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A. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas. List of countries in the Americas by population. Territorial claims in Antarctica. List of Asian and Pacific countries by GDP (PPP) List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories.
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
A. Africa-related lists (79 C, 61 P) Americas-related lists (13 C, 30 P) Antarctica-related lists (2 C, 49 P) Asia-related lists (80 C, 47 P)
This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. For instance, the United Kingdom is considered a single entity, while the ...
Around 60 countries gained independence from the United Kingdom throughout its history, the most in the world, followed by with around 40 countries that gained independence from France throughout its history. [2] Over 50% of the world's borders today, were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [3] [4] [5]
Document file format. Standard. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2; ISO 3166-1 alpha-3; ISO 3166-1 numeric. The list of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent data file is a plain text format describing the list of countries by continent, [1] suitable for automated processing.
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population .