Who makes Country Tally?
Country Tally is made by the Country Tally editors.
Where do the figures come from?
- Area, population, GDP, life expectancy, and capitals: World Bank.
- Currencies and languages: Unicode CLDR.
- Neighboring countries (land borders only): mledoze/countries, under the ODbL.
- Calling codes and internet domains: Wikidata.
- Time zones: IANA time zone database.
- Memberships: NATO, the UN, the EU, and the Commonwealth.
How often is the data updated?
The list of countries is checked against the World Bank every week. Member lists are read from each organization's own page; every membership page shows the date it was read.
How do we count countries?
The United Nations has 193 member states and two non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine. Together that makes 195.
We also count the countries per continent. Grouped by the UN geoscheme (M49): Russia in Europe; Türkiye, Cyprus, and the Caucasus in Asia; and Egypt in Africa. We count Central America and the Caribbean as part of North America, as the seven-continent model does.