Holodomor Countries

nov2003 = 'Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nauru, Pakistan, Qatar, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America'
dec2013 = 'Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America'
dec2008 = 'Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Saint Lucia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America'
dec2018 = 'Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America'
nov2003add = 'Argentina, Iran, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Peru, South Korea, South Africa, Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan'

all_countries = nov2003.split(', ') + dec2013.split(', ') + dec2008.split(', ') + dec2018.split(', ') + nov2003add.split(', ')
for counter in range(len(all_countries)):
    if all_countries[counter].startswith('the '): #if country name starts with "the ", remove it
        all_countries[counter] = all_countries[counter][4:] #remove "the "


all_countries = set(all_countries)  #remove duplicate names
all_countries = list(all_countries)
all_countries.sort()
print(all_countries)
print('The number of countries are ', len(all_countries))

>['Albania', 'Argentina', 'Australia', 'Austria', 'Azerbaijan', 'Bangladesh', 'Belarus', 'Belgium', 'Benin', 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'Bulgaria', 'Canada', 'Chile', 'Croatia', 'Czech Republic', 'Denmark', 'Egypt', 'Estonia', 'Finland', 'France', 'Georgia', 'Germany', 'Guatemala', 'Hungary', 'Iceland', 'Iran', 'Ireland', 'Israel', 'Jamaica', 'Kazakhstan', 'Kuwait', 'Kyrgyzstan', 'Latvia', 'Liechtenstein', 'Lithuania', 'Luxembourg', 'Macedonia', 'Malta', 'Moldova', 'Monaco', 'Mongolia', 'Montenegro', 'Nauru', 'Nepal', 'Netherlands', 'Norway', 'Pakistan', 'Peru', 'Poland', 'Portugal', 'Qatar', 'Russian Federation', 'Saint Lucia', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Slovenia', 'South Africa', 'South Korea', 'Spain', 'Sudan', 'Sweden', 'Switzerland', 'Syrian Arab Republic', 'Tajikistan', 'Timor-Leste', 'Turkmenistan', 'Ukraine', 'United Arab Emirates', 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', 'United States of America', 'Uzbekistan']
>The number of countries are  70