My Top Countries
š Here are my top 10:

Vietnam
Rank: 1
Population: 99.5M
Area: 331,210 km²

Morocco
Rank: 2
Population: 37.8M
Area: 446,550 km²

Australia
Rank: 3
Population: 26.5M
Area: 7,692,024 km²

Sri Lanka
Rank: 4
Population: 22.2M
Area: 65,610 km²

Greece
Rank: 5
Population: 10.4M
Area: 131,957 km²

Portugal
Rank: 6
Population: 10.2M
Area: 92,212 km²

Thailand
Rank: 7
Population: 71.8M
Area: 513,120 km²

Peru
Rank: 8
Population: 34.4M
Area: 1,285,216 km²

USA
Rank: 9
Population: 335M
Area: 9,833,520 km²

Mexico
Rank: 10
Population: 129M
Area: 1,964,375 km²
There are 195 countries in the world, of which 193 are UN member states while 2 are non-member observer states - the Vatican and Palestine.
Fifty-four of these countries are located in Africa, forty-eight in Asia, forty-four in Europe, thirty-three in Latin America and the Caribbean, fourteen in Oceania, and two in Northern America.