Leet o kintras

This is an alphabetical **leet o [[kintra]]s** o the warld, wi baith *[[diplomatic recogneetion|internationally recogneesed]]* an *[[Leet o unrecogneesed kintras|for ordinar unrecogneesed]]* **unthirlt [[state]]s**, dwalt in **[[dependent area|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 *[[Northren Cyprus|Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus]]*.
** 5 de facto unthirlt kintras,  *[[Abkhazie]] ([[Georgie (kintra)|Georgie]])*, *[[Nagorno-Karabakh]] ([[Azerbaijan]])*, *[[Transnistrie]] ([[Moldovae]])*, *[[Somaliland]] ([[Somalie]])*, an *[[Sooth Ossetie]] ([[Georgie (kintra)|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 (France)|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 *[[Unitit States Virgin Islands|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
*  
*  Cape Verde - Republic o Cape Verde
*  Central African Republic 
*  Chad - Republic o Chad
*  Chile – Republic o Chile
*  – 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 [[#T|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 
*  – 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 [[#C|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 [[#B|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 [[#K|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 [[#C|Cheenae]] for the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae*
*  Peru – Republic o Peru
*  Philippines – Republic o the Philippines
*  Poland – Republic o Poland
*  Portugal – Portuguese Republic
* *See [[#T|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 [[#K|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 [[#C|Cheenae]] for the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae*
*  Tajikistan – Republic o Tajikistan
*  Tanzanie – Unitit Republic o Tanzanie
*  Thailand – Kinrick o Thailand
* *See [[#E|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 [[#A|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 [[#S|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 .

## Fitnotes

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