Countries That Start With S

26 countries Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

Countries that start with S: there are 26, namely Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria. This page counts the 193 United Nations member states plus the two UN observer states, and gives each country's capital, region, population and size.

No letter beats S on the country list: it holds 26 entries. A big share are island nations in the Caribbean and the Pacific, such as Saint Lucia and the Solomon Islands. Three names begin with South, which makes them easy to group together when you study.

Some S countries are tiny, like San Marino in Southern Europe and Singapore, whose capital shares its name. Others need careful spelling: Seychelles and Switzerland catch out many young writers. Spain is usually the first S country that children think of, with Madrid as its capital.

Countries starting with S: 26
Most people: South Africa 57.8 million
Largest by area: Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 km²

Countries that start with S

Country	Capital	Region	Population	Area
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Caribbean	52,441	261 km²
Saint Lucia	Castries	Caribbean	181,889	616 km²
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Caribbean	110,211	389 km²
Samoa	Apia	Polynesia	196,130	2,842 km²
San Marino	City of San Marino	Southern Europe	33,785	61 km²
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Middle Africa	197,700	964 km²
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Western Asia	33.7 million	2,149,690 km²
Senegal	Dakar	Western Africa	15.9 million	196,722 km²
Serbia	Belgrade	Southeast Europe	7.0 million	88,361 km²
Seychelles	Victoria	Eastern Africa	96,762	452 km²
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Western Africa	7.7 million	71,740 km²
Singapore	Singapore	South-Eastern Asia	5.6 million	710 km²
Slovakia	Bratislava	Central Europe	5.4 million	49,037 km²
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Central Europe	2.1 million	20,273 km²
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Melanesia	652,858	28,896 km²
Somalia	Mogadishu	Eastern Africa	15.0 million	637,657 km²
South Africa	Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town	Southern Africa	57.8 million	1,221,037 km²
South Korea	Seoul	Eastern Asia	51.6 million	100,210 km²
South Sudan	Juba	Middle Africa	8.3 million	619,745 km²
Spain	Madrid	Southern Europe	46.7 million	505,992 km²
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Southern Asia	21.7 million	65,610 km²
Sudan	Khartoum	Northern Africa	41.8 million	1,886,068 km²
Suriname	Paramaribo	South America	575,991	163,820 km²
Sweden	Stockholm	Northern Europe	10.2 million	450,295 km²
Switzerland	Bern	Western Europe	8.5 million	41,284 km²
Syria	Damascus	Western Asia	16.9 million	185,180 km²

Their official names

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Samoa: Independent State of Samoa
San Marino: Most Serene Republic of San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe: Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Senegal: Republic of Senegal
Serbia: Republic of Serbia
Seychelles: Republic of Seychelles
Sierra Leone: Republic of Sierra Leone
Singapore: Republic of Singapore
Slovakia: Slovak Republic
Slovenia: Republic of Slovenia
Somalia: Federal Republic of Somalia
South Africa: Republic of South Africa
South Korea: Republic of Korea
South Sudan: Republic of South Sudan
Spain: Kingdom of Spain
Sri Lanka: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Sudan: Republic of the Sudan
Suriname: Republic of Suriname
Sweden: Kingdom of Sweden
Switzerland: Swiss Confederation
Syria: Syrian Arab Republic

Capital cities that start with S

Capital	Country
Saint John's	Antigua and Barbuda
San José	Costa Rica
San Salvador	El Salvador
Sana'a	Yemen
Santiago	Chile
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seoul	South Korea
Singapore	Singapore
Skopje	North Macedonia
Sofia	Bulgaria
South Tarawa	Kiribati
St. George's	Grenada
Stockholm	Sweden
Sucre	Bolivia
Suva	Fiji
São Tomé	São Tomé and Príncipe

Countries that end with S

Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Comoros
Cyprus
Honduras
Laos
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Netherlands
Philippines
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
United Arab Emirates
United States

Big cities that start with S

City	Country	Population
Shanghai	China	24.9 million
Shenzhen	China	17.5 million
Sao Paulo	Brazil	12.4 million
Seoul	South Korea	10.3 million
Shenyang	China	7.0 million
Suzhou	China	6.7 million
Sydney	Australia	5.6 million
Singapore	Singapore	5.6 million
Saint Petersburg	Russia	5.4 million
Santiago	Chile	4.8 million
Surat	India	4.6 million
Shijiazhuang	China	3.9 million

More cities that start with S

Questions people ask

How many countries start with S?

26 countries start with S: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria.

Which country that starts with S has the most people?

South Africa, with about 57.8 million people in the GeoNames count.

What is the biggest country that starts with S?

By land area, Saudi Arabia is the largest at about 2,149,690 square kilometres.

What capital cities start with S?

Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda), San José (Costa Rica), San Salvador (El Salvador), Sana'a (Yemen), Santiago (Chile), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).

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. Country names use common English short forms.

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