Know about Countries are there in the World on TrueTamil - Get Complete details of Countries List in the World. Today there are 197 countries in the world:193 UN members + 2 UN observers + Taiwan + KosovoTuesday, 17 March 2026.
The United Nations, as the most influential international organization, is often considered the start point for the correct counting the total number. All the 193 UN members are independent countries recognized worldwide.
| Country | Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 652,864 km² | 33,332,025 |
| Albania | 28,748 km² | 2,876,591 |
| Algeria | 2.382 million km² | 42,015,495 |
| Andorra | 467.6 km² | 77,281 |
| Angola | 1.247 million km² | 30,779,498 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 440 km² | 103,062 |
| Argentina | 2.78 million km² | 44,693,746 |
| Armenia | 29,743 km² | 2,934,221 |
| Australia | 7.692 million km² | 24,775,409 |
| Austria | 83,879 km² | 8,752,074 |
| Azerbaijan | 86,600 km² | 9,923,914 |
| Bahamas | 13,878 km² | 399,285 |
| Bahrain | 765.3 km² | 1,566,993 |
| Bangladesh | 147,570 km² | 166,368,149 |
| Barbados | 431 km² | 286,388 |
| Belarus | 207,595 km² | 9,452,113 |
| Belgium | 30,528 km² | 11,498,519 |
| Belize | 22,966 km² | 382,444 |
| Benin | 114,763 km² | 11,485,674 |
| Bhutan | 38,394 km² | 817,054 |
| Bolivia | 1.099 million km² | 11,215,674 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,197 km² | 3,503,554 |
| Botswana | 600,370 km² | 2,333,201 |
| Brazil | 8.516 million km² | 210,867,954 |
| Brunei | 5,765 km² | 434,076 |
| Bulgaria | 110,994 km² | 7,036,848 |
| Burkina Faso | 274,200 km² | 19,751,651 |
| Burundi | 27,834 km² | 11,216,450 |
| Cabo Verde | 4,033 km² | 553,335 |
| Cambodia | 181,035 km² | 16,245,729 |
| Cameroon | 475,442 km² | 24,678,234 |
| Canada | 9.985 million km² | 36,953,765 |
| Central African Republic | 622,984 km² | 4,737,423 |
| Chad | 1.284 million km² | 15,353,184 |
| Chile | 756,102 km² | 18,197,209 |
| China | 9.597 million km² | 1,415,045,928 |
| Colombia | 1.142 million km² | 49,464,683 |
| Comoros | 1,862 km² | 832,347 |
| Congo | 342,000 km² | 5,399,895 |
| Costa Rica | 51,100 km² | 4,953,199 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 322,463 km² | 24,905,843 |
| Croatia | 56,594 km² | 4,164,783 |
| Cuba | 109,884 km² | 11,489,082 |
| Cyprus | 9,251 km² | 1,189,085 |
| Czech Republic | 78,866 km² | 10,625,250 |
| Denmark | 2.211 million km² | 5,754,356 |
| Djibouti | 23,200 km² | 971,408 |
| Dominica | 750 km² | 74,308 |
| Dominican Republic | 48,442 km² | 10,882,996 |
| DR Congo | 2.345 million km² | 84,004,989 |
| Ecuador | 283,560 km² | 16,863,425 |
| Egypt | 1.01 million km² | 99,375,741 |
| El Salvador | 21,041 km² | 6,411,558 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 28,050 km² | 1,313,894 |
| Eritrea | 117,600 km² | 5,187,948 |
| Estonia | 45,227 km² | 1,306,788 |
| Eswatini | 17,364 km² | 1,391,385 |
| Ethiopia | 1.104 million km² | 107,534,882 |
| Fiji | 18,274 km² | 912,241 |
| Finland | 338,424 km² | 5,542,517 |
| France | 643,801 km² | 65,233,271 |
| Gabon | 267,667 km² | 2,067,561 |
| Gambia | 11,295 km² | 2,163,765 |
| Georgia | 153,910 km² | 3,907,131 |
| Germany | 357,021 km² | 82,293,457 |
| Ghana | 238,535 km² | 29,463,643 |
| Greece | 131,957 km² | 11,142,161 |
| Grenada | 348.5 km² | 108,339 |
| Guatemala | 108,889 km² | 17,245,346 |
| Guinea | 245,857 km² | 13,052,608 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 km² | 1,907,268 |
| Guyana | 214,970 km² | 782,225 |
| Haiti | 27,750 km² | 11,112,945 |
| Holy See | 44 ha | 1,000 |
| Honduras | 112,492 km² | 9,417,167 |
| Hungary | 93,030 km² | 9,688,847 |
| Iceland | 103,000 km² | 337,780 |
| India | 3.287 million km² | 1,354,051,854 |
| Indonesia | 1.905 million km² | 266,794,980 |
| Iran | 1.648 million km² | 82,011,735 |
| Iraq | 437,072 km² | 39,339,753 |
| Ireland | 70,273 km² | 4,803,748 |
| Israel | 20,770 km² | 8,452,841 |
| Italy | 301,338 km² | 59,290,969 |
| Jamaica | 10,991 km² | 2,898,677 |
| Japan | 377,972 km² | 127,185,332 |
| Jordan | 89,342 km² | 9,903,802 |
| Kazakhstan | 2.725 million km² | 18,403,860 |
| Kenya | 580,367 km² | 50,950,879 |
| Kiribati | 811 km² | 118,414 |
| Kosovo | 10,908 km² | 1,920,079 |
| Kuwait | 17,818 km² | 4,197,128 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 199,900 km² | 6,132,932 |
| Laos | 237,955 km² | 6,961,210 |
| Latvia | 64,589 km² | 1,929,938 |
| Lebanon | 10,452 km² | 6,093,509 |
| Lesotho | 30,355 km² | 2,263,010 |
| Liberia | 111,369 km² | 4,853,516 |
| Libya | 1.76 million km² | 6,470,956 |
| Liechtenstein | 160 km² | 38,155 |
| Lithuania | 65,300 km² | 2,876,475 |
| Luxembourg | 2,586 km² | 590,321 |
| Macedonia (FYROM) | 25,713 km² | 2,084,367 |
| Madagascar | 587,041 km² | 26,262,810 |
| Malawi | 118,484 km² | 19,164,728 |
| Malaysia | 330,803 km² | 32,042,458 |
| Maldives | 298 km² | 444,259 |
| Mali | 1.24 million km² | 19,107,706 |
| Malta | 316 km² | 432,089 |
| Marshall Islands | 181.4 km² | 53,167 |
| Mauritania | 1.03 million km² | 4,540,068 |
| Mauritius | 2,040 km² | 1,268,315 |
| Mexico | 1.964 million km² | 130,759,074 |
| Micronesia | 702 km² | 106,227 |
| Moldova | 33,846 km² | 4,041,065 |
| Monaco | 202 ha | 38,897 |
| Mongolia | 1.566 million km² | 3,121,772 |
| Montenegro | 13,812 km² | 629,219 |
| Morocco | 446,550 km² | 36,191,805 |
| Mozambique | 801,590 km² | 30,528,673 |
| Myanmar | 676,578 km² | 53,855,735 |
| Namibia | 825,615 km² | 2,587,801 |
| Nauru | 21 km² | 11,312 |
| Nepal | 147,181 km² | 29,624,035 |
| Netherlands | 41,543 km² | 17,084,459 |
| New Zealand | 268,021 km² | 4,749,598 |
| Nicaragua | 130,375 km² | 6,284,757 |
| Niger | 1.267 million km² | 22,311,375 |
| Nigeria | 923,768 km² | 195,875,237 |
| North Korea | 120,540 km² | 25,610,672 |
| Norway | 385,203 km² | 5,353,363 |
| Oman | 309,501 km² | 4,829,946 |
| Pakistan | 796,095 km² | 200,813,818 |
| Palau | 459 km² | 21,964 |
| Palestine | 6,220 km² | 4,816,503 |
| Panama | 74,177 km² | 4,162,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 462,840 km² | 8,418,346 |
| Paraguay | 406,752 km² | 6,896,908 |
| Peru | 1.285 million km² | 32,551,815 |
| Philippines | 300,000 km² | 106,512,074 |
| Poland | 312,679 km² | 38,104,832 |
| Portugal | 92,212 km² | 10,291,196 |
| Qatar | 11,571 km² | 2,694,849 |
| Romania | 238,397 km² | 19,580,634 |
| Russia | 17.1 million km² | 143,964,709 |
| Rwanda | 26,338 km² | 12,501,156 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 km² | 55,850 |
| Saint Lucia | 617 km² | 179,667 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 km² | 110,200 |
| Samoa | 2,842 km² | 197,695 |
| San Marino | 61.2 km² | 33,557 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1,001 km² | 208,818 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2.15 million km² | 33,554,343 |
| Senegal | 196,712 km² | 16,294,270 |
| Serbia | 88,361 km² | 8,762,027 |
| Seychelles | 459 km² | 95,235 |
| Sierra Leone | 71,740 km² | 7,719,729 |
| Singapore | 719.9 km² | 5,791,901 |
| Slovakia | 49,035 km² | 5,449,816 |
| Slovenia | 20,273 km² | 2,081,260 |
| Solomon Islands | 28,400 km² | 623,281 |
| Somalia | 637,657 km² | 15,181,925 |
| South Africa | 1.22 million km² | 57,398,421 |
| South Korea | 100,210 km² | 51,164,435 |
| South Sudan | 619,745 km² | 12,919,053 |
| Spain | 505,990 km² | 46,397,452 |
| Sri Lanka | 65,610 km² | 20,950,041 |
| Sudan | 1.886 million km² | 41,511,526 |
| Suriname | 163,821 km² | 568,301 |
| Sweden | 447,435 km² | 9,982,709 |
| Switzerland | 41,285 km² | 8,544,034 |
| Syria | 185,180 km² | 18,284,407 |
| Taiwan | 36,193 km² | 23,000,000 |
| Tajikistan | 143,100 km² | 9,107,211 |
| Tanzania | 945,087 km² | 59,091,392 |
| Thailand | 513,120 km² | 69,183,173 |
| Timor-Leste | 15,410 km² | 1,324,094 |
| Togo | 56,785 km² | 7,990,926 |
| Tonga | 748 km² | 109,008 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5,131 km² | 1,372,598 |
| Tunisia | 163,610 km² | 11,659,174 |
| Turkey | 783,562 km² | 81,916,871 |
| Turkmenistan | 491,210 km² | 5,851,466 |
| Tuvalu | 26 km² | 11,287 |
| Uganda | 241,038 km² | 44,270,563 |
| Ukraine | 603,628 km² | 44,009,214 |
| United Arab Emirates | 83,600 km² | 9,541,615 |
| United Kingdom | 242,495 km² | 66,573,504 |
| United States of America | 9.834 million km² | 326,766,748 |
| Uruguay | 176,215 km² | 3,469,551 |
| Uzbekistan | 448,978 km² | 32,364,996 |
| Vanuatu | 12,189 km² | 282,117 |
| Venezuela | 916,445 km² | 32,381,221 |
| Vietnam | 331,210 km² | 96,491,146 |
| Yemen | 527,968 km² | 28,915,284 |
| Zambia | 752,618 km² | 17,609,178 |
| Zimbabwe | 390,757 km² | 16,913,261 |
