how many countries in the world?

Answer 1

I found 271 nations, dependent areas, and other entities on the CIA's world factbook

Answer 2

By Most Accounts, 192 is the Correct Answer

Answer 3

192

Answer 4

192

Answer 5

i think that there are 215 countries in the world

Answer 6

around 230 give or take a few

Answer 7

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 8

a lot

Answer 9

too many (194)