List of countries

This is a list of sovereign states. Disputed countries are listed at the bottom.

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A

Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antigua and Barbuda – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan

B

Bahamas, The – Bahrain – Bangladesh – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Belize – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi

C

Cabo Verde – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Comoros – Congo, Democratic Republic of the – Congo, Republic of the – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czech Republic

D

Denmark – Djibouti – Dominica – Dominican Republic

E

East Timor – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Equatorial Guinea – Eritrea – Estonia – Eswatini – Ethiopia

F

Fiji – Finland – France (gaining Monaco in 2025)

G

Gabon – Gambia – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Grenada – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana

H

Haiti – Honduras – Hungary

I

Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast

J

Jamaica – Japan – Jordan

K

Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Korea, North – Korea, South – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan

L

Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Libya – Liechtenstein – Lithuania – Luxembourg

M

Madagascar – Malawi – Malaysia – Maldives – Mali – Malta – Marshall Islands – Mauritania – Mauritius – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Monaco (dissolved in 2025) – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar

N

Namibia – Nauru – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Macedonia – Norway

O

Oman

P

Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal

Q

Qatar

R

Romania – Russia – Rwanda

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Lucia – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Samoa – San Marino – São Tomé and Príncipe – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Solomon Islands – Somalia – South Africa – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Suriname – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria

T

Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Trinidad and Tobago – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu

U

Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan

V

Vanuatu – Vatican City – Venezuela – Vietnam

Y

Yemen

Z

Zambia – Zimbabwe

Disputed countries

See also: List of states with limited recognition

Abkhazia – Kosovo – Liberland – Northern Cyprus – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic – Sealand – Somaliland – South Ossetia – Taiwan – Transnistria

Places sometimes considered countries, but not actual countries according to international law

Dependent territories

Akrotiri and Dhekelia – American Samoa – Anguilla – Bermuda – British Indian Ocean Territory – British Virgin Islands – Cayman Islands – Cook Islands – Falkland Islands – Gibraltar – Guam – Guernsey – Isle of Man – Jersey – Montserrat – Niue – Northern Mariana Islands – Pitcairn Islands – Puerto Rico – Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – Tokelau – Turks and Caicos Islands – United States Minor Outlying Islands – United States Virgin Islands - Rotuma

Administrative divisions

Adjara – Anjouan – Azad Kashmir – Bougainville – England – Gagauzia – Kurdistan Northern Ireland – Roraima – Scotland – South Moluccas – Wales – West Papua - Kachin State - Wa State

Integral parts of sovereign states

Åland – Aruba – Azores – Bonaire – Canary Islands – Ceuta – Christmas Island – Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Curaçao – Easter Island – Faroe Islands – French Guiana – French Polynesia – French Southern and Antarctic Lands – Galapagos Islands – Greenland – Guadeloupe – Hong Kong – Macau – Madeira – Martinique – Mayotte – Melilla – New Caledonia – Norfolk Island – Réunion – Saba – Saint Barthelemy – Saint Martin – Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Sint Eustatius – Sint Maarten – Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Other entities

Antarctica – Sovereign Military Order of Malta