how many countries are there in world?

Answer 1

On this list are 243 entities considered to be countries. This corresponds to:




202 sovereign states:


191 member states of the United Nations (UN).

1 state with general international recognition but not UN membership, governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer), the Vatican City.

1 newly independent state, recognized by a growing number of UN member states including all permanent members of the Security Council, widely expected to gain UN membership in the near future: Montenegro.


9 states lacking general international recognition, none UN members, that customary international law nonetheless defines as states under the Montevideo Convention:


1 state, not a UN member since late 1971, recognized by 25 UN member states and currently with de facto international relations with most others, the Republic of China (popularly referred to as Taiwan).

1 state, recognized by 46 UN member states but never admitted to the UN itself, with most of its claimed territory under military occupation, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara.

1 state, recognized by 92 UN member states and the Holy See but never admitted to the UN itself, with only partial de facto control over any of its claimed territory exercised through the Palestinian National Authority (a UN permanent observer), the State of Palestine in the Palestinian territories.


6 de facto independent states lacking any significant measure of diplomatic recognition from other states:


1 de facto independent state, diplomatically recognized by no UN member states except Turkey, Northern Cyprus.

5 de facto independent states, namely Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Pridnestrovie, Somaliland, and South Ossetia, all recognized by no UN member states.


36 inhabited dependent territories:


3 external territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island).

2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands).


5 (overseas) communities of France:


1 sui generis (unique) community (New Caledonia).

4 overseas communities (Mayotte, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna).

2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles).


3 dependent territories of New Zealand:


2 states in free association with New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue).

1 overseas territory (Tokelau).


16 dependent territories of the United Kingdom:


3 Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man).

13 overseas territories (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena (and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia).


5 unincorporated territories of the United States:


2 commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico).

2 organized insular territories (Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands).

1 de facto organized insular territory lacking an Organic Act (American Samoa).


5 areas of special sovereignty:


4 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China).

1 UN protectorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia under UN interim civilian administration).

Answer 2

Here is a list of all ot the countries iun the world, I didn't have enough time to count them

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

Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi

Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic

Denmark
Djibouti Dominica
Dominican Republic

East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
England (U.K.)
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia

Fiji
Finland France

Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain (U.K.)
Greece
Grenada Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

Haiti
Honduras
Hungary

Iceland
India Indonesia
Iran
Iraq Ireland
Israel
Italy

Jamaica
Japan
Jordan

Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg

Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar

Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua Niger
Nigeria
Northern Ireland (U.K.)
Norway

Oman

Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian State
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
The Philippines
Poland
Portugal

Qatar

Romania
Russia
Rwanda

St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Scotland (U.K.)
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria

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

Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan

Vanuatu
Vatican City (Holy See)
Venezuela
Vietnam

Wales (U.K.)
Western Sahara*

Yemen
Yugoslavia

Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Answer 3

There are 193 countries in the world today.

Unless you don't count Taiwan…

Taiwan is not considered an official country by many, which would bring the count down to 192 countries. Although Taiwan operates as an independent country, many countries (including the U.S.) do not officially recognize it as one. Because the People's Republic of China considers Taiwan a breakaway province of China, countries who wish to maintain diplomatic relations with China have had to sever their formal relations with Taiwan (more than 100 countries, however, have unofficial relations with Taiwan).

How many countries belong to the United Nations?

191 countries are UN members. The exceptions are Taiwan (in 1971, the UN ousted Taiwan and replaced it with the People's Republic of China) and Vatican City. The newest UN member is Switzerland, which joined in 2002.

What are the world's newest countries?

The world's newest country is East Timor, which became a nation in 2002 after gaining independence from Indonesia. Since 1990, 26 new nations have come into being. Many of these emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union (14 countries) and the breakup of the former Yugoslavia (5 countries). See our Guide to New Nations.

Are there still any countries that have colonies?

There are 61 colonies or territories in the world. Eight countries maintain them: Australia (6), Denmark (2), Netherlands (2), France (16), New Zealand (3), Norway (3), the United Kingdom (15), and the United States (14). See Territories, Colonies, and Dependencies for a list of the world's colonies and what countries administrate them.

Are there still territories in the world that are claimed by more than one country?

There are six major disputed territories in the world: the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, Western Sahara, and Antarctica (about a dozen nations have laid claims to portions of it). In addition, there are innumerable other territorial disputes throughout the world, many of which had resulted in ongoing armed conflicts.

Answer 4

200

Answer 5

wrong, there are 194, including taiwan. the newest country in the world is NOT east timor but montenegro but since they qualified into the FIFA world cup together with serbia before their independence recently, they still maintained as 'serbia and montenegro' but 'serbia' and 'montenegro' are two different countries altogether.

Answer 6

Answer to this question can never be given correctly.B'coz there are always disputes over the territories all around the world..

Answer 7

i bet its 200.can u count it

Answer 8

are you serous 7 dude...