Countries of the World

A full, sortable list of all countries with languages, locales, population and ISO code. Includes external territories and disputed territories.

Code Country Capital City Official Language(s) Locale(s) Population (Mn) Continent Notes
-- none -- Abkhazia Sukhumi Abkhaz -- none -- 0.24 Europe Partially recognised state, split from Georgia in 1992
AF Afghanistan Kabul Persian (Dari) / Pashto Dari 44 Asia
AL Albania Tirana Albanian Albanian 2 Europe
DZ Algeria Algiers Arabic Arabic / French / Kabyle / Tamazight 47 Africa
AS American Samoa (US) Pago Pago Samoan / English English 0.05 Oceania
AD Andorra Andorra la Vella Catalan Catalan 0.09 Europe
AO Angola Luanda Portuguese Lingala / Portuguese 36 Africa
AI Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley English English 0.02 North America
AG Antigua and Barbuda Saint Johns English has de facto status English 0.1 North America
AR Argentina Beunos Aires Spanish has de facto status Spanish 47 South America
AM Armenia Yerevan Armenian Armenian 3 Asia
AW Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad Papiamento/ Dutch Dutch (Aruba) 0.11 North America
AU Australia Canberra English has de facto status English 27 Oceania
AT Austria Vienna German German / English 9 Europe
AZ Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijani Azerbaijani (Cyrillic/Latin) 10 Asia
BS Bahamas Nassau English English 0.4 North America
BH Bahrain Manama Arabic Arabic 2 Asia
BD Bangladesh Dhaka Bengali Bangla 170 Asia
BB Barbados Bridgetown English English 0.27 North America
BY Belarus Minsk Belarusian Russian / Belarusian 9 Europe
BE Belgium Brussels Dutch Dutch / English / French / German 12 Europe
BZ Belize Belmopan English English / Spanish 0.42 North America
BJ Benin Porto Novo French French / Yoruba 13 Africa
BM Bermuda (United Kingdom) Hamilton English English 0.06 North America
BT Bhutan Thimphu Dzongkha Dzongkha 1 Asia
BO Bolivia Sucre
also La Paz (de facto)
Castilian (Spanish) Quechua / Spanish 11 South America
BQ Bonaire (Netherlands) Kralendijk Papiamentu / Dutch Dutch 0.03 North America
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (all have de facto status) Bosnian/Serbian (Cyrillic/Latin) 3 Europe
BW Botswana Gaborone English English / Setswana 2 Africa
BR Brazil Brasillia Portuguese Portuguese / Spanish 213 South America
BN Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Malay Malay 0.46 Asia
BG Bulgaria Sofia Bulgarian Bulgarian 6 Europe
BF Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Mooré French 24 Africa
BI Burundi Gitega
also Bujumbura (de facto)
French English / French / Rundi 12 Africa
CV Cabo Verde/Cape Verde Praia Portuguese Kabuverdianu / Portuguese 0.49 Africa
KH Cambodia Phnom Penh Khmer Khmer 18 Asia
CM Cameroon Yaounde English English / Kwasio/ Meta' / Mundang / Ngiemboon / Ngomba / Yangben 29 Africa
CA Canada Ottawa English (Federal) English / French / Inuktitut 42 North America
KY Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) George Town English English 0.08 North America
CF Central African Republic Bangui French French / Lingala/ Sango 6 Africa
TD Chad N'Djamena Arabic Arabic / French 19 Africa
CL Chile Santiago Spanish Mapudungun/ Spanish 20 South America
CN China Beijing Mandarin (Standard Chinese) Chinese (Simplified/Traditional) 1,408 Asia
CX Christmas Island (Australia) Flying Fish Cove English English 0.002 Oceania External territory of Australia
CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island English English 0.001 Oceania External territory of Australia
CO Colombia Bogota Spanish Spanish 53 South America
KM Comoros Moroni Arabic Arabic / French 1 Africa
CG Congo-Brazzaville/Republic of the Congo Brazzaville French French /Lingala 6 Africa
CD Congo, DRC Kinshasa French French / Kiswahili / Lingala / Luba-Katanga / Swahili 113 Africa
CK Cook Islands (New Zealand) Avarua English English 0.02 Oceania
CR Costa Rica San Jose Spanish Spanish 5 North America
CI Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Yamoussoukro
also Abidjan (de facto)
French French 29 Africa
HR Croatia Zagreb Croatian Croatian 4 Europe
CU Cuba Havana Spanish Spanish 10 North America
CW Curaçao (Netherlands) Willemstad Papiamentu / Dutch / English Dutch 0.16 North America
CY Cyprus Nicosia Greek English / Greek / Turkish 1 Asia
CZ Czechia (Czech Republic) Prague Czech Czech 11 Europe
DK Denmark Copenhagen Danish Danish /English /Faroese 6 Europe
DJ Djibouti Djibouti Arabic Arabic / Afar / French / Somali 1 Africa
DM Dominica Roseau English English 0.07 North America
DO Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Spanish Spanish 11 North America
EC Ecuador Quilto Spanish Spanish / Quechua 17 South America
EG Egypt Cairo Arabic Arabic 107 Africa
SV El Salvador San Salvador Spanish Spanish 6 North America
GB England (United Kingdom) London English, BSL Cornish / English 57 Europe Although not fully independent, it is widely referred to as a country.
GQ Equatorial Guinea Malabo French French / Spanish / Portuguese 2 Africa
ER Eritrea Asmara Tigrinya Afar / Arabic / Blin / English / Saho / Tigre / Tigrinya 4 Africa
EE Estonia Tallinn Estonian Estonian 1 Europe
SZ Eswatini Mbabane (executive) Lobamba (legislative) English Swati 1 Africa formerly Swaziland
ET Ethiopia Addis Ababa Afar Afar / Amharic / Oromo / Somali / Tigrinya/ Wolaytta 112 Africa
FK Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Stanley English English 0.004 South America
FO Faroe Islands (Denmark) Tórshavn Faroese / Danish Faroese 0.06 Europe
FJ Fiji Suva English English 1 Oceania
FI Finland Helsinki Finnish English / Finnish / Sami(Inari/Northern/Skolt) / Swedish 6 Europe
FR France Paris French Alsatian / Breton / Catalan / Corsican / French / Interlingua / Occitan 69 Europe
GF French Guiana Cayenne French French 0.29 South America
PF French Polynesia (France) Papeete French / Tahitian French 0.28 Oceania
GA Gabon Libreville French French 2 Africa
GE Georgia Tbilisi Georgian Georgian / Ossetian 4 Asia
DE Germany Berlin German German / Low German / Lower Sorbian/ Ripuarian / Upper Sorbian / English 84 Europe
GH Ghana Accra English Akan / English / Ewe / Hausa  34 Africa
GI Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Westside, Gibraltar (de facto) English English 0.04 Europe
GR Greece Athens Greek Greek 10 Europe
GL Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk Greenlandic Greenlandic  / Danish 0.06 North America
GD Grenada Saint Georges English English 0.11 North America
GU Guam (US) Hagåtña English English / Chamorro 0.15 Oceania / Asia
GT Guatemala Guatemala city Spanish Spanish / K'iche'  18 North America
GG Guernsey (United Kingdom) Saint Peter Port English English 0.06 Europe
GN Guinea Conkary French French / Fulah / N'ko 14 Africa
GW Guinea-Bissau Bissau Portuguese Portuguese/  2 Africa
GY Guyana Georgetown English English 1 South America
HT Haiti Port au Prince French French 12 North America
HN Honduras Tegucigalpa Spanish Spanish 10 North America
HK Hong Kong (China) -- none -- Cantonese Chinese (Simplified/Traditional)/ English 8 Asia Special administrative region of China 
HU Hungary Budapest Hungarian Hungarian 10 Europe
IS Iceland Reyjavik Icelandic Icelandic 0.39 Europe
IN India New Dehli Hindi Assamese / Bangla / Bodo / English / Gujarati/ Hindi / Kannada / Kashmiri / Konkani / Malayalam / Manipuri / Marathi / Nepali / Odia / Punjabi / Sanskrit / Sindhi / Tamil / Telugu / Tibetan / Urdu 1,417 Asia
ID Indonesia Jakarta Indonesian English / Indonesian / Javanese 284 Asia
IR Iran Tehran Persian Kurdish / Mazanderani / Northern Luri / Persian 86 Asia
IQ Iraq Baghdad Arabic Arabic / Northern Luri / Central Kurdish 46 Asia
IE Ireland Dublin Irish English / Irish 5 Europe
IM Isle of Man (United Kingdom) Douglas English / Manx English / Manx 0.08 Europe
IL Israel Tel Aviv
Jerusalem (disputed by UN).
Hebrew Arabic / English / Hebrew 10 Asia Limited recognition (85% of UN)
IT Italy Rome Italian Catalan / Friulian / German / Italian 59 Europe
JM Jamaica Kingston English English 3 North America
JP Japan Tokyo Japanese has de facto status Japanese 123 Asia
JE Jersey (United Kingdom) St Helier English English / Jèrriais / Jersey Legal French 0.1 Europe
JO Jordan Amman Arabic Arabic 12 Asia
KZ Kazakhstan Astana Kazakh Kazakh / Russian 20 Asia
KE Kenya Nairobi English Embu / English / Gusii / Kalenjin / Kamba / Kikuyu / Kiswahili / Swahili / Luo/ Luyia/ Masai / Meru / Oromo / Samburu / Somali / Taita / Teso 53 Africa
KI Kiribati Tarawa Atoll English English 0.12 Oceania
XK Kosovo Pristina Albanian Albanian / Serbian(Cyrillic/Latin) 2 Europe
KW Kuwait Kuwait city Arabic Arabic 5 Asia
KG Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyz Kyrgyz / Russian 7 Asia
LA Laos Vientiane Lao Lao 8 Asia
LV Latvia Riga Latvian Latvian 2 Europe
LB Lebanon Beirut Arabic Arabic 5 Asia
LS Lesotho Maseru Sesotho Sesotho / English 2 Africa
LR Liberia Monrovia English English / Vai 5 Africa
LY Libya Tripoli Arabic Arabic 7 Africa
LI Liechtenstein Vaduz German German / Alsatian 0.04 Europe
LT Lithuania Vilnius Lithuanian Lithuanian 3 Europe
LU Luxembourg Luxembourg French Luxembourgish / Portuguese / French / German 1 Europe
MO Macau (China) -- none -- Cantonese -- none -- 1 Asia Special administrative region of China 
MG Madagascar Antananarivo French English / French / Malagasy 32 Africa
MW Malawi Lilongwe English English 21 Africa
MY Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malay English / Malay / Tamil 34 Asia
MV Maldives Male Dhivehi Dhivehi 1 Asia
ML Mali Bamako Bambara Bambara / French / Koyra Chiini / Koyraboro Senni 22 Africa
MT Malta Valetta Maltese English/ Maltese 1 Europe
MH Marshall Islands Majuro English English 0.04 Oceania
MR Mauritania Nouakchott Arabic Arabic / French / Fulah 5 Africa
MU Mauritius Port Louis English has de jure status and French has de facto status English/ French/ Morisyen 1 Africa
YT Mayotte Mamoudzou  French French 0.32 Africa
MX Mexico Mexico City Spanish has de facto status Spanish 130 North America
FM Micronesia, Federated States of Palikir English English 0.11 Oceania
MD Moldova Chisinau Romanian Romanian / Russian 2 Europe
MC Monaco Monaco French French 0.04 Europe
MN Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian Mongolian 4 Asia
ME Montenegro Podgorica Montenegrin Serbian (Cyrillic/Latin) 1 Europe
MS Montserrat (United Kingdom) Plymouth (de jure) / Brades (de facto) / Little Bay (under construction) English English 0.004 North America
MA Morocco Rabat Arabic Arabic / Central Atlas Tamazight / French / Standard Moroccan Tamazight / Tachelhit 37 Africa
MZ Mozambique Maputo Portuguese Portuguese / Makhuwa-Meetto / Portuguese 34 Africa
MM Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw / Naypyidaw Burmese Burmese 51 Asia Formerly Burma
NA Namibia Windhoek English Afrikaans/ English / Nama 3 Africa
NR Nauru -- none -- English English 0.01 Oceania
NP Nepal Kathmandu Nepali Nepali 30 Asia
NL Netherlands Amsterdam Dutch Dutch / English / Frisian / Low German 18 Europe
NC New Caledonia (France) Nouméa French French 0.26 Oceania
NZ New Zealand Wellington English (de facto) / Māori language / NZ Sign English / Maori 5 Oceania
NI Nicaragua Managua Spanish Spanish 7 North America
NE Niger, Republic of the Niamey Hausa French / Fulah / Hausa / Tasawaq / Zarma 26 Africa
NG Nigeria Abuja English Edo / English / Fulah / Hausa / Ibibio / Igbo / Kanuri / Yoruba 224 Africa
NU Niue (New Zealand) Alofi English English 0.002 Oceania
NF Norfolk Island (Australia) Kingston English English 0.002 Oceania External territory of Australia
KP North Korea Pyongyang Korean Korean 26 Asia
MK North Macedonia, Republic of Skopje Macedonian Macedonian 2 Europe  
-- none -- Northern Cyprus North Nicosia Turkish English / Greek / Turkish 0.48 Asia Recognised only by Turkey
MP Northern Mariana Islands (US) Saipan English / Chamorro / Carolinian English 0.05 Oceania
NO Norway Oslo Norwegian Norwegian, Bokmål / Norwegian, Nynorsk / Sami (Lule/Northern/Southern) 6 Europe
OM Oman Muscat Arabic Arabic 5 Asia
PK Pakistan Islamabad Urdu English / Punjabi / Sindhi / Urdu 241 Asia
PW Palau Melekeok English English 0.02 Oceania
PS Palestine Jerusalem Arabic Arabic / Palestinian Territories 5 Asia Limited recognition (80% of UN)
PA Panama Panama City Spanish Spanish 4 North America
PG Papua New Guinea Port Moresby English English 12 Oceania
PY Paraguay Asuncion Spanish Guarani / Spanish 6 South America
PE Peru Lima Spanish Quechua / Spanish 34 South America
PH Philippines Manila Filipino English / Filipino / Spanish 114 Asia
PN Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) Adamstown Pitkern / English English 0.00004 Oceania
PL Poland Warsaw Polish Polish 37 Europe
PT Portugal Lisbon Portuguese Portuguese 11 Europe
PR Puerto Rico (US) San Juan Spanish / English English / Spanish 3 North America
QA Qatar Doha Arabic Arabic 3 Asia
RE Reunion Saint-Denis French French 0.89 Africa Overseas department and region of France.
RO Romania Bucharest Romanian Romanian 19 Europe
RU Russia Moscow Russian Bashkir / Chechen / Church Slavic / Ossetian / Russian / Sakha / Tatar 146 Asia
RW Rwanda Kigali English English / French / Kinyarwanda 14 Africa
BQ Saba (Netherlands) The Bottom English / Dutch Dutch 0.002 North America
EH Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Laayoune Arabic / Moroccan Arabic (de facto) / Spanish Arabic / Spanish 0.56 Africa Includes the Western Sahara
BL Saint Barthélemy (France) Gustavia French French 0.01 North America Also known as St. Barts or St. Barth.
SH Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) Jamestown English English 0.01 Africa / South America
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre English English 0.05 North America
LC Saint Lucia Castries English English 0.18 North America
MF Saint Martin, Collectivity of (France) Marigot French French 0.03 North America
PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint-Pierre French French 0.01 North America
VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown English English 0.11 North America
WS Samoa Apia English English 0.21 Oceania
SM San Marino San Marino Italian Italian 0.03 Europe
ST São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tome Portuguese Portuguese 0.21 Africa
SA Saudi Arabia Riyadh Arabic Arabic 35 Asia
GB Scotland (United Kingdom) Edinburgh English / Scots / Gaelic / BSL English / Scottish Gaelic 5 Europe Although not fully independent, it is widely referred to as a country.
SN Senegal Dakar French French / Fulah / Jola-Fonyi / Wolof 18 Africa
RS Serbia Belgrade Serbian Serbian (Cyrillic/Latin) 7 Europe
SC Seychelles Victoria English English / French 0.12 Africa
SL Sierra Leone Freetown English English 9 Africa
SG Singapore Singapore English English / Chinese / Malay / Tamil  6 Asia
BQ Sint Eustatius Oranjestad English / Dutch Dutch 0.003 North America
SX Sint Maarten (Netherlands) Philipsburg Dutch / English Dutch / English 0.04 North America
SK Slovakia Bratislava Slovak Slovak 5 Europe
SI Slovenia Ljubljana Slovene/Slovenian Slovenian /  English 2 Europe
SB Solomon Islands Honiara English English 1 Oceania
SO Somalia Mogadishu Somali, Arabic Arabic / Somali 20 Africa
RSL (unofficial) Somaliland Hargeisa Arabic Arabic 6 Africa Not recognised by the UN
ZA South Africa Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein (executive/legislative/judicial) Afrikaans Afrikaans / English / Northern Sotho / Setswana / South Ndebele / Southern Sotho / siSwati / Tsonga / Venda / isiXhosa / isiZulu / South African Sign Language 63 Africa
KR South Korea Seoul Korean Korean 51 Asia
XO (unofficial) GE South Ossetia Tskhinvali Ossetian Ossetian 0.06 Asia Not widely recognised
SS South Sudan Juba English Arabic / English / Nuer 16 Africa
-- none -- Sovereign Military Order of Malta -- none -- Italian -- none -- 0.013 Europe
ES Spain Madrid Spanish Asturian / Spanish / Valencian 49 Europe
LK Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte (legislative),
Colombo (commercial/judicial)
Sinhala Sinhala / Tamil 22 Asia
SD Sudan Khartoum Arabic Arabic / English 52 Africa Sometimes referred to as North Sudan to distinguish it from South Sudan
SR Suriname Paramaribo Dutch Dutch 1 South America
SE Sweden Stockholm Swedish English / Swedish / Sami, Lule / Sami, Northern / Sami, Southern 11 Europe
CH Switzerland Bern German / French / Italian / Romansh Alsatian / English / French / German/ Italian / Portuguese / Romansh / Walser 9 Europe
SY Syria / Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Arabic Arabic / French / Syriac 26 Asia
TW Taiwan Taipei Mandarin Chinese has de facto status) Chinese 23 Asia
TJ Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajik Tajik 10 Asia
TZ Tanzania Dodoma
(Dar es Salaam is a regional capital)
Swahili Asu / Bena / English / Kiswahili/ Langi / Machame / Makonde / Masai / Rombo / Rwa / Sangu / Shambala / Swahili / Vunjo 68 Africa
TH Thailand Bangkok Thai Thai 66 Asia
GM Gambia / The Gambia Banjul English English 2 Africa
TL Timor-Leste (East Timor) Dili Portuguese Portuguese 1 Asia
TG Togo Lome French Ewe / French 8 Africa
TK Tokelau (New Zealand) -- none -- English English 0.002 Oceania
TO Tonga Nuku'alofa English English / Tongan 0.1 Oceania
-- none -- Transnistria Tiraspol Moldovan -- none -- 0.36 Europe
TT Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain English English 1 North America
TN Tunisia Tunis Arabic Arabic / French 12 Africa
TR Turkey, Republic of Türkiye Ankara Turkish Turkish 86 Asia
TM Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmen Turkmen 7 Asia
TC Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) English English 0.05 North America
TV Tuvalu Funafuti
(Vaiaku is a de facto capital)
Tuvaluan English 0.01 Oceania
UG Uganda Kampala English Chiga / English / Ganda / Kiswahili / Swahili / Nyankole / Soga / Teso 46 Africa
UA Ukraine Kyiv Ukrainian Russian / Ukrainian 33 Europe
AE United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Arabic Arabic 11 Asia
GB United Kingdom and Crown dependencies etc. London English has de facto status Cornish / English / Scottish Gaelic / Welsh 68 Europe
UM United States Minor Outlying Islands -- none -- English English 0.00034 North America / Oceania
US United States Washington D.C. English has de facto status English / Hawaiian / Lakota / Spanish 340 North America
UY Uruguay Montevideo Spanish (de facto status) / Uruguayan Sign Language Spanish 3 South America
UZ Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbek Uzbek (Cyrillic/Latin) 38 Asia
VU Vanuatu Port Vila English English / French 0.32 Oceania
VA Vatican City Vatican City Italian Italian 0.001 Europe
VE Venezuela Caracas Spanish Spanish 29 South America
VN Vietnam Hanoi Vietnamese Vietnamese 101 Asia
VI Virgin Islands (US) English English 0.09 North America
VG Virgin Islands, British  (United Kingdom) Road Town English English 0.04 North America
GB Wales (United Kingdom) Cardiff Welsh, BSL Welsh 3.2 Europe Although not fully independent, it is widely referred to as a country.
WF Wallis and Futuna (France) French French 0.01 Oceania
YE Yemen Sanaa
Aden is a temporary capital
Arabic Arabic 33 Asia
ZM Zambia Lusaka English Bemba / English 20 Africa
ZW Zimbabwe Harare Chewa / Chibarwe / English / Kalanga / Koisan / Nambya / Ndau / Ndebele / Shangani / Shona / Sotho / Tonga / Tswana / Venda / Xhosa / Zimbabwean sign language English / North Ndebele / Shona 17 Africa

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This list includes several countries which are not widely recognised for political/diplomatic reasons, see the notes column.
The continents given are geographical not political.

“I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world” ~ Socrates

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