World political Map
World political Map.
The World is composed of the 193 countries and 2 observer members of the United Nations (UN), who meet the requirements of being sovereign States and are internationally recognized. There are also 26 other entities, including 11 with limited recognition, since their sovereignty are still debated, and they are not members of the UN, (6 States recognized by at least one UN Member State and 5 States not recognized by any member of the UN), 4 States associated with sovereign States and 11 constituent nations.
In addition, there are dependent territories that are administered sovereign States, with different degrees of autonomy (16 of them are included in the list of United Nations Non-Self-Governing Territories). Map 2018.
The World is composed of the 193 countries and 2 observer members of the United Nations (UN), who meet the requirements of being sovereign States and are internationally recognized. There are also 26 other entities, including 11 with limited recognition, since their sovereignty are still debated, and they are not members of the UN, (6 States recognized by at least one UN Member State and 5 States not recognized by any member of the UN), 4 States associated with sovereign States and 11 constituent nations.
In addition, there are dependent territories that are administered sovereign States, with different degrees of autonomy (16 of them are included in the list of United Nations Non-Self-Governing Territories). Map 2018.
List of countries in the world with their political seat, national territorial area, number of inhabitants and population density.
Country | Capital | Continent | Area | Population | Density |
Afghanistan | Kabul | Asia | 652,230 km² | 31,575,018 pop. (est. 2018) | 46/km² |
Albania | Tirana | Europe | 28,748 km² | 2,876,591 pop. (est. 2017) | 98/km² |
Algeria | Algiers | Africa | 2 381 741 km² | 42 200 000 pop. (census 2018) | 15,9/km² |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella | Europe | 467.63 km² | 77,281 pop. (est.2016) | 179.8/km² |
Angola | Luanda | Africa | 1 246 700 km² | 25,789,024 pop. (2014 Census) | 20.69/km² |
Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | America | 440 km² | 100,963 pop. (est.2016) | 186/km² |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | America | 2 780 400 km² | 44 494 502 pop. (est. 2018) | 16/km² |
Armenia | Yerevan | Asia-Europe | 29,743 km² | 2,924,816 pop. (est. 2016) | 101.5/km² |
Australia | Canberra | Oceania | 7 741 220 km² | 25 043 027 pop. (census 2018) | 3.2/km² |
Austria | Vienna | Europe | 83,871 km² | 8 823 054 pop. (census 2018) | 105.2/km² |
Azerbaijan | Baku | Asia-Europe | 86 600 km² | 9 981 457 pop. (est. 2018) | 115/km² |
Bahamas, The | Nassau | America | 13,880 km² | 392 718 pop. (est. 2016) | 25.21/km² |
Bahrain | Manama | Asia | 778.3 km² | 1,425,171 pop. (est 2016) | 1,831.1/km² |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | Asia | 147,570 km² | 162,951,560 pop. (est. 2016) | 1,106/km² |
Barbados | Bridgetown | America | 439 km² | 277,821 pop. (2010 census) | 660/km² |
Belarus | Minsk | Europe | 207,595 km² | 9,491,800 pop. (est. 2018) | 45.8/km² |
Belgium | Brussels | Europe | 30 528 km² | 11 358 357 pop. (est. 2018) | 372.06/km² |
Belize | Belmopan | America | 22,966 km² | 387 879 pop. (est. 2017) | 14.1/km² |
Benin | Porto Novo | Africa | 114,763 km² | 10,872,298 pop. (est 2016) | 94.8/km² |
Bhutan | Timbu | Asia | 40 994 km² | 790 215 pop. (est. 2018) | 19.28/km² |
Bolivia | Sucre | America | 1 098 581 km² | 11 383 094 pop. (est. 2019) | 10.36/km² |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Europe | 51,129 km² | 3,511,372 pop. (census 2013) | 69/km² |
Botswana | Gaborone | Africa | 581,730 km² | 2,250,260 [pop. (est. 2016) | 3.7/km² |
Brazil | Brasilia | America | 8,515,770 km² | 208 385 000 pop. (census 2017) | 24.47/km² |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | Asia | 5,765 km² | 417,200 pop. (est 2015) | 72.11/km² |
Bulgaria | Sofia | Europe | 110,993.6 km² | 7,050,034 pop. (est. 2017) | 64/km² |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Africa | 274,200 km² | 20,107,509 pop. (est. 2017) | 64/km² |
Burundi | Gitega | Africa | 27,834 km² | 10,524,117 pop. (est. 2016) | 1,040.1/km² |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Asia | 181,035 km² | 16,245,729 pop. (est. 2018) | 81.8/km² |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | Africa | 475,442 km² | 23,439,189 pop. (est 2016) | 39.7/km² |
Canada | Ottawa | America | 9 984 670 km² | 37,067,011 pop. (est. 2018) | 3.92/km² |
Cape Verde | Praia | Africa | 4 033 km² | 524 833 pop. (census 2015) | 101/km² |
Central African Republic | Bangui | Africa | 622,984 km² | 4,594,621 pop. (est. 2016) | 7.1/km² |
Chad | N'Djamena | Africa | 1,284,000 km² | 13,670,084 pop. (est 2015) | 8.6/km² |
Chile | Santiago | America | 756 102.4 km² | 18 751 405 pop. (census 2018) | 24.8/km² |
China | Beijing | Asia | 9,596,961 km² | 1,403,500.365 pop. (est. 2016) | 145/km² |
Colombia | Bogotá | America | 1 141 748 km² | 45 500 000 pop. (est. 2018) | 39.85/km² |
Comoros | Moroni | Africa | 1,862 km² | 850,688 pop. (est. 2018) | 457/km² |
Congo | Brazzaville | Africa | 342,000 km² | 5,125,821 pop. (est 2016) | 12.8/km² |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa | Africa | 2,345,409 km² | 78,736,153 pop. (est 2016) | 34.83/km² |
Costa Rica | San Jose | America | 51 100 km² | 5 003 000 pop. (census 2018) | 97.9/km² |
Croatia | Zagreb | Europe | 56,594 km² | 4,154,200 pop. (est. 2017) | 75.8/km² |
Cuba | Havana | America | 109 884 km² | 11 221 060 pop. (census 2017) | 102.3/km² |
Cyprus | Nicosia | Europe-Asia | 9 251 km² | 1 201 356 pop. (census 2018) | 120.70/km² |
Czech Republic | Prague | Europe | 30,450 km² | 10,610,947 pop. (est. 2016) | 134/km² |
Denmark | Copenhagen | Europe | 43 094 km² | 5 785 766 pop. (est. 2018) | 134.76/km² |
Djibouti | Djibouti | Africa | 23,200 km² | 942,333 pop. (est. 2016) | 37.2/km² |
Dominica | Roseau | America | 750 km² | 73,543 pop. (est. 2016) | 105/km² |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | America | 48,671 km² | 10,735,896 pop. (est. 2018) | 220/km² |
East Timor | Dili | Asia | 15,410 km² | 1,167,242 pop. (census 2015) | 78/km² |
Ecuador | Quito | America | 283 561 km² | 17 180 000 pop. (census 2019) | 60/km² |
Egypt | Cairo | Africa-Asia | 1,010,408 km² | 94,798,827 pop. (census 2017) | 96/km² |
El Salvador | San Salvador | America | 21,041 km² | 6,344,722 pop. (est 2016) | 303.1/km² |
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Africa | 28,050 km² | 1,221.49 pop. (est. 2016) | 43,57/km² |
Eritrea | Asmara | Africa | 117,600 km² | 4,954.64 pop. (est. 2016) | 51.8/km² |
Estonia | Tallinn | Europe | 45,227 km² | 1,323,824 pop. (est. 2019) | 28/km² |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Africa | 1,104,300 km² | 102,403,196 pop. (est. 2016) | 92.7/km² |
Eswatini | Mbabane | Africa | 17,364 km² | 1,343,098 pop. (est. 2016) | 68.2/km² |
Fiji | Suva | Oceania | 18,274 km² | 912,241 pop. (est. 2018) | 46.4/km² |
Finland | Helsinki | Europe | 338,424 km² | 5,520,535 pop. (est. 2018) | 16/km² |
France | Paris | Europe | 640,679 km² | 67,348,000 pop. (est. 2018) | 105/km² |
Gabon | Libreville | Africa | 267,667 km² | 1,979,786 pop. (est. 2016) | 5,5/km² |
Gambia | Banjul | Africa | 10,689 km² | 2,051,363 pop. (est. 2017) | 176.1/km² |
Georgia | Tbilisi | Asia-Europe | 69,700 km² | 3,729,600 pop. (est. 2018) | 53.5/km² |
Germany | Berlin | Europe | 357,386 km² | 83,000,000 pop. (est. 2018) | 232/km² |
Ghana | Accra | Africa | 239,567 km² | 28,308,301 pop. (est. 2016) | 101.5/km² |
Greece | Athens | Europe | 131,957 km² | 10,768,477 pop. (est. 2017) | 82/km² |
Grenada | Saint George | America | 348.5 km² | 107,317 pop. (est. 2016) | 825.1/km² |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | America | 108,889 km² | 17,263,239 pop. (est. 2018) | 129/km² |
Guinea | Conakry | Africa | 245,836 km² | 12,395,924 pop. (est. 2016) | 40.9/km² |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | Africa | 36,125 km² | 1,815,698 pop. (est 2016) | 46.9/km² |
Guyana | Georgetown | America | 214,970 km² | 783,769 pop. (est. 2016) | 3.5/km² |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | America | 27,750 km² | 10,847,334 pop. (est. 2016) | 382/km² |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | America | 112,492 km² | 9,112,867 pop. (est. 2016) | 64/km² |
Hungary | Budapest | Europe | 93,030 km² | 9,797,561 pop. (est. 2017) | 105.3/km² |
Iceland | Reykjavik | Europe | 102,775 km² | 357,050 pop. (est. 2018) | 3.4/km² |
India | New Delhi | Asia | 3,287,263 km² | 1,324,171,354 pop. (est 2016) | 400.5/km² |
Indonesia | Jakarta | Asia | 1,904,569 km² | 261,115,456 pop. (est. 2016) | 138/km² |
Iran | Tehran | Asia | 1,648.195 km² | 81,672,300 pop. (est. 2018) | 48/km² |
Iraq | Baghdad | Asia | 437,072 km² | 37,202,572 pop. (est. 2016) | 82.7/km² |
Ireland | Dublin | Europe | 70,273 km² | 4,857,000 pop. (est. 2018) | 69.1/km² |
Israel | Jerusalem/Tel Aviv | Asia | 20,770-22,072 km² | 8,998,370 pop. (est. 2019) | 408/km² |
Italy | Rome | Europe | 301,340 km² | 60,483,973 pop. (est. 2017) | 201.3/km² |
Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | Africa | 322,463 km² | 23,740,424 pop. (est. 2018) | 63.9/km² |
Jamaica | Kingston | America | 10,991 km² | 2,890,299 pop. (est. 2017) | 266/km² |
Japan | Tokyo | Asia | 377,973 km² | 126,440,000 pop. (census 2018) | 334/km² |
Jordan | Amman | Asia | 89,342 km² | 10,171,480 pop. (est. 2018) | 114/km² |
Kazakhstan | Astana | Asia-Europe | 2,724,900 km² | 18,311,700 pop. (est. 2018) | 7/km² |
Kenya | Nairobi | Africa | 580,367 km² | 49,125,325 pop. (est. 2017) | 78/km² |
Kiribati | Tarawa | Oceania | 811 km² | 110,136 pop. (est. 2015) | 152/km² |
Korea, North | Pyongyang | Asia | 120,540 km² | 25,368,620 pop. (est. 2016) | 549.1/km² |
Korea, South | Seoul | Asia | 100,363 km² | 51,446,201 pop. (est. 2017) | 507/km² |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | Asia | 17,818 km² | 4,621,638 pop. (est. 2018) | 200.2/km² |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Asia | 199,951 km² | 6,019,480 pop. (est. 2016) | 27.4/km² |
Laos | Vientiane | Asia | 237,955 km² | 6,758,353 pop. (est. 2016) | 26.7/km² |
Latvia | Riga | Europe | 64,589 km² | 1,925,800 pop. (est. 2018) | 34.3/km² |
Lebanon | Beirut | Asia | 10,452 km² | 6,006,668 pop. (est. 2016) | 560/km² |
Lesotho | Maseru | Africa | 30,355 km² | 2,203,821 pop. (est. 2016) | 68.1/km² |
Liberia | Monrovia | Africa | 111,369 km² | 4,503,000 pop. (est. 2015) | 40.43/km² |
Libya | Tripoli | Africa | 1,759,541 km² | 6,653,210 pop. (est. 2016) | 3.74/km² |
Liechtenstein | Vaduz | Europe | 160 km² | 38,547 pop. (est. 2017) | 587.9/km² |
Lithuania | Vilna | Europe | 65,300 km² | 2,793,986 pop. (est. 2019) | 43/km² |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Europe | 2,586.4 km² | 602,005 pop. (est. 2018) | 233.7/km² |
Macedonia, North | Skopje | Europe | 25,713 km² | 2,103,721 pop. (est. 2017) | 35.2/km² |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | Africa | 587,041 km² | 24,894,551 pop. (est. 2016) | 54.4/km² |
Malawi | Lilongwe | Africa | 118,484 km² | 18,091,575 pop. (est. 2016) | 128.8/km² |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Asia | 330,803 km² | 32,049,700 pop. (est. 2017) | 92/km² |
Maldives | Malé | Asia | 298 km² | 427,756 pop. (est. 2016) | 1,102.5/km² |
Mali | Bamako | Africa | 1,240,192 km² | 19,329,841 pop. (census 2018) | 11.7/km² |
Malta | Valletta | Europe | 316 km² | 475,700 pop. (est. 2018) | 1,457/km² |
Marshall Islands | Majuro | Oceania | 181.43 km² | 53,066 pop. (est. 2016) | 293/km² |
Mauritania | Nouakchott | Africa | 1,030,000 km² | 4,301,018 pop. (est 2016) | 3.4/km² |
Mauritius | Port Louis | Africa | 2,040 km² | 1,265,577 pop. (est. 2018) | 618.24/km² |
Mexico | Mexico City | America | 1,972,550 km² | 123,675,325 pop. (est. 2017) | 61/km² |
Micronesia | Palikir | Oceania | 702 km² | 104,937 pop. (est. 2016) | 158.1/km² |
Moldova | Chisinau | Europe | 33,846 km² | 3,350,900 pop. (census 2017) | 75/km² |
Monaco | Monaco | Europe | 2.2 km² | 38,400 pop. (est 2015) | 18,713/km² |
Mongolia | Ulan Bator | Asia | 1,566,000 km² | 3,081,677 pop. (est 2016) | 1.97/km² |
Montenegro | Podgorica | Europe | 13,812 km² | 678,901 pop. (est. 2018) | 45/km² |
Morocco | Rabat | Africa | 710,850 or 446,550 km² | 35,740,000 pop. (census 2017) | 50.0/km² |
Mozambique | Maputo | Africa | 801,590 km² | 28,829,476 pop. (est 2016) | 28.7/km² |
Myanmar | Naypyidaw | Asia | 676 578 km² | 51 486 253 pop. (est 2016) | 76.12/km² |
Namibia | Windhoek | Africa | 825,615 km² | 2,606,971 pop. (est. 2017) | 3.2/km² |
Nauru | Yaren | Oceania | 21 km² | 11,200 pop. (census 2018) | 480/km² |
Nepal | Kathmandu | Asia | 147,181 km² | 28,982,771 pop. (est. 2016) | 180/km² |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | Europe | 41,543 km² | 17,302,139 pop. (est. 2019) | 416.7/km² |
New Zealand | Wellington | Oceania | 268,021 km² | 4,943,790 pop. (est. 2019) | 18.2/km² |
Nicaragua | Managua | America | 130 373 km² | 6 351 956 pop. (est. 2019) | 48.7/km² |
Niger | Niamey | Africa | 1,267,000 km² | 20,672,987 pop. (est. 2016) | 12.1/km² |
Nigeria | Abuja | Africa | 923,768 km² | 198,577.125 pop. (est. 2018) | 215/km² |
Norway | Oslo | Europe | 385,203 km² | 5,323,933 pop. (est. 2018) | 15.8/km² |
Oman | Muscat | Asia | 309,500 km² | 4,424,762 pop. (est. 2016) | 15/km² |
Pakistan | Islamabad | Asia | 881,913 km² | 212,742,631 pop. (census 2017) | 244.4/km² |
Palau | Ngerulmud | Oceania | 459 km² | 21,503 pop. (est 2016) | 46.7/km² |
Palestine | East Jerusalem/Ramallah | Asia | 6,020 km² | 4,816,503 pop. (est. 2016) | 731/km² |
Panama | Panama | America | 75,417 km² | 4,034,119 pop. (est. 2016) | 56/km² |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Oceania | 462,840 km² | 8,084,999 pop. (census 2016) | 15/km² |
Paraguay | Asunción | America | 406,752 km² | 7,152,703 pop. (est. 2019) | 17.58/km² |
Peru | Lima | America | 1,285,216 km² | 32,162,184 pop. (est. 2018) | 23/km² |
Philippines | Manila | Asia | 300,000 km² | 100,981,437 pop. (census 2015) | 336/km² |
Poland | Warsaw | Europe | 312,696 km² | 38,433,600 pop. (est. 2017) | 123/km² |
Portugal | Lisbon | Europe | 92,212 km² | 10,291,027 pop. (est. 2017) | 111/km² |
Qatar | Doha | Asia | 11,586 km² | 2 641 669 pop. (est. 2017) | 176/km² |
Romania | Bucharest | Europe | 238,397 km² | 19,518,117 pop. (est. 2019) | 84.4/km² |
Russia | Moscow | Europe-Asia | 17,125.191 km² | 146,793,744 pop. (est. 2018) | 8.4/km² |
Rwanda | Kigali | Africa | 26,338 km² | 11,262,564 pop. (est 2015) | 445/km² |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | America | 261 km² | 54,821 pop. (est. 2016) | 164/km² |
Saint Lucia | Castries | America | 617 km² | 178,015 pop. (est. 2016) | 300/km² |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | America | 389 km² | 109,643 pop. (est. 2016) | 307/km² |
Samoa | Apia | Oceania | 2,842 km² | 195,843 pop. (census 2016) | 68/km² |
San Marino | San Marino | Europe | 61.2 km² | 33,344 pop. (est. 2018) | 520/km² |
São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | Africa | 1,001 km² | 199,910 pop. (est. 2016) | 199.7/km² |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Asia | 2 149 690 km² | 32 275 687 pop. (census 2016) | 15.01/km² |
Senegal | Dakar | Africa | 196,712 km² | 15,411,614 pop. (est. 2016) | 68.7/km² |
Serbia | Belgrade | Europe | 88,361 km² | 7,001,444 pop. (est. 2017) | 91.1/km² |
Seychelles | Victoria | Africa | 459 km² | 94,228 pop. (est. 2016) | 205.3/km² |
Sierra Leone | Freetown | Africa | 71,740 km² | 7,075,641 pop. (census 2015) | 79.4/km² |
Singapore | Singapore | Asia | 722.5 km² | 5,638,700 pop. (est. 2018) | 7,804/km² |
Slovakia | Bratislava | Europe | 49,035 km² | 5,445,087 pop. (est. 2018) | 111/km² |
Slovenia | Ljubljana | Europe | 20,273 km² | 2,076,598 pop. (est. 2018) | 102/km² |
Solomon Islands | Honiara | Oceania | 28,400 km² | 599,419 pop. (est. 2016) | 18.1/km² |
Somalia | Mogadishu | Africa | 637,657 km² | 11,031,386 pop. (est. 2017) | 19.31/km² |
South Africa | Pretoria/Bloemfontein/Cape Town | Africa | 1,221,037 km² | 57,725,600 pop. (est. 2018) | 42.4/km² |
South Sudan | Yuba | Africa | 619,745 km² | 12,230,730 pop. (est. 2016) | 13.33/km² |
Spain | Madrid | Europe | 505,990 km² | 46,733,038 pop. (est. 2018) | 92/km² |
Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | Asia | 65,610 km² | 21,670,000 pop. (est. 2018) | 327/km² |
Sudan | Khartoum | Africa | 1,886,068 km² | 39,578,828 pop. (est. 2016) | 21.3/km² |
Suriname | Paramaribo | America | 163,821 km² | 558,368 pop. (est. 2016) | 2.9/km² |
Sweden | Stockholm | Europe | 450,295 km² | 10,223,505 pop. (census 2018) | 23/km² |
Switzerland | Bern | Europe | 41,285 km² | 8,508,898 pop. (est. 2018) | 206/km² |
Syria | Damascus | Asia | 185,180 km² | 18,284,407 pop. (est. 2018) | 118.3/km² |
Tanzania | Dodoma | Africa | 947,303 km² | 55,572,201 pop. (est. 2016) | 47.5/km² |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Asia | 143,100 km² | 8,734,951 pop. (est. 2016) | 48.6/km² |
Thailand | Bangkok | Asia | 513,120 km² | 68,863,514 pop. (est 2016) | 132.1/km² |
Togo | Lomé | Africa | 56,785 km² | 7,965,055 pop. (est. 2017) | 125.9/km² |
Tonga | Nukualofa | Oceania | 748 km² | 100,651 pop. (census 2016) | 139/km² |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | America | 5,131 km² | 1,359,193 pop. (est. 2018) | 264/km² |
Tunisia | Tunis | Africa | 163,610 km² | 11,434,994 pop. (est. 2017) | 63/km² |
Turkey | Ankara | Asia-Europe | 783,356 km² | 82,003,882 pop. (est. 2018) | 105/km² |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Asia | 491,210 km² | 5,662,544 pop. (est. 2016) | 10.5/km² |
Tuvalu | Funafuti | Oceania | 26 km² | 11,192 pop. (est. 2017) | 475.88/km² |
Uganda | Kampala | Africa | 241,038 km² | 44,270,563 pop. (census 2018) | 157.1/km² |
Ukraine | Kiev | Europe | 603,628 km² | 42,418,235 pop. (est. 2017) | 73.8/km² |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Asia | 83 600 km² | 9 575 729 pop. (census 2018) | 114.54/km² |
United Kingdom | London | Europe | 242,495 km² | 66,040,229 pop. (est. 2017) | 270.7/km² |
United States | Washington D. C. | America | 9,833,520 km² | 327,167,434 pop. (est. 2018) | 32.8/km² |
Uruguay | Montevideo | America | 176,215 km² | 3,444,006 pop. (est. 2016) | 19.8/km² |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Asia | 448,978 km² | 33,254,100 pop. (est. 2019) | 74.1/km² |
Vanuatu | Port Vila | Oceania | 12,189 km² | 272,459 pop. (census 2016) | 19.7/km² |
Vatican City | Vatican City | Europe | 0.44 km² | 1,000 pop. (est. 2017) | 2,272/km² |
Venezuela | Caracas | America | 916,445 km² | 31,568,179 pop. (est. 2016) | 33.74/km² |
Vietnam | Hanoi | Asia | 331,212 km² | 94,569,072 pop. (est. 2016) | 276.03/km² |
Yemen | Sana'a | Asia | 527,968 km² | 27,584,213 pop. (est. 2016) | 44.7/km² |