How many countries are there in the world?

answer to your question:
depends on the source, usually you’ll get the answer “189, 191, 192, 193 or 194”

i know you’re probably new to fluther, so i suggest reading the fluther blog (http://www.fluther.com/blog/) and other posts to form “better” questions. . .

thats a bit harsh

are we including petoria?

According to The United States’ State Department, there are 194 independent countries around the world.

Sorry about the rudeness by some other people. Feel free to ask other questions and let the community judge whether its good or bad.

I agree, it seems like a perfectly legitimate question that—through no fault of the asker—requires a nuanced answer.

yeah, it is a “legitimate” question, just saying you could easily google it.

calm down. . .

whatever it is, its +1 now because of kosovo

Kosovo is the 195th.

@ishotthesherrif: Dude—over 90% of the questions asked on Fluther can be answered by google. So chill out.