From the menu on the left you can access lists of the countries of the World by continent. The countries are displayed along with their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, their FIPS code, Land Surface Area in Km˛, and their estimated population.
The country lists displayed here have been created by merging data from numerous sources in an effort to show where the countries are in the World. The lists do not recognise or define the multitude of international disputes with regard to the sovereignty of some of the countries in the lists. The definition of the word 'country' used throughout the World Towns Network website simply refers to a 'named geographic region'.
Not all countries have official identity numbers because the sovereignty of the country is still in dispute or the required processes to issue the identity numbers has not yet been completed.
Not all the countries in the list are Sovereign States. Sovereign States are countries with a defined border, a permanent population, a government and are recognised by at least one other Sovereign State. Countries which are not Sovereign States are usually territories or dependencies of another country which is a Sovereign State.
PLEASE NOTE:
We are currently using the pages in this section to test our databases. You are advised not to use this data as it may (very likely!) have errors within it.
Webmaster of the World - September 2011