How many countries are there in the world?

List of countries in the world: There are 195 countries in the world, including 193 United Nations member states and two non-member observer states – Vatican City and Palestine. These countries are distributed on all continents, including 54 countries in Africa, 48 countries in Asia, 44 countries in Europe, 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 14 countries in Oceania, and 2 countries in North America. In this article we will look at the list of countries and their capitals.

List of countries and their capitals

serial number

nation

capital

1

China

Beijing

2

India

New Delhi

3

USA

washington d.c.

4

Indonesia

jakarta

5

Pakistan

Islamabad

6

Brazil

brasilia

7

Nigeria

Abuja

8

Bangladesh

Dhaka

9

Russia

Moscow

10

Mexico

mexico city

11

Japan

Tokyo

12

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

13

the Philippines

Manila

14

Egypt

cairo

15

Vietnam

Hanoi

16

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa

No. 17

turkey

Ankara

18

Iran

Tehran

19

Germany

Berlin

20

Thailand

Bangkok

twenty one

U.K.

London

No. 22

France

Paris

twenty three

Italy

Rome

twenty four

Tanzania

Dodoma

25

South Africa

Pretoria

26

Myanmar

Nay Pyi Taw

27

Kenya

Nairobi

28

South Korea

Seoul

29

Colombia

bogota

30

Spain

madrid

31

Uganda

kampala

32

Argentina

buenos aires

33

Algeria

algiers

34

Sudan

Khartoum

35

Ukraine

Kyiv

36

Iraq

Baghdad

37

Afghanistan

kabul

38

Poland

Warsaw

39

Canada

ottawa

40

Morocco

Rabat

41

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

42

Uzbekistan

tashkent

43

Peru

Lima

44

Angola

Luanda

45

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

46

Mozambique

Maputo

47

Ghana

Accra

48

Yemen

sana

49

Nepal

kathmandu

50

Venezuela

caracas

51

madagascar

Antananarivo

52

Cameroon

yaounde

53

Cote d’Ivoire

yamoussoukro

54

north korea

Pyongyang

55

Australia

Canberra

56

Niger

Niamey

57

Sri Lanka

Sri Jayawardenepura Kot

58

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

59

Mali

Bamako

60

Romania

Bucharest

61

Malawi

Lilongwe

62

Chile

san diego

63

Kazakhstan

astana

64

Zambia

Lusaka

65

Guatemala

Guatemala City

66

Ecuador

Quito

67

Syria

damascus

68

Netherlands

amsterdam

69

Senegal

dakar

70

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

71

Chad

n’djamena

72

somalia

Mogadishu

73

Zimbabwe

Harare

74

Guinea

Conakry

75

Rwanda

Kigali

76

Benin

portonovo

77

Burundi

Bujumbura

78

Tunisia

Tunisia

79

Bolivia

Sucre

80

Belgium

brussels

81

Haiti

Port-au-Prince

82

cuba

Zagreb

83

South Sudan

Juba

84

Dominican Republic

santo domingo

85

Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Prague

86

Greece

athens

87

Jordan

Amman

88

Portugal

lisbon

89

Azerbaijan

Baku

90

Sweden

Stockholm

91

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

92

United Arab Emirates

abu dhabi

93

Hungary

Budapest

94

Tajikistan

dushanbe

95

belarus

minsk

96

Austria

vienna

97

papua new guinea

port moresby

98

Serbia

belgrade

99

Israel

Jerusalem

100

Switzerland

bern

101

togo

lome

102

Sierra Leone

freetown

103

Laos

Vientiane

104

Paraguay

asunción

105

Bulgaria

sophia

106

Libya

diatomite

107

lebanon

beirut

108

Nicaragua

managua

109

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

110

El Salvador

san salvador

111

Turkmenistan

Ashgabat

112

Singapore

Singapore

113

Denmark

copenhagen

114

Finland

helsinki

115

Congo

Kinshasa

116

Slovakia

bratislava

117

Norway

Oslo

118

Oman

Muscat

119

state of palestine

east jerusalem

120

costa rica

san jose

121

Liberia

Monrovia

122

Ireland

dublin

123

central african republic

bangui

124

New Zealand

wellington

125

mauritania

nouakchott

126

Panama

panama city

127

Kuwait

kuwait city

128

Croatia

Zagreb

129

moldova

chisinau

130

Georgia

Tbilisi

131

Eritrea

asmara

132

Uruguay

Montevideo

133

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

134

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

135

Armenia

Yerevan

136

jamaica

Kingston

137

Qatar

Doha

138

Albania

Tirana

139

Lithuania

Vilnius

140

Namibia

windhoek

141

Gambia

banjul

142

Botswana

Gaborone

143

Gabon

Libreville

144

Lesotho

Maseru

145

North Macedonia

Skopje

146

slovenia

Ljubljana

147

Guinea-Bissau

Bissau

148

Latvia

Riga

149

Bahrain

Manama

150

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

151

Trinidad and Tobago

port of spain

152

Estonia

Tallinn

153

East Timor

Dili

154

Mauritius

port louis

155

Cyprus

Nicosia

156

Eswatini

Mbabane

157

Djibouti

Djibouti

158

Fiji

suva

159

Comoros

Moroni

160

Guyana

george town

161

Bhutan

Thimphu

162

solomon islands

honiara

163

Montenegro

podgorica

164

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

165

Surinam

paramaribo

166

cape verde

Playa

167

micronesia

palikir

168

Maldives

male

169

malta

Valletta

170

Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan

171

Belize

belmopan

172

Bahamas

Nassau

173

Iceland

Reykjavik

174

Vanuatu

port vila

175

Barbados

bridgetown

176

sao tome and principe

sao tome

177

Samoa

Apia

178

saint lucia

Castries

179

Kiribati

Tarawa

180

Greneda

saint george

181

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingston

182

Tonga

nuku’alofa

183

Seychelles

victoria

184

Antigua and Barbuda

st johns

185

Andorra

Andorra la Vella

186

dominican

Rosseau

187

Marshall Islands

Majuro

188

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre

189

Monaco

Monaco

190

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

191

san marino

san marino

192

Palau

Melekeok

193

Tuvalu

Funafuti

194

Nauru

Yaren

195

Holy See

vatican city

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Disclaimer: The world map in this article has been updated.