This is an alphabetical of the world, including both '' Internationally Recognized '' and '' Generally Unrecognized '' '''independent State s''', inhabited ''' Dependent Territories ''', as well as '''areas of special Sovereignty '''. It covers all areas under the jurisdiction of the listed countries, namely Territory , Territorial Waters (including internal waters and contiguous zone), Exclusive Economic Zone , Continental Shelf and Airspace . For a list of independent states only, see the '' List Of Sovereign States ''.
The names of Countries in the list are given in English and include both the short official names (e.g. Afghanistan ) and 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.
On this list are 243 entities considered to be countries. This corresponds to:
- 191 Member States of the United Nations (UN).
- 1 UN recognized non-member state governed by the ''.
- 1 non UN state, recognized only by a handful of states after its Loss Of UN Membership in late 1971, and currently with ''de facto'' international relations with most states, the '' Republic Of China '' (popularly referred to as Taiwan).
- 8 States Not Recognized By The UN and not recognized by a significant portion of its individual member-states:
- --- 1 non-UN recognized state, diplomatically recognized by only , 2006 ). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 17 , 2006 .
- --- 5 '' 2005 ). BBC News. Retrieved January 17 , 2006 .; all recognized by no states.
- --- 2 entities recognized by many countries as sovereign, but not ''de facto'' independent; namely '' Palestine '' and '' Western Sahara ''.
- 37 inhabited Dependent Territories :
- ---3 Overseas Territories of Australia ('' Christmas Island '', '' Cocos (Keeling) Islands '' and '' Norfolk Island '')
- ---2 overseas countries in the Kingdom Of Denmark ('' Greenland '' and '' Faroe Islands '')
- ---5 dependent territories of France:
--1 '' Sui Generis '' (unique) Dependency of France ('' New Caledonia '')
--4 Overseas Collectivities of France ('' Mayotte '', '' French Polynesia '', '' Saint Pierre And Miquelon '' and '' Wallis And Futuna '')
- ---2 overseas countries in the Kingdom Of The Netherlands ('' Aruba '' and '' Netherlands Antilles '')
- ---3 dependent territories of New Zealand :
--2 states in Free Association with New Zealand ('' Cook Islands '' and '' Niue '')
--1 New Zealand overseas territory ('' Tokelau '')
- ---17 dependent territories of the United Kingdom :
--3 British Crown Dependencies ('' Guernsey '', '' Jersey '' and the '' Isle Of Man '')
--12 Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom ('' Anguilla '', '' Bermuda '', '' British Virgin Islands '', '' Cayman Islands '', '' Falkland Islands '', '' Gibraltar '', '' Montserrat '', '' Pitcairn Islands '', '' Saint Helena '' its dependencies '' Ascension Island '' and '' Tristan Da Cunha '' and the '' Turks And Caicos Islands '')
--2 Sovereign Base Areas on the island of Cyprus ('' Akrotiri '' and '' Dhekelia '')
- ---5 Unincorporated Territories of the United States (US) ('' American Samoa '', '' Guam '', '' Northern Mariana Islands '', '' Puerto Rico '' and '' U.S. Virgin Islands '')
- 4 Special Entities Recognized By International Treaty Or Agreement ('' Åland '' in Finland , '' Svalbard '' in Norway , as well as the Special Administrative Region s of '' Hong Kong '' and '' Macau '' in the People's Republic Of China )''
- 1 UN Protectorate inside the ''de jure'' territory of a sovereign state ('' Kosovo '' in Serbia And Montenegro under UN Interim Civilian Administration ).
In the Annex , an outline is given on the entities not included in this list.
- - Kingdom of Denmark
- Dhekelia - Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area (''overseas territory of the United Kingdom '')
- - Republic of Djibouti
- - Commonwealth of Dominica
- (''sometimes also rendered as The Dominican'')
- - Republic of Ecuador
- - Arab Republic of Egypt
- - Republic of El Salvador
- - Republic of Equatorial Guinea
- - State of Eritrea
- - Republic of Estonia
- - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ('' Federal State '')
- - Republic of Iceland
- - Republic of India ('' Federal State '')
- - Republic of Indonesia
- - Islamic Republic of Iran
- - Republic of Iraq
- (''also commonly 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 ( Crown Dependency of the Crown of the United Kingdom )
- - State of Israel
- - Italian Republic
- ---''See Côte D'Ivoire for Ivory Coast''
- - Republic of Kazakhstan
- - Republic of Kenya
- - Republic of Kiribati
- - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (''popularly known as North Korea'')
- - Republic of Korea (''popularly known as South Korea'')
- Kosovo - Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohia (''autonomous province of Serbia And Montenegro under UN Interim Civilian Administration '')
- - State of Kuwait
- - Kyrgyz Republic (''sometimes also rendered as Kirghizia'')
- - Lao People's Democratic Republic
- - Republic of Latvia
- - Republic of Lebanon
- - Kingdom of Lesotho
- - Republic of Liberia
- - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- - Principality of Liechtenstein
- - Republic of Lithuania
- - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- - Republic of Uganda
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- ('' Federal State '')
- - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ('' Commonwealth Realm '')
- - United States of America ('' Federal State '')
- - Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- - Republic of Uzbekistan
- - Republic of Vanuatu
- - State of the Vatican City (''administered by a Pontifical Commission appointed by the Pope who is concurrently the head of the Holy See and that of the Vatican City'')
- - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ('' Federal State '')
- - Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British) - British Virgin Islands (''overseas territory of the United Kingdom '')
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) - United States Virgin Islands (''unincorporated organized territory of the United States , popularly known in its abbreviated terms as U.S. Virgin Islands'')
- Wallis And Futuna (''overseas collectivity of France '')
- '' - Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (''currently recognized by Over 40 Countries , the SADR only exercises effective control over the territory east of Moroccan Wall , whereas large portion of the territory is occupied by and integrated in Morocco '')
- - Republic of Zambia
- - Republic of Zimbabwe
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