How many countries (exact) on the earth?

Question

How many countries (exact) on the earth?

Answer 1

195 countries in the world

Answer 2

there are 195 completely self-governing countries plus their related dependencies.

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

Answer 3

respect to all the people quoting countries without sources. but this question really is near impossible to answer. it greatly depends to what you define a country to be. and wether you recognise selfproclamed independant states as countries.

for example, is taiwan a country? are you counting myanmar, andorra, monaco, vatican citiy as seperate countries?

Answer 4

195

Answer 5

nistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirane

Algeria - Algiers

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

Azerbaijan - Baku

The Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Manama

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan

Benin - Porto-Novo

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone

Brazil - Brasilia

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

Burundi - Bujumbura

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Cameroon - Yaounde

Canada - Ottawa

Cape Verde - Praia

Central African Republic - Bangui

Chad - N'Djamena

Chile - Santiago

China - Beijing

Colombia - Bogota

Comoros - Moroni

Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville

Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa

Costa Rica - San Jose

Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia

Czech Republic - Prague

Denmark - Copenhagen

Djibouti - Djibouti

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

East Timor (Timor-Leste) - Dili

Ecuador - Quito

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Tallinn

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Fiji - Suva

Finland - Helsinki

France - Paris

Gabon - Libreville

The Gambia - Banjul

Georgia - Tbilisi

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Greece - Athens

Grenada - Saint George's

Guatemala - Guatemala City

Guinea - Conakry

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown

Haiti - Port-au-Prince

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

Iceland - Reykjavik

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem

Italy - Rome

Jamaica - Kingston

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

Kazakhstan - Astana

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - Tarawa Atoll

Korea, North - Pyongyang

Korea, South - Seoul

Kosovo - Pristina

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga

Lebanon - Beirut

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Macedonia - Skopje

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male

Mali - Bamako

Malta - Valletta

Marshall Islands - Majuro

Mauritania - Nouakchott

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir

Moldova - Chisinau

Monaco - Monaco

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar

Montenegro - Podgorica

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)

Namibia - Windhoek

Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - Managua

Niger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Palau - Melekeok

Panama - Panama City

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asuncion

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest

Russia - Moscow

Rwanda - Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Saint Lucia - Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

Samoa - Apia

San Marino - San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Singapore - Singapore

Slovakia - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

Solomon Islands - Honiara

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa - Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)

Spain - Madrid

Sri Lanka - Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sudan - Khartoum

Suriname - Paramaribo

Swaziland - Mbabane

Sweden - Stockholm

Switzerland - Bern

Syria - Damascus

Taiwan - Taipei

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Tanzania - Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lome

Tonga - Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Tuvalu - Vaiaku village, Funafuti province

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kyiv

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States of America - Washington D.C.

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Vanuatu - Port-Vila

Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City

Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi

Yemen - Sanaa

Zambia - Lusaka

Zimbabwe - Harare

Answer 6

245 countries

List of countries

A

Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia[5]

Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK overseas territory)

Åland – Åland Islands (Autonomous province of Finland)

Albania – Republic of Albania

Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

American Samoa – Territory of American Samoa (US territory)

Andorra – Principality of Andorra

Angola – Republic of Angola

Anguilla (UK overseas territory)

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina – Argentine Republic[11]

Armenia – Republic of Armenia

Aruba (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Ascension Island (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)

Australia – Commonwealth of Australia

Austria – Republic of Austria

Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan[12]

B

Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain

Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus – Republic of Belarus

Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium

Belize

Benin – Republic of Benin

Bermuda (UK overseas territory)

Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan

Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina[13]

Botswana – Republic of Botswana

Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil

Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burma – Union of Myanmar

Burundi – Republic of Burundi

C

Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia

Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon

Canada[14]

Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde

Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory)

Central African Republic[15]

Chad – Republic of Chad

Chile – Republic of Chile

China – People's Republic of China[16]

For "China, Republic of", see Taiwan

Christmas Island – Territory of Christmas Island (Australian overseas territory)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian overseas territory)

Colombia – Republic of Colombia

Comoros – Union of the Comoros

Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo[17]

Congo – Republic of the Congo[18]

Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand)

Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia – Republic of Croatia

Cuba – Republic of Cuba

Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus[19]

Czech Republic[20]

D

Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark

For "Dhekelia", see Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti

Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica

Dominican Republic

E

East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador

Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt

El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea – State of Eritrea

Estonia – Republic of Estonia

Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)[21]

Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)

Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands

Finland – Republic of Finland

France – French Republic

French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity)

G

Gabon – Gabonese Republic

Gambia, The – Republic of The Gambia

Georgia[22]

Germany – Federal Republic of Germany

Ghana – Republic of Ghana

Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)

Greece – Hellenic Republic

Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)

Grenada

Guam – Territory of Guam (US organized territory)

Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala

Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)[23]

Guinea – Republic of Guinea

Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

Haiti – Republic of Haiti

Honduras – Republic of Honduras

Hong Kong – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[24]

Hungary – Republic of Hungary

I

Iceland – Republic of Iceland

India – Republic of India

Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia

Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran

Iraq – Republic of Iraq

Ireland - Ireland[25]

Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)

Israel – State of Israel

Italy – Italian Republic

For "Ivory Coast", see Côte d'Ivoire

J

Jamaica

Japan

Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)

Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan

Kenya – Republic of Kenya

Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati

Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea[26]

Korea, South – Republic of Korea[27]

Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo[3]

Kuwait – State of Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic[28]

L

Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic

Latvia – Republic of Latvia

Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon

Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho

Liberia – Republic of Liberia

Libya – Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein

Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania

Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[29]

Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia[30]

Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar

Malawi – Republic of Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives – Republic of Maldives

Mali – Republic of Mali

Malta – Republic of Malta

Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands

Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius

Mayotte – Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity)

Mexico – United Mexican States

Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia

Moldova – Republic of Moldova[31]

Monaco – Principality of Monaco

Mongolia - Republic of Mongolia

Montenegro – Republic of Montenegro

Montserrat (UK overseas territory)

Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco[32]

Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique

For "Myanmar", see Burma

N

Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic[6]

Namibia – Republic of Namibia

Nauru – Republic of Nauru

Nepal – State of Nepal

Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands[33]

Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis)

New Zealand

Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua

Niger – Republic of Niger

Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria

Niue (Associated state of New Zealand)

Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory)

Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[4]

Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth)

For "North Korea", see Korea, North

Norway – Kingdom of Norway

O

Oman – Sultanate of Oman

P

Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Palau – Republic of Palau

Palestine – Palestinian Territories[34]

Panama – Republic of Panama

Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay

For "People's Republic of China", see China

Peru – Republic of Peru

Philippines – Republic of the Philippines

Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory)

Poland – Republic of Poland

Portugal – Portuguese Republic

For "Pridnestrovie", see Transnistria

Puerto Rico – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth)

Q

Qatar – State of Qatar

R

Romania

Russia – Russian Federation

Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda

S

Saint Barthélemy – Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French overseas collectivity)

Saint Helena (UK overseas territory)

Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Martin – Collectivity of Saint Martin (French overseas collectivity)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa – Independent State of Samoa

San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Senegal – Republic of Senegal

Serbia – Republic of Serbia[35]

Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles

Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone

Singapore – Republic of Singapore

Slovakia – Slovak Republic

Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia[36]

Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland[8]

South Africa – Republic of South Africa

For "South Korea", see Korea, South

South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia[9]

Spain – Kingdom of Spain

Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Sudan – Republic of the Sudan

Suriname – Republic of Suriname

Svalbard (Territory of Norway)[37]

Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland

Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden

Switzerland – Swiss Confederation

Syria – Syrian Arab Republic

T

Taiwan – Republic of China [38]

Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan

Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania

Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand

For "Timor-Leste", see East Timor

Togo – Togolese Republic

Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand)

Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga

Transnistria – Transnistrian Moldovan Republic[7]

Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Trist

Answer 7

According to the Internet 194 independent countries

Answer 8

One.

The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.

(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 250)

I in the East, and you in the West, let us try with heart and soul that unity may dwell in the world, that all the peoples may become one people, and that the whole surface of the earth may be like one country -- for the Sun of Truth shines on all alike.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 171)

If the learned and wise men of goodwill were to impart guidance unto the people, the whole earth would be regarded as one country.

(Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 172)

It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.

(Baha'u'llah, The Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, p. 116)

Truly, had God's creatures but conformed their actions to the will and pleasure of God, exalted be His glory, the whole earth would by now be seen as a single country, a blessed land of beauty and light.

(Compilations, The Compilation of Compilations vol II, p. 336)