How Many Countries are there in the World?

After reading the title of this article, some number will come to your mind that will be around 230!! You may have read a line on many website " users from #Number of countries are already using our services..", or something similar to it. Some websites give a list of 200+ countries list with their currency also. Because they include Territories and Dependencies also. I asked this questions to many students and got very surprising results. So I decided to make an article on this topic.

So let's go to the answer of the question, there are 195 total countries in the world. Out of which 193 are members of UN (United Nations). Some people/Websites will say a number of countries as 196 as they count Taiwan as a country, but as of now many countries (including the USA) doesn't officially recognize Taiwan as a Country because The People's Republic of China considers Taiwan as a breakaway province of china. You can get more knowledge on this controversy by searching google or click on below links.

1. Wikipedia Taiwan      2. Quora Discussion

Currently, United Nations have 193 recognized members, two other countries Vatican City and Kosovo are not in the list, So the total number goes to 195. ( Or 196 if you consider Taiwan )

we have compiled  a complete list of countries with their capitals.

You can also download the pdf by clicking the link below.

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Here is a complete list for your reference.

Sr No	Country	Capital
1	Afghanistan	Kabul
2	Albania	Tirane
3	Algeria	Algiers
4	Andorra	Andorra la Vella
5	Angola	Luanda
6	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's
7	Argentina	Buenos Aires
8	Armenia	Yerevan
9	Australia	Canberra
10	Austria	Vienna
11	Azerbaijan	Baku
12	The Bahamas	Nassau
13	Bahrain	Manama
14	Bangladesh	Dhaka
15	Barbados	Bridgetown
16	Belarus	Minsk
17	Belgium	Brussels
18	Belize	Belmopan
19	Benin	Porto-Novo
20	Bhutan	Thimphu
21	Bolivia	La Paz, Sucre
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
23	Botswana	Gaborone
24	Brazil	Brasilia
25	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan
26	Bulgaria	Sofia
27	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
28	Burundi	Bujumbura
29	Cambodia	Phnom Penh
30	Cameroon	Yaounde
31	Canada	Ottawa
32	Cape Verde	Praia
33	Central African Republic	Bangui
34	Chad	N'Djamena
35	Chile	Santiago
36	China	Beijing
37	Colombia	Bogota
38	Comoros	Moroni
39	Democratic Republic Of the Congo	Kinshasa
40	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville
41	Costa Rica	San Jose
42	Croatia	Zagreb
43	Cuba	Havana
44	Cyprus	Nicosia
45	Czech Republic	Prague
46	Denmark	Copenhagen
47	Djibouti	Djibouti
48	Dominica	Rosesau
49	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
50	East Timor (Timor-Leste)	Dilli
51	Ecuador	Quito
52	Egypt	Cairo
53	El Salvador	San Salvador
54	Equitorial Guinea	Malabo
55	Eritrea	Asmara
56	Estonia	Tallinn
57	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
58	Fiji	Suva
59	Finland	Helsinki
60	France	Paris
61	Gabon	Libreville
62	The Gambia	Banjul
63	Georgia	Tbilisi
64	Germany	Berlin
65	Ghana	Accra
66	Greece	Athens
67	Grenada	St. George's
68	Guatemala	Guatemala City
69	Guinea	Conakry
70	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
71	Guyana	Georgetown
72	Haiti	Port-au-Prince
73	Honduras	Tegucigalpa
74	Hungary	Budapest
75	Iceland	Reykjavik
76	India	New Delhi
77	Indonesia	Jakarta
78	Iran	Tehran
79	Iraq	Baghdad
80	Ireland	Dublin
81	Israel	Jerusalem
82	Italy	Rome
83	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro, Abidjan
84	Jamaica	Kingston
85	Japan	Tokyo
86	Jordan	Amman
87	Kazakhstan	Astana
88	Kenya	Nairobi
89	Kiribati	Tarawa Atoll
90	Korea, North	Pyongyang
91	Korea, South	Seoul
92	Kosovo	Pristina
93	Kuwait	Kuwait City
94	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
95	Laos	Vientiane
96	Latvia	Riga
97	Lebanon	Beirut
98	Lesotho	Maseru
99	Liberia	Monrovia
100	Libya	Tripoli
101	Liechtenstein	Vaduz
102	Lithuania	Vilnius
103	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
104	Macedonia	Skopje
105	Madagascar	Antananarivo
106	Malawi	Lilongwe
107	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
108	Maldives	Male
109	Mali	Bamako
110	Malta	Valletta
111	Marshall Islands	Majuro
112	Mauritania	Nouakchott
113	Mauritius	Port Louis
114	Mexico	Mexico City
115	Federal States of Micronesia	Palikir
116	Moldova	Chisinau
117	Monaco	Monaco
118	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
119	Montenegro	Podgorica
120	Morocco	Rabat
121	Mozambique	Maputo
122	Myanmar (Burma)	Nypyidaw
123	Namibia	Windhoek
124	Nauru	Yaren
125	Nepal	Kathmandu
126	Netherlands	Amsterdam; The Hague
127	New Zealand	Wellington
128	Nicaragua	Managua
129	Niger	Niamey
130	Nigeria	Abuja
131	Norway	Oslo
132	Oman	Muscat
133	Pakistan	Islamabad
134	Palau	Melekeok
135	Panama	Panama City
136	Papa New Guinea	Port Moresby
137	Paraguay	Asuncion
138	Peru	Lima
139	Philippines	Manila
140	Poland	Warsaw
141	Portugal	Lisbon
142	Qatar	Doha
143	Romania	Bucharest
144	Russia	Moscow
145	Rwanda	Kigali
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre
147	Saint Lucia	Castries
148	Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	Kingstown
149	Samoa	Apia
150	San Marino	San Marino
151	Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome
152	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
153	Senegal	Dakar
154	Serbia	Belgrade
155	Seychelles	Victoria
156	Sierra Leone	Freetown
157	Singapore	Singapore
158	Slovakia	Bratislava
159	Slovenia	Ljubljana
160	Solomon Islands	Honiara
161	Somalia	Mogadishu
162	South Africa	Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein
163	South Sudan	Juba
164	Spain	Madrid
165	Sri Lanka	Colombo
166	Sudan	Khartoum
167	Suriname	Paramaribo
168	Swaziland	Mbabane
169	Sweden	Stockholm
170	Switzerland	Berne
171	Syria	Damascus
172	Tajikistan	Dushanbe
173	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam; Dodoma
174	Thailand	Bangkok
175	Togo	Lome
176	Tonga	Nuku'alofa
177	Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain
178	Tunisia	Tunis
179	Turkey	Ankara
180	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
181	Tuvalu	Vaiaku
182	Uganda	Kampala
183	Ukraine	Kiev
184	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
185	United Kingdom	London
186	United States of America	Washington D.C.
187	Uruguay	Montevideo
188	Uzbekistan	Tashkent
189	Vanuatu	Port-Vila
190	Vatican City	Vatican City
191	Venezuela	Caracas
192	Vietnam	Hanoi
193	Yemen	Sanaa
194	Zambia	Lusaka
195	Zimbabwe	Harare

Remember the capitals and country names, friends. In many exams, examiners ask capital of country questions.  This post can give you that one mark, and you know the importance of every single mark in the race of competitive exams.

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