how many nations are there in the world?

Answer 1

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 globally recognzed independent 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.

The Other One Outsider:
Taiwan meets the requirements of independent country or state status. However, due to political reasons, it fails to be recognized by the international community as independent. Nonetheless, it should be considered as independent.

Thus...
It is considers there to be 194 countries in the world, which is probably the best current answer to the question, "How many countries are in the world?"

Answer 2

About 230

Answer 3

there are 244 lands in the world which are declared as countries. out of these---

- 192 countries are of united nations

-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 are nonetheless defined as states in the body of customary international law, drawing on the precedent of 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, member of the African Union and the Asian-African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 Asian-African Conference, recognized by 46 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 proposed state, member of the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, recognized by more than 100 UN member states though never itself a UN member, with no sovereignty over its claimed territories, the State of Palestine.[1]
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 (Georgia),[3] Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan),[4] Transnistria (Moldova),[5] Somaliland (Somalia),[6] and South Ossetia (Georgia),[7] none recognized by any UN member states.


-38 inhabited dependent territories:
3 external territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island).
2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Faroe Islands and Greenland).
7 overseas territories of France:[8]
1 sui generis (unique) community (New Caledonia).
6 overseas collectivities:
1 overseas country (French Polynesia)
1 departmental collectivity (Mayotte)
1 territorial collectivity (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
2 collectivities (Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin)
1 territory (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 British dependencies:
13 overseas territories of the United Kingdom (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).
3 Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man).

-5 unincorporated territories of the United States:
2 commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico).
2 organized territories (Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands).
1 de facto organized 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).


but if you want a simple answer, there are 192 independent countries in the world excluding taiwan and vatican city.

Answer 4

On this list are 244 entities. This corresponds to:

193 states with general international recognition:
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 are nonetheless defined as states in the body of customary international law, drawing on the precedent of 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, member of the African Union and the Asian-African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 Asian-African Conference, recognized by 46 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 proposed state, member of the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, recognized by more than 100 UN member states though never itself a UN member, with no sovereignty over its claimed territories, the State of Palestine.[1]
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 (Georgia),[3] Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan),[4] Transnistria (Moldova),[5] Somaliland (Somalia),[6] and South Ossetia (Georgia),[7] none recognized by any UN member states.
38 inhabited dependent territories:
3 external territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island).
2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Faroe Islands and Greenland).
7 overseas territories of France:[8]
1 sui generis (unique) community (New Caledonia).
6 overseas collectivities:
1 overseas country (French Polynesia)
1 departmental collectivity (Mayotte)
1 territorial collectivity (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
2 collectivities (Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin)
1 territory (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 British dependencies:
13 overseas territories of the United Kingdom (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).
3 Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man).
5 unincorporated territories of the United States:
2 commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico).
2 organized territories (Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands).
1 de facto organized 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).
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.

Answer 5

194 countries are represented in the world!!