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This is an alphabetical list of the countries of the world.

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The below list contains both states and dependent territories, see country, state, nation state for some explanation of the difference between these. There is a list of dependent territories, dependent areas should be removed from this list and moved to their proper place. Other articles focus on imaginary countries, micronations and former countries (see List of extinct countries, empires, etc.).

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

A

Afghanistan - Africa - Albania - Algeria - Andorra - Angola - Antigua and Barbuda - Argentina - Armenia - Asia - Australia - Austria - Austria-Hungary - Azerbaijan

B

Bahamas - Bangladesh - Barbados - Belarus - Belgium - Belize - Berlin - Bermuda - Bhutan - Bohemia - Bolivia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Botswana - Brazil - Brunei - Bulgaria - Burkina Faso - Burma (now Myanmar) - Burundi

C

Cambodia - Cameroon - Canada - Cape Verde - Central African Republic - Chad - Chile - People's Republic of China - Republic of China¹ (Taiwan) - Colombia - Comoros - Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) - Republic of the Congo - Costa Rica - Cote d Ivoire - Croatia - Cuba - Cyprus - Northern Cyprus⁷ - Czechoslovakia - Czech Republic

D

Denmark - Djibouti - Dominica - Dominican Republic

E

East Germany - East Timor - Ecuador - Egypt - El Salvador - Eritrea - Estonia - Ethiopia - Europe

F

Fiji - Finland - France

G

Gabon - Georgia - Germany - Ghana - Great Britan - Greece - Grenada - Guatemala - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Guyana

H

Haiti - Holy See (see Vatican City⁴) - Honduras - Hungary

I

Iceland - India - Indonesia - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Ivory Coast (see Cote d Ivoire)

J

Jamaica - Japan - Jordan

K

Kazakhstan - Kenya - Kiribati - Korea - Korea, North - Korea, South - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan

L

Laos - Latvia - Lebanon - Lesotho - Liberia - Libya - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg

M

Republic of Macedonia⁶ - Malaysia - Mali - Malta - Marshall Islands - Mauritius - Mexico - Federated States of Micronesia - Moldova - Monaco - Mongolia - Montenegro - Morocco - Myanmar

N

Namibia - Nauru - Netherlands - New Zealand (Aotearoa) - Niger - Nigeria - Niue² - North Africa - North Korea - Norway

O

Oman

P

Pakistan - Palau - Palestine (see West Bank, Gaza Strip)³ - Panama - Paraguay - Peru - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Puerto Rico

R

Romania - Russia - Rwanda

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Lucia - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Samoa - San Marino - Sao_Tome_and-Principe - Saudi Arabia - Senegal - Serbia - Serbia and Montenegro - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Solomon Islands - Somalia - South Africa - South Korea - Soviet Union - Spain - Sri Lanka - Suriname - Swaziland - Sweden - Switzerland - Syria

T

Taiwan (see Republic of China¹) - Tanzania - Thailand - Timor Leste (see East Timor) - Tonga - Turkey - Turkmenistan - Tuvalu

U

Uganda - Ukraine - United Arab Emirates - United Kingdom - United States of America - Uruguay - Uzebkistan

V

Vanuatu - Vatican City⁴ (Holy See) - Venezuela - Vietnam - Vojvodina

W

West Berlin - West Germany - Western Sahara⁵ - Western Samoa (now Samoa)

Y

Yemen - Yugoslavia

Z

Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) - Zambia - Zimbabwe

Notes

About the status/sovereignty of countries listed

¹ Republic of China (Taiwan): see Political status of Taiwan
² Niue: In free association with New Zealand; see also Niue Constitution Act 1974 (NZ)
³ Palestine: "State of Palestine" was declared 1988 and recognized by a series of Arab and Muslim countries, see also: proposals for a Palestinian state and Palestinian territories. Gaza Strip, West Bank, Israel include country articles about areas in the Palestine region.
⁴ Vatican: see Holy See
⁵ Western Sahara: see Politics of Western Sahara
⁶ Republic of Macedonia: known internationally as the "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
⁷ Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: recognized by Turkey