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How Many Countries Are There In The World?

​​Posted: January 15, 2025

The debate goes on as to how many countries there are in the world. No one can agree. Most follow the UN List, but they are misinformed.

​According to the United Nations, there are 193 Member States. Travellers who are chasing #193 or #195 and even #197 wrongly refer to them as countries. They are NOT countries.

I was dismissed by numerous bloggers, travellers and wannabes, called an idiot, but here is the proof in plain site (who's the twat now?):
United Nations Member States screen grab
List of the 193 UN-Member States:
  1. Afghanistan
  2. Albania
  3. Algeria
  4. Andorra
  5. Angola
  6. Antigua and Barbuda
  7. Argentina
  8. Armenia
  9. Australia
  10. Austria
  11. Azerbaijan 
  12. The Bahamas
  13. Bahrain
  14. Bangladesh
  15. Barbados
  16. Belarus
  17. Belgium
  18. Belize
  19. Benin
  20. Bhutan 
  21. Bolivia
  22. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  23. Botswana
  24. Brazil
  25. Brunei
  26. Bulgaria
  27. Burkina Faso 
  28. Burundi
  29. Cambodia
  30. Cameroon
  31. Canada
  32. Cape Verde
  33. Central African Republic 
  34. Chad
  35. Chile
  36. China
  37. Colombia
  38. Comoros
  39. Republic of the Congo 
  40. Democratic Republic of the Congo 
  41. Costa Rica
  42. Cote d'Ivoire
  43. Croatia
  44. Cuba
  45. CyprusSept 20, 1960 
  46. Czech Republic
  47. Denmark
  48. Djibouti
  49. Dominica
  50. Dominican Republic
  51. East Timor
  52. Ecuador
  53. Egypt
  54. El Salvador
  55. Equatorial Guinea
  56. Eritrea
  57. Estonia
  58. Ethiopia
  59. Fiji
  60. Finland
  61. France
  62. Gabon
  63. The Gambia
  64. Georgia
  65. Germany
  66. Ghana
  67. Greece
  68. Grenada
  69. Guatemala
  70. Guinea
  71. Guinea-Bissau
  72. Guyana
  73. Haiti
  74. Honduras
  75. Hungary
  76. Iceland
  77. India
  78. Indonesia
  79. Iran
  80. Iraq
  81. Ireland
  82. Israel
  83. Italy
  84. Jamaica
  85. Japan
  86. Jordan
  87. Kazakhstan
  88. Kenya
  89. Kiribati
  90. Korea, North
  91. Korea, South
  92. Kuwait
  93. Kyrgyzstan
  94. Laos
  95. Latvia
  96. Lebanon
  97. Lesotho
  98. Liberia
  99. Libya
  100. Liechtenstein 
  101. Lithuania
  102. Luxembourg
  103. Macedonia
  104. Madagascar
  105. Malawi
  106. Malaysia
  107. Maldives
  108. Mali
  109. Malta
  110. Marshall Islands
  111. Mauritania
  112. Mauritius
  113. Mexico
  114. Micronesia, Federated States of
  115. Moldova
  116. Monaco
  117. Mongolia
  118. Montenegro
  119. Morocco
  120. Mozambique
  121. Myanmar (Burma)
  122. Namibia
  123. Nauru
  124. Nepal
  125. Netherlands
  126. New Zealand
  127. Nicaragua
  128. Niger
  129. Nigeria
  130. Norway
  131. Oman
  132. Pakistan
  133. Palau
  134. Panama
  135. Papua New Guinea
  136. Paraguay
  137. Peru
  138. Philippines
  139. Poland
  140. Portugal
  141. Qatar
  142. Romania
  143. Russia
  144. Rwanda
  145. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  146. Saint Lucia
  147. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  148. Samoa
  149. San Marino
  150. Sao Tome and Principe
  151. Saudi Arabia
  152. Senegal
  153. Serbia
  154. Seychelles
  155. Sierra Leone
  156. Singapore 
  157. Slovakia
  158. Slovenia
  159. Solomon Islands 
  160. Somalia
  161. South Africa
  162. South Sudan
  163. Spain
  164. Sri Lanka
  165. Sudan
  166. Suriname
  167. Swaziland
  168. Sweden
  169. Switzerland
  170. Syria
  171. Tajikistan
  172. Tanzania
  173. Thailand
  174. Togo
  175. Tonga
  176. Trinidad and Tobago
  177. Tunisia
  178. Turkey
  179. Turkmenistan
  180. Tuvalu
  181. Uganda
  182. Ukraine
  183. United Arab Emirates
  184. United Kingdom
  185. United States of America
  186. Uruguay
  187. Uzbekistan
  188. Vanuatu
  189. Venezuela
  190. Vietnam
  191. Yemen
  192. Zambia
  193. Zimbabwe
Social media has turned travel into a race. Travel is something to be enjoyed.

​But however you decide to travel, there is no right or wrong way to travel. Slow Travel, Fast Travel, Solo Travel - one of the most ridiculous hashtags ever.

Just do it your way and fuck everyone else's misguided nonsense. Happy Trails!!

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