The 324 countries and territories of the world

There are 324 different countries and territories.  There are 193 member nations of the UN.  Obviously, nations can be made up of multiple countries.  For example, the United States includes: Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Alaska and Hawaii, in addition to the continental US.

Here are the countries and territories that start with A:

• Abkhazia
• Abu Dhabi
• Admiralty Islands (see Bismarck Archipelago)
• Afghanistan
• Agalega (see Mauritius & Deps.)
• Aitutaki (see Cook Islands)
• Ajman
• Aland Islands (Mariehamn)
• Alaska
• Albania
• Aldabra (see Zil Elwannyen Sesel)
• Alderney (see Guernsey & Deps.)
• Algeria
• Amirante Island (see Zil Elwannyen Sesel)
• Amsterdam(see French Southern & Antarctic Territory)
• Anatolia (see Turkey in Asia)
• Andaman-Nicobar Islands
• Andorra
• Angola
• Anguilla
• Anjouan (see Comoro Islands)
• Ankara (see Turkey in Asia)
• Antigua & Deps. (Barbuda, Redonda)
• Argentina
• Argentine Antarctica (Palmer Peninsula)
• Armenia (Yerevan)
• Aruba
• Ascension
• Atafu (see Tokelau Islands)
• Austral (see French Polynesia)
• Australia
• Australian Antarctic Territory South Pole (Mawson, Davis, Macquarie, Heard)
• Austria
• Azerbaijan (Baku)
• Azores Islands