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How Many Countries Are In The World?


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When you're driving up the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, on the way to Baltimore-Washington International (Thurgood Marshall) Airport, the answer will be on your right when you pass Laurel:

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193 countries are members of the United Nations.

2 countries are observers of the United Nations (Vatican City and Palestine).

1 country, Taiwan, is recognized by 21 UN members and 1 UN observer.

1 country, Kosovo, is recognized by 108 UN members and Taiwan.

And that equals 197. In reality, there is no exact answer to this question, but this is a good approximate number - you could even say "around 200" and you'd be pretty close to being accurate, which is about as good as your answer can possibly be.

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7 hours ago, DonRocks said:

And that equals 197. In reality, there is no exact answer to this question, but this is a good approximate number - you could even say "around 200" and you'd be pretty close to being accurate, which is about as good as your answer can possibly be.

Unless you're the CIA. I was in a pub-quiz type of event years ago (only it wasn't in a pub and there was no alcohol). The question was something like which language is a primary language of the most countries. I was thinking it's got to be Arabic or Spanish, but no. The answer came from the CIA World Factbook (as interpreted by a not-very-bright person) and it was English, at 58. For the purposes of this count, among the "countries" where English is spoken are Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guam, the Falklands, American Samoa, and the Isle of Man.

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On 6/24/2016 at 9:21 AM, DonRocks said:

When you're driving up the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, on the way to Baltimore-Washington International (Thurgood Marshall) Airport, the answer will be on your right when you pass Laurel:

3000px-MD_Route_197.svg.png

193 countries are members of the United Nations.

2 countries are observers of the United Nations (Vatican City and Palestine).

1 country, Taiwan, is recognized by 21 UN members and 1 UN observer.

1 country, Kosovo, is recognized by 108 UN members and Taiwan.

And that equals 197. In reality, there is no exact answer to this question, but this is a good approximate number - you could even say "around 200" and you'd be pretty close to being accurate, which is about as good as your answer can possibly be.

Today’s UN vote: 141 countries call on Russia to leave Ukraine.

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