Country Name List: How Many Countries in the World

Country Name List: Today, 195 countries are recognize by the international community as sovereign and independent states. However, the number of recognized states can fluctuate over time as a result of geopolitical changes, changes in government or international recognition.

How Many Countries Are There In the World

Since the independence of South Sudan on 9 July 2011, the total number of countries and regions in the world has grown to 195. This number does not include the complicated country of Taiwan or some other countries with unique situations. Of the 195 nations, 193 have an equal say in the United Nations. The Holy See and the state of Palestine have special status at the United Nations.

Here is a list of the countries and regions of the world, arranged alphabetically. The official names, alternative names, and the names used in their own languages are listed below.

Students and children can find information about a country’s population, capital city, best places to visit, and history, culture, etc. We have created One World – Nations Online country profiles for students and children. Each profile includes links to relevant official websites, maps and flags, and other information.

Country Name List

Antigua and Barbuda	Argentina	Armenia	Australia	Austria
Azerbaijan	Bahamas	Bahrain	Bangladesh	Barbados
Belarus	Belgium	Belize	Benin	Bhutan
Bolivia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Botswana	Brazil	Brunei
Bulgaria	Burkina Faso	Burundi	Côte d’Ivoire	Cabo Verde
Cambodia	Cameroon	Canada	Central African Republic	Chad
Chile	China	Colombia	Comoros	Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
Costa Rica	Croatia	Cuba	Cyprus	Czechia (Czech Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Denmark	Djibouti	Dominica	Dominican Republic
Ecuador	Egypt	El Salvador	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea
Estonia	Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	Ethiopia	Fiji	Finland
France	Gabon	Gambia	Georgia	Germany
Ghana	Greece	Grenada	Guatemala	Guinea
Guinea-Bissau	Guyana	Haiti	Holy See	Honduras
Hungary	Iceland	India	Indonesia	Iran
Iraq	Ireland	Israel	Italy	Jamaica
Japan	Jordan	Kazakhstan	Kenya	Kiribati
Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Laos	Latvia	Lebanon
Lesotho	Liberia	Libya	Liechtenstein	Lithuania
Luxembourg	Madagascar	Malawi	Malaysia	Maldives
Mali	Malta	Marshall Islands	Mauritania	Mauritius
Mexico	Micronesia	Moldova	Monaco	Mongolia
Montenegro	Morocco	Mozambique	Myanmar (formerly Burma)	Namibia
Nauru	Nepal	Netherlands	New Zealand	Nicaragua
Niger	Nigeria	North Korea	North Macedonia	Norway
Oman	Pakistan	Palau	Palestine State	Panama
Papua New Guinea	Paraguay	Peru	Philippines	Poland
Portugal	Qatar	Romania	Russia	Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Lucia	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Samoa	San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe	Saudi Arabia	Senegal	Serbia	Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Singapore	Slovakia	Slovenia	Solomon Islands
Somalia	South Africa	South Korea	South Sudan	Spain
Sri Lanka	Sudan	Suriname	Sweden	Switzerland
Syria	Tajikistan	Tanzania	Thailand	Timor-Leste
Togo	Tonga	Trinidad and Tobago	Tunisia	Turkey
Turkmenistan	Tuvalu	Uganda	Ukraine	United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom	United States of America	Uruguay	Uzbekistan	Vanuatu
Venezuela	Vietnam	Yemen	Zambia	Zimbabwe

Country Name List A to Z

There are 195 Countries in the world. Below you can check the Countries Name List Aphabetically.

Country Name List with A

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Afghanistan	42,239,854
2	Albania	2,832,439
3	Algeria	45,606,480
4	Andorra	80,088
5	Angola	36,684,202
6	Antigua and Barbuda	94,298
7	Argentina	45,773,884
8	Armenia	2,777,970
9	Australia	26,439,111
10	Austria	8,958,960

Country Name List with B

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Bahamas	412,623
2	Bahrain	1,485,509
3	Bangladesh	172,954,319
4	Barbados	281,995
5	Belarus	9,498,238

Country Name List with C

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Cabo Verde	598,682
2	Cambodia	16,944,826
3	Cameroon	28,647,293
4	Canada	38,781,291
5	Central African Republic	5,742,315
6	Chad	18,278,568
7	Chile	19,629,590
8	China	1,425,671,352
9	Colombia	52,085,168
10	Comoros	852,075

Country Name List with D

S. no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Cyprus	1,260,138
2	Czechia (Czech Republic)	10,495,295
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	102,262,808
4	Denmark	5,910,913
5	Djibouti	1,136,455
6	Dominica	73,040
7	Dominican Republic	11,332,972

Country Name List with E

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Ecuador	18,190,484
2	Egypt	112,716,598
3	El Salvador	6,364,943
4	Equatorial Guinea	1,714,671
5	Eritrea	3,748,901
6	Estonia	1,322,765
7	Eswatini (fmr. “Swaziland”)	1,210,822
8	Ethiopia	126,527,060

Country Name List with F

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Fiji	936,375
2	Finland	5,545,475
3	France	64,756,584

Country Name List with G

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Gabon	2,436,566
2	Gambia	2,773,168
3	Georgia	3,728,282
4	Germany	83,294,633
5	Ghana	34,121,985
6	Greece	10,341,277
7	Grenada	126,183
8	Guatemala	18,092,026
9	Guinea	14,190,612
10	Guinea-Bissau	2,150,842

Country Name List with H

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Haiti	11,724,763
2	Holy See	518
3	Honduras	10,593,798
4	Hungary	10,156,239

Country Name List with I

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Iceland	375,318
2	India	1,428,627,663
3	Indonesia	277,534,122
4	Iran	89,172,767
5	Iraq	45,504,560
6	Ireland	5,056,935
7	Israel	9,174,520
8	Italy	58,870,762

Country Name List with J

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Jamaica	2,825,544
2	Japan	123,294,513
3	Jordan	11,337,052

Country Name List with K

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Kazakhstan	19,606,633
2	Kenya	55,100,586
3	Kiribati	133,515
4	Kuwait	4,310,108
5	Kyrgyzstan	6,735,347

Country Name List with L

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Laos	7,633,779
2	Latvia	1,830,211
3	Lebanon	5,353,930
4	Lesotho	2,330,318
5	Liberia	5,418,377
6	Libya	6,888,388
7	Liechtenstein	39,584
8	Lithuania	2,718,352
9	Luxembourg	654,768

Country Name List with M

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Madagascar	30,325,732
2	Malawi	20,931,751
3	Malaysia	34,308,525
4	Maldives	521,021
5	Mali	23,293,698
6	Malta	535,064
7	Marshall Islands	41,996
8	Mauritania	4,862,989
9	Mauritius	1,300,557
10	Mexico	128,455,567
11	Micronesia	544,321
12	Moldova	3,435,931
13	Monaco	36,297
14	Mongolia	3,447,157
15	Montenegro	626,485

Country Name List with N

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Namibia	2,604,172
2	Nauru	12,780
3	Nepal	30,896,590
4	Netherlands	17,618,299
5	New Zealand	5,228,100
6	Nicaragua	7,046,310
7	Niger	27,202,843
8	Nigeria	223,804,632
9	North Korea	26,160,821
10	North Macedonia	2,085,679

Country Name List with o

S.no	Country	Population(2023)
1	Oman	4,644,384

Country Name List P

S.no	Country	Population(2023)
1	Pakistan	770,880
2	Palau	460
3	Palestine State	6,020
4	Panama	74,340
5	Papua New Guinea	452,860
6	Paraguay	397,300
7	Peru	1,280,000
8	Philippines	298,170
9	Poland	306,230
10	Portugal	91,590

Country Name List Q and R

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Qatar	2,716,391
2	Romania	19,892,812
3	Russia	144,444,359
4	Rwanda	14,094,683

Country Name List S

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,755
2	Saint Lucia	180,251
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,698
4	Samoa	225,681
5	San Marino	33,642
6	Sao Tome and Principe	231,856
7	Saudi Arabia	36,947,025
8	Senegal	17,763,163
9	Serbia	7,149,077
10	Seychelles	107,660
11	Sierra Leone	8,791,092
12	Singapore	6,014,723
13	Slovakia	5,795,199
14	Slovenia	2,119,675
15	Solomon Islands	740,424
16	Somalia	18,143,378
17	South Africa	60,414,495
18	South Korea	51,784,059
19	South Sudan	11,088,796
20	Spain	47,519,628

Country Name List T

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Tajikistan	10,143,543
2	Tanzania	67,438,106
3	Thailand	71,801,279
4	Timor-Leste	1,360,596
5	Togo	9,053,799
6	Tonga	107,773
7	Trinidad and Tobago	1,534,937
8	Tunisia	12,458,223
9	Turkey	85,816,199
10	Turkmenistan	6,516,100

Country Name List U and V

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Uganda	48,582,334
2	Ukraine	36,744,634
3	United Arab Emirates	9,516,871
4	United Kingdom	67,736,802
5	United States of America	339,996,563
6	Uruguay	3,423,108
7	Uzbekistan	35,163,944
8	Vanuatu	334,506
9	Venezuela	28,838,499
10	Vietnam	98,858,950

Country Name List Z

S.no	Country	Population (2023)
1	Yemen	34,449,825
2	Zambia	20,569,737
3	Zimbabwe	16,665,409

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195 Countries Name List and Theri Currency

S.No.	Country Name	Currency
1	Afghanistan	Afghani
2	Albania	Lek
3	Algeria	Dinar
4	Andorra	Euro
5	Angola	New Kwanza
6	Antigua and Barbuda	East Caribbean dollar
7	Argentina	Peso
8	Armenia	Dram
9	Australia	Australian dollar
10	Austria	Euro (formerly schilling)
11	Azerbaijan	Manat
12	The Bahamas	Bahamian dollar
13	Bahrain	Bahrain dinar
14	Bangladesh	Taka
15	Barbados	Barbados dollar
16	Belarus	Belorussian ruble
17	Belgium	Euro (formerly Belgian franc)
18	Belize	Belize dollar
19	Benin	CFA Franc
20	Bhutan	Ngultrum
21	Bolivia	Boliviano
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Convertible Mark
23	Botswana	Pula
24	Brazil	Real
25	Brunei	Brunei dollar
26	Bulgaria	Lev
27	Burkina Faso	CFA Franc
28	Burundi	Burundi franc
29	Cambodia	Riel
30	Cameroon	CFA Franc
31	Canada	Canadian dollar
32	Cape Verde	Cape Verdean escudo
33	Central African Republic	CFA Franc
34	Chad	CFA Franc
35	Chile	Chilean Peso
36	China	Chinese Yuan
37	Colombia	Colombian Peso
38	Comoros	Franc
39	Republic of the Congo	CFA Franc
40	Zimbabwe	United States dollar
41	Costa Rica	Colón
42	Cote d’Ivoire	CFA Franc
43	Croatia	Croatian
44	Cuba	Cuban Peso
45	Cyprus	Euro
46	Czech Republic	Koruna
47	Denmark	Danish Krone
48	Djibouti	Djiboutian franc
49	Dominica	East Caribbean dollar
50	Dominican Republic	Dominican Peso
51	East Timor (Timor-Leste)	U.S. dollar
52	Ecuador	U.S. dollar
53	Egypt	Egyptian pound
54	El Salvador	Colón; U.S. dollar
55	Equatorial Guinea	CFA Franc
56	Eritrea	Nakfa
57	Estonia	Estonia Kroon; Euro
58	Ethiopia	Birr
59	Fiji	Fiji dollar
60	Finland	Euro (formerly markka)
61	France	Euro (formerly French franc)
62	Gabon	CFA Franc
63	The Gambia	Dalasi
64	Georgia	Lari
65	Germany	Euro (formerly Deutsche mark)
66	Ghana	Cedi
67	Greece	Euro (formerly drachma)
68	Grenada	East Caribbean dollar
69	Guatemala	Quetzal
70	Guinea	Guinean franc
71	Guinea-Bissau	CFA Franc
72	Guyana	Guyanese dollar
73	Haiti	Gourde
74	Honduras	Lempira
75	Hungary	Forint
76	Iceland	Icelandic króna
77	India	Indian Rupee
78	Indonesia	Rupiah
79	Iran	Rial
80	Iraq	Iraqi Dinar
81	Ireland	Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt])
82	Israel	Shekel
83	Italy	Euro (formerly lira)
84	Jamaica	Jamaican dollar
85	Japan	Yen
86	Jordan	Jordanian dinar
87	Kazakhstan	Tenge
88	Kenya	Kenya shilling
89	Kiribati	Kiribati dollar
90	North Korea	Won
91	South Korea	Won
93	Kuwait	Kuwaiti Dinar
94	Kyrgyzstan	Som
95	Laos	New Kip
96	Latvia	Lats
97	Lebanon	Lebanese pound
98	Lesotho	Maluti
99	Liberia	Liberian dollar
100	Libya	Libyan dinar
101	Liechtenstein	Swiss franc
102	Lithuania	Litas
103	Luxembourg	Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)
104	Macedonia	Denar
105	Madagascar	Malagasy Ariary
106	Malawi	Kwacha
107	Malaysia	Ringgit
108	Maldives	Rufiyaa
109	Mali	CFA Franc
110	Malta	Euro
111	Marshall Islands	U.S. Dollar
112	Mauritania	Ouguiya
113	Mauritius	Mauritian rupee
114	Mexico	Mexican peso
115	Federated States of Micronesia	U.S. Dollar
116	Moldova	Leu
117	Monaco	Euro
118	Mongolia	Togrog
119	Montenegro	Euro
120	Morocco	Dirham
121	Mozambique	Metical
122	Myanmar (Burma)	Kyat
123	Namibia	Namibian dollar
124	Nauru	Australian dollar
125	Nepal	Nepalese rupee
126	Netherlands	Euro (formerly guilder)
127	New Zealand	New Zealand dollar
128	Nicaragua	Gold cordoba
129	Niger	CFA Franc
130	Nigeria	Naira
131	Norway	Norwegian krone
132	Oman	Omani rial
133	Pakistan	Pakistani rupee
134	Palau	U.S. dollar
135	Palestine	Palestine Pound
136	Panama	Balboa; U.S. dollar
137	Papua New Guinea	Kina
138	Paraguay	Guaraní
139	Peru	Nuevo sol (1991)
140	Philippines	Peso
141	Poland	Zloty
142	Portugal	Euro (formerly escudo)
143	Qatar	Qatari riyal
144	Romania	Romanian Rupee
145	Russia	Ruble
146	Rwanda	Rwandan franc
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	East Caribbean dollar
148	Saint Lucia	East Caribbean dollar
149	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	East Caribbean dollar
150	Samoa	Tala
151	San Marino	Euro
152	Sao Tome and Principe	Dobra
153	Saudi Arabia	Riyal
154	Senegal	CFA Franc
155	Serbia	Serbian Dinar
156	Seychelles	Seychelles rupee
157	Sierra Leone	Leone
158	Singapore	Singapore dollar
159	Slovakia	Euro
160	Slovenia	Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)
161	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands dollar
162	Somalia	Somali shilling
163	South Africa	Rand
164	South Sudan	Sudanese Pound
165	Spain	Euro (formerly peseta)
166	Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan rupee
167	Sudan	Sudanese Pound
168	Suriname	Surinamese dollar
169	Swaziland	Lilangeni
170	Sweden	Krona
171	Switzerland	Swiss franc
172	Syria	Syrian pound
173	Taiwan	Taiwan dollar
174	Tajikistan	somoni
175	Tanzania	Tanzanian shilling
176	Thailand	Baht
177	Togo	CFA Franc
178	Tonga	Pa’anga
179	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago dollar
180	Tunisia	Tunisian dinar
181	Turkey	Turkish lira (YTL)
182	Turkmenistan	Manat
183	Tuvalu	Tuvaluan Dollar
184	Uganda	Ugandan new shilling
185	Ukraine	Hryvnia
186	United Arab Emirates	U.A.E. Dirham
187	United Kingdom	Pound sterling
188	United States of America	Dollar
189	Uruguay	Uruguay peso
190	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistani sum
191	Vanuatu	Vatu
192	Vatican City (Holy See)	Euro
193	Venezuela	Bolivar
194	Vietnam	Dong
195	Yemen	Rial