Olympic Games Beijing 2008

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Participating Nations

There are 205 National Olympic Comittees (NOCs) in the world, although is not certain yet how many of them will be participating in the 2008 Olympic Games.

List of National Olympic Comittees
NOCs / Delegation*	NOCs / Delegation*	NOCs / Delegation*
Afghanistan	Georgia	Nigeria
Albania	Germany	Norway
Algeria	Ghana	Oman
American Samoa	Great Britain	Pakistan
Andorra	Greece	Palau
Angola	Grenada	Palestine
Antigua and Barbuda	Guam	Panama
Argentina	Guatemala	Papua New Guinea
Armenia	Guinea	Paraguay
Aruba	Guinea-Bissau	Peru
Australia	Guyana	Philippines
Austria	Haiti	Poland
Azerbaijan	Honduras	Portugal	78
Bahamas	Hong Kong, China	Puerto Rico
Bahrain	Hungary	Qatar
Bangladesh	Iceland	Romania
Barbados	India	Russia
Belarus	Indonesia	Rwanda
Belgium	Iran	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belize	Ireland	Saint Lucia
Benin	Israel	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Bermuda	Italy	São Tomé and Príncipe
Bhutan	Jamaica	Samoa
Bolivia	Japan	San Marino
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jordan	Saudi Arabia
Botswana	Kazakhstan	Senegal
Brazil	Kenya	Serbia
British Virgin Islands	Kiribati	Seychelles
Brunei	South Korea	Sierra Leone
Bulgaria	North Korea	Singapore	25
Burkina Faso	Kuwait	Slovakia
Burundi	Kyrgyzstan	Slovenia
Cambodia	Laos	Solomon Islands
Cameroon	Latvia	Somalia
Canada	Lebanon	South Africa
Cape Verde	Lesotho	Spain
Cayman Islands	Liberia	Sri Lanka
Central African Republic	Libya	Sudan
Chad	Liechtenstein	Suriname
Chile	Lithuania	Swaziland
China	Luxembourg	Sweden
Colombia	FYR Macedonia	Switzerland
Comoros	Madagascar	Syria
DR Congo	Malawi	Tajikistan
Congo	Malaysia	Tanzania
Cook Islands	Maldives	Chinese Taipei
Costa Rica	Mali	Thailand
Côte d'Ivoire	Malta	Timor-Leste
Croatia	Marshall Islands	Togo
Cuba	Mauritania	Tonga
Cyprus	Mauritius	Trinidad and Tobago
Czech Republic	Mexico	Tunisia
Denmark	FS Micronesia	Turkey
Djibouti	Moldova	Turkmenistan
Dominica	Monaco	Tuvalu
Dominican Republic	Mongolia	Uganda
Ecuador	Montenegro	Ukraine
Egypt	Morocco	United Arab Emirates
El Salvador	Mozambique	United States
Equatorial Guinea	Myanmar	Uruguay
Eritrea	Namibia	Uzbekistan
Estonia	Nauru	Vanuatu
Ethiopia	Nepal	Venezuela
Fiji	Netherlands	Vietnam
Finland	Netherlands Antilles	Virgin Islands
France	New Zealand	Yemen
Gabon	Nicaragua	Zambia
Gambia	Niger	Zimbabwe

*The number of competitors per delegation is indicated where available.