Does anyone know the total number of countries in the world as of Dec.31, 2005?
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192\n\nAfghanistan\nAlbania\nAlgeria\nAndorra\nAngola\nAntigua and Barbuda\nArgentina\nArmenia\nAustralia\nAustria\nAzerbaijan\nBahamas, The\nBahrain\nBangladesh\nBarbados\nBelarus\nBelgium\nBelize\nBenin\nBhutan\nBolivia\nBosnia and Herzegovina\nBotswana\nBrazil\nBrunei\nBulgaria\nBurkina Faso\nBurma\nBurundi\nCambodia\nCameroon\nCanada\nCape Verde\nCentral African Republic\nChad\nChile\nChina\nColombia\nComoros\nCongo (Brazzaville) \nCongo (Kinshasa) \nCosta Rica\nCôte d'Ivoire\nCroatia\nCuba\nCyprus\nCzech Republic\nDenmark\nDjibouti\nDominica\nDominican Republic\nEast Timor\nEcuador\nEgypt\nEl Salvador\nEquatorial Guinea\nEritrea\nEstonia\nEthiopia\nFiji\nFinland\nFrance\nGabon\nGambia, The\nGeorgia\nGermany\nGhana\nGreece\nGrenada\nGuatemala\nGuinea\nGuinea-Bissau\nGuyana\nHaiti\nHoly See \nHonduras\nHungary\nIceland\nIndia\nIndonesia\nIran\nIraq\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJamaica\nJapan\nJordan\nKazakhstan\nKenya\nKiribati\nKorea, North\nKorea, South\nKuwait\nKyrgyzstan\nLaos\nLatvia\nLebanon\nLesotho\nLiberia\nLibya\nLiechtenstein\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMacedonia\nMadagascar\nMalawi\nMalaysia\nMaldives\nMali\nMalta\nMarshall Islands\nMauritania\nMauritius\nMexico\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nMoldova\nMonaco\nMongolia\nMorocco\nMozambique\nNamibia\nNauru\nNepal\nNetherlands\nNew Zealand\nNicaragua\nNiger\nNigeria\nNorway\nOman\nPakistan\nPalau\nPanama\nPapua New Guinea\nParaguay\nPeru\nPhilippines\nPoland\nPortugal\nQatar\nRomania\nRussia\nRwanda\nSaint Kitts and Nevis\nSaint Lucia\nSaint Vincent and\nthe Grenadines\nSamoa\nSan Marino\nSao Tome and Principe\nSaudi Arabia\nSenegal\nSerbia and Montenegro+\nSeychelles\nSierra Leone\nSingapore\nSlovakia\nSlovenia\nSolomon Islands\nSomalia\nSouth Africa\nSpain\nSri Lanka\nSudan\nSuriname\nSwaziland\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nSyria\nTajikistan\nTanzania\nThailand\nTogo\nTonga\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTunisia\nTurkey\nTurkmenistan\nTuvalu\nUganda\nUkraine\nUnited Arab Emirates\nUnited Kingdom\nUnited States\nUruguay\nUzbekistan\nVanuatu\nVenezuela\nVietnam\nYemen\nZambia\nZimbabwe
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Its 6 billion, I think. You don't you go around the world and count 'em .
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There doesn't seem to be any place on the net with this particular answer.  I've tried several search engines and nothing points to it.  \n\nHowever I can tell you that the population of the world as of this hour (17:49 GMT (EST+5) Jan 02, 2006) stands at 6,488,933,852. (1st link below).  \n\nAlso the census bureau has an area in which you can e-mail a question to them.  You may want to try that.  It is the 2nd link below.\n\nGood Luck!\n\n:)\nPeace
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At year end 2005:\n7302 US stores\n2939 international stores
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I'm not 100% sure of the total, but I know that only the important countries are included.  No wanker countries allowed.
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1 United States 164,100,000 \n2 Japan 49,900,000 \n3 Germany 30,600,000 \n4 United Kingdom 26,000,000 \n5 France 21,800,000 \n6 Italy 17,500,000 \n7 Canada 16,000,000 \n8 China 15,900,000 \n9 Australia 10,600,000 \n- South Korea 10,600,000
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At least the same number of countries (current tally about 202)
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1.China 2,250,000 \n2 USA 1,625,852 \n3 India 1,325,000 \n4 Dem Ppls Rep of Korea 1,075,000 \n5 Russia 960,000 \n6 Rep Of Korea 685,000 \n7 Pakistan 620,000 \n8 Iran 540,000 \n9 Turkey 515,000 \n10 Myanmar 490,000 \n11 Vietnam 485,000 \n12 Egypt 450,000 \n13 Syria 320,000 \n14 Thailand 315,000 \n15 Ukraine 295,000 \n16 Taiwan 290,000 \n17 Brazil 285,000 \n18 Germany 284,000 \n19 France 259,000 \n20 UK 206,000 \n21 Italy 200,000 \n22 Eritrea 200,000 \n23 Saudi Arabia 200,000 \n24 Morocco 195,000 \n25 Mexico 190,000
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are we counting the whole global???
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estimated world population at time of post 6,593,337,406 as per http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop\n\nmultiplied by ten = 65,933,374,060\n\nthat's my guess
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There are 193 countries in the world. \n\nhttp://geography.about.com/library/misc/blnationalcapitals.htm\n\nThere are 61 territories and 6 disputed territories.\n\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762461.html
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Total warheads listed.\n\nUnited States 9,960\nRussia (formerly the Soviet Union) 16,000\nUnited Kingdom <200\nFrance 350\nPeople's Republic of China 400\nIndia 40-50\nPakistan 24-48 \nNorth Korea 0-10
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There are 191 Nations included in the General Assembly including virtually every recognized independent state in the world. \n\nThyere are 15 Nations on the security council. 5 Permanent Members (France, US, UK, China, Russia) and 10 Elected Nations who are elected by the General Assembly for 2 year terms.
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Let me give you the most exact figure and accurate figure of world population at the time I'm answering the question (As on 26th December, 2006 at 6:00 GMT):\n\n6579803290\n6579803293 (1 Second Later\n6579803296 (2 Second Later) \n6579803299 (3 Second Later)\n6579803302 (4 Second Later)\n...\nand counting\nYou can see the time answered the question\n\nThe following clock shows the accurate population at current time : http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop
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By Most Accounts, 193 is the Correct Answer\nA very frequent geographical question is "How many countries are in the world?." Different numbers pop up when one inquires or reads about the number of countries in the world. Each source you use often yields a different answer.
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By most counts 192, but it is not as simple as that.  Many places that consider themselves countries are not included in that number - for example, Scotland, Taiwan, Bermuda, Greenland, Western Sahara, Palestine, etc.\n\nThese links should help.
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6,507,353,390 as of 1:45:30 GMT\n\nCheck the current total for any second at the link below: