# Leet o kintras

This is an alphabetical **leet o kintras** o the warld, wi baith *internationally recogneesed* an *for ordinar unrecogneesed* **unthirlt states**, dwalt in **dependent territories**, as weel as **areas o byordinar sovereignty**. It covers aa areas unner the jurisdeection o the listit kintras, sic as territory, territorial watters (wi internal watters an contiguous zones), Exclusive Economic Zone, continental shelf an airspace. For juist a leet o unthirlt states, see the *leet o sovereign states*.

The names o kintras in the leet is gien in Scots wi baith the cutty offeecial names (e.g. Afghanistan) an the (langer) offeecial name (e.g. The Islamic Republic o Afghanistan). The listin o ony name in this airticle isna ettelt tae implee an offeecial poseetion in ony namin tuilyie.

## Types o politeecal entities includit

On this leet are 245 entities o the follaein kynd:

* 194 kintras wi general internaitional kennin:
	+ 193 member kintras o the Unitit Naitions (UN).
	+ 1 kintra wi general internaitional kennin but nae UN membership, guidit bi the Holy See (a UN permanent observer): *Vatican Ceety*.
* 9 kintra athoot general internaitional kennin, nae o that are UN members, that micht be cryed as kintras in the body o customary internaitional law an drawing on the precedent o the Montevideo Convention:
	+ 1 kintra, nae a UN member syne 1971, cryed bi 23 UN member kintras an the Holy See (Vatican Ceety), an the nou wi de facto internaitional relations wi mony others, the *Republic o Cheenae* (for common cried as Taiwan).
	+ 1 kintra, member o the Africae Union an the Asie-Africae Strategic Partnership shapit at the 2005 Asie-Africae Conference, cryed bi 46 UN member kintras but nae admeetit tae the UN itsel, wi maist o its claimed territory unner Moroccan de facto owerins, the *Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic* in Western Sahara.
	+ 1 proposed kintra, member o the Arab League an the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, cryed bi mair as 100 UN member kintras but nae itsel a UN member, wi nae sovereignty ower its claimed territories, the *State o Palestine*.
	+ 1 de facto unthirlt kintra, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras but Turkey, the *Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus*.
	+ 5 de facto unthirlt kintras, *Abkhazie (Georgie)*, *Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan)*, *Transnistrie (Moldovae)*, *Somaliland (Somalie)*, an *Sooth Ossetie (Georgie)*, nane cryed bi ony UN member kintras.
* 38 inhabitit dependent territories:
	+ 3 external territories o Australie (*Christmas Island*, *Cocos (Keeling) Islands* an *Norfolk Island*).
	+ 2 owerseas kintras in the Kinrick o Denmark (*Faroe Islands* an *Greenland*).
	+ 7 owerseas territories o Fraunce:
		- 1 *sui generis* (unique) community (*New Caledon*).
		- 6 owerseas collectivities:
			* 1 owerseas kintra (*French Polynesie*)
			* 1 departmental collectivity (*Mayotte*)
			* 1 territorial collectivity (*Saunt Pierre an Miquelon*)
			* 2 collectivities (*Saint-Barthélemy* an *Saunt Martin*)
			* 1 territory (*Wallis an Futuna*)
	+ 3 owerseas kintras in the Kinrick o the Netherlands (*Aruba*, *Curaçao* an *Sint Maarten*).
	+ 3 dependent territories o New Zealand:
		- 2 kintras in free association wi New Zealand (*Cook Islands* an *Niue*).
		- 1 owerseas territory (*Tokelau*).
	+ 16 Breetish dependencies:
		- 13 owerseas territories o the Unitit Kinrick (*Anguilla*, *Bermuda*, *Breetish Virgin Islands*, *Cayman Islands*, *Falkland Islands*, *Gibraltar*, *Montserrat*, *Pitcairn Islands*, *Saunt Helena* (an its dependencies *Ascension Island* an *Tristan da Cunha*), *Turks an Caicos Islands*, an the Sovereign Base Areas o *Akrotiri an Dhekelia*).
		- 3 Crown dependencies (*Gansey*, *Jersey* an the *Isle o Man*).
	+ 5 unincorporatit territories o the Unitit States:
		- 2 commonwealths (*Northren Mariana Islands* an *Puerto Rico*).
		- 2 organised territories (*Guam* an *U.S. Virgin Islands*).
		- 1 de facto organised territory athoot an Organic Act (*American Samoa*).
* 4 special entities cryed bi internaitional treaty or greeance (*Åland* in Finland, *Svalbard* in Norrowey, forby the 2 special administrative regions of the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae - *Hong Kong* an *Macau*).

## Leet o kintras

### A

* Abkhazie - Republic o Abkhazie
* Afghanistan - Islamic Republic o Afghanistan
* Albanie - Republic o Albanie
* Algerie - Fowk's Democratic Republic o Algerie
* Andorrae - Principality o Andorrae
* Angolae - Republic o Angolae
* Antigua an Barbuda
* Argentinae - Argentine Republic
* Armenie - Republic o Armenie
* Australie - Commonweel o Australie
	+ Christmas Island – Territory o Christmas Island (*Australie overseas territory*)
	+ Cocos (Keeling) Islands– Territory o Cocos (Keeling) Islands (*Australie overseas territory*)
	+ Norfolk Island – Territory o Norfolk Island (*Australian overseas territory*)
* Austrick - Republic o Austrick
* Azerbaijan - Republic o Azerbaijan

### B

* The Bahamas - Commonweel o the Bahamas
* Bahrain - Kinrick o Bahrain
* Bangladesh- Fowkrepublic o Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belaroushie - Republic o Belaroushie
* Belgium - Kinrick o Belgium
* Belise
* Benin - Republic o Benin
* Bhutan - Kinrick o Bhutan
* Bolivie - Plurinaitional State o Bolivie
* Bosnie an Herzegovinae
* Botswana - Republic o Botswana
* Brazil - Federative Republic o Brazil
* Brunei - State o Brunei Darussalam
* Bulgarie - Republic o Bulgarie
* Burkina Faso
* Burma – Republic o the Union o Myanmar
* Burundi - Republic o Burundi

### C

* Cambodie - Kinrick o Cambodie
* Cameroon- Republic o Cameroon
* Canadae
* Cape Verde - Republic o Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad - Republic o Chad
* Chile – Republic o Chile
* Cheenae – Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
	+ Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (*Area o special sovereignty*)
	+ Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenea (*Area o special sovereignty*)
* *See Taiwan for the Republic o Cheenae*
* Colombie- Republic o Colombie
* Comoros- Union o the Comoros
* Congo, Democratic Republic o the
* Congo, Republic o the
* Costa Rica- Republic o Costa Rica
* Côte d'Ivoire- Republic o Côte d'Ivoire
* Croatie – Republic o Croatie
* Cuba- Republic o Cuba
* Cyprus – Republic o Cyprus
* Czech Republic

### D

* Denmark – Kinrick o Denmark
	+ Faroe Islands (*Self-governin kintra in the Kinrick o Denmark*)
	+ Greenland (*Sel-governin kintra in the Kinrick o Denmark*)
* Djibouti- Republic o Djibouti
* Dominica - Commonwealth o Dominica
* Dominican Republic

### E

* East Timor- Democratic Republic o Timor-Leste
* Ecuador- Republic o Ecuador
* Egyp - Arab Republic o Egyp
* El Salvador- Republic o El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea- Republic o Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea- State o Eritrea
* Estonie – Republic o Estonie
* Ethiopie- Federal Democratic Republic o Ethiopie

### F

* Fiji- Republic o Fiji
* Finland - Republic o Finland
	+ Åland Islands (*Autonomous province o Finland*)
* Fraunce – French Republic
	+ French Polynesie (*French overseas collectivity*)
	+ New Caledon - Territory o New Caledon an Dependencies (*French community sui generis*)
	+ Saunt-Barthélemy – Collectivity o Saint-Barthélemy (*French owerseas collectivity*)
	+ Saunt Martin – Collectivity o Saint Martin (*French owerseas collectivity*)
	+ Saunt Pierre an Miquelon – Territorial Collectivity o Saint Pierre an Miquelon (*French owerseas collectivity*)
	+ Wallis an Futuna – Territory o Wallis an Futuna Islands (*French owerseas collectivity*)

### G

* Gabon- Gabonese Republic
* Gambie- Republic o The Gambie
* Georgie
* Germany – Federal Republic o Germany
* Ghana- Republic o Ghana
* Greece - Hellenic Republic
* Grenada
* Guatemala- Republic o Guatemala
* Guinea- Republic o Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau - Republic o Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana - Co-operative Republic o Guyana

### H

* Haiti - Republic o Haiti
* Honduras - Republic o Honduras
* Hungary– Republic o Hungary

### I

* Iceland – Republic o Iceland
* Indie – Republic o Indie
* Indonesie - Republic o Indonesie
* Iran - Islamic Republic o Iran
* Iraq - Republic o Iraq
* Republic o Ireland
* Israel - State o Israel
* Italy - Italian Republic
* *See Côte d'Ivoire for Ivory Coast*

### J

* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan - Hashemite Kinrick o Jordan

### K

* Kazakhstan – Republic o Kazakhstan
* Kenyae - Republic o Kenyae
* Kiribati – Republic o Kiribati
* Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea
* Republic o Korea
* Kuwait - State o Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic

### L

* Laos - Lao Fowk's Democratic Republic
* Latvie – Republic o Latvie
* Lebanon - Republic o Lebanon
* Lesotho – Kinrick o Lesotho
* Liberie - Republic o Liberie
* Libie - Republic o Libie
* Liechtenstein – Principality o Liechtenstein
* Lithuanie - Republic o Lithuanie
* Luxembourg – Grand Duchy o Luxembourg

### M

* Madagascar – Republic o Madagascar
* Malawi – Republic o Malawi
* Malaysie
* Maldives – Republic o Maldives
* Mali – Republic o Mali
* Maltae – Republic o Maltae
* Marshall Islands – Republic o the Marshall Islands
* Mauritanie – Islamic Republic o Mauritanie
* Mauritius - Republic o Mauritius
* Mexico – Unitit Mexican States
* Micronesie - Federatit States o Micronesie.
* Moldovae – Republic o Moldovae
* Monaco – Principality o Monaco
* Mongolie
* Montenegro – Republic o Montenegro
* Kinrick o Morocco
* Mozambique – Republic o Mozambique
* *See Burma for Myanmar*

### N

* Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
* Namibie – Republic o Namibie
* Nauru – Republic o Nauru
* Nepal – State o Nepal
* Netherlands – Kinrick o the Netherlands
	+ Aruba (*Self-governing country in the Kinrick o the Netherlands*)
	+ Curaçao
	+ Sint Maarten
* New Zealand
	+ Cook Islands (*Associatit state o New Zealand*)
	+ Niue (*Associatit state o New Zealand*)
	+ Tokelau (*Owerseas territory o New Zealand*)
* Nicaragua – Republic o Nicaragua
* Niger – Republic o Niger
* Nigerie – Federal Republic o Nigerie
* North Macedonie – Republic o North Macedonie
* Norawa – Kinrick o Norawa
	+ Svalbard (*Territory o Norrowey*)
* Northren Cyprus – Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus
* *See Korea, North for North Korea*

### O

* Oman – Sultanate o Oman

### P

* Pakistan – Islamic Republic o Pakistan
* Palau – Republic o Palau
* Palestine – proposed State o Palestine
* Panama – Republic o Panama
* Papua New Guinea – Unthirlt State o Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay – Republic o Paraguay
* *See Cheenae for the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae*
* Peru – Republic o Peru
* Philippines – Republic o the Philippines
* Poland – Republic o Poland
* Portugal – Portuguese Republic
* *See Transnistria for Pridnestrovie*

### Q

* Qatar – State o Qatar

### R

* Romanie
* Roushie – Roushie Federation
* Rwanda – Republic o Rwanda

### S

* Saunt Kitts an Nevis – Federation o Saint Christopher an Nevis
* Saunt Lucia
* Saunt Vincent an the Grenadines
* Samoa – Unthirlt State o Samoa
* San Marino – Most Serene Republic o San Marino
* São Tomé an Príncipe – Democratic Republic o São Tomé an Príncipe
* Saudi Arabie – Kinrick o Saudi Arabie
* Senegal – Republic o Senegal
* Serbie – Republic o Serbie
* Seychelles – Republic o Seychelles
* Sierra Leone – Republic o Sierra Leone
* Singapore – Republic o Singapore
* Sirie – Sirie Arab Republic
* Slovakie – Slovak Republic
* Slovenie – Republic o Slovenie
* Solomon Islands
* Somalie
* Somaliland – Republic o Somaliland
* Sooth Africae – Republic o Sooth Africae
* *See Korea, Sooth for Sooth Korea*
* Sooth Ossetie – Republic o Sooth Ossetie
* Sooth Sudan - Republic o Sooth Sudan
* Spain – Kinrick o Spain
* Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic o Sri Lanka
* Sudan – Republic o the Sudan
* Suriname – Republic o Suriname
* Swaziland – Kinrick o Swaziland
* Swaden – Kinrick o Swaden
* Swisserland – Swiss Confederation

### T

* Taiwan – Republic o Cheenae
* *See Cheenae for the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae*
* Tajikistan – Republic o Tajikistan
* Tanzanie – Unitit Republic o Tanzanie
* Thailand – Kinrick o Thailand
* *See East Timor for Timor-Leste*
* Togo – Togolese Republic
* Tonga – Kinrick o Tonga
* Transnistrie - Transnistrie Moldovan Republic
* Trinidad an Tobago – Republic o Trinidad an Tobago
* Tunisie – Tunisie Republic
* Turkey – Republic o Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* Tuvalu

### U

* Uganda – Republic o Uganda
* Ukraine
* Unitit Arab Emirates
* Unitit Kinrick – Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland
	+ Akrotiri an Dhekelia – Sovereign Base Areas o Akrotiri an Dhekelia (*UK overseas territory*)
		- *See Akrotiri and Dhekelia for Dhekelia*
	+ Anguilla (*UK overseas territory*)
	+ Ascension Island (*Dependency o the UK overseas territory o Saint Helena*)
	+ Bermuda (*UK owerseas territory*)
	+ Cayman Islands (*UK overseas territory*)
	+ Falkland Islands (*UK overseas territory*)
	+ Gibraltar (*UK overseas territory*)
	+ Bailiwick o Gansey (*British Crown dependency*)
	+ Isle o Man (*British Crown dependency*)
	+ Bailiwick o Jersey (*British Crown dependency*)
	+ Montserrat (*UK overseas territory*)
	+ Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, an Oeno Islands (*UK overseas territory*)
	+ Saunt Helena (*UK owerseas territory*)
	+ Tristan da Cunha (*Dependency o the UK owerseas territory o Saint Helena*)
	+ Turk and Caicos Islands (*UK owerseas territory*)
	+ Breetish Virgin Islands (*UK overseas territory*)
* Unitit States – Unitit States o Americae
	+ American Samoae - Territory o American Samoae (*US territory*)
	+ Guam- Territory o Guam (*US organised territory*)
	+ Northren Mariana Islands– Commonweel o the Northren Mariana Islands (*US commonweel*)
	+ Puerto Rico– Commonwealth o Puerto Rico (*US commonwealth*)
	+ Unitit States Virgin Islands (*US organised territory*)
* Uruguay – Eastern Republic o Uruguay
* Uzbekistan – Republic o Uzbekistan

### V

* Vanuatu – Republic o Vanuatu
* Vatican Ceety – State o the Vatican Ceety
* Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic o Venezuela
* Vietnam – Socialist Republic o Vietnam

### W

* Wallis an Futuna – Territory o Wallis an Futuna Islands (*French owerseas collectivity*)
* *See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic for Western Sahara*

### Y

* Yemen – Republic o Yemen

### Z

* Zambie – Republic o Zambie
* Zimbabwe – Republic o Zimbabwe

## See an aa

* Annex tae the leet o kintras
* Leet o sovereign states
* Leet o internaitional rankings
* Leet o unrecognised states
* Geography
* The Earth
* Continent

Template:Leets o kintras

Template:Leets bi kintra

* List of Territories PDF (84.7 KiB) (2004). United Nations Cartographic Section.  Retrieved 17 January 2006.
* Countries or areas, codes and abbreviations (2006). United Nations Statistics Division.  Retrieved 18 October 2006 .
* Countries and currencies (2006). European Commission.  Retrieved 27 October 2006.
* The World Factbook Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine (2006). Central Intelligence Agency.  Retrieved 17 January 2006.
* ISO 3166 country code list Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (2006) ISO 3166-1 Retrieved 18 October 2006 .

## Fitnotes

## Fremmit airtins

* How many countries are there in the world? − an article bi David Madore on this unanswerable quaisten