CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED<\/a><\/p><\/div>\nIn 1923, the world population was estimated at a little under 2 billion. One hundred years later, that number has more than quadrupled to the current estimate of 8.045 billion (Nov 2023). With some 1.43 billion inhabitants, India has recently overtaken China as the world\u2019s most populace nation. In stark contrast, according to a UN July 2023 estimate, the population of the tiny Vatican state is just 518.<\/p>\n
The most densely populated part of the world is the Chinese-held territory of Macau. It has an approximate population density of 21,000 people per km2. The world\u2019s least populated area is the Danish territory of Greenland, which averages just 0.03 people per km2.<\/p>\n
Many leading experts predict that the world population is set to rise by a further 2 billion by 2050.<\/p>\n
List of Countries<\/h3>\n
Here’s a current (2023) list of all the world’s countries, territories & dependencies in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n
Independent Nation States (194)<\/h4>\n
Afghanistan
\nAlbania
\nAlgeria
\nAndorra
\nAngola
\nAntigua and Barbuda
\nArgentina
\nArmenia
\nAustralia
\nAustria
\nAzerbaijan
\nBahamas
\nBahrain
\nBangladesh
\nBarbados
\nBelarus
\nBelgium
\nBelize
\nBenin
\nBhutan
\nBolivia
\nBosnia and Herzegovina
\nBotswana
\nBrazil
\nBrunei
\nBulgaria
\nBurkina Faso
\nBurundi
\nCambodia
\nCameroon
\nCanada
\nCape Verde
\nCentral African Republic
\nChad
\nChile
\nChina
\nColombia
\nComoros
\nCongo DRC
\nCongo Republic
\nCosta Rica
\nCroatia
\nCuba
\nCyprus
\nCzech Republic
\nDenmark
\nDjibouti
\nDominica
\nDominican Republic
\nEast Timor
\nEcuador
\nEgypt
\nEl Salvador
\nEquatorial Guinea
\nEritrea
\nEstonia
\nEswatini
\nEthiopia
\nFiji Islands
\nFinland
\nFrance
\nGabon
\nGambia
\nGeorgia
\nGermany
\nGhana
\nGreece
\nGrenada
\nGuatemala
\nGuinea
\nGuinea-Bissau
\nGuyana
\nHaiti
\nHonduras
\nHungary
\nIceland
\nIndia
\nIndonesia
\nIran
\nIraq
\nIreland
\nIsrael
\nItaly
\nIvory Coast
\nJamaica
\nJapan
\nJordan
\nKazakhstan
\nKenya
\nKiribati
\nKuwait
\nKyrgyzstan
\nLaos
\nLatvia
\nLebanon
\nLesotho
\nLiberia
\nLibya
\nLiechtenstein
\nLithuania
\nLuxembourg
\nMadagascar
\nMalawi
\nMalaysia
\nMaldives
\nMali
\nMalta
\nMarshall Islands
\nMauritania
\nMauritius
\nMexico
\nMicronesia
\nMoldova
\nMonaco
\nMongolia
\nMontenegro
\nMorocco
\nMozambique
\nMyanmar
\nNamibia
\nNauru
\nNepal
\nNetherlands
\nNew Zealand
\nNicaragua
\nNiger
\nNigeria
\nNorth Korea
\nNorth Macedonia
\nNorway
\nOman
\nPakistan
\nPalau
\nPanama
\nPapua New Guinea
\nParaguay
\nPeru
\nPhilippines
\nPoland
\nPortugal
\nQatar
\nRomania
\nRussia
\nRwanda
\nSaint Kitts and Nevis
\nSaint Lucia
\nSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
\nSamoa
\nSan Marino
\nSao Tome and Principe
\nSaudi Arabia
\nSenegal
\nSerbia
\nSeychelles
\nSierra Leone
\nSingapore
\nSlovakia
\nSlovenia
\nSolomon Islands
\nSomalia
\nSouth Africa
\nSouth Korea
\nSouth Sudan
\nSpain
\nSri Lanka
\nSudan
\nSuriname
\nSweden
\nSwitzerland
\nSyria
\nTajikistan
\nTanzania
\nThailand
\nTogo
\nTonga
\nTrinidad and Tobago
\nTunisia
\nTurkey
\nTurkmenistan
\nTuvalu
\nUganda
\nUkraine
\nUnited Arab Emirates
\nUnited Kingdom
\nUnited States
\nUruguay
\nUzbekistan
\nVanuatu
\nVatican City*
\nVenezuela
\nVietnam
\nYemen
\nZambia
\nZimbabwe<\/p>\n
*Non-member of the UN<\/em><\/p>\nQuasi Nation States (i.e. partial UN recognition)<\/h4>\n
Kosovo
\nPalestine
\nTaiwan<\/p>\n
Territories and Dependencies (55)<\/h4>\n
American Samoa (US)
\nAnguilla (UK)
\nAruba (NL)
\nBermuda (UK)
\nBonaire (NL)
\nBouvet Island (NO)
\nBritish Indian Ocean Territory (UK)
\nBritish Virgin Islands (UK)
\nCayman Islands (UK)
\nChristmas Island (AU)
\nCocos Islands (AU)
\nCook Islands (NZ)
\nCoral Sea Islands Territory (AU)
\nCura\u00e7ao (NL)
\nFalkland Islands (UK)
\nFaroe Islands (DK)
\nFrench Guiana (FR)
\nFrench Polynesia (FR)
\nFrench Southern Lands (FR)
\nGibraltar (UK)
\nGreenland (DK)
\nGuadeloupe (FR)
\nGuam (US)
\nGuernsey (UK)
\nHeard and McDonald Islands (AU)
\nHong Kong (CN)
\nIsle of Man (UK)
\nJan Mayen (NO)
\nJersey (UK)
\nMacau (CN)
\nMartinique (FR)
\nMayotte (FR)
\nMontserrat (UK)
\nNavassa (US)
\nNew Caledonia (FR)
\nNiue (NZ)
\nNorfolk Island (AU)
\nNorthern Marianas (US)
\nPitcairn Island (UK)
\nPuerto Rico (US)
\nReunion (FR)
\nSaba (NL)
\nSaint Barthelemy (FR)
\nSaint Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha (UK)
\nSaint Martin (FR)
\nSaint Pierre and Miquelon (FR)
\nSaint Eustatius (NL)
\nSaint Maarten (NL)
\nSouth Georgia (UK)
\nSvalbard (NO)
\nTokelau (NZ)
\nTurks and Caicos Islands (UK)
\nU.S. Minor Pacific Islands (US)
\nU.S. Virgin Islands (US)
\nWallis and Futuna (FR)<\/p>\n
AU – Australia, DK – Denmark, FR – France, NL – Netherlands, NO – Norway, NZ – New Zealand, UK – United Kingdom, US – United States of America<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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