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Country
Not to be confused with County.
This article is about the geographical term. For a list of all countries, see List of countries. For other uses, see Country (disambiguation).
A country is a distinct territory with defined borders, boundaries, people and government.
Most countries are sovereign states while others make up one part of a larger state.[1] The people that live in a country are referred to as a nation.
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The government that runs the country is called the state. Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Canada and other countries.
Number of countries
[change | change source]There is no universally accepted answer as to how many countries in the world there actually are, however the minimum answer is 195, though there are 193 United Nations members.[2]
This can be developed on even further by adding the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Denmark which could add