How many Countries are there in the World?

There are 195 countries in the world today.

List of countries

Below is the full list of countries ranked by the most populous:

1 China
2 India
3 U.S.
4 Indonesia
5 Brazil
6 Pakistan
7 Nigeria
8 Bangladesh
9 Russia
10 Mexico
11 Japan
12 Ethiopia
13 Philippines
14 Egypt
15 Viet Nam
16 DR Congo
17 Germany
18 Iran
19 Turkey
20 Thailand
21 U.K.
22 France
23 Italy
24 Tanzania
25 South Africa
26 Myanmar
27 South Korea
28 Kenya
29 Colombia
30 Spain
31 Argentina
32 Uganda
33 Ukraine
34 Algeria
35 Sudan
36 Iraq
37 Poland
38 Canada
39 Afghanistan
40 Morocco
41 Saudi Arabia
42 Peru
43 Venezuela
44 Uzbekistan
45 Malaysia
46 Angola
47 Mozambique
48 Nepal
49 Ghana
50 Yemen
51 Madagascar
52 North Korea
53 Côte d'Ivoire
54 Australia
55 Cameroon
56 Niger
57 Sri Lanka
58 Burkina Faso
59 Romania
60 Malawi
61 Mali
62 Kazakhstan
63 Syria
64 Chile
65 Zambia
66 Guatemala
67 Netherlands
68 Zimbabwe
69 Ecuador
70 Senegal
71 Cambodia
72 Chad
73 Somalia
74 Guinea
75 South Sudan
76 Rwanda
77 Tunisia
78 Belgium
79 Cuba
80 Benin
81 Burundi
82 Bolivia
83 Greece
84 Haiti
85 Dominican Republic
86 Czech Republic
87 Portugal
88 Sweden
89 Azerbaijan
90 Jordan
91 Hungary
92 United Arab Emirates
93 Belarus
94 Honduras
95 Tajikistan
96 Serbia
97 Austria
98 Switzerland
99 Israel
100 Papua New Guinea
101 Togo
102 Sierra Leone
103 Bulgaria
104 Laos
105 Paraguay
106 Libya
107 El Salvador
108 Nicaragua
109 Kyrgyzstan
110 Lebanon
111 Turkmenistan
112 Singapore
113 Denmark
114 Finland
115 Slovakia
116 Congo
117 Norway
118 Eritrea
119 State of Palestine
120 Costa Rica
121 Liberia
122 Oman
123 Ireland
124 New Zealand
125 Central African Republic
126 Mauritania
127 Kuwait
128 Croatia
129 Panama
130 Moldova
131 Georgia
132 Bosnia & Herzegovina
133 Uruguay
134 Mongolia
135 Albania
136 Armenia
137 Jamaica
138 Lithuania
139 Qatar
140 Namibia
141 Botswana
142 Lesotho
143 Gambia
144 TFYR Macedonia
145 Slovenia
146 Gabon
147 Latvia
148 Guinea-Bissau
149 Bahrain
150 Swaziland
151 Trinidad and Tobago
152 Timor-Leste
153 Equatorial Guinea
154 Estonia
155 Mauritius
156 Cyprus
157 Djibouti
158 Fiji
159 Comoros
160 Bhutan
161 Guyana
162 Montenegro
163 Solomon Islands
164 Luxembourg
165 Suriname
166 Cabo Verde
167 Maldives
168 Brunei
169 Malta
170 Bahamas
171 Belize
172 Iceland
173 Barbados
174 Vanuatu
175 Sao Tome & Principe
176 Samoa
177 Saint Lucia
178 Kiribati
179 St. Vincent & Grenadines
180 Tonga
181 Grenada
182 Micronesia
183 Antigua and Barbuda
184 Seychelles
185 Andorra
186 Dominica
187 Saint Kitts & Nevis
188 Marshall Islands
189 Monaco
190 Liechtenstein
191 San Marino
192 Palau
193 Nauru
194 Tuvalu
195 Holy See

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