List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America

Columns: English short and formal names , and ISO code | Domestic short and formal names | Capital | Population | Area
Argentina Argentine Republic ARG | Spanish : Argentina - República Argentina | Buenos Aires Spanish : Ciudad de Buenos Aires | 45,034,295 | 2,780,400 km ( 1,073,518 sq mi ) | Bolivia Plurinational State of Bolivia BOL | Spanish : Bolivia - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia | Sucre ( official ) and La Paz ( seat of government ) Spanish : Sucre | 11,610,155 | 1,098,581 km ( 424,164 sq mi ) | Brazil Federative Republic of Brazil BRA | Portuguese : Brasil - República Federativa do Brasil | Brasília Portuguese : Brasília | 212,003,366 | 8,514,877 km ( 3,287,612 sq mi ) | Chile Republic of Chile | Spanish : Chile - República de Chile | Santiago Spanish : Santiago | 19,087,036 | 756,102 km ( 291,933 sq mi ) | Colombia Republic of Colombia COL | Spanish : Colombia - República de Colombia | Bogotá / Santa Fe de Bogotá Spanish : Bogotá | 50,750,920 | 1,138,910 km ( 439,736 sq mi ) | Ecuador Republic of Ecuador ECU | Spanish : Ecuador - República del Ecuador | Quito Spanish : Quito | 17,549,591 | 283,561 km ( 109,484 sq mi ) | Guyana Co-operative Republic of Guyana GUY | English : Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana | Georgetown English : Georgetown | 785,031 | 214,969 km ( 83,000 sq mi ) | Paraguay Republic of Paraguay PRY | Spanish : Paraguay - República del Paraguay Guarani : Paraguai - Tetã Paraguai | Asunción Spanish : Asunción | 7,098,318 | 406,752 km ( 157,048 sq mi ) | Peru Republic of Peru PER | Aymara : Perú Quechua : Perú Spanish : Perú - República del Perú | Lima Spanish : Lima | 32,827,236 | 1,285,216 km ( 496,225 sq mi ) | Suriname Republic of Suriname SUR | Dutch : Suriname - Republiek Suriname | Paramaribo Dutch : Paramaribo | 584,625 | 163,820 km ( 63,251 sq mi ) | Uruguay Eastern Republic of Uruguay URY | Spanish : Uruguay - República Oriental del Uruguay Portuguese : Uruguai - República Oriental do Uruguai | Montevideo Spanish : Montevideo | 3,469,225 | 176,215 km ( 68,037 sq mi ) | Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela VEN | Spanish : Venezuela - República Bolivariana de Venezuela | Caracas Spanish : Caracas | 28,295,350 | 912,050 km ( 352,144 sq mi )

Example questions:
How long is the coastline of the South American country that has its capital in Brasília ? | Who are the original inhabitants of the South American country that has a population of 50,750,920 ? | What kingdom did the South American country with Paramaribo as its capital become a constituent of in 1954 ? | In what year did Spanish conquistadors first arrive in the South American country that has an area of 406,752 square km ?

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7,491 kilometers | Muisca , Quimbaya , and the Tairona | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1524