ASSALOMU ALAYKUM

      Country:  

             City:  

                Code:  

    Albania

    Tirana

    355+42

    Algeria

    Algeria

    213+2

    Andorra

    Andorra

    376

    Angola

    Luanda

    244+2

    Argentina

    Buenos Aires

    54+1

    Australia

    Canberra

    61+262

    Austria

    Vienna

    43+1

    Bangladesh

    Dacca

    880+2

    Barbados

    Barbados

    1246

    Belgium

    Brussels

    32+2

    Bolivia

    La Paz

    591+2

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Sarajevo

    387+71

    Brazil

    Brasilia

    55+61

    Bulgaria

    Sofia

    359+2

    Canada

    Ottawa

    1+613

    Chile

    Santiago

    56+2

    China

    Peking

    86+10

    Columbia

    Bogotá

    57+1

    Croatia

    Zagreb

    385+1

    Cuba

    Havana

    53+7

    Cyprus

    Nicosia

    357+2

    Czech

    Prague

    420+2

    Denmark

    Copenhagen

    45+1

    Egypt

    Cairo

    20+2

    Estonia

    Tallinn

    372+2

    Finland

    Helsinki

    358+9

    France

    Paris

    33+1

    Ghana

    Accra

    233+21

    Germany

    Berlin

    49+30

    The Great Britain

    London

    44+171,181

    Greece

    Athens

    30+210

    Guyana

    Georgetown

    592+2

    Haiti

    Port-au-Prince

    509+1

    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong

    852

    Hungary

    Budapest

    36+1

    Iceland

    Reykjavik

    354+1

    India

    Delhi

    91+11

    Indonesia

    Jakarta

    62+21

    Iran

    Teheran

    98+21

    Iraq

    Baghdad

    964+1

    Ireland

    Dublin

    353+1

    Israel

    Tel Aviv

    972+3

    Italy

    Rome

    39+6

    Japan

    Tokyo

    81+3

    Jordan

    Amman

    962+6

    Korea Southern

    Seoul

    82+2

    Korea

    Pyongyang

    850+2

Latvia

    Riga

    371+2

    Libya

    Tripoli

    218+21

    Liechtenstein

    Liechtenstein

    42+3

    Lithuania

    Vilnius

    370+52

    Luxembourg

    Luxembourg

    352

    Macedonia

    Skopje

    389+2

    Malaysia

    Kuala Lumpur

    60+3

    Malta

    Malta

    356

    Mexico

    Mexico

    52+5

    Morocco

    Rabat

    212+7

    Mongolia

    Ulan Bator

    976+1

    Nepal

    Katmandu

    977+1

    Nigeria

    Lagos

    234+1

    Netherlands

    Amsterdam

    31+20

    Nicaragua

    Managua

    505+2

    New Zealand

    Wellington

    64+4

    Norway

    Oslo

    47+22

    Pakistan

    Islamabad

    92+51

    Panama

    Panama

    507

    Peru

    Lima

    51+1

    Philippines

    Manila

    63+2

    Poland

    Warsaw

    48+22

    Portugal

    Lisbon

    351+1

    Bucharest

    40+21

     RSA

    Pretoria

    27+12

    Serbia

    Belgrade

    381+11

    Slovenia.

    Ljubljana

    386+61

    Singapore

    Singapore

    65

    Slovakia

    Bratislava

    421+2

    Spain

    Madrid

    34+912

    Sweden

    Stockholm

    46+8

    Switzerland

    Bern

    41+31

    Syria

    Damascus

    963+11

    Thailand

    Bangkok

    66+2

    Tunis

    Tunis

    216+1

    Turkey

    Ankara

    90+312

    UAE

    Abu Dhabi

    971+2

    Uruguay

    Montevideo

    598+2

    USA

    Washington

    1+202

    Uzbekistan

   Tashkent        

   998+732

    Vietnam

    Hanoi

    84+4

    Venezuela

    Caracas

    58+2

    Zimbabwe

    Harare

    263+4

Official name (Rasmiy nomi

Capital (Poytaxti)

Area (Maydoni)

Population (Aholisi)

Ethnic groups (Xalqi)

Languages (Tili)

(Religion) Dini

Form of government (Davlat tuzumi)

Currency (Pul birligi)

Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan

K*bul

652,225 sq km

28,717,213 (2003)

Pashtun 38%

Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%

Sunni Muslim 84%

Islamic state; 

transitional government

afghani (AF)

Republic of Albania

Tirana

28,748 sq km

3,582,205 (2003)

Albanian 95%

Albanian

Muslim 39%

Multiparty republic

lek (L)

Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

Algiers

2,381,741 sq km

32,818,500 (2003)

Arab 83%

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim 96%

Republic

Algerian dinar (AD)

Principality of Andorra

Andorra la Vella

468 sq km

69,150 (2003)

Spanish 61%

Catalan (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 89%

Parliamentary coprincipality

The French and Spanish currencies are used.

Republic of Angola

Luanda

1,246,700 sq km

10,766,471 (2003)

Ovimbunda 37%

Portuguese (ofc.);

Roman Catholic 62%

Transitional government

readjusted kwanza (AOK)

Antigua and Barbuda

Saint John’s

442 sq km

67,897 (2003)

Black African 96%

English (ofc.)

Anglican 33%

Parliamentary democracy

East Caribbean dollar (EC$)

Argentine Republic

Buenos Aires

2,780,400 sq km

38,740,807 (2003)

Descendantof European immigrants 85%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 91%

Federal Republic

peso

Republic of Armenia

Yerevan

29,800 sq km

3,326,448 (2003)

Armenian 93%

Armenian 96%

Armenian Apostolic 78%

Republic

dram

Commonwealth of Australia

Canberra

7,682,300 sq km

19,731,984 (2003)

White 91%

English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 29%

Federal parliamentary democracy

Australian dollar ($A)

Republic of Austria

Vienna

83,858 sq km

8,188,207 (2003)

German 99.4%

German (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 76%

Federal republic with parliamentary democracy

euro (€)

Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku

86,600 sq km

7,830,764 (2003)

Azeri 90.0%

Azeri 89%

Muslim 84%

Republic

manat

Kingdom of Bahrain

Manama

707 sq km

667,238 (2003)

Bahraini Arab 63%

Arabic (ofc.)

Shiite Muslim 60% Sunni Muslim 25 %

Monarchy

Bahraini dinar (BD)

People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Dhaka

147,570 sq km

138,448,210 (2003)

Bengali 98%

Bangla (ofc.)

Muslim 86%

Republic

taka (Tk)

Barbados

Bridgetown

430 sq km

277,264 (2003)

African 90%

English (ofc.)

Protestant 31%

Parliamentary democracy

Barbados dollar (Bds$)

Republic of Belarus

Minsk

207,595 sq km

10,322,151 (2003)

Belarusian 77.9%

Belarusian (ofc.)

Eastern Orthodox 49%

Republic

Belarusian ruble (Rbl)

Kingdom of Belgium

Brussels

30,528 sq km

10,289,088 (2003)

Flemish 55%

Dutch (ofc.) 56%

Roman Catholic 81%

Constitutional monarchy

euro (€)

Belize

Belmopan

22,965 sq km

266,440 (2003)

Mestizo 44%

English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 57%

Parliamentary democracy

Belizean dollar (BZ$)

Republic of Benin

Porto-Novo

112,622 sq km

7,041,490 (2003)

African

French (ofc.)

Indigenous beliefs 52%

Multiparty republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Kingdom of Bhutan

Thimphu

47,000 sq km

2,139,549 (2003)

Bhutia 50%

Dzongkha (ofc.)

Buddhist 74%

Monarchy; special treaty relationship with India

ngultrum (Nu)

Republic of Bolivia

La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (country capital and seat of judiciary)

1,098,581 sq km

8,586,443 (2003)

Quechua 30%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 88%

Republic

boliviano (B)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

51,129 sq km

3,989,018 (2003)

Muslim 40%

Serbo-Croatian (ofc.) 99%

Muslim 40%

Multiparty republic

convertible marka

Republic of Botswana

Gaborone

581,730 sq km

1,573,267 (2003)

Tswana 75%

English (ofc.)

Other Christians 45%

Parliamentary republic

pula (P)

Federative Republic of Brazil

Brasília

8,547,404 sq km

182,032,600 (2003)

Caucasian 55%

Portuguese (ofc.)

Roman Catholic (nominal) 90%

Federal republic

real (R$)

Negara Brunei Darussalam

Bandar Seri Begawan

5,765 sq km

358,098 (2003)

Malay 64%

Malay (ofc.)

Muslim (Islam is the ofc. religion) 64 %

Constitutional sultanate

Bruneian dollar (B$)

Republic of Bulgaria

Sofia

110,994 sq km

7,537,929 (2003)

Bulgarian 85.3%

Bulgarian (ofc.)

Bulgarian Orthodox 72%

Multiparty republic

new lev (Lv)

Burkina Faso

yuqoriga

Ouagadougou

274,200 sq km

13,228,460 (2003)

Mossi, Gourounsi, Senufo, Lobi

French (ofc.)

Muslim 49%

Multiparty republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Republic of Burundi

Bujumbura

27,834 sq km

6,096,156 (2003)

Hutu (Bantu speakers) 79%

Kirundi (ofc.), French (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 57%

Republic

Burundi franc (FBu)

Kingdom of Cambodia

Phnom Penh

181,035 sq km

13,124,764 (2003)

Khmer 90%

Khmer (ofc.)

Theravada Buddhist 85%

Constitutional monarchy

riel (CR)

Republic of Cameroon

Yaoundé

475,442 sq km

15,746,179 (2003)

Fang, Bamileke, Fulani

24 major African language groups

Roman Catholic 26%

Multiparty republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Canada

Ottawa

9,970,610 sq km

32,207,113 (2003)

British Isles origin 35.0%

English (ofc.), French (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 45.2%

Federal parliamentary democracy

Canadian dollar (C$)

Republic of Cape Verde

Praia

4,033 sq km

412,137 (2003)

Creole 71%

Portuguese (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 95%

Republic

Cape Verdean escudo (CVEsc)

Central African Republic

Bangui

622,436 sq km

3,683,538 (2003)

Baya 34%

French (ofc.)

Christian 45%

Republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Republic of Chad

N’Djamena

1,284,000 sq km

9,253,493 (2003)

Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko

French (ofc.), Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim 59%

Republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Republic of Chile

Santiago

756,626 sq km

15,665,216 (2003)

Mestizo 93%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 78%

Multiparty Republic

Chilean peso (Ch$)

People’s Republic of China

Beijing

9,571,300 sq km

1,286,975,500 (2003)

Han Chinese 92%

Standard Chinese, or Mandarin

Officially atheist

Communist state

yuan

Republic of Colombia

Bogotá

1,141,748 sq km

41,662,073 (2003)

Mestizo 58%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 96%

Multiparty Republic

Colombian peso (Col$)

Union of Comoros

Moroni

1,862 sq km

632,948 (2003)

Mixed African, Arab

Arabic (ofc.), French (ofc.)

Muslim (largely Sunni) 98%

Republic

Comorian franc (CF)

Republic of Costa Rica

San José

51,060 sq km

3,896,092 (2003)

White (including mestizo) 96%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 91%

Democratic republic

Costa Rican colón (C)

Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

Yamoussoukro

322,462 sq km

16,962,491 (2003)

Akan (Baule, Agni), Kru

French (ofc.)

Indigenous beliefs 37% Muslim 30%

Republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Republic of Croatia

Zagreb

56,510 sq km

4,422,248 (2003)

Croatian 78%

Croatian 96%

Roman Catholic 89%

Multiparty republic

kuna (HRK)

Republic of Cuba

Havana

114,525 sq km

11,263,429 (2003)

Mixed race 51%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 40%

Communist state

Cuban peso (Cu$)

Republic of Cyprus

Nicosia

9,251 sq km

771,657 (2003)

Greek 85%

Greek, Turkish

Greek Orthodox 85%

Republic

Cyprus pound

Czech Republic

Prague

78,864 sq km

10,249,216 (2003)

Czech 94.0%

Czech (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 40%

Unitary republic

Czech koruna (Kc)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Kinshasa

2,344,885 sq km

56,625,039 (2003)

African ethnic groups

French (ofc.)

Christian 95%

Republic with a strong presidential system

Congolese franc

Kingdom of Denmark

Copenhagen

43,094 sq km

5,384,384 (2003)

Danish

Danish (ofc.)

Protestant 88%

Constitutional monarchy

Danish krone (DKr)

Republic of Djibouti

Djibouti

23,200 sq km

457,130 (2003)

Somali (largely Issa) 60%

French (ofc.), Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim 94%

Republic

Djibouti franc (DF)

Commonwealth of Dominica

Roseau

750 sq km

69,655 (2003)

Black, Carib

English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 80%

Parliamentary democracy

East Caribbean dollar (EC$)

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

48,400 sq km

8,715,602 (2003)

Mixed 73%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 89%

Republic

Dominican peso (RD$)

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Dili

14,874 sq km

997,853 (2003)

Eastern Tetum (Belu) 45%

Tetum and Portuguese (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 90%

Parliamentary democracy

United States dollar ($)

Republic of Ecuador

Quito

272,045 sq km

13,710,234 (2003)

Mestizo 55%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 94%

Republic

United States dollar (US$)

Arab Republic of Egypt

yuqoriga

Cairo

997,739 sq km

74,718,797 (2003)

Eastern Hamitic (Egyptians, Bedouin, and Berbers) 99%

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%

Republic

Egyptian pound (£E)

Republic of El Salvador

San Salvador

21,041 sq km

6,470,379 (2003)

Mestizo 90%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 91%

Republic

colón (C)

Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

28,051 sq km

510,473 (2003)

Fang 80%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 86%

Republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

State of Eritrea

Asmara

121,144 sq km

4,362,254 (2003)

Tigrinya 50%

Tigrinya, Tigre, Arabic

Orthodox Christian 46% Muslim 45%

Transitional government

nakfa

Republic of Estonia

Tallinn

45,227 sq km

1,408,556 (2003)

1,408,556 (2003)

Estonian (ofc.)

Protestant 17% Orthodox Christian 16%

Republic

Estonian kroon (EEK)

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

1,133,380 sq km

66,557,553 (2003)

Oromo 40%

Amharic (ofc.)

Orthodox Christian (Ethiopian) 36% Muslim 30%

Federal republic

birr (Br)

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Skopje

25,713 sq km

2,063,122 (2003)

Macedonian Slavs 67%

Macedonian 70%

Orthodox Christian (mostly Macedonian Orthodox) 60%

Multiparty republic

denar

Federated States of Micronesia

Palikir

702 sq km

136,973 (2003)

Chuukese 41%

English (ofc.)

Christian 93%

Constitutional government in free association with the United States since 1986

United States dollar (U.S.$)

Republic of the Fiji Islands

Suva

18,376 sq km

868,531 (2003)

Fijian 50%

English (ofc.)

Protestant (mostly Methodist)

Republic

Fiji dollar (F$)

Republic of Finland

Helsinki

338,145 sq km

5,190,785 (2003)

Finn 93%

Finnish (ofc.) 92.5%

Protestant (Evangelical Lutheran) 86%

Republic

euro (€)

French Republic

Paris

543,965 sq km

60,180,529 (2003)

Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, and Nordic

French

Roman Catholic 81%

Presidential republic

euro (€)

Gabonese Republic

Libreville

267,667 sq km

1,321,560 (2003)

Fang 36%

French (ofc.)

Christian 90%

Multiparty republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Georgia

Tbilisi

69,700 sq km

4,934,413 (2003)

Georgian 70.1%

Georgian (ofc.)

Orthodox Christian 58%

Republic

Georgian lari

Federal Republic of Germany

Berlin

356,970 sq km

82,398,326 (2003)

German 91.5%

German (ofc.)

Protestant 37% Roman Catholic 35%

Federal republic

euro (€)

Republic of Ghana

Accra

238,500 sq km

20,467,747 (2003)

Adangbe, Akuapem, Akyem

English (ofc.)

Ethnoreligionists or indigenous beliefs 24% Muslim

Republic

new cedi (C)

Hellenic Republic

Athens

131,957 sq km

10,665,989 (2003)

Greek 98%

Greek (ofc.)

Greek Orthodox 94%

Multiparty republic

euro (€)

Grenada

Saint George’s

344 sq km

89,258 (2003)

Black African

English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 56%

Parliamentary democracy

East Caribbean dollar (EC$)

Republic of Guatemala

Guatemala City

108,889 sq km

13,909,384 (2003)

Ladino (mestizo) 56%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 84%

Republic

quetzal (Q)

Republic of Guinea

Conakry

245,857 sq km

9,030,220 (2003)

Fulani 35%

French (ofc.)

Muslim 67%

Republic

Guinean franc (FG)

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Bissau

36,125 sq km

1,360,827 (2003)

Balante 27%

Portuguese (ofc.)

Indigenous beliefs 45% Muslim 40%

Multiparty republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Cooperative Republic of Guyana

Georgetown

214,969 sq km

702,100 (2003)

East Indian 51%

English (ofc.)

Hindu 33%

Republic

Guyana dollar (G$)

Republic of Haiti

Port-au-Prince

27,750 sq km

7,527,817 (2003)

Black African 95%

French (ofc.), Creole (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 80%

Republic

gourde (G),

Republic of Honduras

Tegucigalpa

112,492 sq km

6,669,789 (2003)

Mestizo 90%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 86%

Republic

lempira (L)

Republic of Hungary

Budapest

93,030 sq km

10,045,407 (2003)

Hungarian (Magyar) 89.9%

Hungarian (Magyar)

Roman Catholic 63%

Republic

forint (Ft)

Republic of Iceland

Reykjavík

103,000 sq km

280,798 (2003)

Homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts

Icelandic (ofc.)

Protestant, Evangelical Lutheran (ofc.) 90%

Republic

Icelandic króna (IKr)

Republic of India

New Delhi

3,165,596 sq km

1,049,700,100 (2003)

Indo-Aryan 72%

Hindi 40%

Hindu 75%

Federal republic

Indian rupee (Re)

Republic of Indonesia

Jakarta

1,904,443 sq km

234,893,450 (2003)

Javanese 45%

Bahasa Indonesia (modified form of Malay; ofc.)

Muslim 87%

Republic

Indonesian rupiah (Rp)

Islamic Republic of Iran

Tehr*n

1,648,000 sq km

68,278,826 (2003)

Persian 60%

Persian (Farsi) and Persian dialects 58%

Shiite Muslim 93%

Islamic republic

Iranian rial (IR)

Republic of Iraq

Baghd*d

438,317 sq km

24,683,313 (2003)

Arab 75-80%

Arabic (ofc.),

Muslim 96%

Republic

Iraqi dinar (Id)

Ireland

yuqoriga

Dublin

70,273 sq km

3,924,140 (2003)

Celtic, English

Irish (Gaelic) is spoken mainly in areas along the western seaboard.

Roman Catholic 85%

Republic

euro (€)

State of Israel

Jerusalem

21,946 sq km

6,116,533 (2003)

Jewish (Israel-born 62%

Hebrew (ofc.)

Jewish 77% Muslim (mostly Sunni Muslim) 12%

Republic

new Israeli sheqel (NIS)

Italian Republic

Rome

301,323 sq km

57,998,353 (2003)

Italian

Italian (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 98%

Republic

euro (€)

Jamaica

Kingston

10,991 sq km

2,695,867 (2003)

Black African 91%

English (ofc.), Creole

Protestant 61%

Parliamentary democracy

Jamaican dollar (J$)

Japan

Tokyo

377,837 sq km

127,214,500 (2003)

Japanese 99.4%

Japanese (ofc.)

Buddhist 55%

Constitutional monarchy

yen

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Amman

89,556 sq km

5,460,265 (2003)

Arab 98%

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim (Islam is the ofc. religion; almost all Sunni Muslim) 93%

Constitutional monarchy

Jordanian dinar (Jd)

Republic of Kazakhstan

Astana

2,717,300 sq km

16,763,795 (2003)

Kazakh (Qazaq) 46%

Kazakh (Qazaq, ofc. language)

Muslim 43%

Republic

tenge (T)

Republic of Kenya

Nairobi

582,646 sq km

31,639,091 (2003)

Kikuyu 21%

English (ofc.), Swahili or Kiswahili (ofc.)

Protestant 43%

Republic

Kenya shilling (Ksh)

Republic of Kiribati

Tarawa

811 sq km

98,549 (2003)

Micronesian, Tuvaluan minority

English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 53%

Republic

Australian dollar ($A)

State of Kuwait

Kuwait City

17,818 sq km

2,183,161 (2003)

Kuwaiti 45%

Arabic (ofc.)

Sunni Muslim 45% Shia Muslim 40%

Nominal constitutional monarchy

Kuwaiti dinar (KD)

Kyrgyz Republic

Bishkek

198,500 sq km

4,892,808 (2003)

Kyrgyz 57%

Kyrgyz (ofc.)

Muslim 61%

Republic

som

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Vientiane

236,800 sq km

5,921,545 (2003)

Lao Lum (lowland Lao), including Lao and Tai 66%

Lao (ofc.)

Buddhist 49%

Communist state

new kip (NK)

Republic of Latvia

R*ga

63,700 sq km

2,348,784 (2003)

Latvian 55%

Latvian (ofc.)

Nonreligious 26%

Republic

lats

Republic of Lebanon

Beirut

10,452 sq km

3,727,703 (2003)

Arab 93%

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim 70%

Republic

Lebanese pound (£L)

Kingdom of Lesotho

Maseru

30,355 sq km

1,861,959 (2003)

Basotho 79%

Sesotho (southern Sotho, ofc.)

Christian 91%

Constitutional monarchy

loti (L)

Republic of Liberia

Monrovia

99,067 sq km

3,317,176 (2003)

Indigenous African ethnic groups (Bassa, Gio, Kpelle, Kru)

English (ofc.) 20% Mande, Kru-Bassa, other 80%

Indigenous beliefs 43% Muslim 16%

Republic

Liberian dollar (L$)

Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Tripoli

1,757,000 sq km

5,499,074 (2003)

Arab and Berber 97%

Arabic (ofc.), Berber

Sunni Muslim 96%

Socialist state with military dictatorship

Libyan dinar (LD)

Principality of Liechtenstein

Vaduz

160 sq km

33,145 (2003)

Liechtensteiner 62%

German (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 74%

Hereditary constitutional monarchy

Swiss franc or franken (SwF)

Republic of Lithuania

Vilnius

65,300 sq km

3,592,561 (2003)

Lithuanian 80%

Lithuanian (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 84%

Republic

litas

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

2,586 sq km

454,157 (2003)

Celtic base (with French and German blend) 75%

Luxembourgisch, German, French, English

Roman Catholic 94%

Constitutional monarchy

euro (€)

Republic of Madagascar

Antananarivo

587,041 sq km

16,979,744 (2003)

Merina 27% Betsimisaraka 15%

French (ofc.)

Indigenous beliefs 48%

Multiparty republic

Malagasy franc (FMG)

Republic of Malawi

Lilongwe

118,484 sq km

11,651,239 (2003)

Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao

English (ofc.)

Christian 76%

Multiparty republic

Malawian kwacha (MK)

Federation of Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

329,758 sq km

23,092,940 (2003)

Malays and other indigenous groups 59%

Bahasa Malaysia (ofc.)

Muslim 48%

Federal Constitutional monarchy

ringgit Malaysia (RM)

Republic of Maldives

Malé

298 sq km

329,684 (2003)

Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, African

Divehi (ofc.; dialect of Sinhala)

Muslim (Islam is the ofc. religion; mostly Sunni Muslim) 99 %

Republic

rufiyaa (Rf)

Republic of Mali

Bamako

1,240,192 sq km

11,626,219 (2003)

Bambara, Fulani, Tuareg, Soninke

French (ofc.)

Muslim 81%

Republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Republic of Malta

Valletta

316 sq km

400,420 (2003)

Maltese 96%

Maltese (ofc.), English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 95%

Parliamentary democracy

Maltese lira (LM)

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Majuro

181 sq km

56,429 (2003)

Micronesian, German, Japanese

English (ofc. and universally spoken)

Christian (mostly Protestant) 97%

Republic

United States dollar (U.S.$)

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Nouakchott

1,031,000 sq km

2,912,584 (2003)

Moor 30% Mixed Moor, black 40%

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim (Islam is the ofc. religion; almost all Sunni Muslim)

Republic

ouguiya (UM)

Republic of Mauritius

Port Louis

2,040 sq km

1,210,447 (2003)

Indian Mauritian 68%

English (ofc.)

Hindu 44%

Parliamentary democracy

Mauritian rupee (MauR)

United Mexican States

Mexico City

1,964,382 sq km

104,907,990 (2003)

Mestizo (Native American-Spanish) 60%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 89%

Federal republic

nuevo Mexican peso (Mex$)

Republic of Moldova

Chi*in*u

33,700 sq km

4,439,502 (2003)

Moldovan (Romanian) 65%

Moldovan (ofc.; identical to Romanian)

Orthodox Christian 45%

Republic

Moldovan leu

Principality of Monaco

Monaco

2 sq km

32,130 (2003)

French (ofc.) 47%

French (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 90%

Constitutional monarchy

euro (€)

Mongolia

yuqoriga

Ulaanbaatar

1,566,500 sq km

2,712,315 (2003)

Mongol 90%

Khalkha Mongolian 90%

Indigenous beliefs 31% Tibetan Buddhist (Lamaist) 23%

Republic

tugrik (Tug)

Kingdom of Morocco

Rabat

453,730 sq km

31,689,265 (2003)

Arab, Berber

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim 98%

Constitutional monarchy

Moroccan dirham (DH)

Republic of Mozambique

Maputo

799,380 sq km

17,479,266 (2003)

Makua, Yao, Makonde, Tonga

Portuguese (ofc.)

Indigenous beliefs 50%

Republic

metical (Mt)

Union of Myanmar

Yangon

676,552 sq km

42,510,537 (2003)

Burman 68%

Burmese (ofc.)

Buddhist 73%

Military government

kyat (K)

Republic of Namibia

Windhoek

824,269 sq km

1,927,447 (2003)

Black 86.0%

Although English is the ofc. language

Christian 92%

Republic

Namibian dollar (N$)

Republic of Nauru

No ofc. capital; government offices in Yaren

21 sq km

12,570 (2003)

Nauruan 58%

Nauruan (ofc.)

Protestant 51%

Republic

Australian dollar ($A)

Kingdom of Nepal

Kathmandu

147,181 sq km

26,469,569 (2003)

Newar, Bihari, Tibetan, Gurung

Nepali (ofc.)

Hindu (Hinduism is the ofc. religion) 86%

Constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy

Nepalese rupee (NR)

New Zealand

Wellington

270,534 sq km

3,951,307 (2003)

European 75%

English (ofc.)

Protestant 24%

Parliamentary democracy

New Zealand dollar ($NZ)

Republic of Nicaragua

Managua

129,494 sq km

5,128,517 (2003)

Mestizo 69%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 85%

Republic

córdoba (C$)

Republic of Niger

Niamey

1,267,000 sq km

11,058,590 (2003)

Hausa 56.0%

French (ofc.)

Muslim 90% (almost all Sunni Muslim)

Democratic republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Abuja

923,768 sq km

133,881,700 (2003)

Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbos

English (ofc.), Hausa, Yoruba

Christian 46% Muslim 44%

Federal Republic

naira (N)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

P’y*ngyang

120,538 sq km

22,466,481 (2003)

Ethnically homogeneous

Korean (ofc.)

Nonreligious 56%

Communist state

North Korean won (Wn)

Kingdom of Norway

Oslo

385,639 sq km

4,546,123 (2003)

Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic)

Norwegian (ofc.)

Evangelical Lutheran (ofc.) 94%

Constitutional monarchy

Norwegian krone (NKr)

Sultanate of Oman

Masqa*

309,500 sq km

2,807,125 (2003)

Omani Arab 75%

Arabic (ofc.)

Ibadi Muslim (Islam is the ofc. religion) 75% Other Muslim (Shia and Sunni) 13%

Monarchy

rial Omani (RO)

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Isl*m*b*d

796,095 sq km

150,694,740 (2003)

Punjabi 48% Pashtun 13

Urdu (ofc.)

Sunni Muslim 77% Shia Muslim 20%

Republic

Pakistani rupee (PRe)

Republic of Palau

Koror

488 sq km

19,717 (2003)

Palauan (mix of Malay, Melanesian, and Polynesian)

Palauan (ofc.), English (ofc.)

Christian 96%

Palau is fully responsible for internal affairs. The United States retains responsibility for defense.

United States dollar (US$)

Republic of Panama

Panama City

75,517 sq km

2,960,784 (2003)

Mestizo 70%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 77%

Republic

balboa (B)

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby

462,840 sq km

5,295,816 (2003)

Melanesian, Papuan 98%

English (ofc.)

Protestant 57%

Parliamentary democracy

kina (K)

Republic of Paraguay

Asunción

406,752 sq km

6,036,900 (2003)

Mestizo 95%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 90%

Republic

guaran* (G)

Republic of Peru

Lima

1,285,216 sq km

28,409,897 (2003)

Native American 45%

Spanish (ofc.), Quechua (ofc.), Aymara (ofc.),

Roman Catholic 90%

Republic

nuevo sol (S/.)

Republic of the Philippines

Manila

300,000 sq km

84,619,974 (2003)

Malay (including Tagalog, Visayan, Ilocano) 95%

Filipino (ofc.; based on Tagalog), English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 84%

Republic

Philippine peso (P)

Republic of Poland

Warsaw

312,684 sq km

38,622,660 (2003)

Polish 97.6%

Polish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 92%

Multiparty republic

zloty (Zl)

Portuguese Republic

Lisbon

92,345 sq km

10,102,022 (2003)

Ethnically homogeneous

Portuguese (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 91%

Republic

euro (€)

State of Qatar

Doha

11,427 sq km

817,052 (2003)

Arab 40%

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim (Islam is the ofc. religion; mostly Sunni Muslim) 85 %

Traditional monarchy

Qatari riyal (QR)

Republic of the Congo

Brazzaville

342,000 sq km

2,954,258 (2003)

Kongo 48%

French (ofc.)

Roman Catholic

Republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Romania

Bucharest

237,500 sq km

22,271,839 (2003)

Romanian 89%

Romanian (ofc.)

Orthodox (Romanian) Christian 70%

Parliamentary republic

leu (L)

Russian Federation

Moscow

17,075,200 sq km

144,526,280 (2003)

Russian 81.5%

Russian (ofc.)

Orthodox (Russian) Christian 52%

Federal republic

ruble (R)

Rwandese Republic

yuqoriga

Kigali

26,338 sq km

7,810,056 (2003)

Hutu 85%

Kinyarwanda (ofc.), French (ofc.), English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 51%

Republic; presidential multiparty system

Rwandan franc (RF)

Saint Lucia

Castries

616 sq km

162,157 (2003)

African 90%

English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 75%

Constitutional monarchy

East Caribbean dollar (EC$)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingstown

389 sq km

116,812 (2003)

Black African descent, white

English (ofc.)

Christian 89%

Constitutional monarchy

East Caribbean dollar (EC$)

Independent State of Samoa

Apia

2,831 sq km

178,173 (2003)

Samoan (Polynesian) 92.6%

Samoan (ofc.), English (ofc.)

Christian (mostly Protestant) 97%

Constitutional monarchy

tala (SA$)

Republic of San Marino

San Marino

61 sq km

28,119 (2003)

Sammarinese, Italian

Italian (ofc.)

Roman Catholic (ofc.) 89%

Republic

euro (€)

Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé

1,001 sq km

175,883 (2003)

Mestiço, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves)

Portuguese (ofc.), Fang

Christian 95%

Republic

dobra (Db)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

2,240,000 sq km

24,293,844 (2003)

Arab (including Yemeni) 95%

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim (ofc., mostly Sunni Muslim) 94%

Monarchy

Saudi riyal (SR)

Republic of Senegal

Dakar

196,722 sq km

10,580,307 (2003)

Wolof 44%

French (ofc.), Wolof

Muslim 87%

Multiparty republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Serbia and Montenegro

Belgrade

102,173 sq km

10,655,774 (2003)

Serb 63%

Serbian (ofc.)

Orthodox (Serbian) Christian 57% Muslim 16%

Republic

Yugoslav new dinar (YD)

Republic of Seychelles

Victoria

454 sq km

80,469 (2003)

Seychellois (mixture of African, European, and Asian)

Seselwa (a Creole), French, English

Roman Catholic 90%

Republic

Seychelles rupee (SRe)

Republic of Sierra Leone

Freetown

71,740 sq km

5,732,681 (2003)

Black Africans, including the Mende, Temne, and Limba

English (ofc.)

Muslim 46%

A military coup toppled the civilian government (elected in February 1996) in May 1997; civilian rule returned in February 1998.

leone (Le)

Republic of Singapore

Singapore

648 sq km

4,608,595 (2003)

Chinese 76%

Chinese (ofc.), Malay (ofc.), Tamil (ofc.), English (ofc.)

Folk religions 43% Muslim 18%

Unitary republic

Singapore dollar (S$)

Slovak Republic

Bratislava

49,035 sq km

5,430,033 (2003)

Slovak 85.7%

Slovak (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 68%

Parliamentary democracy

Slovak koruna (Sk)

Republic of Slovenia

Ljubljana

20,253 sq km

1,935,677 (2003)

Slovene 87.8%

Slovenian (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 84%

Multiparty republic

tolar (SIT)

Solomon Islands

Honiara

27,556 sq km

509,190 (2003)

Melanesian 93.0%

Melanesian pidgin, English (ofc.)

Anglican 38% Protestant 36%

Parliamentary democracy

Solomon Islands dollar (SI$)

Somalia

Mogadishu

637,700 sq km

8,025,190 (2003)

Somali 85%

Somali (ofc.), Arabic, Italian

Muslim (Islam is the ofc. religion; almost all Sunni Muslim) 99%

The nation has been threatened for years by civil strife and has been torn by a bloody power struggle between clans since 1991.

Somali shilling (So. Sh.)

Republic of South Africa

Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial)

1,219,090 sq km

42,768,678 (2003)

Africans/Black 77%

11 ofc. languages: Afrikaans and English (European origin);

Black Independent Churches 46%

Republic

rand (R)

Republic of Korea

Seoul

99,268 sq km

48,289,037 (2003)

Racially homogeneous

Korean (ofc.)

Christian 41%

Republic

South Korean won (W)

Kingdom of Spain

Madrid

505,990 sq km

40,217,413 (2003)

Spanish 74%

Castilian Spanish (ofc. national language) 74%

Roman Catholic 97%

Parliamentary monarchy

euro (€)

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Sri Jayawardenepura (legislative capital) Colombo (administrative capital)

65,610 sq km

19,742,439 (2003)

Sinhalese 74%

Sinhala (ofc.) 74%

Buddhist 69%

Republic

Sri Lanka rupee (SLRe)

Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre

269 sq km

38,763 (2003)

Black African

English (ofc.)

Protestant 58%

Constitutional monarchy

East Caribbean dollar (EC$)

Republic of the Sudan

yuqoriga

Khartoum

2,505,800 sq km

38,114,160 (2003)

Black African (Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Azande, Kakwa) 49%

Arabic (ofc.), Nubian, Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Lotuko, English

Sunni Muslim (in the north) 70%

Transitional

Sudanese dinar (Sd)

Republic of Suriname

Paramaribo

163,265 sq km

435,449 (2003)

Hindustani (descendants of immigrants from northern India) 37%

Dutch (ofc.), English, Sranang Tongo (Surina-mese or Taki-Taki), Hindustani

Roman Catholic 23%

Republic

Suriname guilder, gulden, or florin (Sf.)

Kingdom of Swaziland

Mbabane

17,363 sq km

1,161,219 (2003)

Swazi 97%

English (ofc.), siSwati (ofc.)

Christian 86%

Monarchy

lilangeni (E)

Kingdom of Sweden

Stockholm

449,964 sq km

8,878,085 (2003)

Swedish, Saami, Finnish, Yugoslav, Danish

Swedish (ofc.), English

Protestant (Evangelical Lutheran) 68%

Constitutional monarchy

Swedish krona (SKr)

Swiss Confederation

Bern

41,285 sq km

7,318,638 (2003)

German 65%

German (ofc.), French (ofc.), Italian (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 44%

Federal republic

Swiss franc, Franke, or franco (SwF)

Syrian Arab Republic

Damascus

185,180 sq km

17,585,540 (2003)

Arab 90%

Arabic (ofc.)

Sunni Muslim 73%

Republic

Syrian pound (£S)

Republic of Tajikistan

Dushanbe

143,100 sq km

6,863,752 (2003)

Tajik 65% Uzbek 25%

Tajik (ofc.), Dari, Russian, Uzbek

Sunni Muslim 80%

Republic

Tajik ruble (TJR)

United Republic of Tanzania

Dar es Salaam (current) Dodoma (designate)

945,100 sq km

35,922,454 (2003)

Sukuma, Nyamwezi, Haya, Ngonde, Chagga

Swahili (ofc.), English (ofc.)

Christian 45% Muslim 35%

Republic

Tanzanian shiling (TSh)

Kingdom of Thailand

Bangkok

513,115 sq km

64,265,276 (2003)

Thai 75%

Thai (ofc.), English

Buddhist (Theravada) 85%

Constitutional monarchy

baht (B)

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Nassau

13,939 sq km

297,477 (2003)

Black 85%

English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Protestant 55%

Constitutional monarchy

Bahamian dollar (B$)

Republic of The Gambia

Banjul

11,295 sq km

1,501,050 (2003)

Mandinka 42%

English (ofc.), Mandinka

Muslim 87%

Multiparty republic

dalasi (D)

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government.

41,526 sq km

16,150,511 (2003)

Dutch 96%

Dutch (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 34%

Constitutional monarchy

euro (€)

Republic of Togo

Lomé

56,785 sq km

5,429,299 (2003)

Ewe, Kabiy*, Gurma

French (ofc.)

Indigenous beliefs 38%

Multiparty republic

Communaut* Financière Africaine (CFA) franc

Kingdom of Tonga

Nuku‘alofa

750 sq km

108,141 (2003)

Tongan 98%

Tongan (ofc.), English (ofc.)

Christian 91%

Hereditary constitutional monarchy

pa'anga (T$)

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Port-of-Spain

5,128 sq km

1,104,209 (2003)

Black African 41%

English (ofc.), Hindi

Roman Catholic 30%

Parliamentary democracy

Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TT$)

Tunisian Republic

Tunis

yuqoriga

164,418 sq km

9,924,742 (2003)

Arab-Berber 98%

Arabic (ofc.), French

Muslim (Islam is the ofc. religion; mostly Sunni Muslim)

Republic

Tunisian dinar (TD)

Republic of Turkey

Ankara

779,452 sq km

68,109,469 (2003)

Turkish 80%

Turkish (ofc.)

Muslim (mostly Sunni Muslim) 97%

Presidential republic

Turkish lira (TL)

Republic of Turkmenistan

Ashgabat

488,100 sq km

4,775,544 (2003)

Turkmen 77%

Turkmen (ofc.) 72%

Muslim (mostly Sunni Muslim) 87%

Republic

Turkmen manat

Tuvalu

Funafuti

26 sq km

11,305 (2003)

Polynesian 96%

Tuvaluan (ofc.), English (ofc.)

Christian 89%

Constitutional monarchy

Tuvaluan dollar ($T)

Republic of Uganda

Kampala

241,038 sq km

25,632,794 (2003)

Ganda 18% 

Nyankole 10%

English (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 41%

Republic

Uganda shilling (USh)

Ukraine

Kiev

603,700 sq km

48,055,439 (2003)

Ukrainian 73%

Ukrainian (ofc.), Russian

Orthodox (Ukrainian) Christian 54%

Republic

hryvnia

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

83,600 sq km

2,484,818 (2003)

UAE Arab 19% Other Arab 23% South Asian

Arabic (ofc.)

Islam (mostly Sunni Muslim) 76%

Federation of seven emirates

UAE dirham (Dh)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

London

244,110 sq km

60,094,648 (2003)

White 94%

English (ofc.), Welsh, Scottish Gaelic

Anglican 45%

Constitutional monarchy

pound sterling (£)

United States of America

Washington, D.C.

9,629,047 sq km

290,342,550 (2003)

White 83.4%

English, Spanish, French, German

Protestant 56%

Federal republic

United States dollar (US$)

Eastern Republic of Uruguay

Montevideo

176,215 sq km

3,413,329 (2003)

European descent 88%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 77%

Republic

peso uruguayo

Republic of Uzbekistan

Toshkent

447,400 sq km

25,981,647 (2003)

Uzbek 80%

Uzbek (ofc.) 74.3%

Muslim (mostly Sunni) 76%

Republic

sum

Republic of Vanuatu

Port-Vila

12,190 sq km

199,414 (2003)

ni-Vanuatu (Melanesian) 94%

English (ofc.), French (ofc.)

Protestant 54%

Republic

vatu (VT)

Vatican City State

Vatican City

0.44 sq km

850 (1997 estimate)

Italian, Swiss

Italian (ofc.), Latin (ofc.)

Roman Catholic (ofc.) 98%

Monarchical-sacerdotal state

euro (€)

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Caracas

912,050 sq km

24,654,694 (2003)

Mestizo 67%

Spanish (ofc.)

Roman Catholic 94%

Federal republic

bolivar (Bs)

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Hanoi

331,690 sq km

81,624,716 (2003)

Vietnamese 90%

Vietnamese (ofc.)

Buddhist (Mahayana) 50%

Socialist republic

new dông (Ð)

Republic of Yemen

Sana‘a

527,970 sq km

19,349,881 (2003)

Predominantly Arab

Arabic (ofc.)

Muslim, including Shafi'i (Sunni Muslim) and Zaydi (Shia Muslim) 99%

Republic

Yemeni riyal (YRl)

Republic of Zambia

Lusaka

752,614 sq km

10,307,333 (2003)

Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga

English (ofc.), Bemba

Roman Catholic 33%

Republic

Zambian kwacha (K)

Republic of Zimbabwe

yuqoriga

Harare

390,759 sq km

12,576,742 (2003)

Shona 71%

English (ofc.), Shona, Ndebele

Syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 40%

Presidential republic

 

 

 

Zimbabwe dollar (Z$)