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NORTH AMERICA
URBAN
POP. %
AREA (SQ MI) POP. RISE
COUNTRY POPULATION %/YEAR CAPITAL
Antigua and 170 37 St. John's
Barbuda 100,000 1.4
Bahamas 5,359 89 Nassau
300,000 1.2
Barbados 166 50 Bridgetown
300,000 0.6
Belize 8,865 49 Belmopan
300,000 2.3
Canada 3,849,670 79 Ottawa
32,200,000 0.3
Costa Rica 19,730 59 San Jose
4,300,000 1.3
Cuba 42,803 76 Havana
11,300,000 0.4
Dominica 290 71 Roseau
100,000 0.8
Dominican 18,815 64 Santo
Republic 8,900,000 1.7 Domingo
El Salvador 8,124 59 San Salvador
6,900,000 2.0
Grenada 131 39 St. George's
100,000 1.2
Guatemala 42,042 39 Guatemala
12,700,000 2.8 City
Haiti 10,714 36 Port-au-Prince
8,300,000 1.9
Honduras 43,278 47 Tegucigalpa
7,200,000 2.8
Jamaica 4,243 52 Kingston
2,700,000 1.3
Mexico 756,062 75 Mexico City
107,000,000 1.9
Nicaragua 50,193 59 Managua
5,800,000 2.7
Panama 29,158 62 Panama City
3,200,000 1.8
Saint Kitts 139 33 Basseterre
and Nevis 50,000 1.0
Saint Lucia 239 30 Castries
200,000 1.0
Saint Vincent and 151 55 Kingstown
the Grenadines 100,000 1.1
Trinidad and 1,981 74 Port-of-Spain
Tobago 1,300,000 0.7
United States 3,717,796 79 Washington,
296,500,000 0.6 D.C.
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 1,073,514 89 Buenos Aires
38,600,000 1.1
Bolivia 424,162 63 La Paz
8,900,000 2.1 and Sucre
Brazil 3,300,154 81 Brasilia
184,200,000 1.4
Chile 292,135 87 Santiago
16,100,000 1.0
Colombia 439,734 75 Bogota
46,000,000 1.7
Ecuador 109,483 61 Quito
13,000,000 2.1
Guyana 83,000 36 Georgetown
800,000 1.3
Paraguay 157,046 54 Asuncion
6,200,000 1.7
Peru 496,224 73 Lima
27,900,000 1.6
Suriname 63,039 74 Paramaribo
400,000 1.4
Uruguay 68,498 93 Montevideo
3,400,000 0.6
Venezuela 352,143 87 Caracas
26,700,000 1.8
AFRICA
Algeria 919,591 49 Algiers
32,800,000 1.5
Angola 481,351 33 Luanda
15,400,000 2.6
Benin 43,483 40 Porto-Novo
8,400,000 2.9
Botswana 224,606 54 Gaborone
1,600,000 -0.3
Burkina Faso 105,792 17 Ouagadougou
13,900,000 2.5
Burundi 10,745 9 Bujumbura
7,800,000 2.8
Cameroon 183,568 48 Yaounde
16,400,000 2.3
Cape Verde 1,556 53 Praia
500,000 2.3
Central African 240,533 41 Bangui
Republic 4,200,000 1.7
Chad 495,753 24 N'Djamena
9,700,000 2.7
Comoros 861 33 Moroni
700,000 3.0
Congo, 905,351 30 Kinshasa
Democratic Rep. 60,800,000 3.1
Congo, Republic 132,046 52 Brazzaville
4,000,000 3.1
Cote d'Ivoire 124,502 46 Yamoussoukro
(Ivory Coast) 18,200,000 2.2
Djibouti 8,958 82 Djibouti
800,000 1.9
Egypt 386,660 43 Cairo
74,000,000 2.0
Equatorial 10,830 45 Malabo
Guinea 500,000 2.3
Eritrea 45,405 19 Asmara
4,700,000 2.6
Ethiopia 426,371 15 Addis Ababa
77,400,000 2.5
Gabon 103,347 81.0 Libreville
1,400,000 2.1
Gambia 4,363 26 Banjul
1,600,000 2.8
Ghana 92,100 44 Accra
22,000,000 2.3
Guinea 94,927 33 Conakry
9,500,000 2.7
Guinea-Bissau 13,946 32 Bissau
1,600,000 3.0
Kenya 224,081 36 Nairobi
33,800,000 2.2
Lesotho 11,718 13 Maseru
1,800,000 -0.1
Liberia 43,000 45 Monrovia
3,300,000 2.9
Libya 679,359 86 Tripoli
5,800,000 2.4
Madagascar 226,656 26 Antananarivo
17,300,000 0
Malawi 45,745 14 Lilongwe
12,300,000 3.2
Mali 478,838 30 Bamako
13,500,000 3.2
Mauritania 395,954 40 Nouakchott
3,100,000 2.7
Mauritius 788 42 Port Louis
1,200,000 0.9
Morocco 172,413 57 Rabat
30,700,000 1.6
Mozambique 309,494 32 Maputo
19,400,000 2.2
Namibia 318,259 33 Windhoek
2,000,000 1.1
Niger 489,189 21 Niamey
14,000,000 3.4
Nigeria 356,668 44 Abuja
131,500,000 2.4
Rwanda 10,170 17 Kigali
8,700,000 2.3
Sao Tome 371 38 Sao Tome
and Principe 200,000 2.5
Senegal 75,954 43 Dakar
11,700,000 2.6
Seychelles 174 50 Victoria
100,000 1.0
Sierra Leone 27.699 37 Freetown
5,500,000 2.3
Somalia 246,201 33 Mogadishu
8,600,000 2.9
South Africa 471,444 53 Cape Town
46,900,000 0.7 Pretoria, and
Bloemfontein
Sudan 967,494 36 Khartoum
40,200,000 2.7
Swaziland 6,703 25 Mbabane and
1,100,000 0.3 Lobamba
Tanzania 364,900 32 Dares
36,500,000 2.4 Salaam
Togo 21,927 33 Lome
6,100,000 2.7
Tunisia 63,170 65 Tunis
10,000,000 1.1
Uganda 93,066 12 Kampala
26,900,000 3.2
Zambia 290,583 35 Lusaka
11,200,000 1.9
Zimbabwe 150,873 34 Harare
13,000,000 1.1
EUROPE
Albania 11,100 42 Tirana
3,200,000 0.9
Andorra 174 92 Andorra
100,000 0.7 la Vella
Austria 32,378 54 Vienna
8,200,000 0.1
Belarus 80,154 72 Minsk
9,800,000 -0.6
Belgium 11,787 97 Brussels
10,500,000 0.1
Bosnia and 19,741 43 Sarajevo
Herzegovina 3,800,000 0.1
Bulgaria 42,822 70 Sofia
7,700,000 -0.5
Croatia 21,830 56 Zagreb
4,400,000 -0.3
Czech Republic 30,448 77 Prague
10,200,000 -0.1
Denmark 16,637 72 Copenhagen
5,400,000 0.2
Estonia 17,413 69 Tallinn
1,300,000 -0.3
Finland 130,560 62 Helsinki
5,200,000 0.2
France 212,934 76 Paris
60,700,000 0.4
Germany 137,830 88 Berlin
82,500,000 -0.1
Greece 50,950 60 Athens
11,100,000 0
Hungary 35,919 65 Budapest
10,100,000 -0.4
Iceland 39,768 94 Reykjavik
300,000 0.8
Ireland 27,135 60 Dublin
4,100,000 0.8
Italy 116,320 90 Rome
58,700,000 0
Latvia 24,942 68 Riga
2,300,000 -0.5
Liechtenstein 62 21 Vaduz
40,000 4
Lithuania 25,174 67 Vilnius
3,400,000 -0.3
Luxembourg 999 1191 Luxembourg
500,000 0.4
Macedonia 9,927 59 Skopje
2,000,000 0.4
Malta 124 91 Valletta
400,000 0.2
Moldova 13,012 45 Chisinau
4,200,000 -0.2
Monaco 1 100 Monaco
300,003 0.6
Netherlands 15,768 62 Amsterdam
16,300,000 0.4
Norway 125,050 78 Oslo
4,600,000 0.3
Poland 124,807 62 Warsaw
38,200,000 0
Portugal 35,514 53 Lisbon
10,500,000 0
Romania 92,042 53 Bucharest
21,600,000 -0.2
Russia 6,592,819 73 Moscow
143,000,000 -0.6
San Marino 23 84 San Marino
30,000 0.3
Serbia and 39,448 52 Belgrade
Montenegro 10,700,000 0.2
Slovakia 18,923 56 Bratislava
5,400,000 0
Slovenia 7,819 51 Ljubljana
2,000,000 -0.1
Spain 195,363 76 Madrid
43,500,000 0.1
Sweden 173,730 84 Stockholm
9,000,000 0.1
Switzerland 15,942 68 Bern
7,400,000 0.2
Ukraine 233,089 68 Kiev
47,100,000 -0.7
United Kingdom 94,548 89 London
(England, Scotland, 60,100,000 0.2
Wales, N. Ireland)
Vatican City 109 acres NA Vatican City
921 0.01
ASIA
Afghanistan 251,772 22 Kabul
29,900,000 2.6
Armenia 11,506 65 Yerevan
3,000,000 0.3
Azerbaijan 33,436 51 Baku
8,400,000 1.0
Bahrain 266 87 Manama
700,000 1.8
Bangladesh 55,598 23 Dhaka
144,200,000 1.9
Bhutan 18,147 21 Thimphu
1,000,000 2.5
Brunei 2,228 74 Bandar Seri
400,000 1.9 Begawan
Cambodia 69,900 15 Phnom Penh
13,300,000 2.2
China 3,696,100 37 Beijing
1,303,700,000 0.6
Cyprus 3,571 65 Nicosia
1,000,000 0.4
East Timor 5,741 8 Dili
900,000 2.7
Georgia 26,911 52 Tbilisi
4,500,000 0
India 1,269,340 28 New Delhi
1,103,600,000 1.7
Indonesia 735,355 42 Jakarta
221,900,000 1.6
Iran 630,575 67 Tehran
69,500,000 1.2
Iraq 169,236 68 Baghdad
28,800,000 2.7
Israel (5) 8,131 92 Jerusalem
7,100,000 1.6
Japan 145,869 79 Tokyo
127,700,000 0.1
Jordan 34,444 79 Amman
5,800,000 2.4
Kazakhstan 1,049,151 57 Astana
15,100,000 0.6
Korea, North 46,541 60 Pyongyang
22,900,000 0.9
Korea, South 38,324 80 Seoul
48,300,000 0.5
Kuwait 6,880 96 Kuwait
2,600,000 1.7
Kyrgyzstan 76,641 35 Bishkek
5,200,000 1.3
Laos 91,429 19 Vientiane
5,900,000 2.3
Lebanon 4,015 87 Beirut
3,800,000 1.6
Malaysia 127,317 62 Kuala
26,100,000 2.1 Lumpur
Maldives 116 27 Male
300,000 1.4
Mongolia 604,826 57 Ulaanbaatar
2,600,000 1.6
Myanmar (Burma) 261,228 29 Yangon
50,500,000 1.2 (Rangoon)
Nepal 56,826 14 Kathmandu
25,400,000 2.2
Oman 82,031 76 Muscat
2,400,000 1.8
Pakistan 307,375 34 Islamabad
162,400,000 2.4
Philippines 115,830 48 Manila
84,800,000 2.3
Qatar 4,247 92 Doha
800,000 1.8
Saudi Arabia 829,996 86 Riyadh
24,600,000 2.7
Singapore 239 100 Singapore
4,300,000 0.6
Sri Lanka 25,332 30 Colombo
19,700,000 1.3
Syria 71,498 50 Damascus
18,400,000 2.7
Taiwan 13,969 78 Taipei
22,700,000 0.4
Tajikistan 55,251 27 Dushanbe
6,800,000 2.3
Thailand 198,116 31 Bangkok
65,000,000 0.7
Turkey 299,158 65 Ankara
72,900,000 1.4
Turkmenistan 188,456 47 Ashgabat
5,200,000 1.6
United Arab 32,278 78
Emirates 4,600,000 1.4 Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan 172,741 37 Tashkent
26,400,000 1.6
Vietnam 128,066 26 Hanoi
83,300,000 1.3
Yemen 203,849 26 Sanaa
20,700,000 3.3
OCEANIA
Australia 2,988,888 91 Canberra
20,400,000 0.6
Fiji 7,054 46 Suva
800,000 1.5
Kiribati 282 431 Tarawa
100,000 1.8
Marshall 69 68 Majuro
Islands 100,000 3.0
Micronesia 270 22 Palikir
100,000 2.1
Nauru 9 100 Yaren District
10,000 1.8
New Zealand 104,452 86 Wellington
4,100,000 0.7
Palau 178 70 Koror
20,000 0.9
Papua New 178,703 13 Port
Guinea 5,900,000 2.1 Moresby
Samoa 1,097 22 Apia
200,000 2.4
Solomon 11,158 16 Honiara
Islands 500,000 2.6
Tonga 290 33 Nuku'alofa
100,000 1.8
Tuvalu 10 47 Funafuti
10,000 1.7
Vanuatu 4,707 21 Port-Vila
200,000 2.6
MAJOR
COUNTRY LANGUAGES
Antigua and English, local dialects
Barbuda
Bahamas English, Creole
Barbados English
Belize English, Spanish, Mayan,
Garifuna
Canada English, French
Costa Rica Spanish, English
Cuba Spanish
Dominica English, French patois
Dominican Spanish
Republic
El Salvador Spanish, Nahua
Grenada English, French patois
Guatemala Spanish, Amerindian
dialects
Haiti Creole, French
Honduras Spanish, Amerindian
dialects
Jamaica English, Creole
Mexico Spanish, Mayan, other
indigenous languages
Nicaragua Spanish, English,
Amerindian dialects
Panama Spanish, English
Saint Kitts English
and Nevis
Saint Lucia English, French patois
Saint Vincent and English, French patois
the Grenadines
Trinidad and English, Hindi, French,
Tobago Spanish
United States English, Spanish, others
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina Spanish, English, Italian,
German, French
Bolivia Spanish, Quechua,
Aymara
Brazil Portuguese, Amerindian
dialects
Chile Spanish
Colombia Spanish
Ecuador Spanish, Amerindian
dialects
Guyana English, Amerindian
dialects
Paraguay Spanish, Guarani
Peru Spanish, Quechua,
Aymara
Suriname Dutch, English, Sranang,
Tongo, Hindustani,
Javanese
Uruguay Spanish, Portunol,
Brazilero
Venezuela Spanish, Amerindian
dialects
AFRICA
Algeria Arabic, French, Berber
dialects
Angola Portuguese, Bantu,
others
Benin French, Fon, Yoruba,
others
Botswana English, Setswana
Burkina Faso French, Sudanic
languages
Burundi Kirundi, French, Swahili
Cameroon English, French, African
languages
Cape Verde Portuguese, Crioulo
Central African French, Sangho, Arabic,
Republic Hunsa, Swahili
Chad French, Arabic, Sara,
Sango others
Comoros Arabic, French, Comoran
Congo, French, Lingala,
Democratic Rep. Kingwana, Kikongo,
Tshiluba
Congo, Republic French, Lingala, Mono-
kutuba, Kikongo, others
Cote d'Ivoire French, Dioula, others
(Ivory Coast)
Djibouti French, Arabic, Somali,
Afar
Egypt Arabic, English, French
Equatorial Spanish, French, pidgin
Guinea English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
Eritrea Amharic, Arabic, Afar,
Tigrinya, Tigre, many
others
Ethiopia Amharic, Tigrinya, Arabic,
Orominga, English, others
Gabon French, Fang, Myene,
Bateke, others
Gambia English, Mandinka,
Wolof, Fula, others
Ghana English, Akan, others
Guinea French, various African
languages
Guinea-Bissau Portuguese, Crioulo,
others
Kenya English, Swahili, many
others
Lesotho Sesotho, English, Zulu,
Xhosa
Liberia English, Niger-Congo
languages
Libya Arabic, Italian, English
Madagascar French, Malagasy
Malawi English, Chichewa,
others
Mali French, Bambara,
many others
Mauritania Hasaniya Arabic, Pular,
Soninke, Wolof, French
Mauritius English, Creole, French,
Hindi, Urdu, Hakka,
Bojpoori
Morocco Arabic, Berber dialects,
French
Mozambique Portuguese, African
languages
Namibia Afrikaans, German,
English, local African
languages
Niger French, Hausa, Djerma
Nigeria English, Hausa, Yoruba,
Ibo Fulani
Rwanda Kinyarwanda, French,
English Kiswahili
Sao Tome Portuguese
and Principe
Senegal French, Wolof, Pulaar,
Diola, Mandingo
Seychelles English, French,
Creole
Sierra Leone English, Mende,
Temne, Krio
Somalia Somali, Arabic,
Italian, English
South Africa English, Afrikaans, Zulu,
Xhosa, Swazi, Sotho,
others
Sudan Arabic, Nubian, Ta
Bedawie, English, others
Swaziland English, siSwati
Tanzania Kiswahili, English, Arabic,
many others
Togo French, Ewe, Mina,
Dagomba, Kabye
Tunisia Arabic, French
Uganda English, Luganda,
Swahili, others
Zambia English, Bemba,
Tonga, others
Zimbabwe English, Shona,
Sindebele, others
EUROPE
Albania Albanian, Greek
Andorra Catalan, French, Castilian
Austria German
Belarus Byelorussian, Russian,
others
Belgium Flemish, French, German
Bosnia and Serbo-Croatian
Herzegovina
Bulgaria Bulgarian, others
Croatia Serbo-Croatian
Czech Republic Czech, Slovak
Denmark Danish, Greenlandic,
Faroese, German
Estonia Estonian, Ukrainian,
Russian, others
Finland Finnish, Swedish, Lapp,
Russian
France French, regional dialects
Germany German
Greece Greek, English, French
Hungary Hungarian, others
Iceland Icelandic
Ireland English, Gaelic
Italy Italian, German, French,
Slovene
Latvia Lettish, Lithuanian,
Russian, others
Liechtenstein German, Alemannic
dialect
Lithuania Lithuanian, Polish,
Russian
Luxembourg Luxembourgan, German,
French, English
Macedonia Macedonian, Albanian,
others
Malta Maltese, English
Moldova Moldovan, Russian,
Gagauz
Monaco French, English, Italian,
Monegasque
Netherlands Dutch
Norway Norwegian, Lapp, Finnish
Poland Polish
Portugal Portuguese
Romania Romanian, Hungarian,
German
Russia Russian, others
San Marino Italian
Serbia and Serbo-Croatian, Albanian
Montenegro
Slovakia Slovak, Hungarian
Slovenia Slovenian, Serbo-
Croatian, others
Spain Spanish, Catalan,
Galician, Basque
Sweden Swedish, Lapp, Finnish
Switzerland German, French, Italian,
Romansch, others
Ukraine Ukranian, Russian,
Romanian, Polish,
Hungarian
United Kingdom English, Welsh, 7
(England, Scotland, Scottish, Gaelic
Wales, N. Ireland)
Vatican City Italian, Latin, others
ASIA
Afghanistan Pashtu, Afghan Persian,
Turkic, others
Armenia Armenian, Russian,
others
Azerbaijan Azeri, Russian, Armenian,
others
Bahrain Arabic, English, Farsi,
Urdu
Bangladesh Bengali, English
Bhutan Dzongkha, Tibetan, and
Nepalese dialects
Brunei Malay, English, Chinese
Cambodia Khmer, French
China Mandarin, other Chinese
dialects, other languages
Cyprus Greek, Turkish, English
East Timor Tetun, Portuguese,
Indonesian, English
Georgia Georgian, Russian,
Armenian Azeri Ossetian,
others
India Hindi, English, many
others
Indonesia Bahasa Indonesian,
English, Dutch, others
Iran Farsi, Turkic, Kurdish,
Luri, others
Iraq Arabic, Kurdish,
Assyrian, Armenian
Israel (5) Hebrew, Arabic, English
Japan Japanese
Jordan Arabic, English
Kazakhstan Kazakh, Russian,
Ukrainian, others
Korea, North Korean
Korea, South Korean, English
Kuwait Arabic, English
Kyrgyzstan Kirghiz Russian
Laos Lao, French, English,
others
Lebanon Arabic, French,
Armenian, English
Malaysia Malay, English, Chinese
dialects, many others
Maldives Maldivian Divehi, English
Mongolia Khalkha Mongol, Turkic,
Russian, Chinese
Myanmar (Burma) Burmese, others
Nepal Nepali, others
Oman Arabic, English, Baluchi,
Urdu, others Arabic
Pakistan Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi,
Siraiki, English, others
Philippines Filipino, English
Qatar Arabic, English
Saudi Arabia Arabic
Singapore Chinese, Malay, Tamil,
English
Sri Lanka Tamil, Sinhala, English
Syria Arabic, Kurdish,
Armenian,
French, others
Taiwan Mandarin Chinese,
Taiwanese, others
Tajikistan Tajik, Russian
Thailand Thai, English, regional
dialects
Turkey Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic
Turkmenistan Turkmen, Uzbek,
Russian, others
United Arab Arabic, Farsi, English,
Emirates Hindi, Urdu
Uzbekistan Uzbek, Russian, Tajik,
others
Vietnam Vietnamese, French,
Chinese, English,
Khmer, others
Yemen Arabic
OCEANIA
Australia English, Aboriginal
languages
Fiji English, Fijian,
Hindustani
Kiribati English, Gilbertese
Marshall English, Marshallese
Islands dialects, Japanese
Micronesia English, Trukese,
Pohnpein, Yapese,
Kosraean
Nauru Nauruan, English
New Zealand English, Maori
Palau English, Sonsorol'ese,
Palauan, others
Papua New English, pidginothers English,
Guinea Motu, many
Samoa Samoan, English
Solomon Melanesian pidgin,
Islands English, others
Tonga Tongan, English
Tuvalu Tuvaluan, English
Vanuatu English, French, Bislama
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
COUNTRY & HEAD
Antigua and Dominant party;
Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer
Bahamas Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Perry Christie
Barbados Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Owen Arthur
Belize Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Said Musa
Canada Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Paul Martin
Costa Rica Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Abel Pacheco de la Espriella
Cuba Communist one-party state;
President Fidel Castro
Dominica Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican Presidential-legislative democracy;
Republic President Leonel Fernandez
El Salvador Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Elias Antonio Saca
Grenada Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Keith Mitchell
Guatemala Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Oscar Berger Perdomo
Haiti Dominant party (transitional);
President Boniface Alexandre
Honduras Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Ricardo Madura
Jamaica Parliamentary democracy; Prime
Minister Percival James Patterson
Mexico Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Vicente Fox
Nicaragua Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Enrique Bolanos
Panama Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Martin Torrijos
Saint Kitts Parliamentary democracy;
and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
Saint Lucia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Kenny Anthony
Saint Vincent and Parliamentary democracy;
the Grenadines prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Trinidad and Parliamentary democracy;
Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning
United States Presidential-legislative democracy;
President George W. Bush
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Nestor Kirchner
Bolivia Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Eduardo Rodriguez
Brazil Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Luiz InAcio Lula da Silva
Chile Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Ricardo Lagos Escobar
Colombia Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Alvaro Uribe Velez
Ecuador Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Alfredo Palacio
Guyana Parliamentary democracy;
President Bharrat Jagdeo
Paraguay Presidential-legislative democracy;
president Nicanor Duarte Frutos
Peru Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Alejandro Toledo
Suriname Parliamentary democracy;
President Ronald Venetiaan
Uruguay Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Tabare Vazquez
Venezuela Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Hugo Chavez
AFRICA
Algeria Dominant party;
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Angola Presidential-parliamentary (transition-
al); President Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Benin Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Mathieu Kerekou
Botswana Parliamentary democracy and traditional
chiefs; President Festus Mogae
Burkina Faso Presidential-parliamentary (transi-
tional); President Blaise Compaore
Burundi Dictatorship (military-dominated);
President Pierre Nkurunziza
Cameroon Dominant party;
President Paul Biya
Cape Verde Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves
Central African Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Republic President Frangois Bozize
Chad Presidential-parliamentary (military-
dominated); President Idriss Deby
Comoros Presidential (military-dominated);
Colonel Assoumani Azali
Congo, In transition from military to
Democratic Rep. presidential-parliamentary;
President Joseph Kabila
Congo, Republic Military (transitional);
President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Cote d'Ivoire Presidential-parliamentary (transi-
(Ivory Coast) tional); President Laurent Gbagbo
Djibouti Dominant party;
President Ismail Omar Guelleh
Egypt Dominant party;
President Hosni Mubarak
Equatorial Presidential (military-dominated);
Guinea President Teodoro Obiang
Nguema Mbasogo
Eritrea Dominant party;
President Isaias Afewerki
Ethiopia Dominant party;
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
Gabon Dominant party;
President Omar Bongo
Gambia Presidential-legislative (transitional);
President Yahya Jammeh
Ghana Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
president John Agyekum Kufuor
Guinea Dominant party;
President Lansana Conte
Guinea-Bissau Presidential-legislative (transitional);
President Henrique Perreira Rosa
Kenya Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Mwai Kibaki
Lesotho Parliamentary and traditional chiefs
(transitional); Prime Minister
Pakalitha Mosisili
Liberia Presidential-parliamentary democracy
(transitional); Gyude Bryant, chairman
of interim government
Libya One-party dictatorship;
Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi
Madagascar Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Marc Ravalomanana
Malawi Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Bingu wa Mutharika
Mali Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President Amadou Toumani Toure
Mauritania Presidential-parliamentary (military-influenced);
President Maaouya Ould
Sid' Ahmad Taya
Mauritius Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam
Morocco Constitutional monarchy;
King Muhammad VI
Mozambique Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Armando Guebuza
Namibia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
president Hifikepunye Pohamba
Niger Presidential-parliamentary
democracy (transitional);
President Mamadou Tandja
Nigeria Presidential-legislativ
edemocracy {transitional);
President Olusegun Obasanjo
Rwanda Dominant party;
President Paul Kagame
Sao Tome Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
and Principe President Fradique de Menezes
Senegal Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Abdoulaye Wade
Seychelles Dominant party;
President James Michel
Sierra Leone Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
Somalia Limited government disputed
by warlords
South Africa Parliamentary democracy;
President Thabo Mbeki
Sudan Presidential-legislative (military-dominated);
President Omar Hassan
Ahmad al-Bashir
Swaziland Monarchy;
King Mswati III
Tanzania Dominant party;
President Benjamin Mkapa
Togo Dominant party;
President Faure Gnassingbe
Tunisia Dominant party;
president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Uganda Dominant party;
President Yoweri Museveni
Zambia Dominant party;
President Levy Mwanawasa
Zimbabwe Dominant party;
President Robert Mugabe
EUROPE
Albania Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Alfred Moisiu
Andorra Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Executive Council President Albert
Pintat Santolaria
Austria Parliamentary democracy;
Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel
Belarus Presidential dictatorship;
President Aleksandr Lukashenko
Belgium Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
Bosnia and Presidential-parliamentary (transi-
Herzegovina tional); rotating Chairman of
the Presidency
Bulgaria Parliamentary democracy; Prime
Minister Sergei Stanishev
Croatia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Stjepan Mesic
Czech Republic Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek
Denmark Parliamentary democracy; Prime
Minister Anders Fo g h Rasmussen
Estonia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
Finland Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Tarja Halonen
France Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Jacques Chirac
Germany Parliamentary democracy;
Chancellor Gerhard Schroder (3)
Greece Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis
Hungary Parliamentary democracy;
President Laszlo Solyom
Iceland Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Haldor Asgrimsson
Ireland Parliamentary democracy;
prime Minister Bertie Ahern
Italy Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Latvia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis
Liechtenstein Constitutional monarchy;
Prince Hans Adam II
Lithuania Parliamentary democracy;
President VaIdasAdamkus
Luxembourg Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
Macedonia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski
Malta Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
Moldova Parliamentary democracy;
President Vladimir Voronin
Monaco Constitutional monarchy;
Prince Albert II
Netherlands Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
Norway Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister K1ell Magne Bon devik
Poland Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Presidential elections pending at
press time
Portugal Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jose Socrates
Romania Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu
Russia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Vladimir Putin
San Marino Parliamentary democracy; Co-Captain
Regent elected every six months from
the Great and General Council
Serbia and Parliamentary democracy (transitional);
Montenegro President Svetozar Marovic
Slovakia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda
Slovenia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Janez Jansa
Spain Parliamentary democracy; Prime
Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Sweden Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Goran Persson
Switzerland Parliamentary democracy;
rotating President from 7-member
Federal Council
Ukraine Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Viktor Yushchenko
United Kingdom Parliamentary democracy;
(England, Scotland, Prime Minister Tony Blair
Wales, N. Ireland)
Vatican City Papal state; Pope Benedict XVI
ASIA
Afghanistan Transitional democracy;
President Hamid Karzai
Armenia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Robert Kocharyan
Azerbaijan Presidential (Dominant party);
President Ilham Aliyev
Bahrain Monarchy; King Hamad bin 'Isa AI
Khalifah
Bangladesh Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
Bhutan Monarchy; King Jigme Singye
Wangchuk
Brunei Monarchy; Sultan and Prime Minister
Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzadin
Waddaulah
Cambodia Dominant party;
Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen
China Communist one-party state;
President Hu Jintao
Cyprus Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Tassos Papadopoulos
East Timor Presidential-parliamentary democracy
(transitional); President Xanana
Gusmao
Georgia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Mikheil Saakashvili
India Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Indonesia Parliamentary democracy;
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Iran Presidential-parliamentary under
Islamic religious control; President
Mahmud Ahmadinejad
Iraq Transitional;
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Israel (5) Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Japan Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Jordan Constitutional monarchy;
King Abdullah II
Kazakhstan Dominant party;
President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Korea, North Communist dictatorship;
General Secretary Kim Jong II
Korea, South Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Rob Muh-hyun
Kuwait Monarchy; Emir Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad
Al Jabir Al Sabah
Kyrgyzstan Presidential-parliamentary in transition;
President Kurmanbeck Bakiyev
Laos Communist one-party state;
President Khamtai Siphandon
Lebanon Presidential-parliamentary
with Syrian influence;
President Emile Lahoud
Malaysia Dominant party; Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Maldives Presidential dictatorship;
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Mongolia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;,
Prime Minister Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj
Myanmar (Burma) Military; Prime Minister
General Than Shwe
Nepal Constitutional monarchy
with limited parliament;
King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah
Oman Monarchy; Prime Minister and Sultan
Qaboos bin Sa'id Al Said
Pakistan Military; President General Pervez
Musharraf
Philippines Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Qatar Monarchy; Emir Sheikh Hamid bin
Khalifah Al Thani
Saudi Arabia Monarchy; King and Prime Minister
Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz Al-Saud
Singapore Dominant party;
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Sri Lanka Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Chandrika Bandaranaike
Kumaratunga
Syria Dominant party (military-dominated);
President Bashar al-Assad
Taiwan Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Chen Shui-bian
Tajikistan Presidential (transitional);
President Imomali Rakhmonov
Thailand Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
Turkey Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkmenistan Presidential dictatorship;
President Saparmurad Niyazov
United Arab Federation of traditional monarchies;
Emirates President Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan
AL Nahayyan
Uzbekistan Presidential (dominant party);
President Islam Karimov
Vietnam Communist one-party state;
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai
Yemen Dominant party;
President Ali Abdullah Saleh
OCEANIA
Australia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister John Howard
Fiji Parliamentary democracy and
traditional chiefs;
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase
Kiribati Presidential-legislative democracy;
president Anote Tong
Marshall Parliamentary democracy and tradi-
Islands tional chiefs, President Kessai H. Note
Micronesia Parliamentary democracy;
President Joseph J. Urusemal
Nauru Parliamentary democracy;
President Ludwig Scotty
New Zealand Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Helen Clark
Palau Presidential democracy and traditional
chiefs; President Tommy Remengesau
Papua New Parliamentary democracy;
Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare
Samoa Parliamentary democracy and tradi-
tional chiefs; Prime Minister Tuilaepa
Sailele Malielegaoi
Solomon Parliamentary democracy;
Islands Prime Minister Sir Allan Kamakeza
Tonga Monarchy; King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV
Tuvalu Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Maatia Toafa
Vanuatu Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Ham Lini
DATE OF LITERACY PER
ORIGIN RATE (%) CAPITA GDP
% OF POP. LIFE
COUNTRY UNDER 15 EXPECTANCY HDI
NORTH AMERICA
Antigua and 1981 90/88 $11,000
Barbuda 26 69/74 0.797
Bahamas 1973 95/97 $17,700
30 67/73 0.832
Barbados 1966 98/97 $16,400
22 70/74 0.878
Belize 1981 94/94 $6,500
36 67/74 0.753
Canada 1867 97 $31,500
18 77/82 0.949
Costa Rica 1821 96/96 $9,600
30 76/81 0.838
Cuba 1902 97/97 $3,000
21 75/79 0.817
Dominica 1978 94/94 $5,500
28 71/77 0.783
Dominican 1844 85/85 $6,300
Republic 34 66/69 1
El Salvador 1821 83/78 $4,900
33 67/73 0.722
Grenada 1974 98/98 $5,000
35 NA 0.787
Guatemala 1821 78/63 $4,200
42 63/69 0.663
Haiti 1804 55/51 $1,500
42 51/54 0.475
Honduras 1821 76/76 $2,800
41 67/74 0.667
Jamaica 1962 84/92 $4,100
31 72/75 0.738
Mexico 1810 94/91 $9,600
31 73/78 0.814
Nicaragua 1821 67/68 $2,300
42 66/70 0.690
Panama 1903 93/92 $6,900
29 72/77 0.804
Saint Kitts 1983 97/98 $8,800
and Nevis 28 68/72 0.834
Saint Lucia 1979 65/69 $5,400
30 72/77 0.772
Saint Vincent and 1979 96/96 $2,900
the Grenadines 30 70/74 0.755
Trinidad and 1962 99/98 $10,500
Tobago 21 67/74 0.801
United States 1776 97/97 $40,100
21 75/80 0.944l
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 1816 97/97 $12,400
27 71/78 0.863
Bolivia 1825 93/82 $2,600
37 62/66 0.687
Brazil 1822 86/87 $8,100
29 68/75 0.792
Chile 1810 96/96 $10,700
24 73/79 0.854
Colombia 1810 92/93 $6,600
32 69/75 0.785
Ecuador 1822 94/91 $3,700
33 71/77 0.759
Guyana 1966 99/99 $3,800
28 60/66 0.720
Paraguay 1811 95/93 $4,800
32 69/73 0.755
Peru 1821 95/87 $5,600
32 67/72 0.762
Suriname 1975 95/91 $4,300
29 66/73 0.755
Uruguay 1825 98/98 $14,500
24 71/79 0.840
Venezuela 1811 94/93 $5,800
31 70/76 0.772
AFRICA
Algeria 1962 79/61 $6,600
31 73/74 0.722
Angola 1975 56/28 $2,100
46 39/42 0.445
Benin 1960 56/27 $1,200
44 53/55 0.431
Botswana 1966 77/82 $9,200
39 34/35 0.565
Burkina Faso 1960 37/17 $1,200
46 42/46 0.317
Burundi 1962 59/45 $600
47 49/50 0.378
Cameroon 1960 85/73 $1,900
44 47/49 0.497
Cape Verde 1975 86/69 $1,400
42 66/72 0.721
Central African 1960 63/40 $1,100
Republic 43 43/44 0.355
Chad 1960 56/39 $1,600
48 45/48 0.341
Comoros 1975 64/49 $700
43 58/62 0.547
Congo, 1960 76/55 $700
Democratic Rep. 48 49/52 0.385
Congo, Republic 1960 90/78 $800
46 51/53 0.512
Cote d'Ivoire 1960 58/44 $1,500
(Ivory Coast) 41 46/48 0.420
Djibouti 1977 78/58 $1,300
41 51/54 0.495
Egypt 1,921 68/47 $4,200
36 67/72 0.659
Equatorial 1968 93/78 $2,700
Guinea 43 43/46 0.655
Eritrea 1993 70/48 $900
45 56/59 0.444
Ethiopia 1000 B.C. 50/35 $800
44 47/49 0.367
Gabon 1960 74/53 $5,900
40 55/58 0.635
Gambia 1965 48/33 $1,800
45 51/55 0.470
Ghana 1957 83/67 $2,300
40 57/59 0.520
Guinea 1958 50/22 $2,100
44 48/50 0.466
Guinea-Bissau 1973 58/27 $700
46 43/46 0.348
Kenya 1963 91/80 $1,100
43 48/46 0.474
Lesotho 1966 75/95 $3,200
38 36/35 0.497
Liberia 1847 73/42 $900
46 41/43 NA
Libya 1951 92/72 $6,700
35 74/78 0.799
Madagascar 1960 76/63 $800
45 53/57 0.499
Malawi 1964 76/50 $600
46 43/46 0.404
Mali 1960 54/40 $900
47 47/48 0.333
Mauritania 1960 52/32 $1,800
43 50/53 0.477
Mauritius 1968 89/83 $12,800
25 69/75 0.791
Morocco 1956 64/39 $4,200
30 68/72 0.631
Mozambique 1975 64/33 $1,200
44 41/43 0.379
Namibia 1990 84/84 $7,300
40 46/4 0.627
Niger 1960 26/10 $900
48 43/44 0.281
Nigeria 1960 76/61 $1,000
43 43/44 0.453
Rwanda 1962 76/65 $1,300
44 42/45 0.450
Sao Tome 1975 85/62 $1,200
and Principe 38 62/64 0.604
Senegal 1960 50/31 $1,700
42 54/57 0.458
Seychelles 1976 56/60 $7,800
26 66/76 0.821
Sierra Leone 1961 45/18 $600
41 39/42 0.298
Somalia 1960 50/26 $600
45 46/49 NA
South Africa 1910 87/86 $11,000
33 50/53 0.658
Sudan 1956 72/51 $1,900
44 56/59 0.512
Swaziland 1968 83/81 $5,100
43 34/37 0.498
Tanzania 1964 86/71 $700
45 43/45 0.418
Togo 1960 75/47 $1,600
43 52/56 0.512
Tunisia 1956 84/64 $7,100
27 71/75 0.753
Uganda 1962 80/60 $1,500
51 48/48 0.508
Zambia 1964 87/75 $900
45 38/37 0.394
Zimbabwe 1980 94/87 $1,900
40 40/41 0.505
EUROPE
Albania 1912 93/80 $4,900
27 72/76 0.780
Andorra 1278 99 $26,800
15 NA NA
Austria 1156 98 $31,300
16 76/82 0.936
Belarus 1991 99/99 $6,800
16 63/75 0.786
Belgium 1830 98 $30,600
17 76/82 0.945
Bosnia and 1992 NA $6,500
Herzegovina 18 71/77 0.786
Bulgaria 1908 99/98 $8,200
14 69/76 0.808
Croatia 1991 99/98 $11,200
17 71/78 0.841
Czech Republic 1993 99 $16,800
15 72/79 0.874
Denmark 900s 99 $32,200
19 75/79 0.941
Estonia 1991 99/99 $14,300
16 66/77 0.853
Finland 1917 99/99 $29,000
18 75/82 0.941
France 486 99/99 $28,700
19 77/84 0.938
Germany 1871 99 $28,700
15 76/81 0.930
Greece 1829 99/97 $21,300
15 76/81 0.912
Hungary 1001 99/99 $14,900
16 68/77 0.862
Iceland 1944 99 $31,900
23 79/83 0.956
Ireland 1921 98 $31,900
21 75/80 0.946
Italy 1861 99/98 $27,700
14 77/83 0.934
Latvia 1991 99/99 $11,500
15 66/77 0.836
Liechtenstein 1719 99/99 $25,000
18 79/82 NA
Lithuania 1991 99/99 $12,500
18 1 66/78 0.852
Luxembourg 1839 99/99 $58,900
19 75/82 0.949
Macedonia 1991 NA $7,100
20 71/76 0.797
Malta 1964 92/94 $18,200
18 76/80 0.867
Moldova 1991 99/99 $1,900
20 65/72 0.671
Monaco 1419 99.00 $27,000
13 NA NA
Netherlands 1579 99 $29,500
19 76/81 0.943
Norway 1905 99/99 $40,000
20 78/82 0.963
Poland 1918 99/99 12,000
17 71/79 0.858
Portugal 1140 96/91 $17,900
16 74/81 0.904
Romania 1878 99/98 $7,700
16 68/75 0.792
Russia 1991 99/99 $9,800
16 59/72 0.795
San Marino 301 97/95 $134,600
-15 78/84 NA
Serbia and 1992 97/89 $2,400
Montenegro 19 71/76 NA
Slovakia 1993 NA $14,500
18 70/78 0.849
Slovenia 1991 99/99 $19,600
14 73/81 0.904
Spain 1492 99/977 $23,300
15 77/84 0.928
Sweden 1523 99 $28,400
18 78/83 0.949
Switzerland 1291 99 $33,800
16 78/83 0.947
Ukraine 1991 99/99 $6,300
15 63/74 0.766
United Kingdom circa 900 99 $29,600
(England, Scotland, 18 76/81 0.939
Wales, N. Ireland)
Vatican City 1929 100 NA
NA NA NA
ASIA
Afghanistan 1919 51/21 $800
45 41/42 NA
Armenia 1918 99/98 $4,600
22 67/75 0.759
Azerbaijan 1991 99/96 $13,800
26 70/75 0.729
Bahrain 1971 92/85 $19,200
28 73/75 0.846
Bangladesh 1971 54/32 $2,000
35 61/62 0.520
Bhutan 1949 56/28 $1,400
40 62/65 0.536
Brunei 1984 96/91 $23,600
32 72/77 0.866
Cambodia 1949 81/59 $2,000
37 52/60 0.521
China 1912 95/87 $5,600
22 70/74 0.755
Cyprus 1960 99/96 $20,300G REEK (4)
20 75/79 $7,135 TURKISH
0.891
East Timor 2002 59 $400
41 54/56 0.513
Georgia 1991 99/98 $3,100
19 68/75
India 1947 70/48 $3,100
36 61/63 0.602
Indonesia 1945 93/83 $3,500
30 66/70 0.697
Iran 1502 86/73 $7,700
30 69/72 0.736
Iraq 1932 56/24 $2,100
42 57/60 NA
Israel (5) 1948 97/94 $20,800
28 78/82 0.915
Japan 660 B.C. 99/99 $29,400
14 78/85 0.943
Jordan 1946 96/86 $4,500
37 71/72 0.753
Kazakhstan 1991 99/98 $7,800
27 61/72 0.761
Korea, North 1945 99/99 $1,700
27 69/74 NA
Korea, South 1945 99/97 $19,200
19 73/80 0.901
Kuwait 1961 85/82 $21,300
26 77/79 0.844
Kyrgyzstan 1991 99/96 $1,700
33 65/72 0.702
Laos 1949 77/56 $1,900
40 53/56 0.545
Lebanon 1943 93/82 $5,000
28 72/75 0.759
Malaysia 1957 92/85 $9,700
33 70/76 0.796
Maldives 1965 97/97 $3,900
36 71/72 0.745
Mongolia 1921 98/98 $1,900
31 62/66 0.679
Myanmar (Burma) 1948 89/81 $1,700
29 57/63 0.578
Nepal 1768 63/28 $1,500
39 62/63 0.526
Oman 1650 83/67 $13,100
33 72/75 0.781
Pakistan 1947 60/31 $2,200
42 61/63 0.527
Philippines 1946 93/93 $5,000
35 67/72 0.758
Qatar 1971 81/85 $23,200
25 69/72 0.849
Saudi Arabia 1932 85/71 $12,000
37 70/74 0.772
Singapore 1965 97/89 $27,800
20 77/81 0.907
Sri Lanka 1948 95/90 $4,000
27 71/75 0.751
Syria 1946 90/64 $3,400
37 71/73 0.721
Taiwan 1949 96 $25,300
19 73/79 NA
Tajikistan 1991 99/99 $1,100
40 61/66 0.652
Thailand 1238 95/91 $8,100
23 68/75 0.778
Turkey 1923 94/79 $7,400
29 66/71 0.750
Turkmenistan 1991 99/97 $5,700
32 58/67 0.738
United Arab 1971 76/82 $125,200
Emirates 25 75/80 0.849
Uzbekistan 1991 99/99 $1,800
35 63/70 0.694
Vietnam 1945 94/87 $2,700
29 70/73 0.704
Yemen 1990 71/30 $800
46 59/63 0.489
OCEANIA
Australia 1901 99/99 $30,700
20 78/83 0.955
Fiji 1970 96/92 $5,900
30 66/70 0.752
Kiribati 1979 NA $800
40 58/67 NA
Marshall 1986 94/94 $1,600
Islands 42 67/70 NA
Micronesia 1,986 91/88 $2,000
40 67/67 NA
Nauru 1968 NA $5,000
41 57/65 NA
New Zealand 1907 99 $23,200
22 76/81 0.933
Palau 1994 93/90 $9,000
24 67/75 NA
Papua New 1975 71/58 $2,200
Guinea 40 55/56 0.523
Samoa 1962 99/99 $5,600
41 72/74 0.776
Solomon 1978 NA $1,700
Islands 40 62/63 0.594
Tonga 1970 98/99 $2,300
39 70/72 0.810
Tuvalu 1978 NA $1,100
36 62/65 NA
Vanuatu 1980 57/48 $2,900
42 66/69 0.659
(1) A single figure represents a percentage for the population
as a whole; breakdown by gender not available.
(2) Bosnia has a collective presidency that rotates among three
members (one Croat, one Muslim, and one Serb).
(3) Outcome of election unclear at press time.
(4) Figures are broken down into Greek and Turkish populations,
respectively.
(5) Israel's area and population do not include the occupied
territory of the West Bank.
SOURCES: For area, population, urban population, annual population
rise, percent of population under 15 years, and life expectancy:
2005 World Population Data Sheet (Population Reference Bureau) * For
capital, major languages, date of origin, literacy rate, and per
capita GDP: The World Factbook 2005 (Central Intelligence Agency) * For
forms of government: Based on information from annual editions of
Freedom in the World, a publication of Freedom House (a nonprofit
human-rights organization), World Book, and the State Department and
its Web site (www.state.gov) * For heads of government: Based on
information from the GeoCities "Rulers" Web site (www.rulers.org), the
State Department and its Web site, and the CIA World Factbook * For
HDI: Human Development Report 2005 (United Nations Development
Program). Figures are all the latest available from each source for
each country.
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