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The terms country, state, and nation can have various meanings. Therefore, diverse lists of these entities are possible. Wikipedia offers the following lists:
  • the list of countries, listing countries in the sense of independent states (both those that are internationally recognized and generally unrecognized), inhabited dependent territories, and areas of special sovereignty.
  • the list of sovereign states, listing sovereign states with information on the extent of their sovereignty. It includes both states widely recognized (de jure) to be sovereign and entities that claim sovereignty while exercising de facto control over (part of) their claimed territory.
Related lists are the lists of federations, unrecognized countries, autonomous areas, dependent territories, and territorial disputes. In some contexts country and state is also used for some subnational entities.E.g. the constituent countries of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales). More lists of countries can be found at the lists of countries.

This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. It includes territories that are independent states (both those that are internationally recognized and generally unrecognized), inhabited dependent territories, and areas of special sovereignty.

Such inclusion criteria means the list does not treat the word "country" as synonymous with "sovereign state," as one may often find in colloquial usage. Note, that in certain circumstances and in certain languages the term country is understood in the most restrictive sense, thus including only the 193 entities mentioned under the first item below.

The list covers all areas under the jurisdiction of the listed countries, namely territory, territorial waters (including internal waters and contiguous zones), exclusive economic zone, continental shelf, and airspace.

The names of countries in the list are given in English and include both an English version of the short official or normative names (e.g. Afghanistan) and an English version of the (longer) official names (e.g. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). The listing of any name in this article is not meant to imply an official position in any naming dispute.

Contents: Included entities - Entities not included

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
See also - References - Footnotes - External links

Types of political entities included

On this list are 245 entities of the following types:

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.

Key of country names

  • Afghanistan (bold) - States with general international recognition
  • Abkhazia (bold and italic) - States lacking general international recognition
  • Akrotiri and Dhekelia (unbold) - Other non-state countries

List of countries

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

  •  Iceland – Republic of Iceland
  •  India – Republic of India
  •  Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia
  •  Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran
  •  Iraq – Republic of Iraq
  •  Ireland - Republic of IrelandIreland is often referred to as the Republic of Ireland as the official "description" of the state in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole.
  •  Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)
  •  Israel – State of Israel
  •  Italy – Italian Republic
  • For "Ivory Coast", see Côte d\'Ivoire

J

K

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

N

O

  •  Oman – Sultanate of Oman

P

Q

  •  Qatar – State of Qatar

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

  •  Yemen – Republic of Yemen

Z

See also

Main articles: Lists of countries and Lists by country

Countries by geographic locale

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Countries of Africa

West Africa

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North Africa

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Central Africa

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