[OC] Official Names Around the World: The frequencies of different official names

[u/VLenin2291]

[u/Brownwax]

So this is just a plain bar graph - not sure the presentation of the data helped it in any way. Maybe if the data was presented on a world map in some way….

[u/playhacker → u/Brownwax]

It is perfectly fine using a bar graph over a map if the main purpose is to compare the count of country name prefixes/suffixes.
The difference in country sizes may make it difficult to do that.

[u/playhacker]

I'm sorry but what is supposed to be the grouping criteria here?

I'm looking at the cited wikipedia source for the "other" countries and no where does it list all those countries starting with "the".

I would have thought the United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and United States of America would be grouped under UNITED

Looking at another website, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/official-names-of-countries, a lot of countries don't really use "The" as the first word.

And what do you mean by "No official name"? Can a country really not have an official name?

[u/Jusfiq → u/playhacker]

And what do you mean by "No official name"? Can a country really not have an official name?

I guess it’s for countries like Canada or Malaysia which names are just that without any attribute.

[u/VLenin2291 → u/playhacker]

They don’t start with “the,” but you are supposed to say “the,” because they are “the thing of thing”.

I don’t see your logic on the “United” thing.

Indeed, a country can just not have an official name. Ukraine, for example, is just “Ukraine.”

[u/alternaivitas → u/VLenin2291]

Ukraine's official name is Ukraine

[u/Zigxy]

Feels like “The United…” should be a valid category

The United Mexican States

The United States of America

The United Kingdom

[u/Fedelede → u/Zigxy]

In that case all variations of Republic should be counted together

[u/Ok-Judgment3690]

A pareto chart could be beneficial here.

Seeing the leading categories here is requiring me jumping left and right, whereas a pareto chart would make it much easier to discern the top official names prefixes.

[u/crybxbydxn]

"Democratic Republic of" before a country's name is usually a sign of authoritarianism.

[u/VLenin2291]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states#UN_member_states_and_General_Assembly_observer_states

Entires in "Other states" were not used.

Made in Google Sheets.

[u/VLenin2291 → u/VLenin2291]

Now that this bit's out of the way, here are the official names are for states categorized under "Other":

1. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
2. The Plurinational State of Bolivia
3. The Federative Republic of Brazil
4. Brunei Darussalam
5. The Union of the Comoros
6. The Arab Republic of Egypt
7. The Co-operative Republic of Guyana
8. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
9. The Lao People's Democratic Republic
10. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
11. The United Mexican States
12. The Federated States of Micronesia
13. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar
14. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
15. The Sultanate of Oman
16. The Russian Federation
17. The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
18. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
19. The Swiss Confederation
20. The Syrian Arab Republic
21. The United Republic of Tanzania
22. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
23. The United States of America
24. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay
25. The Vatican City State
26. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
27. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam