Countries in the World: As of October 2023, there are 195 countries in the world.
This number includes 193 member states of the United Nations and 2 observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
These countries are spread across seven continents: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, and Antarctica. Here in this article, we have provided a list of countries with their capitals.
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Below is the full table of countries ranked by the most populous and showing current population, share of world population, and land area:
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Where are they located?
The Details of the 195 countries in the world are here:
- Asia: 48 countries
- Africa: 54 countries
- Europe: 44 countries
- North America: 23 countries
- South America: 12 countries
- Oceania: 14 countries
- Antarctica: 6 countries
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List of Countries in the World
Below is the full table of countries ranked by the most populous and showing current population, share of world population, and land area:
| # | Country | Population (2023) |
World Share |
Land Area (Km²) |
| 1 | India | 1,428,627,663 | 17.8% | 3,287,590 |
| 2 | China | 1,425,671,352 | 17.7% | 9,596,961 |
| 3 | United States | 339,996,563 | 4.3 % | 9,833,517 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 279,476,346 | 3.5 % | 1,904,569 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 238,492,819 | 3% | 796,095 |
| 6 | Brazil | 218,689,757 | 2.7 % | 8,515,767 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 217,221,152 | 2.7% | 923,768 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 171,779,762 | 2.1 % | 147,570 |
| 9 | Russia | 143,539,913 | 1.8 % | 17,098,242 |
| 10 | Mexico | 131,455,342 | 1.6 % | 1,964,375 |
| 11 | Japan | 126,476,461 | 1.6 % | 364,555 |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 114,963,588 | 1.5 % | 1,000,000 |
| 13 | Philippines | 109,581,078 | 1.4 % | 298,170 |
| 14 | Egypt | 102,334,404 | 1.3 % | 995,450 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 97,338,579 | 1.2 % | 310,070 |
| 16 | DR Congo | 89,561,403 | 1.1 % | 2,267,050 |
| 17 | Turkey | 84,339,067 | 1.1 % | 769,630 |
| 18 | Iran | 83,992,949 | 1.1 % | 1,628,550 |
| 19 | Germany | 83,783,942 | 1.1 % | 348,560 |
| 20 | Thailand | 69,799,978 | 0.9 % | 510,890 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 67,886,011 | 0.9 % | 241,930 |
| 22 | France | 65,273,511 | 0.8 % | 547,557 |
| 23 | Italy | 60,461,826 | 0.8 % | 294,140 |
| 24 | Tanzania | 59,734,218 | 0.8 % | 885,800 |
| 25 | South Africa | 59,308,690 | 0.8 % | 1,213,090 |
| 26 | Myanmar | 54,409,800 | 0.7 % | 653,290 |
| 27 | Kenya | 53,771,296 | 0.7 % | 569,140 |
| 28 | South Korea | 51,269,185 | 0.7 % | 97,230 |
| 29 | Colombia | 50,882,891 | 0.7 % | 1,109,500 |
| 30 | Spain | 46,754,778 | 0.6 % | 498,800 |
| 31 | Uganda | 45,741,007 | 0.6 % | 199,810 |
| 32 | Argentina | 45,195,774 | 0.6 % | 2,736,690 |
| 33 | Algeria | 43,851,044 | 0.6 % | 2,381,740 |
| 34 | Sudan | 43,849,260 | 0.6 % | 1,765,048 |
| 35 | Ukraine | 43,733,762 | 0.6 % | 579,320 |
| 36 | Iraq | 40,222,493 | 0.5 % | 434,320 |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 38,928,346 | 0.5 % | 652,860 |
| 38 | Poland | 37,846,611 | 0.5 % | 306,230 |
| 39 | Canada | 37,742,154 | 0.5 % | 9,093,510 |
| 40 | Morocco | 36,910,560 | 0.5 % | 446,300 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 34,813,871 | 0.4 % | 2,149,690 |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 33,469,203 | 0.4 % | 425,400 |
| 43 | Peru | 32,971,854 | 0.4 % | 1,280,000 |
| 44 | Angola | 32,866,272 | 0.4 % | 1,246,700 |
| 45 | Malaysia | 32,365,999 | 0.4 % | 328,550 |
| 46 | Mozambique | 31,255,435 | 0.4 % | 786,380 |
| 47 | Ghana | 31,072,940 | 0.4 % | 227,540 |
| 48 | Yemen | 29,825,964 | 0.4 % | 527,970 |
| 49 | Nepal | 29,136,808 | 0.4 % | 143,350 |
| 50 | Venezuela | 28,435,940 | 0.4 % | 882,050 |
| 51 | Madagascar | 27,691,018 | 0.4 % | 581,795 |
| 52 | Cameroon | 26,545,863 | 0.3 % | 472,710 |
| 53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26,378,274 | 0.3 % | 318,000 |
| 54 | North Korea | 25,778,816 | 0.3 % | 120,410 |
| 55 | Australia | 25,499,884 | 0.3 % | 7,682,300 |
| 56 | Niger | 24,206,644 | 0.3 % | 1,266,700 |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 21,413,249 | 0.3 % | 62,710 |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 20,903,273 | 0.3 % | 273,600 |
| 59 | Mali | 20,250,833 | 0.3 % | 1,220,190 |
| 60 | Romania | 19,237,691 | 0.2 % | 230,170 |
| 61 | Malawi | 19,129,952 | 0.2 % | 94,280 |
| 62 | Chile | 19,116,201 | 0.2 % | 743,532 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 18,776,707 | 0.2 % | 2,699,700 |
| 64 | Zambia | 18,383,955 | 0.2 % | 743,390 |
| 65 | Guatemala | 17,915,568 | 0.2 % | 107,160 |
| 66 | Ecuador | 17,643,054 | 0.2 % | 248,360 |
| 67 | Syria | 17,500,658 | 0.2 % | 183,630 |
| 68 | Netherlands | 17,134,872 | 0.2 % | 33,720 |
| 69 | Senegal | 16,743,927 | 0.2 % | 192,530 |
| 70 | Cambodia | 16,718,965 | 0.2 % | 176,520 |
| 71 | Chad | 16,425,864 | 0.2 % | 1,259,200 |
| 72 | Somalia | 15,893,222 | 0.2 % | 627,340 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 14,862,924 | 0.2 % | 386,850 |
| 74 | Guinea | 13,132,795 | 0.2 % | 245,720 |
| 75 | Rwanda | 12,952,218 | 0.2 % | 24,670 |
| 76 | Benin | 12,123,200 | 0.2 % | 112,760 |
| 77 | Burundi | 11,890,784 | 0.2 % | 25,680 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 11,818,619 | 0.2 % | 155,360 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 11,673,021 | 0.1 % | 1,083,300 |
| 80 | Belgium | 11,589,623 | 0.1 % | 30,280 |
| 81 | Haiti | 11,402,528 | 0.1 % | 27,560 |
| 82 | Cuba | 11,326,616 | 0.1 % | 106,440 |
| 83 | South Sudan | 11,193,725 | 0.1 % | 610,952 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 10,847,910 | 0.1 % | 48,320 |
| 85 | Czech Republic (Czechia) | 10,708,981 | 0.1 % | 77,240 |
| 86 | Greece | 10,423,054 | 0.1 % | 128,900 |
| 87 | Jordan | 10,203,134 | 0.1 % | 88,780 |
| 88 | Portugal | 10,196,709 | 0.1 % | 91,590 |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 10,139,177 | 0.1 % | 82,658 |
| 90 | Sweden | 10,099,265 | 0.1 % | 410,340 |
| 91 | Honduras | 9,904,607 | 0.1 % | 111,890 |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 9,890,402 | 0.1 % | 83,600 |
| 93 | Hungary | 9,660,351 | 0.1 % | 90,530 |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 9,537,645 | 0.1 % | 139,960 |
| 95 | Belarus | 9,449,323 | 0.1 % | 202,910 |
| 96 | Austria | 9,006,398 | 0.1 % | 82,409 |
| 97 | Papua New Guinea | 8,947,024 | 0.1 % | 452,860 |
| 98 | Serbia | 8,737,371 | 0.1 % | 87,460 |
| 99 | Israel | 8,655,535 | 0.1 % | 21,640 |
| 100 | Switzerland | 8,654,622 | 0.1 % | 39,516 |
| 101 | Togo | 8,278,724 | 0.1 % | 54,390 |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 7,976,983 | 0.1 % | 72,180 |
| 103 | Laos | 7,275,560 | 0.1 % | 230,800 |
| 104 | Paraguay | 7,132,538 | 0.1 % | 397,300 |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 6,948,445 | 0.1 % | 108,560 |
| 106 | Libya | 6,871,292 | 0.1 % | 1,759,540 |
| 107 | Lebanon | 6,825,445 | 0.1 % | 10,230 |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 6,624,554 | 0.1 % | 120,340 |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,524,195 | 0.1 % | 191,800 |
| 110 | El Salvador | 6,486,205 | 0.1 % | 20,720 |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 6,031,200 | 0.1 % | 469,930 |
| 112 | Singapore | 5,850,342 | 0.1 % | 700 |
| 113 | Denmark | 5,792,202 | 0.1 % | 42,430 |
| 114 | Finland | 5,540,720 | 0.1 % | 303,890 |
| 115 | Congo | 5,518,087 | 0.1 % | 341,500 |
| 116 | Slovakia | 5,459,642 | 0.1 % | 48,088 |
| 117 | Norway | 5,421,241 | 0.1 % | 365,268 |
| 118 | Oman | 5,106,626 | 0.1 % | 309,500 |
| 119 | State of Palestine | 5,101,414 | 0.1 % | 6,020 |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 5,094,118 | 0.1 % | 51,060 |
| 121 | Liberia | 5,057,681 | 0.1 % | 96,320 |
| 122 | Ireland | 4,937,786 | 0.1 % | 68,890 |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 4,829,767 | 0.1 % | 622,980 |
| 124 | New Zealand | 4,822,233 | 0.1 % | 263,310 |
| 125 | Mauritania | 4,649,658 | 0.1 % | 1,030,700 |
| 126 | Panama | 4,314,767 | 0.1 % | 74,340 |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,270,571 | 0.1 % | 17,820 |
| 128 | Croatia | 4,105,267 | 0.1 % | 55,960 |
| 129 | Moldova | 4,033,963 | 0.1 % | 32,850 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,989,167 | 0.1 % | 69,490 |
| 131 | Eritrea | 3,546,421 | 0 % | 101,000 |
| 132 | Uruguay | 3,473,730 | 0 % | 175,020 |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,280,819 | 0 % | 51,000 |
| 134 | Mongolia | 3,278,290 | 0 % | 1,553,560 |
| 135 | Armenia | 2,963,243 | 0 % | 28,470 |
| 136 | Jamaica | 2,961,167 | 0 % | 10,830 |
| 137 | Qatar | 2,881,053 | 0 % | 11,610 |
| 138 | Albania | 2,877,797 | 0 % | 27,400 |
| 139 | Lithuania | 2,722,289 | 0 % | 62,674 |
| 140 | Namibia | 2,540,905 | 0 % | 823,290 |
| 141 | Gambia | 2,416,668 | 0 % | 10,120 |
| 142 | Botswana | 2,351,627 | 0 % | 566,730 |
| 143 | Gabon | 2,225,734 | 0 % | 257,670 |
| 144 | Lesotho | 2,142,249 | 0 % | 30,360 |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 2,083,374 | 0 % | 25,220 |
| 146 | Slovenia | 2,078,938 | 0 % | 20,140 |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,968,001 | 0 % | 28,120 |
| 148 | Latvia | 1,886,198 | 0 % | 62,200 |
| 149 | Bahrain | 1,701,575 | 0 % | 760 |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,402,985 | 0 % | 28,050 |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,399,488 | 0 % | 5,130 |
| 152 | Estonia | 1,326,535 | 0 % | 42,390 |
| 153 | Timor-Leste | 1,318,445 | 0 % | 14,870 |
| 154 | Mauritius | 1,271,768 | 0 % | 2,030 |
| 155 | Cyprus | 1,207,359 | 0 % | 9,240 |
| 156 | Eswatini | 1,160,164 | 0 % | 17,200 |
| 157 | Djibouti | 988,000 | 0 % | 23,180 |
| 158 | Fiji | 896,445 | 0 % | 18,270 |
| 159 | Comoros | 869,601 | 0 % | 1,861 |
| 160 | Guyana | 786,552 | 0 % | 196,850 |
| 161 | Bhutan | 771,608 | 0 % | 38,117 |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 686,884 | 0 % | 27,990 |
| 163 | Montenegro | 628,066 | 0 % | 13,450 |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 625,978 | 0 % | 2,590 |
| 165 | Suriname | 586,632 | 0 % | 156,000 |
| 166 | Cabo Verde | 555,987 | 0 % | 4,030 |
| 167 | Micronesia | 548,914 | 0 % | 700 |
| 168 | Maldives | 540,544 | 0 % | 300 |
| 169 | Malta | 441,543 | 0 % | 320 |
| 170 | Brunei | 437,479 | 0 % | 5,270 |
| 171 | Belize | 397,628 | 0 % | 22,810 |
| 172 | Bahamas | 393,244 | 0 % | 10,010 |
| 173 | Iceland | 341,243 | 0 % | 100,250 |
| 174 | Vanuatu | 307,145 | 0 % | 12,190 |
| 175 | Barbados | 287,375 | 0 % | 430 |
| 176 | Sao Tome & Principe | 219,159 | 0 % | 960 |
| 177 | Samoa | 198,414 | 0 % | 2,830 |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 183,627 | 0 % | 610 |
| 179 | Kiribati | 119,449 | 0 % | 810 |
| 180 | Grenada | 112,523 | 0 % | 340 |
| 181 | St.
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110,940 | 0 % | 390 |
| 182 | Tonga | 105,695 | 0 % | 720 |
| 183 | Seychelles | 98,347 | 0 % | 460 |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 97,929 | 0 % | 440 |
| 185 | Andorra | 77,265 | 0 % | 470 |
| 186 | Dominica | 71,986 | 0 % | 750 |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 59,190 | 0 % | 180 |
| 188 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 53,199 | 0 % | 260 |
| 189 | Monaco | 39,242 | 0 % | 1 |
| 190 | Liechtenstein | 38,128 | 0 % | 160 |
| 191 | San Marino | 33,931 | 0 % | 60 |
| 192 | Palau | 18,094 | 0 % | 460 |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 11,792 | 0 % | 30 |
| 194 | Nauru | 10,824 | 0 % | 20 |
| 195 | Holy See | 801 | 0 % | 0 |
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