Countries That Start With Every Letter
Here are countries that start with every letter from A to Z: 195 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
The full list holds 195 countries, and they are far from evenly spread. S leads with 26 names, followed by M with 18 and B with 17. At the other end, a single country covers each of O, Q and Y: Oman, Qatar and Yemen. Z gives only Zambia and Zimbabwe, while W and X have none at all.
For an alphabet game that needs a country for every letter, those thin letters are where players get stuck. Learn the single answers first, then decide how your group will handle W and X. Each letter page also lists capitals and regions.
- Countries listed
- 195
- Most common first letter
- S
- Letters with none
- W, X
Countries by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 11 | Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola |
| B | 17 | Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus |
| C | 16 | Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic |
| D | 5 | DR Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic |
| E | 8 | Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea |
| F | 3 | Fiji, Finland, France |
| G | 11 | Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana |
| H | 3 | Haiti, Honduras, Hungary |
| I | 9 | Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq |
| J | 3 | Jamaica, Japan, Jordan |
| K | 5 | Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan |
| L | 9 | Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia |
| M | 18 | Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali |
| N | 11 | Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand |
| O | 1 | Oman |
| P | 10 | Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea |
| Q | 1 | Qatar |
| R | 3 | Romania, Russia, Rwanda |
| S | 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino |
| T | 11 | Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo |
| U | 7 | Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States |
| V | 4 | Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam |
| W | 0 | No common countries start with W |
| X | 0 | No common countries start with X |
| Y | 1 | Yemen |
| Z | 2 | Zambia, Zimbabwe |
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Questions people ask
Which letter do the most countries start with?
S, with 26 on this site's list.
Are there countries for every letter?
Not in this list. No common countries start with W, X.
Source: the 193 United Nations member states plus the two UN observer states (Vatican City and Palestine). Capitals, regions and land areas come from the open mledoze countries dataset; populations from the GeoNames database.