On this page, you’ll find countries that start with the letter “S”, each showing population estimates, area, capital, and language. Click on a country card to view a dashboard containing demographic, economic, and geographic data about the selected country.
Saint Barthélemy
Capital: Gustavia
Language: French
Population: 3,737
Area: 21 km²
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Capital: Jamestown
Language: English
Population: 7,943
Area: 394 km²
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Capital: Basseterre
Language: English
Population: 55,133
Area: 261 km²
Saint Lucia
Capital: Castries
Language: English
Population: 168,038
Area: 616 km²
Saint Martin
Capital: Marigot
Language: French
Population: 32,996
Area: 53 km²
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Capital: Saint-Pierre
Language: French
Population: 5,132
Area: 242 km²
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Capital: Kingstown
Language: English
Population: 100,647
Area: 389 km²
Samoa
Capital: Apia
Language: English, Samoan
Population: 208,853
Area: 2,842 km²
San Marino
Capital: City of San Marino
Language: Italian
Population: 35,095
Area: 61 km²
Saudi Arabia
Capital: Riyadh
Language: Arabic
Population: 36,544,431
Area: 2,149,690 km²
Senegal
Capital: Dakar
Language: French
Population: 18,847,519
Area: 196,722 km²
Serbia
Capital: Belgrade
Language: Serbian
Population: 6,652,212
Area: 88,361 km²
Seychelles
Capital: Victoria
Language: Seychellois Creole, English, French
Population: 98,187
Area: 452 km²
Sierra Leone
Capital: Freetown
Language: English
Population: 9,121,049
Area: 71,740 km²
Singapore
Capital: Singapore
Language: English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil
Population: 6,028,459
Area: 710 km²
Sint Maarten
Capital: Philipsburg
Language: English, French, Dutch
Population: 46,215
Area: 34 km²
Slovakia
Capital: Bratislava
Language: Slovak
Population: 5,563,649
Area: 49,037 km²
Slovenia
Capital: Ljubljana
Language: Slovene
Population: 2,097,893
Area: 20,273 km²
Solomon Islands
Capital: Honiara
Language: English
Population: 726,799
Area: 28,896 km²
Somalia
Capital: Mogadishu
Language: Arabic, Somali
Population: 13,017,273
Area: 637,657 km²
South Africa
Capital: Pretoria
Language: Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Population: 60,442,647
Area: 1,221,037 km²
South Georgia
Capital: King Edward Point
Language: English
Population: 0
Area: 3,903 km²
South Korea
Capital: Seoul
Language: Korean
Population: 52,081,799
Area: 100,210 km²
South Sudan
Capital: Juba
Language: English
Population: 12,703,714
Area: 619,745 km²
Spain
Capital: Madrid
Language: Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician
Population: 47,280,433
Area: 505,992 km²
Sri Lanka
Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Language: Sinhala, Tamil
Population: 21,982,608
Area: 65,610 km²
Sudan
Capital: Khartoum
Language: Arabic, English
Population: 50,467,278
Area: 1,886,068 km²
Suriname
Capital: Paramaribo
Language: Dutch
Population: 646,758
Area: 163,820 km²
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Capital: Longyearbyen
Language: Norwegian
Population: 1,353
Area: 61,399 km²
Sweden
Capital: Stockholm
Language: Swedish
Population: 10,589,835
Area: 450,295 km²
Switzerland
Capital: Bern
Language: French, Swiss German, Italian, Romansh
Population: 8,860,574
Area: 41,284 km²
Syria
Capital: Damascus
Language: Arabic
Population: 23,865,423
Area: 185,180 km²
São Tomé and Príncipe
Capital: São Tomé
Language: Portuguese
Population: 223,561
Area: 964 km²