Countries of the world

Pick a country for its capital, population, area, currency, languages and government, with its land neighbours on a map. 272 places are listed, 185 of them sovereign countries.

countries and territories: 272; countries and territories
sovereign countries: 185; sovereign countries
continents: 7; continents
most people (People's Republic of China): 1.4 billion; most people (People's Republic of China)

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272 countries

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Questions

How many countries are listed?

272 places: 185 sovereign countries, plus dependent territories, disputed areas and countries within a larger state, each with a page of its own.

Which country has the most people?

People's Republic of China, with about 1.4 billion people in 2025.

Which country is the largest by area?

Russia, at 17,075,400 square kilometres.

Where do the figures come from?

Wikidata, which is released into the public domain (CC0). Each statistic is shown with the year it was recorded; a figure with no recorded date is left out of the headline numbers rather than presented as current.

Country data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. See also how far major cities are from each border.