How many nationalities and countries are there in the world?

There are more than 2000 nationalities in the world. By the end of 20 18, there were 233 countries and regions in the world, including 197 countries and 36 regions.

There are many classifications about the nationalities in the world: some are based on distribution areas, some are based on national characteristics, and some are based on economic, cultural or linguistic affiliation. In the world, the classification of language pedigree is the standard.

According to the research of most linguists at home and abroad, the languages in the world belong to 17 family. These include:

1. A continent-specific language family has 10: one is in America, that is, Indian language family; There are two in Oceania, namely Australian and Papua; Three in Africa, namely, Nile-Sahara language family, Niger-Kordofan language family and Khoisan language family; There are four Asian languages, namely Sino-Tibetan, South Asian, Dravidian and quaint.

2. There are seven language families that cross the border between the two continents: Asia and America, namely Eskimo-Aleutian language family; Asia, the big one, is Austronesian; There is one Semitic language family in Asia and Africa, and four Indo-European, Caucasian, Ural and Altaic languages in Asia and Europe. This was before the "great geographical discovery". With the spread of modern immigrants, the language distribution has also changed greatly.

Extended data

There are 1000 ethnic groups living in Asia. They have their own characteristics in race, language, religion, economy and cultural life, and are at different stages of social and historical development. As far as race is concerned, the majority of Asian ethnic groups are Mongolians, accounting for 59% of the Asian population, distributed in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

The next ethnic group is Europa, accounting for 29% of the Asian population, mainly distributed in West Asia and the Indian-Pakistani subcontinent. It belongs to the mixed type of black race and Europa race, accounting for 9% of the Asian population, and is distributed in southern India and the coastal areas of Arabian Peninsula. Ethnic groups such as Vader, melanesians and Black can also be seen in Southeast Asian residents, as well as mixed ethnic groups of Mongols and Australians, accounting for about 3% of the Asian population.

Asian languages are very complicated. All ethnic groups of Sino-Tibetan languages are in Asia, accounting for more than half of the Asian population. The Sino-Tibetan language family is divided into four major language families, among which Han and Hui people use Chinese, most of whom live in China, and more than 20 million people are scattered in Southeast Asia.

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Countries around the world

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-World Nation