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