# Countries of Earth
# --- in alphabetical order according to their U.S.-English names
# --- 177 countries in this list.
# (There are about 70 more 'protectorates' and other 'administrative areas'
#  that are not listed here. The number could vary depending on how you define these entities.)
Afghanistan
Albania 
Algeria 
Angola 
(United) Arab Emirates 
Argentina 
Armenia 
Antarctic (and French Southern Lands)
Australia 
Austria 
Azerbaijan 
(The) Bahamas 
Bangladesh 
Belarus 
Belgium 
Belize 
Benin 
Bermuda 
Bhutan 
Bolivia 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Botswana 
Brazil 
Brunei 
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi 
(New) Caledonia 
Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
(Democratic Republic of the) Congo 
(Republic of the) Congo 
Costa Rica 
Croatia 
Cuba 
(Northern) Cyprus 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic 
Denmark 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
Eritrea 
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Falkland Islands 
Fiji 
Finland 
France 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Germany 
Ghana 
Great Britain (a.k.a. United Kingdom)
Greece 
Guatemala 
(French) Guiana 
Guinea 
Guinea Bissau 
(Equatorial) Guinea 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Honduras 
Hungary 
Iceland 
India 
Indonesia 
Iran 
Iraq 
Ireland 
Israel 
Italy 
Ivory Coast 
Jamaica 
Japan 
Jordan 
Kazakhstan 
Kenya 
(North) Korea 
(South) Korea 
Kosovo 
Kuwait 
Kyrgyzstan 
Laos 
Latvia 
Lebanon 
Lesotho 
Liberia 
Libya 
Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Macedonia 
Madagascar 
Malawi 
Malaysia 
Mali 
Mauritania 
Mexico 
Morocco 
Moldova 
Montenegro 
Mongolia 
Mozambique 
Myanmar 
Namibia 
Nepal 
Netherlands 
New Zealand 
Nicaragua 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Oman 
Pakistan 
Panama 
Papua New Guinea 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Philippines 
Poland 
Portugal 
Puerto Rico 
Qatar 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
(Western) Sahara 
(El) Salvador 
Saudi Arabia 
Senegal 
(Republic of) Serbia 
Sierra Leone 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Spain 
Solomon Islands 
Somalia 
Somaliland 
South Africa 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
(South) Sudan 
Suriname 
Swaziland 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Syria 
Taiwan 
Tajikistan 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
(East) Timor 
Togo 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Turkmenistan 
Uganda 
Ukraine 
United States of America 
Uruguay 
Uzbekistan 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Vietnam 
West Bank 
Yemen 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe