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* "[[Country]]" names used in the table of contents or for page headings are usually the short-form names as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names and may include independent states, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty, or other geographic entities
 
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There are a total of 268 separate geographic entities in [[The World Factbook]] that may be categorized as follows:
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There are a total of 268 separate geographic entities in The World Factbook that may be categorized as follows:
  
 
== Independent States ==
 
== Independent States ==
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193 in number:
 
193 in number:
 
* [[Afghanistan]]
 
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* [[Zambia]]
 
* [[Zambia]]
 
* [[Zimbabwe]]
 
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== Other ==
 
== Other ==
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3 New Zealand - Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau
 
3 New Zealand - Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau
 
3 Norway - Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
 
3 Norway - Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
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17 UK - Akrotiri, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dhekelia, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
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17 UK - Akrotiri, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, [[Cayman Islands]], Dhekelia, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
 
14 US - American Samoa, Baker Island*, Guam, Howland Island*, Jarvis Island*, Johnston Atoll*, Kingman Reef*, Midway Islands*, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll*, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island (* consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry)
 
14 US - American Samoa, Baker Island*, Guam, Howland Island*, Jarvis Island*, Johnston Atoll*, Kingman Reef*, Midway Islands*, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll*, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island (* consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry)
  
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* [[Antarctica]]
 
* [[Antarctica]]
 
* [[Gaza Strip]]
 
* [[Gaza Strip]]
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* [[Spratly Islands]]
 
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* [[West Bank]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:18, August 29, 2025

Entities: Some of the independent states, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and governments are not independent, and others are not officially recognized by the US Government.

  • "Independent state" refers to a people politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory
  • "Dependencies" and "areas of special sovereignty" refer to a broad category of political entities that are associated in some way with an independent state
  • "Country" names used in the table of contents or for page headings are usually the short-form names as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names and may include independent states, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty, or other geographic entities

There are a total of 268 separate geographic entities in The World Factbook that may be categorized as follows:

Independent States

193 in number:

Other

2 Taiwan, European Union DEPENDENCIES AND AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY 6 Australia - Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island 2 China - Hong Kong, Macau 2 Denmark - Faroe Islands, Greenland 12 France - Bassas da India*, Clipperton Island, Europa Island*, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands*, Juan de Nova Island*, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tromelin Island*, Wallis and Futuna (* consolidated in Iles Eparses entry) 2 Netherlands - Aruba, Netherlands Antilles 3 New Zealand - Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau 3 Norway - Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard 17 UK - Akrotiri, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dhekelia, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands 14 US - American Samoa, Baker Island*, Guam, Howland Island*, Jarvis Island*, Johnston Atoll*, Kingman Reef*, Midway Islands*, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll*, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island (* consolidated in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry)

Miscellaneous

6 Miscellaneous:

Other Entities

5 oceans:

1 World

268 total

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