Independent Countries of the World (2026)

There are 195 independent countries and territories in the world. The most populous is India and the least populous independent entity is Vatican City.

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	India	1,450,935,791	3,287,263	New Delhi	Asia
2	China	1,408,975,000	9,706,961	Beijing	Asia
3	United States	340,110,988	9,525,067	Washington, D.C.	Americas
4	Indonesia	283,487,931	1,904,569	Jakarta	Asia
5	Pakistan	251,269,164	796,095	Islamabad	Asia
6	Nigeria	232,679,478	923,768	Abuja	Africa
7	Brazil	211,998,573	8,515,767	Brasília	Americas
8	Bangladesh	173,562,364	147,570	Dhaka	Asia
9	Russia	143,533,851	17,098,246	Moscow	Europe
10	Ethiopia	132,059,767	1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Africa
11	Mexico	130,861,007	1,964,375	Mexico City	Americas
12	Japan	123,975,371	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
13	Egypt	116,538,258	1,002,450	Cairo	Africa
14	Philippines	115,843,670	342,353	Manila	Asia
15	DR Congo	109,276,265	2,344,858	Kinshasa	Africa
16	Vietnam	100,987,686	331,212	Hanoi	Asia
17	Iran	91,567,738	1,648,195	Tehran	Asia
18	Turkey	85,518,661	783,562	Ankara	Asia
19	Germany	83,516,593	357,114	Berlin	Europe
20	Thailand	71,668,011	513,120	Bangkok	Asia
21	United Kingdom	69,226,000	244,376	London	Europe
22	Tanzania	68,560,157	947,303	Dodoma	Africa
23	France	68,551,653	543,908	Paris	Europe
24	South Africa	64,007,187	1,221,037	Pretoria	Africa
25	Italy	58,952,704	301,336	Rome	Europe
26	Kenya	56,432,944	580,367	Nairobi	Africa
27	Myanmar	54,500,091	676,578	Naypyidaw	Asia
28	Colombia	52,886,363	1,141,748	Bogotá	Americas
29	South Korea	51,751,065	100,210	Seoul	Asia
30	Sudan	50,448,963	1,886,068	Khartoum	Africa
31	Uganda	50,015,092	241,550	Kampala	Africa
32	Spain	48,848,840	505,992	Madrid	Europe
33	Algeria	46,814,308	2,381,741	Algiers	Africa
34	Iraq	46,042,015	438,317	Baghdad	Asia
35	Argentina	45,696,159	2,780,400	Buenos Aires	Americas
36	Afghanistan	42,647,492	652,230	Kabul	Asia
37	Canada	41,288,599	9,984,670	Ottawa	Americas
38	Yemen	40,583,164	527,968	Sana'a	Asia
39	Morocco	38,081,173	446,550	Rabat	Africa
40	Angola	37,885,849	1,246,700	Luanda	Africa
41	Ukraine	37,860,221	603,550	Kyiv	Europe
42	Poland	36,559,233	312,679	Warsaw	Europe
43	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	447,400	Tashkent	Asia
44	Malaysia	35,557,673	330,803	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
45	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	2,149,690	Riyadh	Asia
46	Mozambique	34,631,766	801,590	Maputo	Africa
47	Ghana	34,427,414	238,533	Accra	Africa
48	Peru	34,217,848	1,285,216	Lima	Americas
49	Madagascar	31,964,956	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
50	Ivory Coast	31,934,230	322,463	Yamoussoukro	Africa
51	Nepal	29,651,054	147,181	Kathmandu	Asia
52	Cameroon	29,123,744	475,442	Yaoundé	Africa
53	Venezuela	28,405,543	916,445	Caracas	Americas
54	Australia	27,196,812	7,692,024	Canberra	Oceania
55	Niger	27,032,412	1,267,000	Niamey	Africa
56	North Korea	26,498,823	120,538	Pyongyang	Asia
57	Syria	24,672,760	185,180	Damascus	Asia
58	Mali	24,478,595	1,240,192	Bamako	Africa
59	Burkina Faso	23,548,781	272,967	Ouagadougou	Africa
60	Sri Lanka	21,916,000	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
61	Malawi	21,655,286	118,484	Lilongwe	Africa
62	Zambia	21,314,956	752,612	Lusaka	Africa
63	Kazakhstan	20,592,571	2,724,900	Astana	Asia
64	Chad	20,299,123	1,284,000	N'Djamena	Africa
65	Chile	19,764,771	756,102	Santiago	Americas
66	Romania	19,051,804	238,391	Bucharest	Europe
67	Somalia	19,009,151	637,657	Mogadishu	Africa
68	Senegal	18,501,984	196,722	Dakar	Africa
69	Guatemala	18,406,359	108,889	Guatemala City	Americas
70	Ecuador	18,135,478	276,841	Quito	Americas
71	Netherlands	17,993,485	41,865	Amsterdam	Europe
72	Cambodia	17,638,801	181,035	Phnom Penh	Asia
73	Zimbabwe	16,634,373	390,757	Harare	Africa
74	Guinea	14,754,785	245,857	Conakry	Africa
75	Benin	14,462,724	112,622	Porto-Novo	Africa
76	Rwanda	14,256,567	26,338	Kigali	Africa
77	Burundi	14,047,786	27,834	Gitega	Africa
78	Bolivia	12,413,315	1,098,581	Sucre	Americas
79	Tunisia	12,277,109	163,610	Tunis	Africa
80	South Sudan	11,943,408	619,745	Juba	Africa
81	Belgium	11,858,610	30,528	Brussels	Europe
82	Haiti	11,772,557	27,750	Port-au-Prince	Americas
83	Jordan	11,552,876	89,342	Amman	Asia
84	Dominican Republic	11,427,557	48,671	Santo Domingo	Americas
85	United Arab Emirates	10,986,400	83,600	Abu Dhabi	Asia
86	Cuba	10,979,783	109,884	Havana	Americas
87	Czechia	10,905,028	78,865	Prague	Europe
88	Honduras	10,825,703	112,492	Tegucigalpa	Americas
89	Portugal	10,694,681	92,090	Lisbon	Europe
90	Tajikistan	10,590,927	143,100	Dushanbe	Asia
91	Papua New Guinea	10,576,502	462,840	Port Moresby	Oceania
92	Sweden	10,569,709	450,295	Stockholm	Europe
93	Greece	10,405,134	131,990	Athens	Europe
94	Azerbaijan	10,202,830	86,600	Baku	Asia
95	Israel	9,974,400	21,937	Jerusalem	Asia
96	Hungary	9,562,065	93,028	Budapest	Europe
97	Togo	9,515,236	56,785	Lomé	Africa
98	Austria	9,177,982	83,871	Vienna	Europe
99	Belarus	9,132,629	207,600	Minsk	Europe
100	Switzerland	9,005,582	41,284	Bern	Europe
101	Sierra Leone	8,642,022	71,740	Freetown	Africa
102	Laos	7,769,819	236,800	Vientiane	Asia
103	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	488,100	Ashgabat	Asia
104	Libya	7,381,023	1,759,540	Tripoli	Africa
105	Kyrgyzstan	7,221,868	199,951	Bishkek	Asia
106	Paraguay	6,929,153	406,752	Asunción	Americas
107	Nicaragua	6,916,140	130,373	Managua	Americas
108	Serbia	6,586,476	77,589	Belgrade	Europe
109	Bulgaria	6,441,421	110,879	Sofia	Europe
110	El Salvador	6,338,193	21,041	San Salvador	Americas
111	Republic of the Congo	6,332,961	342,000	Brazzaville	Africa
112	Singapore	6,036,860	710	Singapore	Asia
113	Denmark	5,976,992	43,094	Copenhagen	Europe
114	Lebanon	5,805,962	10,452	Beirut	Asia
115	Finland	5,619,911	338,455	Helsinki	Europe
116	Liberia	5,612,817	111,369	Monrovia	Africa
117	Norway	5,572,279	386,224	Oslo	Europe
118	Slovakia	5,422,069	49,037	Bratislava	Europe
119	Ireland	5,395,790	70,273	Dublin	Europe
120	Central African Republic	5,330,690	622,984	Bangui	Africa
121	New Zealand	5,287,500	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
122	Oman	5,281,538	309,500	Muscat	Asia
123	Mauritania	5,169,395	1,030,700	Nouakchott	Africa
124	Costa Rica	5,129,910	51,100	San José	Americas
125	Kuwait	4,897,263	17,818	Kuwait City	Asia
126	Panama	4,515,577	75,417	Panama City	Americas
127	Croatia	3,866,200	56,594	Zagreb	Europe
128	Georgia	3,699,557	69,700	Tbilisi	Asia
129	Eritrea	3,535,603	117,600	Asmara	Africa
130	Mongolia	3,524,788	1,564,110	Ulan Bator	Asia
131	Uruguay	3,386,588	181,034	Montevideo	Americas
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,164,253	51,209	Sarajevo	Europe
133	Armenia	3,033,500	29,743	Yerevan	Asia
134	Namibia	3,030,131	825,615	Windhoek	Africa
135	Lithuania	2,888,278	65,300	Vilnius	Europe
136	Qatar	2,857,822	11,586	Doha	Asia
137	Jamaica	2,839,175	10,991	Kingston	Americas
138	Gambia	2,759,988	10,689	Banjul	Africa
139	Gabon	2,538,952	267,668	Libreville	Africa
140	Botswana	2,521,139	582,000	Gaborone	Africa
141	Moldova	2,402,306	33,847	Chișinău	Europe
142	Albania	2,377,128	28,748	Tirana	Europe
143	Lesotho	2,337,423	30,355	Maseru	Africa
144	Guinea-Bissau	2,201,352	36,125	Bissau	Africa
145	Slovenia	2,127,400	20,273	Ljubljana	Europe
146	Equatorial Guinea	1,892,516	28,051	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa
147	Latvia	1,866,124	64,559	Riga	Europe
148	North Macedonia	1,824,359	25,713	Skopje	Europe
149	Kosovo	1,594,353	10,908	Pristina	Europe
150	Bahrain	1,588,670	765	Manama	Asia
151	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	14,874	Dili	Asia
152	Estonia	1,372,341	45,227	Tallinn	Europe
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1,368,333	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
154	Cyprus	1,358,282	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
155	Mauritius	1,245,779	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
156	Eswatini	1,242,822	17,364	Mbabane	Africa
157	Djibouti	1,168,722	23,200	Djibouti	Africa
158	Fiji	928,784	18,272	Suva	Oceania
159	Comoros	866,628	1,862	Moroni	Africa
160	Guyana	831,087	214,969	Georgetown	Americas
161	Solomon Islands	819,198	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
162	Bhutan	791,524	38,394	Thimphu	Asia
163	Luxembourg	677,012	2,586	Luxembourg	Europe
164	Suriname	634,431	163,820	Paramaribo	Americas
165	Montenegro	623,525	13,812	Podgorica	Europe
166	Malta	568,847	316	Valletta	Europe
167	Maldives	527,799	300	Malé	Asia
168	Cape Verde	524,877	4,033	Praia	Africa
169	Brunei	462,721	5,765	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia
170	Belize	417,072	22,966	Belmopan	Americas
171	Bahamas	401,283	13,943	Nassau	Americas
172	Iceland	386,506	103,000	Reykjavik	Europe
173	Vanuatu	327,777	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
174	Barbados	282,467	430	Bridgetown	Americas
175	São Tomé and Príncipe	235,536	964	São Tomé	Africa
176	Samoa	218,019	2,842	Apia	Oceania
177	Saint Lucia	179,744	616	Castries	Americas
178	Kiribati	134,518	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
179	Seychelles	121,354	452	Victoria	Africa
180	Grenada	117,207	344	St. George's	Americas
181	Micronesia	113,160	702	Palikir	Oceania
182	Tonga	104,175	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,616	389	Kingstown	Americas
184	Antigua and Barbuda	93,772	442	Saint John's	Americas
185	Andorra	81,938	468	Andorra la Vella	Europe
186	Dominica	66,205	751	Roseau	Americas
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,843	261	Basseterre	Americas
188	Liechtenstein	40,450	160	Vaduz	Europe
189	Monaco	38,631	2.02	Monaco	Europe
190	Marshall Islands	37,548	181	Majuro	Oceania
191	San Marino	33,977	61	City of San Marino	Europe
192	Palau	17,695	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
193	Nauru	11,947	21	Yaren	Oceania
194	Tuvalu	9,646	26	Funafuti	Oceania
195	Vatican City	882	0.49	Vatican City	Europe

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