Lists of countries and territories

See also: Lists by country and List of international rankings

This is a list of lists of countries and territories by various definitions, including FIFA countries, federations, and fictional countries. A country or territory is a geographical area, both in the sense of nation (a cultural entity) and state (a political entity).^[1]

When the term country is used as a synonym for an independent sovereign state, see:

List of sovereign states
List of United Nations member states
- The United Nations also lists dependent territories (including the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories) and certain areas of special sovereignty as separate entries in their lists of countries.

The items and lists shown in this entry use the word country to mean nation-state almost invariably.

Other official lists[]

List of ISO 3166-1 countries codes (ISO)
List of country Internet top-level domains

Other meanings of country[]

List of autonomous areas by country
List of enclaves and exclaves
List of federations
List of micronations
List of states with limited recognition
Table of administrative divisions by country

Themed lists[]

Demographics[]

See also: Demographics

The characteristics of the human population:

List of countries where English is an official language
List of countries where French is an official language
List of countries where Portuguese is an official language
List of countries where Russian is an official language
List of countries where Spanish is an official language
List of countries with fewer than 100,000 people
Urbanization by country

Economy[]

See also: Economy

Exports by country map copy2 — Map of amount of exports per country

The production, distribution and consumption of goods and services:

Gross domestic product[]

See also: Gross domestic product

The value of goods and services produced within a country:

Industrial Output[]

See also: Industry

List of countries by cement production
List of countries by motor vehicle production
List of countries by ship production
List of countries by shipyards
List of countries by steel production

Agriculture[]

See also: Agriculture

Environment[]

See also: Environmentalism

The physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an ecosystem:

Geography[]

See also: Geography

The Earth and its features:

List of countries and territories by continent
List of countries by continent (data file)
List of island countries
List of countries that border only one other country
List of countries and territories by land borders

Military[]

See also: Military

Participants in World War II

Names[]

See also: Geographical renaming

Welcome to the United States sign — Name of a country

The label for the country:

List of alternative country names
List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe
List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia

Politics[]

See also: Politics

Public Domain Image of Canadian UN delegation — Politics

The process by which groups, often governments, make decisions:

List of countries' copyright length
List of enclaves and exclaves
List of sovereign states by formation date
List of territorial disputes
Table of administrative divisions by country

Tourism[]

Transport[]

Miscellaneous[]

List of countries by date of current flag adoption
List of countries that drive on the left or right
- List of Internet top-level domains
List of countries by colors of national flags

Mains power around the world
List of national capitals
- List of countries whose capital is not their largest city
- List of countries with multiple capitals
List of country calling codes
List of international vehicle registration codes
- List of country codes on British diplomatic vehicle registration plates
Lists of time zones
- List of time zones by country
- Daylight saving time around the world

References[]

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The Oxford English Dictionary lists the first six as:
- I. 1. a. A tract or expanse of land of undefined extent; a region, district.
- 2. a. A tract or district having more or less definite limits in relation to human occupation. e.g. owned by the same lord or proprietor, or inhabited by people of the same race, dialect, occupation, etc.; spec. preceded by a personal name: the region associated with a particular person or his works; also fig.
- 3. The territory or land of a nation; usually an independent state, or a region once independent and still distinct in race, language, institutions, or historical memories, as England, Scotland, and Ireland, in the United Kingdom, *etc.
  With political changes, what were originally distinct countries have become provinces or districts of one country, and vice versa; the modern tendency being to identify the term with the existing political condition.
- 4. The land of a person's birth, citizenship, residence, etc.; used alike in the wider sense of native land, and in the narrower one of the particular district to which a person belongs.
- 5. a. ‘The parts of a region distant from cities or courts’ (J.); the rural districts as distinct from the town or towns; sometimes applied to all outside the capital, called, by eminence, ‘town’.
- 6. a. The people of a district or state; the nation.
—Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, with online updates as of September 2008. Entry "1. country"

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[1] The Oxford English Dictionary lists the first six as:

I. 1. a. A tract or expanse of land of undefined extent; a region, district.

2. a. A tract or district having more or less definite limits in relation to human occupation. e.g. owned by the same lord or proprietor, or inhabited by people of the same race, dialect, occupation, etc.; spec. preceded by a personal name: the region associated with a particular person or his works; also fig.

3. The territory or land of a nation; usually an independent state, or a region once independent and still distinct in race, language, institutions, or historical memories, as England, Scotland, and Ireland, in the United Kingdom, *etc.
With political changes, what were originally distinct countries have become provinces or districts of one country, and vice versa; the modern tendency being to identify the term with the existing political condition.

4. The land of a person's birth, citizenship, residence, etc.; used alike in the wider sense of native land, and in the narrower one of the particular district to which a person belongs.

5. a. ‘The parts of a region distant from cities or courts’ (J.); the rural districts as distinct from the town or towns; sometimes applied to all outside the capital, called, by eminence, ‘town’.

6. a. The people of a district or state; the nation.

—Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, with online updates as of September 2008. Entry "1. country"

[2] I. 1. a. A tract or expanse of land of undefined extent; a region, district.

[3] 2. a. A tract or district having more or less definite limits in relation to human occupation. e.g. owned by the same lord or proprietor, or inhabited by people of the same race, dialect, occupation, etc.; spec. preceded by a personal name: the region associated with a particular person or his works; also fig.

[4] 3. The territory or land of a nation; usually an independent state, or a region once independent and still distinct in race, language, institutions, or historical memories, as England, Scotland, and Ireland, in the United Kingdom, *etc.
With political changes, what were originally distinct countries have become provinces or districts of one country, and vice versa; the modern tendency being to identify the term with the existing political condition.

[5] 4. The land of a person's birth, citizenship, residence, etc.; used alike in the wider sense of native land, and in the narrower one of the particular district to which a person belongs.

[6] 5. a. ‘The parts of a region distant from cities or courts’ (J.); the rural districts as distinct from the town or towns; sometimes applied to all outside the capital, called, by eminence, ‘town’.

[7] 6. a. The people of a district or state; the nation.

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