Names of Countries in Their Own Language 2025
Country | Language↓ | Formal Name | Short Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Vietnam | Vietnamese | Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam | Việt Nam |
 | Uzbekistan | Uzbek | O'zbekiston Respublikasi | O'zbekiston |
 | Ukraine | Ukrainian | Украïна - Ukraina | Украïна - Ukraina |
 | Turkmenistan | Turkmen | Türkmenistan | Türkmenistan |
 | Turkey | Turkish | Türkiye Cumhuriyeti | Türkiye |
 | Tonga | Tongan | Puleʻanga Tonga | Tonga |
 | Thailand | Thai | ราชอาณาจักรไทย - Ratcha Anachak Thai | ประเทศไทย - PraThet Thai |
 | Tajikistan | Tajik | Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон - Jumhurii Tojikiston | Тоҷикистон - Tojikiston |
 | Sweden | Swedish | Konungariket Sverige | Sverige |
 | Mexico | Spanish | Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Los) | México |
 | Colombia | Spanish | República de Colombia (la) | Colombia |
 | Spain | Spanish | Reino de España (el) | España |
 | Argentina | Spanish | República Argentina (la) | Argentina (la) |
 | Peru | Spanish | República del Perú (la) | Perú |
 | Venezuela | Spanish | República Bolivariana de Venezuela (la) | Venezuela (República Bolivariana de) |
 | Chile | Spanish | República de Chile (la) | Chile |
 | Guatemala | Spanish | República de Guatemala (la) | Guatemala |
 | Ecuador | Spanish | República del Ecuador (la) | Ecuador (el) |
 | Bolivia | Spanish | Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (el) | Bolivia |
 | Dominican Republic | Spanish | República Dominicana (la) | Dominicana (la) |
 | Honduras | Spanish | República de Honduras (la) | Honduras |
 | Cuba | Spanish | República de Cuba (la) | Cuba |
 | Nicaragua | Spanish | República de Nicaragua (la) | Nicaragua |
 | El Salvador | Spanish | República de El Salvador (la) | El Salvador |
 | Costa Rica | Spanish | República de Costa Rica (la) | Costa Rica |
 | Panama | Spanish | República de Panamá (la) | Panamá |
 | Uruguay | Spanish | República Oriental del Uruguay (la) | Uruguay (el) |
 | Slovenia | Slovene | Republika Slovenija | Slovenija |
 | Slovakia | Slovak | Slovenská republika | Slovensko |
 | Sri Lanka | Sinhalese | Shrī Lamkā Prajātāntrika Samājavā dī Janarajaya | Shrī Lamkā |
 | Serbia | Serbian | Република Србија | Србија - Srbija |
 | Montenegro | Serbian | Црна Гора - Crna Gora | Црна Гора - Crna Gora |
 | Russia | Russian | Российская Федерация - Rossijskaja Federacija | Российская Федерация - Rossija |
 | Romania | Romanian | România | România |
 | Moldova | Romanian | Republica Moldova | Moldova |
 | Brazil | Portuguese | República Federativa do Brasil (a) | Brasil (o) |
 | Angola | Portuguese | República de Angola (a) | Angola |
 | Mozambique | Portuguese | República de Moçambique (a) | Moçambique |
 | Portugal | Portuguese | República Portuguesa (a) | Portugal |
 | Guinea Bissau | Portuguese | República da Guiné-Bissau (a) | Guiné-Bissau |
 | Timor Leste | Portuguese | Poranešna Jugoslovenska Republika Makedonija | Timor-Leste |
 | Cape Verde | Portuguese | República de Cabo Verde (a) | Cabo Verde |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | Portuguese | República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe (a) | São Tomé e Príncipe |
 | Poland | Polish | Rzeczpospolita Polska | Polska |
 | Iran | Persian | جُمْهُورِئ إِسْلامِئ إِيرَان - Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān | إِيرَان - Irān |
 | Nepal | Nepali | संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल - Saṁghīya Loktāntrik Gaṇatantra Nepāl | नेपाल - Nepāl |
 | Mongolia | Mongolian | Монгол улс| - Mongol uls | Монгол| - Mongol |
 | Maldives | Maldivian | ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމުހޫރިއްޔާ - Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa | ގުޖޭއްރާ ޔާއްރިހޫމްޖު - Dhivehi Raajje |
 | Malaysia | Malay | Malaysia | Malaysia |
 | North Macedonia | Macedonian | Поранешна Jугословенска Република Македониjа - Poranešna Jugoslovenska Republika Makedonija | |
 | Lithuania | Lithuanian | Lietuvos Respublika | Lietuva |
 | Latvia | Latvian | Latvijas Republika | Latvija |
 | Laos | Lao | Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao | |
 | South Korea | Korean | Daehanminguk | Hanguk |
 | North Korea | Korean | Chosŏn-minjujuŭi-inmin-konghwaguk | Chosŏn |
 | Kyrgyzstan | Kirghiz | Кыргыз Республикасы - Kyrgyz Respublikasy | Кыргызстан - Kyrgyzstan |
 | Rwanda | Kinyarwanda | Republika y'u Rwanda | Rwanda |
 | Cambodia | Khmer | Preăhréachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchéa | Kâmpŭchéa |
 | Kazakhstan | Kazakh | Қазақстан Республикасы - Qazaqstan Respūblīkasy | Қазақстан - Qazaqstan |
 | Japan | Japanese | Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku | Nihon or Nippon |
 | Italy | Italian | Repubblica Italiana (la) | Italia (l') |
 | San Marino | Italian | Repubblica di San Marino (la) | San Marino |
 | Indonesia | Indonesian | Republik Indonesia | Indonesia |
 | Iceland | Icelandic | Lýðveldið Ísland | Ísland |
 | Hungary | Hungarian | Magyarország | Magyarország |
 | Paraguay | Guaraní | Paraguay Retãn | Paraguay |
 | Greece | Greek | Ελληνική Δημοκρατία - Ellinikí Dimokratía | Ελλάς - Ellás |
 | Cyprus | Greek | Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία - Kypriakí Dimokratía | Κύπρος - Kýpros |
 | Germany | German | Bundesrepublik Deutschland (die) | Deutschland |
 | Austria | German | Republik Österreich (die) | Österreich |
 | Liechtenstein | German | Fürstentum Liechtenstein (das) | Liechtenstein |
 | Georgia | Georgian | საქართველო - Sak'art'velo | საქართველო - Sak'art'velo |
 | DR Congo | French | République démocratique du Congo (la) | République démocratique du Congo (la) |
 | France | French | République française (la) | France (la) |
 | Madagascar | French | République de Madagascar (la) | Madagascar [fém.] |
 | Ivory Coast | French | République de Côte d'Ivoire (la) | Côte d'Ivoire (la) |
 | Niger | French | République du Niger (la) | Niger (le) |
 | Mali | French | République du Mali (la) | Mali (le) |
 | Burkina Faso | French | Burkina Faso (le) | Burkina (le) |
 | Senegal | French | République du Sénégal (la) | Sénégal (le) |
 | Guinea | French | République de Guinée (la) | Guinée (la) |
 | Benin | French | la République du Bénin | Bénin (le) |
 | Burundi | French | République du Burundi (la) | Burundi (le) |
 | Haiti | French | République d' Haïti (la) | Haïti |
 | Togo | French | République togolaise (la) | Togo (le) |
 | Switzerland | French | Confédération suisse (la) | Suisse (la) |
 | Republic of the Congo | French | République du Congo (la) | Congo (le) |
 | Central African Republic | French | République centrafricaine (la) | République centrafricaine (la) |
 | Gabon | French | République gabonaise (la) | Gabon (le) |
 | Equatorial Guinea | French | République de Guinée équatoriale (la) | Guinée équatoriale (la) |
 | Luxembourg | French | Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (le) | Luxembourg (le) |
 | Monaco | French | Principauté de Monaco (la) | Monaco [masc.] |
 | Finland | Finnish | Suomen tasavalta | Suomi |
 | Estonia | Estonian | Eesti Vabariik | Eesti |
 | India | English | Republic of India (The) | India |
 | United States | English | United States of America (The) | United States of America (The) |
 | Pakistan | English | Islamic Republic of Pakistan (The) | Pakistan |
 | Nigeria | English | Federal Republic of Nigeria (The) | Nigeria |
 | Philippines | English | Republic of the Philippines (The) | Philippines (The) |
 | Tanzania | English | United Republic of Tanzania (The) | United Republic of Tanzania (The) |
 | United Kingdom | English | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (The) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (The) |
 | Kenya | English | Republic of Kenya (The) | Kenya |
 | Uganda | English | Republic of Uganda (The) | Uganda |
 | Canada | English | Canada | Canada |
 | Ghana | English | Republic of Ghana (The) | Ghana |
 | Cameroon | English | Republic of Cameroon (The) | Cameroon |
 | Australia | English | Australia | Australia |
 | Zambia | English | Republic of Zambia (The) | Zambia |
 | Zimbabwe | English | Republic of Zimbabwe (The) | Zimbabwe |
 | South Sudan | English | Republic of South Sudan (The) | South Sudan |
 | Papua New Guinea | English | Independent State of Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea |
 | Sierra Leone | English | Republic of Sierra Leone {The} | Sierra Leone |
 | Liberia | English | Republic of Liberia (The) | Liberia |
 | Ireland | English | Ireland | Ireland |
 | New Zealand | English | New Zealand | New Zealand |
 | Namibia | English | Republic of Namibia (The) | Namibia |
 | Jamaica | English | Jamaica | Jamaica |
 | Gambia | English | Islamic Republic of The Gambia (The) | Gambia (The) |
 | Botswana | English | Republic of Botswana (The) | Botswana |
 | Lesotho | English | Kingdom of Lesotho (The) | Lesotho |
 | Mauritius | English | Republic of Mauritius (The) | Mauritius |
 | Eswatini | English | Kingdom of Eswatini (The) | Eswatini |
 | Fiji | English | Republic of the Fiji Islands (The) | Fiji |
 | Solomon Islands | English | Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands |
 | Guyana | English | Republic of Guyana (The) | Guyana |
 | Malta | English | Republic of Malta (The) | Malta |
 | Brunei | English | Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Darussalam |
 | Belize | English | Belize | Belize |
 | Bahamas | English | Commonwealth of the Bahamas (The) | Bahamas (The) |
 | Barbados | English | Barbados | Barbados |
 | Samoa | English | Independent State of Samoa (The) | Samoa |
 | Saint Lucia | English | Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia |
 | Kiribati | English | Republic of Kiribati (The) | Kiribati |
 | Grenada | English | Grenada | Grenada |
 | Micronesia | English | Federated States of Micronesia (The) | Micronesia (Federated States of) |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | English | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | English | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda |
 | Dominica | English | Commonwealth of Dominica (The) | Dominica |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | English | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
 | Marshall Islands | English | Republic of The Marshall Islands (The) | Marshall Islands (The) |
 | Palau | English | Republic of Palau (The) | Palau |
 | Nauru | English | Republic of Nauru (The) | Nauru |
 | Tuvalu | English | Tuvalu | Tuvalu |
 | Bhutan | Dzongkha | Druk Gyalkhap | Druk yul |
 | Netherlands | Dutch | Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (het) | Nederland |
 | Belgium | Dutch | Koninkrijk België (het) | België |
 | Suriname | Dutch | Republiek Suriname (de) | Suriname |
 | Afghanistan | Dari | جُمْهُورِئ إِسْلامِئ أَفْغَانِسْتَان - Jomhūrī-ye Eslami-ye Afghanestan | أَفْغَانِسْتَان - Afghanestan |
 | Denmark | Danish | Kongeriget Danmark | Danmark |
 | Czech Republic | Czech | Česká republika | Česko |
 | Croatia | Croatian | Republika Hrvatska | Hrvatska |
 | Seychelles | Creole (Seselwa) | Repiblik Sesel | Sesel |
 | China | Chinese | Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo | Zhongguo |
 | Singapore | Chinese | Xinjiapo Gongheguo | Xinjiapo |
 | Malawi | Chichewa | Dziko la Malaŵi | Malaŵi |
 | Andorra | Catalan | Principat d'Andorra | Andorra |
 | Myanmar | Burmese | Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw | Myanma |
 | Bulgaria | Bulgarian | Република България - Republika Bulgaria | България - Bulgaria |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian | Bosna i Hercegovina | Bosna i Hercegovina |
 | Norway | Bokmål | Kongeriket Norge | Norge |
 | Vanuatu | Bislama | Ripablik blong Vanuatu | Vanuatu |
 | Bangladesh | Bengali | গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ - Gaṇaprajātantrī Bāṁlādesh | বাংলাদেশ - Bāṁlādesh |
 | Belarus | Belarusian | Рэспубліка Беларусь - Respublika Bielaruś | Беларусь - Bielaruś |
 | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani | Azǝrbaycan Respublikası | Azǝrbaycan |
 | Armenia | Armenian | Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն - Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun | Հայաստան - Hayastan |
 | Egypt | Arabic | جمهورية مصر العربية - Jumhūrīyat Mişr al 'Arabīyah | مصر - Mişr |
 | Sudan | Arabic | جمهورية السودان - Jumhūrīyat as Sūdān | السودان - As Sūdān |
 | Algeria | Arabic | الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية - Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqrātīyah ash Sha'biyah | الجزائر - Al Jaza'ir |
 | Iraq | Arabic | جمهورية العراق - Al Jumhūrīyah al 'Irāqīyah | العراق - Al 'Irāq |
 | Yemen | Arabic | الجمهورية اليمنية - Al Jumhūrīyah al Yamanīyah | اليمن - Al Yaman |
 | Morocco | Arabic | المملكة المغربية - Al Mamlakah al Maghribīyah | المغرب - Al Maghrib |
 | Saudi Arabia | Arabic | المملكة العربية السعودية - Al Mamlakah al 'Arabīyah as Su'ūdīyah | المملكة العربية السعودية - As Su'ūdīyah |
 | Syria | Arabic | الجمهورية العربية السورية - Al Jumhūrīyah al 'Arabīyah as Sūrīyah | الجمهورية العربية السورية - Sūrīyah |
 | Chad | Arabic | جمهورية تشاد - Jumhuriyat Tshad | تشاد - Tshad |
 | Somalia | Arabic | جمهورية الصومال الاتحادية - Jumhūriyyat aş Şūmāl al Fidirāliyyah | اَلصُّومَال - Aş Şūmāl |
 | Tunisia | Arabic | الجمهورية التونسية - Al Jumhūrīyah at Tūnisīyah | تونس - Tūnis |
 | Jordan | Arabic | المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية - Al Mamlakah al Urdunīyah al Hāshimīyah | الأردن - Al Urdun |
 | United Arab Emirates | Arabic | الإمارات العربية المتحدة - Al Imārāt al 'Arabīyah al Muttahidah | الإمارات العربية المتحدة - Al Imārāt |
 | Israel | Arabic | دولة إسرائيل - Dawlat Isrā'īl | إسرائيل - Isrā'īl |
 | Libya | Arabic | ليبيا - Lībyā | ليبيا - Lībyā |
 | Lebanon | Arabic | الجمهورية اللبنانية - Al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah | لبنان - Lubnān |
 | Oman | Arabic | سلطنة عمان - Salţanat 'Umān | عمان - 'Umān |
 | Mauritania | Arabic | الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية - Al Jumhūrīyah al Islāmīyah al Mūrītānīyah | موريتانيا - Mūrītānīya |
 | Kuwait | Arabic | دولة الكويت - Dawlat al Kuwayt | الكويت - Al Kuwayt |
 | Eritrea | Arabic | إريتريا - Dawlat Iritriya | إريتريا - Iritriya |
 | Qatar | Arabic | دولة قطر - Dawlat Qaţar | قطر - Qaţar |
 | Bahrain | Arabic | مملكة البحرين - Mamlakat al Bahrayn | البحرين - Al Bahrayn |
 | Djibouti | Arabic | جمهورية جيبوتي - Jumhuriyat Jibuti | جيبوتي - Jibuti |
 | Comoros | Arabic | اتحاد جزر القمر - Ittihad al Qamar | جزر القمر - Al Qamar |
 | Ethiopia | Amharic | YeItyop'iya Federalawi Dimokrasiyawi Ripeblik | Ityop'iya |
 | Albania | Albanian | Republika e Shqipërisë | Shqipëri/Shqipëria |
 | South Africa | Afrikaans | Republiek van Suid-Afrika | Suid-Afrika |
- For countries whose formal names are preceded by a definite article (such as ‘the’), the definite article is listed in parenthesis after the name.
India’s population is the largest in the world at 1.3 billion. In India, there are ten languages that use different scripts, including Assamese, Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, English, and more. Bhārat, Bharôt, Bhāratadēsam, the Republic of India, and Bhāratam are examples of names of countries in the Indian languages.
We think of English when we think of the United Kingdom, but within the UK, there are a number of languages, including Welsh, Scots, Scots Gaelic, Irish, and Cornish. Y Deyrnas Unedig, Rìoghachd Aonaichte, and the common English variations of Britain and the UK are country names in languages in the United Kingdom.
The word for Germany in German is Österreich, which means “eastern realm” and was first used in 996. In Belgium, Dutch, French, and German are the common languages. The words for Belgium are België, Belgique, Belgien.
Portuguese is the official language of Brazil. The Portuguese word for Brazil is Brasil. While many languages are spoken in China, Mandarin Chinese is the official language spoken by over 1 billion people. The Mandarin Chinese word for China is Zhōngguó 中国.
French, Lingala, and Swahili are the three languages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The words for the Democratic Republic of the Congo are République démocratique du Congo, Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki, and Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo.
Danish is the official language of Denmark, and the name of the country in Danish is Danmark. The official language of Egypt is Arabic. The word for Egypt in Arabic is مصر Misr.
In Germany, German is the official language. Germans refer to Germany as Deutschland. The Greek word for Greece is Hellas Ελλάς and has been used since the 12th century BC.
The Cantonese word for Hong Kong is Heung Gong, 香港. English is also an official language in Hong Kong. Nahuatl and Spanish are the native languages of Mexico. The words for Mexico in Nahuatl and Spanish are Mēxihco and México.
The Japanese refer to Japan as Nippon 日本. The word Japan was first used in 1577.
