how many countries/nations make up the world?
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Total no. of countries/nations in the World: 271\n\nApart from this, there are regions that aren't really countries but just sort of "areas" under the protection of / dependent on actual countries who are near them e.g. some islands where people live and are clearly "one type of ppl" but they don't fly a flag or have a president or anything that we consider normal.
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Some would say that the World is divided into two kinds of societies: "modern" and "traditional.” (see site one).\nIf you mean distinct societies then the number would run into the thousands, separated into language groups, religion and customs.  The exact number would depend upon your definition.
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Africa! It has many more countries!\n\nP.S. No offense, but you spelt continent and countries wrong.
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Africa = 54 countries\n   \n      Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'lvoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe\n\nDependencies and other territories\n \nFrance = Mayotte, Reunion\nSpain  = Canary Islands, Plazas de soberania\nPortugal = Madeiras\nUK     = Indian Ocean Territory, St. Helena\n\n\nAsia = 52 countries\n\n         Macau, Singapore, Hong Kong, Maldives, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Taiwan, South Korea, Lebanon, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Israel, Philippines, Vietnam, North Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Kuwait, Armenia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Georgia, Cambodia, Egypt, Qatar, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Brunei, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Tajikistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia
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192 independent countries are members of the U.N., but that doesn't include the Vatican City - which is technically a country - who have chosen not to join.\n\nThere are 192  different countries that the United States recognizes, but it gets tricky when you talk about Taiwan. There are those that would argue that Taiwan isn't really a coutnry (like China, who claims that it is a Chinese province). \n\nEven though Taiwan was a member of the U.N. up until 1971, it is not recognized as a country because of politcal reasons.  \n\nSo if you count Taiwan as a country (though it isn't internationally recognized as one) and the Vatican City, there would be 193.\n\nTo John C.: You have to remember that when you are counting countries, places that are governed by other countries, like Puerto Rico, the U.K., Bermuda, Palestine and others, don't count because they are actually provinces or colonies.
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15 countries.\n\nArgentina\nBolivia\nBrazil\nChile\nColombia\nEcuador\nFalkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)\nFrench Guiana\nGuyana\nParaguay\nPeru\nSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands\nSuriname\nUruguay\nVenezuela
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what nation are we talking about?
401496
Africa is made up of many countries. Each of these countries is made up of people from very different cultures. It would be mind-boggling to think of how many different cultures and languages that we have in Africa. One country in Africa could have as many as fifty different languages. Refering to Africa as a country is the height of ignorance. The continent is huge and there lots of stuff about it on the INTERNET.
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193.  Although some consider Taiwan a country - that would make 194.\n\nSome of those listed at Wikipedia are commenwealths and territories and are not actual countries.  See source.
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In rough numbers, the world has about 6 billion people\nand the US has about 300 million, so that's roughly 5%.\n\nUsing more accurate numbers from the US Census bureau:\nworld = 6,494,760,917\nUS    = 298,009,292\nwhich works out to be about 4.6%
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According to OECD data, population of Developed (OECD) countries as at 2004 was 1,160,738,000 people. World population, according to the US Census bureau was 6,376,863,118 people. This means the population of "third-world" countries is 5,216,125,118 people.
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There are 243 entities considered to be countries. \nThis corresponds to:\n\n    * 201 sovereign and/or independent states:\n          o 191 member states of the United Nations (UN).\n          o 1 UN recognized non-member state governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer): the Vatican City.\n          o 1 state not recognized by the UN since late 1971, recognized by 25 other states and currently with de facto international relations with most states, the Republic of China (popularly referred to as Taiwan).\n          o 8 states not recognized by the UN and not recognized by a significant portion of its individual member-states:\n                + 1 de facto independent state, diplomatically recognized by only Turkey; Northern Cyprus[1]\n                + 5 de facto independent states; namely Abkhazia[2], Nagorno-Karabakh[3] Somaliland[4], South Ossetia[5], and Transnistria[6]; all recognized by no states.\n                + 2 entities recognized by many countries as sovereign, but not de facto independent; namely Palestine and Western Sahara.\n    * 37 inhabited dependent territories:\n          o 3 overseas territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island)\n          o 2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands)\n          o 5 dependent territories of France:\n                + 1 sui generis (unique) dependency of France (New Caledonia)\n                + 4 overseas collectivities of France (Mayotte, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna)\n          o 2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles)\n          o 3 dependent territories of New Zealand:\n          o 2 states in free association with New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue)\n          o 1 New Zealand overseas territory (Tokelau)\n          o 17 dependent territories of the United Kingdom:\n                + 3 British Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man)\n                + 12 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] and the Turks and Caicos Islands)\n                + 2 Sovereign Base Areas on the island of Cyprus (Akrotiri and Dhekelia)\n          o 5 unincorporated territories of the United States (US) (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)\n    * 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 Macau in the People's Republic of China)\n    * 1 UN protectorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro under UN interim civilian administration).\n\n    * Abkhazia Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia (de facto independent state inside Georgia)\n    * Afghanistan Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan\n    * United Kingdom Akrotiri - Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)\n    * Åland Åland - Åland Islands (autonomous province of Finland recognized by international treaty)\n    * Albania Albania - Republic of Albania\n    * Algeria Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria\n    * American Samoa American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (unincorporated unorganized territory of the United States)\n    * Andorra 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)\n    * Angola Angola - Republic of Angola\n    * Anguilla Anguilla (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)\n    * Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (Commonwealth Realm)\n    * Argentina Argentina - Argentine Republic (federal state, also named Argentine Nation for purposes of legislation)
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32 thousand is way off it's alot more then that world wide.  There is no way to really answer this question.  You would have to find out how each country is doing then add them all toghter.
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CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD \n\nCONTINENTS (by size) \n\n#1 Asia - (44,579,000 sq km) \n#2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km) \n#3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km) \n#4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km) \n#5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km) \n#6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km) \n#7 Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km) \n\nCONTINENTS (by population) 2005 est. \n\n#1 Asia - (3,879,000,000) \n#2 Africa - (877,500,000) \n#3 Europe - (727,000,000) \n#4 North America - (501,500,000) \n#5 South America - (379,500,000) \n#6 Australia/Oceania - (32,000,000) \n#7 Antarctica - (0) \n\nCONTINENTS (by the number of countries) \n\n#1 Africa - (53) \n#3 Europe - (46) \n#2 Asia - (44) \n#4 North America - (23) \n#5 Oceania - (14) \n#6 South America - (12)
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Well, there are about 192 countries in the world, according to source 1. Diem is Latin for day, but since you give no finite end to your question, I shall presume, which seems the obvious intent anyway, that you meant "dime." In that case, you would have 96 dimes.
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How Many Continents Are There? \nDepending on how you count them, there are anywhere from 4 to 7 continents. The difference of opinion arises because some people consider Europe and Asia to be one continent, some people consider North and South America to be one continent, and a few people even consider Europe, Asia, and Africa to be one huge continent called Eurafrasia.
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192 is the most commonly accepted answer.  However, that does not include several places such as Greenland, Western Sahara, Taiwan, Palestine, Bermuda, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, which all consider themselves countries.