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	1,417,492,000	3,287,263	New Delhi	Asia
2	China	1,408,280,000	9,706,961	Beijing	Asia
3	United States	340,110,988	9,525,067	Washington, D.C.	Americas
4	Indonesia	284,438,782	1,904,569	Jakarta	Asia
5	Pakistan	241,499,431	796,095	Islamabad	Asia
6	Nigeria	223,800,000	923,768	Abuja	Africa
7	Brazil	213,421,037	8,515,767	Brasília	Americas
8	Bangladesh	169,828,911	147,570	Dhaka	Asia
9	Russia	146,028,325	17,098,246	Moscow	Europe
10	Mexico	130,575,786	1,964,375	Mexico City	Americas
11	Japan	123,210,000	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
12	Philippines	114,123,600	342,353	Manila	Asia
13	DR Congo	112,832,000	2,344,858	Kinshasa	Africa
14	Ethiopia	111,652,998	1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Africa
15	Egypt	107,271,260	1,002,450	Cairo	Africa
16	Vietnam	101,343,800	331,212	Hanoi	Asia
17	Iran	85,961,000	1,648,195	Tehran	Asia
18	Turkey	85,664,944	783,562	Ankara	Asia
19	Germany	83,491,249	357,114	Berlin	Europe
20	United Kingdom	69,281,437	244,376	London	Europe
21	Tanzania	68,153,004	947,303	Dodoma	Africa
22	France	66,351,959	543,908	Paris	Europe
23	Thailand	65,859,640	513,120	Bangkok	Asia
24	South Africa	63,100,945	1,221,037	Pretoria	Africa
25	Italy	58,927,633	301,336	Rome	Europe
26	Kenya	53,330,978	580,367	Nairobi	Africa
27	Colombia	53,057,212	1,141,748	Bogotá	Americas
28	Sudan	51,662,000	1,886,068	Khartoum	Africa
29	Myanmar	51,316,756	676,578	Naypyidaw	Asia
30	South Korea	51,159,889	100,210	Seoul	Asia
31	Spain	49,315,949	505,992	Madrid	Europe
32	Algeria	47,400,000	2,381,741	Algiers	Africa
33	Argentina	46,735,004	2,780,400	Buenos Aires	Americas
34	Iraq	46,118,793	438,317	Baghdad	Asia
35	Uganda	45,905,417	241,550	Kampala	Africa
36	Afghanistan	43,844,000	652,230	Kabul	Asia
37	Canada	41,651,653	9,984,670	Ottawa	Americas
38	Uzbekistan	37,859,698	447,400	Tashkent	Asia
39	Poland	37,392,000	312,679	Warsaw	Europe
40	Morocco	36,828,330	446,550	Rabat	Africa
41	Angola	36,170,961	1,246,700	Luanda	Africa
42	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	2,149,690	Riyadh	Asia
43	Peru	34,350,244	1,285,216	Lima	Americas
44	Malaysia	34,231,700	330,803	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
45	Mozambique	34,090,466	801,590	Maputo	Africa
46	Ghana	33,742,380	238,533	Accra	Africa
47	Ukraine	32,862,000	603,550	Kyiv	Europe
48	Yemen	32,684,503	527,968	Sana'a	Asia
49	Madagascar	31,727,042	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
50	Ivory Coast	31,719,275	322,463	Yamoussoukro	Africa
51	Nepal	29,911,840	147,181	Kathmandu	Asia
52	Cameroon	29,442,327	475,442	Yaoundé	Africa
53	Venezuela	28,517,000	916,445	Caracas	Americas
54	Australia	27,536,874	7,692,024	Canberra	Oceania
55	Niger	26,312,034	1,267,000	Niamey	Africa
56	North Korea	25,950,000	120,538	Pyongyang	Asia
57	Syria	25,620,000	185,180	Damascus	Asia
58	Burkina Faso	24,070,553	272,967	Ouagadougou	Africa
59	Mali	22,395,489	1,240,192	Bamako	Africa
60	Sri Lanka	21,763,170	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
61	Malawi	20,734,262	118,484	Lilongwe	Africa
62	Kazakhstan	20,426,568	2,724,900	Astana	Asia
63	Chile	20,206,953	756,102	Santiago	Americas
64	Zambia	19,693,423	752,612	Lusaka	Africa
65	Somalia	19,655,000	637,657	Mogadishu	Africa
66	Chad	19,340,757	1,284,000	N'Djamena	Africa
67	Romania	19,036,031	238,391	Bucharest	Europe
68	Senegal	18,593,258	196,722	Dakar	Africa
69	Ecuador	18,103,660	276,841	Quito	Americas
70	Netherlands	18,100,436	41,865	Amsterdam	Europe
71	Guatemala	18,079,810	108,889	Guatemala City	Americas
72	Cambodia	17,577,760	181,035	Phnom Penh	Asia
73	Zimbabwe	17,073,087	390,757	Harare	Africa
74	South Sudan	15,786,898	619,745	Juba	Africa
75	Guinea	14,363,931	245,857	Conakry	Africa
76	Rwanda	14,104,969	26,338	Kigali	Africa
77	Benin	13,224,860	112,622	Porto-Novo	Africa
78	Burundi	12,332,788	27,834	Gitega	Africa
79	Tunisia	11,972,169	163,610	Tunis	Africa
80	Haiti	11,867,032	27,750	Port-au-Prince	Americas
81	Belgium	11,825,551	30,528	Brussels	Europe
82	Papua New Guinea	11,781,559	462,840	Port Moresby	Oceania
83	Jordan	11,734,000	89,342	Amman	Asia
84	Bolivia	11,365,333	1,098,581	Sucre	Americas
85	United Arab Emirates	11,294,243	83,600	Abu Dhabi	Asia
86	Czechia	10,882,341	78,865	Prague	Europe
87	Dominican Republic	10,771,504	48,671	Santo Domingo	Americas
88	Portugal	10,749,635	92,090	Lisbon	Europe
89	Sweden	10,605,098	450,295	Stockholm	Europe
90	Tajikistan	10,499,000	143,100	Dushanbe	Asia
91	Greece	10,400,720	131,990	Athens	Europe
92	Azerbaijan	10,241,722	86,600	Baku	Asia
93	Israel	10,134,800	21,937	Jerusalem	Asia
94	Honduras	9,892,632	112,492	Tegucigalpa	Americas
95	Cuba	9,748,007	109,884	Havana	Americas
96	Hungary	9,539,502	93,028	Budapest	Europe
97	Austria	9,200,931	83,871	Vienna	Europe
98	Belarus	9,109,280	207,600	Minsk	Europe
99	Switzerland	9,082,848	41,284	Bern	Europe
100	Sierra Leone	9,077,691	71,740	Freetown	Africa
101	Togo	8,095,498	56,785	Lomé	Africa
102	Laos	7,647,000	236,800	Vientiane	Asia
103	Libya	7,459,000	1,759,540	Tripoli	Africa
104	Kyrgyzstan	7,281,800	199,951	Bishkek	Asia
105	Turkmenistan	7,057,841	488,100	Ashgabat	Asia
106	Nicaragua	6,803,886	130,373	Managua	Americas
107	Serbia	6,567,783	77,589	Belgrade	Europe
108	Central African Republic	6,470,307	622,984	Bangui	Africa
109	Bulgaria	6,437,360	110,879	Sofia	Europe
110	Republic of the Congo	6,142,180	342,000	Brazzaville	Africa
111	Singapore	6,110,200	710	Singapore	Asia
112	Paraguay	6,109,644	406,752	Asunción	Americas
113	El Salvador	6,029,976	21,041	San Salvador	Americas
114	Denmark	6,011,488	43,094	Copenhagen	Europe
115	Finland	5,650,325	338,455	Helsinki	Europe
116	Norway	5,606,944	386,224	Oslo	Europe
117	Lebanon	5,490,000	10,452	Beirut	Asia
118	Ireland	5,458,600	70,273	Dublin	Europe
119	Slovakia	5,413,813	49,037	Bratislava	Europe
120	Oman	5,343,630	309,500	Muscat	Asia
121	New Zealand	5,324,700	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
122	Costa Rica	5,309,625	51,100	San José	Americas
123	Liberia	5,248,621	111,369	Monrovia	Africa
124	Mauritania	4,927,532	1,030,700	Nouakchott	Africa
125	Kuwait	4,881,254	17,818	Kuwait City	Asia
126	Panama	4,064,780	75,417	Panama City	Americas
127	Georgia	4,000,921	69,700	Tbilisi	Asia
128	Croatia	3,866,233	56,594	Zagreb	Europe
129	Eritrea	3,607,000	117,600	Asmara	Africa
130	Mongolia	3,544,835	1,564,110	Ulan Bator	Asia
131	Uruguay	3,499,451	181,034	Montevideo	Americas
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,422,000	51,209	Sarajevo	Europe
133	Qatar	3,173,024	11,586	Doha	Asia
134	Armenia	3,076,200	29,743	Yerevan	Asia
135	Namibia	3,022,401	825,615	Windhoek	Africa
136	Lithuania	2,894,886	65,300	Vilnius	Europe
137	Jamaica	2,825,544	10,991	Kingston	Americas
138	Moldova	2,749,076	33,847	Chișinău	Europe
139	Gabon	2,469,296	267,668	Libreville	Africa
140	Gambia	2,422,712	10,689	Banjul	Africa
141	Albania	2,363,314	28,748	Tirana	Europe
142	Botswana	2,359,609	582,000	Gaborone	Africa
143	Slovenia	2,130,638	20,273	Ljubljana	Europe
144	Lesotho	2,116,427	30,355	Maseru	Africa
145	Latvia	1,829,000	64,559	Riga	Europe
146	North Macedonia	1,822,612	25,713	Skopje	Europe
147	Guinea-Bissau	1,781,308	36,125	Bissau	Africa
148	Equatorial Guinea	1,668,768	28,051	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa
149	Bahrain	1,594,654	765	Manama	Asia
150	Kosovo	1,585,566	10,908	Pristina	Europe
151	Cyprus	1,442,614	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
152	Timor-Leste	1,391,221	14,874	Dili	Asia
153	Estonia	1,369,995	45,227	Tallinn	Europe
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,367,764	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
155	Mauritius	1,243,741	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
156	Eswatini	1,235,549	17,364	Mbabane	Africa
157	Djibouti	1,066,809	23,200	Djibouti	Africa
158	Comoros	919,901	1,862	Moroni	Africa
159	Fiji	900,869	18,272	Suva	Oceania
160	Bhutan	784,043	38,394	Thimphu	Asia
161	Guyana	772,975	214,969	Georgetown	Americas
162	Solomon Islands	750,325	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
163	Luxembourg	681,973	2,586	Luxembourg	Europe
164	Montenegro	623,327	13,812	Podgorica	Europe
165	Suriname	616,500	163,820	Paramaribo	Americas
166	Malta	574,250	316	Valletta	Europe
167	Maldives	515,132	300	Malé	Asia
168	Cape Verde	491,233	4,033	Praia	Africa
169	Brunei	455,500	5,765	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia
170	Belize	417,634	22,966	Belmopan	Americas
171	Bahamas	398,165	13,943	Nassau	Americas
172	Iceland	391,810	103,000	Reykjavik	Europe
173	Vanuatu	321,409	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
174	Barbados	267,800	430	Bridgetown	Americas
175	São Tomé and Príncipe	209,607	964	São Tomé	Africa
176	Samoa	205,557	2,842	Apia	Oceania
177	Saint Lucia	184,100	616	Castries	Americas
178	Seychelles	122,729	452	Victoria	Africa
179	Kiribati	120,740	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,872	389	Kingstown	Americas
181	Grenada	109,021	344	St. George's	Americas
182	Micronesia	105,564	702	Palikir	Oceania
183	Antigua and Barbuda	103,603	442	Saint John's	Americas
184	Tonga	100,179	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
185	Andorra	88,406	468	Andorra la Vella	Europe
186	Dominica	67,408	751	Roseau	Americas
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,320	261	Basseterre	Americas
188	Marshall Islands	42,418	181	Majuro	Oceania
189	Liechtenstein	40,900	160	Vaduz	Europe
190	Monaco	38,423	2.02	Monaco	Europe
191	San Marino	34,132	61	City of San Marino	Europe
192	Palau	16,733	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
193	Nauru	11,680	21	Yaren	Oceania
194	Tuvalu	10,643	26	Funafuti	Oceania
195	Vatican City	882	0.49	Vatican City	Europe

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