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How many countries are there in the world? There may be multiple answers for this question, By 2024, According to United Nations there are 193 recognised states, or 207 territories with unrecognised status.

The Countries which are not in the UN list which may be of No Membership due to Sovereignty dispute or not complete statehood. Other 14 regions include Palestine, Vatican City, Taiwan, Kosovo, Northern Cyprus, Abkhazia, Artsakh, Cook Islands, Niue, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Greenland, These are mostly self governing which are not recognised by the United Nations. UN is formed in 1945, is a international organization established on October 24, 1945, on account of maintaining peace and security and to achieve cooperation among nations. Below is the list of UN unrecognized territories:

Unrecognized TerritoriesPopulationAreaSovereignty dispute
Taiwan23,894,39436,197 Sq Km (13,976 sq mi)Claimed by the People's Republic of China
Kosovo1,806,27910,887 Sq Km (4,203 sq mi)Claimed by Serbia
Northern Cyprus382,8363,355 Sq Km (1,295 sq mi)Claimed by the Republic of Cyprus
Cook Islands15,040236.7 Sq Km (91.4 sq mi)Free association with New Zealand
Abkhazia244,9268,665 sq km (3,346 sq mi)Claimed by Georgia
Artsakh120,0003,170 Sq Km (1,220 sq mi)Claimed by Azerbaijan
Niue1,937261.46 Sq Km (100.95 sq mi)Free association with New Zealand
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic712,000266,000 Sq Km (103,000 sq mi)Claimed by Morocco
Somaliland4,500,000177,000 Sq Km (68,000 sq mi)Claimed by Somalia
South Ossetia56,5203,900 Sq Km (1,500 sq mi)Claimed by Georgia
Transnistria360,9384,163 Sq Km (1,607 sq mi)Claimed by Moldova
Greenland56,5832,166,086 Sq Km (836,330 sq mi)Claimed by Denmark
Palestine5,483,4506,020 Sq Km (2,320 sq mi)Unrecognised
Vatican City8070.49 Sq Km (0.19 sq mi) None

This is a list of total 236 countries/other inhabited territories of the world. Population estimates are based on recent censuses, According to these figures, The top 10 most populous countries are: India, China, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia, and Mexico. The top 10 largest countries by land are Russia, Canada, China, United States of America, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan and Algeria.

RankTerritoryContinentSub RegionPopulation (2023 est)
1 IndiaAsiaSouthern Asia1,428,627,663
2 ChinaAsiaEastern Asia1,425,671,352
3 United StatesAmericasNorthern America339,996,564
4 IndonesiaAsiaSoutheastern Asia277,534,123
5 PakistanAsiaSouthern Asia240,485,658
6 NigeriaAfricaWestern Africa223,804,632
7 BrazilAmericasSouthern America216,422,446
8 BangladeshAsiaSouthern Asia172,954,319
9 RussiaEuropeEastern Europe144,444,359
10 MexicoAmericasCentral America128,455,567
11 EthiopiaAfricaEastern Africa126,527,060
12 JapanAsiaEastern Asia123,294,513
13 PhilippinesAsiaSoutheastern Asia117,337,368
14 EgyptAfricaNorthern Africa112,716,599
15 DR CongoAfricaCentral Africa102,262,809
16 VietnamAsiaSoutheastern Asia98,858,950
17 IranAsiaSouthern Asia89,172,767
18 TurkeyAsiaWestern Asia85,816,199
19 GermanyEuropeWestern Europe83,294,633
20 ThailandAsiaSoutheastern Asia71,801,279
21 United KingdomEuropeNorthern Europe67,736,802
22 TanzaniaAfricaEastern Africa67,438,106
23 FranceEuropeWestern Europe64,756,584
24 South AfricaAfricaSouthern Africa60,414,495
25 ItalyEuropeSouthern Europe58,870,763
26 KenyaAfricaEastern Africa55,100,587
27 MyanmarAsiaSoutheastern Asia54,577,997
28 ColombiaAmericasSouthern America52,085,168
29 South KoreaAsiaEastern Asia51,784,059
30 UgandaAfricaEastern Africa48,582,334
31 SudanAfricaNorthern Africa48,109,006
32 SpainEuropeSouthern Europe47,519,628
33 ArgentinaAmericasSouthern America45,773,884
34 AlgeriaAfricaNorthern Africa45,606,481
35 IraqAsiaWestern Asia45,504,560
36 AfghanistanAsiaSouthern Asia42,239,854
37 PolandEuropeEastern Europe41,026,068
38 CanadaAmericasNorthern America38,781,292
39 MoroccoAfricaNorthern Africa37,840,044
40 Saudi ArabiaAsiaWestern Asia36,947,025
41 UkraineEuropeEastern Europe36,744,634
42 AngolaAfricaCentral Africa36,684,203
43 UzbekistanAsiaCentral Asia35,163,944
44 YemenAsiaWestern Asia34,449,825
45 PeruAmericasSouthern America34,352,719
46 MalaysiaAsiaSoutheastern Asia34,308,525
47 GhanaAfricaWestern Africa34,121,985
48 MozambiqueAfricaEastern Africa33,897,354
49NepalAsiaSouthern Asia30,896,590
50 MadagascarAfricaEastern Africa30,325,732
51 Ivory CoastAfricaWestern Africa28,873,034
52VenezuelaAmericasSouthern America28,838,499
53CameroonAfricaCentral Africa28,647,293
54 NigerAfricaWestern Africa27,202,843
55 AustraliaOceaniaAustralasia26,439,112
56 North KoreaAsiaEastern Asia26,160,822
57 TaiwanAsiaEastern Asia23,923,277
58 MaliAfricaWestern Africa23,293,699
59 Burkina FasoAfricaWestern Africa23,251,485
60 SyriaAsiaWestern Asia23,227,014
61 Sri LankaAsiaSouthern Asia21,893,579
62 MalawiAfricaEastern Africa20,931,751
63 ZambiaAfricaEastern Africa20,569,738
64 RomaniaEuropeEastern Europe19,892,812
65 ChileAmericasSouthern America19,629,590
66 KazakhstanAsiaCentral Asia19,606,634
67 ChadAfricaCentral Africa18,278,568
68 EcuadorAmericasSouthern America18,190,484
69 SomaliaAfricaEastern Africa18,143,379
70 GuatemalaAmericasCentral America18,092,026
71 SenegalAfricaWestern Africa17,763,163
72 NetherlandsEuropeWestern Europe17,618,299
73 CambodiaAsiaSoutheastern Asia16,944,826
74 ZimbabweAfricaEastern Africa16,665,409
75 GuineaAfricaWestern Africa14,190,612
76 RwandaAfricaEastern Africa14,094,683
77 BeninAfricaWestern Africa13,712,828
78 BurundiAfricaEastern Africa13,238,559
79 TunisiaAfricaNorthern Africa12,458,223
80 BoliviaAmericasSouthern America12,388,571
81 HaitiAmericasCaribbean11,724,764
82 BelgiumEuropeWestern Europe11,686,140
83 JordanAsiaWestern Asia11,337,053
84 Dominican RepublicAmericasCaribbean11,332,973
85 CubaAmericasCaribbean11,194,449
86 South SudanAfricaEastern Africa11,088,796
87 SwedenEuropeNorthern Europe10,612,086
88 HondurasAmericasCentral America10,593,798
89 CzechiaEuropeEastern Europe10,495,295
90 AzerbaijanAsiaWestern Asia10,412,652
91 GreeceEuropeSouthern Europe10,341,277
92 Papua New GuineaOceaniaMelanesia10,329,931
93 PortugalEuropeSouthern Europe10,247,605
94 HungaryEuropeEastern Europe10,156,239
95 TajikistanAsiaCentral Asia10,143,543
96 United Arab EmiratesAsiaWestern Asia9,516,871
97 BelarusEuropeEastern Europe9,498,238
98 IsraelAsiaWestern Asia9,174,520
99 TogoAfricaWestern Africa9,053,799
100 AustriaEuropeWestern Europe8,958,961
101 SwitzerlandEuropeWestern Europe8,796,669
102 Sierra LeoneAfricaWestern Africa8,791,092
103 LaosAsiaSoutheastern Asia7,633,779
104 Hong Kong (China)AsiaEastern Asia7,491,609
105 SerbiaEuropeSouthern Europe7,149,077
106 NicaraguaAmericasCentral America7,046,311
107 LibyaAfricaNorthern Africa6,888,388
108 ParaguayAmericasSouthern America6,861,524
109 KyrgyzstanAsiaCentral Asia6,735,348
110 BulgariaEuropeEastern Europe6,687,717
111 TurkmenistanAsiaCentral Asia6,516,100
112 El SalvadorAmericasCentral America6,364,943
113 CongoAfricaCentral Africa6,106,869
114 SingaporeAsiaSoutheastern Asia6,014,723
115 DenmarkEuropeNorthern Europe5,910,913
116 SlovakiaEuropeEastern Europe5,795,199
117 Central African RepublicAfricaCentral Africa5,742,316
118 FinlandEuropeNorthern Europe5,545,475
119 NorwayEuropeNorthern Europe5,474,360
120 LiberiaAfricaWestern Africa5,418,377
121 PalestineAsiaWestern Asia5,371,230
122 LebanonAsiaWestern Asia5,353,930
123 New ZealandOceaniaAustralasia5,228,100
124 Costa RicaAmericasCentral America5,212,173
125 IrelandEuropeNorthern Europe5,056,935
126 MauritaniaAfricaWestern Africa4,862,989
127 OmanAsiaWestern Asia4,644,384
128 PanamaAmericasCentral America4,468,087
129 KuwaitAsiaWestern Asia4,310,108
130 CroatiaEuropeSouthern Europe4,008,617
131 EritreaAfricaEastern Africa3,748,902
132 GeorgiaAsiaWestern Asia3,728,282
133 MongoliaAsiaEastern Asia3,447,157
134 MoldovaEuropeEastern Europe3,435,931
135 UruguayAmericasSouthern America3,423,109
136 Puerto Rico (United States)AmericasCaribbean3,260,314
137 Bosnia and HerzegovinaEuropeSouthern Europe3,210,848
138 AlbaniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,832,439
139 JamaicaAmericasCaribbean2,825,544
140 ArmeniaAsiaWestern Asia2,777,971
141 GambiaAfricaWestern Africa2,773,168
142 LithuaniaEuropeNorthern Europe2,718,352
143 QatarAsiaWestern Asia2,716,391
144 BotswanaAfricaSouthern Africa2,675,353
145 NamibiaAfricaSouthern Africa2,604,172
146 GabonAfricaCentral Africa2,436,567
147 LesothoAfricaSouthern Africa2,330,318
148 Guinea-BissauAfricaWestern Africa2,150,842
149 SloveniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,119,675
150 North MacedoniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,085,679
151 LatviaEuropeNorthern Europe1,830,212
152 Equatorial GuineaAfricaCentral Africa1,714,672
153 KosovoEuropeSouthern Europe1,663,595
154 Trinidad and TobagoAmericasCaribbean1,534,937
155 BahrainAsiaWestern Asia1,485,510
156 East TimorAsiaSoutheastern Asia1,360,596
157 EstoniaEuropeNorthern Europe1,322,766
158 MauritiusAfricaEastern Africa1,300,557
159 CyprusAsiaWestern Asia1,260,138
160 EswatiniAfricaSouthern Africa1,210,822
161 DjiboutiAfricaEastern Africa1,136,455
162 Réunion (France)AfricaEastern Africa981,796
163 FijiOceaniaMelanesia936,376
164 ComorosAfricaEastern Africa852,075
165 GuyanaAmericasSouthern America813,834
166 BhutanAsiaSouthern Asia787,425
167 Solomon IslandsOceaniaMelanesia740,425
168 Macao (China)AsiaEastern Asia704,150
169 LuxembourgEuropeWestern Europe654,768
170 MontenegroEuropeSouthern Europe626,485
171 SurinameAmericasSouthern America623,237
172 Cape VerdeAfricaWestern Africa598,682
173 Western SaharaAfricaNorthern Africa587,259
174 MaltaEuropeSouthern Europe535,065
175 MaldivesAsiaSouthern Asia523,787
176 BruneiAsiaSoutheastern Asia452,524
177 BahamasAmericasCaribbean412,624
178 BelizeAmericasCentral America410,825
179 Guadeloupe (France)AmericasCaribbean395,839
180 IcelandEuropeNorthern Europe375,319
181 Martinique (France)AmericasCaribbean366,981
182 Mayotte (France)AfricaEastern Africa335,995
183 VanuatuOceaniaMelanesia334,506
184 French Guiana (France)AmericasSouthern America312,155
185 French Polynesia (France)OceaniaPolynesia308,872
186 New Caledonia (France)OceaniaMelanesia292,991
187 BarbadosAmericasCaribbean281,996
188 São Tomé and PríncipeAfricaCentral Africa231,856
189 SamoaOceaniaPolynesia225,681
190 Curaçao (Netherlands)AmericasCaribbean192,077
191 Saint LuciaAmericasCaribbean180,251
192 Guam (United States)OceaniaMicronesia172,952
193 KiribatiOceaniaMicronesia133,515
194 GrenadaAmericasCaribbean126,184
195 MicronesiaOceaniaMicronesia115,224
196 Jersey (United Kingdom)EuropeNorthern Europe111,803
197 TongaOceaniaPolynesia107,773
198 SeychellesAfricaEastern Africa107,660
199 Aruba (Netherlands)AmericasCaribbean106,277
200 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericasCaribbean103,699
201 U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)AmericasCaribbean98,750
202 Antigua and BarbudaAmericasCaribbean94,298
203 Isle of Man (United Kingdom)EuropeNorthern Europe84,710
204 AndorraEuropeSouthern Europe80,088
205 DominicaAmericasCaribbean73,040
206 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean69,310
207 Bermuda (United Kingdom)AmericasNorthern America64,069
208 Guernsey (United Kingdom)EuropeNorthern Europe63,544
209 Greenland (Denmark)AmericasNorthern America56,643
210 Faroe Islands (Denmark)EuropeNorthern Europe53,270
211 Northern Mariana Islands (United States)OceaniaMicronesia49,796
212 Saint Kitts and NevisAmericasCaribbean47,755
213 Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean46,062
214 Sint Maarten (Netherlands)AmericasCaribbean44,222
215 American Samoa (United States)OceaniaPolynesia43,915
216 Marshall IslandsOceaniaMicronesia41,996
217 LiechtensteinEuropeWestern Europe39,585
218 MonacoEuropeWestern Europe36,298
219 San MarinoEuropeSouthern Europe33,642
220 Gibraltar (United Kingdom)EuropeSouthern Europe32,688
221 Saint Martin (France)AmericasCaribbean32,077
222 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean31,538
223 Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)AmericasCaribbean27,148
224 PalauOceaniaMicronesia18,058
225 Cook IslandsOceaniaPolynesia17,044
226 Anguilla (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean15,900
227 NauruOceaniaMicronesia12,780
228 Wallis and Futuna (France)OceaniaPolynesia11,502
229 TuvaluOceaniaPolynesia11,396
230 Saint Barthélemy (France)AmericasCaribbean10,994
231 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)AmericasNorthern America5,840
232 Saint Helena (United Kingdom)AfricaWestern Africa5,314
233 Montserrat (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean4,387
234 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)AmericasSouthern America3,791
235 NiueOceaniaPolynesia1,935
236 Tokelau (New Zealand)OceaniaPolynesia1,893

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