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How many countries are there in the world?

There are 195 countries in the world today according to the United Nations. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations. Plus 2 countries are non-member observer states: the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.

Of course, there are disputed territories (such as Kosovo, Taiwan, and Western Sahara). And dependent territories (Cook Islands, Puerto Rico, and Aruba). And territories with special status (Hong Kong and Macau). But initially, we were aiming to stick to the UN list.

Disputed Territories

We would like to visit all 10 disputed territories as well, but that might take a few more years.

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Where We Have Been – Countries by Region:

Africa – 54/54

?? Algeria, ?? Angola, ?? Benin, ?? Botswana, ?? Burkina Faso, ?? Burundi, ?? Cameroon, ?? Cape Verde, ?? Central African Republic, ?? Chad, ?? Comoros, ?? Democratic Republic of Congo, ?? Djibouti, ?? Egypt, ?? Equatorial Guinea, 🇪🇷Eritrea, ?? Eswatini (Swaziland), ?? Ethiopia, ?? Gabon, ?? Gambia, ?? Ghana, ?? Guinea, ?? Guinea-Bissau, ?? Ivory Coast, ?? Kenya, ?? Lesotho, ?? Liberia, 🇱🇾 Libya, ?? Madagascar, ?? Malawi, ?? Mali, ?? Mauritania,?? Mauritius, ?? Morocco, ?? Mozambique, ?? Namibia, ?? Niger, ?? Nigeria, ?? Republic of Congo ?? Rwanda, ?? Sao Tome and Principe, ?? Senegal, ?? Seychelles, ?? Sierra Leone, ?? Somalia, ?? South Africa, ?? South Sudan, ?? Sudan, ?? Tanzania, ?? Togo, ?? Tunisia, ?? Uganda, ?? Zambia, ?? Zimbabwe

Australia & Oceania – 14/14

?? Australia, ?? Fiji, 🇰🇮 Kiribati, ?? Marshall Islands, ?? Micronesia, ?? Nauru, ?? New Zealand, 🇵🇼 Palau, 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea, ðŸ‡¸ðŸ‡§ Solomon Islands, 🇼🇸 Samoa, ?? Tonga, ?? Tuvalu, ?? Vanuatu

Central America – 20/20

?? Antigua and Barbuda, ?? Bahamas, ?? Barbados, ?? Belize, ?? Costa Rica, ?? Cuba, ?? Dominica, ?? Dominican Republic, ?? El Salvador, ?? Grenada, ?? Guatemala, ?? Haiti, ?? Honduras, ?? Jamaica, ?? Nicaragua, ?? Panama, ?? Saint Lucia, ?? Saint Kitts and Nevis, ?? Saint Vincent and Grenadines, ?? Trinidad and Tobago,

Central Asia – 6/6

?? Kazakhstan, ?? Kyrgyzstan, ?? Russia, ?? Tajikistan, ?? Turkmenistan, ?? Uzbekistan

East & Southeast Asia – 16/16

?? Brunei, ?? Burma (Myanmar), ?? Cambodia, ?? China, ?? Indonesia, ?? Japan, ?? Laos, ?? Malaysia, ?? Mongolia, ?? North Korea, ?? Philippines, ?? Singapore, ?? South Korea, ?? Thailand, ?? Timor-Leste, ?? Vietnam

Europe – 44/44

?? Albania, ?? Andorra, ?? Austria, ?? Belarus, ?? Belgium, ?? Bosnia and Herzegovina, ?? Bulgaria, ?? Croatia, ?? Cyprus, ?? Czech Republic, ?? Denmark, ?? Estonia, ?? Finland, ?? France, ?? North Macedonia, ?? Germany, ?? Greece, ?? Holy See (Vatican), ?? Hungary, ?? Iceland, ?? Ireland, ?? Italy, ?? Latvia, ?? Liechtenstein, ?? Lithuania, ?? Luxembourg, ?? Malta, ?? Moldova, ?? Monaco, ?? Montenegro, ?? Netherlands, ?? Norway, ?? Poland, ?? Portugal, ?? Romania, ?? San Marino, ?? Serbia, ?? Slovakia, ?? Slovenia, ??