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How many Countries are there in the World?
Countries in the World:
195
There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
Not included in this total count of 195 countries are:
- Taiwan – the United Nations considers it represented by the People’s Republic of China
- The Cook Islands and Niue, both states in free association with New Zealand are members of several UN specialized agencies and have been recognized “full treaty-making capacity”, but are neither member states nor non-member observer states.
- Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
- Other countries recognized by the United Nations as not being self-governing
Where are they located?
Of the 195 countries in the world:
- 54 countries are in Africa
- 48 in Asia
- 44 in Europe
- 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean
- 14 in Oceania
- 2 in Northern America
Continents Of The World
What Are The Seven Continents?
There are seven continents in the world:
- Africa,
- Antarctica,
- Asia,
- Australia/Oceania,
- Europe,
- North America, and
- South America.
However, depending on where you live, you may have learned that there are five, six, or even four continents.
This is because there are no official criteria for determining continents. While the position of landmasses on continental crust may be used to determine continents, geopolitical factors also affect their delineation. Below is an overview of the world’s continents using the most popular classification system, the seven-continent method.
Source: worldometers, worldatlas
