How many countries are there in the world?

[Arnfinn Madsen]

Hi,
Today I read in the newspaper that in my city now lives 191 nationalities. How many countries are there in the world?

[brassnuts]

Here. (http://www.google.com)

I'm so original.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

Thanks,
I trailed off to this important page for helping you decide where to travel /images/graemlins/grin.gif:

Ranking (http://www.aneki.com/beautiful.html)

[PoBoy321]

[ QUOTE ]

United States, Canada,
Mexico, Panama,
Haiti, Jamaica, Peru;
Republic Dominican,
Cuba, Carribean,
Greenland, El Salvador too.

Puerto Rico, Columbia,
Venezuela,
Honduras, Guyana, and still;
Guatemala, Bolivia,
then Argentina,
and Ecuador, Chile, Brazil.

Costa Rica, Belize,
Nicaragua, Bermuda,
Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan;
Paraguay, Uruguay,
Suriname, and
French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam.

Norway, and Sweden,
and Iceland, and Finland,
and Germany now one piece;
Switzerland, Austria,
Czechoslovakia,
Italy, Turkey, and Greece.

Poland, Romania,
Scotland, Albania,
Ireland, Russia, Oman;
Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia,
Hungary,
Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran.

There's Syria, Lebanon,
Israel, Jordan,
both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain,
the Netherlands, Luxembourg,
Belgium, and Portugal,
France, England, Denmark, and Spain.

India, Pakistan,
Burma, Afghanistan,
Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan;
Kampuchea, Malaysia,
then Bangladesh, Asia,
and China, Korea, Japan.

Mongolia, Laos,
and Tibet, Indonesia,
the Philippine Islands, Taiwan;
Sri Lanka, New Guinea,
Sumatra, New Zealand,
then Borneo, and Vietnam.

Tunisia, Morocco,
Uganda, Angola,
Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana;
Mozambique, Zambia,
Swaziland, Gambia,
Guinea, Algeria, Ghana.

Burundi, Lesotho,
and Malawi, Togo,
The Spanish Sahara is gone;
Niger, Nigeria,
Chad, and Liberia,
Egypt, Benin, and Gabon.

Tanzania, Somalia,
Kenya, and Mali,
Sierra Leone, and Algier;
Dahomey, Namibia,
Senegal, Libya,
Cameroon, Congo, Zaire.

Ethiopia, Guinea_
Bissau, Madagascar,
Rwanda, Mahore[?], and Cayman;
Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi,
Qatar, Yugoslavia,
Crete, Mauritania,
then Transylvania,
Monaco, Liechtenstein,
Malta, and Palestine,
Fiji, Australia, Sudan!

[/ QUOTE ]

[BonJoviJones]

The CIA's world factbook is an excellent source for general country-information.

http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

[Arnfinn Madsen]

Thx,
Found this ranking page based on it (237 populated countries):

Facts (http://www.photius.com/rankings/)

[jgorham]

Damn Poboy, you beat me to it and now I can't get the damn song out of my head.

[spamuell]

Your list omits Northern Ireland and Wales.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

[ QUOTE ]
Your list omits Northern Ireland and Wales.

[/ QUOTE ]

As well as Quebec and Texas.

[spamuell]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Your list omits Northern Ireland and Wales.

[/ QUOTE ]

As well as Quebec and Texas.

[/ QUOTE ]

If it lists England and Scotland then for the sake of consistency it has to include NI and Wales. Otherwise it should just list the United Kingdom.

[jgorham]

Only if they rhyme /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[jedi]

[ QUOTE ]
Damn Poboy, you beat me to it and now I can't get the damn song out of my head.

[/ QUOTE ]

Link to the Audio or video? I want to get that on my computer somewhere.

[PoBoy321]

It's a song off of the old Animaniacs cartoon. I've been looking for a video but haven't been able to find anything.