria	48,028,334	0.58%	2,381,740	Africa
33	Iraq	48,007,437	0.58%	437,367	Asia
34	Spain	47,850,793	0.58%	498,980	Europe
35	Argentina	46,003,734	0.55%	2,736,690	Americas
36	Afghanistan	45,047,068	0.54%	652,230	Asia
37	Yemen	42,961,653	0.52%	527,968	Asia
38	Canada	40,467,728	0.49%	9,093,507	Americas
39	Angola	40,215,180	0.48%	1,246,700	Africa
40	Ukraine	39,535,848	0.48%	579,330	Europe
41	Morocco	38,762,441	0.47%	446,300	Africa
42	Poland	37,843,188	0.46%	304,255	Europe
43	Uzbekistan	37,724,223	0.45%	425,400	Asia
44	Mozambique	36,639,850	0.44%	786,380	Africa
45	Malaysia	36,385,115	0.44%	328,657	Asia
46	Ghana	35,697,557	0.43%	227,533	Africa
47	Saudi Arabia	35,165,787	0.42%	2,149,690	Asia
48	Peru	34,922,148	0.42%	1,279,996	Americas
49	Madagascar	33,522,052	0.40%	581,540	Africa
50	Côte d'Ivoire	33,494,346	0.40%	318,003	Africa
51	Cameroon	30,640,817	0.37%	472,710	Africa
52	Nepal	29,629,410	0.36%	143,351	Asia
53	Niger	28,814,878	0.35%	1,266,700	Africa
54	Venezuela	28,633,711	0.34%	882,050	Americas
55	Australia	27,227,096	0.33%	7,682,300	Oceania
56	North Korea	26,633,691	0.32%	120,408	Asia
57	Syria	26,472,497	0.32%	185,887	Asia
58	Mali	25,932,275	0.31%	1,220,190	Africa
59	Burkina Faso	24,601,700	0.30%	273,800	Africa
60	Sri Lanka	23,348,315	0.28%	64,630	Asia
61	Malawi	22,785,535	0.27%	94,080	Africa
62	Zambia	22,521,915	0.27%	743,398	Africa
63	Chad	21,560,380	0.26%	1,259,200	Africa
64	Kazakhstan	21,083,626	0.25%	2,699,700	Asia
65	Somalia	20,305,907	0.24%	627,337	Africa
66	Chile	19,945,850	0.24%	743,812	Americas
67	Senegal	19,366,548	0.23%	192,530	Africa
68	Guatemala	18,967,978	0.23%	107,159	Americas
69	Romania	18,800,605	0.23%	229,891	Europe
70	Netherlands	18,448,775	0.22%	33,893	Europe
71	Ecuador	18,444,506	0.22%	276,841	Americas
72	Cambodia	18,051,219	0.22%	176,515	Asia
73	Zimbabwe	17,273,580	0.21%	386,847	Africa
74	Guinea	15,441,992	0.19%	245,717	Africa
75	Benin	15,170,420	0.18%	110,622	Africa
76	Rwanda	14,889,693	0.18%	24,668	Africa
77	Burundi	14,729,157	0.18%	25,680	Africa
78	Bolivia	12,749,291	0.15%	1,083,301	Americas
79	South Sudan	12,436,037	0.15%	644,329	Africa
80	Tunisia	12,415,138	0.15%	155,360	Africa
81	Haiti	12,037,506	0.15%	27,560	Americas
82	Belgium	11,774,642	0.14%	30,278	Europe
83	Dominican Republic	11,609,500	0.14%	48,320	Americas
84	Jordan	11,589,532	0.14%	88,802	Asia
85	United Arab Emirates	11,574,682	0.14%	83,600	Asia
86	Honduras	11,184,760	0.13%	111,890	Americas
87	Tajikistan	10,978,598	0.13%	141,510	Asia
88	Papua New Guinea	10,947,848	0.13%	452,860	Oceania
89	Cuba	10,892,659	0.13%	109,820	Americas
90	Sweden	10,701,046	0.13%	410,335	Europe
91	Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,527,780	0.13%	77,247	Europe
92	Azerbaijan	10,454,855	0.13%	82,629	Asia
93	Portugal	10,395,362	0.13%	91,470	Europe
94	Togo	9,930,918	0.12%	54,385	Africa
95	Greece	9,897,116	0.12%	130,647	Europe
96	Israel	9,647,689	0.12%	21,497	Asia
97	Hungary	9,585,818	0.12%	89,608	Europe
98	Austria	9,107,266	0.11%	82,445	Europe
99	Switzerland	9,007,798	0.11%	39,997	Europe
100	Sierra Leone	8,996,744	0.11%	71,620	Africa
101	Belarus	8,937,018	0.11%	202,900	Europe
102	Laos	7,974,018	0.10%	230,800	Asia
103	Turkmenistan	7,736,632	0.09%	469,930	Asia
104	Libya	7,539,852	0.09%	1,759,540	Africa
105	Kyrgyzstan	7,400,464	0.09%	191,801	Asia
106	Nicaragua	7,097,329	0.09%	119,990	Americas
107	Paraguay	7,095,279	0.09%	397,302	Americas
108	Bulgaria	6,667,660	0.08%	108,489	Europe
109	Serbia	6,641,964	0.08%	77,474	Europe
110	Republic of the Congo	6,637,786	0.08%	341,500	Africa
111	El Salvador	6,391,254	0.08%	20,721	Americas
112	Denmark	6,023,520	0.07%	42,434	Europe
113	Singapore	5,905,748	0.07%	744	Asia
114	Lebanon	5,897,467	0.07%	10,230	Asia
115	Liberia	5,853,949	0.07%	96,320	Africa
116	Central African Republic	5,698,984	0.07%	622,984	Africa
117	State of Palestine	5,692,790	0.07%	6,000	Asia
118	Oman	5,671,458	0.07%	309,500	Asia
119	Norway	5,652,989	0.07%	304,282	Europe
120	Finland	5,621,739	0.07%	302,259	Europe
121	Mauritania	5,461,319	0.07%	1,030,700	Africa
122	Slovakia	5,451,342	0.07%	48,105	Europe
123	Ireland	5,356,950	0.06%	68,883	Europe
124	New Zealand	5,287,479	0.06%	264,537	Oceania
125	Costa Rica	5,174,789	0.06%	51,060	Americas
126	Kuwait	5,102,773	0.06%	17,818	Asia
127	Panama	4,625,718	0.06%	74,340	Americas
128	Croatia	3,822,345	0.05%	55,974	Europe
129	Georgia	3,804,642	0.05%	69,700	Asia
130	Eritrea	3,682,669	0.04%	101,000	Africa
131	Mongolia	3,556,798	0.04%	1,553,556	Asia
132	Uruguay	3,382,537	0.04%	175,015	Americas
133	Qatar	3,173,559	0.04%	11,586	Asia
134	Namibia	3,153,246	0.04%	823,290	Africa
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,114,242	0.04%	51,187	Europe
136	Moldova	2,961,253	0.04%	32,891	Europe
137	Armenia	2,930,915	0.04%	28,203	Asia
138	Gambia	2,884,079	0.03%	10,120	Africa
139	Jamaica	2,833,404	0.03%	10,831	Americas
140	Lithuania	2,797,338	0.03%	62,680	Europe
141	Albania	2,751,025	0.03%	27,398	Europe
142	Gabon	2,647,400	0.03%	257,667	Africa
143	Botswana	2,603,388	0.03%	566,730	Africa
144	Lesotho	2,389,336	0.03%	30,355	Africa
145	Guinea-Bissau	2,297,808	0.03%	28,120	Africa
146	Slovenia	2,114,574	0.03%	20,151	Europe
147	Equatorial Guinea	1,984,468	0.02%	28,051	Africa
148	Latvia	1,835,935	0.02%	62,249	Europe
149	North Macedonia	1,804,062	0.02%	25,433	Europe
150	Bahrain	1,675,572	0.02%	760	Asia
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,513,268	0.02%	5,128	Americas
152	Timor-Leste	1,436,923	0.02%	14,874	Asia
153	Cyprus	1,382,334	0.02%	9,241	Asia
154	Estonia	1,331,062	0.02%	42,388	Europe
155	Eswatini	1,269,859	0.02%	17,204	Africa
156	Mauritius	1,265,059	0.02%	2,030	Africa
157	Djibouti	1,199,459	0.01%	23,180	Africa
158	Fiji	937,282	0.01%	18,274	Oceania
159	Comoros	899,010	0.01%	1,862	Africa
160	Solomon Islands	858,288	0.01%	27,986	Oceania
161	Guyana	840,890	0.01%	196,849	Americas
162	Bhutan	802,214	0.01%	38,394	Asia
163	Luxembourg	687,448	0.01%	2,586	Europe
164	Suriname	645,256	0.01%	156,000	Americas
165	Montenegro	626,233	0.01%	13,452	Europe
166	Malta	549,011	0.01%	316	Europe
167	Maldives	531,517	0.01%	298	Asia
168	Cabo Verde	529,630	0.01%	4,033	Africa
169	Brunei	469,775	0.01%	5,265	Asia
170	Belize	428,644	0.01%	22,806	Americas
171	Bahamas	404,628	< 0.01%	10,010	Americas
172	Iceland	402,329	< 0.01%	100,250	Europe
173	Vanuatu	342,564	< 0.01%	12,189	Oceania
174	Barbados	282,724	< 0.01%	430	Americas
175	São Tomé and Príncipe	244,994	< 0.01%	964	Africa
176	Samoa	220,528	< 0.01%	2,821	Oceania
177	Saint Lucia	180,488	< 0.01%	606	Americas
178	Kiribati	138,445	< 0.01%	811	Oceania
179	Seychelles	134,959	< 0.01%	455	Africa
180	Grenada	117,362	< 0.01%	344	Americas
181	Micronesia	114,182	< 0.01%	702	Oceania
182	Tonga	103,291	< 0.01%	717	Oceania
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,244	< 0.01%	389	Americas
184	Antigua and Barbuda	94,626	< 0.01%	443	Americas
185	Andorra	83,753	< 0.01%	468	Europe
186	Dominica	65,511	< 0.01%	751	Americas
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,992	< 0.01%	261	Americas
188	Liechtenstein	40,368	< 0.01%	160	Europe
189	Monaco	38,087	< 0.01%	2.02	Europe
190	Marshall Islands	35,075	< 0.01%	181	Oceania
191	San Marino	33,605	< 0.01%	61	Europe
192	Palau	17,614	< 0.01%	459	Oceania
193	Nauru	12,101	< 0.01%	21	Oceania
194	Tuvalu	9,362	< 0.01%	26	Oceania
195	Holy See (Vatican City)	506	< 0.01%	0.44	Europe

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