Countries That Start With S

34 countries and territories start with S, more than any other letter. 26 are UN member states, and the rest are territories and dependencies. See all of them below.

#FlagCountryCapitalPopulation
1Flag of Saint Helena Saint Helena (territory)Jamestown5,633
2Flag of Samoa SamoaApia200,010
3Flag of San Marino San MarinoSan Marino34,167
4Flag of São Tomé & Príncipe São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé204,327
5Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaRiyadh33,000,000
6Flag of Scotland Scotland (territory)Edinburgh5,404,700
7Flag of Senegal SenegalDakar16,876,720
8Flag of Serbia SerbiaBelgrade6,605,168
9Flag of Seychelles SeychellesVictoria119,773
10Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra LeoneFreetown7,557,212
11Flag of Singapore SingaporeSingapore5,866,139
12Flag of Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (territory)Philipsburg43,847
13Flag of Slovakia SlovakiaBratislava5,409,407
14Flag of Slovenia SloveniaLjubljana2,066,880
15Flag of Solomon Islands Solomon IslandsHoniara611,343
16Flag of Somalia SomaliaMogadishu11,031,386
17Flag of South Africa South AfricaPretoria62,027,503
18Flag of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (territory)King Edward Point35
19Flag of South Korea South KoreaSeoul51,466,201
20Flag of South Sudan South SudanJuba12,575,714
21Flag of Spain SpainMadrid48,592,909
22Flag of Sri Lanka Sri LankaColombo21,444,000
23Flag of St. Barthélemy St. Barthélemy (territory)Gustavia10,124
24Flag of St. Kitts & Nevis St. Kitts & NevisBasseterre46,922
25Flag of St. Lucia St. LuciaCastries167,591
26Flag of St. Martin St. Martin (territory)Marigot32,358
27Flag of St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Pierre & Miquelon (territory)Saint-Pierre5,974
28Flag of St. Vincent & Grenadines St. Vincent & GrenadinesKingstown109,897
29Flag of Sudan SudanKhartoum40,533,330
30Flag of Suriname SurinameParamaribo563,402
31Flag of Svalbard & Jan Mayen Svalbard & Jan Mayen (territory)—2,905
32Flag of Sweden SwedenStockholm10,609,460
33Flag of Switzerland SwitzerlandBern9,104,063
34Flag of Syria SyriaDamascus23,865,423

Flags of countries starting with S

Flag of Saint Helena Saint Helena Flag of Samoa Samoa Flag of San Marino San Marino Flag of São Tomé & Príncipe São Tomé & Príncipe Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Flag of Scotland Scotland Flag of Senegal Senegal Flag of Serbia Serbia Flag of Seychelles Seychelles Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Flag of Singapore Singapore Flag of Sint Maarten Sint Maarten Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Flag of Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Flag of Somalia Somalia Flag of South Africa South Africa Flag of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Flag of South Korea South Korea Flag of South Sudan South Sudan Flag of Spain Spain Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Flag of St. Barthélemy St. Barthélemy Flag of St. Kitts & Nevis St. Kitts & Nevis Flag of St. Lucia St. Lucia Flag of St. Martin St. Martin Flag of St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Pierre & Miquelon Flag of St. Vincent & Grenadines St. Vincent & Grenadines Flag of Sudan Sudan Flag of Suriname Suriname Flag of Svalbard & Jan Mayen Svalbard & Jan Mayen Flag of Sweden Sweden Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Flag of Syria Syria

Notes on countries that start with S

S is the most common first letter for countries. Europe has Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino. Switzerland and the Vatican City have square flags, and Switzerland has a white cross on red.

Asia has Saudi Arabia, whose green flag carries the Islamic creed and a sword, plus Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea and Syria. Africa has Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, South Africa and Seychelles.

In the Americas there are Suriname and several Caribbean islands such as St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Pacific has Samoa and the Solomon Islands. Scotland is a nation of the United Kingdom.

Fun fact: South Sudan, created in 2011, is the newest country that starts with S.

Countries by other letters

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