How many world leaders are there in the world?

It is difficult to give an exact number of world leaders because it depends on how you determine who a world leader is, plus the number would always be changing as new world leaders show up and others retire or die.

You can see a list of the CIA's World Leaders, containing hundreds of names. [See Related Links] It contains the Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, but there are many others who are not a Chief of State or a member of a foreign government who could also be considered a world leader.