Country Names in Spanish
If you are looking to translate a country name between Spanish and English, then this page will probably have you covered. We are trying to create the ultimate list of Spanish country names and it currently consists of nearly 400 translations.
To read this information, you'll be presented with two lists. The first list is for the more commonly spoken country names, translated from Spanish to English, then below that, you will find a list of alternative names for various countries. Many of these include the official country name, but some are lesser spoken names of the country.
Spanish Country Names:
Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of country names from English to Spanish.
List of General Spanish Country Names
An alphabetical list of countries, ordered by the Spanish translation. Our goal is to have a full list of every country name listed in Spanish and English. So far the list is quite extensive! Look further down for a swecond list of other (mostly official) versions of the country names if that also interests you.
Afganistán ➔ Afghanistan
Albania ➔ Albania
Alemania ➔ Germany
Andorra ➔ Andorra
Angola ➔ Angola
Antigua y Barbuda ➔ Antigua and Barbuda
Arabia Saudita / Arabia Saudí ➔ Saudi Arabia
Argelia ➔ Algeria
Argentina ➔ Argentina
Armenia ➔ Armenia
Aruba ➔ Aruba
Australia ➔ Australia
Austria ➔ Austria
Azerbaiyán ➔ Azerbaijan
Bangladés / Bangladesh ➔ Bangladesh
Barbados ➔ Barbados
Baréin ➔ Bahrain
Bélgica ➔ Belgium
Belice ➔ Belize
Benín ➔ Benin
Bermudas ➔ Bermuda
Bielorrusia ➔ Belarus
Birmania / Myanmar ➔ Burma / Myanmar
Bolivia ➔ Bolivia
Bosnia y Herzegovina ➔ Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botsuana ➔ Botswana
Brasil ➔ Brazil
Brunéi / Bruney ➔ Brunei
Bulgaria ➔ Bulgaria
Bután ➔ Bhutan
Burkina Faso ➔ Burkina Faso
Burundi ➔ Burundi
Cabo Verde ➔ Cape Verde
Camboya ➔ Cambodia
Camerún ➔ Cameroon
Canadá ➔ Canada
Catar ➔ Qatar
Centroáfrica ➔ Central Africa
Chad ➔ Chad
Chile ➔ Chile
China ➔ China
Chipre ➔ Cyprus
Colombia ➔ Colombia
Corea del Norte ➔ North Korea
Corea del Sur ➔ South Korea
Costa de Marfil ➔ Ivory Coast
Costa Rica ➔ Costa Rica
Croacia ➔ Croatia
Cuba ➔ Cuba
Curazao ➔ Curaçao
Dinamarca ➔ Denmark
Dominica ➔ Dominica
Ecuador ➔ Ecuador
Egipto ➔ Egypt
El Congo ➔ The Congo
El Líbano ➔ Lebanon
El Salvador ➔ El Salvador
Emiratos Árabes Unidos (EAU) ➔ United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Eritrea ➔ Eritrea
Eslovaquia ➔ Slovakia
Eslovenia ➔ Slovenia
España ➔ Spain
Estados Unidos de América ➔ The United States of America
Estonia ➔ Estonia
Etiopía ➔ Ethiopia
Filipinas ➔ The Philippines
Finlandia ➔ Finland
Fiyi ➔ Fiji
Francia ➔ France
Gabón ➔ Gabon
Gambia ➔ The Gambia
Georgia ➔ Georgia
Ghana ➔ Ghana
Gibraltar ➔ Gibraltar
Granada ➔ Grenada
Grecia ➔ Greece
Groenlandia ➔ Greenland
Guadalupe ➔ Guadeloupe
Guam ➔ Guam
Guatemala ➔ Guatemala
Guinea ➔ Guinea
Guinea Ecuatorial ➔ Equatorial Guinea
Guyana ➔ Guyana
Haití ➔ Haiti
Honduras ➔ Honduras
Hong Kong ➔ Hong Kong
Hungría ➔ Hungary
Indonesia ➔ Indonesia
Irak / Iraq ➔ Iraq
Irán ➔ Iran
Irlanda ➔ Ireland
Islandia ➔ Iceland
Israel ➔ Israel
Italia ➔ Italy
Jamaica ➔ Jamaica
Japón ➔ Japan
Jordania ➔ Jordan
Kazajistán ➔ Kazakhstan
Kenia ➔ Kenya
Kirguistán / Kirguizistán ➔ Kyrgyzstan
Kiribati ➔ Kiribati
Kosovo / Kósovo ➔ Kosovo
Kuwait ➔ Kuwait
La Ciudad del Vaticano ➔ Vatican City
La Guayana Francesa ➔ French Guiana
La India ➔ India
La Isla de Man ➔ The Isle of Man
La Isla de Navidad ➔ Christmas Island
La Polinesia Francesa ➔ French Polynesia
La República Checa / Chequia ➔ The Czech Republic / Czechia
La República Democrática del Congo ➔ The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Laos ➔ Laos
Las Bahamas ➔ The Bahamas
Las Islas Caimán ➔ Cayman Islands
Las Islas Cook ➔ Cook Islands
Las Islas Feroe ➔ The Faroe Islands
Las Islas Malvinas ➔ The Falkland Islands
Las Islas Marianas del Norte ➔ The Northern Mariana Islands
Las Islas Marshall ➔ The Marshall Islands
Las Islas Salomón ➔ The Solomon Islands
Las Islas Turcas y Caicos ➔ Turks and Caicos Islands
Las Islas Vírgenes Británicas ➔ The British Virgin Islands
Las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos ➔ The United States Virgin Islands
Las Maldivas ➔ The Maldives
Las Seychelles ➔ The Seychelles
Lesoto ➔ Lesotho
Letonia ➔ Latvia
Liberia ➔ Liberia
Libia ➔ Libya
Liechtenstein ➔ Liechtenstein
Lituania ➔ Lithuania
Luxemburgo ➔ Luxembourg
Macao ➔ Macau
Macedonia del Norte ➔ North Macedonia
Madagascar ➔ Madagascar
Malasia ➔ Malaysia
Malaui / Malawi ➔ Malawi
Mali / Malí ➔ Mali
Malta ➔ Malta
Marruecos ➔ Morocco
Martinica ➔ Martinique
Mauricio ➔ Mauritius
Mauritania ➔ Mauritania
México ➔ Mexico
Micronesia ➔ Micronesia
Moldavia ➔ Moldova
Mónaco ➔ Monaco
Mongolia ➔ Mongolia
Montenegro ➔ Montenegro
Mozambique ➔ Mozambique
Myanmar / Birmania ➔ Myanmar / Burma
Namibia ➔ Namibia
Nauru / Naurú ➔ Nauru
Nepal ➔ Nepal
Nicaragua ➔ Nicaragua
Níger ➔ Niger
Nigeria ➔ Nigeria
Noruega ➔ Norway
Nueva Caledonia ➔ New Caledonia
Nueva Zelanda ➔ New Zealand
Omán ➔ Oman
Países Bajos ➔ The Netherlands
Pakistán / Paquistán ➔ Pakistan
Palaos ➔ Palau
Palestina ➔ Palestine
Panamá ➔ Panama
Papúa Nueva Guinea ➔ Papua New Guinea
Paraguay ➔ Paraguay
Perú ➔ Peru
Polonia ➔ Poland
Portugal ➔ Portugal
Puerto Rico ➔ Puerto Rico
Reino Unido ➔ United Kingdom
República Dominicana ➔ Dominican Republic
Ruanda ➔ Rwanda
Rumania / Rumanía ➔ Romania
Rusia ➔ Russia
Samoa ➔ Samoa
Samoa Americana / Samoa Estadounidense ➔ American Samoa
San Cristóbal y Nieves ➔ Saint Kitts and Nevis
San Marino ➔ San Marino
San Martín ➔ Saint Martin
San Vicente y las Granadinas ➔ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Santa Lucía ➔ Saint Lucia
Santo Tomé y Príncipe ➔ São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal ➔ Senegal
Serbia ➔ Serbia
Sierra Leona / Sierra Leone ➔ Sierra Leone
Singapur ➔ Singapore
Siria ➔ Syria
Somalia ➔ Somalia
Sri Lanka ➔ Sri Lanka
Suazilandia / Esuatini ➔ Swaziland / Eswatini
Sudáfrica / Suráfrica ➔ South Africa
Sudán ➔ Sudan
Sudán del Sur ➔ South Sudan
Suecia ➔ Sweden
Suiza ➔ Switzerland
Surinam ➔ Suriname
Tailandia ➔ Thailand
Taiwan ➔ Taiwan
Tanzania ➔ Tanzania
Tayikistán ➔ Tajikistan
Timor Oriental ➔ East Timor
Togo ➔ Togo
Tokelau ➔ Tokelau
Tonga ➔ Tonga
Trinidad y Tobago ➔ Trinidad and Tobago
Túnez ➔ Tunisia
Turkmenistán ➔ Turkmenistan
Turquía ➔ Türkiye / Turkey
Tuvalu ➔ Tuvalu
Ucrania ➔ Ukraine
Uganda ➔ Uganda
Uruguay ➔ Uruguay
Uzbekistán ➔ Uzbekistan
Vanuatu ➔ Vanuatu
Venezuela ➔ Venezuela
Vietnam ➔ Vietnam
Yemen ➔ Yemen
Yibuti ➔ Djibouti
Zambia ➔ Zambia
Zimbabue ➔ Zimbabwe
Alternative Country Names in Spanish
Sometimes a country will have a variant name like an official name that is different to their common name. So, here is a list of some other names that countries may be called in Spanish. Many of the names are indeed the official country name in Spanish.
Departamento de Guyana ➔ The Department of Guyana
El Emirato Islámico de Afganistán ➔ The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
El Estado de Eritrea ➔ The State of Eritrea
El Estado de Libia ➔ The State of Libya
El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico ➔ The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
El Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia ➔ The Plurinational State of Bolivia
El Principado de Andorra ➔ The Principality of Andorra
El Principado de Monaco ➔ The Principality of Monaco
El Reino de Marruecos ➔ The Kingdom of Morocco
El Reino de Suecia ➔ The Kingdom of Sweden
El Sultanato de Omán ➔ The Sultanate of Oman
El Vaticano ➔ The Vatican
Estado de Israel ➔ State of Israel
Estado de Kuwait ➔ The State of Kuwait
Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano ➔ Vatican City State
Estado de Palestina ➔ The State of Palestine
Estado de Qatar ➔ The State of Qatar
Estado Independiente de Papúa Nueva Guinea ➔ The Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Estado Independiente de Samoa ➔ The Independent State of Samoa
Estados Unidos ➔ United States
Estados Unidos Mexicanos ➔ The United Mexican States
Federación de Rusia ➔ The Russian Federation
Federación de San Cristóbal y Nieves ➔ The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo ➔ The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Islas Virgenes Estadounidenses ➔ The American Virgin Islands
La Confederación Suiza ➔ The Swiss Confederation
La Mancomunidad de Australia ➔ The Commonwealth of Australia
La Mancomunidad de Dominica ➔ The Commonwealth of Dominica
La Mancomunidad de las Bahamas ➔ The Commonwealth of the Bahamas
La República Árabe de Egipto ➔ The Arab Republic of Egypt
La República Centroafricana ➔ The Central African Republic
La República Cooperativa de Guyana ➔ The Cooperative Republic of Guyana
La República de Armenia ➔ The Republic of Armenia
La República de Belarus ➔ The Republic of Belarus
La República de Benín ➔ The Republic of Benin
La República de Camerún ➔ The Republic of Cameroon
La República de China ➔ The Republic of China (Taiwan)
La República de Chipre ➔ The Republic of Cyprus
La República de Corea ➔ The Republic of Korea (South Korea)
La República de Filipinas ➔ The Republic of the Philippines
La República de Finlandia ➔ The Republic of Finland
La República de Fiyi ➔ The Republic of Fiji
La República de Gambia ➔ The Republic of Gambia
La República de Ghana ➔ The Republic of Ghana
La República de Indonesia ➔ The Republic of Indonesia
La República de Irak ➔ The Republic of Iraq
La República de Kenia / La República de Kenya ➔ The Republic of Kenya
La República de Kiribati ➔ The Republic of Kiribati
La República de Liberia ➔ The Republic of Liberia
La República de Lituania ➔ The Republic of Lithuania
La República de Malawi ➔ The Republic of Malawi
La República de Maldivas ➔ The Republic of Maldives
La República de Malta ➔ The Republic of Malta
La República de Moldavia ➔ The Republic of Moldova
La República de Mozambique ➔ The Republic of Mozambique
La República de Nauru ➔ The Republic of Nauru
La República de Palaos ➔ The Republic of Palau
La República de Polonia ➔ The Republic of Poland
La República de Seychelles ➔ The Republic of Seychelles
La República de Sierra Leona ➔ The Republic of Sierra Leone
La República de Sudáfrica ➔ The Republic of South Africa
La República de Surinam ➔ The Republic of Suriname
La República de Tayikistán ➔ The Republic of Tajikistan
La República de Trinidad y Tobago ➔ The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
La República de Vanuatu ➔ The Republic of Vanuatu
La República de Yemen ➔ The Republic of Yemen
La República de Zambia ➔ The Republic of Zambia
La República del Congo ➔ The Republic of the Congo
La República Democrática de Santo Tomé y Príncipe ➔ The Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
La República Democrática Federal de Etiopía ➔ The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
La República Democrática Socialista de Sri Lanka ➔ The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
La República Federal de Alemania ➔ The Federal Republic of Germany
La República Francesa ➔ The French Republic
La República Gabonesa ➔ The Gabonese Republic
La República Islámica de Mauritania ➔ The Islamic Republic of Mauritania
La República Italiana ➔ The Italian Republic
La República Libanesa ➔ The Lebanese Republic
La República Popular China ➔ The People's Republic of China
La República Popular Democrática de Corea ➔ The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
La República Portuguesa ➔ The Portuguese Republic
La República Unida de Tanzania ➔ The United Republic of Tanzania
Las Islas Bermudas ➔ The Bermuda Islands
Los Estados Federados de Micronesia ➔ The Federated States of Micronesia
Mancomunidad de las Islas Marianas del Norte ➔ The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
País de Curazao ➔ The Country of Curaçao
País de San Martín ➔ The Country of Saint Martin
Principado de Liechtenstein ➔ Principality of Liechtenstein
Región Administrativa Especial de Hong Kong de la República Popular China ➔ The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Región Administrativa Especial de Macao de la República Popular China ➔ The Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Reino de Arabia Saudita / Reino de Arabia Saudí ➔ The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Reino de Bahréin ➔ The Kingdom of Bahrain
Reino de Bélgica ➔ Kingdom of Belgium
Reino de Camboya ➔ The Kingdom of Cambodia
Reino de España ➔ The Kingdom of Spain
Reino de Lesoto ➔ The Kingdom of Lesotho
Reino de Noruega ➔ The Kingdom of Norway
Reino de Tailandia ➔ The Kingdom of Thailand
Reino de Tonga ➔ The Kingdom of Tonga
Reino Hachemita de Jordania ➔ Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte ➔ The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
República Árabe Siria ➔ The Syrian Arab Republic
República Argelina Democrática y Popular ➔ The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
República Argentina ➔ The Argentine Republic
República Bolivariana de Venezuela ➔ The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
República de Albania ➔ The Republic of Albania
República de Angola ➔ The Republic of Angola
República de Austria ➔ The Republic of Austria
República de Azerbaiyán ➔ The Republic of Azerbaijan
República de Bulgaria ➔ The Republic of Bulgaria
República de Burundi ➔ Republic of Burundi
República de Cabo Verde ➔ The Republic of Cape Verde
República de Chile ➔ The Republic of Chile
República de Colombia ➔ The Republic of Colombia
República de Costa Rica ➔ Republic of Costa Rica
República de Croacia ➔ The Republic of Croatia
República de Cuba ➔ The Republic of Cuba
República de El Salvador ➔ The Republic of El Salvador
República de Eslovenia ➔ The Republic of Slovenia
República de Estonia ➔ The Republic of Estonia
República de Guatemala ➔ The Republic of Guatemala
República de Guinea ➔ The Republic of Guinea
República de Guinea Ecuatorial ➔ The Republic of Equatorial Guinea
República de Haiti ➔ The Republic of Haiti
República de Honduras ➔ The Republic of Honduras
República de Irlanda ➔ The Republic of Ireland
República de Kazajistán ➔ The Republic of Kazakhstan
República de Kosovo ➔ The Republic of Kosovo
República de la India ➔ The Republic of India
República de la Unión de Myanmar ➔ The Republic of the Union of Myanmar
República de las Islas Marshall ➔ The Republic of the Marshall Islands
República de Letonia ➔ The Republic of Latvia
República de Macedonia del Norte ➔ The Republic of North Macedonia
República de Madagascar ➔ The Republic of Madagascar
República de Mali / República de Malí ➔ The Republic of Mali
República de Mauricio ➔ Republic of Mauritius
República de Namibia ➔ The Republic of Namibia
República de Nicaragua ➔ The Republic of Nicaragua
República de Panamá ➔ The Republic of Panama
República de Rwanda ➔ The Republic of Rwanda
República de San Marino ➔ The Republic of San Marino
República de Serbia ➔ Republic of Serbia
República de Singapur ➔ The Republic of Singapore
República de Sudan ➔ The Republic of Sudan
República de Sudán del Sur ➔ The Republic of South Sudan
República de Turkmenistán ➔ The Republic of Turkmenistan
República de Turquía ➔ The Republic of Türkiye
República de Uganda ➔ The Republic of Uganda
República de Uzbekistán ➔ The Republic of Uzbekistan
República de Yibuti ➔ The Republic of Djibouti
República de Zimbabue ➔ The Republic of Zimbabwe
República del Chad ➔ The Republic of Chad
República del Ecuador ➔ The Republic of Ecuador
República del Níger ➔ The Republic of Niger
República del Paraguay ➔ The Republic of Paraguay
República del Perú ➔ The Republic of Peru
República del Senegal ➔ The Republic of Senegal
República Democrática de Timor-Leste ➔ The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
República Democrática Popular Lao ➔ Lao People's Democratic Republic
República Eslovaca ➔ The Slovak Republic
República Federal de Nigeria ➔ The Federal Republic of Nigeria
República Federal de Somalia ➔ The Federal Republic of Somalia
República Federal Democrática de Nepal ➔ The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
República Federativa de Brasil ➔ The Federative Republic of Brazil
República Helénica ➔ The Hellenic Republic
República Islámica de Irán ➔ The Islamic Republic of Iran
República Islámica de Pakistán ➔ The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
República Kirguisa ➔ Kyrgyz Republic
República Oriental del Uruguay ➔ The Eastern Republic of Uruguay
República Popular de Bangladesh ➔ The People's Republic of Bangladesh
República Socialista de Vietnam ➔ The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
República Tunecina ➔ The Tunisian Republic
Serenísima República de San Marino ➔ The Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Territorio de la Isla de Navidad ➔ Christmas Island Territory
This Spanish countries list was first created on May 20, 2025.
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