Si deseáis conocer cuántos países existen actualmente, así como cuáles son, sólo debéis echar una ojeada a este artículo. Actualmente (cifras de 2017) existen 194 países reconocidos por la ONU, es cierto que hay regiones que demandan reconocimiento, pero por motivos geopolíticos o de otros tipos, su reconocimiento no está aceptado mundialmente, motivo por el cual no se reconocen como países.
Los países agrupados por continentes obedecerían a la siguiente distribución:
- Europa (50 países)*
- América (35 países)
- Asia (48 países)*
- África (54 países)
- Oceanía (14 países)
* Europa y Asia son dos continentes que compartirían siete países que por extensión se agruparían en ambos continentes. De la suma total de continentes debemos restar siete.
Actualmente existen un total de 194 países reconocidos por la ONU.
La lista actualizada de países, listados con bandera, capital, población y superficie es la siguiente:
| Bandera | País | Capital | Población | Superficie |
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Afganistán | Kabul | 25.500.100 | 652.090 km2 |
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Albania | Tirana | 2.821.977 | 28.748 km2 |
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Alemania | Berlín | 80.619.000 | 357.022 km2 |
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Andorra | Andorra la Vieja | 76.098 | 468 km2 |
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Angola | Luanda | 20.609.294 | 1.246.700 km2 |
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Antigua y Barbuda | Saint John’s | 86.295 | 442 km2 |
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Arabia Saudita | Riad | 29.994.272 | 2.149.690 km2 |
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Argelia | Argel | 38.700.000 | 2.381.740 km2 |
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Argentina | Buenos Aires | 41.660.096 | 2.780.400 km2 |
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Armenia | Ereván | 3.017.400 | 29.800 km2 |
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ARY Macedonia | Skopie | 2.062.294 | 25.713 km2 |
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Australia | Canberra | 23.414.552 | 7.741.220 km2 |
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Austria | Viena | 8.504.850 | 83.858 km2 |
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Azerbaiyán | Baku | 9.477.100 | 86.600 km2 |
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Bahamas | Nassau | 351.461 | 13.878 km2 |
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Bahréin | Manama | 1.234.571 | 694 km2 |
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Bangladesh | Dacca | 152.518.015 | 143.998 km2 |
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Barbados | Bridgetown | 285.000 | 430 km2 |
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Bélgica | Bruselas | 11.132.269 | 32.545 km2 |
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Belice | Belmopan | 349.728 | 22.966 km2 |
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Benín | Porto-Novo | 10.323.000 | 112.622 km2 |
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Bielorrusia | Minsk | 9.468.100 | 207.600 km2 |
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Bolivia | Sucre | 10.027.254 | 1.098.580 km2 |
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Bosnia y Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 3.791.622 | 51.197 km2 |
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Botsuana | Gaborone | 2.024.904 | 581.730 km2 |
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Brasil | Brasilia | 201.032.714 | 8.514.880 km2 |
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Brunéi | Bandar Seri Begawan | 393.162 | 5.765 km2 |
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Bulgaria | Sofía | 7.282.041 | 110.912 km2 |
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Burkina Faso | Uagadugú | 17.322.796 | 274.000 km2 |
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Burundi | Buyumbura | 10.163.000 | 27.834 km2 |
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Bután | Thimbu | 745.200 | 47.000 km2 |
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Cabo Verde | Praia | 491.875 | 4.033 km2 |
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Camboya | Phnom Penh | 15.135.000 | 181.035 km2 |
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Camerún | Yaundé | 20.386.799 | 475.442 km2 |
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Canadá | Ottawa | 35.295.770 | 9.970.610 km2 |
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Chad | Yamena | 12.825.000 | 1.284.000 km2 |
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Chile | Santiago de Chile | 16.341.929 | 756.096 km2 |
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China | Pekín | 1.363.350.000 | 9.640.820 km2 |
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Chipre | Nicosia | 865.878 | 9.251 km2 |
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Ciudad del Vaticano | Ciudad del Vaticano | 839 | 0,44 km2 |
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Colombia | Santa Fe de Bogotá | 47.506.000 | 1.138.910 km2 |
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Comoras | Moroni | 743.798 | 2.235 km2 |
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Corea del Norte | Pyongyang | 24.895.000 | 120.538 km2 |
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Corea del Sur | Seúl | 50.219.669 | 99.538 km2 |
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Costa de Marfil | Yamusukro | 23.202.000 | 322.463 km2 |
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Costa Rica | San José | 4.667.096 | 51.100 km2 |
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Croacia | Zagreb | 4.290.612 | 56.538 km2 |
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Cuba | La Habana | 11.167.325 | 110.861 km2 |
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Dinamarca | Copenhague | 5.627.235 | 43.094 km2 |
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Dominica | Roseau | 71.293 | 751 km2 |
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Ecuador | Quito | 15.699.200 | 283.561 km2 |
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Egipto | El Cairo | 86.127.000 | 980.869 km2 |
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El Salvador | San Salvador | 6.340.000 | 21.041 km2 |
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Emiratos Árabes Unidos | Abu Dhabi | 8.264.070 | 83.600 km2 |
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Eritrea | Asmara | 6.333.000 | 117.600 km2 |
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Eslovaquia | Bratislava | 5.415.949 | 49.033 km2 |
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Eslovenia | Liubliana | 2.061.963 | 20.256 km2 |
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España | Madrid | 46.609.700 | 505.992 km2 |
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Estados Unidos | Washington D.C. | 317.706.000 | 9.629.090 km2 |
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Estonia | Tallin | 1.311.870 | 45.100 km2 |
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Etiopía | Adís Abeba | 86.613.986 | 1.104.300 km2 |
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Filipinas | Manila | 99.275.100 | 300.000 km2 |
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Finlandia | Helsinki | 5.452.821 | 338.145 km2 |
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Fiyi | Suva | 858.038 | 18.274 km2 |
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Francia | París | 65.844.000 | 551.500 km2 |
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Gabón | Libreville | 1.672.000 | 267.668 km2 |
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Gambia | Banjul | 1.849.000 | 11.295 km2 |
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Georgia | Tiflis | 4.483.800 | 69.700 km2 |
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Ghana | Accra | 24.658.823 | 238.533 km2 |
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Granada | Saint George’s | 103.328 | 344 km2 |
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Grecia | Atenas | 10.815.197 | 131.957 km2 |
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Guatemala | Guatemala | 15.806.675 | 108.889 km2 |
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Guinea | Conakry | 10.824.200 | 245.857 km2 |
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Guinea Ecuatorial | Malabo | 736.296 | 28.051 km2 |
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Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 1.704.000 | 36.125 km2 |
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Guyana | Georgetown | 784.894 | 214.969 km2 |
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Haití | Puerto Príncipe | 10.413.211 | 27.750 km2 |
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Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 8.555.072 | 112.088 km2 |
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Hungría | Budapest | 9.906.000 | 93.032 km2 |
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India | Nueva Delhi | 1.241.610.000 | 3.287.260 km2 |
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Indonesia | Yakarta | 249.866.000 | 1.904.570 km2 |
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Irán | Teheran | 77.288.000 | 1.648.200 km2 |
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Iraq | Bagdad | 34.035.000 | 438.317 km2 |
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Irlanda | Dublin | 4.593.100 | 70.273 km2 |
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Islandia | Reykjavík | 325.671 | 103.000 km2 |
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Islas Cook | Avarua | 14.974 | 240 km2 |
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Islas Marshall | Majuro | 56.086 | 181 km2 |
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Islas Salomón | Honiara | 581.344 | 28.896 km2 |
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Israel | Jerusalén | 8.146.300 | 22.145 km2 |
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Italia | Roma | 59.943.933 | 301.318 km2 |
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Jamaica | Kingston | 2.711.476 | 10.991 km2 |
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Japón | Tokio | 127.180.000 | 377.873 km2 |
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Jordania | Ammán | 6.558.900 | 89.342 km2 |
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Kazajistán | Astaná | 17.186.000 | 2.724.900 km2 |
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Kenia | Nairobi | 44.354.000 | 580.367 km2 |
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Kirguistán | Biskek | 5.663.133 | 199.900 km2 |
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Kiribati | Tarawa | 106.461 | 726 km2 |
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Kosovo | Pristina | 1.815.606 | 10.887 km2 |
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Kuwait | Ciudad de Kuwait | 3.065.850 | 17.818 km2 |
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Laos | Vientiane | 6.580.800 | 236.800 km2 |
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Lesoto | Maseru | 2.074.000 | 30.355 km2 |
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Letonia | Riga | 2.003.900 | 64.600 km2 |
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Líbano | Beirut | 4.822.000 | 10.400 km2 |
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Liberia | Monrovia | 4.294.000 | 111.369 km2 |
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Libia | Trípoli | 6.202.000 | 1.759.540 km2 |
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Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 37.132 | 160 km2 |
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Lituania | Vilna | 2.941.953 | 65.300 km2 |
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Luxemburgo | Luxemburgo | 537.000 | 2.586 km2 |
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Madagascar | Antananarivo | 21.263.403 | 587.041 km2 |
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Malasia | Kuala Lumpur | 30.041.000 | 329.847 km2 |
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Malawi | Lilongüe | 16.363.000 | 118.484 km2 |
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Maldivas | Malé | 317.280 | 298 km2 |
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Malí | Bamako | 15.302.000 | 1.240.190 km2 |
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Malta | La Valeta | 416.055 | 316 km2 |
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Marruecos | Rabat | 33.202.300 | 446.550 km2 |
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Mauricio | Port Louis | 1.257.900 | 2.040 km2 |
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Mauritania | Nuakchot | 3.461.041 | 1.025.520 km2 |
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México | Ciudad de México | 119.713.203 | 1.958.200 km2 |
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Micronesia | Palikir | 101.351 | 702 km2 |
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Moldavia | Chişinău | 3.559.500 | 33.851 km2 |
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Mónaco | Mónaco | 36.136 | 2 km2 |
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Mongolia | Ulán Bator | 2.931.300 | 1.564.120 km2 |
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Montenegro | Podgorica | 620.029 | 13.812 km2 |
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Mozambique | Maputo | 23.700.715 | 801.590 km2 |
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Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 53.259.000 | 676.578 km2 |
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Namibia | Windhoek | 2.113.077 | 824.292 km2 |
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Nauru | Yaren | 9.945 | 21 km2 |
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Nepal | Katmandú | 26.494.504 | 147.181 km2 |
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Nicaragua | Managua | 6.071.045 | 130.000 km2 |
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Níger | Niamey | 17.129.076 | 1.267.000 km2 |
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Nigeria | Abuja | 173.615.000 | 923.768 km2 |
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Niue | Alofi | 1.611 | 260 km2 |
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Noruega | Oslo | 5.109.056 | 385.155 km2 |
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Nueva Zelanda | Wellington | 4.518.330 | 270.534 km2 |
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Omán | Mascate | 3.957.000 | 309.500 km2 |
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Países Bajos | Amsterdam | 16.842.200 | 41.528 km2 |
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Pakistán | Islamabad | 185.914.000 | 796.095 km2 |
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Palaos | Ngerulmud | 20.901 | 459 km2 |
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Panamá | Panamá | 3.405.813 | 75.517 km2 |
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Papúa Nueva Guinea | Port Moresby | 7.398.500 | 462.840 km2 |
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Paraguay | Asunción | 6.783.374 | 406.752 km2 |
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Perú | Lima | 30.475.144 | 1.285.220 km2 |
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Polonia | Varsovia | 38.502.396 | 312.685 km2 |
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Portugal | Lisboa | 10.487.289 | 91.982 km2 |
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Qatar | Doha | 2.045.239 | 11.000 km2 |
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Reino Unido | Londres | 63.705.000 | 242.900 km2 |
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República Centroafricana | Bangui | 4.616.000 | 622.984 km2 |
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República Checa | Praga | 10.513.800 | 78.866 km2 |
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República del Congo | Brazzaville | 4.448.000 | 342.000 km2 |
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República Democrática del Congo | Kinshasa | 67.514.000 | 2.344.860 km2 |
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República Dominicana | Santo Domingo | 9.445.281 | 48.671 km2 |
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Ruanda | Kigali | 10.537.222 | 26.338 km2 |
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Rumania | Bucarest | 20.121.641 | 238.391 km2 |
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Rusia | Moscú | 143.700.000 | 17.098.200 km2 |
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Sahara Occidental | El Aaiún | 567.000 | 266.000 km2 |
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Samoa | Apia | 187.820 | 2.831 km2 |
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San Cristóbal y Nieves | Basseterre | 54.000 | 261 km2 |
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San Marino | Ciudad de San Marino | 33.540 | 61 km2 |
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San Vicente y las Granadinas | Kingstown | 109.000 | 388 km2 |
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Santa Lucía | Castries | 180.000 | 539 km2 |
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Santo Tomé y Príncipe | Santo Tomé | 187.356 | 964 km2 |
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Senegal | Dakar | 13.567.338 | 196.722 km2 |
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Serbia | Belgrado | 7.181.505 | 77.474 km2 |
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Seychelles | Victoria | 90.945 | 455 km2 |
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Sierra Leona | Freetown | 6.190.280 | 71.740 km2 |
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Singapur | Singapur | 5.399.200 | 683 km2 |
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Siria | Damasco | 21.898.000 | 185.180 km2 |
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Somalia | Mogadiscio | 10.496.000 | 637.657 km2 |
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Sri Lanka | Colombo | 20.277.597 | 65.610 km2 |
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Suazilandia | Lobamba | 1.250.000 | 17.364 km2 |
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Sudáfrica | Pretoria | 52.981.991 | 1.221.040 km2 |
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Sudán | Jartum | 37.964.000 | 2.505.810 km2 |
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Sudán del Sur | Yuba | 10.625.176 | 644.329 km2 |
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Suecia | Estocolmo | 9.651.531 | 449.964 km2 |
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Suiza | Berna | 8.112.200 | 41.284 km2 |
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Surinam | Paramaribo | 534.189 | 163.820 km2 |
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Tailandia | Bangkok | 65.926.261 | 513.115 km2 |
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Taiwán | Taipei | 23.379.129 | 36.188 km2 |
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Tanzania | Dodoma | 44.928.923 | 945.087 km2 |
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Tayikistán | Dushanbe | 8.160.000 | 143.100 km2 |
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Timor Oriental | Dili | 1.066.409 | 14.874 km2 |
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Togo | Lomé | 6.191.155 | 56.785 km2 |
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Tonga | Nuku’alofa | 103.036 | 747 km2 |
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Trinidad y Tobago | Puerto España | 1.328.019 | 5.130 km2 |
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Túnez | Túnez | 10.886.500 | 163.610 km2 |
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Turkmenistán | Asjabad | 5.240.000 | 488.100 km2 |
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Turquía | Ankara | 76.667.864 | 783.562 km2 |
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Tuvalu | Funafuti | 11.323 | 26 km2 |
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Ucrania | Kiev | 45.426.200 | 603.700 km2 |
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Uganda | Kampala | 35.357.000 | 241.038 km2 |
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Uruguay | Montevideo | 3.286.314 | 175.016 km2 |
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Uzbekistán | Taskent | 30.183.400 | 447.400 km2 |
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Vanuatu | Port Vila | 264.652 | 12.189 km2 |
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Venezuela | Caracas | 28.946.101 | 912.050 km2 |
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Vietnam | Hanoi | 89.708.900 | 331.689 km2 |
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Yemen | Saná | 25.235.000 | 527.968 km2 |
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Yibuti | Yibuti | 873.000 | 23.200 km2 |
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Zambia | Lusaka | 14.580.290 | 752.618 km2 |
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Zimbabue | Harare | 12.973.808 | 390.757 km2 |
