That's because day 1 no longer counts against the 70 hour limit (you are only required to count the current day and the previous 7 days for 8 days total). Since the driver had -5 hours available and 10 hours fell off the calculation, the driver had a total of 5 hours available on the 70 hour limit.
How many countries are there in the world? Since South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, there are now 195 independent sovereign nations in the world (including disputed but defacto independent Taiwan), plus about 60 dependent areas, and five disputed territories, like Kosovo.
The Number of Countries in the World. By Most Accounts, There Are 196 Countries in the World. The flags of the countries that are members of the United Nations fly outside U.N. headquarters in New York City.Bill Losh/The Image Bank/Getty Images.ifferent numbers pop up when one inquires or reads about the number of countries in the world. Unfortunately many counts exceed 200 as they count territories which are not independent countries. Nonetheless, each source you use often yields a different answer.