Entities without confirmed cases
Below is a list of countries and territories with no confirmed cases of COVID-19 (as of 25 March 2020), in order of greatest population.
Locations with suspected cases are in italics and noted with an asterisk (*).
UN member states
As of 25 March 2020, 22 sovereign states (all in Africa, Asia, or Oceania) have not confirmed any cases of COVID-19. Below is a list of these countries, in order of greatest population.[208]
# | Country | Population | Continent |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yemen* | 29,825,964 | Asia |
2 | North Korea* | 25,778,816 | Asia |
3 | Malawi | 19,129,952 | Africa |
4 | Burundi | 11,890,784 | Africa |
5 | South Sudan | 11,193,725 | Africa |
6 | Tajikistan | 9,537,645 | Asia |
7 | Sierra Leone | 7,976,983 | Africa |
8 | Turkmenistan | 6,031,200 | Asia |
9 | Botswana | 2,351,627 | Africa |
10 | Lesotho | 2,142,249 | Africa |
11 | Comoros | 869,601 | Africa |
12 | Solomon Islands | 686,884 | Oceania |
13 | Vanuatu | 307,145 | Oceania |
14 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 219,154 | Africa |
15 | Samoa | 198,413 | Oceania |
16 | Kiribati | 119,451 | Oceania |
17 | Micronesia | 115,030 | Oceania |
18 | Tonga*[209] | 105,695 | Oceania |
19 | Marshall Islands | 59,190 | Oceania |
20 | Palau | 18,094 | Oceania |
21 | Tuvalu | 11,793 | Oceania |
22 | Nauru | 10,823 | Oceania |