How many countries are there in the world? (2024)

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How many Countries are there in the World?

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The Cook Islands and Niue, both states in free association with New Zealand which are members of several UN specialized agencies and have been recognized "full treaty-making capacity", but are neither member states nor non-member observer states.
Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
Other countries recognized by the United Nations as not being self-governing

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Of the 195 countries in the world:

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Below is the full table of countries ranked by the most populous and showing current population, share of world population, and land area:
See also: List with both countries and dependencies together | Alphabetical list of countries (includes dependencies)

#	Country	Population (2024)	World Share	Land Area (Km²)
1	India	1,450,935,791	17.78 %	2,973,190
2	China	1,419,321,278	17.39 %	9,388,211
3	United States	345,426,571	4.23 %	9,147,420
4	Indonesia	283,487,931	3.47 %	1,811,570
5	Pakistan	251,269,164	3.08 %	770,880
6	Nigeria	232,679,478	2.85 %	910,770
7	Brazil	211,998,573	2.6 %	8,358,140
8	Bangladesh	173,562,364	2.13 %	130,170
9	Russia	144,820,423	1.77 %	16,376,870
10	Ethiopia	132,059,767	1.62 %	1,000,000
11	Mexico	130,861,007	1.6 %	1,943,950
12	Japan	123,753,041	1.52 %	364,555
13	Egypt	116,538,258	1.43 %	995,450
14	Philippines	115,843,670	1.42 %	298,170
15	DR Congo	109,276,265	1.34 %	2,267,050
16	Vietnam	100,987,686	1.24 %	310,070
17	Iran	91,567,738	1.12 %	1,628,550
18	Turkey	87,473,805	1.07 %	769,630
19	Germany	84,552,242	1.04 %	348,560
20	Thailand	71,668,011	0.88 %	510,890
21	United Kingdom	69,138,192	0.85 %	241,930
22	Tanzania	68,560,157	0.84 %	885,800
23	France	66,548,530	0.82 %	547,557
24	South Africa	64,007,187	0.78 %	1,213,090
25	Italy	59,342,867	0.73 %	294,140
26	Kenya	56,432,944	0.69 %	569,140
27	Myanmar	54,500,091	0.67 %	653,290
28	Colombia	52,886,363	0.65 %	1,109,500
29	South Korea	51,717,590	0.63 %	97,230
30	Sudan	50,448,963	0.62 %	1,765,048
31	Uganda	50,015,092	0.61 %	199,810
32	Spain	47,910,526	0.59 %	498,800
33	Algeria	46,814,308	0.57 %	2,381,740
34	Iraq	46,042,015	0.56 %	434,320
35	Argentina	45,696,159	0.56 %	2,736,690
36	Afghanistan	42,647,492	0.52 %	652,860
37	Yemen	40,583,164	0.5 %	527,970
38	Canada	39,742,430	0.49 %	9,093,510
39	Poland	38,539,201	0.47 %	306,230
40	Morocco	38,081,173	0.47 %	446,300
41	Angola	37,885,849	0.46 %	1,246,700
42	Ukraine	37,860,221	0.46 %	579,320
43	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	0.45 %	425,400
44	Malaysia	35,557,673	0.44 %	328,550
45	Mozambique	34,631,766	0.42 %	786,380
46	Ghana	34,427,414	0.42 %	227,540
47	Peru	34,217,848	0.42 %	1,280,000
48	Saudi Arabia	33,962,757	0.42 %	2,149,690
49	Madagascar	31,964,956	0.39 %	581,795
50	Côte d'Ivoire	31,934,230	0.39 %	318,000
51	Nepal	29,651,054	0.36 %	143,350
52	Cameroon	29,123,744	0.36 %	472,710
53	Venezuela	28,405,543	0.35 %	882,050
54	Niger	27,032,412	0.33 %	1,266,700
55	Australia	26,713,205	0.33 %	7,682,300
56	North Korea	26,498,823	0.32 %	120,410
57	Syria	24,672,760	0.3 %	183,630
58	Mali	24,478,595	0.3 %	1,220,190
59	Burkina Faso	23,548,781	0.29 %	273,600
60	Sri Lanka	23,103,565	0.28 %	62,710
61	Malawi	21,655,286	0.27 %	94,280
62	Zambia	21,314,956	0.26 %	743,390
63	Kazakhstan	20,592,571	0.25 %	2,699,700
64	Chad	20,299,123	0.25 %	1,259,200
65	Chile	19,764,771	0.24 %	743,532
66	Romania	19,015,088	0.23 %	230,170
67	Somalia	19,009,151	0.23 %	627,340
68	Senegal	18,501,984	0.23 %	192,530
69	Guatemala	18,406,359	0.23 %	107,160
70	Netherlands	18,228,742	0.22 %	33,720
71	Ecuador	18,135,478	0.22 %	248,360
72	Cambodia	17,638,801	0.22 %	176,520
73	Zimbabwe	16,634,373	0.2 %	386,850
74	Guinea	14,754,785	0.18 %	245,720
75	Benin	14,462,724	0.18 %	112,760
76	Rwanda	14,256,567	0.17 %	24,670
77	Burundi	14,047,786	0.17 %	25,680
78	Bolivia	12,413,315	0.15 %	1,083,300
79	Tunisia	12,277,109	0.15 %	155,360
80	South Sudan	11,943,408	0.15 %	610,952
81	Haiti	11,772,557	0.14 %	27,560
82	Belgium	11,738,763	0.14 %	30,280
83	Jordan	11,552,876	0.14 %	88,780
84	Dominican Republic	11,427,557	0.14 %	48,320
85	United Arab Emirates	11,027,129	0.14 %	83,600
86	Cuba	10,979,783	0.13 %	106,440
87	Honduras	10,825,703	0.13 %	111,890
88	Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,735,859	0.13 %	77,240
89	Sweden	10,606,999	0.13 %	410,340
90	Tajikistan	10,590,927	0.13 %	139,960
91	Papua New Guinea	10,576,502	0.13 %	452,860
92	Portugal	10,425,292	0.13 %	91,590
93	Azerbaijan	10,336,577	0.13 %	82,658
94	Greece	10,047,817	0.12 %	128,900
95	Hungary	9,676,135	0.12 %	90,530
96	Togo	9,515,236	0.12 %	54,390
97	Israel	9,387,021	0.12 %	21,640
98	Austria	9,120,813	0.11 %	82,409
99	Belarus	9,056,696	0.11 %	202,910
100	Switzerland	8,921,981	0.11 %	39,516
101	Sierra Leone	8,642,022	0.11 %	72,180
102	Laos	7,769,819	0.1 %	230,800
103	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	0.09 %	469,930
104	Libya	7,381,023	0.09 %	1,759,540
105	Kyrgyzstan	7,186,009	0.09 %	191,800
106	Paraguay	6,929,153	0.08 %	397,300
107	Nicaragua	6,916,140	0.08 %	120,340
108	Bulgaria	6,757,689	0.08 %	108,560
109	Serbia	6,736,216	0.08 %	87,460
110	El Salvador	6,338,193	0.08 %	20,720
111	Congo	6,332,961	0.08 %	341,500
112	Denmark	5,977,412	0.07 %	42,430
113	Singapore	5,832,387	0.07 %	700
114	Lebanon	5,805,962	0.07 %	10,230
115	Finland	5,617,310	0.07 %	303,890
116	Liberia	5,612,817	0.07 %	96,320
117	Norway	5,576,660	0.07 %	365,268
118	Slovakia	5,506,760	0.07 %	48,088
119	State of Palestine	5,495,443	0.07 %	6,020
120	Central African Republic	5,330,690	0.07 %	622,980
121	Oman	5,281,538	0.06 %	309,500
122	Ireland	5,255,017	0.06 %	68,890
123	New Zealand	5,213,944	0.06 %	263,310
124	Mauritania	5,169,395	0.06 %	1,030,700
125	Costa Rica	5,129,910	0.06 %	51,060
126	Kuwait	4,934,507	0.06 %	17,820
127	Panama	4,515,577	0.06 %	74,340
128	Croatia	3,875,325	0.05 %	55,960
129	Georgia	3,807,670	0.05 %	69,490
130	Eritrea	3,535,603	0.04 %	101,000
131	Mongolia	3,475,540	0.04 %	1,553,560
132	Uruguay	3,386,588	0.04 %	175,020
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,164,253	0.04 %	51,000
134	Qatar	3,048,423	0.04 %	11,610
135	Moldova	3,034,961	0.04 %	32,850
136	Namibia	3,030,131	0.04 %	823,290
137	Armenia	2,973,840	0.04 %	28,470
138	Lithuania	2,859,110	0.04 %	62,674
139	Jamaica	2,839,175	0.03 %	10,830
140	Albania	2,791,765	0.03 %	27,400
141	Gambia	2,759,988	0.03 %	10,120
142	Gabon	2,538,952	0.03 %	257,670
143	Botswana	2,521,139	0.03 %	566,730
144	Lesotho	2,337,423	0.03 %	30,360
145	Guinea-Bissau	2,201,352	0.03 %	28,120
146	Slovenia	2,118,697	0.03 %	20,140
147	Equatorial Guinea	1,892,516	0.02 %	28,050
148	Latvia	1,871,871	0.02 %	62,200
149	North Macedonia	1,823,009	0.02 %	25,220
150	Bahrain	1,607,049	0.02 %	760
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,507,782	0.02 %	5,130
152	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	0.02 %	14,870
153	Estonia	1,360,546	0.02 %	42,390
154	Cyprus	1,358,282	0.02 %	9,240
155	Mauritius	1,271,169	0.02 %	2,030
156	Eswatini	1,242,822	0.02 %	17,200
157	Djibouti	1,168,722	0.01 %	23,180
158	Fiji	928,784	0.01 %	18,270
159	Comoros	866,628	0.01 %	1,861
160	Guyana	831,087	0.01 %	196,850
161	Solomon Islands	819,198	0.01 %	27,990
162	Bhutan	791,524	0.01 %	38,117
163	Luxembourg	673,036	0.01 %	2,590
164	Montenegro	638,479	0.01 %	13,450
165	Suriname	634,431	0.01 %	156,000
166	Malta	539,607	0.01 %	320
167	Maldives	527,799	0.01 %	300
168	Micronesia	526,923	0.01 %	700
169	Cabo Verde	524,877	0.01 %	4,030
170	Brunei	462,721	0.01 %	5,270
171	Belize	417,072	0.01 %	22,810
172	Bahamas	401,283	0 %	10,010
173	Iceland	393,396	0 %	100,250
174	Vanuatu	327,777	0 %	12,190
175	Barbados	282,467	0 %	430
176	Sao Tome & Principe	235,536	0 %	960
177	Samoa	218,019	0 %	2,830
178	Saint Lucia	179,744	0 %	610
179	Kiribati	134,518	0 %	810
180	Seychelles	130,418	0 %	460
181	Grenada	117,207	0 %	340
182	Tonga	104,175	0 %	720
183	St. Vincent & Grenadines	100,616	0 %	390
184	Antigua and Barbuda	93,772	0 %	440
185	Andorra	81,938	0 %	470
186	Dominica	66,205	0 %	750
187	Saint Kitts & Nevis	46,843	0 %	260
188	Liechtenstein	39,870	0 %	160
189	Monaco	38,631	0 %	1
190	Marshall Islands	37,548	0 %	180
191	San Marino	33,581	0 %	60
192	Palau	17,695	0 %	460
193	Nauru	11,947	0 %	20
194	Tuvalu	9,646	0 %	30
195	Holy See	496	0 %	0

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