A List of Countries


๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan (AF)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Aland Islands (AX)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania (AL)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria (DZ)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa (AS)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra (AD)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola (AO)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla (AI)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ถ Antarctica (AQ)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua And Barbuda (AG)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina (AR)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia (AM)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba (AW)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia (AU)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria (AT)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan (AZ)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain (BH)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh (BD)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados (BB)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus (BY)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium (BE)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize (BZ)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin (BJ)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda (BM)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan (BT)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (BO)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BQ)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana (BW)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ป Bouvet Island (BV)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil (BR)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ด British Indian Ocean Territory (IO)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei (BN)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria (BG)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso (BF)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi (BI)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia (KH)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon (CM)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada (CA)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde (CV)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands (KY)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic (CF)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad (TD)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile (CL)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China (CN)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Christmas Island (CX)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡จ Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CC)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia (CO)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros (KM)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo (CG)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands (CK)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica (CR)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) (CI)
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia (HR)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba (CU)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao (CW)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus (CY)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic (CZ)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark (DK)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti (DJ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica (DM)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic (DO)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ East Timor (TL)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador (EC)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt (EG)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador (SV)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea (GQ)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea (ER)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia (EE)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia (ET)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (FK)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands (FO)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji Islands (FJ)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland (FI)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France (FR)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana (GF)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia (PF)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ซ French Southern Territories (TF)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon (GA)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia (GM)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia (GE)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany (DE)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana (GH)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar (GI)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece (GR)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland (GL)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada (GD)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe (GP)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam (GU)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala (GT)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey and Alderney (GG)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea (GN)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau (GW)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana (GY)
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti (HT)
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HM)
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras (HN)
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong S.A.R. (HK)
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary (HU)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland (IS)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India (IN)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia (ID)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (IR)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq (IQ)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland (IE)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel (IL)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy (IT)
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica (JM)
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan (JP)
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey (JE)
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan (JO)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan (KZ)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya (KE)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati (KI)
๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (XK)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait (KW)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan (KG)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos (LA)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia (LV)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon (LB)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho (LS)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia (LR)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya (LY)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein (LI)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania (LT)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg (LU)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด Macau S.A.R. (MO)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar (MG)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi (MW)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia (MY)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives (MV)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali (ML)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta (MT)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Man (Isle of) (IM)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands (MH)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique (MQ)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania (MR)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius (MU)
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte (YT)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico (MX)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (FM)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova (MD)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco (MC)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia (MN)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro (ME)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat (MS)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco (MA)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique (MZ)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar (MM)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia (NA)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru (NR)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal (NP)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands (NL)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia (NC)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand (NZ)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua (NI)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger (NE)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria (NG)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue (NU)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ซ Norfolk Island (NF)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea (KP)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia (MK)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands (MP)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway (NO)
๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman (OM)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan (PK)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau (PW)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestinian Territory Occupied (PS)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama (PA)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua new Guinea (PG)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay (PY)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru (PE)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines (PH)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ณ Pitcairn Island (PN)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland (PL)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal (PT)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico (PR)
๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar (QA)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Reunion (RE)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania (RO)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia (RU)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda (RW)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena (SH)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts And Nevis (KN)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia (LC)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon (PM)
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent And The Grenadines (VC)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint-Barthelemy (BL)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint-Martin (French part) (MF)
๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa (WS)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino (SM)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe (ST)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia (SA)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal (SN)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia (RS)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles (SC)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone (SL)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore (SG)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (SX)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia (SK)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia (SI)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands (SB)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia (SO)
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa (ZA)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Georgia (GS)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea (KR)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan (SS)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain (ES)
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka (LK)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan (SD)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname (SR)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Svalbard And Jan Mayen Islands (SJ)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Swaziland (SZ)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden (SE)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland (CH)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria (SY)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan (TW)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan (TJ)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania (TZ)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand (TH)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ The Bahamas (BS)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo (TG)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau (TK)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga (TO)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad And Tobago (TT)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia (TN)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey (TR)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan (TM)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks And Caicos Islands (TC)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu (TV)
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda (UG)
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine (UA)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates (AE)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom (GB)
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States (US)
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ United States Minor Outlying Islands (UM)
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay (UY)
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan (UZ)
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu (VU)
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vatican City State (Holy See) (VA)
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (VE)
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam (VN)
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ Virgin Islands (British) (VG)
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ Virgin Islands (US) (VI)
๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis And Futuna Islands (WF)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara (EH)
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen (YE)
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia (ZM)
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe (ZW)

How many countries in the world are there?

The answer to this question depends on who you ask, or which data you lean on. Different authoritative bodies recognizes different sets of countries and regions. Due to land disputes, conflicts and war the number of countries tend to change over time. Either through merger or division of countries and their land area.

According to the United Nations there are currently 193 recognized countries. 195 if you include countries that are non-member, observer states. The State of Palestine, in Israel and the Holy See (Vatican City) in Italy.

The Olympic Committee recognizes 206 countries. While other sources put the number of countries upwards of 300.

Our database contains 250 countries, as it includes various islands. These islands are currently not recognized by the United Nations as individual countries. Depending on dataset used for pages and visualizations this number countries will vary.

How are countries created?

Most countries ever created has been formed by a collective of individuals who share commonalities, fostering a sense of belonging and identification with one another. These shared bonds might stem from factors such as a common race, religion, language, historical experiences, or culture. This unique connection often leads this group to aspire to self-govern as an independent nation. The emergence of nations frequently hinges on this shared identity and the allegiance individuals hold towards their collective.

However, to start a new country in this day and age, there are certain requirement to has to be met. The group needs to have defined territory, that territory needs to house a permanent population, that population need to form a functioning government, and finally, that governing body needs to be recognized by other countries, as a country.

Since all Earth's territory is essentially under the control of a some sort of governing body, such an endevour becomes rather challenging. Most countries formed in recent times has gone through long and bloody civil wars, confilcts, or diplomatic disputes with international intervention. Yet, there are some unique cases where micronations (aspirant states that claim independence but lack legal recognition) are striving for recognition as a country. Such is the case for Sealand that was founded as a sovereign principality on a military fortress, seven miles from the eastern shores of Britain back in 1967.

What is the oldest country in the world?

According to historical records and clues unearthed from geological discoveries suggest that the oldest countries in the world, with known organized government are as follows.

  • Iran - 3200 BC
  • Egypt - 3100 BC
  • Vietnam - 2879 BC
  • Armenia - 2492 BC
  • North Korea - 2333 BC
  • China - 2070 BC
  • India - 2000 BC
  • Georgia - 1300 BC
  • Israel - 1300 BC
  • Sudan - 1070 BC
  • Afghanistan - 678 BC

What is the youngest country on earth?

The worldโ€™s most recently formed state is South Sudan, which was recognized by the United Nations in 2011 after years of civil war. Followed by East Timor, which was recognized in 2002 after a United Nationsโ€“sponsored act of self-determination led to Indonesia relinquishing control of the territory. Before that a slew of new states was created or reinstated due to the collapse of the Soviet Union which resulted in its 15 constituent republics gaining full independence on 26 December 1991.