A list of the world’s independent nations with capitals. You can download this list as a comma delimited text filehere. (Field delimiters are double quotes.)
Being the biggest continent in the world, Asia includes 50 independent countries and occupies the eastern part of the single Eurasian landmass. Surrounded by the Arctic Ocean from the north, by the Pacific Ocean from the east and by the Indian Ocean from the south, it is separated from ...
According to a political demarcation, however, Central America includes the seven independent countries. They are: Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. In economic regards, the term Central America is often used in the five states of Guatemala, El Salvador, ...
As a region of Oceania, Melanesia is composed of4independent countries (Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu) and 1 territory (New Caledonia). See below for some of Melanesia countries and dependencies. Also, you can find all of them in alphabetical order at this end of this...
Map of Africa Africa is home to 54 independent countries recognized by the United Nations. These countries make up the African continent geographically located in the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Many of these African countries were colonized by European countries like Britain, France, Belgium, Sp...
There are currently 195 independent sovereign states in the globe (excluding the disputed but de facto autonomous Taiwan), as well as 60 dependent areas and some disputed territories, such as Kosovo, since South Sudan gained independence on July 9, 2011.
Totally, there are 164 official national currencies circulating around the world. Although the number of the independent countries is 197 plus about five dozen of dependent territories. The matter is, that some of them don't have their own money and officially use the foreign currency.Thus the ...
Other restrictions on political freedom, including press censorship, were relaxed. The first mass-circulation independent newspapers were established during the period. The formation of trade unions was permitted in 1947, though unions were not given the right to strike until 1963. A far-reaching lan...
A few other wins: Giant Music, the independent label that Irving and former Columbia Records executive Shawn Holiday launched in 2022, released its first music last year, and in January came the announcement that Nate Albert, a veteran A&R executive and former member of The Mighty Mighty Boss...
Map of South Africa Area in square kilometers 1,221,037 km2 Gross domestic product per capita $ 12,161South Africa has a two-tiered economy; one rivaling other developed countries and the other with only the most basic infrastructure. It is therefore a productive and industrialised economy th...