| However includes all territory in the region where there are ongoing insurgencies by separatist forces | Excludes 242,862, census 2011 and 53,559, census 2015 |
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| The government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia a part of Georgia's territory | Excluding the and City of , Ukraine's administrative areas on the which are disputed with and de facto administered by Russia |
De facto independent, de jure part of.
26| Excluding Overseas Territories and Collectivities: , , , , , , and | Including the and , Russia's disputed administrative areas on the |
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| Population of the and the | De facto independent, de jure part of |
Republic of China also includes the minor islands of , , , etc.
23| De facto independent, de jure part of | The census figure refers to , excluding its of and , the former of which returned to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997 and the latter on 20 December 1999 |
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| It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by |