Countries That Start With S
33 countries and territories whose name begins with the letter S.
Countries
| # | Country | Capital | Population | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Barthélemy | Gustavia | 10.6K | 21 |
| 2 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Jamestown | 5.7K | 394 |
| 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 51.3K | 261 |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | Castries | 184.1K | 616 |
| 5 | Saint Martin | Marigot | 31.5K | 53 |
| 6 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | 5.8K | 242 |
| 7 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 110.9K | 389 |
| 8 | Samoa | Apia | 205.6K | 2,842 |
| 9 | San Marino | City of San Marino | 34.1K | 61 |
| 10 | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 209.6K | 964 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 35M | 2,149,690 |
| 12 | Senegal | Dakar | 19M | 196,722 |
| 13 | Serbia | Belgrade | 6.6M | 77,589 |
| 14 | Seychelles | Victoria | 122.7K | 452 |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 9.1M | 71,740 |
| 16 | Singapore | Singapore | 6.1M | 710 |
| 17 | Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | 41.3K | 34 |
| 18 | Slovakia | Bratislava | 5.4M | 49,037 |
| 19 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 2.1M | 20,273 |
| 20 | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 750.3K | 28,896 |
| 21 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 20M | 637,657 |
| 22 | South Africa | Pretoria | 63M | 1,221,037 |
| 23 | South Georgia | King Edward Point | — | 3,903 |
| 24 | South Korea | Seoul | 51M | 100,210 |
| 25 | South Sudan | Juba | 16M | 619,745 |
| 26 | Spain | Madrid | 49M | 505,992 |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 22M | 65,610 |
| 28 | Sudan | Khartoum | 52M | 1,886,068 |
| 29 | Suriname | Paramaribo | 616.5K | 163,820 |
| 30 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Longyearbyen | 2.5K | 61,399 |
| 31 | Sweden | Stockholm | 11M | 450,295 |
| 32 | Switzerland | Bern | 9.1M | 41,284 |
| 33 | Syria | Damascus | 26M | 185,180 |
Frequently Asked Questions
There are 33 countries and territories in our database whose English name starts with the letter S. See the full table above.
We filter all countries and territories from our REST Countries database by the first letter of each English name, then sort alphabetically.
Country profiles combine REST Countries (borders, UN membership), CIA World Factbook (coastline, government type, elevation), and World Bank and WHO indicators.