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How Many Countries Are There in the World?
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Mar 2, 2021 | 22:22 GMT
![People stand over a world map at the Monument to the Discoveries in the Belem parish of Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 21, 2014.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/world-map-mosaic-1140174370_1_0.jpg?itok=35N686PJ)
People stand over a world map at the Monument to the Discoveries in the Belem parish of Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 21, 2014.
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