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This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. It covers all areas under the jurisdiction of the listed countries, namely territory, territorial waters (including internal waters and contiguous zone), Exclusive Economic Zone, continental shelf and airspace. For a list of independent states only, see the list of sovereign states.

The names of countries in the list are given in English and include both the short official names (e.g. Afghanistan) and the (longer) official name (e.g. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). The listing of any name in this article is not meant to imply an official position in any naming dispute.

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Entities included in this article

There are 243 entities on this list, considered to be countries. It corresponds to:

191 member states of the United Nations (UN).
1 UN non-member observer state, the Vatican City.
1 non-UN recognized state, diplomatically recognized by 26 other states and in de facto relations with many others, the Republic of China.
6 generally unrecognized but de facto independent states, namely Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, all recognized by no states (except for Northern Cyprus which maintains diplomatic relations only with Turkey).
2 entities recognized by many countries as sovereign but not de facto independent, namely Palestine and Western Sahara.
37 inhabited dependent territories:
- 3 overseas territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island)
- 3 British Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man)
- 2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands)
- 1 overseas country of France (French Polynesia)
- 1 sui generis collectivity of France (New Caledonia)
- 3 overseas collectivities of France (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna)
- 2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles)
- 2 states (Cook Islands and Niue) in free association with New Zealand
- 1 New Zealand overseas territory (Tokelau)
- 14 overseas territories of the United Kingdom (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
- 5 unincorporated territories and commonwealths of the United States (US) (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands)
4 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao in the People's Republic of China).
1 UN protectorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro under UN interim civilian administration).

In the Annex an outline is given on the entities not included in this list.

List of countries

A

Image:Ge-abkha.gif Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia (de facto independent state inside Georgia)
Image:Afghanistan flag large.png Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Akrotiri - Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Flag of Aaland.svg Åland - Åland Islands (autonomous province of Finland, recognized by international treaty)
Image:Flag of Albania.svg Albania - Republic of Albania
Image:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Image:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States)
Image:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra - Principality of Andorra (co-principality with the President of the French Republic and the Bishop of Urgell, Spain as ex officio heads of state)
Image:Flag of Angola.svg Angola - Republic of Angola
Image:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina - Argentine Republic (federal state, also named Argentine Nation for purposes of legislation)
Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia - Republic of Armenia
Image:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Image:St helena flag large.png Ascension Island (dependency of Saint Helena, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia - Commonwealth of Australia (federal state, Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria - Republic of Austria (federal state)
Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan (see also Nagorno-Karabakh)

B

Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas, The - Commonwealth of The Bahamas (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain
Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh
Image:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus - Republic of Belarus
Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium (federal state)
Image:Flag of Belize.svg Belize (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Benin.svg Benin - Republic of Benin
Image:Bermuda flag large.png Bermuda (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Bhutan flag large.png Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina (federal state)
Image:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana - Republic of Botswana
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil (federal state)
Image:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom, see also Virgin Islands)
Image:Brunei flag large.png Brunei - Negara Brunei Darussalam
Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria
Image:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
- See Myanmar for Burma
Image:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi - Republic of Burundi

C

Image:Cambodia flag large.png Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada (federal state, Commonwealth Realm, officially also (but infrequently) referred to as Dominion of Canada)
Image:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde
Image:Cayman islands flag large.png Cayman Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Central african republic flag large.png Central African Republic (sometimes also rendered as Central Africa)
Image:Flag of Chad.svg Chad - Republic of Chad
Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile - Republic of Chile
Image:Flag of Peoples Republic of China.svg China (PRC) - People's Republic of China (sometimes also rendered as Mainland China)
- See Taiwan (ROC) for the Republic of China (see also One-China policy and dispute over UN representation between PRC and ROC)
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Image:Cx flag.gif Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (overseas territory of Australia)
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (overseas territory of Australia)
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia - Republic of Colombia
Image:Flag of Comoros.svg Comoros - Union of the Comoros (federal state)
Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo.svg Congo (Kinshasa) - Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly and popularly known as Zaire)
Image:Flag of Congo-Brazzaville.svg Congo (Brazzaville) - Republic of the Congo
Image:Cook islands flag large.png Cook Islands (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
Image:Cote d'ivoire flag large.png Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (formerly and popularly known as Ivory Coast)
Image:Croatia flag large.png Croatia - Republic of Croatia
Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba - Republic of Cuba
Image:Cyprus flag large.png Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus (see also Northern Cyprus)
Image:Flag of Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (sometimes also rendered as Czechia)

D

Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dhekelia - Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Djibouti flag large.png Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti
Image:Dominica flag large.png Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica
Image:Dominican republic flag large.png Dominican Republic (sometimes also rendered as The Dominican)

E

Image:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Image:Ecuador flag large.png Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador
Image:Egypt flag 300.png Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt
Image:El salvador flag large.png El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
Image:Equatorial guinea flag large.png Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Image:Eritrea flag large.png Eritrea - State of Eritrea
Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia - Republic of Estonia
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (federal state)

F

Image:Falkland islands flag large.png Falkland Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by, and a former possession of Argentina named Islas Malvinas)
Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
Image:Fiji flag large.png Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands
Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland - Republic of Finland
Image:Flag of France.svg France - French Republic
Image:Flag of France.svg Image:Flag of France.svg French Polynesia (overseas country of France)

G

Image:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon - Gabonese Republic
Image:Gambia flag large.png Gambia, The - Republic of The Gambia
Image:Flag of Georgia.png Georgia (see also Abkhazia and South Ossetia)
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany - Federal Republic of Germany (federal state)
Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana - Republic of Ghana
Image:Gibraltar flag large.png Gibraltar (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece - Hellenic Republic
Image:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)
Image:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Guam.png Guam - Territory of Guam (unincorporated and organized territory of the United States)
Image:Guatemala flag large.png Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
Image:Guernsey flag large.png Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)
Image:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea - Republic of Guinea
Image:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

Image:Haiti flag large.png Haiti - Republic of Haiti
Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras - Republic of Honduras
Image:Flag of Hong Kong SAR.png Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (diplomatically known as Hong Kong, China)
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary - Republic of Hungary

I

Image:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland - Republic of Iceland
Image:Flag of India.svg India - Republic of India (federal state)
Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
Image:Iran flag large.png Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran
Image:Iraq flag large.png Iraq - Republic of Iraq
Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (also commonly referred to as the Republic of Ireland as the official "description" of the state in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole)
Image:Flag of Israel.svg Israel - State of Israel
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy - Italian Republic
- See Côte d'Ivoire for Ivory Coast

J

Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Image:Jersey flag large.png Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)
Image:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.png Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya - Republic of Kenya
Image:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati
Image:Flag of North Korea.svg Korea (North) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (popularly known as North Korea)
Image:Flag of South Korea.svg Korea (South) - Republic of Korea (popularly known as South Korea)
Image:UN flag.png Kosovo - Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohia (autonomous province of Serbia and Montenegro under UN interim civilian administration)
Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait - State of Kuwait
Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic (sometimes also rendered as Kirghizia)

L

Image:Flag of Laos.svg Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic
Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia - Republic of Latvia
Image:Lebanon flag large.png Lebanon - Republic of Lebanon
Image:Lesotho flag large.png Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho
Image:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia - Republic of Liberia
Image:Flag of Libya.svg Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Image:Liechtenstein flag large.png Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

Image:Macao flag large.png Macau - Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (diplomatically known as Macao, China)
Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia (diplomatically recognised by UN and some countries and international organizations as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
Image:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar
Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi - Republic of Malawi
Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (federal state)
Image:Maldives flag large.png Maldives - Republic of Maldives
Image:Flag of Mali.svg Mali - Republic of Mali
Image:Malta flag large.png Malta - Republic of Malta
Image:Flag of the isle of man.svg Man, Isle of - Isle of Man (British Crown dependency, also known as Mann)
Image:Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands (US associated state)
Image:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius
Image:Flag of France.svg Image:Flag of France.svg Mayotte (overseas collectivity of France)
Image:Mexico flag 300.png Mexico - United Mexican States (federal state)
Image:Flag of Micronesia.svg Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia (federal state, US associated state)
Image:Flag of Moldova.png Moldova - Republic of Moldova (see also Pridnestrovie)
Image:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco - Principality of Monaco
Image:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (sometimes also rendered as Outer Mongolia (together with Tuva) in order to distinguish it from Inner Mongolia of the People's Republic of China)
Image:Montserrat flag large.png Montserrat (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco (see also Western Sahara)
Image:Mozambique flag large.png Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique
Image:Myanmar flag large.png Myanmar - Union of Myanmar (formerly and popularly known as Burma)

N

Image:NKR Flag.png Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto independent state inside Azerbaijan)
Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia - Republic of Namibia
Image:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru - Republic of Nauru
Image:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands, the - Kingdom of the Netherlands (legally the Netherlands refers to the mainland European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the latter consisting of the Netherlands and two overseas countries, namely Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles)
Image:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles.png Netherlands Antilles (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Image:Flag of France.svg New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity of France)
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Nicaragua flag large.png Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
Image:Niger flag large.png Niger - Republic of Niger
Image:Nigeria flag large.png Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria (federal state)
Image:Flag of Niue.svg Niue (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
Image:Norfolk island flag large.png Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (overseas territory of Australia)
Image:Northern Cyprus Flag.png Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (de facto independent state inside Cyprus, recognized only by Turkey)
Image:Mariana flag large.png Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (commonwealth in political union with the United States)
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway - Kingdom of Norway

O

Image:Oman flag large.png Oman - Sultanate of Oman

P

Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Image:Palau flag large.png Palau - Republic of Palau (US associated state)
Image:Flag of Palestine.png Palestine - State of Palestine (the State of Palestine is currently recognized by over 90 countries, the international status of Palestine is further supported by non-recognizing countries according the Palestinian National Authority a pivotal role in the process that may involve their eventually recognizing a State of Palestine, see also Proposals for a Palestinian state)
Image:Panama flag large.png Panama - Republic of Panama
Image:Papua new guinea flag large.png Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Paraguay flag large.png Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru - Republic of Peru
Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines, the - Republic of the Philippines
Image:Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
- See Transnistria for Pridnestrovie
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland - Republic of Poland
Image:Portugal flag large.png Portugal - Portuguese Republic
Image:Puerto rico flag large.png Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (commonwealth associated with the United States)

Q

Image:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar - State of Qatar

R

Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia - Russian Federation (federal state)
Image:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda

S

Image:St helena flag large.png Saint Helena (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (federal state, Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of France.svg Image:Flag of France.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon (overseas collectivity of France)
Image:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Samoa flag large.png Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
Image:San marino flag large.png San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Image:Sao tome and principe flag large.png São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Image:Saudi arabia flag large.png Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Image:Senegal flag large.png Senegal - Republic of Senegal
Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.png Serbia and Montenegro - State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (federal state, its province of Kosovo is under UN interim civilian administration)
Image:Seychelles flag large.png Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles
Image:Sierra leone flag large.png Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone
Image:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore - Republic of Singapore
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia - Slovak Republic
Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia
Image:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia (the whole country is presently fragmented with its Transitional National Government in exile, see also Somaliland)
Image:Somaliland-flag.gif Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland (de facto independent state inside Somalia)
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa - Republic of South Africa
Image:South ossetia flag.png South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia (de facto independent state inside Georgia)
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain - Kingdom of Spain
Image:Sri lanka flag large.png Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Image:Sudan flag large.png Sudan - Republic of the Sudan
Image:Suriname flag large.png Suriname - Republic of Suriname
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Svalbard (overseas territory of Norway, recognized by international treaty)
Image:Swaziland flag large.png Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland - Swiss Confederation (federal state)
Image:Flag of Syria.svg Syria - Syrian Arab Republic

T

Image:Flag of Taiwan.svg Taiwan (ROC) - Republic of China (popularly referred to as Taiwan and diplomatically sometimes known as Chinese Taipei, the political status of the ROC and the legal status of the Taiwan Island (and its outlying islands) are in dispute)
Image:Tajikistan flag large.png Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan
Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania (federal state)
Image:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
Image:Togo flag large.png Togo - Togolese Republic
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Tokelau (overseas territory of New Zealand)
Image:Tonga flag large.png Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
Image:PridnestrovieFlag.gif Transnistria - Transnistrian or Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (the Transnistrian government uses as translation Pridnestrovie, de facto independent state inside Moldova)
Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Image:Tristan-da-Cunha-Flag.png Tristan da Cunha (dependency of Saint Helena, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:Tunisia flag large.png Tunisia - Tunisian Republic
Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey - Republic of Turkey
Image:Turkmenistan flag large.png Turkmenistan
Image:Turks and caicos flag large.png Turks and Caicos Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)
Image:TV-flag-lg.png Tuvalu (Commonwealth Realm)

U

Image:Uganda flag large.png Uganda - Republic of Uganda
Image:Ukraine flag large.png Ukraine
Image:Uae flag large.png United Arab Emirates (federal state)
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Commonwealth Realm)
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States - United States of America (federal state)
Image:Uruguay flag large.png Uruguay - Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan

V

Image:Vanuatu flag large.png Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu
Image:Flag of Vatican City.png Vatican City - State of the Vatican City (administered by a Pontifical Commission appointed by the Pope who is concurrently the head of the Holy See and that of the Vatican City)
Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (federal state)
Image:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Image:Us virgin islands flag large.png Virgin Islands - United States Virgin Islands (unincorporated and organized territory of the United States, popularly known in its abbreviated terms as U.S. Virgin Islands, see also British Virgin Islands)

W

Image:Flag of France.svg Image:Flag of France.svg Wallis and Futuna (overseas collectivity of France)
Image:Flag of Western Sahara.png Western Sahara - Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (territory of Western Sahara is largely occupied by and integrated in Morocco, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is currently recognized by over 50 countries but only exercises effective control over the territory east of Moroccan Wall, see also Politics of Western Sahara)

Y

Image:Yemen flag large.png Yemen - Republic of Yemen

Z

Image:Zambia flag large.png Zambia - Republic of Zambia
Image:Zimbabwe flag large.png Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe

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