This is a list of lists of countries and territories by various criteria. A country or territory is a geographical area, either in the sense of nation (a cultural entity) or state (a political entity).^[1]

Demographic

Demographics

Population, gender and poverty

• List of countries and dependencies by population
• List of countries by population (United Nations)
• List of countries and dependencies by population density
• List of countries by past and future population density
• List of countries by real population density
• Lists of countries by population in:
  • 1; 1000; 1500; 1600; 1700; 1800; 1900; 1907; 1939; 1989; 2000; 2005; 2010; 2015
• List of countries by past and projected future population
• List of countries by population growth rate
• List of countries by natural increase
• List of countries by net migration rate
• List of countries by sex ratio
• List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
• List of countries by homeless population
• List of countries by abortion statistics

Life and health

• List of countries by age structure
• List of sovereign states and dependent territories by birth rate
• List of sovereign states and dependent territories by mortality rate
• List of countries by dependency ratio
• List of sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate
• List of countries by past fertility rate
• List of sovereign states and dependent territories by immigrant population
• List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate
• List of countries by intentional death rate
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate
• List of countries by infant and under-five mortality rates
• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of countries by past life expectancy
• List of countries by maternal mortality ratio
• List of countries by median age
• List of countries by number of births
• List of countries by suicide rate
• List of countries by percentage of population who are undernourished
• List of countries by obesity rate
• List of countries by body mass index

• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by literacy rate (Adult Literacy Index)
• List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI
• Education Index
• Life Expectancy Index
• World Happiness Report

Religion

• Christianity by country
• Jehovah's Witnesses by country
• Islam by country
• Hinduism by country
• Buddhism by country
• Jewish population by country
• Sikhism by country
• Ahmadiyya by country
• List of countries by irreligion
• Importance of religion by country

Language

• List of official languages by country and territory
• List of countries by spoken languages
• List of countries by English-speaking population
• List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages
• List of countries where Arabic is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language
• List of countries and territories where English is an official language
• List of countries and territories where French is an official language
• List of countries and territories where German is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Hindustani is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Malay is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Romanian is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language
• List of countries where Spanish is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language
• Urbanization by country

Economy

Quartile map of amount of exports per country. Darker = more exports.

The production, distribution and consumption of goods and services:

• Ease of Doing Business Index Rankings
• List of countries by central bank interest rates
• List of countries by corporate debt
• List of countries by current account balance
• List of countries by wealth equality
• List of countries by economic freedom
• List of countries by employment rate
• List of countries by exports
• List of countries by exports per capita
• List of countries by external debt
• List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves
• List of countries by freshwater withdrawal
• List of countries by gross fixed investment as percentage of GDP
• List of countries by gross national savings
• List of countries by household debt
• List of countries by household final consumption expenditure per capita
• List of countries by imports
• List of countries by income equality
• List of countries by male to female income ratio
• List of countries by market capitalization of listed domestic companies
• List of countries by number of billionaires
• List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
• List of countries by number of Internet hosts
• List of countries by number of Internet users
• List of countries by Internet connection speeds
• List of countries by number of millionaires
• List of countries by number of scientific and technical journal articles
• List of countries by Official Development Assistance received
• List of countries by public debt
• List of countries by research and development spending
• List of countries by share of population with access to financial services
• List of countries by tariff rate
• List of countries by tax revenue to GDP ratio
• List of countries by trade-to-GDP ratio
• List of countries by unemployment rate
• List of countries by wealth per adult
• List of largest consumer markets
• List of countries by minimum wage
• List of development aid country donors

Gross domestic product

The value of goods and services produced within a country:

Lists of countries by nominal GDP

• Nominal GDP (overall)
• Nominal GDP per capita
• Past and projected nominal GDP
• Past and projected nominal GDP per capita

Lists of countries by GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

• PPP (overall)
• PPP per capita
• Past PPP
• Past PPP per capita
• Past and projected PPP
• Past and protected PPP per capita
• PPP per person employed
• 19th century PPP

Lists of countries by GDP growth rate

• Real GDP growth rate (overall)
• Real GDP growth rate per capita
• 1980–2010 GDP growth
• Industrial growth

Lists of countries by gross national income (GNI)

• GNI (PPP) per capita
• GNI (nominal) per capita

Lists of countries by other GDP aspects

• GDP sector composition
• Private consumption per capita
• Largest historical GDP

Industrial

• List of countries by cement production
• List of countries by coal production
• List of countries by steel production
• List of countries by oil exports
• List of countries by net oil exports
• List of countries by oil imports
• List of countries by oil production
• List of countries by proven oil reserves
• List of countries by natural gas consumption
• List of countries by natural gas imports
• List of countries by natural gas proven reserves
• List of countries by gas turbine exports
• List of countries by copper exports
• List of countries by copper production
• List of countries by copper smelter production
• List of countries by diamond exports
• Diamond production by country
• List of countries by gold exports
• List of countries by gold production
• List of countries by refined petroleum exports
• Aluminium exports by country

Agriculture

• Fishing industry by country
• International wheat production statistics
• Land use statistics by country
• List of countries by apple production
• List of countries by apricot production
• List of countries by artichoke production
• List of countries by avocado production
• List of countries by barley production
• List of countries by cereal production
• List of countries by cherry production
• List of countries by coconut production
• List of countries by coffee production
• List of countries by cucumber production
• List of countries by eggplant production
• List of countries by food energy intake
• List of countries by forest area
• List of countries by garlic production
• List of countries by irrigated land area
• List of countries by papaya production
• List of countries by pineapple production
• List of countries by plum production
• List of countries by potato production
• List of countries by rice production
• List of countries by soybean production
• List of countries by tomato production
• List of countries by coffee exports
• List of countries by wheat exports
• List of countries by maize exports
• List of largest producing countries of agricultural commodities
• List of wine-producing countries

Other exports

• List of countries by computer exports
• List of countries by engine exports
• List of countries by telephone exports
• List of countries by telecommunications equipment exports
• List of countries by pharmaceutical exports
• List of countries by raw cotton exports
• List of countries by live animal exports

Environment

Environment

The physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an ecosystem:

• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
• List of countries by electric car use
  • Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles
  • Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles#Countries
• List of countries by electrification rate
• List of countries by electricity consumption
• List of countries by electricity imports
• List of countries by electricity exports
• List of countries by electricity production
• List of countries by energy consumption per capita
• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita
• List of countries with the most hydro-electric capacity
• List of countries by installed wind power capacity
• List of countries by renewable electricity production
• List of countries by total primary energy consumption and production

Geography

Geography

Earth and its features:

• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of countries by forest area
• List of countries by length of coastline
• List of countries by total renewable water resources
• List of countries without rivers
• List of countries and territories by continent
• List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent (data file)
• List of elevation extremes by country
• List of countries by northernmost point
• List of countries by southernmost point
• List of countries by easternmost point
• List of countries by westernmost point
• List of countries by Exclusive Economic Zone
• List of island countries
• List of countries by largest island
• List of countries by number of islands
• List of countries that border only one other country
• List of countries and territories by land borders
• List of landlocked countries

Human rights

Internet censorship and surveillance by country (2018)^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Pervasive   Substantial   Selective

Little or no   Not classified

• Freedom of religion by country
• Freedom of speech by country
  • Blasphemy law by country
  • Censorship by country
  • Internet censorship and surveillance by country
• Human rights by country
• Laws against Holocaust denial by country
• LGBT rights by country or territory

International standards

• List of countries by United Nations geoscheme
• List of ISO 3166 country codes

Military

Map of military expenditures as a percentage of GDP by country, 2017.^[7]

• List of countries by military expenditures
• List of countries by number of troops
• List of aircraft carriers by country
• List of states with nuclear weapons
• List of submarine operators

Names

Name of a country

The label for the country:

• List of sovereign states
• List of alternative country names
• List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages
• List of countries named after people
• List of country name etymologies
• List of country names in various languages

Politics

The process by which groups, often governments, make decisions:

• Capital punishment by country
• Democracy Index
• Freedom in the World
• Global Corruption Barometer
• Lists of active separatist movements
• List of administrative divisions by country
• List of autonomous areas by country
• List of countries by date of transition to republican system of government
• List of countries by system of government
• List of countries' copyright lengths
• List of countries without political parties
• List of countries by number of diplomatic missions
• List of current heads of state and government
• List of electoral systems by country
• List of enclaves and exclaves
• List of fascist movements by country
• List of former sovereign states
• List of fictional countries
• List of legislatures by country
• List of micronations
• List of national constitutions
• List of next general elections
• List of parties to international copyright agreements
• List of ruling political parties by country (party systems and ruling parties)
• List of sovereign states by date of formation
• List of sovereign states by year
• List of territorial disputes

Sports

• List of FIFA country codes
• List of IOC country codes
  • All-time Olympic Games medal table

National symbols

• Gallery of sovereign state flags
  • List of countries by date of current flag adoption
  • List of countries by proportions of national flags
  • List of flags by color
  • List of flags by color combination
• Gallery of country coats of arms
• Timeline of national flags

Transport

• List of countries by aircraft and spacecraft exports
• List of countries by aircraft component exports
• List of countries by automotive component exports
• List of countries by car exports
• List of countries by ship exports
• Truck exports by country
• List of countries by road network size
• List of countries by traffic-related death rate
• List of countries by vehicles per capita
• List of countries by motor vehicle production
• List of countries by left- and right-hand traffic
• List of international vehicle registration codes
  • List of country codes on British diplomatic vehicle registration plates

• List of countries by rail transport network size
• List of countries by rail usage
• List of countries by number of heliports
• List of merchant navy capacity by country
• List of countries by total length of pipelines
• List of countries by waterways length

• Lists of airports by country
• List of countries without an airport
• Lists of ports by country
• List of shipbuilders and shipyards

Food and drink

• List of countries by beer consumption per capita
• List of countries by wine production
• List of countries by meat consumption
• List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita
• List of countries by tea consumption per capita
• List of countries by milk consumption per capita
• List of countries with Burger King franchises
• List of countries with McDonald's restaurants
• List of countries with KFC franchises
• List of countries with Jollibee outlets

Miscellaneous

• List of countries by incarceration rate
• List of countries by mains electricity voltages, frequencies, and plug type
• List of country calling codes
• List of Internet top-level domains
• List of national capitals
  • List of countries whose capital is not their largest city
  • List of countries with multiple capitals
• Lists of time zones
  • List of time zones by country
  • Daylight saving time by country
• World Heritage Sites by country
• Tobacco consumption by country
• List of countries by prevalence of cocaine use