How many TOTAL countries were occupied by the Axis powers by 1941?

In addition to the 3 major Axis powers, 4 more countries and 2 puppet regimes signed the Tri-Partite Pact as its member states. Of the 4 countries, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria participated in various Axis military operations with their national armed forces,

Answer: Czechoslovakia, France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Serbia, northern Greece, Austria, Luxembourg, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Finland, Croatia, Indochina, Thailand, Malaysia, Burma, the Pacific Islands, Ethiopia, parts of New Guiana, Libya, and parts of Egypt. (24 countries)