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Table of contents

1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 Q 18 R 19 S 20 T 21 U 22 V 23 W 24 Y 25 Z 26 Notes 27 Related topics

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

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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).

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• For an alphabetic list of countries and territories, see Wikipedia:Status of the porting of the CIA World Factbook.

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