{"id":9,"date":"2018-06-10T17:49:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T16:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:15:51","slug":"world-country-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"World Country List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World Country List<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">When deciding what resource to use in order to get the most comprehensive list of currently recognised countries, I eventually chose the United States as a reference point, more specifically the <strong>Independent States of the World<\/strong> list provided by the US State Department.<br><br>The country list has been updated as recently as March 25, 2025, which I decided was the most complete list of 197 recognised countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">U.S Department of State &#8211; Bureau of Intelligence and Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Independent States in the World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/independent-states-in-the-world\/\">https:\/\/www.state.gov\/independent-states-in-the-world\/<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/large-world-map.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/large-world-map.png 975w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/large-world-map-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/large-world-map-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Country List When deciding what resource to use in order to get the most comprehensive list of currently recognised countries, I eventually chose the United States as a reference point, more specifically the Independent States of the World list provided by the US State Department. The country list has been updated as recently as &#8230; <a title=\"World Country List\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/?page_id=9\" aria-label=\"Read more about World Country List\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1578,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}