How many countries and territories are there in the world?

? Best Answer

There are 193 countries in the world.

http://geography.about.com/library/misc/…

There are 61 territories and 6 disputed territories.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762461.h…
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It depends from which point of view but 193 is indeed a fair estimate.

Source(s):
http://geography.about.com/cs/countries/a/numbercountries.htm

For and encylopeadic answer, try the CIA Factbook
which is updated every year.

Source(s):
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html