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.

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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.The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o the Republic o Cyprus, cryed bi nae UN member kintras but Turkey. But athoot universal diplomatic kennin, it wis admeetit as an observer kintra o the Organization o the Islamic Conference in the name of Turkish Cypriot State syne 1979. An aw, the legislature o the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic regairds TRNC as sovereign but Azerbaijan, who has sovereignty ower Nakhichevan, did nae dae alike. See The World Factbook - Cyprus  (10 January, 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
 5 de facto unthirlt kintras,  Abkhazie (Georgie),Abkhazia is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o Georgia, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras. See Regions and territories: Abkhazia (14 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006. Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan),Nagorno-Karabakh is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o the Republic o Azerbaijan, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras. See Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh (17 Januar 2006). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006. Transnistrie (Moldovae),Transnistria is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o the Republic of Moldova, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintra, for common ken an cryed internaitionally as Transnistria, but whiles cryed as "Pridnestrovie" (an aw the long-form name "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic"). See Regions and territories: Trans-Dniester (13 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006. Somaliland (Somalie),Somaliland is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o the Somali Republic, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras. See Regions an territories: Somaliland (30 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006. an Sooth Ossetie (Georgie),South Ossetia is a de facto unthirlt kintra inower the de jure territory o Georgie, diplomatically cryed bi nae UN member kintras. See Regions and territories: South Ossetia (14 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006. 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:The owerseas regions/owerseas departments o French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique an Réunion are part o Fraunce, and nae cryed.
 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 
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  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 RepublicArgentina is also named Argentine Nation for purposes o legislation.
  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 AzerbaijanSee also Nagorno-Karabakh.

 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 HerzegovinaeSee an aw entities Federation o Bosnia an Herzegovina an Republika Srpska.
  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 is officially also (but infrequently) cryed as Dominion o Canadae.
  Cape Verde - Republic o Cape Verde
  Central African Republic The Central African Republic is also infrequently cryed as Central Africa.
  Chad - Republic o Chad
  Chile – Republic o Chile
  – Fowkrepublic o CheenaeCommonly known as Cheenae, the area under the domain o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae is occasionally cryed as mainland China in the relationship wit its special administrative regions o Hong Kong and Macao as well as its relations wi the Republic o Cheenae.
  Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (Area o special sovereignty)Hong Kong is a Special administrative region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is often diplomatically known as Hong Kong, Cheenae.
  Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenea (Area o special sovereignty)Macao is a Special administrative region o the People's Republic o China. It is diplomatically cryed as Macao, China.
 See Taiwan for the Republic o Cheenae
  Colombie- Republic o Colombie
  Comoros- Union o the Comoros
  Congo, Democratic Republic o theThe Democratic Republic o the Congo is cryed as Congo-Kinshasa to distinguish it from the Republic o the Congo.  It is also often cryed as Zaire, its official name from 1971 to 1997.
  Congo, Republic o theThe Republic o the Congo is cryed as Congo-Brazzaville to distinguish it from the Democratic Republic o the Congo.
  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 CyprusSee also Northern 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 See also Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
  – 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 Ireland is often cryed as the Republic o Ireland as the official "description" o the kintra in order to distinguish it from the island o Ireland as a whole.
  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 KoreaThe Democratic People's Republic o Korea is popularly cryed North Korea.
  Republic o KoreaThe Republic o Korea is popularly cryed Sooth Korea.
  Kuwait - State o Kuwait
  Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyzstan is also sometimes rendered as Kirghizia.

 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 MoldovaeSee also Transnistria.
  Monaco – Principality o Monaco
  Mongolie
  Montenegro – Republic o Montenegro
  Kinrick o MoroccoSee also Western Sahara.
  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 NetherlandsLegally the Netherlands cry to the European part o the Kinrick o the Netherlands, wi the hinder conseesting o the Netherlands and two owerseas kintras, namely Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.
  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 MacedonieRepublic o Macedonie is cryed by UN and a number o kintras and international organisations as [[Foreign relations o the Republic o Macedonie#Naming issue|the former Yugoslav Republic o Macedonie.
  Norawa – Kinrick o Norawa
  Svalbard (Territory o Norrowey)Svalbard is an owerseas territory o Norrowey recognized by international treaty.
  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 PalestineSee State o Palestine for a list o states that recognize the 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 SerbieSee also Kosovo - under UN administration.
  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 Somaliw is presently fragmentit wi its Transitional National Government in exile.  See also Somaliland.
  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 CheenaeThe Republic o Cheenae (ROC) is a state commonly cryed as Taiwan. It is also diplomatically cryed as Chinese Taipei. The ROC is no longer an United Nations member since late 1971 and cryed by UN as Taiwan, Province o China and Taiwan Province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae). It is currently recognized by the Holy See and 23 UN member states and has de facto international relations with most others. The political status o the ROC and the legal status o Taiwan (alongside the territories currently under the ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. The ROC should not be confused with the Republic o Taiwan proposed by supporters o Taiwan unthirldom.
 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)Falkland Islands is also claimed by Argentinae as Islas Malvinas.
  Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)
  Bailiwick o Gansey (British Crown dependency)The Bailiwick o Gansey includes its sel-governin dependencies Alderney, Herm an Sark.
  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 CeetyVatican Ceety is administered by a Governor appointed by the Pape, with the hinder being the head o the Holy See and that o the Vatican Ceety concurrently.
  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

 References 
  (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  (2006). Central Intelligence Agency.  Retrieved 17 January 2006.
 ISO 3166 country code list  (2006) ISO 3166-1 Retrieved 18 October 2006 .

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