The table below shows all the nations of the world in alphabetical order. It includes the names of the countries, their capitals, the sizes of their territories, population and the continents they are located on. Using the arrow keys (↑, ↓) in the table heading you can sort the list in ascending or descending order in the ‘area’ and ‘population’ columns, and therefore clearly see the highest and the lowest indicators.
Country A→Z |
Capital | Area, km2 ↑↓ |
Population, men ↑↓ |
Continent |
China | Beijing | 9 640 821 | 1 411 778 724 | Asia |
India | New Delhi | 3 287 590 | 1 223 442 000 | Asia |
United States of America | Washington | 9 522 057 | 321 348 000 | North America |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 1 904 556 | 253 609 643 | Asia |
Brazil | Brasilia | 8 511 965 | 201 009 622 | South America |
Pakistan | Islamabad | 881 913 | 183 209 612 | Asia |
Nigeria | Abuja | 923 768 | 174 507 539 | Africa |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | 144 000 | 169 828 911 | Asia |
Russia | Moscow | 17 234 287 | 147 182 123 | Europe |
Mexico | Mexico City | 1 972 550 | 133 649 565 | North America |
Japan | Tokyo | 377 944 | 127 103 388 | Asia |
Philippines | Manila | 300 000 | 105 720 644 | Asia |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 1 127 127 | 93 877 025 | Africa |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 329 560 | 92 477 857 | Asia |
Egypt | Cairo | 1 001 450 | 85 294 388 | Africa |
Germany | Berlin | 357 021 | 81 843 809 | Europe |
Iran | Tehran | 1 648 000 | 80 840 513 | Asia |
Turkey | Ankara | 780 580 | 77 695 904 | Asia |
DR Congo | Kinshasa | 2 345 410 | 77 433 744 | Africa |
Thailand | Bangkok | 514 000 | 70 498 494 | Asia |
France | Paris | 547 030 | 63 468 168 | Europe |
United Kingdom | London | 244 820 | 62 435 709 | Europe |
Italy | Rome | 301 340 | 60 776 531 | Europe |
Kenya | Nairobi | 582 650 | 57 564 296 | Africa |
South Africa | Pretoria | 1 219 912 | 50 586 757 | Africa |
Colombia | Bogota | 1 138 910 | 49 258 494 | South America |
Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 678 500 | 48 724 387 | Asia |
South Korea | Seoul | 98 480 | 48 580 000 | Asia |
Tanzania | Dodoma | 948 087 | 47 656 367 | Africa |
Spain | Madrid | 497 304 | 46 163 116 | Europe |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 2 766 890 | 46 082 160 | South America |
Poland | Warsaw | 312 685 | 38 208 618 | Europe |
Algeria | Algiers | 2 381 740 | 36 485 828 | Africa |
Uganda | Kampala | 236 040 | 35 620 977 | Africa |
Iraq | Baghdad | 437 072 | 33 703 068 | Asia |
Canada | Ottawa | 9 976 139 | 33 660 000 | North America |
Afghanistan | Kabul | 647 500 | 33 397 058 | Asia |
Morocco | Rabat | 446 550 | 32 668 000 | Africa |
Sudan | Khartoum | 1 886 068 | 30 894 000 | Africa |
Peru | Lima | 1 285 220 | 30 135 875 | South America |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 447 400 | 29 637 900 | Asia |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 329 750 | 29 425 859 | Asia |
Nepal | Kathmandu | 140 800 | 29 192 480 | Asia |
Venezuela | Caracas | 912 050 | 28 972 000 | South America |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 2 218 000 | 28 705 133 | Asia |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | 587 040 | 28 680 342 | Africa |
Yemen | Sanaa | 527 970 | 25 569 263 | Asia |
Ghana | Accra | 238 540 | 25 545 939 | Africa |
North Korea | Pyongyang | 120 540 | 24 553 672 | Asia |
Mozambique | Maputo | 801 590 | 23 700 715 | Africa |
Ukraine | Kyiv | 467 544 | 23 374 326 | Europe |
Australia | Canberra | 7 686 850 | 23 290 000 | Australia and Oceania |
Sri Lanka | Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte | 65 610 | 21 223 550 | Asia |
Syria | Damascus | 185 180 | 21 117 690 | Asia |
Cote dIvoire | Yamoussoukro | 322 460 | 20 594 615 | Africa |
Cameroon | Yaounde | 475 440 | 20 468 943 | Africa |
Angola | Luanda | 1 246 700 | 20 162 517 | Africa |
Zambia | Lusaka | 752 614 | 19 610 769 | Africa |
Romania | Bucharest | 237 500 | 19 053 815 | Europe |
Malawi | Lilongwe | 118 480 | 18 563 749 | Africa |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 274 200 | 17 481 984 | Africa |
Chile | Santiago | 756 950 | 17 459 000 | South America |
Kazakhstan | Astana | 2 724 900 | 16 776 583 | Asia |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | 41 526 | 16 748 650 | Europe |
Niger | Niamey | 1 267 000 | 16 644 339 | Africa |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 181 040 | 15 288 489 | Asia |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | 108 890 | 15 137 569 | North America |
Ecuador | Quito | 283 560 | 14 643 000 | South America |
Mali | Bamako | 1 240 000 | 14 517 176 | Africa |
Senegal | Dakar | 196 190 | 13 107 945 | Africa |
Zimbabwe | Harare | 390 580 | 13 013 678 | Africa |
Chad | NDjamena | 1 284 000 | 11 274 106 | Africa |
Cuba | Havana | 110 860 | 11 249 266 | North America |
Belgium | Brussels | 30 528 | 11 041 266 | Europe |
Rwanda | Kigali | 26 338 | 10 718 379 | Africa |
Tunisia | Tunis | 163 610 | 10 673 800 | Africa |
Czech Republic | Prague | 78 866 | 10 524 167 | Europe |
Greece | Athens | 131 940 | 10 482 487 | Europe |
Guinea | Conakry | 245 857 | 10 480 710 | Africa |
Portugal | Lisbon | 92 082 | 10 347 892 | Europe |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 27 750 | 10 255 644 | North America |
Bolivia | Sucre | 1 098 580 | 10 248 042 | South America |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 48 730 | 10 183 339 | North America |
Serbia | Belgrade | 88 361 | 9 846 582 | Europe |
Somalia | Mogadishu | 637 657 | 9 797 445 | Africa |
Hungary | Budapest | 93 030 | 9 604 000 | Europe |
Sweden | Stockholm | 449 964 | 9 495 113 | Europe |
Belarus | Minsk | 207 595 | 9 413 446 | Europe |
Benin | Porto-Novo | 112 620 | 9 351 838 | Africa |
Azerbaijan | Baku | 86 600 | 9 235 100 | Asia |
Burundi | Gitega | 27 830 | 8 749 387 | Africa |
Austria | Vienna | 83 858 | 8 452 835 | Europe |
South Sudan | Juba | 619 745 | 8 260 490 | Africa |
Switzerland | Bern | 41 290 | 7 952 600 | Europe |
Israel | Jerusalem | 22 072 | 7 836 000 | Asia |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 143 100 | 7 800 000 | Asia |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 112 090 | 7 466 000 | North America |
Bulgaria | Sofia | 110 910 | 7 364 570 | Europe |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 463 840 | 7 170 112 | Australia and Oceania |
Libya | Tripoli | 1 759 540 | 6 469 497 | Africa |
Laos | Vientiane | 236 800 | 6 348 800 | Asia |
Jordan | Amman | 89 400 | 6 344 000 | Asia |
Paraguay | Asuncion | 406 750 | 6 337 127 | South America |
El Salvador | San Salvador | 21 040 | 6 264 129 | North America |
Sierra Leone | Freetown | 71 740 | 6 126 450 | Africa |
Nicaragua | Managua | 129 494 | 5 815 524 | North America |
Togo | Lome | 56 785 | 5 753 324 | Africa |
Eritrea | Asmara | 121 320 | 5 580 862 | Africa |
Denmark | Copenhagen | 43 094 | 5 579 204 | Europe |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 198 500 | 5 477 600 | Asia |
Slovakia | Bratislava | 48 845 | 5 445 324 | Europe |
Finland | Helsinki | 337 030 | 5 417 800 | Europe |
Singapore | Singapore | 714 | 5 183 700 | Asia |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 491 200 | 5 169 660 | Asia |
Norway | Oslo | 385 186 | 5 027 600 | Europe |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 82 880 | 4 800 250 | Asia |
Ireland | Dublin | 70 273 | 4 581 269 | Europe |
Central African Republic | Bangui | 622 984 | 4 575 586 | Africa |
Georgia | Tbilisi | 69 700 | 4 497 600 | Asia |
New Zealand | Wellington | 268 680 | 4 459 000 | Australia and Oceania |
Costa Rica | San Jose | 51 100 | 4 301 712 | North America |
Lebanon | Beirut | 10 452 | 4 291 719 | Asia |
Croatia | Zagreb | 56 542 | 4 290 612 | Europe |
Congo | Brazzaville | 342 000 | 4 233 063 | Africa |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 51 129 | 3 839 737 | Europe |
Mauritania | Nouakchott | 1 030 700 | 3 622 961 | Africa |
Moldova | Chisinau | 33 846 | 3 559 500 | Europe |
Liberia | Monrovia | 111 370 | 3 476 608 | Africa |
Panama | Panama City | 78 200 | 3 405 813 | North America |
Armenia | Yerevan | 29 741 | 3 268 500 | Asia |
Uruguay | Montevideo | 176 220 | 3 203 792 | South America |
Lithuania | Vilnius | 65 200 | 3 195 702 | Europe |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | 17 820 | 2 891 553 | Asia |
Albania | Tirana | 28 748 | 2 831 741 | Europe |
Oman | Muscat | 309 500 | 2 773 479 | Asia |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 1 564 116 | 2 736 800 | Asia |
Jamaica | Kingston | 10 990 | 2 705 800 | North America |
Namibia | Windhoek | 825 418 | 2 364 433 | Africa |
Slovenia | Ljubljana | 20 253 | 2 060 400 | Europe |
Macedonia | Skopje | 25 333 | 2 057 284 | Europe |
Botswana | Gaborone | 600 370 | 2 053 237 | Africa |
Latvia | Riga | 64 589 | 2 049 500 | Europe |
Lesotho | Maseru | 30 355 | 2 007 201 | Africa |
Gambia | Banjul | 11 300 | 1 824 777 | Africa |
Qatar | Doha | 11 437 | 1 699 435 | Asia |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 36 120 | 1 579 632 | Africa |
Gabon | Libreville | 267 667 | 1 563 873 | Africa |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain | 5 128 | 1 317 714 | North America |
Estonia | Tallinn | 45 226 | 1 316 194 | Europe |
Mauritius | Port Louis | 2 040 | 1 280 294 | Africa |
Bahrain | Manama | 701 | 1 234 571 | Asia |
Eswatini | Mbabane | 17 363 | 1 220 408 | Africa |
East Timor | Dili | 14 874 | 1 066 409 | Asia |
Djibouti | Djibouti | 22 000 | 922 708 | Africa |
Fiji | Suva | 18 270 | 875 822 | Australia and Oceania |
Cyprus | Nicosia | 9 250 | 862 011 | Asia |
Guyana | Georgetown | 214 970 | 761 510 | South America |
Comoros | Moroni | 2 235 | 753 943 | Africa |
Bhutan | Thimphu | 47 000 | 750 443 | Asia |
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 28 051 | 740 471 | Africa |
Montenegro | Podgorica | 14 026 | 632 796 | Europe |
Solomon Islands | Honiara | 28 450 | 566 481 | Australia and Oceania |
Suriname | Paramaribo | 163 270 | 534 175 | South America |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2 586 | 524 853 | Europe |
Cape Verde | Praia | 4 033 | 505 335 | Africa |
Malta | Valletta | 316 | 420 085 | Europe |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 5 770 | 412 892 | Asia |
Bahamas | Nassau | 13 940 | 351 275 | North America |
Maldives | Male | 300 | 324 313 | Asia |
Belize | Belmopan | 22 966 | 322 100 | North America |
Iceland | Reykjavik | 103 000 | 317 630 | Europe |
Barbados | Bridgetown | 430 | 274 530 | North America |
Vanuatu | Port-Vila | 12 200 | 251 674 | Australia and Oceania |
Samoa | Apia | 2 860 | 184 772 | Australia and Oceania |
Saint Lucia | Castries | 620 | 177 794 | North America |
Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome | 1 001 | 171 878 | Africa |
Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir | 702 | 112 098 | Australia and Oceania |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 389 | 109 367 | North America |
Grenada | Saint Georges | 340 | 105 303 | North America |
Tonga | Nukualofa | 748 | 104 891 | Australia and Oceania |
Kiribati | Tarawa Atoll | 717 | 102 660 | Australia and Oceania |
Antigua and Barbuda | Saint Johns | 442 | 90 510 | North America |
Seychelles | Victoria | 455 | 87 169 | Africa |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 468 | 78 115 | Europe |
Dominica | Roseau | 754 | 67 665 | North America |
Marshall Islands | Majuro | 181 | 55 717 | Australia and Oceania |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 261 | 53 697 | North America |
Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 160 | 36 476 | Europe |
Monaco | Monaco | 2.02 | 35 444 | Europe |
San Marino | San Marino | 61.00 | 31 945 | Europe |
Palau | Ngerulmud | 458 | 20 609 | Australia and Oceania |
Tuvalu | Funafuti | 26.00 | 10 544 | Australia and Oceania |
Nauru | [no capital] | 21.30 | 10 370 | Australia and Oceania |
The United Nations was established during the Second World War by the efforts of the anti-Hitler coalition. The declared aim is to support and strengthen world peace, security, cooperation between the countries. In fact the UN replaced the League of Nations, which was formed after World War II in similar circumstances and with similar objectives, but due to some reasons and because of the presence or absence of some countries has become inefficient and uncomfortable. For example, the Soviet Union joined the League of Nations in 1934 and was expelled in 1939, and to imagine the world order without the Soviet Union at that time was no longer possible.
The United Nations is an international organization that officially became operational in 1945, originally consisted of 50 Member States, and now includes 193 countries. There are also two countries with observer status: Vatican City (Holy See) and Palestine. Official languages of the organization are English, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and French. The headquarters is located in New York (USA).
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