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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, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers 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 ...
List of countries and dependencies by number of police officers; List of countries that regulate the immigration of felons; List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers; List of serial killers by country; Allegations of apartheid by country; Capital punishment by country; Number of terrorist incidents ...
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
List of countries that border only one other country; List of countries and territories bordering the Atlantic Ocean; List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean; List of countries bordering on two or more oceans; List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders; List of countries and territories by ...
This is a series of lists by country. The lists generally cover topics related to sovereign countries; however, states with limited recognition are also included.
Specific regions within a country or areas in dispute among countries, such as Kashmir, are not covered, [23] but other areas of the world whose status is disputed, such as the Spratly Islands, have entries. [23] [24] Subnational areas of countries (such as U.S. states or the Canadian provinces and territories) are not included in the Factbook.
This is a list of outlines of present-day nations, states, and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized.