List of countries

Template:Lists by country 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 (see below).

The names are given in English and in the official language(s) of the state.

• The names in English are the short official names (e.g. Afghanistan) and the (longer) official name (e.g. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan).
• The names in the native languages are the short and official names in the official language(s). If needed, they have been transliterated into Romanized characters, but original scripts (such as Cyrillic or Chinese characters) are included. When possible, the romanization preferred by the country has been used.

The listing of any name in this article is not meant to imply an official position in any naming dispute.

Included entities

As of April 2005, there are 244 entities on this list. 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
• Six de-facto independent countries (Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Transnistria) (also included in the List of sovereign states
• Two entities recognized by many countries but de-facto not independent, Palestine and Western Sahara.
• 39 inhabited overseas territories (Australia 3, Denmark 2, France 5 overseas territories and 4 overseas departments, Netherlands 2, New Zealand 2 states in free association and 1 territory, Norway 1, United Kingdom 12 overseas territories and 3 crown dependencies]] and United States 5), listed in the List of dependent territories
• three special regions by international treaty (Åland, Hong Kong and Macau
• one UN protecorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo)

In this article, de jure and de facto sovereign states are only included if they are included in the List of sovereign states.

Entities not included

• various disputed territories which fall into neither of the above categories, including Jubaland, Puntland, Cabinda, Kurdistan (Iraq), and Kurdistan (Turkey).
• Autonomous entities legaly part of sovereign states (e.g. Catalonia, Scotland and Wales
• Other divisions of countries
• Dependent territories without indigenous inhabitation are not listed
• Entities considered to be micronations that are internationally not recognized

The countries

A

• Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia (de facto independent state inside Georgia)
  • Abkhazian: Aṗsny / Аҧсны
  • Russian: Abchazija / Абхазия
  • Georgian: Aṗẖazeṭi / აფხაზეთი
• Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Persian (Dari-Persian): Afġānestān / افغانستان- Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan / دولت اسلامی افغانستان
  • Pushtu: Afġānistān / افغانستان
• Åland - County of Åland (autonomous province of Finland, recognized by international treaty)
  • Swedish - Landskapet Åland

• Albania - Republic of Albania
  • Albanian: Shqipëria - Republika e Shqipërise
• Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  • Arabic: Al-Jazā'ir / الجمهورية الجزائرية - Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazā’irīyah ad-Dīmuqrāţīyah ash-Sha’bīyah / الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية
• American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (overseas territtory of the United States)
• Andorra - Principality of Andorra
  • Catalan: Andorra - Principat d’Andorra
• Angola: Republic of Angola
  • Portuguese: Angola - República de Angola
• Anguilla (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
• Antigua and Barbuda²
• Argentina - Argentine Nation or Argentine Republic (federal state)
  • Spanish: Argentina: Nación Argentina or República Argentina
• Armenia: Republic of Armenia
  • Armenian: Hayastan / Հայաստան - Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun / Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն<
• Aruba (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  • Dutch: Aruba
• Ascension Island (dependency of Saint Helena, a overseas territory of the United Kingdom).
• Australia - Commonwealth of Australia (federal state)
• Austria - Republic of Austria (federal state)
  • German: Österreich - Republik Österreich
• Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan (see also Nagorno Karabakh)
  • Azeri: Azərbaycan - Azərbaycan Respublikası

B

• The Bahamas - Commonwealth of the Bahamas

• Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Arabic: al-Baḥrayn / بحرين - Mamlakat al Bahrayn / مملكة البحرين

• Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh
  • Bengali: Banglādeś / বাংলাদেশ - Gana Prajātantrī Bānglādesh - গণ প্রজাতঁত্রী বাংলাদেশ

• Barbados

• Belarus - Republic of Belarus
  
  • Belarusian: Bjelarúś / Белару́сь - Respublika Biełaruś / Рэспу́бліка Белару́сь
    • alternative romanization: Belarus / Respublika Belarus
  • Russian: Byelorussija / Белору́ссия
    • alternative romanization: Bjélorussia

• Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium (federal state)
  • Dutch: België - Koninkrijk België
  • French: Belgique - Royaume de Belgique
  • German: Belgien - Königreich Belgien

• Belize

• Benin - Republic of Benin
  • French: Bénin - République du Bénin

• Bermuda (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
• Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
  • Dzongkha: Druk Yul / འབྲུག་ཡུལ - Druk Gyal Khab

• Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
  • Spanish: República de Bolivia

• Bosnia and Herzegovina (federal state)
  • Bosnian: Bosna i Hercegovina
  • Serbian: Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина
  • Croatian: Bosna i Hercegovina

• Botswana - Republic of Botswana
  • Tswana: Botswana - Lefatshe la Botswana
  • English: Botswana - Republic of Botswana

• Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil (federal state)
  • Portuguese: Brasil - República Federativa do Brasil

• British Virgin Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
• Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam
  • Malay: Brunei Darussalam - Negara Brunei Darussalam

• Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria
  • Bulgarian: Bălgarija / България - Republika Bălgarija / Република България

• Burkina Faso
  • French: Burkina Faso

• Burma see Myanmar

• Burundi - Republic of Burundi
  • Kirundi: Uburundi - Republika y'Uburundi
  • French: Burundi - République du Burundi

C

• Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
  • Cambodian: Kampuchea / កម្ពុជា - Preah Reachea Nachakr Kampuchea / ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ កម្ពុជា

• Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon
  • French: Cameroun - République du Cameroun
  • English: Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon

• Canada (federal state)
  • English: Canada
  • French: Canada

• Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde
  • Portugese: Cabo Verde - República de Cabo Verde

• Cayman Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
• Central African Republic - Central African Republic
  • French: République Centrafricaine
  • Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka

• Chad - Republic of Chad
  • French: Tchad - République du Tchad
  • Arabic: Tašād / تشاد - Jumhuriyat Tašād /جمهوريّة تشاد

• Chile - Republic of Chile
  • Spanish: Chile - República de Chile

• China (PRC) - People's Republic of China
  • Chinese: Zhōngguó / 中国 - Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó / 中华人民共和国

• China (ROC) see Taiwan (ROC)

• Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Islands (overseas territory of Australia)

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (overseas territory of Australia)

• Colombia - Republic of Colombia
  • Spanish: Colombia - República de Colombia

• Comoros¹ - Union of the Comoros (federal state)
  • French: Comores - Union des Comores
  • Comorian: Komori - Udzima wa Komori
  • Arabic: Qumur / قمر - الاتحاد القمر

• Congo-Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo
  • French: Congo - République Démocratique du Congo

• Congo-Brazzaville - Republic of Congo
  • French: Congo - République du Congo

• Cook Islands (overseas self-governing state associated with New Zealand)
• Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
  • Spanish: Costa Rica - República de Costa Rica

• Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivore (also known as Ivory Coast)
  • French: Côte d'Ivoire - République de Côte d'Ivoire

• Croatia - Republic of Croatia
  • Croatian: Hrvatska - Republika Hrvatska

• Cuba - Republic of Cuba
  • Spanish: Cuba - República de Cuba

• Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus ( (see also Northern Cyprus)
  • Greek: Kypros / Κυπρος - Kypriaki Dimokratia / Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
  • Turkish: Kıbrıs - Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti

• Czech Republic - Czech Republic
  • Czech: Česko - Česká republika

D

• Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
  • Danish: Danmark - Kongeriget Danmark

• Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti
  • French:Djibouti - République de Djibouti
  • Arabic: Jibuti / جيبوتي - Jumhuriyaa Jibuti / جمهورية جيبوتي

• Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica

• Dominican Republic
  • Spanish: Republica Dominicana

E

• East Timor - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
  • Tetum: Timor Lorosa'e - Repúblika Demokrátika Timor Lorosa'e
  • Portuguese: Timor-Leste - República Democrática de Timor-Leste

• Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador
  • Spanish: Ecuador - República del Ecuador

• Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Arabic: Mişr / مصر - Jumhuriyat Mişr al-Arabiyah / جمهوريّة مصرالعربيّة

• El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
  • Spanish: El Salvador - República de El Salvador

• Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea
  • Spanish: Guinea Ecuatorial - Républica de Guinea Ecuatorial

• Eritrea - State of Eritrea
  • Tigrinya: Ertra / ኤርትራ - Hagere Ertra
  • Arabic: Irītriyā / إريتريا

• Estonia - Republic of Estonia
  • Estonian: Eesti - Eesti Vabariik

• Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (federal state)
  • Amharic: Ityop'iya / ኢትዮጵያ - Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik / የኢትዮጵያ ፈደራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ

F

• Falkland Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina (Islas Malvinas))

• Faroe Islands (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
  • Faroese: Føroyar

• Fiji² - Republic of the Fiji Islands
  • English: Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands
  • Fijian: Viti - Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti

• Finland² - Republic of Finland
  • Finnish: Suomi - Suomen tasavalta
  • Swedish: Finland - Republiken Finland

• France - French Republic
  • French: France - République Française

• French Guiana - Department of Guiana (French overseas department)
  • French: Guyane - Département de Guyane

• French Polynesia (French overseas country)
  • French: Polynésie française

G

• Gabon - Gabonese Republic
  • French: Gabon - République Gabonaise

• The Gambia - Republic of the Gambia

• Georgia (see also Abkhazia and South Ossetia)
  • Georgian: Sakartvelo / საქართველო - Resp'ublik'a Sakartvelos / რესპუბლიკა საქართველოს

• Germany - Federal Republic of Germany (federal state)
  • German: Deutschland - Bundesrepublik Deutschland

• Ghana - Republic of Ghana

• Gibraltar (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)

• Greece - Hellenic Republic
  • Greek:Ellás / Ελλάς; - Ellinikí Dimokratía / Ελληνική Δημοκρατία

• Greenland (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
  • Kalaallisut: Kalaallit Nunaat
  • Danish: Grønland

• Grenada

• Guadeloupe - Department of Guadeloupe (French overseas department)
  • French: Guadeloupe - Département de Guadeloupe

• Guam - Territory of Guam (overseas territtory of the United States)
  • English: Guam - Territory of Guam
  • Chamorro: Guahan

• Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
  • Spanish: Guatemala - República de Guatemala

• Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (British crown dependency)

• Guinea - Republic of Guinea
  • French: Guinée - République de Guinée

• Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau
  • Portuguese: Guiné-Bissau - Repùblica da Guiné-Bissau

• Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

• Haiti - Republic of Haiti
  • French: Haïti - République d'Haïti
  • Haitian Creole: Ayiti - Repiblik Dayiti

• Honduras - Republic of Honduras
  • Spanish: Honduras - República de Honduras

• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (special administrative region of People's Republic of China|China)
  • Chinese: 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區)
  • English: Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

• Hungary - Republic of Hungary
  • Hungarian: Magyarország - Magyar Köztársaság

I

• Iceland - Republic of Iceland
  • Icelandic: Ísland - Lýðveldið Ísland

• India - Republic of India (federal state)
  • Hindi: Bharat / भारत - Bhārat Ganarājya / भारत गणराज्य
  • English: India - Republic of India

• Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
  • Bahasa Indonesia: Indonesia - Republik Indonesia

• Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Persian: Īrān / ایران - Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Īrān - جمهوری اسلامی ایران

• Iraq - Republic of Iraq
  • Arabic: Al-ʿĪrāq / العراق - Al-Jumhuriyah Al-Iraqiyah / الجمهورية العراقية
  • Kurdish: ʿIraq / Komara Iraqê / عیراق

• Ireland - Official description: Republic of Ireland
  • Irish: Éire
  • English: Ireland

• Israel - State of Israel
  • Hebrew: Yisra'el / ישראל - Medinat Yisra'el / מדינת ישראל
  • Arabic: Isra'il / اسرائيل - Daulat Isra'il / دولة اسرائيل

• Italy - Italian Republic
  • Italian: Italia - Repubblica Italiana

• Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire

J

• Jamaica

• Japan - Japan
  • Japanese: Nihon / 日本 - Nihon-koku / 日本国

• Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (British crown dependency)

• Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • Arabic: Al-Urdun / الاردن - Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah / المملكة الأردنّيّة الهاشميّة

• Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Kazakh: Qazaqstan / Қазақстан - Qazaqstan Respūblīkasy / Қазақстан Республикасы
  • Russian: Kazachstan / Казахстан - Respublika Kazachstan / Республика Казахстан

• Kenya - Republic of Kenya
  • English: Kenya - Republic of Kenya
  • Swahili: Kenya - Jamhuri ya Kenya

• Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati
  • Kiribati: Kiribati - Ribaberikin Kiribati
  • English: Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati

• Korea (North) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Korean: Chosŏn / 조선 - Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk / 조선민주주의인민공화국

• Korea (South) - Republic of Korea
  • Korean: Hanguk / 한국; - Daehan Minguk / 대한 민국

• Kosovo (autonomous province of Serbia and Montenegro under UN protectorate)
  • Albanian: Kosova
  • '"Serbian: Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija

• Kuwait - State of Kuwait
  • Arabic: Al-Kuwayt / الكويت - Dawlat al Kuwayt / دولة الكويت

• Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic
  • Kyrgyz: Kyrgyzstan / Кыргызстан - Kyrgyz Respublikasy / Кыргыз Республикасы
  • Russian: Kyrgyzstan / Кыргызстан - Kyrgyzskaya respublika - Кыргызская республика

L

• Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Laotian: Lao / ນລາວ - Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao / ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ

• Latvia - Republic of Latvia
  • Latvian: Latvija - Latvijas Republika

• Lebanon - Republic of Lebanon
  • Arabic: Lubnān / لبنان - Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah / الجمهوريّة البنانيّة

• Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho
  • English: Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho
  • Sotho: Lesotho - Mmuso wa Lesotho

• Liberia - Republic of Liberia

• Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • Arabic: Lībiyah / ليبية - al-Jamāhīrīyah al-‘Arabīya al-Lībīyah ash-Sha‘bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah al-Uzma / الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى

• Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
  • German: Liechtenstein - Fürstentum Liechtenstein

• Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
  • Lithuanian: Lietuva - Lietuvos Respublika

• Luxembourg - Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Luxembourgian: Lëtzebuerg - Groussherzogdem Lëtzebuerg
  • French: Luxembourg - Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
  • German: Luxemburg - Großherzogtum Luxemburg

M

• Macau - Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (special administrative region of China)
  • Chinese: 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區
  • Portugese: Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China

• Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia (Diplomatically also known as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
  • Macedonian: Makedonija / Македонија - Republika Makedonija / Република Македонија
  • Albanian (not a national language): Maqedoni

• Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar
  • Malagasy: Madagasikara - Repoblikan'i Madagasikara
  • French: Madagascar - Republique de Madagascar

• Malawi - Republic of Malawi
  • English: Malawi - Republic of Malawi
  • Chewa: Malaŵi - Mfuko la Malaŵi

• Malaysia - Federation of Malaysia (federal state)
  • Malay: Malaysia - Persekutuan Malaysia

• Maldives - Republic of Maldives
  • Divehi: Divehi Rājje / ގުޖޭއްރާ ޔާއްރިހޫމްޖު - Divehi Rājje ge Jumhuriyyā / ހިވެދި ގުޖޭއްރާ ޔާއްރިހޫމްޖު

• Mali - Republic of Mali
  • French: Mali - République de Mali

• Malta - Republic of Malta
  • Maltese: Malta - Repubblika ta' Malta

• Isle of Man - (British crown dependency)
  • Manx: Ellan Vannin
  • English: Isle of Man

• Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands

• Martinique - Department of Martinique(French overseas department)
  • French: Martinique - Département de Martinique

• Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  • Arabic: Mūrītāniyyah / موريتانية - Al-Jumhuriyah al-Islamiyah al-Mūrītāniyah / الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية
  • French: Mauritanie - République Islamique de la Mauritanie

• Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius
  • English: Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius
  • French: Maurice - République de Maurice

• Mayotte (French : overseas departmental collectivity)
  • French: Mayotte

• Mexico - United Mexican States (federal state)
  • Spanish: México - Estados Unidos Mexicanos

• Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (federal state)

• Moldova² - Republic of Moldova (see also Transnistria)
  • Romanian/Moldovan: Moldova - Republica Moldova

• Monaco - Principality of Monaco
  • French: Monaco - Principauté de Monaco

• Mongolia
  • Mongolian: Mongol Uls / Монгол Улс

• Montserrat (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)

• Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco (Western Sahara is occupied by and integrated in Morocco]], see Politics of Western Sahara)
  • Arabic: al-Maġrib / مغرب - Al Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah / المملكة المغربية

• Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique
  • Portuguese: Moçambique - República de Moçambique

• Myanmar - Union of Myanmar (also known as Burma)
  • Burmese: Myanma / ဴမန္မာ - Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw / ဴပည္ေထာင္စုဴမန္မာနုိင္ငံေတာ္

N

• Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto independent state inside Azerbaijan)
  • Armenian: Lernayin Gharabagh / Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ

• Namibia - Republic of Namibia

• Nauru - Republic of Nauru
  • Nauran: Naoero - Republik Naoero
  • English: Nauru - Republic of Nauru

• Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
  • Nepali: Nepāl / नेपाल - Nepal Adhirajya / नेपाल अधिराज्य

• Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Dutch: Nederland - Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

• Netherlands Antilles (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  • Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen

• New Caledonia (French overseas collectivity)
  • French: Nouvelle-Calédonie

• New Zealand
  • English: New Zealand
  • Maori: Aotearoa

• Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
  • Spanish: Nicaragua - República de Nicaragua

• Niger - Republic of Niger
  • French: Niger - République du Niger

• Nigeria¹ - Federal Republic of Nigeria

• Niue (overseas self-governing state associated with New Zealand)

• Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (overseas territory of Australia)

• Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (de facto independent state inside Cyprus)
  • Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs - Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti

• Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (commonwealth associated with the United States)

• Norway - Kingdom of Norway
  • Norwegian (bokmål): Norge - Kongeriket Norge
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): Noreg - Kongeriket Noreg

O

• Oman - Sultanate of Oman
  • Arabic: ʿUmmān / عمان - Saltanat Uman / سلطنة عُمان

P

• Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Urdu: Pākistān / پاکستان - Islami Jamhuria Pākistān / اسلامی جمہوریت پاکستان

• Palau - Republic of Palau
  • Palauan: Belau - Beluu er a Belau
  • English: Palau - Republic of Palau

• Palestine - State of Palestine (see note)
  • Arabic: Filastīn / فلسطين - Daulat Filastin / دولةفلسطين

• Panama - Republic of Panama
  • Spanish: Panamá - República de Panamá

• Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • English: Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea

• Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
  • Spanish: Paraguay - República del Paraguay
  • Guarani: Paraguái - Têta Paraguái

• Peru - Republic of Peru
  • Spanish: Perú - República del Perú

• Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
  • Filipino: Pilipinas - Republika ng Pilipinas
  • English: Philippines - Republic of the Philippines

• Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)

• Poland - Republic of Poland
  • Polish: Polska - Rzeczpospolita Polska

• Portugal - Portuguese Republic
  • Portuguese: Portugal - República Portuguesa

• Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (commonwealth associated with the United States)
  • Spanish: Puerto Rico - Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
  • English: Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Q

• Qatar - State of Qatar
  • Arabic: Qaṭar / قطر - Dawlat Qatar / دولة قطر

R

• Réunion - Department of Réunion (French overseas department)
  • French: Réunion - Départment de la Réunion

• Romania
  • Romanian: România

• Russia¹ - Russian Federation (federal state)
  • Russian: Rossiya / Россия - Rossiyskaya Federatsiya / Российская Федерация
    • alternative romanization: Rossija - Rossijskaja Federacija

• Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda
  • Rwandese: Rwanda - Repubulika y'u Rwanda
  • French: Rwanda - République du Rwanda
  • English: Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda

S

• Sahara, see Western Sahara

• Saint Helena: (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (federal state)

• Saint Lucia

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas territorial collectivity)
  • French: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
  • English: Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
  • Samoan: Samoa - Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa

• San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
  • Italian: San Marino - Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino

• São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Portuguese: São Tomé e Príncipe - República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe

• Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Arabic: Al-ʿArabiyyah as-Saʿūdiyyah / العربية السعودية - Al-Mamlakah al-'Arabiyah as-Sa'udiyah / المملكة العربيّة السّعوديّة

• Senegal - Republic of Senegal
  • French: Sénégal - République du Sénégal

• Serbia and Montenegro - State Community of Serbia and Montenegro (federal state, the province of Kosovo is under UN administration since 1999)
  • Serbian: Srbija i Crna Gora / Србија и Црна Гора - Državna zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora / Државна заједница Србија и Црна Гора

• Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles
  • English: Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles
  • French: Seychelles - République des Seychelles
  • Seselwa: Sesel - Repiblik Sesel

• Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone

• Singapore - Republic of Singapore
  • Malay: Singapura - Republik Singapura
  • Chinese: Xinjiapo / 新加坡 - Xīnjīapō Gònghéguó / 新加坡共和国
  • Tamil: Čiṅkappūr / சிங்கப்பூர் - Cingkappūr Kudiyarasu / சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு
  • English: Singapore - Republic of Singapore

• Slovakia - Slovak Republic
  • Slovak: Slovensko - Slovenská Republika

• Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia
  • Slovenian: Slovenija - Republika Slovenija

• Solomon Islands

• Somalia (see also Somaliland)
  • Somalian: Soomaaliya

• Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland (de facto independent state inside Somalia)
  • Somalian: Somaliland

• South Africa - Republic of South Africa
  • English: South Africa - Republic of South Africa
  • Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika - Republiek van Suid-Afrika
  • Xhosa: Mzantsi Afrika - IRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika
  • Zulu: Ningizimu Afrika - IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika

• South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia (de facto independent state inside Georgia)
  • Ossetian: Xussar Iryston / Хуссар Ирыстон - Respublikae Xussar Iryston / Республикæ Хуссар Ирыстон
  • Russian: Južnaja Osetia / Южная Осетия - Respublika Južnaja Osetija/ Республика Южная Осетия

• Spain - Kingdom of Spain (federal state)
  • Spanish: España - Reino de España
  • Basque: Espainia - Espainiako Erresuma
  • Catalan: Espanya - Regne d'Espanya
  • Galician: España - Reino de España

• Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  • Sinhala: Sri Lanka - Sri Lankā Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya
  • Tamil: Llankai / இலங்கை - Illankai Chananaayaka Chosalisa Kudiyarasu

• Sudan - Republic of the Sudan
  • Arabic: As-Sūdān / السودان - Jumhuriyat as-Sudan / جمهورية السودان

• Suriname - Republic of Suriname
  • Dutch: Suriname - Republiek Suriname

• Svalbard (overseas territory of Norway)
  • Norwegian: Svalbard

• Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
  • English: Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
  • Swazi: eSwatini - Umbuso weSwatini

• Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
  • Swedish: Sverige - Konungariket Sverige

• Switzerland - Swiss Confederation (federal state)
  • German: Schweiz - Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
  • French: Suisse - Confédération suisse
  • Italian: Svizzera - Confederazione Svizzera
  • Raeto-Romance: Svizra - Confederaziun Svizra

• Syria - Syrian Arab Republic
  • Arabic: Sūriyyah / سورية - Al-Jumhuriyah al-'Arabiyah al-Suriyah / الجمهوريّة العربيّة السّوريّة

T

• Taiwan (ROC) - Republic of China (de facto independent state)
  • Chinese: Táiwān / 台灣 - JhongHuá MínGuó / 中華民國

• Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan
  • Persian (Tajiki-Persian): Tojikistan / Тоҷикистон - Jumhurii Tojikiston

• Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania (federal state)
  • Swahili: Tanzania - Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania

• Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
  • Thai: Prathēt Thai / ราชอาณาจักรไทย - Ratcha Anachak Thai

• Togo - Togolese Republic
  • French: Togo - République Togolaise

• Tokelau (overseas territory of New Zealand)

• Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
  • Tongan: Tonga - Pule'anga Fakatu'i 'o Tonga
  • English: Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga

• Transnistria - Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic (de facto independent state inside Moldova)
  • Russian: Pridnestrovje / Приднестровье - Pridnestrovaya Moldavskaya Republika / Приднестровская Молдавская Республика
  • Romanian/Moldovan (unofficial): Stînga Nistrului - Republica Moldovenească Nistreană / Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ

• Trinidad and Tobago² - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

• Tristan da Cunha (dependency of Saint Helena, a overseas territory of the United Kingdom)

• Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia
  • Arabic: Tūnis / تونس - Al Jumhuriyya at-Tūsiyya / الجمهرية التونسية

• Turkey - Republic of Turkey
  • Turkish: Türkiye - Türkiye Cumhuriyeti

• Turkmenistan
  • Turkmen: Türkmenistan

• Turks and Caicos Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)

• Tuvalu
  • Tuvaluan: Tuvalu
  • English: Tuvalu

U

• Uganda - Republic of Uganda

• Ukraine
  • Ukrainian: Ukrajina / Україна

• United Arab Emirates (federal state)
  • Arabic: Al-Imarat Al-Arabiyah Al-Muttahidah / الإمارات العربيّة المتّحدة

• United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (federal state)
• United States - United States of America (federal state)

• Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay
  • Spanish: Uruguay - República Oriental del Uruguay

• Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan
  • Uzbek: O'zbekiston - O‘zbekiston Respublikasi

V

• Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu
  • Bislama: Vanuatu - Ripablik blong Vanuatu
  • English: Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu
  • French: Vanuatu - République du Vanuatu

• Vatican City(or Holy See) - State of the Vatican City
  • Latin: Civitas Vaticana - Status Civitatis Vaticanæ
  • Italian: Città del Vaticano - Stato della Città del Vaticano

• Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (federal state)
  • Spanish: Venezuela - República Bolivariana de Venezuela

• Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Vietnamese: Việt Nam - Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam

• Virgin Islands - Virgin Islands of the United States (overseas territtory of the United States)

W

• Wallis and Futuna - Collectivity of Wallis and Futuna (French overseas territorial collectivity)
  • French: Wallis-et-Futuna - Collectivité de Wallis et Futuna

• Western Sahara - Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (area occupied by and integrated in Morocco, see Politics of Western Sahara)
  • Arabic: Al-Saḥrāwiyyah / صحراوية - Al-Jumhūrīyâ al-Arabīyâ as-Sahrāwīyâ ad-Dīmuqrātīyâ / الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية

Y

• Yemen - Republic of Yemen
  • Arabic: Al-Yaman / اليمن - Al-Jumhuriyah al-Yamaniyah / الجمهوريّة اليمنية

Z

• Zambia - Republic of Zambia

• Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe

Note

• Palestine: "State of Palestine" was declared in 1988 and currently recognized by 93 countries. The international status of Palestine is further supported, short of further present recognition as a state, by non-recognizing countries' according the (at least closely associated) Palestinian Authority a pivotal role in the process that may involve their eventually recognizing a State of Palestine. See also: proposals for a Palestinian state and Palestinian territories. Gaza Strip, West Bank, Israel include country articles about areas proposed for inclusion in various versions of a future more widely recognized state.

Other listings

• of unrecognized countries
• of autonomous entities
• of dependent territories
• disputed or occupied areas
• of active autonomist and secessionist movements
• of imaginary countries
• of micronations
• of former countries
• by area
• by capital city
• by continent
• by gross domestic product
• of island countries
• by date of nationhood
• by population
• by population density
• by time zone
• by highest point
• by amount of active troops

For more sources, see Geographic references.

Related topics

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• Geography
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• list of countries and capitals in native languages
• list of country names in various languages
• list of alternative country names
• Micronations

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