Countries of the world

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 12 August 2011

nation cont. population, 2011 area, km² date independent date UN member

Afghanistan AS 29,835,392 652,230 1919 1946

Albania EU 2,994,667 28,748 1912 1955

Algeria AF 34,994,937 2,381,741 1962 1962

Andorra EU 84,825 468 1278 1993

Angola AF 13,338,541 1,246,700 1975 1976

Antigua and Barbuda NA 87,884 443 1981 1981

Argentina SA 41,769,726 2,777,815 1816 1945

Armenia AS 2,967,975 29,743 1991 1992

Australia AU 21,766,711 7,741,220 1901 1945

Austria EU 8,217,280 83,871 1804 1955

Azerbaijan AS 8,372,373 86,600 1991 1992

Bahamas NA 313,312 13,864 1973 1973

Bahrain AS 1,214,705 760 1971 1971

Bangladesh AS 158,570,535 143,998 1971 1974

Barbados NA 286,705 430 1966 1966

Belarus EU 9,577,552 207,600 1991 1945

Belgium EU 10,431,477 30,528 1830 1945

Belize NA 321,115 22,966 1981 1981

Benin AF 9,325,032 112,622 1960 1960

Bhutan AS 708,427 38,394 1949 1971

Bolivia SA 10,118,683 1,098,581 1825 1945

Bosnia and Herzegovina EU 4,622,163 51,197 1992 1992

Botswana AF 2,065,398 581,730 1966 1966

Brazil SA 203,429,773 8,514,877 1822 1945

Brunei AS 401,890 5,765 1984 1984

Bulgaria EU 7,093,635 110,911.50 1908 1955

Burkina Faso AF 16,751,455 274,122 1960 1960

Burma AS 53,999,804 676,578 1948 1948

Burundi AF 10,216,190 27,834 1962 1962

Cambodia AS 14,701,717 181,035 1953 1955

Cameroon AF 19,711,291 475,440 1960 1960

Canada NA 34,030,589 9,984,670 1867 1945

Cape Verde AF 516,100 4,033 1975 1975

Central African Republic AF 4,950,027 622,984 1960 1960

Chad AF 10,758,945 1,283,992 1960 1960

Chile SA 16,888,760 756,102 1810 1945

China, PR AS 1,336,718,015 9,596,961 1949 1971

China, Republic of AS 23,071,779 35,989

Colombia SA 44,725,543 1,138,914 1810 1945

Comoros AF 794,683 2,235 1975 1975

Congo, DR AF 71,712,867 2,344,858 1960 1960

Congo, Republic of AF 4,243,929 342,000 1960 1960

Costa Rica NA 4,576,562 50,898 1821 1945

Croatia EU 4,483,804 56,594 1991 1992

Cuba NA 11,087,330 110,860 1902 1945

Cyprus AS 826,748 5,896 1960 1960

Czech Republic EU 10,190,213 78,867 1918 1993

Denmark EU 5,529,888 43,094 1945

Djibouti AF 757,074 23,200 1977 1977

Dominica NA 72,969 728 1978 1978

Dominican Republic NA 9,956,648 48,442 1844 1945

Ecuador SA 15,007,343 283,561 1822 1945

Egypt AF 82,079,636 1,000,258 1922 1945

El Salvador NA 6,071,774 21,041 1821 1945

Equatorial Guinea AF 668,225 28,051 1968 1968

Eritrea AF 5,939,484 121,320 1993 1993

Estonia EU 1,282,963 45,228 1991 1991

Ethiopia AF 90,873,739 1,104,300 1945

Fiji OC 883,125 18,274 1970 1970

Finland EU 5,259,250 338,145 1917 1955

France EU 63,208,478 554,625 1945

Gabon AF 1,576,665 267,667 1960 1960

Gambia AF 1,797,860 11,295 1965 1965

Georgia AS 4,354,874 57,400 1991 1992

Germany EU 81,471,834 357,022 1815 1973

Ghana AF 24,791,073 238,533 1957 1957

Greece EU 10,760,136 131,957 1945

Grenada NA 108,419 344 1974 1974

Guatemala NA 13,824,463 108,889 1821 1945

Guinea AF 10,601,009 245,857 1958 1958

Guinea-Bissau AF 1,596,677 36,125 1974 1974

Guyana SA 744,768 214,969 1966 1966

Haiti NA 9,719,932 27,750 1804 1945

Honduras NA 8,143,564 112,088 1821 1945

Hungary EU 9,976,062 93,028 1955

Iceland EU 311,058 102,828 1944 1946

India AS 1,189,172,906 3,287,263 1947 1945

Indonesia AS 245,613,043 1,904,569 1945 1950

Iran AS 77,891,220 1,648,195 1921 1945

Iraq AS 30,399,572 438,317 1932 1945

Ireland EU 4,670,976 70,273 1921 1955

Israel AS 7,473,052 20,770 1948 1949

Italy EU 61,016,804 301,245 1955

Ivory Coast AF 21,504,162 322,463 1960 1960

Jamaica NA 2,868,380 10,991 1962 1962

Japan AS 126,475,664 381,946 1956

Jordan AS 6,508,271 89,342 1946 1955

Kazakhstan AS 15,522,373 2,724,900 1991 1992

Kenya AF 41,070,934 580,367 1963 1963

Kiribati OC 100,743 811 1979 1999

Korea, DPR AS 24,457,492 120,538 1948 1991

Korea, Republic of AS 48,754,657 99,720 1945 1991

Kosovo EU 1,825,632 10,887 2008

Kuwait AS 2,595,628 17,818 1961 1963

Kyrgyzstan AS 5,587,443 199,951 1991 1992

Laos AS 6,477,211 236,797 1949 1955

Latvia EU 2,204,708 64,589 1991 1991

Lebanon AS 4,143,101 10,230 1943 1945

Lesotho AF 1,924,886 30,355 1966 1966

Liberia AF 3,786,764 111,369 1847 1945

Libya AF 6,597,960 1,759,540 1951 1955

Liechtenstein EU 35,236 160 1719 1990

Lithuania EU 3,535,547 65,300 1991 1991

Luxembourg EU 503,302 2,586 1839 1945

Macedonia EU 2,077,328 25,713 1991 1993

Madagascar AF 21,926,221 587,041 1960 1960

Malawi AF 15,879,252 118,484 1964 1964

Malaysia AS 28,728,607 329,847 1957 1957

Maldives AS 394,999 298 1965 1965

Mali AF 14,159,904 1,240,192 1960 1960

Malta EU 408,333 316 1964 1964

Marshall Islands OC 67,182 180.88 1991 1991

Mauritania AF 3,281,634 1,030,700 1960 1961

Mauritius AF 1,303,717 2,040 1968 1968

Mexico NA 113,724,226 1,964,375 1810 1945

Micronesia OC 106,836 701.34 1990 1991

Moldova EU 3,796,377 29,688 1991 1992

Monaco EU 30,539 1.9 1861 1993

Mongolia AS 3,133,318 1,564,116 1921 1961

Montenegro EU 661,807 13,812 2006 2006

Morocco AF 31,968,361 446,550 1956 1956

Mozambique AF 22,948,858 799,380 1975 1975

Namibia AF 2,147,585 824,292 1990 1990

Nauru OC 9,322 21.3 1968 1999

Nepal AS 29,391,883 147,181 1769 1955

Netherlands EU 16,828,302 41,160.60 1579 1945

New Zealand OC 4,290,347 268,704 1907 1945

Nicaragua SA 5,666,301 130,370 1821 1945

Niger AF 16,468,886 1,267,000 1960 1960

Nigeria AF 155,215,573 923,768 1960 1960

Norway EU 4,691,849 385,943.06 1905 1945

Oman AS 3,027,959 309,500 1744 1971

Pakistan AS 187,342,721 796,095 1947 1947

Palau OC 20,956 493.81 1994 1994

Panama NA 3,460,462 75,420 1903 1945

Papua New Guinea OC 6,187,591 462,840 1975 1975

Paraguay SA 6,459,058 406,752 1811 1945

Peru SA 29,248,943 1,285,216 1821 1945

Philippines AS 101,833,938 299,670 1946 1945

Poland EU 38,441,588 312,685 1945

Portugal EU 10,760,305 92,090 1910 1955

Qatar AS 848,016 11,586 1971 1971

Romania EU 21,904,551 238,391 1881 1955

Russia AS 138,739,892 17,098,242 1945

Rwanda AF 11,370,425 26,338 1962 1962

Saint Kitts and Nevis NA 50,314 261 1983 1983

Saint Lucia NA 161,557 616 1979 1979

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA 103,869 389 1979 1980

Samoa OC 193,161 2,831 1962 1976

San Marino EU 31,817 61.19 301 1992

Sao Tome and Principe AF 179,506 964 1975 1975

Saudi Arabia AS 26,131,703 2,149,677 1927 1945

Senegal AF 12,643,799 176,722 1960 1960

Serbia EU 7,310,555 77,474 1878 2000

Seychelles AF 89,188 455 1976 1976

Sierra Leone AF 5,363,669 71,740 1961 1961

Singapore AS 4,740,737 697 1965 1965

Slovakia EU 5,477,038 49,035 1993 1993

Slovenia EU 2,000,092 20,273 1991 1992

Solomon Islands OC 571,890 28,896 1978 1978

Somalia AF 9,925,640 637,657 1960 1960

South Africa AF 49,004,031 1,219,090 1910 1945

South Sudan AF 9,503,749 619,745 2011 2011

Spain EU 46,754,784 505,370 1492 1955

Sri Lanka AS 21,283,913 65,610 1948 1955

Sudan AF 35,543,753 1,886,068 1956 1956

Suriname SA 491,989 163,820 1975 1975

Swaziland AF 1,370,424 17,364 1968 1968

Sweden EU 9,088,728 450,295 1523 1946

Switzerland EU 7,639,961 41,277 1291 2002

Syria AS 22,517,750 185,180 1946 1945

Tajikistan AS 7,627,200 143,100 1991 1992

Tanzania AF 42,746,620 945,050 1961 1961

Thailand AS 66,720,153 514,113 1350 1946

Timor-Leste AS 1,177,834 14,874 2002 2002

Togo AF 6,771,993 56,785 1960 1960

Tonga OC 105,916 747 1970 1999

Trinidad and Tobago NA 1,227,505 5,128 1962 1962

Tunisia AF 10,629,186 163,610 1956 1956

Turkey AS 78,785,548 783,562 1923 1945

Turkmenistan AS 4,997,503 488,100 1991 1992

Tuvalu OC 10,544 26 1978 2000

Uganda AF 34,612,250 241,038 1962 1962

Ukraine EU 45,134,707 603,550 1991 1945

United Arab Emirates AS 5,148,664 86,449 1971 1971

United Kingdom EU 62,698,362 243,610 1945

United States NA 313,232,044 9,384,615 1776 1945

Uruguay SA 3,308,535 176,215 1828 1945

Uzbekistan AS 28,128,600 447,400 1991 1992

Vanuatu OC 224,564 12,189 1980 1981

Vatican City EU 832 0.4399 1929

Venezuela SA 27,635,743 912,050 1881 1945

Vietnam AS 90,549,390 331,210 1945 1977

Yemen AS 24,133,492 527,968 1918 1947

Zambia AF 13,881,336 752,618 1964 1964

Zimbabwe AF 12,084,304 390,757 1980 1980

nation	cont.	population, 2011	area, km²	date independent	date UN member
Afghanistan	AS	29,835,392	652,230	1919	1946
Albania	EU	2,994,667	28,748	1912	1955
Algeria	AF	34,994,937	2,381,741	1962	1962
Andorra	EU	84,825	468	1278	1993
Angola	AF	13,338,541	1,246,700	1975	1976
Antigua and Barbuda	NA	87,884	443	1981	1981
Argentina	SA	41,769,726	2,777,815	1816	1945
Armenia	AS	2,967,975	29,743	1991	1992
Australia	AU	21,766,711	7,741,220	1901	1945
Austria	EU	8,217,280	83,871	1804	1955
Azerbaijan	AS	8,372,373	86,600	1991	1992
Bahamas	NA	313,312	13,864	1973	1973
Bahrain	AS	1,214,705	760	1971	1971
Bangladesh	AS	158,570,535	143,998	1971	1974
Barbados	NA	286,705	430	1966	1966
Belarus	EU	9,577,552	207,600	1991	1945
Belgium	EU	10,431,477	30,528	1830	1945
Belize	NA	321,115	22,966	1981	1981
Benin	AF	9,325,032	112,622	1960	1960
Bhutan	AS	708,427	38,394	1949	1971
Bolivia	SA	10,118,683	1,098,581	1825	1945
Bosnia and Herzegovina	EU	4,622,163	51,197	1992	1992
Botswana	AF	2,065,398	581,730	1966	1966
Brazil	SA	203,429,773	8,514,877	1822	1945
Brunei	AS	401,890	5,765	1984	1984
Bulgaria	EU	7,093,635	110,911.50	1908	1955
Burkina Faso	AF	16,751,455	274,122	1960	1960
Burma	AS	53,999,804	676,578	1948	1948
Burundi	AF	10,216,190	27,834	1962	1962
Cambodia	AS	14,701,717	181,035	1953	1955
Cameroon	AF	19,711,291	475,440	1960	1960
Canada	NA	34,030,589	9,984,670	1867	1945
Cape Verde	AF	516,100	4,033	1975	1975
Central African Republic	AF	4,950,027	622,984	1960	1960
Chad	AF	10,758,945	1,283,992	1960	1960
Chile	SA	16,888,760	756,102	1810	1945
China, PR	AS	1,336,718,015	9,596,961	1949	1971
China, Republic of	AS	23,071,779	35,989
Colombia	SA	44,725,543	1,138,914	1810	1945
Comoros	AF	794,683	2,235	1975	1975
Congo, DR	AF	71,712,867	2,344,858	1960	1960
Congo, Republic of	AF	4,243,929	342,000	1960	1960
Costa Rica	NA	4,576,562	50,898	1821	1945
Croatia	EU	4,483,804	56,594	1991	1992
Cuba	NA	11,087,330	110,860	1902	1945
Cyprus	AS	826,748	5,896	1960	1960
Czech Republic	EU	10,190,213	78,867	1918	1993
Denmark	EU	5,529,888	43,094		1945
Djibouti	AF	757,074	23,200	1977	1977
Dominica	NA	72,969	728	1978	1978
Dominican Republic	NA	9,956,648	48,442	1844	1945
Ecuador	SA	15,007,343	283,561	1822	1945
Egypt	AF	82,079,636	1,000,258	1922	1945
El Salvador	NA	6,071,774	21,041	1821	1945
Equatorial Guinea	AF	668,225	28,051	1968	1968
Eritrea	AF	5,939,484	121,320	1993	1993
Estonia	EU	1,282,963	45,228	1991	1991
Ethiopia	AF	90,873,739	1,104,300		1945
Fiji	OC	883,125	18,274	1970	1970
Finland	EU	5,259,250	338,145	1917	1955
France	EU	63,208,478	554,625		1945
Gabon	AF	1,576,665	267,667	1960	1960
Gambia	AF	1,797,860	11,295	1965	1965
Georgia	AS	4,354,874	57,400	1991	1992
Germany	EU	81,471,834	357,022	1815	1973
Ghana	AF	24,791,073	238,533	1957	1957
Greece	EU	10,760,136	131,957		1945
Grenada	NA	108,419	344	1974	1974
Guatemala	NA	13,824,463	108,889	1821	1945
Guinea	AF	10,601,009	245,857	1958	1958
Guinea-Bissau	AF	1,596,677	36,125	1974	1974
Guyana	SA	744,768	214,969	1966	1966
Haiti	NA	9,719,932	27,750	1804	1945
Honduras	NA	8,143,564	112,088	1821	1945
Hungary	EU	9,976,062	93,028		1955
Iceland	EU	311,058	102,828	1944	1946
India	AS	1,189,172,906	3,287,263	1947	1945
Indonesia	AS	245,613,043	1,904,569	1945	1950
Iran	AS	77,891,220	1,648,195	1921	1945
Iraq	AS	30,399,572	438,317	1932	1945
Ireland	EU	4,670,976	70,273	1921	1955
Israel	AS	7,473,052	20,770	1948	1949
Italy	EU	61,016,804	301,245		1955
Ivory Coast	AF	21,504,162	322,463	1960	1960
Jamaica	NA	2,868,380	10,991	1962	1962
Japan	AS	126,475,664	381,946		1956
Jordan	AS	6,508,271	89,342	1946	1955
Kazakhstan	AS	15,522,373	2,724,900	1991	1992
Kenya	AF	41,070,934	580,367	1963	1963
Kiribati	OC	100,743	811	1979	1999
Korea, DPR	AS	24,457,492	120,538	1948	1991
Korea, Republic of	AS	48,754,657	99,720	1945	1991
Kosovo	EU	1,825,632	10,887	2008
Kuwait	AS	2,595,628	17,818	1961	1963
Kyrgyzstan	AS	5,587,443	199,951	1991	1992
Laos	AS	6,477,211	236,797	1949	1955
Latvia	EU	2,204,708	64,589	1991	1991
Lebanon	AS	4,143,101	10,230	1943	1945
Lesotho	AF	1,924,886	30,355	1966	1966
Liberia	AF	3,786,764	111,369	1847	1945
Libya	AF	6,597,960	1,759,540	1951	1955
Liechtenstein	EU	35,236	160	1719	1990
Lithuania	EU	3,535,547	65,300	1991	1991
Luxembourg	EU	503,302	2,586	1839	1945
Macedonia	EU	2,077,328	25,713	1991	1993
Madagascar	AF	21,926,221	587,041	1960	1960
Malawi	AF	15,879,252	118,484	1964	1964
Malaysia	AS	28,728,607	329,847	1957	1957
Maldives	AS	394,999	298	1965	1965
Mali	AF	14,159,904	1,240,192	1960	1960
Malta	EU	408,333	316	1964	1964
Marshall Islands	OC	67,182	180.88	1991	1991
Mauritania	AF	3,281,634	1,030,700	1960	1961
Mauritius	AF	1,303,717	2,040	1968	1968
Mexico	NA	113,724,226	1,964,375	1810	1945
Micronesia	OC	106,836	701.34	1990	1991
Moldova	EU	3,796,377	29,688	1991	1992
Monaco	EU	30,539	1.9	1861	1993
Mongolia	AS	3,133,318	1,564,116	1921	1961
Montenegro	EU	661,807	13,812	2006	2006
Morocco	AF	31,968,361	446,550	1956	1956
Mozambique	AF	22,948,858	799,380	1975	1975
Namibia	AF	2,147,585	824,292	1990	1990
Nauru	OC	9,322	21.3	1968	1999
Nepal	AS	29,391,883	147,181	1769	1955
Netherlands	EU	16,828,302	41,160.60	1579	1945
New Zealand	OC	4,290,347	268,704	1907	1945
Nicaragua	SA	5,666,301	130,370	1821	1945
Niger	AF	16,468,886	1,267,000	1960	1960
Nigeria	AF	155,215,573	923,768	1960	1960
Norway	EU	4,691,849	385,943.06	1905	1945
Oman	AS	3,027,959	309,500	1744	1971
Pakistan	AS	187,342,721	796,095	1947	1947
Palau	OC	20,956	493.81	1994	1994
Panama	NA	3,460,462	75,420	1903	1945
Papua New Guinea	OC	6,187,591	462,840	1975	1975
Paraguay	SA	6,459,058	406,752	1811	1945
Peru	SA	29,248,943	1,285,216	1821	1945
Philippines	AS	101,833,938	299,670	1946	1945
Poland	EU	38,441,588	312,685		1945
Portugal	EU	10,760,305	92,090	1910	1955
Qatar	AS	848,016	11,586	1971	1971
Romania	EU	21,904,551	238,391	1881	1955
Russia	AS	138,739,892	17,098,242		1945
Rwanda	AF	11,370,425	26,338	1962	1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA	50,314	261	1983	1983
Saint Lucia	NA	161,557	616	1979	1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA	103,869	389	1979	1980
Samoa	OC	193,161	2,831	1962	1976
San Marino	EU	31,817	61.19	301	1992
Sao Tome and Principe	AF	179,506	964	1975	1975
Saudi Arabia	AS	26,131,703	2,149,677	1927	1945
Senegal	AF	12,643,799	176,722	1960	1960
Serbia	EU	7,310,555	77,474	1878	2000
Seychelles	AF	89,188	455	1976	1976
Sierra Leone	AF	5,363,669	71,740	1961	1961
Singapore	AS	4,740,737	697	1965	1965
Slovakia	EU	5,477,038	49,035	1993	1993
Slovenia	EU	2,000,092	20,273	1991	1992
Solomon Islands	OC	571,890	28,896	1978	1978
Somalia	AF	9,925,640	637,657	1960	1960
South Africa	AF	49,004,031	1,219,090	1910	1945
South Sudan	AF	9,503,749	619,745	2011	2011
Spain	EU	46,754,784	505,370	1492	1955
Sri Lanka	AS	21,283,913	65,610	1948	1955
Sudan	AF	35,543,753	1,886,068	1956	1956
Suriname	SA	491,989	163,820	1975	1975
Swaziland	AF	1,370,424	17,364	1968	1968
Sweden	EU	9,088,728	450,295	1523	1946
Switzerland	EU	7,639,961	41,277	1291	2002
Syria	AS	22,517,750	185,180	1946	1945
Tajikistan	AS	7,627,200	143,100	1991	1992
Tanzania	AF	42,746,620	945,050	1961	1961
Thailand	AS	66,720,153	514,113	1350	1946
Timor-Leste	AS	1,177,834	14,874	2002	2002
Togo	AF	6,771,993	56,785	1960	1960
Tonga	OC	105,916	747	1970	1999
Trinidad and Tobago	NA	1,227,505	5,128	1962	1962
Tunisia	AF	10,629,186	163,610	1956	1956
Turkey	AS	78,785,548	783,562	1923	1945
Turkmenistan	AS	4,997,503	488,100	1991	1992
Tuvalu	OC	10,544	26	1978	2000
Uganda	AF	34,612,250	241,038	1962	1962
Ukraine	EU	45,134,707	603,550	1991	1945
United Arab Emirates	AS	5,148,664	86,449	1971	1971
United Kingdom	EU	62,698,362	243,610		1945
United States	NA	313,232,044	9,384,615	1776	1945
Uruguay	SA	3,308,535	176,215	1828	1945
Uzbekistan	AS	28,128,600	447,400	1991	1992
Vanuatu	OC	224,564	12,189	1980	1981
Vatican City	EU	832	0.4399	1929
Venezuela	SA	27,635,743	912,050	1881	1945
Vietnam	AS	90,549,390	331,210	1945	1977
Yemen	AS	24,133,492	527,968	1918	1947
Zambia	AF	13,881,336	752,618	1964	1964
Zimbabwe	AF	12,084,304	390,757	1980	1980

Notes:

Continents (cont.) are identified as follows: AF = Africa; AN = Antarctica; AS = Asia; AU = Australia; EU = Europe; NA = North America; OC = Oceania; SA = South America.
Dates of independence given here are not authoritative and in many cases are ambiguous.
Complete or alternative names for countries listed above include: Burma (Myanmar); China, PR (China, People's Republic); China, Republic of (Taiwan); Congo, DR (Congo, Democratic Republic of); Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire); Korea, DPR (North Korea) Korea, Republic of (South Korea); and Vatican City (Holy See).
Population figures are primarily from the CIA World Factbook, 2011, on line [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html].
The figures above do not include special administrative areas, occupied areas, and external areas listed on the territories page. This applies to Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan); Hong Kong and Macau (China, PR); Turkish Cyprus (Cyprus); French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion (France); Abkhazia and South Ossentia (Georgia); Gaza Strip and West Bank (Israel); Svalbard (Norway); Bonaire, Saint Barthelemy and Saint Eustatius (Netherlands); South Sudan (Sudan).

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