List of countries

==General discussions== For the inclusion of sovereign states, see talk:list of sovereign states and for the inclusion of dependent territories the talk:list of dependent territories. We do not need a double discussion. So if a country is deleted from on of the other lists, this list follows. This list includes the native names. I plan to delete these, since these are included in the list of sovereign states. Before I do that, I wait three days (1st of may I will start), to hear arguments. User:Wilfried Derksen 22:16, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) : Deletion completed. User:Wilfried Derksen 17:56, 1 May 2005 (UTC) There are some mistakes on the list on which countries are considered federal. At first glance, Germany, the USA and Russia don't appear as federal states, while Spain does. I've always thought of Germany, the USA and Russia as the most obvious examples of federal states, and although Spain's Autonomous_communities_of_Spain is virtually federal, it isn't officially so. I'm sure there must be other mistakes if even the USA isn't marked as federal, so it might come in handy if someone with a better knowledge of geography than me went through the list and made sure the rest are OK. However, this has brought up another question. Should we mark federal states as such? Is there a real reason for it? Because me might just as well mark democratic countries as democracies, and dictatorships as such. For the time being, I'm going to fix Spain, Germany, the USA and Russia.--User:Daniel Medina 19:31, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC) ==Discussion about entities== === French overseas departments === Generally good list but I don't support the inclusion of the french DOMs. They are equal in status to the Metropolitan departments and as much a part of France as Hawaii is of the USA or Tasmania of Australia, and neither of those are on this list. - User:Randwicked 09:11, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC). I excluded the French departments from the future list above User:Wilfried Derksen 11:39, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC) ===Netherlands=== Technically the Netherlands is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands ≠ the Kingdom of the Netherlands. — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 19:24, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC) :see changes. User:Wilfried Derksen 06:56, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::Thank you. — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 12:18, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC) === Taiwan/Republic of China === And by the way "Taiwan" is a conventional rather than official short form. — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 15:58, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC) Jiang deleted the sentence de facto sovereign state at Taiwan. Could he please argue why Taiwan should not considered to be a de facto sovereign state. User:Wilfried Derksen 11:12, 2 May 2005 (UTC) :De facto sovereign states receive no recognition. the ROC receives recognition from 25 states. Where do we draw the line? Since the original prompt set the number of de facto states at 6, i stated "2 or fewer" to include Northern Cyprus since it is a puppet state.--User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 11:15, 2 May 2005 (UTC) ===Tokelau=== The list does not contain Tokelau. It was there in the older version. -- User:ChongDae :OK ===Virgin Islands=== The list should be linked to U.S. Virgin Islands instead of Virgin Islands. — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 19:24, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC) :see changes. User:Wilfried Derksen 06:56, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::Thank you. — User:InstantnoodUser_talk:Instantnood 12:18, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

List of countries

This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both ''de jure'' and ''de facto'' independent states as well as (inhabited) dependent territories. For a list of sovereign states only, see the ''list of sovereign states''. The names are given in English and include both the short official names (e.g. Afghanistan) and the (longer) official name (e.g. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). The listing of any name in this article is not meant to imply an official position in any naming dispute. __NOTOC__ ==Entities included in this article== There are 243 entities on this list, considered to be countries. It corresponds to: * 193 de jure sovereign states, listed in the list of sovereign states, including: ** 191 United Nations member states ** Republic of China (Taiwan) ** Vatican City * 6 ''List of unrecognized countries'' independent states (Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Transnistria) (recognized by fewer than two other states). * 2 entities recognized by many countries but not ''de-facto'' independent, State of Palestine and Western Sahara. * 38 inhabited list of dependent territories: **3 overseas territories of Australia **3 Crown dependency dependencies **2 overseas countries in the kingdom of Denmark **5 France overseas countries, territories or collectivities **2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands **2 states in free association with New Zealand and 1 New Zealand overseas territory **1 overseas territory of Norway **14 overseas territories of the United Kingdom **5 overseas territories and commonwealths of the United States * 3 special regions by international treaty or agreement (�land, Hong Kong, and Macau). * 1 UN protecorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo). ==Entities not included in this article== * International organization and Confederation (e.g. European Union) which are associations of countries. *Entities part of other countries: ** State_%28subnational%29 of Federation (e.g. states of Australian_States_and_Territories , States_of_Germany and U.S._state ). ** List_of_autonomous_entities legally part of sovereign states (e.g. Catalonia (Spain), Scotland and Wales (United Kingdom)). ** Special_Economic_Zone (SEZs) in sovereign states with economic laws different from the rest of the states, such as Special_Economic_Zones_In_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China in People%27s_Republic_of_China and Sinuiju_Special_Administrative_Region (North Korea). ** Enclave / Exclave that belong to one country but are not connected to it by land (islands are not counted) and are surrounded by other countries. ** Other List_of_subnational_entities of countries, including overseas regions integrated in the country, like French_overseas_departments_and_territories , Azores (Portugal) and Canary Islands (Spain) as well as the Plaza_de_soberan%EDa (places of sovereignty) of Spain (alongside Ceuta and Melilla) at the northern coast of Africa. * List_of_dependent_territories without indigenous inhabitation. * Territorial claims of sovereign states in Antarctica which are held in abeyance under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty System . * The United_Nations_headquarters at New York which is an international zone governed by its own. * Guantanamo Bay, a Cuban territory under the permanent control (with no claim of sovereignty) of the United States which pays rent under terms of treaties with Cuba. * Mount Athos, a monastic republic in Greece politically self-governed by the international Holy Community of the Eastern Orthodox Church resided there and spiritually under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch . * Demilitarized zone, like the neutral ground between Gibraltar and Spain. * Sovereign/Independent entities under international law without territorial possessions, namely Holy See (separate entity in international law vis-�-vis Vatican City), Order of Malta, and ICRC. * Places where extraterritoriality is applied, such as embassies, consulates, and military bases of foreign countries. * Places under the control of List_of_countries_where_UN_peacekeepers_are_currently_deployed , such as Special_member_state_territories_and_their_relations_with_the_EU#Buffer_zone (except Kosovo currently administered by the United_Nations_Mission_in_Kosovo ). * Places under the control of List_of_active_autonomist_and_secessionist_movements or List_of_guerrilla_movements movements. * Various Disputed_territory or Occupied_territories territories which fall into neither of the above categories, such as Jubaland, Puntland (Somalia), Cabinda (Angola), Kurdistan (Iraq), and Kurdistan (Turkey), listed in the List_of_disputed_or_occupied_areas . * Government_in_exile without territorial jurisdiction, with the exception of those recognized by a substantial number of sovereign states * Entities considered to be micronations (including the most controversial case of Sealand) that are not recognized internationally. ==List of countries== === A === *''Abkhazia'' - Republic of Abkhazia (''de facto independent state inside #G'') *Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan *Akrotiri - Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area (''overseas territory of the #U'') *�land - County of �land (''autonomous province of #F, recognized by international treaty'') *Albania - Republic of Albania *Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria *American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Andorra - Principality of Andorra *Angola - Republic of Angola *Anguilla (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Antigua and Barbuda *Argentina - Argentine Nation ''or'' Argentine Republic *Armenia - Republic of Armenia *Aruba (''overseas country in the #N'') *Ascension Island (''dependency of #S, an overseas territory of the #U''). *Australia - Commonwealth of Australia *Austria - Republic of Austria *Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan (''see also #N'') === B === *The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas *Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain *Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh *Barbados *Belarus - Republic of Belarus *Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium *Belize *Benin - Republic of Benin *Bermuda (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan *Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia *Bosnia and Herzegovina *Botswana - Republic of Botswana *Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil *British Virgin Islands (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam *Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria *Burkina Faso *''Burma see #M'' *Burundi - Republic of Burundi === C=== *Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia *Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon *Canada (''federal state'') *Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde *Cayman Islands (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Central African Republic - Central African Republic *Chad - Republic of Chad *Chile - Republic of Chile *'''People's Republic of China''' - People's Republic of China *''China (ROC) see #T'' *Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Islands (''overseas territory of #A'') *Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (''overseas territory of #A'') *Colombia - Republic of Colombia *Comoros - Union of the Comoros *Democratic Republic of the Congo-''Kinshasa'' - Democratic Republic of Congo *Republic of the Congo-''Brazzaville'' - Republic of Congo *Cook Islands (''overseas self-governing state associated with #N'') *Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica *'''C�te d'Ivoire''' - Republic of C�te d'Ivoire *Croatia - Republic of Croatia *Cuba - Republic of Cuba *Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus (''see also ''#N'') *Czech Republic - Czech Republic === D === *Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark *Dhekelia - Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti *Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica *Dominican Republic === E === *East Timor - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste *Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador *Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt *El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador *Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea *Eritrea - State of Eritrea *Estonia - Republic of Estonia *Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia === F === *Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) (''overseas territory of the #U, also claimed by, and a former possession of #A (Islas Malvinas)'') *Faroe Islands (''self-governing overseas administrative division of #D'') *Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands *Finland - Republic of Finland *France - French Republic *French Polynesia (''#F overseas country'') === G === *Gabon - Gabonese Republic *The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia *Georgia (country) (''see also #A and #S'') *Germany - Federal Republic of Germany (''federal state'') *Ghana - Republic of Ghana *Gibraltar (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Greece - Hellenic Republic *Greenland (''self-governing overseas administrative division of #D'') *Grenada * ''Guam - Territory of Guam (''overseas territtory of the #U'') *Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala *Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (''#U dependency'') *Guinea - Republic of Guinea *Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau *Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana === H === *Haiti - Republic of Haiti *Honduras - Republic of Honduras *Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (''special administrative region of the #C'') *Hungary - Republic of Hungary === I === *Iceland - Republic of Iceland *India - Republic of India *Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia *Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran *Iraq - Republic of Iraq *Republic of Ireland - Ireland (''Republic of Ireland Act'': Republic of Ireland) *Israel - State of Israel *Italy - Italian Republic *''Ivory Coast, see #C'' === J === *Jamaica *Japan - Japan *Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (''#U dependency'') *Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan === K === *Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan *Kenya - Republic of Kenya *Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati *North Korea ''(North)'' - Democratic People's Republic of Korea *South Korea ''(South)'' - Republic of Korea *Kosovo (''autonomous province of #S under UN protectorate'') *Kuwait - State of Kuwait *Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic === L === *Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic *Latvia - Republic of Latvia *Lebanon - Republic of Lebanon *Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho *Liberia - Republic of Liberia *Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya *Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein *Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania *Luxembourg - Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg === M === *Macau - Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (''special administrative region of the #C'') *Republic of Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia (''Diplomatically also known as Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia'') *Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar *Malawi - Republic of Malawi *Malaysia - Federation of Malaysia (''federal state'') *Maldives - Republic of Maldives *Mali - Republic of Mali *Malta - Republic of Malta *Isle of Man - Isle of Man (''#U dependency'') *Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands *Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania *Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius *Mayotte (''#F overseas departmental collectivity'') *Mexico - United Mexican States (''federal state'') *Federated States of Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (''federal state'') *Moldova - Republic of Moldova (''see also #T'') *Monaco - Principality of Monaco *Mongolia *Montserrat (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco (''#W is occupied by and integrated in Morocco, see politics of Western Sahara'') *Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique *Myanmar - Union of Myanmar (''also known as ''Burma) === N=== *''Nagorno-Karabakh'' - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (''de facto independent state inside #A'') *Namibia - Republic of Namibia *Nauru - Republic of Nauru *Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal *Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands (''legally the Netherlands are the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, that also includes #A and the #N1'') *Netherlands Antilles (''overseas country in the #N'') *New Caledonia (''#F overseas collectivity'') *New Zealand *Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua *Niger - Republic of Niger *Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria *Niue (''overseas self-governing state associated with #N'') *Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (''overseas territory of #A'') *''Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus'' - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (''de facto independent state inside #C'', recognized only by #T'') *Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (''commonwealth associated with the #U'') *''North Korea, see #K'' *Norway - Kingdom of Norway ===O=== *Oman - Sultanate of Oman === P === *Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan *Palau - Republic of Palau *''State of Palestine'' - State of Palestine ^#fn_1 *Panama - Republic of Panama *Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea *Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay *Peru - Republic of Peru *Philippines - Republic of the Philippines *Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Poland - Republic of Poland *Portugal - Portuguese Republic *Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (''commonwealth associated with the #U'') === Q === *Qatar - State of Qatar ===R=== *Romania *Russia - Russian Federation (''federal state'') *Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda === S === *''Sahara, see #W'' *Saint Helena (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (''federal state'') *Saint Lucia *Saint Pierre and Miquelon (''#F overseas territorial collectivity'') *Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *Samoa - Independent State of Samoa *San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino *S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe - Democratic Republic of S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe *Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *Senegal - Republic of Senegal *Serbia and Montenegro - State Community of Serbia and Montenegro (''federal state, the province of #K is under UNMIK since 1999'') *Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles *Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone *Singapore - Republic of Singapore *Slovakia - Slovak Republic *Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia *Solomon Islands *Somalia (''see also #S'') *''Somaliland'' - Republic of Somaliland (''de facto independent state inside #S'') *South Africa - Republic of South Africa *''South Korea, see #K *''South Ossetia'' - Republic of South Ossetia (''de facto independent state inside #G'') *Spain - Kingdom of Spain *Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka *Sudan - Republic of the Sudan *Suriname - Republic of Suriname *Svalbard (''overseas territory of #N'') *Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland *Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden *Switzerland - Swiss Confederation (''federal state'') *Syria - Syrian Arab Republic === T === *Republic of China - Republic of China (''political status of Taiwan, Taiwan is claimed by the #C'') *Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan *Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania (''federal state'') *Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand *Togo - Togolese Republic *Tokelau (''overseas territory of #N'') *Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga *''Transnistria'' or Trans-Dniestr - Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (''de facto independent state inside #M'') *Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago *Tristan da Cunha (''dependency of #S, a overseas territory of the #U'') *Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia *Turkey - Republic of Turkey *Turkmenistan *Turks and Caicos Islands (''overseas territory of the #U'') *Tuvalu === U === *Uganda - Republic of Uganda *Ukraine *United Arab Emirates *United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland *United States - United States of America (''federal state'') *''United States Virgin Islands'', see #V'' *Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay *Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan === V === *Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu *Vatican City - State of the Vatican City - State of the Vatican City (''administered by the Holy See'') *Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela *Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam *U.S. Virgin Islands - Virgin Islands of the United States (''overseas territory of the #U'') *''Virgin Islands (British), see #B'' === W === *Wallis and Futuna - Collectivity of Wallis and Futuna (''#F overseas territorial collectivity'') *''Western Sahara'' - Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (''area occupied by and integrated in #M, see Politics of Western Sahara'') === Y === *Yemen - Republic of Yemen ===Z=== *Zambia - Republic of Zambia *Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe ==Note== #fn_1_back Palestine: "State of Palestine" was declared in 1988 and currently recognized by 93 countries. 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