Random Country Generator

Choose World or one of five UN M49 regions, see the exact eligible count, then draw 1–10 countries locally in your browser.

Draw from 193 United Nations Member States. Observer states and other M49 countries or areas are outside this tool's set.

What is included? View the 193-country pool

This version includes current UN Member States only. The Holy See and State of Palestine are non-member observer states and are excluded, as are territories and other areas in the broader M49 table. This boundary is a product-set definition, not a statement about sovereignty or recognition.

Names, M49 codes, ISO alpha-2 codes, regions and subregions come from the frozen UN M49 snapshot. Searching below only checks the disclosure list—it never changes the draw pool.

Search included countries

193 included countries shown

Afghanistan Asia · Southern Asia · M49 004 · AF
Albania Europe · Southern Europe · M49 008 · AL
Algeria Africa · Northern Africa · M49 012 · DZ
Andorra Europe · Southern Europe · M49 020 · AD
Angola Africa · Middle Africa · M49 024 · AO
Antigua and Barbuda Americas · Caribbean · M49 028 · AG
Azerbaijan Asia · Western Asia · M49 031 · AZ
Argentina Americas · South America · M49 032 · AR
Australia Oceania · Australia and New Zealand · M49 036 · AU
Austria Europe · Western Europe · M49 040 · AT
Bahamas Americas · Caribbean · M49 044 · BS
Bahrain Asia · Western Asia · M49 048 · BH
Bangladesh Asia · Southern Asia · M49 050 · BD
Armenia Asia · Western Asia · M49 051 · AM
Barbados Americas · Caribbean · M49 052 · BB
Belgium Europe · Western Europe · M49 056 · BE
Bhutan Asia · Southern Asia · M49 064 · BT
Bolivia UN M49 label: Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Americas · South America · M49 068 · BO
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe · Southern Europe · M49 070 · BA
Botswana Africa · Southern Africa · M49 072 · BW
Brazil Americas · South America · M49 076 · BR
Belize Americas · Central America · M49 084 · BZ
Solomon Islands Oceania · Melanesia · M49 090 · SB
Brunei UN M49 label: Brunei Darussalam Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 096 · BN
Bulgaria Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 100 · BG
Myanmar Also called Burma in U.S. usage · UN M49 label: Myanmar Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 104 · MM
Burundi Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 108 · BI
Belarus Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 112 · BY
Cambodia Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 116 · KH
Cameroon Africa · Middle Africa · M49 120 · CM
Canada Americas · Northern America · M49 124 · CA
Cabo Verde Africa · Western Africa · M49 132 · CV
Central African Republic Africa · Middle Africa · M49 140 · CF
Sri Lanka Asia · Southern Asia · M49 144 · LK
Chad Africa · Middle Africa · M49 148 · TD
Chile Americas · South America · M49 152 · CL
China Asia · Eastern Asia · M49 156 · CN
Colombia Americas · South America · M49 170 · CO
Comoros Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 174 · KM
Republic of the Congo UN M49 label: Congo Africa · Middle Africa · M49 178 · CG
Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa · Middle Africa · M49 180 · CD
Costa Rica Americas · Central America · M49 188 · CR
Croatia Europe · Southern Europe · M49 191 · HR
Cuba Americas · Caribbean · M49 192 · CU
Cyprus Asia · Western Asia · M49 196 · CY
Czechia Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 203 · CZ
Benin Africa · Western Africa · M49 204 · BJ
Denmark Europe · Northern Europe · M49 208 · DK
Dominica Americas · Caribbean · M49 212 · DM
Dominican Republic Americas · Caribbean · M49 214 · DO
Ecuador Americas · South America · M49 218 · EC
El Salvador Americas · Central America · M49 222 · SV
Equatorial Guinea Africa · Middle Africa · M49 226 · GQ
Ethiopia Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 231 · ET
Eritrea Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 232 · ER
Estonia Europe · Northern Europe · M49 233 · EE
Fiji Oceania · Melanesia · M49 242 · FJ
Finland Europe · Northern Europe · M49 246 · FI
France Europe · Western Europe · M49 250 · FR
Djibouti Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 262 · DJ
Gabon Africa · Middle Africa · M49 266 · GA
Georgia Asia · Western Asia · M49 268 · GE
Gambia Africa · Western Africa · M49 270 · GM
Germany Europe · Western Europe · M49 276 · DE
Ghana Africa · Western Africa · M49 288 · GH
Kiribati Oceania · Micronesia · M49 296 · KI
Greece Europe · Southern Europe · M49 300 · GR
Grenada Americas · Caribbean · M49 308 · GD
Guatemala Americas · Central America · M49 320 · GT
Guinea Africa · Western Africa · M49 324 · GN
Guyana Americas · South America · M49 328 · GY
Haiti Americas · Caribbean · M49 332 · HT
Honduras Americas · Central America · M49 340 · HN
Hungary Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 348 · HU
Iceland Europe · Northern Europe · M49 352 · IS
India Asia · Southern Asia · M49 356 · IN
Indonesia Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 360 · ID
Iran UN M49 label: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Asia · Southern Asia · M49 364 · IR
Iraq Asia · Western Asia · M49 368 · IQ
Ireland Europe · Northern Europe · M49 372 · IE
Israel Asia · Western Asia · M49 376 · IL
Italy Europe · Southern Europe · M49 380 · IT
Côte d’Ivoire Africa · Western Africa · M49 384 · CI
Jamaica Americas · Caribbean · M49 388 · JM
Japan Asia · Eastern Asia · M49 392 · JP
Kazakhstan Asia · Central Asia · M49 398 · KZ
Jordan Asia · Western Asia · M49 400 · JO
Kenya Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 404 · KE
North Korea UN M49 label: Democratic People's Republic of Korea Asia · Eastern Asia · M49 408 · KP
South Korea UN M49 label: Republic of Korea Asia · Eastern Asia · M49 410 · KR
Kuwait Asia · Western Asia · M49 414 · KW
Kyrgyzstan Asia · Central Asia · M49 417 · KG
Laos UN M49 label: Lao People's Democratic Republic Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 418 · LA
Lebanon Asia · Western Asia · M49 422 · LB
Lesotho Africa · Southern Africa · M49 426 · LS
Latvia Europe · Northern Europe · M49 428 · LV
Liberia Africa · Western Africa · M49 430 · LR
Libya Africa · Northern Africa · M49 434 · LY
Liechtenstein Europe · Western Europe · M49 438 · LI
Lithuania Europe · Northern Europe · M49 440 · LT
Luxembourg Europe · Western Europe · M49 442 · LU
Madagascar Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 450 · MG
Malawi Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 454 · MW
Malaysia Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 458 · MY
Maldives Asia · Southern Asia · M49 462 · MV
Mali Africa · Western Africa · M49 466 · ML
Malta Europe · Southern Europe · M49 470 · MT
Mauritania Africa · Western Africa · M49 478 · MR
Mauritius Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 480 · MU
Mexico Americas · Central America · M49 484 · MX
Monaco Europe · Western Europe · M49 492 · MC
Mongolia Asia · Eastern Asia · M49 496 · MN
Moldova UN M49 label: Republic of Moldova Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 498 · MD
Montenegro Europe · Southern Europe · M49 499 · ME
Morocco Africa · Northern Africa · M49 504 · MA
Mozambique Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 508 · MZ
Oman Asia · Western Asia · M49 512 · OM
Namibia Africa · Southern Africa · M49 516 · NA
Nauru UN M49 label: Naoero Oceania · Micronesia · M49 520 · NR
Nepal Asia · Southern Asia · M49 524 · NP
Netherlands UN M49 label: Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Europe · Western Europe · M49 528 · NL
Vanuatu Oceania · Melanesia · M49 548 · VU
New Zealand Oceania · Australia and New Zealand · M49 554 · NZ
Nicaragua Americas · Central America · M49 558 · NI
Niger Africa · Western Africa · M49 562 · NE
Nigeria Africa · Western Africa · M49 566 · NG
Norway Europe · Northern Europe · M49 578 · NO
Micronesia UN M49 label: Micronesia (Federated States of) Oceania · Micronesia · M49 583 · FM
Marshall Islands Oceania · Micronesia · M49 584 · MH
Palau Oceania · Micronesia · M49 585 · PW
Pakistan Asia · Southern Asia · M49 586 · PK
Panama Americas · Central America · M49 591 · PA
Papua New Guinea Oceania · Melanesia · M49 598 · PG
Paraguay Americas · South America · M49 600 · PY
Peru Americas · South America · M49 604 · PE
Philippines Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 608 · PH
Poland Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 616 · PL
Portugal Europe · Southern Europe · M49 620 · PT
Guinea-Bissau Africa · Western Africa · M49 624 · GW
Timor-Leste Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 626 · TL
Qatar Asia · Western Asia · M49 634 · QA
Romania Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 642 · RO
Russia UN M49 label: Russian Federation Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 643 · RU
Rwanda Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 646 · RW
Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas · Caribbean · M49 659 · KN
Saint Lucia Americas · Caribbean · M49 662 · LC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas · Caribbean · M49 670 · VC
San Marino Europe · Southern Europe · M49 674 · SM
Sao Tome and Principe Africa · Middle Africa · M49 678 · ST
Saudi Arabia Asia · Western Asia · M49 682 · SA
Senegal Africa · Western Africa · M49 686 · SN
Serbia Europe · Southern Europe · M49 688 · RS
Seychelles Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 690 · SC
Sierra Leone Africa · Western Africa · M49 694 · SL
Singapore Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 702 · SG
Slovakia Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 703 · SK
Vietnam UN M49 label: Viet Nam Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 704 · VN
Slovenia Europe · Southern Europe · M49 705 · SI
Somalia Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 706 · SO
South Africa Africa · Southern Africa · M49 710 · ZA
Zimbabwe Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 716 · ZW
Spain Europe · Southern Europe · M49 724 · ES
South Sudan Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 728 · SS
Sudan Africa · Northern Africa · M49 729 · SD
Suriname Americas · South America · M49 740 · SR
Eswatini Africa · Southern Africa · M49 748 · SZ
Sweden Europe · Northern Europe · M49 752 · SE
Switzerland Europe · Western Europe · M49 756 · CH
Syria UN M49 label: Syrian Arab Republic Asia · Western Asia · M49 760 · SY
Tajikistan Asia · Central Asia · M49 762 · TJ
Thailand Asia · South-eastern Asia · M49 764 · TH
Togo Africa · Western Africa · M49 768 · TG
Tonga Oceania · Polynesia · M49 776 · TO
Trinidad and Tobago Americas · Caribbean · M49 780 · TT
United Arab Emirates Asia · Western Asia · M49 784 · AE
Tunisia Africa · Northern Africa · M49 788 · TN
Turkey UN M49 label: Türkiye Asia · Western Asia · M49 792 · TR
Turkmenistan Asia · Central Asia · M49 795 · TM
Tuvalu Oceania · Polynesia · M49 798 · TV
Uganda Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 800 · UG
Ukraine Europe · Eastern Europe · M49 804 · UA
North Macedonia Europe · Southern Europe · M49 807 · MK
Egypt Africa · Northern Africa · M49 818 · EG
United Kingdom UN M49 label: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Europe · Northern Europe · M49 826 · GB
Tanzania UN M49 label: United Republic of Tanzania Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 834 · TZ
United States UN M49 label: United States of America Americas · Northern America · M49 840 · US
Burkina Faso Africa · Western Africa · M49 854 · BF
Uruguay Americas · South America · M49 858 · UY
Uzbekistan Asia · Central Asia · M49 860 · UZ
Venezuela UN M49 label: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Americas · South America · M49 862 · VE
Samoa Oceania · Polynesia · M49 882 · WS
Yemen Asia · Western Asia · M49 887 · YE
Zambia Africa · Eastern Africa · M49 894 · ZM

By Wei Chieh Liao. Country draws run in your browser.

Choose the pool before the first draw

World starts with all 193 UN Member States. Choose Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe or Oceania to narrow that first draw before any country is selected. The count beside the controls comes from the same frozen list used by the draw, copy text and CSV—there is no separate estimated total.

Set a quantity from 1 through 10. Every country in one batch is distinct. If Avoid repeats is off, a later batch may repeat a previous result. If it is on, each result leaves an in-memory deck; the remaining count reaches zero instead of silently recycling countries. Reset or changing region starts a fresh deck.

What “country” means in this version

This tool's bounded set is the 193 current United Nations Member States. It does not take every row in UN M49: the Holy See and State of Palestine are non-member observer states, and territories or other areas are excluded. This practical boundary keeps the pool auditable and does not make a claim about sovereignty, diplomatic recognition or the status of any place.

UN M49 supplies the canonical English label, three-digit M49 code, ISO alpha-2 code, macro-region and subregion for each included member. Where familiar US usage differs, the result and disclosure keep the relationship explicit—for example, South Korea beside the UN M49 label Republic of Korea, and Myanmar with the US search alias Burma. The “What is included?” search accepts those names, but it does not filter or weight a random draw.

How the random selection works

The browser uses crypto.getRandomValues() for unsigned 32-bit values. Rejection sampling discards values in the uneven tail before mapping a value into the available pool. A partial Fisher–Yates selection then chooses the requested number without replacement, so one batch cannot contain the same M49 code twice.

If secure browser randomness is unavailable, the tool stops and explains the browser requirement. It never falls back to Math.random(). This is useful for lessons, geography prompts, drawing ideas and casual choices; it is not a certified system for prizes, gambling, security or consequential decisions.

Frozen data receipt and update rule

Dataset un-members-m49-2026-09-27 was checked September 27, 2026. Its checked-in JSON SHA-256 is 7c5ab92fc90cd5499180c5d444a31e8291018d44b14b7f8b5f169862379efb01. The manifest also records SHA-256 receipts for the UN roster, M49, protocol count and observer-state pages, plus the explicit ordered list of 193 M49 codes.

The next scheduled source review is no later than March 27, 2027, and a reported UN membership change should trigger an earlier review. A cached page continues to use its visibly dated snapshot; it never fetches or silently substitutes a runtime country list.

Copy, CSV, offline use and privacy

Copy and CSV are available only for the current, non-stale result. Both include the selected scope, eligible count, dataset date, US display name, any reviewed US search alias, canonical UN M49 label and codes. Changing the region, quantity or repeat mode locks the previous export until you draw again, preventing an old result from being labeled with the new settings.

The country file ships as a static site asset. After this page and its assets load, a new region, fresh random draw, no-repeat deck and CSV are generated locally—even after the network is disconnected. Copy writes to your device clipboard and Download CSV saves a local file; ToolNeko does not upload either. The page does not call a country API, save results in browser storage, encode them in the URL or send country names, codes, random bytes, clipboard text or CSV contents in analytics.

Frequently asked questions

How many countries are included?

The default pool contains 193 current United Nations Member States. The count is fixed in this reviewed snapshot and is shown before every draw.

Why not every M49 country or area?

UN M49 is a statistical list that also contains territories and other areas. This tool joins the current UN member roster to M49, so the Holy See, State of Palestine and other non-member entries are outside the 193-country pool. That is a product-set boundary, not a judgment about sovereignty or recognition.

Can a country repeat?

Countries never repeat within one batch. With Avoid repeats off, a later draw can repeat. Turn it on to remove each result from an in-memory deck until you reset, change region, turn the option off or leave the page.

What does Europe include?

Europe means the UN M49 Europe macro-region in the frozen dataset. The visible disclosure lists every included country with its M49 region and subregion, so you can inspect the exact 43-country pool before drawing.

Is the draw unbiased?

The browser supplies unsigned 32-bit values through Web Crypto. Rejection sampling removes the modulo tail, and partial Fisher–Yates selection prevents duplicates within a batch. It is appropriate for casual lessons and prompts, not certified prize, gambling or security decisions.

Are selections or results uploaded?

No. All processing happens locally in your browser. Copy writes the selected text to your device clipboard, and Download CSV saves a local file; ToolNeko does not upload either. Results are not placed in the page address or browser storage and are not sent in analytics.