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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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