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What are the original names of countries?
Former Place Names of Countries and Cities
| Current name | Old Name |
|---|---|
| Beijing, China | Peking, China |
| Iran | Persia |
| Iraq | Mesopotamia |
| Zimbabwe | Southern Rhodesia |
What countries exist today?
There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
What are the names of the five countries?
Five Letter Countries 2021
| Country | 2021 Population |
|---|---|
| China | 1,444,216,107 |
| India | 1,393,409,038 |
| Japan | 126,050,804 |
| Egypt | 104,258,327 |
How are countries names?
There’s a fascinating trend in country names – countries are almost always named after one of four things: a directional description of the country, a feature of the land, a tribe name or an important person, usually male. So to get to the true origin of a name, you have to translate it first – but that can be tricky.
What country is no longer a country?
Countries That No Longer Exist 2021
| Rank | Country | 2021 Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,444,216,107 |
| 2 | India | 1,393,409,038 |
| 3 | United States | 332,915,073 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 276,361,783 |
Which is the alphabetical list of all countries in the world?
Alphabetical list of all countries in the world. A. Afghanistan. Albania. Algeria. Andorra. Angola. Antigua and Barbuda.
How many independent countries are there in the world?
Thereby, we can say that the total number of independent states in the world today is 197, including 193 fully recognized members of the United Nations and 2 countries, Vatican City and Palestine, have the status of permanent observers in the UN. The other 2 states we include in the list are Kosovo…
Are there any other countries recognized by the UN?
The other 2 states we include in the list are Kosovo (recognized by 98 UN members) and Taiwan (recognized by 15 countries).
What are the names of the current monarchs?
List of current sovereign monarchs. A variety of titles are applied in English; for example, “king” and “queen”, “prince” and “princess”, “emperor” and “empress”. Although they will be addressed differently in their local languages, the names and titles in the list below have been styled using the common English equivalent.