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A comprehensive list of countries, their capital cities, their currencies and embassy websites in alphabetic
order to help you increase your General Knowledge. The world comprises 183 sovereign countries and 20
non-sovereign, separately administered territories, making a total of 203 countries.
Till the end of 1989, there were only 170 sovereign countries; then Namibia joined as the 171st country when
it achieved independence in March 1990. However, the unification of North and South Yemen in May 1990
and East and West Germany in October 1990 brought the total number of sovereign countries to 169 at the
end of 1990. With the disintegration of former USSR towards the end 1991 (which comprised 15 unions
Republic) the number of the countries in the world now stands at 183.