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The below list contains both states and dependent territories, see country, state, nation state for some explanation of the difference between these. There is a list of dependent territories, dependent areas should be removed from this list and moved to their proper place. Other articles focus on imaginary countries, micronations and former countries (see List of extinct countries, empires, etc). The WikiProject Countries is an attempt to formulate a template for the country articles and expands articles with public domain sources (see Status of the porting of the CIA World Factbook, Status of the porting of U.S. Dept of State info). For more sources, see Geographic references. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Afghanistan - Albania - Algeria - Andorra - Angola - Antigua and Barbuda - Argentina - Armenia - Australia - Austria - Azerbaijan B Bahamas - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Barbados - Belarus - Belgium - Belize - Benin - Bhutan - Bolivia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Botswana - Brazil - Brunei - Bulgaria - Burkina Faso - Burma (now Myanmar) - Burundi C Cambodia - Cameroon - Canada - Cape Verde - Central African Republic - Chad - Chile - People's Republic of China - Republic of China1 (Taiwan) - Colombia - Comoros - Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) - Republic of the Congo - Cook Islands2 - Costa Rica - Côte d'Ivoire - Croatia - Cuba - Cyprus - Czech Republic D Denmark - Djibouti - Dominica - Dominican Republic E East Timor - Ecuador - Egypt - El Salvador - Equatorial Guinea - Eritrea - Estonia - Ethiopia F Fiji - Finland - France G Gabon - The Gambia - Georgia - Germany - Ghana - Greece - Grenada - Guatemala - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Guyana H Haiti - Holy See (see Vatican City4) - Honduras - Hungary I Iceland - India - Indonesia - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Ivory Coast (see Côte d'Ivoire) J Jamaica - Japan - Jordan K Kazakhstan - Kenya - Kiribati - Korea, North - Korea, South - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan L Laos - Latvia - Lebanon - Lesotho - Liberia - Libya - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg M Republic of Macedonia6- Madagascar - Malawi - Malaysia - Maldives - Mali - Malta - Marshall Islands - Mauritania - Mauritius - Mexico - Federated States of Micronesia - Moldova - Monaco - Mongolia - Morocco - Mozambique - Myanmar N Namibia - Nauru - Nepal - Netherlands - New Zealand (Aotearoa) - Nicaragua - Niger - Nigeria - Niue2 - North Korea - Norway O Oman P Pakistan - Palau - Palestine (see West Bank, Gaza Strip)3 - Panama - Papua New Guinea - Paraguay - Peru - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Puerto Rico Q Qatar R Romania - Russia - Rwanda S Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Lucia - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Samoa - San Marino - São Tomé and Príncipe - Saudi Arabia - Senegal - Serbia and Montenegro - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Solomon Islands - Somalia - South Africa - South Korea - Spain - Sri Lanka - Sudan - Suriname - Swaziland - Sweden - Switzerland - Syria T Taiwan (see Republic of China1) - Tajikistan - Tanzania - Thailand - Timor Leste (see East Timor) - Togo - Tonga - Trinidad and Tobago - Tunisia - Turkey - Turkmenistan - Tuvalu U Uganda - Ukraine - United Arab Emirates - United Kingdom - United States of America - Uruguay - Uzbekistan V Vanuatu - Vatican City4 (Holy See) - Venezuela - Vietnam W Western Sahara5 - Western Samoa (now Samoa) Y Yemen Z Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) - Zambia - Zimbabwe Notes About the status/sovereignty of countries listed 1 Republic of China (Taiwan): see Political status of Taiwan 2 Cook Islands and Niue: In free association with New Zealand; see also Niue Constitution Act 1974 (NZ) 3 Palestine: "State of Palestine" was declared 1988 and recognized by a series of Arab and Muslim countries, see also: proposals for a Palestinian state and Palestinian territories. Gaza Strip, West Bank, Israel include country articles about areas in the Palestine region. 4 Vatican: see Holy See 5 Western Sahara: see Politics of Western Sahara 6 Republic of Macedonia: known internationally as "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (see there). Related topics Geography The Earth Continent For an alphabetic list of countries and territories, see Wikipedia:Status of the porting of the CIA World Factbook. simple:List of countries This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.