Countries that start with S

There are 26 countries whose name begins with the letter S.

• By region: 4 in the Americas, 2 in Oceania, 7 in Europe, 8 in Africa and 5 in Asia.
• South Africa has the most people (65.5 million) and San Marino the fewest (33,605).
• Saudi Arabia is the largest by area (2,149,690 km²) and San Marino the smallest (61 km²).

Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterreCaribbean · 46,992Saint LuciaCastriesCaribbean · 180,488Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstownCaribbean · 99,245SamoaApiaPolynesia · 220,528San MarinoSan MarinoSouthern Europe · 33,605Sao Tome and PrincipeSão ToméCentral Africa · 244,994Saudi ArabiaRiyadhWestern Asia · 35.2 millionSenegalDakarWest Africa · 19.4 millionSerbiaBelgradeSouthern Europe · 6.6 millionSeychellesVictoriaEast Africa · 134,959Sierra LeoneFreetownWest Africa · 9.0 millionSingaporeSingaporeSoutheast Asia · 5.9 millionSlovakiaBratislavaCentral Europe · 5.5 millionSloveniaLjubljanaCentral Europe · 2.1 millionSolomon IslandsHoniaraMelanesia · 858,288SomaliaMogadishuEast Africa · 20.3 millionSouth AfricaPretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)Southern Africa · 65.5 millionSouth KoreaSeoulEast Asia · 51.6 millionSouth SudanJubaEast Africa · 12.4 millionSpainMadridSouthern Europe · 47.9 millionSri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte (administrative), Colombo (commercial)South Asia · 23.3 millionSudanKhartoumNorth Africa · 53.3 millionSurinameParamariboSouth America · 645,256SwedenStockholmNorthern Europe · 10.7 millionSwitzerlandBernWestern Europe · 9.0 millionSyriaDamascusWestern Asia · 26.5 million

Countries are listed under their common English short name, so Côte d’Ivoire appears as Ivory Coast and Czechia as Czech Republic. The full A–Z list shows every country on one page.