Britannica's list of countries grants full nation-hood rights to Vatican City, Taiwan, and Kosovo for a total of 196 countries. Then there's Wikipedia's list of sovereign states, which mirrors the U.N.'s list of 193 countries and two observer states, then adds eleven sovereign states, including Taiwan, Kosovo, Northern , Cook Islands, and more Almost every country in the world participated in World War II.Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to the end. The Second World War pitted two alliances against each other, the Axis powers and the Allied powers; the Soviet Union mobilised 34 million men and women, Germany 18 million, the U.S 16 million, Japan 9 million, and Great Britain 6 million. List of sovereign states Flags of the United Nations member and non-member GA observer states in front of the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty . Learn names of countries all over the World with flags to improve and enhance your English. Afghanistan. Albania. Algeria. Andorra. Angola. Antigua and Barbuda. Argentina. Armenia. Top Contributed Quizzes in Geography. 1. Countries of the World - No Outlines Minefield. 2. Complete the Map Snippet - Which Way is Up II. 3. Complete the Map Snippet - Which Way is Up III. 4. Complete the Map Snippet - Which Way is Up IV. List of cities in Haiti - Republic of Haiti. List of cities in Honduras - Republic of Honduras. List of cities in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( Area of special sovereignty) List of cities in Hungary - Republic of Hungary. The Zimbabwean government decided to fight fire with fire and printed even more money in higher denominations. Eventually, the country would produce a $100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar note — which had an exchange rate of about $30 (U.S.) in January 2009 and $5 in 2011. By 2015, it was worth just 40 cents [sources: BBC, McGroarty and Mutsaka, CNN]. 229 Countries and Territories around the world have reported a total of 700,027,610 confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 that originated from Wuhan, China, and a death toll of 6,958,494 deaths. For a more detailed list: New cases, critical condition, and recovered by Country Country Codes, Phone Codes, Dialing Codes, Telephone Codes, ISO Country Codes. CountryCode.org is your complete guide to call anywhere in the world. The calling chart above will help you find the dialing codes you need to make long distance phone calls to friends, family, and business partners around the globe. In Israel, over 80% of the country's population can speak it. English Speakers in Asia. Asia has few native English speakers, with most speaking English as a foreign or second language. This continent has about 460 million people who can speak English. India leads as the country with a high number of people who can speak English at 265 million. jQVsaHt.