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An informational catalog, or several catalogs, about Country.

The word country is not defined easily. In its simplest form, a country is just an area of land. However, it is also commonly used to refer to the State that controls the land or to refer to the nation that lives on the land. This is often additionally confused since the territory, state (government) and nation frequently share the same name. So we could consider a country to be the entity that is formed by all three parts, State (government), Nation (people) and territory (land).

However, complications can arise. For example the territory of the islands of Ireland are not coterminous with the territory controlled by a single Irish State. There are clear cultural affinities north and south of a border between two sovereign entities, but almost all the inhabitants of the Irish islands still consider themselves Irish and living in the country of Ireland. In other cases, such as the American aboriginals, the nation remains but has been stripped of its territory. Without territory, it cannot be considered a country.

This list tries to use an inclusive definition. For the most part, it contains internationally recognised countries with a fully autonomous and independent state with recognised territory that is home to the population of that State. However, at the bottom of the page we have also listed some states or territories that are disputed. We have also tried to explain in brief the reason for the dispute.

Some territories, commonly referred to as countries, make up part of a larger State through union. For example Scotland, England and Wales are all commonly known as countries. However, they are not independent of each other. While Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have a level of autonomy through recent devolution of powers, they remain a constituent part of the United Kingdom. Other territories display a high level of autonomy but are considered to belong to or be dependant upon a larger state. We have not listed such territories in column 1 of the table but rather listed them as a division of the parent state.

## Widely Recognised Countries[edit]

Name| Capital| Currency[1]| Population 2005
(Thousands)| Head of State

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Afghanistan| Kabul| Afghani |

29,863

| President Ashraf Ghanie
since 29th September 2014e
Albania| Tirana| Lek |

3,130

| President Bujar Nishanie
since 24th July 2012e
Algeria| Algiers| Algerian dinar |

32,854

| President Abdelaziz Bouteflikae
since 27th April 1999e
Andorra| Andorra la Vella| Euro |

| Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília and Emmanuel Macrone
since 12th May 2003 and 14th May 2017e
Angola| Luanda| Kwanza |

15,941

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Antigua and Barbuda| Saint John's| East Caribbean dollar |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Argentina| Buenos Aires| Argentine peso |

38,747

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Armenia| Yerevan| Armenian dram |

3,016

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Australia| Canberra| Australian dollar |

20,155

| King Charles IIIe
since ... click here to add the date
Austria| Vienna| Euro |

8,189

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Azerbaijan| Baku| Azerbaijani manat |

8,411

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Bahamas| Nassau| Bahamian dollar |

323

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Bahrain| Manama| Bahraini dinar |

727

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Bangladesh| Dhaka| Taka |

141,822

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Barbados| Bridgetown| Barbadian dollar |

270

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Belarus| Minsk| Belarusian rouble |

9,755

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Belgium| Brussels| Euro |

10,419

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Belize| Belmopan| Belizean Dollar |

270

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Benin| Porto Novo (Official)
Cotonou (De facto)| CFA franc |

8,439

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Bhutan| Thimphu| Ngultrum |

2,163

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Bolivia| Sucre (Judicial)
La Paz (Administrative)| Boliviano |

9,182

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Bosnia and Herzegovina| Sarajevo| convertible mark |

3,907

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Botswana| Gaborone| Botswana pula |

1,765

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Brazil | Brasilia | Brazilian real |

186,405

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Brunei| Bandar Seri Begawan| Bruneian dollar |

374

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Bulgaria| Sofia| Lev |

7,726

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Burkina Faso| Ouagadougou| CFA franc |

13,228

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Burundi| Bujumbura| Burundi franc |

7,548

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Cambodia| Phnom Penh| Cambodian riel |

14,071

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Cameroon| Yaoundé| CFA franc |

16,322

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Canada| Ottawa| Canadian dollar |

32,623[2]

| Queen Elizabeth IIe
since ... click here to add the date
Cape Verde| Praia| Cape Verdean escudo |

507

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Central African Republic| Bangui| CFA franc |

4,038

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Chad| N'Djamena| CFA franc |

9,749

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Chile| Santiago| Chilean peso |

16,295

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
People's Republic of China | Beijing | Renminbi
Hong Kong Dollar
Macao pataca |

1,315,844

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Colombia| Bogota| Colombian peso |

45,600

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Comoros| Moroni| Comorian franc |

798

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Democratic Republic of the Congo| Kinshasa| Congolese franc |

57,549

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Republic of the Congo| Brazzaville| CFA franc |

3,999

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Costa Rica| San José| Costa Rican colón |

4,327

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Côte d'Ivoire| Yamoussoukro| CFA franc |

18,154

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Croatia| Zagreb| Kuna |

4,551

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Cuba| Havana| Cuban peso |

11,269

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Cyprus[3]| Nicosia| Euro |

835

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Czech Republic| Prague| Czech koruna |

10,220

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Denmark| Copenhagen| Danish krone |

5,431

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Djibouti| Djibouti| Djibouti franc |

793

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Dominica| Roseau| East Caribbean dollar |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Dominican Republic| Santo Domingo| Dominican peso |

8,895

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Ecuador| Quito| United States dollar |

13,228

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Egypt| Cairo| Egyptian pound |

74,033

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
El Salvador| San Salvador| El Salvador colón
United States dollar |

6,881

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Equatorial Guinea| Malabo| CFA franc |

504

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Eritrea| Asmara| Nakfa |

4,401

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Estonia| Tallinn| Euro |

1,330

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Ethiopia| Addis Ababa| Birr |

77,431

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Fiji| Suva| Fiji dollar |

848

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Finland| Helsinki| Euro |

5,249

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
France| Paris| Euro |

60,496

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Gabon| Libreville| CFA franc |

1,384

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
The Gambia| Banjul| Dalasi |

1,517

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Georgia| Tbilisi| Lari |

4,474

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Germany| Berlin| Euro |

82,689

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Ghana| Accra| Cedi |

22,113

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Greece| Athens| Euro |

11,120

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Grenada| St. George's| East Caribbean dollar |

103

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Guatemala| Guatemala City| Quetzal
United States dollar |

12,599

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Guinea| Conakry| Guinea franc |

9,402

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Guinea-Bissau| Bissau| CFA franc |

1,586

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Guyana| Georgetown| Guyana dollar |

751

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Haiti| Port-au-Prince| Gourde |

8,528

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Honduras| Tegucigalpa| Lempira |

7,205

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Hungary| Budapest| Forint |

10,098

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Iceland| Reykjavik| Icelandic Króna |

295

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
India| New Delhi| Indian rupee |

1,103,371

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Indonesia| Jakarta| Rupiah |

222,781

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Iran| Tehran| Iranian rial |

69,515

| Click here to add the name[4]
since ... click here to add the date
Iraq| Baghdad| Iraqi dinar |

28,807

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Ireland[5]| Dublin| Euro |

4,240[6]

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Israel| Jerusalem[7]| New (Israeli) Sheqel (NIS) |

6,725

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Italy | Rome | Euro |

58,093

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Jamaica| Kingston| Jamaican dollar |

2,651

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Japan| Tokyo| Yen |

128,085

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Jordan| Amman| Jordanian dinar |

5,703

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Kazakhstan| Astana| Tenge |

14,825

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Kenya| Nairobi| Kenyan shilling |

34,256

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Kiribati| South Tarawa| Australian dollar |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Kuwait| Kuwait City| Kuwaiti dinar |

2,687

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Kyrgyzstan| Bishkek| Kyrgyz som |

5,264

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Laos| Vientiane| Kip |

5,924

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Latvia| Riga| Lats |

2,307

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Lebanon| Beirut| Lebanese pound |

3,577

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Lesotho| Maseru| Loti
South African rand |

1,795

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Liberia| Monrovia| Liberian dollar |

3,283

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Libya| Tripoli| Libyan dinar |

5,853

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Liechtenstein| Vaduz| Swiss franc |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Lithuania| Vilnius| Litas |

3,431

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Luxembourg| Luxembourg| Euro |

465

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Republic of Macedonia| Skopje| Macedonian denar |

2,034

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Madagascar| Antananarivo| Malagasy ariary
Malagasy franc |

18,606

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Malawi| Lilongwe| Malawian kwacha |

12,884

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Malaysia| Kuala Lumpur| Ringgit |

25,347

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Maldives| Malé| Rufiyaa |

329

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Mali| Bamako| CFA franc |

13,518

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Malta| Valletta| Euro |

402

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Marshall Islands| Majuro| United States dollar |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Mauritania| Nouakchott| Ouguiya |

3,069

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Mauritius| Port Louis| Mauritius rupee |

1,245

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Mexico| Mexico City | Mexican peso |

107,029

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Federated States of Micronesia| Palikir| United States dollar |

110

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Moldova| Chisinau| Moldovan leu |

4,206

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Monaco| Monaco| Euro |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Mongolia| Ulaanbaatar| Tugrik (tögrög) |

2,646

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Montenegro| Podgorica| Euro |

620[1]

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Morocco| Rabat| Moroccan dirham |

31,478

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Mozambique| Maputo| Metecal |

19,792

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Myanmar[8]| Naypyidaw| Kyat |

50,519

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Namibia| Windhoek| Namibian dollar |

2,031

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Nauru| none| Australian dollar |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Nepal| Kathmandu| Nepalese rupee |

27,133

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Netherlands| Amsterdam[9]| Euro |

16,299

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
New Zealand| Wellington| New Zealand Dollar |

4,028

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Nicaragua| Managua| Córdoba |

5,487

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Niger| Niamey| CFA franc |

13,957

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Nigeria| Abuja| Naira |

131,530

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
North Korea| Pyongyang| North Korean won |

22,488

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Norway| Oslo| Norwegian Krone |

4,620

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Oman| Muscat| Omani riyal |

2,567

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Pakistan| Islamabad| Pakistani rupee |

157,935

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Palau| Melekeok| United States dollar |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Panama| Panama City| Balboa |

3,232

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Papua New Guinea| Port Moresby| Kina |

5,887

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Paraguay| Asuncion| Guarani |

6,158

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Peru| Lima| Peruvian sol |

27,968

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Philippines| Manila| Philippine peso |

83,054

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Poland| Warsaw| Polish złoty |

38,530

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Portugal| Lisbon| Euro |

10,495

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Qatar| Doha| Qatari riyal |

813

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Romania| Bucharest| Romanian leu |

21,711

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Russia| Moscow| Ruble |

143,202

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Rwanda| Kigali| Rwandan franc |

9,038

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Saint Kitts and Nevis| Basseterre| East Caribbean dollar |

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Saint Lucia| Castries| East Caribbean dollar |

161

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines| Kingstown| East Caribbean dollar |

119

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Samoa| Apia| Tala |

185

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San Marino| San Marino| Euro |

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São Tomé and Príncipe| Sao Tome| Dobra |

157

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since ... click here to add the date
Saudi Arabia| Riyadh| Sudi Arabian riyal |

24,573

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Senegal| Dakar| CFA franc |

11,658

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since ... click here to add the date
Serbia| Belgrade| Serbian dinar
Euro |

10,503

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since ... click here to add the date
Seychelles| Victoria| Seychelles rupee |

| Click here to add the name
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Sierra Leone| Freetown| Leone |

5,525

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since ... click here to add the date
Singapore| Singapore| Singapore dollar |

4,326

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since ... click here to add the date
Slovakia| Bratislava| Euro |

5,401

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since ... click here to add the date
Slovenia| Ljubljana| Euro |

1,967

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since ... click here to add the date
Solomon Islands| Honiara| Solomon Islands dollar |

478

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Somalia| Mogadishu| Somali shilling |

8,228

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
South Africa| Pretoria (executive)
Cape Town (legislative)
Bloemfontein (judicial)| Rand |

47,432

| Click here to add the name
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South Korea| Seoul| South Korean won |

47,817

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
South Sudan| Juba[10]| South Sudanese pound |

8,200+[11]

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Spain| Madrid| Euro |

43,064

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since ... click here to add the date
Sri Lanka| Colombo| Sri Lankan rupee |

20,743

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Sudan| Khartoum| Sudanese dinar |

36,233

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since ... click here to add the date
Suriname| Paramaribo| Suriname guilder |

449

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Swaziland| Mbabane| Emalangeni
South African rand |

1,032

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since ... click here to add the date
Sweden| Stockholm| Swedish krona |

9,041

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since ... click here to add the date
Switzerland| Bern| Swiss Franc |

7,252

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since ... click here to add the date
Syria| Damascus| Syrian pound |

19,043

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since ... click here to add the date
Tajikistan| Dushanbe| Somoni |

6,507

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Tanzania| Dodoma| Tanzanian shilling |

38,329

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since ... click here to add the date
Thailand| Bangkok| Bahr |

64,233

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since ... click here to add the date
Timor-Leste| Dili| CFA franc |

947

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Togo| Lomé| CFA franc |

6,145

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Tonga| Nuku'alofa| Pa'anga |

102

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Trinidad and Tobago| Port of Spain| Trinidad and Tobago dollar |

1,305

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Tunisia| Tunis| Tunisian dinar |

10,102

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Turkey| Ankara| Turkish Lira |

73,193

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Turkmenistan| Ashgabat| Turkmen manat |

4,833

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Tuvalu| Funafuti| Australian dollar |

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Uganda| Kampala| Ugandan shilling |

28,816

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Ukraine| Kiev| Hryvnia |

46,481

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since ... click here to add the date
United Arab Emirates| Abu Dhabi| United Arab Emirates dirham |

4,496

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
United Kingdom[12] | London | Pound sterling |

59,668

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since ... click here to add the date
United States of America | Washington | United States dollar |

298,213

| President Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Uruguay| Montevideo| Uruguayan peso |

3,463

| Click here to add the name
since ... click here to add the date
Uzbekistan| Tashkent| Uzbek som |

26,593

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since ... click here to add the date
Vanuatu| Port Vila| Vatu |

211

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since ... click here to add the date
Vatican City[13]| Vatican| Euro |

0.253

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since ... click here to add the date
Venezuela| Caracas| Venezuelan bolivar |

26,749

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since ... click here to add the date
Vietnam| Ha Noi| Vietnamese dong |

84,238

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since ... click here to add the date
Yemen| Sana| Yemeni rial |

20,975

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since ... click here to add the date
Zambia| Lusaka| Zambian kwacha |

11,668

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since ... click here to add the date
Zimbabwe| Harare| Zimbabwean dollar |

13,010

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since ... click here to add the date

## Other less well recognised countries[edit]

Some territories effectively behave as independent countries but have, for one reason or another, not received wide recognition, or they are disputed or claimed by another country.

Name| Capital| Currency| Population

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China, Republic of[14]| Taipei| Taiwan Dollar |

22,858,872[15]

Kosovo| Priština| Euro| 2,126,708 (2007 est.) [16]
Northern Cyprus| Nicosia| Turkish New Lira |

264,172 (2006)

Palestine| Jerusalem (claimed), Ramallah de facto|  |

3,900,000[17]

Transnistria| Tiraspol| Transnistrian ruble |

555,347

Western Sahara | Laâyoune| Moroccan dirham |

341,000[1]

## Notes and References[edit]

* List of recognised counties sourced from UN member states list
* Population data sourced from [# | Add address here]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (2007 Fourth Edition.) The Times Atlas of the World, Compact Edition.. Times Books, London., 160\. ISBN ISBN 978-0-00-723374-8.
2. ↑ Statistics Canada, 2006
3. ↑ The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which adminsters part of the island, is recognised only by Turkey.
4. ↑ The President of Iran is the head of government, not the Head of State.
5. ↑ Excludes Northern Ireland, administered by the UK.
6. ↑ Irish Census, 2006
7. ↑ Most countries' embassies are in Tel Aviv because international law does not recognise Jerusalem as the capital. See CIA - The World Factbook - Israel.
8. ↑ Many countries, but not the UN, do not recognise this name as it was the choice of the junta that took power in 1989. 'Burma' is widely used in the English-speaking world.
9. ↑ Another city, The Hague, is actually the seat of government but not a capital.
10. ↑ The capital is to move to Ramciel in the future.
11. ↑ This figure, obtained through a census conducted when South Sudan was still part of Sudan, is disputed; the true figure may be over 1 million higher.
12. ↑ The United Kingdom is composed of four countries joined in union - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
13. ↑ The Vatican is a city state so forms its own capital.
14. ↑ The Republic of China is commonly known as Taiwan after the island which comprises the bulk of its territory, to distinguish it from the People's Republic of China.
15. ↑ The World Factbook, Taiwan. C.I.A..
16. ↑ The World Factbook, Kosovo. C.I.A..
17. ↑ This is an estimate by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. The last census by the Bureau of Statistics reported a population of 2,890,630 in the year 1998. This included: West bank 1.65 million; Gaza Strip 1.02 million; East Jerusalem 210,000; Overseas 325,000. These numbers do no tally with Israeli census data. A new census is in progress and is expected to report in February 2008.