How many countries are in the built-in list?

It contains 193 United Nations member states plus 2 non-member observer states, the Holy See and the State of Palestine: 195 entries in all. This is the convention used by the authored September 2026 list, not a count of every territory. Show the whole list opens the entries by region; turn off the observer-state switch to draw from members only.

Can I pick a random European, Asian or African country?

In Country set, choose Region list and leave only the region you need checked. Europe contains 43 members plus the Holy See; Asia contains 47 members plus the State of Palestine; Africa contains 54 members. Americas contains 35 members and Oceania 14. Turning off observer states removes them from the applicable regional pool.

Does EU mean all of Europe?

Choose European Union (27) for the EU membership list authored in September 2026. It includes Cyprus, which this tool files under Asia, and excludes the United Kingdom. EU mode ignores the region switches, observers and your added territories. The country-set choice lasts while the page is open; switch back to Region list to use your saved regional settings.

Are Taiwan, Kosovo or Western Sahara included?

They are outside the built-in UN membership convention. Their entries under What this list leaves out, and why explain that choice and provide Add buttons. In Region list mode, added territories join the draw pool with the label added by you; they do not change the built-in count.

Can I draw countries and territories together?

In Region list mode, enter up to 50 additional names in Your own territories, one per line or separated by commas, at up to 60 characters each. They join whichever built-in regions are selected. Duplicate additions and names already in the built-in list are ignored. Additions are labelled separately and remain in your own browser.

Can the same country come up twice?

No repeats starts on and prevents duplicate names within one draw. Asking for more names than the selected pool holds gives an error with its size. Turn it off to allow repeated picks. Each new draw is separate and can overlap with earlier draws; it does not keep a global history of countries already picked.

Does it generate flags, maps, capital cities or fictional names?

The output is country names with region and membership status, without flags. It does not generate flag images, map shapes, capitals or invented names. Your own territories lets you supply additional names; it does not invent them or look up facts about them.

Can I use it for travel ideas or geography practice?

A draw can give you a country name to explore or use as a geography prompt. The pool uses regions or EU membership, not travel preferences, itineraries or population weights. An empty or oversized draw reports the reason instead of returning a partial list.

How are picks made, and is anything uploaded?

The draw uses the browser's crypto.getRandomValues API and runs on your device. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Region choices, count, repeats, observer setting and your additions are remembered locally; the EU/Region list choice lasts only while this page is open.

Why are names such as Türkiye, Czechia and Eswatini used?

The list uses ordinary English short names in the spelling authored in September 2026. Türkiye, Czechia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde are the forms used here; North Korea and Laos use their short names. The complete list remains visible so you can inspect the entries used by a draw.

Random Country Generator

Use the tool below to pick country names for geography practice or a random idea prompt. Draw again or Space makes another draw; How many sets its size. Choose regions or the European Union set, keep No repeats on for distinct names within a draw, and use Copy all to take the list. The built-in list follows the 193 UN members plus 2 observer states, authored in September 2026.

Press Draw again for a country.

195 of the 195 in the pool right now. 193 UN member states plus 2 observer states, 195 in all, as authored in September 2026.

Press Space or Draw again for another. With No repeats on, a country cannot come up twice inside one draw, and asking for more than the filters hold is refused with the pool size rather than quietly answered short.

One country, anywhereall five regions, observers included
1 of 195
Five different countriesno repeats inside the draw
5 of 195
193 members, no observersthe UN membership on its own
193 in the pool

Show the whole list: 195 countries, as authored in September 2026

Region	How many	Countries
Africa	54 members	Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Americas	35 members	Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia	47 members + 1 observer	Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine (observer), Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Europe	43 members + 1 observer	Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See (observer), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Oceania	14 members	Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

What this list leaves out, and why

The count follows one convention: a seat at the United Nations. These are the places people most often expect to find here. Add any of them to your own list and it is drawn alongside the 195, in its own group, without joining them.

Taiwan
Governs itself, and is not a UN member state: the General Assembly gave the seat to the People's Republic of China in 1971.
Kosovo
Declared independence in 2008 and is recognised by many states, but has never been admitted to the United Nations.
Western Sahara
Listed by the United Nations as a non-self-governing territory, with its status unresolved, so it holds no seat.
Cook Islands and Niue
Self-governing states in free association with New Zealand. They join UN agencies and treaties, but neither is a member state.
Territories and dependencies
Puerto Rico, Greenland, Hong Kong, Bermuda and the rest are part of, or administered by, a member state, so they are counted inside it.

Your own territories

One per line, or separated by commas: up to 50 of them, 60 characters each. In Region list mode they are drawn alongside the 195 and shown in their own group, never counted as part of it. Repeated names are kept once and names already in the built-in list are ignored. The list stays in this browser.

The list is authored here, and dated. All 195 rows were typed out for this tool in September 2026 under one stated convention: the 193 member states of the United Nations plus the 2 non-member observer states, the Holy See and the State of Palestine. Names are the ordinary English short form, in their current spelling, so the list says Türkiye, Czechia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde. Several territories have contested status, which is why the convention is on the page rather than left for you to guess at. Everything runs in your browser, and your options and your own list stay in it.

Common questions

How many countries are in the built-in list?: It contains 193 United Nations member states plus 2 non-member observer states, the Holy See and the State of Palestine: 195 entries in all. This is the convention used by the authored September 2026 list, not a count of every territory. Show the whole list opens the entries by region; turn off the observer-state switch to draw from members only.
Can I pick a random European, Asian or African country?: In Country set, choose Region list and leave only the region you need checked. Europe contains 43 members plus the Holy See; Asia contains 47 members plus the State of Palestine; Africa contains 54 members. Americas contains 35 members and Oceania 14. Turning off observer states removes them from the applicable regional pool.
Does EU mean all of Europe?: Choose European Union (27) for the EU membership list authored in September 2026. It includes Cyprus, which this tool files under Asia, and excludes the United Kingdom. EU mode ignores the region switches, observers and your added territories. The country-set choice lasts while the page is open; switch back to Region list to use your saved regional settings.
Are Taiwan, Kosovo or Western Sahara included?: They are outside the built-in UN membership convention. Their entries under What this list leaves out, and why explain that choice and provide Add buttons. In Region list mode, added territories join the draw pool with the label added by you; they do not change the built-in count.
Can I draw countries and territories together?: In Region list mode, enter up to 50 additional names in Your own territories, one per line or separated by commas, at up to 60 characters each. They join whichever built-in regions are selected. Duplicate additions and names already in the built-in list are ignored. Additions are labelled separately and remain in your own browser.
Can the same country come up twice?: No repeats starts on and prevents duplicate names within one draw. Asking for more names than the selected pool holds gives an error with its size. Turn it off to allow repeated picks. Each new draw is separate and can overlap with earlier draws; it does not keep a global history of countries already picked.
Does it generate flags, maps, capital cities or fictional names?: The output is country names with region and membership status, without flags. It does not generate flag images, map shapes, capitals or invented names. Your own territories lets you supply additional names; it does not invent them or look up facts about them.
Can I use it for travel ideas or geography practice?: A draw can give you a country name to explore or use as a geography prompt. The pool uses regions or EU membership, not travel preferences, itineraries or population weights. An empty or oversized draw reports the reason instead of returning a partial list.
How are picks made, and is anything uploaded?: The draw uses the browser's crypto.getRandomValues API and runs on your device. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Region choices, count, repeats, observer setting and your additions are remembered locally; the EU/Region list choice lasts only while this page is open.
Why are names such as Türkiye, Czechia and Eswatini used?: The list uses ordinary English short names in the spelling authored in September 2026. Türkiye, Czechia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde are the forms used here; North Korea and Laos use their short names. The complete list remains visible so you can inspect the entries used by a draw.

Draws from an authored list of the 193 UN member states plus the 2 observer states, 195 in all, as of September 2026. Several territories have contested status, so the page states the convention it counts by rather than implying a single universal answer. Anything you add yourself is kept separate and is not part of that 195.