How many countries are in the world?

Question

How many countries are in the world?

Answer 1

there are 193 countries ,

As of May 1, 2008, the United Nations has 192 members (including Montenegro and Serbia - the two newest nations). That number does not include the Vatican, and it doesn't (yet) include Kosovo (disclaimer).

The US State Department recognizes 194 independent countries around the world, but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it includes Kosovo, but does not include Taiwan, as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China.

Most of the current World Almanacs use 193 countries, which is probably the best answer, but what about Kosovo?

Answer 2

196 (including East Timor in 2002 and Kosovo in 2008)

Answer 3

195 independent countries plus their related dependencies

http://geography.about.com/cs/countries/...

Answer 4

The best answer is 195, if you do not just stuck with US made up list of 192.

(A)

Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS)

Albania (Tirane) (EU)

Algeria (Algers) (AF)

Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (EU)

Angola (Luanda) (AF)

Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) (NA)

Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA)

Armenia (Yerevan) (EU)

Australia (Canberra) (AU)

Austria (Vienna) (EU)

Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS)

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(B)

Bahamas (Nassau) (NA)

Bahrain (Manama) (AS)

Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS)

Barbados (Bridgetown) (NA)

Belarus (Minsk) (EU)

Belgium (Brussels) (EU)

Belize (Belmopan) (NA)

Benin (Port-Novo) (AF)

Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS)

Bolivia (Sucre) (SA)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (EU)

Botswana (Gaborone) (AF)

Brazil (Brasilia) (SA)

Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS)

Bulgaria (Sofia) (EU)

Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF)

Burma/Myanmar (Yangon) (AS)

Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF)

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(C)

Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS)

Cameroon (Yaounde) (AF)

Canada (Ottawa) (NA)

Cape Verde (Praia) (EU - Portugal)

Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF)

Chad (N'Djamena) (AF)

Chile (Santiago) (SA)

China (Beijing) (AS)

Colombia (Bogota) (SA)

Comoros (Moroni) (AF)

Congo (Brazzaville) (AF)

Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF)

Costa Rica (San Jose) (NA)

Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF)

Croatia (Zagreb) (EU)

Cuba (Havana) (NA)

Cyprus (Nicosia) (AS) and/or (EU)

Czech Republic (Prague) (EU)

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(D)

Denmark (Copenhagen) (EU)

Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF)

Dominica (Roseau) (NA)

Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (NA)

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(E)

East Timor (Dili) (AS)

Ecuador (Quito) (SA)

Egypt (Cairo) (AF)

El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA)

Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF)

Eritrea (Asmara) (AF)

Estonia (Tallinn) (EU)

Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF)

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(F)

Fiji (Suva) (AU - Oceania)

Finland (Helsinki) (EU)

France (Paris) (EU)

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(G)

Gabon (Liberville) (AF)

Gambia (Banjul) (AF)

Georgia (Tbilisi) (EU)

Germany (Berlin) (EU)

Ghana (Accra) (AF)

Greece (Athens) (EU)

Grenada (St. George's) (NA)

Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA)

Guinea (Conakry) (AF)

Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF)

Guyana (Georgetown) (SA)

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(H)

Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (NA)

Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)

Hungary (Budapest) (EU)

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(I)

Iceland (Reykjavik) (EU)

India (New Delhi) (AS)

Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS)

Iran (Tehran) (AS)

Iraq (Baghdad) (AS)

Ireland (Dublin) (EU)

Israel (Jerusalem) (AS)

Italy (Rome) (EU)

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(J)

Jamaica (Kingston) (NA)

Japan (Tokyo) (AS)

Jordan (Amman) (AS)

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(K)

Kazakstan (Astana) (AS)

Kenya (Nairobi) (AF)

Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU - Oceania)

Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)

Korea, South (Seoul) (AS)

Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS)

Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS)

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(L)

Laos (Vientiane) (AS)

Latvia (Riga) (EU)

Lebanon (Beirut) (AS)

Lesotho (Maseru) (AF)

Liberia (Monrovia) (AF)

Libya (Tripoli) (AF)

Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (EU)

Lithuania (Vilnius) (EU)

Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (EU)

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Macedonia (Skopje) (EU)

Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF)

Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF)

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS)

Maldives (Male) (AS)

Mali (Bamako) (AF)

Malta (Valletta) (EU)

Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU - Oceania)

Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF)

Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF)

Mexico (Mexico City) (NA)

Micronesia (Palikir) (AU - Oceania)

Moldova (Chisinau) (EU)

Monaco (Monaco) (EU)

Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS)

Montenegro (Podgorica) (EU)

Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara)

Mozambique (Maputo) (AF)

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(N)

Namibia (Windhoek) (AF)

Nauru (no official capital) (AU - Oceania)

Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS)

Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) (EU)

New Zealand (Wellington) (AU)

Nicaragua (Managua) (NA)

Niger (Niamey) (AF)

Nigeria (Abuja) (AF)

Norway (Oslo) (EU)

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(O)

Oman (Muscat) (AS)

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(P)

Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS)

Palau (Koror) (AU - Oceania)

Panama (Panama City) (NA)

Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU)

Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA)

Peru (Lima) (SA)

Philippines (Manila) (AS)

Poland (Warsaw) (EU)

Portugal (Lisbon) (EU)

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(Q)

Qatar (Doha) (AS)

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(R)

Romania (Bucharest) (EU)

Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS)

Rwanda (Kigali) (AF)

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(S)

Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (NA)

Saint Lucia (Castries) (NA)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (NA)

Samoa (Apia) (AU - Oceania)

San Marino (San Marino) (EU)

Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) (AF)

Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS)

Senegal (Dakar) (AF)

Serbia (Belgrade) (EU)

Seychelles (Victoria) (AF)

Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)

Singapore (Singapore City) (AS)

Slovakia (Bratislava) (EU)

Slovenia (Ljubljana) (EU)

Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU - Oceania)

Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF)

South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein) (AF)

Spain (Madrid) (EU)

Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS)

Sudan (Khartoum) (AF)

Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA)

Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF)

Sweden (Stockholm) (EU)

Switzerland (Bern) (EU)

Syria (Damascus) (AS)

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(T)

Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS)

Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF)

Thailand (Bangkok) (AS)

Togo (Lome) (AF)

Tonga (Nuku'alofa) (AU - Oceania)

Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (NA)

Tunisia (Tunis) (AF)

Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (EU)

Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS)

Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU - Oceania)

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(U)

Uganda (Kampala) (AF)

Ukraine (Kiev) (EU)

United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS)

United Kingdom (London) (EU)

United States (Washington D.C.) (NA)

Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA)

Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS)

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(V)

Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU - Oceania)

Vatican City (na) (EU)

Venezuela (Caracas) (SA)

Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS)

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(Y)

Yemen (Sana) (AS)

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(Z)

Zambia (Lusaka) (AF)

Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF)

Answer 5

193