New List of World’s Countries: Capitals, Locations, and Distance Between Them
How Many Countries Are There in the World? There are currently 195 countries in the world! This number can vary slightly depending on how you define “country,” but that’s the generally accepted total, with 193 being member states of the United Nations and 2 being non-member observer states (Palestine and the Vatican).
While the number of countries is a fixed statistic, distances between them are constantly changing as you move from one location to another within a country. That being said, there are ways to estimate average distances.
You can solve the most popular country-guessing game “GLOBLE” easily with the help of this article
Here are some interesting things to know
- Capital to Capital: Taking the capital cities of each country as reference points, some countries like Albania and Montenegro have a central location, putting their capitals closer to most other capitals on average.
- Land Borders: This method would calculate the total length of all land borders between countries. Due to winding borders and enclaves, it would be a complex calculation, but it would provide a sense of overall physical proximity between countries.
- Geographic Center: Imagine a bullseye at the center of each country. The distance between each bullseye would represent the theoretical minimum distance across land or sea between those countries.
Remember:
Distance isn’t just a straight line path though. Flight routes, for example, often take advantage of jet stream winds and may travel over the polar regions even though that path is longer in total distance on a globe.
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