Countries That Start With D

Sovereign countries (4)

Four sovereign UN member states have English names beginning with D: Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, and the Dominican Republic. There are no current territories or dependencies whose English names begin with D, so the sovereign list is the complete list. What makes the letter unusual is geographic spread: four small entries scattered across four continents.

Denmark

Copenhagen · Europe

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Djibouti

Djibouti · Africa

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Dominica

Roseau · The Caribbean

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Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo · The Caribbean

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Territories and other entities

No current territories or dependencies have English names that begin with the letter D.

Browsing the alphabet is a popular way to teach geography. Try the neighbouring letters:

Countries That Start With C — Nineteen nations from Cabo Verde to Cyprus.
Countries That Start With E — Eight nations including Ecuador, Egypt, and Estonia.
Countries That Start With O — Just one country — Oman.

Quick answer for skimmers

Q: How many countries start with D?
A: Four sovereign UN member states — Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, and the Dominican Republic. No territories or dependencies have English names that begin with D.

Q: What is the difference between Dominica and the Dominican Republic?
A: They are two distinct Caribbean nations, often confused because of the similar name. Dominica is a small volcanic island country with its capital at Roseau and a population of roughly seventy thousand. The Dominican Republic is much larger, shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, and has a population of more than eleven million centred on the capital Santo Domingo.

Q: Is Denmark in Scandinavia or the European Union?
A: Both. Denmark is a Scandinavian country alongside Norway and Sweden, and it is also a member of the European Union, which it joined in 1973. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of the Kingdom of Denmark but are outside the European Union.

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