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2006-12-08 20:28:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Geography

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There are 192 recognized countries in the United Nations, do a search on it.

2006-12-08 20:32:06 · answer #1 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0 0

the number of countries in the earth by some reasons is 193

Although different numbers pop up when one inquires or reads about the number of countries in the world. Each source you use often yields a different answer. Ultimately, the best answer is that there are 193 countries in the world.
United Nations

There are 192 members of the United Nations. Unfortunately, the number 192 is too often used to represent the number of countries in the world. Although this number represents almost all of the countries in the world, there is still one country (the Vatican City) that is independent and has chosen not to become a member of the U.N.

so 192 is not the number of countries in the world.
U.S. Department of State

The United States' State Department recognizes 193 independent countries around the world. Their list of 193 countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America and its allies. Missing from the State Department's list is one entity that may or may not be considered a country, depending on who you talk to.

The One Outsider

Taiwan meets most, but not all of the requirements of independent country or state status. However, due to political reasons, it fails to be recognized by the United States and much of the rest of the world. If it were recognized, it would be considered a country.

Taiwan was actually a member of the United Nations (and even the Security Council) until 1971, when mainland China replaced Taiwan in the organization. Taiwan continues to press for full recognition by other countries, to become "part of the club" and fully recognized worldwide but China claims that Taiwan is simply a province of China.

Thus...

Your Guide considers there to be 193 countries in the world, which is probably the best current answer to the question, "How many countries are in the world?" unless Taiwan becomes officially recognized by the international community, in which case the answer would be 194.

However...

Recognize that there are dozens of territories and colonies that are sometimes erroneously called "countries" but don't count at all - they're governed by other countries. Places commonly confused as being countries include Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Greenland, Palestine, Western Sahara, and even the components of the United Kingdom (such as Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England - sorry folks, they're not countries, states, or nation-states).

2006-12-08 20:52:51 · answer #2 · answered by richy 2 · 1 1

250+

2006-12-08 20:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by kiran 1 · 0 0

1200

2006-12-08 20:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

around 200

2006-12-08 20:38:26 · answer #5 · answered by Sonu G 5 · 0 0

search on google earth

2006-12-08 20:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Good question, I am not sure but I am sure you could find out if you do a search on it.

2006-12-08 20:31:05 · answer #7 · answered by who_is_cindy 2 · 0 0

314 as i know

2006-12-08 20:34:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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

202 sovereign states:
192 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.
9 states lacking general international recognition, none of which are UN members, that customary international law nonetheless defines as states under the Montevideo Convention:
1 state, no longer a UN member since late 1971, recognized by 23 UN member states and the Holy See (Vatican City), and currently with de facto international relations with many others, the Republic of China (commonly referred to as Taiwan).
1 state, recognized by 43 UN member states but never admitted to the UN itself, with most of its claimed territory under Moroccan de facto administration, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara.
1 state, recognized by 100 UN member states (including 2 permanent UNSC members: Russia and the People's Republic of China) and the Holy See, the State of Palestine proclaimed in 1988 by the Palestine Liberation Organization, which is a permanent observer at the United Nations; the State of Palestine claims sovereignty over the Palestinian territories, parts of which are under the partial control of the Palestinian National Authority, an entity established pursuant to agreements between the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Government of Israel.
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, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.[2]
5 de facto independent states, namely Abkhazia,[3] Nagorno-Karabakh,[4] Pridnestrovie,[5] Somaliland,[6] and South Ossetia,[7] none recognized by any UN member states.
40 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 territories of France:[8]
1 sui generis (unique) community (New Caledonia).
4 overseas communities:
1 territorial community (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
1 territory (Wallis and Futuna)
1 overseas country (French Polynesia)
1 departmental community (Mayotte)
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).
4 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the 2 special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China - Hong Kong and Macau).
1 UN-administered territory inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state and under de jure sovereignty of that sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia under UN interim civilian administration).
In the Annex to the list of countries, an outline is given on the entities not included in this list. This includes distinct political and legal entities which are countries but are considered integral parts of a sovereign state, notably the constituent countries of the United Kingdom and the Länder of Germany.

2006-12-08 20:47:07 · answer #9 · answered by luttappi 1 · 1 1

too many

2006-12-08 20:31:27 · answer #10 · answered by Boeing 777 2 · 0 0

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