200+ Country Names in Spanish | Full List With Articles

When you learn Spanish, country names feel simple—until you hit el vs la, plural names, accents, and a few places with more than one accepted spelling. This page keeps it practical: you’ll see the most common Spanish name for each country, plus quick notes where people slip up.

How Spanish Country Names Work

Most country names are used without an article in everyday Spanish: España, Italia, Chile. Some do take an article in normal use, especially plural names and a few well-known exceptions.

Articles And Gender In Plain Spanish

Country names can behave like nouns. That means they can lean masculine (el) or feminine (la) in set phrases. Plural country names usually take los or las.

• Plural countries:los Países Bajos, los Estados Unidos, las Filipinas.
• Common “el” countries:el Canadá (often just Canadá), el Perú (also Perú), el Japón (more common as Japón).
• Common “la” countries:la India, la Argentina (also Argentina), la República Dominicana.

Prepositions You’ll Use Every Day

For place, the go-to preposition is en: Vivo en México. For movement, it’s often a: Voy a Colombia. With some article countries, you’ll see combinations like al and a la: Voy al Perú, Viajo a la India.

Accents Matter More Than People Expect

Spanish accents aren’t decoration. They change pronunciation and spelling, so it’s worth learning them early: México, Panamá, República Checa, Ucrania, Túnez, Yibuti.

Next you’ll get the full list. If you’re building vocabulary, read it out loud once, then quiz yourself by covering the Spanish side and recalling it from the English name.

Country In Spanish	Article Use	Quick Note
los Estados Unidos	Usually with article	Often shortened to Estados Unidos in headlines.
el Reino Unido	Usually with article	Used for the UK; not the same as Inglaterra.
los Países Bajos	Usually with article	Refers to the Netherlands; “Holanda” is common but narrower.
la India	Often with article	You’ll hear India too, yet la India is widely used.
la Argentina	Often with article	Both Argentina and la Argentina appear in real writing.
el Perú	Often with article	Both Perú and el Perú are normal.
los Emiratos Árabes Unidos	Usually with article	Plural form, so los fits naturally.
la República Dominicana	Usually with article	“República” drives the feminine article.
la República Centroafricana	Usually with article	Formal name; feminine by república.

Country Names In Spanish With Articles And Accents

This is the full list of countries, with the most common Spanish name. Where an article is commonly used, it’s included right in the Spanish form.

A

• Afghanistan — Afganistán
• Albania — Albania
• Algeria — Argelia
• Andorra — Andorra
• Angola — Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda — Antigua y Barbuda
• Argentina — Argentina / la Argentina
• Armenia — Armenia
• Australia — Australia
• Austria — Austria
• Azerbaijan — Azerbaiyán

B

• Bahamas — Bahamas
• Bahrain — Baréin
• Bangladesh — Bangladés
• Barbados — Barbados
• Belarus — Bielorrusia
• Belgium — Bélgica
• Belize — Belice
• Benin — Benín
• Bhutan — Bután
• Bolivia — Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — Bosnia y Herzegovina
• Botswana — Botsuana
• Brazil — Brasil
• Brunei — Brunéi
• Bulgaria — Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso
• Burundi — Burundi

C

• Cabo Verde — Cabo Verde
• Cambodia — Camboya
• Cameroon — Camerún
• Canada — Canadá / el Canadá
• Catar — Catar
• Central African Republic — la República Centroafricana
• Chad — Chad
• Chile — Chile
• China — China
• Colombia — Colombia
• Comoros — Comoras
• Congo (Republic of the Congo) — la República del Congo
• Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) — la República Democrática del Congo
• Costa Rica — Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire — Costa de Marfil
• Croatia — Croacia
• Cuba — Cuba
• Cyprus — Chipre
• Czechia — República Checa

D

• Denmark — Dinamarca
• Djibouti — Yibuti
• Dominica — Dominica
• Dominican Republic — la República Dominicana

E

• Ecuador — Ecuador
• Egypt — Egipto
• El Salvador — El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea — Guinea Ecuatorial
• Eritrea — Eritrea
• Estonia — Estonia
• Eswatini — Esuatini
• Ethiopia — Etiopía
• United Arab Emirates — los Emiratos Árabes Unidos
• United States — los Estados Unidos

F

• Fiji — Fiyi
• Finland — Finlandia
• France — Francia

G

• Gabon — Gabón
• Gambia — Gambia
• Georgia — Georgia
• Germany — Alemania
• Ghana — Ghana
• Greece — Grecia
• Grenada — Granada
• Guatemala — Guatemala
• Guinea — Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bisáu
• Guyana — Guyana

H

• Haiti — Haití
• Honduras — Honduras
• Hungary — Hungría

I

• Iceland — Islandia
• India — India / la India
• Indonesia — Indonesia
• Iran — Irán
• Iraq — Irak
• Ireland — Irlanda
• Israel — Israel
• Italy — Italia

J

• Jamaica — Jamaica
• Japan — Japón
• Jordan — Jordania

K

• Kazakhstan — Kazajistán
• Kenya — Kenia
• Kiribati — Kiribati
• Kuwait — Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan — Kirguistán

L

• Laos — Laos
• Latvia — Letonia
• Lebanon — Líbano
• Lesotho — Lesoto
• Liberia — Liberia
• Libya — Libia
• Liechtenstein — Liechtenstein
• Lithuania — Lituania
• Luxembourg — Luxemburgo

M

• Madagascar — Madagascar
• Malawi — Malaui
• Malaysia — Malasia
• Maldives — Maldivas
• Mali — Malí
• Malta — Malta
• Marshall Islands — Islas Marshall
• Mauritania — Mauritania
• Mauritius — Mauricio
• Mexico — México
• Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia) — Micronesia
• Moldova — Moldavia
• Monaco — Mónaco
• Mongolia — Mongolia
• Montenegro — Montenegro
• Morocco — Marruecos
• Mozambique — Mozambique
• Myanmar — Myanmar

N

• Namibia — Namibia
• Nauru — Nauru
• Nepal — Nepal
• Netherlands — los Países Bajos
• New Zealand — Nueva Zelanda
• Nicaragua — Nicaragua
• Niger — Níger
• Nigeria — Nigeria
• North Korea — Corea del Norte
• North Macedonia — Macedonia del Norte
• Norway — Noruega

O

• Oman — Omán

P

• Pakistan — Pakistán
• Palau — Palaos
• Panama — Panamá
• Papua New Guinea — Papúa Nueva Guinea
• Paraguay — Paraguay
• Peru — Perú / el Perú
• Philippines — las Filipinas
• Poland — Polonia
• Portugal — Portugal

Q

• Qatar — Catar

R

• Romania — Rumania
• Russia — Rusia
• Rwanda — Ruanda
• United Kingdom — el Reino Unido

S

• Saint Kitts and Nevis — San Cristóbal y Nieves
• Saint Lucia — Santa Lucía
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — San Vicente y las Granadinas
• Samoa — Samoa
• San Marino — San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe — Santo Tomé y Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia — Arabia Saudita
• Senegal — Senegal
• Serbia — Serbia
• Seychelles — Seychelles
• Sierra Leone — Sierra Leona
• Singapore — Singapur
• Slovakia — Eslovaquia
• Slovenia — Eslovenia
• Solomon Islands — Islas Salomón
• Somalia — Somalia
• South Africa — Sudáfrica
• South Korea — Corea del Sur
• South Sudan — Sudán del Sur
• Spain — España
• Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka
• Sudan — Sudán
• Suriname — Surinam
• Sweden — Suecia
• Switzerland — Suiza
• Syria — Siria

T

• Tajikistan — Tayikistán
• Tanzania — Tanzania
• Thailand — Tailandia
• Timor-Leste — Timor Oriental
• Togo — Togo
• Tonga — Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago — Trinidad y Tobago
• Tunisia — Túnez
• Turkey — Turquía
• Turkmenistan — Turkmenistán
• Tuvalu — Tuvalu

U

• Uganda — Uganda
• Ukraine — Ucrania
• Uruguay — Uruguay
• Uzbekistan — Uzbekistán

V

• Vanuatu — Vanuatu
• Venezuela — Venezuela
• Vietnam — Vietnam

Y

• Yemen — Yemen

Z

• Zambia — Zambia
• Zimbabwe — Zimbabue

All Remaining Countries Not Yet Listed Above

The alphabet blocks above cover many learners’ “core set.” Here are the rest, in a single sweep, so every country is on one page.

• Angola — Angola
• Aruba — Aruba (territorio; usado como “país” en muchos listados)
• Bahrein — Baréin
• Brunei Darussalam — Brunéi
• Cook Islands — Islas Cook (estado asociado; usado como “país” en muchos listados)
• Curaçao — Curazao (territorio; usado como “país” en muchos listados)
• Hong Kong — Hong Kong (región; usado como “país” en algunos listados)
• Kosovo — Kosovo
• Niue — Niue (estado asociado; usado como “país” en muchos listados)
• Palestine — Palestina
• Taiwan — Taiwán
• Vatican City — Ciudad del Vaticano
• Western Sahara — Sáhara Occidental

Spanish Form	Another Form You’ll See	Where It Shows Up
Estados Unidos	EE. UU.	Abbreviations in news and formal writing.
Países Bajos	Holanda	Everyday speech; “Holanda” is common but not always precise.
República Checa	Chequia	Both appear; Chequia is shorter and common in modern usage.
Costa de Marfil	Ivory Coast	English carryover in some media; Spanish keeps the translated name.
Timor Oriental	Timor-Leste	International forms; Spanish often keeps Timor Oriental.
Macedonia del Norte	North Macedonia	English form in sports coverage; Spanish uses the translated name.
Myanmar	Birmania	Birmania appears in older texts; Myanmar is widespread.
Bielorrusia	Belarús	Both show up; Bielorrusia remains common in general Spanish.

Quick Practice Ideas For Memorizing The List

If you want this to stick, use short drills instead of long study sessions. Five minutes a day beats a single marathon.

• Article drill: Say en + country out loud: en México, en los Países Bajos, en la India.
• Accent drill: Write ten accented names from memory, then check them: México, Panamá, Etiopía, Turquía.
• Speed quiz: Pick one letter, run it fast, then swap roles and go Spanish to English.

If you’re writing for class, aim for consistency. Pick the Spanish form you see in trusted Spanish-language writing, keep accents, and use articles the same way across your whole page.