The world in focus: fast facts on 193 countries.On these pages you can find key facts on each of the world's 193 independent countries. Every number tells a story. For example, 39/41, the numbers in the Life Expectancy Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. column for Angola Angola (ăng-gō`lə), officially Republic of Angola (2005 est. pop. 11,191,000), including the exclave of Cabinda, 481,351 sq mi (1,246,700 sq km), SW Africa. , tell you that people are dying young in that country; $1,000, the amount of per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. for North Korea Korea (kôrē`ə, kə–), Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. , tells you that country is extremely poor. (Compare it with the U.S.) To use these tables, begin by looking at the sample entry for China (at right). The surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. boxes explain each item of information. Countries are grouped by continent continent, largest unit of landmasses on the earth. The continents include Eurasia (conventionally regarded as two continents, Europe and Asia), Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. , then listed in alphabetical order. You can also use the index on p. 38. China Area and Population: Taken together, these figures allow you to calculate population density (population divided by area), an important indicator Indicator Anything used to predict future financial or economic trends. Notes: In the context of technical analysis, an indicator is a mathematical calculation based on a securities price and/or volume. The result is used to predict future prices. of a country's potential problems. 3,696,100/1,288,700,000 Urban Population: The percentage of a country's total population living in urban areas. Urbanization has skyrocketed in developing countries, as people have moved to cities in search of work. 39 Population Growth: The high rate of population growth in some poor countries has prompted fears of overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. , and complicated the struggle to feed people and combat disease. 0.6 Beijing Beijing (bā-jĭng) or Peking (pē-kĭng, pā–), city (1994 est. urban pop. 6,093,300; 1994 est. total pop. 7,240,700), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov. Major Languages Spoken: There are some 6,000 languages in the world, not counting local dialects. Some 874 million people speak Mandarin Mandarin (măn`dərĭn) [Port. mandar=to govern, or from Malay mantri=counselor of state], a high official of imperial China. For each of the nine grades there was a different colored button worn on the dress cap. Chinese-500 million more than speak English 1. English - (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite programming language is . Mandarin, other Chinese dialects The following is a list of Chinese dialects and languages. Classification Linguists classify these languages as the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Within this broad classification, linguistics identify between seven and fourteen subgroups. , other languages Form of Government and Head: Governments are classified according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. who holds power. In democracies, people elect their leaders; dictatorships keep power away from the people. Communists one-party Adj. 1. one-party - determined by a single party unilateral, one-sided - involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision" state; President Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (h  ` jĭn`tou`), 1942–, Chinese political leader, b. Jixi, Anhui prov. A hydroelectric engineering graduate (1965) of Qinghua Univ. Percent of Population Under Age 15: Developing countries with a high percentage of young people may have trouble providing jobs, schools, and food--and risk overpopulation overpopulation Situation in which the number of individuals of a given species exceeds the number that its environment can sustain. Possible consequences are environmental deterioration, impaired quality of life, and a population crash (sudden reduction in numbers caused by . 22 Literacy literacy Ability to read and write. The term may also refer to familiarity with literature and to a basic level of education obtained through the written word. In ancient civilizations such as those of the Sumerians and Babylonians, literacy was the province of an elite Rate: The percentage of people who can read and write (male/female (1)). 93/79 Date of Origin: The year a nation was formed, gained independence, or established its present form of government. 1912 Life Expectancy: The age to which a newborn newborn /new·born/ (noo´born?) 1. recently born. 2. newborn infant. new·born adj. Very recently born. n. A neonate. can expect to live. Improvements in medicine have helped people live longer. The first number is for males, the second for females. 69/73 Per Capita GDP: The value of all goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. produced within a country in one year (its gross domestic product), divided by its population. It is one way to gauge gauge In manufacturing and engineering, a device used to determine whether a dimension is larger or smaller than a reference standard. A snap gauge, for example, is formed like the letter C, with outer “go” and inner “not go” jaws, and is used to a nation's wealth. $4,400 HDI HDI Human Development Index (UNDP yardstick of human welfare) HDI Help Desk Institute HDI Humpty Dumpty Institute (New York, New York) HDI High Density Interconnect (Human Development Index): number measures economic and human well-being on a scale of 0 to 1. It combines life expectancy, literacy, and purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. into one number. 0.721
NORTH AMERICA
URBAN
AREA (SQ MI) POP. %
POPULATION POP. RISE
COUNTRY % YEAR CAPITAL
Antigua and 170 37 St. John's
Barbuda 100,000 1.7
Bahamas 5,359 84 Nassau
300,000 1.3
Barbados 166 38 Bridgetown
300,000 0.6
Belize 8,865 45 Belmopan
300,000 2.3
Canada 3,849,670 79 Ottawa
31,600,000 0.3
Costa RICA 19,730 59 San Jose
4,200,000 1.4
Cuba 42,803 75 Havana
11,300,000 0.5
Dominica 290 71 Roseau
100,000 1.0
Dominican 18,815 61 Santo
Republic 8,700,000 1.9 Domingo
El Salvador 8,124 58 San Salvador
6,600,000 2.3
Grenada 131 38 St. George's
100,000 1.2
Guatemala 42,042 39 Guatemala
12,400,000 2.6 City
Haiti 10,714 36 Port-au-Prince
7,500,000 1.8
Honduras 43,278 46 Tegucigalpa
6,900,000 2.9
Jamaica 4,243 52 Kingston
2,600,000 1.5
Mexico 756,062 75 Mexico City
104,900,000 2.4
Nicaragua 50,193 57 Managua
5,500,000 2.7
Panama 29,158 62 Panama City
3,000,000 1.8
Saint Kitts 139 43 Basseterre
and Nevis 50,000 1.2
Saint Lucia 239 30 Castries
200,000 1.1
Saint Vincent 151 44 Kingstown
and the 100,000 1.1
Grenadines
Trinidad and 1,981 72 Port-of-Spain
Tobago 1,300,000 0.6
United States 3,717,796 79 Washington,
291,500,000 0.6 D.C.
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 1,073,514 89 Buenos Aires
36,900,000 1.2
Bolivia 424,162 63 La Paz
8,600,000 2.3 and Sucre
Brazil 3,300,154 81 Brasilia
176,500,000 1.3
Chile 292,135 87 Santiago
15,800,000 1.2
Colombia 439,734 71 Bogota
44,200,000 1.6
Ecuador 109,483 61 Quito
12,600,000 2.1
Guyana 83,000 36 Georgetown
800,000 1.4
Paraguay 157,046 54 Asuncion
6,200,000 2.7
Peru 496,224 72 Lima
27,100,000 2.0
Suriname 63,039 69 Paramaribo
400,000 1.5
Uruguay 68,498 93 Montevideo
3,400,000 0.6
Venezuela 352,143 87 Caracas
25,700,000 1.9
AFRICA
Algeria 919,591 49 Algiers
31,700,000 1.8
Angola 481,351 32 Luanda
13,100,000 2.9
Benin 43,483 40 Porto-Novo
7,000,000 2.7
Botswana 224,606 54 Gaborone
1,600,000 0.3
Burkina Faso 105,792 15 Ouagadougou
13,200,000 2.8
Burundi 10,745 8 Bujumbura
6,100,000 2.2
Cameroon 183,568 48 Yaounde
15,700,000 2.2
Cape Verde 1,556 53 Praia
500,000 2.3
Central African 240,533 39 Bangui
Republic 3,700,000 1.9
Chad 495,753 21 N'Djamena
9,300,000 3.2
Comoros 861 29 Moroni
600,000 3.5
Congo Republic 132,046 41 Brazzaville
3,700,000 2.9
Congo, 905,351 29 Kinshasa
Democratic Rep. 56,600,000 3.1
Cote d'Ivoire 124,502 46 Yamoussoukro
17,000,000 1.9
Djibouti 8,958 83 Djibouti
700,000 2.0
Egypt 386,660 43 Cairo
72,100,000 2.1
Equatorial 10,830 37 Malabo
Guinea 500,000 2.5
Eritrea 45,405 16 Asmara
4,400,000 2.8
Ethiopia 426,371 15 Addis Ababa
70,700,000 2.7
Gabon 103,347 73 Libreville
1,300,000 2.2
Gambia 4,363 37 Banjul
1,500,000 2.9
Ghana 92,100 37 Accra
20,500,000 2.1
Guinea 94,927 26 Conakry
9,000,000 2.7
Guinea-Bissau 13,946 22 Bissau
1,300,000 2.5
Kenya 224,081 20 Nairobi
31,600,000 2.0
Lesotho 11,718 17 Maseru
1,800,000 1.1
Liberia 43,000 45 Monrovia
3,300,000 3.1
Libya 679,359 86 Tripoli
5,500,000 2.4
Madagascar 226,656 22 Antananarivo
17,000,000 3.0
Malawi 45,745 14 Lilongwe
11,700,000 2.6
Mali 478,838 26 Bamako
11,600,000 3.0
Mauritania 395,954 55 Nouakchott
2,900,000 2.9
Mauritius 788 43 Port Louis
1,200,000 0.9
Morocco 172,413 57 Rabat
30,400,000 1.6
Mozambique 309,494 29 Maputo
17,500,000 1.3
Namibia 318,259 27 Windhoek
1,900,000 2.1
Niger 489,189 17 Niamey
12,100,000 3.5
Nigeria 356,668 36 Abuja
133,900,000 2.8
Rwanda 10,170 5 Kigali
8,300,000 1.9
Sao Tome 371 44 Sao Tome
& Principe 200,000 3.5
Senegal 75,954 43 Dakar
10,600,000 2.7
Seychelles 174 63 Victoria
100,000 1.2
Sierra Leone 27,699 37 Freetown
5,700,000 2.5
Somalia 246,201 28 Mogadishu
8,000,000 2.9
South Africa 471,444 53 Cape Town,
44,000,000 0.9 Pretoria, and
Bloemfontein
Sudan 967,494 27 Khartoum
38,100,000 2.8
Swaziland 6,703 25 Mbabane and
1,200,000 1.5 Lobamba
Tanzania 364,900 22 Dar es Salaam
35,400,000 2.3
Togo 21,927 31 Lome
5,400,000 2.7
Tunisia 63,170 63 Tunis
9,900,000 1.1
Uganda 93,066 12 Kampala
25,300,000 3.0
Zambia 290,583 36 Lusaka
10,900,000 2.2
Zimbabwe 150,873 32 Harare
12,600,000 1.2
EUROPE
Albania 11,100 46 Tirana
3,100,000 1.1
Andorra 174 92 Andorra
100,000 0.8 la Vella
Austria 32,378 54 Vienna
8,200,000 0.0 la Vella
Belarus 80,154 41 Minsk
9,900,000 -0.5
Belgium 11,787 97 Brussels
10,400,000 0.1
Bosnia and 19,741 40 Sarajevo
Herzegovina 3,900,000 0.2
Bulgaria 42,822 69 Sofia
7,500,000 -0.6
Croatia 21,830 54 Zagreb
4,300,000 -0.2
Czech Republic 30,448 77 Prague
10,200,000 -0.2
Denmark 16,637 72 Copenhagen
5,400,000 0.1
Estonia 17,413 67 Tallinn
1,400,000 -0.4
Finland 130,560 62 Helsinki
5,200,000 0.1
France 212,934 74 Paris
59,800,000 0.4
Germany 137,830 86 Berlin
82,600,000 -0.1
Greece 50,950 59 Athens
11,000,000 -0.0
Hungary 35,919 65 Budapest
10,100,000 -0.4
Iceland 39,768 94 Reykjavik
300,000 0.8
Ireland 27,135 58 Dublin
4,000,000 0.7
Italy 116,320 90 Rome
57,200,000 -0.1
Latvia 24,942 68 Riga
2,300,000 -0.5
Liechtenstein 62 21 Vaduz
40,000 0.5
Lithuania 25,174 67 Vilnius
3,500,000 -0.3
Luxembourg 999 88 Luxembourg
500,000 0.4
Macedonia 9,927 59 Skopje
2,100,000 0.5
Malta 124 91 Valletta
400,000 0.2
Moldova 13,012 46 Chisinau
4,300,000 -0.1
Monaco 1 100 Monaco
30,000 0.6
Netherlands 15,768 62 Amsterdam
16,200,000 0.4
Norway 125,050 74 Oslo
4,600,000 0.3
Poland 124,807 62 Warsaw
38,600,000 0.0
Portugal 35,514 48 Lisbon
10,400,000 0.1
Romania 92,042 55 Bucharest
21,600,000 -0.3
Russia 6,592,819 73 Moscow
145,500,000 -0.7
San Marino 23 84 San Marino
30,000 0.4
Serbia and 39,448 52 Belgrade And
Montenegro 10,700,000 0.2 Podgorica
Slovakia 18,923 57 Bratislava
5,400,000 -0.0
Slovenia 7,819 50 Ljubljana
2,000,000 -0.1
Spain 195,363 64 Madrid
41,300,000 0.1
Sweden 173,730 84 Stockholm
9,000,000 0.0
Switzerland 15,942 68 Bern
7,300,000 0.2
Ukraine 233,089 67 Kiev
47,800,000 -0.8
United Kingdom 94,548 90 London
59,200,000 0.1
Vatican City 109 acres NA Vatican City
911 1.1
ASIA
Afghanistan 251,772 22 Kabul
28,700,000 2.4
Armenia 11,506 64 Yerevan
3,200,000 0.6
Azerbaijan 33,436 51 Baku
8,200,000 0.8
Bahrain 266 87 Manama
700,000 1.8
Bangladesh 55,598 23 Dhaka
146,700,000 2.2
Bhutan 18,147 16 Thimphu
900,000 2.5
Brunei 2,228 67 Bandar Seri
400,000 1.9 Begawan
Cambodia 69,900 16 Phnom Penh
12,600,000 1.8
China 3,696,100 39 Beijing
1,288,700,000 0.6
Cyprus 3,571 66 Nicosia
900,000 0.6
East Timor 5,741 8 Dili
800,000 1.3
Georgia 26,911 58 Tbilisi
4,700,000 -0.0
India 1,269,340 28 New Delhi
1,068,600,000 1.7
Indonesia 735,355 40 Jakarta
220,500,000 1.6
Iran 630,575 66 Tehran
66,600,000 1.2
Iraq 169,236 68 Baghdad
24,200,000 2.5
Israel (4) 8,137 91 Jerusalem
6,700,000 1.5
Japan 145,869 78 Tokyo
127,500,000 0.1
Jordan 34,444 79 Amman
5,500,000 2.4
Kazakhstan 1,049,151 56 Astana
14,800,000 0.5
Korea, North 46,541 59 Pyongyang
22,700,000 0.6
Korea, South 38,324 79 Seoul
47,900,000 0.7
Kuwait 6,880 100 Kuwait
2,400,000 1.7
Kyrgyzstan 76,641 35 Bishkek
5,000,000 1.3
Laos 91,429 17 Vientiane
5,600,000 2.3
Lebanon 4,015 88 Beirut
4,200,000 1.4
Malaysia 127,917 57 Kuala
25,100,000 2.1 Lumpur
Maldives 116 27 Male
300,000 2.0
Mongolia 604,826 57 Ulaanbaata
2,500,000 1.1
Myanmar (Burma) 261,228 27 Yangon
49,500,000 1.4 (Rangoon)
Nepal 56,826 11 Kathmandu
25,200,000 2.4
Oman 82,031 72 Muscat
2,600,000 2.5
Pakistan 307,375 34 Islamabad
149,100,000 2.7
Philippines 115,830 47 Manila
81,600,000 2.2
Qatar 4,247 91 Doha
600,000 1.6
Saudi Arabia 829,996 83 Riyadh
24,100,000 2.9
Singapore 239 100 Singapore
4,200,000 0.7
Sri Lanka 25,332 30 Colombo
19,300,000 1.3
Syria 71,498 50 Damascus
17,500,000 2.4
Taiwan 13,969 78 Taipei
22,600,000 0.5
Tajikistan 55,251 27 Dushanbe
6,600,000 1.4
Thailand 198,116 31 Bangkok
63,100,000 0.7
Turkey 299,158 59 Ankara
71,200,000 1.5
Turkmenistan 188,456 44 Ashgabat
5,700,000 1.3
United Arab 32,278 78 Abu Dhabi
Emirates 3,900,000 1.4
Uzbekistan 172,741 38 Tashkent
25,700,000 1.5
Vietnam 128,066 25 Hanoi
80,800,000 1.3
Yemen 203,849 26 Sanaa
19,400,000 3.3
OCEANIA
Australia 2,988,888 85 Canberra
19,900,000 0.6
Fiji 7,054 46 Suva
900,000 1.9
Kiribati 282 37 Tarawa
100,000 2.5
Marshall 69 68 Majuro
Islands 100,000 3.7
Micronesia 270 27 Palikir
100,000 2.3
Nauru 9 100 Yaren District
10,000 2.1
New Zealand 104,452 77 Wellington
4,000,000 0.7
Palau 178 71 Koror
20,000 1.3
Papua New 178,703 15 Port
Guinea 5,500,000 2.5 Moresby
Samoa 1,097 21 Apia
200,000 2.4
Solomon 11,158 13 Honiara
Islands 500,000 3.1
Tonga 290 32 Nuku'alofa
100,000 2.1
Tuvalu 10 42 Funafuti
10,000 1.4
Vanuatu 4,707 21 Port-Vila
200,000 2.7
MAJOR FORM Of GOVERNMENT
LANGUAGES & HEAD
COUNTRY
Antigua and English, local dialects Dominant party;
Barbuda Prime Minister Lester
Bird
Bahamas English, Creole Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Perry
Christie
Barbados English Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Owen
Arthur
Belize English, Spanish, Mayan, Parliamentary democracy;
Garifuna Prime Minister Said Musa
Canada English, French Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jean
Chretien
Costa RICA Spanish, English Presidential-legislative
democracy; President
Abel Pacheco de la
Espriella
Cuba Spanish Communist one-party
state; President Fidel
Castro
Dominica English, French patois Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Pierre
Charles
Dominican Spanish Presidential-legislative
Republic democracy; President
Hipolito Mejia
El Salvador Spanish, Nahua Presidential-legislative
democracy; President
Francisco Flores Perez
Grenada English, French patois Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Keith
Mitchell
Guatemala Spanish, Amerindian Presidential-legislative
dialects democracy; President
Alfonso Portillo Cabrera
Haiti Creole French Dominant party;
President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide
Honduras Spanish, Amerindian Presidential-legislative
dialects democracy; President
Ricardo Maduro
Jamaica English, Creole Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Percival
James Patterson
Mexico Spanish, Mayan, other Presidential-legislative
indigenous languages democracy; President
Vicente Fox
Nicaragua Spanish, English, Presidential-legislative
Amerindian dialects democracy; President
Enrique Bolanos
Panama Spanish, English Presidential-legislative
democracy; President
Mireya Moscoso
Saint Kitts English Parliamentary democracy;
and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil
Douglas
Saint Lucia English, French patois Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Kenny
Anthony
Saint Vincent Fnglish, French patois Parliamentary democracy;
and the Prime Minister Ralph
Grenadines Gonsalves
Trinidad and English, Hindi, French, Parliamentary democracy;
Tobago Spanish Prime Minister Patrick
Manning
United States English, Spanish, Presidential-legislative
others democracy; President
George W. Bush
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina Spanish, English, Presidential-legislative
Italian, German, French democracy; President
Nestor Kirchner
Bolivia Spanish, Quechua, Presidential-legislative
Aymara democracy; President
Gonzalo Sanchez de
Lozada
Brazil Portuguese, Amerindian Presidential-legislative
dialects democracy; President
Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva
Chile Spanish Presidential-legislative
democracy; President
Ricardo Lagos Escobar
Colombia Spanish Presidential-legislative
democracy; President
Alvaro Uribe Velez
Ecuador Spanish, Amerindian Presidential-legislative
dialects democracy; President
Lucio Gutierrez
Guyana English, Amerindian Parliamentary democracy;
dialects President Bharrat Jagdeo
Paraguay Spanish, Guarani Presidential-legislative
democracy; President
Nicanor Duarte Frutos
Peru Spanish, Quechua, Presidential-legislative
Aymara democracy; President
Alejandro Toledo
Suriname Dutch, Sranang, Tongo, Parliamentary democracy;
Hindustani, English, President Ronald
Javanese Venetiaan
Uruguay Spanish, Portunol, Presidential-legislative
Brazilero democracy; President
Jorge Battle
Venezuela Spanish, Amerindian Presidential-legislative
dialects democracy; President
Hugo Chavez
AFRICA
Algeria Arabic, French, Berber Dominant party;
dialects President Abdelaziz
Boutetlika
Angola Portuguese, Bantu, Presidential-parliamen-
others tary (transitional);
President lose Eduardo
dos Santos
Benin French, Fon, Yoruba Presidential-legislative
others democracy; President
Mathieu Kerekou
Botswana English Setswana Parliamentary democracy
and traditional chiefs;
President Festus Mogae
Burkina Faso French, Sudanic Presidential-parliamen-
languages tary (transitional);
President Blaise
Compaore
Burundi Kirundi, French, Swahili Dictatorship (military
dominated); President
Domitien Ndayizeye
Cameroon English, French, African Dominant party;
languages President Paul Biya
Cape Verde Portuguese, Crioulo Presidential-
parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister Jose
Maria Neves
Central African French, Sangho, Arabic, Presidential-parliamen-
Republic Hunsa, Swahili tary democracy; Presi-
dent Francois Bozize
Chad French, Arabic, Sara, Presidential-parliamen-
Sango, others tary (military-domina-
ted); President Idriss
Deby
Comoros Arabic, French, Comoran Presidential (military-
dominated); Col.
Assoumani Azali
Congo Republic French, Lingala, Mono- Military (transitional);
kutuba, Kikongo others President Denis Sassou-
Nguesso
Congo, French, Lingala, Military-backed
Democratic Rep. Kingwana , Kikongo, dictatorship; President
Tshiluba Joseph Kabila
Cote d'Ivoire French, Dioula, others Presidential parliamen-
tary (transitional);
President Laurent Gbagbo
Djibouti French, Arabic, Somali, Dominant party;
Afar President Ismail Omar
Guelleh
Egypt Arabic, English, French Dominant party; Presi-
dent Hosni Mubarak
Equatorial Spanish, French, pidgin Presidential (military-
dominated);
Guinea English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo President Teodoro Obiang
Nguema Mbasogo
Eritrea Amharic, Arabic, Afar, Dominant party;
Tigrinya, Tigre, many President Isaias Afwerki
others
Ethiopia Amharic, Tigrinya, Dominant party;
Orominga, Arabic, Prime Minister Meles
English, others Zenawi
Gabon French, Fang, Myene, Dominant party;
Bateke, others President Omar Bongo
Gambia English, Mandinka, Presidential-legislative
Wolof, Fula, others (transitional);
President Yahya Jammeh
Ghana English, Akan, others Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy; Presi-
dent John Agyekum Kufuor
Guinea French, various African Dominant party;
languages President Lansana Conte
Guinea-Bissau Portuguese, Criolo, Presidential-legislative
others (transitional); Military
leader pending elections
Kenya English, Swahili, many Presidential-parliamen-
others tary democracy;
President Mwai Kibaki
Lesotho Sesotho, English, Zulu, Parliamentary and
Xhosa traditional chiefs
(transitional); Prime
Minister Pakalitha
Mosisili
Liberia English, Niger-Congo Presidential-parliamen-
languages tary democracy (transi-
tional); Gyude Bryant,
chairman of interim
government
Libya Arabic, Italian, English One-party dictatorship;
Colonel Muammar al-
Qaddafi
Madagascar French, Malagasy Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy, Presi-
dent Marc Ravalomanana
Malawi English, Chichewa, Presidential-legislative
others democracy; President
Bakili Muluzi
Mali French, Bambara, Presidential-parliamen-
many others tary democracy; Presi-
dent Amadou Toumani
Toure
Mauritania Hasaniya Arabic, Pular, Presidential-parliamen-
Soninke, Wolof, French tary (military-
influenced); President
Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed
Taya
Mauritius English, Creole, French Parliamentary democracy;
Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Prime Minister Sir
Bojpoori Anerood Jugnauth
Morocco Arabic, Berber dialects, Constitutional monarchy;
French King Muhammad VI
Mozambique Portuguese, African Presidential-parliamen-
languages tary democracy;
President Joaquim
Chissano
Namibia English, local African Presidential-parliamen-
languages tary democracy;
President Sam Nujoma
Niger French, Hausa, Djerma Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy
(transitional);
President Mamadou Tandja
Nigeria English, Hausa, Yoruba, Presidential legislative
Ibo Fulani democracy (transitio-
nal); President
Olusegun Obasanjo
Rwanda Kinyarwanda, French Dominant party;
English Kiswahili President Paul Kagame
Sao Tome Portuguese (Presidential-parliamen-
& Principe tary democracy; Presi-
dent Fradique de Menezes
Senegal French, Wolof, Pulaar Presidential-parliamen-
Diola, Mandingo tary democracy; Presi-
dent Abdoulaye Wade
Seychelles English, French Presidential-legislative
Creole democracy; President
France-Albert Rene
Sierra Leone English, Mende, Presidential-legislative
Temne, Krio democracy; President
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
Somalia Somali, Arabic, Limited government
Italian English disputed by warlords
South Africa English, Afrikaans, Parliamentary democracy;
Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, President Thabo Mbeki
Sotho, others
Sudan Arabic, Nubian, Presidential legislative
Ta Bedawie, English, (military-dominated)
others President Omar Hassan
Ahmad al-Bashir
Swaziland English, siSwati Monarchy; King Mswati
III
Tanzania Kiswahili, English, Dominant party;
Arabic, many others President Benjamin Mkapa
Togo French, Ewe, Mina, Dominant party;
Dagomba, Kabye President General
Gnassingbe Eyadema
Tunisia Arabic, French Dominant party;
President Zine el
Abidine Ben Ali
Uganda English, Luganda, Dominant party;
Swahili, others President Yoweri
Museveni
Zambia English, Bemba, Dominant party;
Tonga, others President Levy Mwanawasa
Zimbabwe English, Shona, Dominant party;
Sindebele, others President Robert Mugabe
EUROPE
Albania Albanian, Greek Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy;
President Alfred Moisui
Andorra Catalan, French, Presidential-parliamen-
Castilian tary democracy; Execu-
tive Council President
Marc Forne Molne
Austria German Parliamentary democracy;
Chancellor Wolfgang
Schussel
Belarus Byelorussian, Russian Presidential dictator-
others ship; President
Aleksandr Lukashenko
Belgium Flemish, French, German Presidential democracy;
Prime Minister Guy
Verhofstadt
Bosnia and Serbo-Croatian Presidential-parliamen-
Herzegovina tary (transitional);
rotating Chairman of the
Presidency (2)
Bulgaria Bulgarian, others Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Miniter Simeon
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Croatia Serbo-Croatian Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy;
President Stjepan Music
Czech Republic Czech, Slovak Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Vladimir
Spidla
Denmark Danish, Greenlandic, Parliamentary democracy;
Faroese, German Prime Minister Anders
Fogh Rasmussen
Estonia Estonian Ukrainian, Parliamentary democracy;
Russian, others Prime Minister Juhan
Parts
Finland Finnish, Swedish, Lapp, Presidential-parliamen-
Russian tary democracy; Presi-
dent Tarja Hannen
France French, regional Presidential-parliamen-
dialects tary democracy;
President Jacques Chirac
Germany German Parliamentary democracy;
Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder
Greece Greek, English, French Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Konstan-
dinos Simitis
Hungary Hungarian, others Parliamentary democracy;
President Ferenc Madl
Iceland Icelandic Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister David
Oddsson
Ireland English, Gaelic Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Bertie
Ahern
Italy Italian, German, French, Parliamentary democracy;
Slovene Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi
Latvia Lettish, Lithuanian, Parliamentary democracy;
Russian, others Prime Minister Einars
Repse
Liechtenstein German Alemannic Constitutional
dialect monarchy; Prince Hans
Adam II
Lithuania Lithuanian, Polish, Parliamentary democracy;
Russian President Rolandas
Paksas
Albania Albanian, Greek Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy;
President Alfred Moisui
Andorra Catalan, French, Presidential-parliamen-
Castilian tary democracy;
Executive Council
President Marc Forne
Molne
Austria German Parliamentary democracy;
Chancellor Wolfgang
Schussel
Belarus Byelorussian, Russina Presidential dictator-
others chip; President
Aleksandr Lukashenko
Belgium Flemish, French, German Presidential democracy;
Prime Minister Guy
Verhofstadt
Bosnia and Serbo-Croatian Presidential-parliamen-
Herzegovina tary (transitional);
rotating Chairman of the
Presidency (2)
Bulgaria Bulgarian, others Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Miniter Simeon
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Croatia Serbo-Croatian Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy;
President Stjepan Music
Czech Republic Czech, Slovak Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Vladimir
Spidla
Denmark Danish, Greenundic, Parliamentary democracy;
Faroese, German Prime Minister Anders
Fogh Rasmussen
Estonia Estonian Ukrainian, Parliamentary democracy;
Russian, others Prime Minister Juhan
parts
Finland Finnish, Swedish, Lapp, Presidential-parliamen-
Russian tary democracy; Presi-
dent Tarja Hannen
France French, regional Presidential-parliamen-
dialects tary democracy;
President Jacques Chirac
Germany German Parliamentary democracy;
Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder
Greece Greek, English, French Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister
Konstandinos Simitis
Hungary Hungarian, others Parliamentary democracy;
President Ferenc Madl
Iceland Icelandic Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister David
Oddsson
Ireland English, Gaelic Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Battle
Ahern
Italy Italian, German, Parliamentary democracy;
French, Slovene Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi
Latvia Lettish, Lithuanian, Parliamentary democracy;
Russian, others Prime Minister Einars
Repse
Liechtenstein German Alemannic Conystitotinnal
dialect monarchy; Prince Hans
Adam II
Lithuania Lithuanian, Polish, Parliamentary democracy;
Russian President Rolandas
Paksas
Luxembourg Luxembourgan, German, Parliamentary democracy;
French, English Prime Minister Jean-
Claude Juncker
Macedonia Macedonian Albanian, Parliamentary democracy;
others Prime Minister Branko
Crvenkovski
Malta Maltese, English Parlimentary democracy;
Prime Minister Eddie
Fenech Adami
Moldova Moldovan, Russian, Parliamentary democracy;
Gagauz President Vladimir
Voronin
Monaco French English, Italian, Constitutional monarchy
Monegasque Prince Rainier III
Netherlands Dutch Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jan Peter
Balkenende
Norway Norwegian, Lapp, Finnish Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Kjell
Magne Bondevik
Poland Polish Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy; Presi-
dent Aleksander
Kwasniewski
Portugal Portuguese Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy; Prime
Minister Jose Manuel
Durao Barraso
Romania Rumanian, Hungarian, Presidential-parliamen-
German tary democracy; Prime
Minister Adrian Nastase
Russia Russian, others Presidential parliamen-
tary, democracy;
President Vladimir Putin
San Marino Italian Parliamentary democracy;
Co-Captains Regent
elected every six months
from the Great and
General Council
Serbia and Serbo-Croatia, Albanian Parliamentary democracy
Montenegro (transitional), Presi-
dent Svetozar Marovic
Slovakia Slovak, Hungarian Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Mikulas
Dzurinda
Slovenia Slovenian Serbo- Parliamentary democracy;
Croatian, others Prime Minister Anton Rop
Spain Spanish, Catalan, Parliamentary democracy;
Galician, Basque Prime Minister Jose
Maria Aznar
Sweden Swedish, Lapp, Finnish Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Goran
Persson
Switzerland German, French, Italian, Parliamentary democracy;
Romansch, others rotating President from
7-member Federal Council
Ukraine Ukranian, Russian, Presidential-parliamen-
Romanian, Polish, tary-democracy
Hungarian President Leonid Kuchma
United Kingdom English, Welsh, Parliamentary democracy;
Scottish, Gaelic Prime Minister Tony
Blair
Vatican City Italian, Latin, others Papal state; Pope John
Paul II
ASIA
Afghanistan Pashtu, Afghan Persian, Transitional; President
Turkic, others Hamid Karzai
Armenia Armenian, Russian, Presidential-parliamen-
others tary democracy; Presi-
dent Robert Kocharyan
Azerbaijan Azeri, Russian, Presidential (Dominant
Armenian, others party); President Heydar
Aliyev
Bahrain Arabic, English, Monarchy; Emir Hamad
Farsi, Urdu bin'Isa Al Khalifah
Bangladesh Bengali, English Parliamentary democracy
(transitional); Prime
Minister Khaleda Zia
Bhutan Dzongkha, Tibetan, and Monarchy; King Jigme
Nepalese dialects Singye Wangchuck
Brunei Malay, English, Chinese Monarchy; Sultan and
Prime Minister Sir Muda
Hassanal Bolkiah
Mu'izzadin Waddaulah
Cambodia Khmer, French Dominant party;
Prime Minister Hun Sen
China Mandarin, other Chinese Communist one-party
dialects, other languages state; President Hu
lintao
Cyprus Greek, Turkish, English Presidential-President
democracy; President
Tassos Papadopoulos
East Timor Tetun, Portuguese, Presitendial-parliamen-
Indonesian, English tary democracy;
(transitional); Presi-
dent Xanana Gusmao
Georgia Georgian, Russian, Presidential-parliamen-
Azeri Armenian, tary democracy, Presi-
Ossetian, others dent Eduard Shevardnadze
India Hindu, English, many Parliamentary democracy;
others Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee
Indonesia Bahasa Indonesian, Parliamentary democracy;
English, Dutch, others President Megawati
Sukarnoputri
Iran Farsi, Turkic, Kurdish, Presidential-parliamen-
Luri, others tary under Islamic
religious control;
President Mohammad
Khatami
Iraq Arabic, Kurdish, Transitional
Assyrian Armenian Interim Governing
Council
Israel (4) Hebrew, Arabic, English Presidential parliamen-
tary democracy; Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon
Japan Japanese Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi
Jordan Arabic, English Constitutional monarchy;
King Abdullah II
Kazakhstan Kazakh, Russian, Dominant party;
Ukrainian, others President Nursultan
Nazarbayev
Korea, North Korean Communist one-party
state; General Secretary
Kim Jong II
Korea, South Korean, English Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy;
President Rah Moo Hyun
Kuwait Arabic, English Monarchy; Emir Sheikh
Jabir Al Ahmad Al Jabir
Al Sabah
Kyrgyzstan Kirghiz, Russian Presidential dictator-
ship; President Askar
Akayev
Laos Lao French English, Communist one-party
others state President Khamtai
Siphandon
Lebanon Arabic, French, English Presidential-parliamen-
tary with heavy foreign
influence; President
Emil Lahoud
Malaysia Malay, English, Chinese Dominant party; Prime
dialects, many others Minister Datuk Seri
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Maldives Maldivian Divehi, Presidential dictator-
English ship; President Maumoon
Abdul Gayoom
Mongolia Khalkha Mongol, Turkic, Presidential-parliamen-
Russian, Chinese tary democracy; Prime
Minister Nanibaryn
Enkhbayar
Myanmar (Burma) Burmese, others Military; Prime Minister
General Than Shwe
Nepal Nepali, others Parliamentary democracy
and Constitutional
monarchy; Prime Minister
Surya Bahadur Thapa
Oman Arabic, English, Monarchy; Prime Minister
Baluchi, Urdu, others and Sultan Qabus bin
Said Al Sa'id
Pakistan Punjabi, Sindhi, Military; President
Siraiki, Urdu, English, General Pervez Musharraf
others
Philippines Filipino, English Presidential-legislative
democracy; President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Qatar Arabic, English Monarchy;
Emir Hamad bin Khalifah
Al Thani
Saudi Arabia Arabic Monarchy; King and Prime
Minister Fahd bin Abd
al-Aziz Al-Saud
Singapore Chinese, Malay, Tamil, Dominant party,
English Prime Minister Golf Chok
Tong
Sri Lanka Sinhala, Tamil, English Presidential-parliamen-
tary democracy;
President Chandrika
Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Syria Arabic, Kurdish, Dominant party
Armenian, French, others (military-dominated):
President Bashar al-
Assad
Taiwan Mandarin Chinese, Presidential-parliamen-
Taiwanese, others tary democracy;
President Chen Shui-bian
Tajikistan Tajik, Russian Presidential (transi-
tional); President
Emomali Rahmonov
Thailand Thai, English, regional Parliamentary democracy;
dialects Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra
Turkey Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan
Turkmenistan Turkmen, Uzbek, Presidential dictator-
Russian, others ship; President
Saparmurad Niyazov
United Arab Arabic, Farsi, English, Federation of traditio-
Emirates Hindi, Urdu nal monarchies;
President Sheikh Zayid
bin Sultan
Al Nahayyan
Uzbekistan Uzbek, Russian, Tajik, Presidential (dominant
others party); President
Islam Karimov
Vietnam Vietnamese, French, Communist one-party
Chinese, English, state; Prime Minister
Khmer, others Phan Van Khai
Yemen Arabic Dominant party;
President Ali Abdullah
Saleh
OCEANIA
Australia English, Aboriginal Parliamentary democracy;
languages Prime Minister John
Howard
Fiji English, Fijian, Parliamentary democracy
Hindustani and traditional chiefs;
Prime Minister Laisenia
Qarase
Kiribati English, Gilbertese Presidential-legislative
democracy; President
Anote Tong
Marshall English, Marshallese Parliamentary democracy
Islands dialects, Japanese and traditional chiefs;
President Kessai Note
Micronesia English, Trukese, Parliamentary democracy;
Pohnpein, Yapese, President Joseph J.
Kosraean Urusemal
Nauru Nauruan English Parliamentary democracy;
President Rene Harris
New Zealand English, Maori Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Helen
Clark
Palau English, Sonsorol'ese, Presidential democracy
Palauan, others and traditional chiefs;
President Tommy
Remengesau
Papua New English, pidgin English, Parliamentary democracy;
Guinea Motu, many others Prime Minister Sir
Michael Somare
Samoa Samoan, English Parliamentary democracy
and traditional chiefs;
Prime Minister Tuilaepa
Sailele Malielegaoi
Solomon Melanesian pidgin, Parliamentary democracy;
Islands English, others Prime Minister Sir
Allan Kamakeza
Tonga Tongan, English Monarchy; King
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV
Tuvalu Tuvaluan, English Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Saufatu
Sopoanga
Vanuatu English, French, Bislama Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Edward
Natapei
DATE OF LITERACY PER
ORIGIN RATE (%) CAPITA
% OF POP. LIFE HDI
UNDER 15 EXPECTANCY
COUNTRY
Antigua and 1981 90/88 $11,000
Barbuda 26 68/73 0.798
Bahamas 1973 95/97 $17,000
30 70/75 0.812
Barbados 1966 98/97 $14,500
22 70/76 0.888
Belize 1981 94/94 $4,900
41 65/69 0.776
Canada 1867 97 $29,400
18 77/82 0.937
Costa RICA 1821 96/96 $8,500
30 76/81 0.832
Cuba 1902 97/97 $2,300
21 74/78 0.806
Dominica 1978 94/94 $5,400
33 71/76 0.776
Dominican 1844 85/85 $6,100
Republic 35 68/70 0.737
El Salvador 1821 83/78 $4,700
38 67/73 0.719
Grenada 1974 98/98 $5,000
35 NA 0.738
Guatemala 1821 78/63 $3,700
42 63/69 0.652
Haiti 1804 55/51 $1,700
40 50/52 0.467
Honduras 1821 76/76 $2,600
42 67/14 0.667
Jamaica 1962 84/92 $3,900
31 73177 0.757
Mexico 1810 94/91 $9,000
33 73/78 0.800
Nicaragua 1821 67/68 $2,500
42 66/71 0.643
Panama 1903 93/92 $6,000
32 72/77 0.788
Saint Kitts 1983 97/98 $8,800
and Nevis 31 68/74 0.808
Saint Lucia 1979 65/69 $5,400
31 70/74 0.775
Saint Vincent 1979 96/96 $2,900
and the 37 71/74 0.755
Grenadines
Trinidad and 1962 99/98 $9,500
Tobago 25 68/73 0.802
United States 1776 97/97 $37,600
21 74/80 0.937
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 1816 97/97 $10,200
31 70/77 0.849
Bolivia 1825 93/82 $2,500
39 61/64 0.672
Brazil 1822 86/87 $7,600
30 65/73 0.777
Chile 1810 96/96 $10,000
26 73/79 0.831
Colombia 1810 92/93 $6,500
33 68/75 0.779
Ecuador 1822 94/91 $3,100
36 68/74 0.731
Guyana 1966 99/99 $4,000
30 60/67 0.740
Paraguay 1811 95/93 $4,200
39 69/73 0.751
Peru 1821 95/87 $4,800
34 66/71 0.752
Suriname 1975 95/91 $3,500
32 67/72 0.762
Uruguay 1825 98/98 $7,800
24 71/79 0.834
Venezuela 1811 94/93 $5,500
34 71/77 0.775
AFRICA
Algeria 1962 79/61 $5,300
35 68/71 0.704
Angola 1975 56/28 $1,600
47 39/41 0.377
Benin 1960 56/27 $1,070
47 50/52 0.411
Botswana 1966 77/82 $9,500
40 36/38 0.614
Burkina Faso 1960 37/17 $1,080
49 43/46 0.330
Burundi 1962 59/45 $600
48 42/44 0.337
Cameroon 1960 85/73 $1,700
43 47/49 0.499
Cape Verde 1975 86/69 $1,400
41 66/73 0.727
Central African 1960 63/40 $1,300
Republic 44 42/44 0.363
Chad 1960 56/40 $1,100
48 47/51 0.376
Comoros 1975 64/49 $720
46 54/59 0.528
Congo Republic 1960 90/78 $900
46 49/51 0.502
Congo, 1960 76/55 $610
Democratic Rep. 43 46/51 0.363
Cote d'Ivoire 1960 58/44 $1,500
46 41/46 0.396
Djibouti 1977 78/58 $1,300
43 42/44 0.462
Egypt 1922 68/47 $3,900
36 66/70 0.648
Equatorial 1968 93/78 $2,700
Guinea 43 52/56 0.664
Eritrea 1993 70/48 $740
44 52/57 0.446
Ethiopia 1000 B.C. 50/35 $750
44 41/43 0.359
Gabon 1960 74/53 $5,700
42 57/61 653
Gambia 1965 48/33 $1,800
45 51/55 0.463
Ghana 1957 83/67 $2,100
43 56/58 0.567
Guinea 1958 50/22 $2,000
45 48/50 0.425
Guinea-Bissau 1973 58/27 $800
44 43/46 0.373
Kenya 1963 91/80 $1,020
44 46/46 0.489
Lesotho 1966 75/95 $2,700
43 37/38 0.510
Liberia 1847 73/42 $1,100
43 47/50 NA
Libya 1951 92/72 $7,600
36 73/78 0.783
Madagascar 1960 76/63 $760
45 53/57 0.468
Malawi 1964 76/50 $670
46 39/40 0.387
Mali 1960 54/40 $860
47 44/47 0.337
Mauritania 1960 52/32 $1,900
44 53/55 0.454
Mauritius 1968 89/83 $11,000
25 68/75 0.779
Morocco 1956 64/39 $3,900
32 68/72 0.606
Mozambique 1975 64/33 $1,000
45 33/34 0.356
Namibia 1990 84/84 $6,900
43 50/49 0.627
Niger 1960 26/10 $830
50 45/46 0.292
Nigeria 1960 76/61 $875
44 52/52 0.463
Rwanda 1962 76/65 $1,200
43 39/41 0.422
Sao Tome 1975 85/62 $1,200
& Principe 48 64/67 0.639
Senegal 1960 50/31 $1,500
44 52/55 0.430
Seychelles 1976 56/60 $7,800
29 67/73 0.840
Sierra Leone 1961 45/18 $580
45 40/46 0.275
Somalia 1960 50/26 $550
45 45/48 NA
South Africa 1910 87/86 $10,000
34 53/54 0.684
Sudan 1956 72/51 $1,420
45 56/58 0.503
Swaziland 1968 83/81 $44,000
42 47/44 0.547
Tanzania 1964 86/71 $630
45 44/46 0.400
Togo 1960 75/47 $1,500
46 53/56 0.501
Tunisia 1956 84/64 $6,500
29 71/75 0.740
Uganda 1962 80/60 $1,260
51 43/46 0.489
Zambia 1964 87/75 $890
47 41/40 0.386
Zimbabwe 1980 94/87 $2,400
40 43/40 0.496
EUROPE
Albania 1912 93/80 $4,500
32 72/76 0.735
Andorra 1278 99 $19,000
15 NA NA
Austria 1156 98 $27,700
16 76/82 0.929
Belarus 1991 99/99 $8,200
18 63/75 0.804
Belgium 1830 98 $29,000
18 75/81 0.937
Bosnia and 1992 NA $1,900
Herzegovina 19 69/74 0.777
Bulgaria 1908 99/98 $6,600
15 69/75 0.795
Croatia 1991 99/98 $8,800
17 71/78 0.818
Czech Republic 1993 99 $15,300
16 72/78 0.861
Denmark 900s 99 $29,000
19 75/79 0.930
Estonia 1991 99/99 $10,900
17 65/76 0.833
Finland 1917 99 $26,200
18 75/82 0.930
France 486 99/99 $25,700
19 76/83 0.925
Germany 1871 99 $26,600
15 75/81 0.921
Greece 1829 99/97 $19,900
14 76/81 0.892
Hungary 1001 99/99 $13,300
16 68/76 0.837
Iceland 1944 99 $25,000
23 78/82 0.942
Ireland 1921 98 $30,500
21 75/80 0.930
Italy 1861 99/98 $25,000
14 77/83 0.916
Latvia 1991 99/99 $8,300
17 65/76 0.811
Liechtenstein 1791 99/99 $25,000
18 NA NA
Lithuania 1991 99/99 $8,400
19 66/77 0.824
Albania 1912 93/80 $4,500
32 72/76 0.735
Andorra 1278 99 $19,000
15 NA NA
Austria 1156 98 $27,700
16 76/82 0.929
Belarus 1991 99/99 $8,200
18 63/75 0.804
Belgium 1830 98 $29,000
18 75/81 0.937
Bosnia and 1992 NA $1,900
Herzegovina 19 69/74 0.777
Bulgaria 1908 99/98 $6,600
15 69/75 0.795
Croatia 1991 99/98 $8,800
17 71/78 0.818
Czech Republic 1993 99 $15,300
16 72/78 0.861
Denmark 900s 99 $29,000
19 72/78 0.930
Estonia 1991 99/99 $10,900
17 65/76 0.833
Finland 1917 99 $26,200
18 75/82 0.930
France 486 99/99 $25,700
19 76/83 0.925
Germany 1871 99 $26,600
15 75/81 0.921
Greece 1829 99/97 $19,900
14 76/81 0.892
Hungary 1001 99/99 $13,300
16 68/76 0.837
Iceland 1944 99 $25,000
23 78/82 942
Ireland 1921 98 $30,500
21 75/80 0.930
Italy 99/98 $25,000
14 77/83 0.916
Latvia 1991 99/99 $8,300
17 66/76 0.811
Liechtenstein 1791 99/99 $25,000
18 NA NA
Lithuania 1991 99/99 $8,400
19 66/77 0.824
Luxembourg 1839 99/99 $44,000
19 75/81 0.930
Macedonia 1991 NA $5,000
22 71/75 0.784
Malta 1964 92/94 $17,000
19 74/80 0.856
Moldova 1991 99/99 $2,500
22 65/72 0.700
Monaco 1419 99 $27,000
15 NA NA
Netherlands 1579 99 $26,900
19 76/81 0.938
Norway 1905 99 $31,800
20 76/82 0.944
Poland 1918 99/99 $9,500
18 70/78 $0.841
Portugal 1140 96/91 $18,000
16 74/80 0.896
Romania 1878 99/98 $7,400
18 67/74 0.773
Russia 1991 99/99 $9,300
18 59/72 0.779
San Marino 301 97/95 $34,600
15 77/84 NA
Serbia and 1992 97/89 $2,370
Montenegro 20 70/75 NA
Slovakia 1993 NA $12,200
19 70/78 0.836
Slovenia 1991 99/99 $18,000
16 72/80 0.881
Spain 1492 99/97 $20,700
15 76/83 0.918
Sweden 1523 99 $25,400
18 78/82 0.941
Switzerland 1291 99 $31,700
17 77/83 0.932
Ukraine 1991 99/99 $4,500
17 62/74 0.766
United Kingdom 900s 99 $25,300
19 75/80 0.930
Vatican City 1929 100 NA
NA NA NA
ASIA
Afghanistan 1919 51/21 $700
43 47/45 NA
Armenia 1918 99/98 $3,800
24 70/74 0.729
Azerbaijan 1991 99/96 $3,500
29 69/75 0.744
Bahrain 1971 92/85 $14,000
28 73/75 0.839
Bangladesh 1971 54/32 $1,700
40 59/59 0.502
Bhutan 1949 56/28 $1,300
39 66/66 0.511
Brunei 1984 95/89 $18,600
31 74/79 0.872
Cambodia 1949 81/60 $1,500
43 54/58 0.556
China 1912 93/79 $4,400
22 69/73 0.721
Cyprus 1960 99/96 $15,000 GREEK (3)
22 75/80 $6,000 TURKISH
East Timor 2002 48 $500
44 48/49 NA
Georgia 1991 99/98 $3,100
20 75/80 0.746
India 1947 70/48 $2,540
36 62/64 0.590
Indonesia 1945 93/84 $3,100
31 66/70 0.682
Iran 1502 86/73 $7,000
33 68/70 0.719
Iraq 1932 56/24 $2,400
47 56/59 NA
Israel (4) 1948 97/94 $19,000
28 77/81 0.905
Japan 660 B.C. 99 $28,000
14 78/85 0.932
Jordan 1946 96/86 $4,300
40 69/71 0.743
Kazakhstan 1991 99/98 $6,300
29 58/71 0.765
Korea, North 1945 99/99 $1,000
27 61/66 NA
Korea, South 1945 99/97 $19,400
21 72/80 0.879
Kuwait 1961 85/82 $15,000
26 77/79 0.820
Kyrgyzstan 1991 99/96 $2,800
35 65/72 0.727
Laos 1949 68/38 $1,700
43 52/55 0.525
Lebanon 1943 93/82 $5,400
28 72/75 0.752
Malaysia 1957 92/85 $9,300
34 70/75 0.790
Maldives 1965 97/97 $3,900
39 71/72 0.751
Mongolia 1921 99/99 $1,840
36 63/68 0.661
Myanmar (Burma) 1948 89/78 $1,660
33 54/60 0.549
Nepal 1768 63/28 $1,400
41 59/58 0.499
Oman 1650 83/67 $8,300
34 72/75 0.755
Pakistan 1947 60/31 $2,100
42 60/60 0.499
Philippines 1946 96/96 $4,200
37 67/72 0.751
Qatar 1971 81/85 $21,500
26 70/75 0.826
Saudi Arabia 1932 85/71 $10,500
43 71/73 0.769
Singapore 1965 97/90 $24,000
21 77/81 0.884
Sri Lanka 1948 95/90 $3,700
27 70/74 0.730
Syria 1946 90/64 $3,500
40 69/71 0.685
Taiwan 1947 93/79 $18,000
20 73/79 NA
Tajikistan 1991 99/99 $1,250
42 66/71 0.677
Thailand 1238 98/95 $6,900
23 68/75 0.768
Turkey 1923 94/79 $7,000
30 66/71 0.734
Turkmenistan 1991 99/97 $5,500
38 63/70 0.748
United Arab 1971 76/82 $22,000
Emirates 26 13/77 0.816
Uzbekistan 1991 99/99 $2,500
38 68/73 0.729
Vietnam 1945 96/92 $2,250
30 70/73 0.688
Yemen 1990 71/30 $840
48 58/62 0.470
OCEANIA
Australia 1901 99/99 $27,000
20 77/82 0.939
Fiji 1970 96/92 $5,500
35 65/69 0.754
Kiribati 1979 NA $840
41 59/65 NA
Marshall 1986 94/94 $1,600
Islands 43 66/69 NA
Micronesia 1986 91/88 $2,000
40 67/69 NA
Nauru 1968 NA $5,000
41 57/65 NA
New Zealand 1907 99 $20,200
22 76/81 0.917
Palau 1994 93/90 $9,000
27 66/72 NA
Papua New 1975 72/59 $2,300
Guinea 39 56/58 0.548
Samoa 1962 99/99 $5,600
41 66/73 0.775
Solomon 1978 NA $1,700
Islands 44 69/74 0.632
Tonga 1970 98/99 $2,200
41 67/68 NA
Tuvalu 1978 NA $1,100
34 64/69 NA
Vanuatu 1980 57/48 $2,900
42 66/69 0.568
(1) A single figure represents a percentage for the population as a
whole; breakdown by gender not available.
(2) Bosnia has a three-member collective presidency (one Croat, one
Muslim, and one Serb). Chairman rotates every nine months.
(3) Figures are broken down into Greek and Turkish populations,
respectively. (4) Israel's area and population do not include the
Occupied Territories of Gaza and the West Bank, which are in transition
to Palestinian control.
SOURCES: For area, population, urban population, population annual
rise, percent of population under 15 years, and life expectancy: 2003
World Population Data Sheet, Population Reference Bureau * For capital,
major languages, date of origin, literacy rate, and per capita GDP: The
World Factbook 2003 (Central Intelligence Agency) * For form of
government: Based on information from Freedom in the World 2003, a
publication of Freedom House (a nonprofit human-rights organization),
World Book 2003, the U.S. Department of State, and State Department Web
site (www.state.gov) * For head of government: Based on information
from the GeoCities "Rulers" Web site (www.rulers.org), the U.S.
Department of State, the CIA Chiefs of State Web site
(www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs), and Freedom House * For HDI:
Human Development Report 2003 (United Nations Development Program)
OBJECTIVES Students should understand: * How to interpret To run a program one line at a time. Each line of source language is translated into machine language and then executed. statistics and compare information, such as the area, population, form of government, literacy rate, life expectancy, and gross domestic product of the 193 countries of the world. TEACHING STRATEGY Prompt A message displayed on screen that requests action from the user, such as "Enter Employee Name" or "Press 1 to Continue." Command Prompts Are Brief Command-driven systems do not offer a menu and require that users know the commands beforehand and type them in correctly a classroom discussion on how the U.S. statistically compares with the rest of the world. Ask students: "Which countries are larger in area and population than the U.S.? Which countries are older than the U.S.?" BACKGROUND Have students read the how-to-use information at the top of pp. 22-23, and the Terms to Know on p. 34. Discuss such concepts as literacy rate, life expectancy, HDI, and per capita gross domestic product (GDP). THINKING SKILLS COMPREHENSION comprehension Act of or capacity for grasping with the intellect. The term is most often used in connection with tests of reading skills and language abilities, though other abilities (e.g., mathematical reasoning) may also be examined. : What does HDI mean, and what does it measure? (HDI stands for Human Development Index. it is a number that indicates a country's relative quality of life based on life expectancy, literacy rate, and purchasing power.) MAKING INFERENCES: What factors affect the life expectancy of men and women in different countries? (The stability of governments, availability of food and shelter A general term used in statutes that relates to the provision of food, clothing, and housing for specified individuals; a home with a proper environment that affords protection from the weather. , health care, climate, and the state of the economy all can influence a person's life expectancy.) ACTIVITY BUILDING A DEMOCRACY: Have students consider the current tasks of establishing democratic regimes in Afghanistan Afghanistan (ăfgăn`ĭstăn', ăfgän'ĭstän`), officially Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 29,929,000), 249,999 sq mi (647,497 sq km), S central Asia. and Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. . Brainstorm with students what they consider to be important components to forming a democratic government. Afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. , instruct in·struct v. in·struct·ed, in·struct·ing, in·structs v.tr. 1. To provide with knowledge, especially in a methodical way. See Synonyms at teach. 2. To give orders to; direct. v. students to write a report on what challenges there might be when a country that has not been a democracy--such as Iraq or Afghanistan--suddenly attempts to become one. STANDARDS SOCIAL STUDIES, GRADES 5-8 * Power, authority, and governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. : How various forms of government seek to establish order end how they influence people's lives. * Global connections Global Connections is a charitable organisation acting as a UK network of mission agencies, churches, colleges and support agencies involved in evangelism around the world. Amongst the several hundred organisations and churches that are members of the Global Connections network are many : How the characteristics of a nation, such as area, population, and wealth reveal information about people's lives. RESOURCES * World Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. Editors, World Almanac for Kids 2004 (World Almanac Books, 2003). Grades 5-8 * Cook, Shirley Shir·ley , William 1694-1771. British colonial administrator who was governor of Massachusetts (1741-1749 and 1753-1756) and commanded British forces in the French and Indian War. , Math in the Heal World of Business and Living (Incentive Publications, 1996). Grade 8. WEB SITES * CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). World Factbook www.cia.gov/cia/publications/ factbook/index.html * Countries of the World www.infoplease.com/ countries.html |
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