How many countries in are there world?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the number 192 is too often used to represent the number of countries in the world. Although this number represents almost all of the countries in the world, there are still two recognized independent countries, the Vatican City and Kosovo, that are independent and are not members of the U.N. so 192 is not the number of countries in the world.

There are total 194 known countries in the world:

Answer 2

The US State department, using the US as a political example, recognises 195 independent countries. Taiwan could make the total 196 except that China claims Taiwan as a province. For political reasons, defining independent countries is a difficult task

Answer 3

The ITU (an agency of the UN) has 191 country members

Answer 4

There are 195 countries in the world, although some areas are debated as to their validity as a country.

Answer 5

198 according to the most recent info

Answer 6

There are 197 countries on planet earth.

Answer 7

7 continents

Answer 8

196.