Countries That Start With D

6 countries have a name starting with D. The list draws on the 193 UN member states plus Vatican City. One of them is here because one of its other names starts with D. A leading “The” is not counted as the first letter.

• Africa (2)
• Americas (2)
• Asia (1)
• Europe (1)

Africa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Middle AfricaSub-Saharan Africa · Africa

• Djibouti

  Eastern AfricaSub-Saharan Africa · Africa

Americas

• Dominica

  CaribbeanLatin America and the Caribbean · Americas

• Dominican Republic

  CaribbeanLatin America and the Caribbean · Americas

Asia

• Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  Also listed as North Korea (Wikidata)

  Eastern AsiaAsia

Europe

• Denmark

  Northern EuropeEurope

Sources

• Which countries are listed, the region under each name, and the UN M49 names: United Nations Statistics Division, Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49).
• Other names: Natural Earth, Admin 0 – Countries (1:10m), attribute table (names only) and Wikidata, English labels of the country items.

Checked September 29, 2026. How this list is put together.