List of Real World sovereign states

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There are 195 sovereign states that exist in real life. They are:

Common and formal names	Population	Capital(s)	Prevailing language(s)	Notes
23x15px Afghanistan	34,262,840	Kabul	Dari, Pashto	The Islamic Republic's government is in exile.
23x15px Albania – Republic of Albania	2,761,785	Tirana	Albanian
23x15px Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria	45,400,000	Algiers	Arabic, Tamazight
23x15px Andorra – Principality of Andorra	83,523	Andorra la Vella	Catalan
23x15px Angola – Republic of Angola	33,086,278	Luanda	Portuguese
23x15px Antigua and Barbuda	100,772	St. John's	English, Antiguan and Barbudan Creole
Argentina – Argentine Republic	46,654,581	Buenos Aires	Spanish	¡¡ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN DEL MUNDO!!
23x15px Armenia – Republic of Armenia	2,981,200	Yerevan	Armenian
23x15px Australia – Commonwealth of Australia	26,461,912	Canberra	English
Austria – Republic of Austria	9,129,652	Vienna	German
Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan	10,151,517	Baku	Azerbaijani
23x15px The Bahamas – Commonwealth of The Bahamas	397,360	Nassau	English
23x15px Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain	1,577,059	Manama	Arabic
23x15px Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh	169,828,911	Dhaka	Bangla
23x15px Barbados	267,800	Bridgetown	English
Belarusian International Quarantine Zone – Republic of Belarus + Bowser Jr.'s Journey	7	Minsk	English, Belarusian	All that remains of the former Republic of Belarus, which was destroyed by Sir Feet in 2020.
Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium	11,772,639	Brussels	Dutch, French, German
23x15px Belize	441,471	Belmopan	English, Belizean Crole
23x15px Benin – Republic of Benin	12,606,998	Porto-Novo	French
Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan	64,055	Thimphu	Dzongkha
Bolivia – Plurinational State of Bolivia	12,006,031	La Paz and Sucre	Spanish, 35 Indigenous languages
23x15px Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,277,082	Sarajevo	Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
23x15px Botswana – Republic of Botswana	2,410,338	Gaborone	English, Setswana
Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil	203,062,512	Brasília	Portuguese
23x15px Brunei – Brunei Darussalam	445,400	Bandar Seri Begawan	Malay
23x15px Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria	6,447,710	Sofia	Bulgarian
23x15px Burkina Faso	22,185,654	Ouagadougou	French
23x15px Burundi – Republic of Burundi	12,837,740	Gitega and Bujumbura	French, Kirundi, English
23x15px Cabo Verde – Republic of Cabo Verde	491,233	Praia	Portuguese	aka. Cape Verde.
23x15px Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia	17,091,464	Phnom Penh	Khmer
23x15px Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon	28,088,845	Yaoundé	English, French
Canada	40,097,761	Ottawa	English, French
23x15px Central African Republic	5,633,412	Bangui	French, Sango
23x15px Chad – Republic of Chad	17,414,717	N'Djamena	Arabic, French
23x15px Chile – Republic of Chile	19,960,889	Santiago	Spanish
23x15px China – People's Republic of China	1,411,750,000	Beijing	Mandarin
Colombia – Republic of Colombia	52,215,503	Bogotá	Spanish
23x15px Comoros – Union of the Comoros	758,316	Moroni	Arabic, Comorian, French
23x15px Democratic Republic of the Congo	95,370,000	Kinshasa	French
23x15px Republic of the Congo	6,106,869	Brazzaville	French
23x15px Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica	5,262,225	San José	Spanish
23x15px Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire	29,389,150	Yamoussoukro and Abidjan	French	aka. Ivory Coast.
23x15px Croatia – Republic of Croatia	3,855,641	Zagreb	Croatian
23x15px Cuba – Republic of Cuba	11,089,511	Havana	Spanish
23x15px Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus	918,100	Nicosia	Greek, Turkish
23x15px Czechia – Czech Republic	10,873,553	Prague	Czech
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark	5,959,464	Copenhagen	Danish
23x15px Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti	1,001,454	Djibouti	Arabic, French
23x15px Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica	67,408	Roseau	English
23x15px Dominican Republic	10,760,028	Santo Domingo	Spanish
Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador	16,938,986	Quito	Spanish
Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt	105,595,000	Cairo	Arabis
23x15px El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador	6,884,888	San Salvador	Spanish
23x15px Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea	1,558,160	Malabo	French, Portuguese, Spanish
23x15px Eritrea – State of Eritrea	3,748,902	Asmara	Tigrinya
23x15px Estonia – Republic of Estonia	1,365,884	Tallinn	Estonian
23x15px Eswatini – Kingdom of Eswatini	1,223,362	Mbabane and Lobamba	English, Swazi	Formerly known as Swaziland.
23x15px Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	107,334,000	Addis Ababa	Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya
23x15px Fiji – Republic of Fiji	893,468	Suva	English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
Finland – Republic of Finland	5,563,852	Helsinki	Finnish, Swedish
France – French Republic	68,184,000	Paris	French
23x15px Gabon – Gabonese Republic	2,233,272	Libreville	French
23x15px The Gambia – Republic of The Gambia	2,417,471	Banjul	English
23x15px Georgia (Sakartvelo)	3,736,400	Tbilisi	Georgian
Germany – Federal Republic of Germany	84,482,267	Berlin	German
23x15px Ghana – Republic of Ghana	30,832,019	Accra	English
Greece – Hellenic Republic	10,482,487	Athens	Greek
23x15px Grenada	112,579	St. George's	English
23x15px Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala	17,602,431	Guatemala City	Spanish
23x15px Guinea – Republic of Guinea	13,261,638	Conakry	French
23x15px Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau	1,781,308	Bissau	Portuguese
23x15px Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana	743,699	Georgetown	English
23x15px Haiti – Republic of Haiti	11,743,017	Port-au-Prince	French, Haitian Creole
23x15px Honduras – Republic of Honduras	9,745,149	Tegucigalpa	Spanish
Hungary	9,597,085	Budapest	Hungarian
Iceland – Republic of Iceland	396,960	Reykjavík	Icelandic Sign Language
23x15px India – Republic of India	1,392,329,000	New Delhi	Hindi, English
23x15px Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia	279,118,866	Nusantara	Indonesian
23x15px Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran	84,038,000	Tehran	Farsi
23x15px Iraq – Republic of Iraq	43,324,000	Baghdad	Arabic, Kurdish
Republic of Ireland	5,281,600	Dublin	Irish, English
Italy – Italian Republic	58,780,965	Rome	Italian
23x15px Jamaica	2,825,544	Kingston	English, Jamaican Patois
Japan	124,340,000	Tokyo	Japanese
23x15px Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	11,302,000	Amman	Arabic
23x15px Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan	20,000,000	Astana	Kazakh, Russian
23x15px Kenya – Republic of Kenya	51,526,000	Nairobi	English, Swahili
23x15px Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati	120,740	South Tarawa	English, Gilbertese
23x15px North Korea – Democratic People's Republic of Korea	25,660,000	Pyongyang	Korean
South Korea – Republic of Korea	51,439,038	Seoul	Korean
23x15px Kuwait – State of Kuwait	4,670,713	Kuwait City	Arabic
23x15px Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic	7,100,000	Bishkek	Kyrgyz
Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,443,000	Vientiane	Lao
Latvia – Republic of Latvia	1,882,000	Riga	Latvian
23x15px Lebanon – Lebanese Republic	5,296,814	Beirut	Arabic
23x15px Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho	2,306,000	Maseru	Sesotho, English
23x15px Liberia – Republic of Liberia	5,248,621	Monrovia	English
23x15px Libya – State of Libya	6,931,061	Tripoli	Arabic
23x15px Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein	39,680	Vaduz	German
23x15px Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania	2,866,965	Vilnius	Lithuanian
23x15px Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	660,809	Luxembourg	French, German, Luxembourgish	The subject of an unwanted page (official)
23x15px Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar	26,923,353	Antananarivo	French, Malagasy
23x15px Malawi – Republic of Malawi	21,507,723	Lilongwe	English, Chichewa
23x15px Malaysia	33,379,500	Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur	Malay
23x15px Maldives – Republic of Maldives	382,751	Malé	Dhivehi
23x15px Mali – Republic of Mali	22,395,489	Bamako	13 official languages, including Bambara, Fula, and Dogon
23x15px Malta – Republic of Malta	519,562	Valetta	Maltese, English
23x15px Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands	42,418	Delap-Uliga-Djarrit on Majuro	English, Marshallese
23x15px Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania	4,475,683	Nouakchott	Arabic
23x15px Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius	1,261,041	Port Louis	English, Morisyen
Mexico – United Mexican States	129,202,482	Mexico City	Spanish
23x15px Federated States of Micronesia	105,754	Palikir	English
23x15px Moldova – Republic of Moldova	2,512,758	Chișinău	Romanian
23x15px Monaco – Principality of Monaco	39,050	Monaco (city-state)	French, Monégasque
23x15px Mongolia	3,457,548	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolian
23x15px Montenegro	616,695	Podgorica	Montenegrin
23x15px Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco	37,022,000	Rabat	Arabic, Tamazight
23x15px Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique	32,419,747	Maputo	Portuguese
23x15px Myanmar – Republic of the Union of Myanmar	55,770,232	Nay Pyi Taw	Burmese	Formerly officially known as Burma.
23x15px Namibia – Republic of Namibia	2,641,857	Windhoek	English
23x15px Nauru – Republic of Nauru	11,680	Yaren (de facto)	English, Nauruan
23x15px Nepal – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	29,164,578	Kathmandu	Nepali
23x15px Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands	17,590,000	Amsterdam	Dutch
New Zealand	5,223,100	Wellington	English, te reo Māori
23x15px Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua	6,733,763	Managua	Spanish
23x15px Niger – Republic of the Niger	25,369,415	Niamey	French
23x15px Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria	216,783,400	Abuja	English
23x15px North Macedonia – Republic of North Macedonia	1,832,696	Skopje	Macedonian, Albanian	Formerly known as simply Macedonia.
23x15px Norway – Kingdom of Norway	5,533,582	Oslo	Norwegian, Sámi languages
23x15px Oman – Sultanate of Oman	5,113,071	Muscat	Arabic
23x15px Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan	241,499,431	Islamabad	Urdu, English
23x15px Palau – Republic of Palau	16,733	Ngerulmud	English, Palauan
Palestine – State of Palestine	15,285,850	Jerusalem	Arabic
23x15px Panama – Republic of Panama	4,337,406	Panama City	Spanish
Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea	11,781,559	Port Moresby	English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay	6,109,644	Asunción	Spanish, Guaraní
23x15px Peru – Republic of Peru	33,396,698	Lima	Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Asháninka
23x15px Philippines – Republic of the Philippines	112,892,781	Manila	Tagalog, English
Poland – Republic of Poland	37,691,000	Warsaw	Polish
23x15px Portugal – Portuguese Republic	10,467,366	Lisbon	Portuguese
Qatar – State of Qatar	2,656,032	Doha	Arabic
Romania	19,051,562	Bucharest	Romanian
Russia – Russian Federation	146,424,729	Moscow	Russian
Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda	13,246,394	Kigali	English, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili
23x15px Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis	47,195	Basseterre	English
23x15px Saint Lucia	178,696	Castries	English
23x15px Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,872	Kingstown	English
23x15px Samoa – Independent State of Samoa	205,557	Apia	English, Samoan
23x15px San Marino – Republic of San Marino	33,881	City of San Marino	Italian
23x15px São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe	214,610	São Tomé	Portuguese
23x15px Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	32,175,224	Riyadh	Arabic
Senegal – Republic of Senegal	18,275,743	Dakar	French
23x15px Serbia – Republic of Serbia	6,641,197	Belgrade	Serbian
Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles	100,447	Victoria	English, French, Seychellois Creole
23x15px Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone	8,494,260	Freetown	English
23x15px Singapore – Republic of Singapore	5,917,600	Singapore (city-state)	English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil
23x15px Slovakia – Slovak Republic	5,426,352	Bratislava	Slovak
23x15px Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia	2,117,674	Ljubljana	Slovene
23x15px Solomon Islands	734,887	Honiara	English
23x15px Somalia – Federal Republic of Somalia	18,143,379	Mogadishu	Somali, Arabic
23x15px South Africa – Republic of South Africa	62,027,503	Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein	Includes Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English.
23x15px South Sudan – Republic of South Sudan	13,249,924	Juba	English
Spain – Kingdom of Spain	22,037,000	Madrid	Spanish
23x15px Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	22,037,000	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and Colombo	Sinhala, Tamil	Formerly known as Ceylon.
23x15px Sudan – Republic of the Sudan	41,984,500	Khartoum	Arabic, English
23x15px Suriname – Republic of Suriname	616,500	Paramaribo	Dutch
Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden	10,557,822	Stockholm	Swedish
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation	8,902,308	Bern (de facto)	French, German, Italian, Romansh
23x15px Syria – Syrian Arab Republic	22,923,000	Damascus	Arabic
23x15px Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan	10,077,600	Dushanbe	Tajik
23x15px Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania	61,741,120	Dodoma	Swahili, English
23x15px Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand	68,263,022	Bangkok	Thai	Formerly known as Siam.
23x15px Timor-Leste – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	1,354,662	Dili	Portuguese, Tetum	aka. East Timor.
23x15px Togo – Togolese Republic	8,095,498	Lomé	French
23x15px Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga	100,179	Nukuʻalofa	English, Tongan
23x15px Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	1,365,805	Port of Spain	English
23x15px Tunisia – Republic of Tunisia	11,850,232	Tunis	Arabic
23x15px Türkiye – Republic of Türkiye	85,279,553	Ankara	Turkish	aka. Turkey.
23x15px Turkmenistan	7,057,841	Ashgabat	Turkmen
23x15px Tuvalu	10,679	Funafuti	Tuvaluan, English
23x15px Uganda – Republic of Uganda	42,885,900	Kampala	English, Swahili
Ukraine	41,130,432	Kyiv	Ukrainian
23x15px United Arab Emirates	9,282,410	Abu Dhabi	Arabic
23x15px United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	67,026,292	London	English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, Guernésiais, Jèrriais, Manx	One of the seven Kingdoms (official).
United States of America	334,233,854	Washington, D.C.	English
Uruguay – Oriental Republic of Uruguay	3,566,550	Montevideo	Spanish
23x15px Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan	36,599,764	Tashkent	Uzbek
23x15px Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu	301,295	Port Vila	English, French, Bislama
23x15px Vatican City – Vatican City State	764	Vatican City (city-state)	Italian
Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	28,302,000	Caracas	Spanish
23x15px Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam	100,000,000	Hanoi	Vietnamese
23x15px Yemen – Republic of Yemen	31,888,698	Sanaa	Arabic
23x15px Zambia – Republic of Zambia	19,610,769	Lusaka	English
23x15px Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe	15,178,979	Harare	Includes English and Shona

Trivia

• India is the most populous country, while the least populous is the Belarusian International Quarantine Zone.
• Vatican City is the smallest country by area, being an enclave of the Italian capital of Rome, while Russia is the largest, spanning eleven time zones.
• The Belarusian International Quarantine Zone is the youngest country, established in 2020 (3 years ago). South Sudan is second, declaring independence on 8 July 2011 (12 years ago).