Countries
195 UN members and observers, plus 46 additional profiles. Taiwan and Kosovo are special status — never labelled UN members. Missing figures stay missing.
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| Name | Status | Region | Population | HDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | UN member | Asia | 44 million | 0.496 |
| Åland Islands | Statistical area | Europe | — | — |
| Albania | UN member | Europe | 2.8 million | 0.810 |
| Algeria | UN member | Africa | 48 million | 0.763 |
| American Samoa | Territory | Oceania | 45,668 | — |
| Andorra | UN member | Europe | 83,352 | 0.913 |
| Angola | UN member | Africa | 40 million | 0.616 |
| Anguilla | Dependency | Americas | 14,782 | — |
| Antarctica | Statistical area | — | — | — |
| Antigua and Barbuda | UN member | Americas | 94,423 | 0.851 |
| Argentina | UN member | Americas | 46 million | 0.865 |
| Armenia | UN member | Asia | 2.9 million | 0.811 |
| Aruba | Dependency | Americas | 108,173 | — |
| Australia | UN member | Oceania | 27 million | 0.958 |
| Austria | UN member | Europe | 9.1 million | 0.930 |
| Azerbaijan | UN member | Asia | 10 million | 0.789 |
| Bahamas | UN member | Americas | 403,865 | 0.820 |
| Bahrain | UN member | Asia | 1.7 million | 0.899 |
| Bangladesh | UN member | Asia | 177 million | 0.685 |
| Barbados | UN member | Americas | 282,688 | 0.811 |
| Belarus | UN member | Europe | 9.0 million | 0.824 |
| Belgium | UN member | Europe | 12 million | 0.951 |
| Belize | UN member | Americas | 425,802 | 0.721 |
| Benin | UN member | Africa | 15 million | 0.515 |
| Bermuda | Dependency | Americas | 64,508 | — |
| Bhutan | UN member | Asia | 799,420 | 0.698 |
| Bolivia | UN member | Americas | 13 million | 0.733 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | UN member | Europe | 3.1 million | 0.804 |
| Botswana | UN member | Africa | 2.6 million | 0.731 |
| Bouvet Island | Territory | Americas | — | — |
| Brazil | UN member | Americas | 213 million | 0.786 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | Dependency | Africa | — | — |
| British Virgin Islands | Dependency | Americas | 39,849 | — |
| Brunei | UN member | Asia | 468,087 | 0.837 |
| Bulgaria | UN member | Europe | 6.7 million | 0.845 |
| Burkina Faso | UN member | Africa | 24 million | 0.459 |
| Burundi | UN member | Africa | 15 million | 0.439 |
| Cabo Verde | UN member | Africa | 528,511 | 0.668 |
| Cambodia | UN member | Asia | 18 million | 0.606 |
| Cameroon | UN member | Africa | 30 million | 0.588 |
| Canada | UN member | Americas | 40 million | 0.939 |
| Caribbean Netherlands | Territory | Americas | 31,650 | — |
| Cayman Islands | Dependency | Americas | 76,528 | — |
| Central African Republic | UN member | Africa | 5.6 million | 0.414 |
| Chad | UN member | Africa | 21 million | 0.416 |
| Chile | UN member | Americas | 20 million | 0.878 |
| China | UN member | Asia | 1.41 billion | 0.797 |
| Christmas Island | Territory | Oceania | — | — |
| Cocos Islands | Territory | Oceania | — | — |
| Colombia | UN member | Americas | 54 million | 0.788 |
| Comoros | UN member | Africa | 890,946 | 0.603 |
| Cook Islands | Associated state | Oceania | 13,035 | — |
| Costa Rica | UN member | Americas | 5.2 million | 0.833 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | UN member | Africa | 33 million | 0.582 |
| Croatia | UN member | Europe | 3.8 million | 0.889 |
| Cuba | UN member | Americas | 11 million | 0.762 |
| Curaçao | Dependency | Americas | 185,471 | — |
| Cyprus | UN member | Asia | 1.4 million | 0.913 |
| Czechia | UN member | Europe | 11 million | 0.915 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | UN member | Africa | 115 million | 0.522 |
| Denmark | UN member | Europe | 6.0 million | 0.962 |
| Djibouti | UN member | Africa | 1.2 million | 0.513 |
| Dominica | UN member | Americas | 65,686 | 0.761 |
| Dominican Republic | UN member | Americas | 12 million | 0.776 |
| Ecuador | UN member | Americas | 18 million | 0.777 |
| Egypt | UN member | Africa | 119 million | 0.754 |
| El Salvador | UN member | Americas | 6.4 million | 0.678 |
| Equatorial Guinea | UN member | Africa | 2.0 million | 0.674 |
| Eritrea | UN member | Africa | 3.6 million | 0.503 |
| Estonia | UN member | Europe | 1.3 million | 0.905 |
| Eswatini | UN member | Africa | 1.3 million | 0.695 |
| Ethiopia | UN member | Africa | 137 million | 0.497 |
| Falkland Islands | Dependency | Americas | 3,467 | — |
| Faroe Islands | Dependency | Europe | 56,281 | — |
| Fiji | UN member | Oceania | 935,285 | 0.731 |
| Finland | UN member | Europe | 5.6 million | 0.948 |
| France | UN member | Europe | 67 million | 0.920 |
| French Guiana | Territory | Americas | 316,247 | — |
| French Polynesia | Dependency | Oceania | 282,783 | — |
| French Southern Territories | Territory | Africa | — | — |
| Gabon | UN member | Africa | 2.6 million | 0.733 |
| Gambia | UN member | Africa | 2.9 million | 0.524 |
| Georgia | UN member | Asia | 3.8 million | 0.844 |
| Germany | UN member | Europe | 84 million | 0.959 |
| Ghana | UN member | Africa | 35 million | 0.628 |
| Gibraltar | Dependency | Europe | 40,513 | — |
| Greece | UN member | Europe | 9.9 million | 0.908 |
| Greenland | Dependency | Americas | 55,693 | — |
| Grenada | UN member | Americas | 117,347 | 0.791 |
| Guadeloupe | Territory | Americas | 373,126 | — |
| Guam | Territory | Oceania | 169,598 | — |
| Guatemala | UN member | Americas | 19 million | 0.662 |
| Guernsey | Dependency | Europe | 64,562 | — |
| Guinea | UN member | Africa | 15 million | 0.500 |
| Guinea-Bissau | UN member | Africa | 2.3 million | 0.514 |
| Guyana | UN member | Americas | 838,431 | 0.776 |
| Haiti | UN member | Americas | 12 million | 0.554 |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Territory | Oceania | — | — |
| Holy See | UN observer | Europe | 503 | — |
| Honduras | UN member | Americas | 11 million | 0.645 |
| Hong Kong | Special administrative region | Asia | 7.4 million | 0.955 |
| Hungary | UN member | Europe | 9.6 million | 0.870 |
| Iceland | UN member | Europe | 400,481 | 0.972 |
| India | UN member | Asia | 1.47 billion | 0.685 |
| Indonesia | UN member | Asia | 287 million | 0.728 |
| Iran | UN member | Asia | 93 million | 0.799 |
| Iraq | UN member | Asia | 48 million | 0.695 |
| Ireland | UN member | Europe | 5.3 million | 0.949 |
| Isle of Man | Dependency | Europe | 84,089 | — |
| Israel | UN member | Asia | 9.6 million | 0.919 |
| Italy | UN member | Europe | 59 million | 0.915 |
| Jamaica | UN member | Americas | 2.8 million | 0.720 |
| Japan | UN member | Asia | 123 million | 0.925 |
| Jersey | Dependency | Europe | 104,052 | — |
| Jordan | UN member | Asia | 11 million | 0.754 |
| Kazakhstan | UN member | Asia | 21 million | 0.837 |
| Kenya | UN member | Africa | 58 million | 0.628 |
| Kiribati | UN member | Oceania | 137,468 | 0.644 |
| Kosovo | Special status | Europe | 1.7 million | — |
| Kuwait | UN member | Asia | 5.1 million | 0.852 |
| Kyrgyzstan | UN member | Asia | 7.3 million | 0.720 |
| Laos | UN member | Asia | 7.9 million | 0.617 |
| Latvia | UN member | Europe | 1.8 million | 0.889 |
| Lebanon | UN member | Asia | 5.9 million | 0.752 |
| Lesotho | UN member | Africa | 2.4 million | 0.550 |
| Liberia | UN member | Africa | 5.8 million | 0.510 |
| Libya | UN member | Africa | 7.5 million | 0.721 |
| Liechtenstein | UN member | Europe | 40,252 | 0.938 |
| Lithuania | UN member | Europe | 2.8 million | 0.895 |
| Luxembourg | UN member | Europe | 684,039 | 0.922 |
| Macau | Special administrative region | Asia | 722,357 | — |
| Madagascar | UN member | Africa | 33 million | 0.487 |
| Malawi | UN member | Africa | 22 million | 0.517 |
| Malaysia | UN member | Asia | 36 million | 0.819 |
| Maldives | UN member | Asia | 530,598 | 0.766 |
| Mali | UN member | Africa | 26 million | 0.419 |
| Malta | UN member | Europe | 547,990 | 0.924 |
| Marshall Islands | UN member | Oceania | 35,650 | 0.733 |
| Martinique | Territory | Americas | 339,065 | — |
| Mauritania | UN member | Africa | 5.4 million | 0.563 |
| Mauritius | UN member | Africa | 1.3 million | 0.806 |
| Mayotte | Territory | Africa | 342,263 | — |
| Mexico | UN member | Americas | 132 million | 0.789 |
| Micronesia | UN member | Oceania | 113,938 | 0.615 |
| Moldova | UN member | Europe | 3.0 million | 0.785 |
| Monaco | UN member | Europe | 38,197 | — |
| Mongolia | UN member | Asia | 3.5 million | 0.747 |
| Montenegro | UN member | Europe | 627,936 | 0.862 |
| Montserrat | Dependency | Americas | 4,346 | — |
| Morocco | UN member | Africa | 39 million | 0.710 |
| Mozambique | UN member | Africa | 36 million | 0.493 |
| Myanmar | UN member | Asia | 55 million | 0.609 |
| Namibia | UN member | Africa | 3.1 million | 0.665 |
| Nauru | UN member | Oceania | 12,063 | 0.703 |
| Nepal | UN member | Asia | 30 million | 0.622 |
| Netherlands | UN member | Europe | 18 million | 0.955 |
| New Caledonia | Dependency | Oceania | 296,656 | — |
| New Zealand | UN member | Oceania | 5.3 million | 0.938 |
| Nicaragua | UN member | Americas | 7.1 million | 0.706 |
| Niger | UN member | Africa | 28 million | 0.419 |
| Nigeria | UN member | Africa | 240 million | 0.560 |
| Niue | Associated state | Oceania | 1,819 | — |
| Norfolk Island | Territory | Oceania | — | — |
| North Korea | UN member | Asia | 27 million | — |
| North Macedonia | UN member | Europe | 1.8 million | 0.815 |
| Northern Cyprus | Special status | — | — | — |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Territory | Oceania | 43,194 | — |
| Norway | UN member | Europe | 5.6 million | 0.970 |
| Oman | UN member | Asia | 5.6 million | 0.858 |
| Pakistan | UN member | Asia | 257 million | 0.544 |
| Palau | UN member | Oceania | 17,641 | 0.786 |
| Palestine | UN observer | Asia | 5.6 million | 0.674 |
| Panama | UN member | Americas | 4.6 million | 0.839 |
| Papua New Guinea | UN member | Oceania | 11 million | 0.576 |
| Paraguay | UN member | Americas | 7.1 million | 0.756 |
| Peru | UN member | Americas | 35 million | 0.794 |
| Philippines | UN member | Asia | 117 million | 0.720 |
| Pitcairn | Dependency | Oceania | — | — |
| Poland | UN member | Europe | 38 million | 0.906 |
| Portugal | UN member | Europe | 10 million | 0.890 |
| Puerto Rico | Territory | Americas | 3.2 million | — |
| Qatar | UN member | Asia | 3.1 million | 0.886 |
| Republic of the Congo | UN member | Africa | 6.6 million | 0.649 |
| Réunion | Territory | Africa | 884,305 | — |
| Romania | UN member | Europe | 19 million | 0.845 |
| Russia | UN member | Europe | 144 million | 0.832 |
| Rwanda | UN member | Africa | 15 million | 0.578 |
| Saint Barthélemy | Dependency | Americas | 11,489 | — |
| Saint Helena | Dependency | Africa | 5,177 | — |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | UN member | Americas | 46,960 | 0.840 |
| Saint Lucia | UN member | Americas | 180,334 | 0.748 |
| Saint Martin | Dependency | Americas | 24,395 | — |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Dependency | Americas | 5,545 | — |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | UN member | Americas | 99,583 | 0.798 |
| Samoa | UN member | Oceania | 219,916 | 0.708 |
| San Marino | UN member | Europe | 33,590 | 0.915 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | UN member | Africa | 242,620 | 0.637 |
| Saudi Arabia | UN member | Asia | 35 million | 0.900 |
| Senegal | UN member | Africa | 19 million | 0.530 |
| Serbia | UN member | Europe | 6.7 million | 0.833 |
| Seychelles | UN member | Africa | 133,927 | 0.848 |
| Siachen Glacier | Special status | — | — | — |
| Sierra Leone | UN member | Africa | 8.9 million | 0.467 |
| Singapore | UN member | Asia | 5.9 million | 0.946 |
| Sint Maarten | Dependency | Americas | 44,201 | — |
| Slovakia | UN member | Europe | 5.5 million | 0.880 |
| Slovenia | UN member | Europe | 2.1 million | 0.931 |
| Solomon Islands | UN member | Oceania | 848,434 | 0.584 |
| Somalia | UN member | Africa | 20 million | 0.404 |
| Somaliland | Special status | — | — | — |
| South Africa | UN member | Africa | 65 million | 0.741 |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Dependency | Americas | — | — |
| South Korea | UN member | Asia | 52 million | 0.937 |
| South Sudan | UN member | Africa | 12 million | 0.388 |
| Spain | UN member | Europe | 48 million | 0.918 |
| Sri Lanka | UN member | Asia | 23 million | 0.776 |
| Sudan | UN member | Africa | 52 million | 0.511 |
| Suriname | UN member | Americas | 642,582 | 0.722 |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Statistical area | Europe | — | — |
| Sweden | UN member | Europe | 11 million | 0.959 |
| Switzerland | UN member | Europe | 9.0 million | 0.970 |
| Syria | UN member | Asia | 26 million | 0.564 |
| Taiwan | Special status | Asia | 23 million | — |
| Tajikistan | UN member | Asia | 11 million | 0.691 |
| Tanzania | UN member | Africa | 72 million | 0.555 |
| Thailand | UN member | Asia | 72 million | 0.798 |
| Timor-Leste | UN member | Asia | 1.4 million | 0.634 |
| Togo | UN member | Africa | 9.8 million | 0.571 |
| Tokelau | Territory | Oceania | 2,656 | — |
| Tonga | UN member | Oceania | 103,512 | 0.769 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | UN member | Americas | 1.5 million | 0.807 |
| Tunisia | UN member | Africa | 12 million | 0.746 |
| Türkiye | UN member | Asia | 88 million | 0.853 |
| Turkmenistan | UN member | Asia | 7.7 million | 0.764 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Dependency | Americas | 47,010 | — |
| Tuvalu | UN member | Oceania | 9,420 | 0.689 |
| U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | Territory | Oceania | — | — |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Territory | Americas | 83,770 | — |
| Uganda | UN member | Africa | 52 million | 0.582 |
| Ukraine | UN member | Europe | 40 million | 0.779 |
| United Arab Emirates | UN member | Asia | 11 million | 0.940 |
| United Kingdom | UN member | Europe | 70 million | 0.946 |
| United States | UN member | Americas | 348 million | 0.938 |
| Uruguay | UN member | Americas | 3.4 million | 0.862 |
| Uzbekistan | UN member | Asia | 37 million | 0.740 |
| Vanuatu | UN member | Oceania | 338,868 | 0.621 |
| Venezuela | UN member | Americas | 29 million | 0.709 |
| Vietnam | UN member | Asia | 102 million | 0.766 |
| Wallis and Futuna | Dependency | Oceania | 11,153 | — |
| Western Sahara | Special status | Africa | 605,978 | — |
| Yemen | UN member | Asia | 42 million | 0.470 |
| Zambia | UN member | Africa | 22 million | 0.595 |
| Zimbabwe | UN member | Africa | 17 million | 0.598 |