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Facts from Around the World

There are 195 countries in the world today.

This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

Not included in this total count of 195 countries are:

Taiwan – the United Nations considers it represented by the People’s

Republic of China

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

Where are they located?
Of the 195 countries in the world:

54 countries are in Africa
48 in Asia
44 in Europe
33 in Latin America and the Caribbean
14 in Oceania
2 in Northern America

List of countries

Below is the full table of countries ranked by the most populous and showing current population, share of world population, and land area:

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