The world in focus.On the 10 pages in this 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. , you'll you'll Contraction of you will. you'll you will or you shall you'll will find facts on 193 independent countries. Compare, for example, 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. of people in Mozambique Mozambique, city, Mozambique Mozambique, city: see Moçambique. Mozambique, country, Africa Mozambique (mō'zəmbēk`), officially Republic of Mozambique, republic (2005 est. pop. (38 for males and 42 for females), with that of Norway Norway, Nor. Norge, officially Kingdom of Norway, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 4,593,000), 125,181 sq mi (324,219 sq km), N Europe, occupying the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. (77 and 82); or India's 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. ($2,900), with that of the U.S. ($37,800). To better understand the almanac, read the explanations accompanying ac·com·pa·ny v. ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing, ac·com·pa·nies v.tr. 1. To be or go with as a companion. 2. the sample entry for Brazil Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. at right. 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. (except for the Middle East and Oceania Oceania (ōshēăn`ēə, –ā`nēə) or Oceanica (ōshēăn`ĭkə) ), then listed alphabetically al·pha·bet·i·cal also al·pha·bet·ic adj. 1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language. 2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet. . Area (top) & Popu|ation: Land mass in square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. and number of people. To calculate population density, divide population by area. For example, Brazil has 54.3 people per square mile. Population Growth: The percentage increase in a country's population (the birth rate minus the death rate, without factoring in immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. ) for the most recent year available. Urban Population: The percentage of a country's population living in urban areas. Urbanization is on the rise in developing countries as people move to cities in search of work. Major Languages: There are some 6,000 languages in the world, not counting local dialects. Portuguese ranks sixth among the world's languages with about 176 million speakers worldwide. Form of Government & Head: Type of government and name of current leader. Luiz Inacio Lula LULA Linux Users of Los Angeles LULA Lower Unlatch Auxiliary LULA Low Use, Limited Access (elevator term) da Silva sil·va also syl·va n. pl. sil·vas or sil·vae 1. The trees or forests of a region. 2. A written work on the trees or forests of a region. , whose parents were illiterate ILLITERATE. This term is applied to one unacquainted with letters. 2. When an ignorant man, unable to read, signs a deed or agreement, or makes his mark instead of a signature, and he alleges, and can provide that it was falsely read to him, he is not bound by farmworkers, became president of Brazil The President of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The presidential system was established in 1889, upon the proclamation of the republic in a military coup d'etât against the Emperor Dom Pedro II. in January January: see month. 2003. Percent of Population Under 15: In Brazil, 30 percent of the population is under 15. Compare that with the U.S., where the figure is 21 percent, and Niger Niger, country, Africa Niger (nī`jər, nēzhâr`), officially Republic of Niger, republic (2005 est. pop. 11,666,000), 489,189 sq mi (1,267,000 sq km), W Africa. , in Africa, where it is 50 percent. 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: Percentage of people who can read and write. The first number is for males, the second for females. Date of Origin: The year a nation was formed or gained independence. Life Expectancy: The number of years a newborn newborn /new·born/ (noo´born?) 1. recently born. 2. newborn infant. new·born adj. Very recently born. n. A neonate. infant can expect to live, based on the current average age of death. The first number is for males, the second for females. 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 (gross domestic product), divided by its population. It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have 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. The numbers are adjusted to account for differences in the cost of living from country to country. 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): A measure of economic and social well-being on a scale of 0 to 1 (1 is the highest). 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. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
URBAN
POP. %
AREA (SQ MI) POP. RISE
COUNTRY POPULATION %/YEAR CAPITAL
North America
Antigua & Barbuda 170 37 St. John's
100,000 1.7
Bahamas 5,359 89 Nassau
300,000 1.3
Barbados 166 50 Bridgetown
300,000 0.6
Belize 8,865 49 Belmopan
300,000 2.3
Canada 3,849,670 79 Ottawa
31,900,000 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 Republic 18,815 64 Santo
8,800,000 1.9 Domingo
El Salvador 8,124 58 San Salvador
6,700,000 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
8,100,000 1.9
Honduras 43,278 47 Tegucigalpa
7,000,000 2.8
Jamaica 4,243 52 Kingston
2,600,000 1.4
Mexico 756,062 75 Mexico City
106,200,000 2.1
Nicaragua 50,193 58 Managua
5,600,000 2.7
Panama 29,158 62 Panama City
3,200,000 1.8
Saint Kitts 139 33 Basseterre
& Nevis 50,000 1.0
Saint Lucia 239 30 Castries
200,000 1.1
Saint Vincent & the 151 44 Kingstown
Grenadines 100,000 1.1
Trinidad & Tobago 1,981 74 Port-of-Spain
1,300,000 0.6
United States 3,717,796 79 Washington,
293,600,000 0.6 D.C.
South America
Argentina 1,073,514 89 Buenos Aires
37,900,000 1.1
Bolivia 424,162 63 La Paz
8,800,000 1.9 and Sucre
Brazil 3,300,154 81 Brasilia
179,100,000 1.3
Chile 292,135 87 Santiago
16,000,000 1.2
Colombia 439,734 71 Bogota
45,300,000 1.7
Ecuador 109,483 61 Quito
13,400,000 2.1
Guyana 83,000 36 Georgetown
800,000 1.4
Paraguay 157,046 54 Asuncion
6,000,000 2.5
Peru 496,224 72 Lima
27,500,000 1.7
Suriname 63,039 69 Paramaribo
400,000 1.5
Uruguay 68,498 93 Montevideo
3,400,000 0.6
Venezuela 352,143 87 Caracas
26,200,000 1.9
Africa
Algeria 919,591 49 Algiers
32,300,000 1.5
Angola 481,351 33 Luanda
13,300,000 2.6
Benin 43,483 40 Porto-Nova
7,300,000 2.7
Botswana 224,606 54 Gaborone
1,700,000 1.0
Burkina Faso 105,792 15 Ouagadougou
13,600,000 2.6
Burundi 10,745 8 Bujumbura
6,200,000 2.2
Cameroon 183,568 48 Yaounde
16,100,000 2.2
Cape Verde 1,556 53 Praia
500,000 2.3
Central African 240,533 39 Bangui
Republic 3,700,000 1.7
Chad 495,753 24 N'Djamena
9,500,000 3.2
Comoros 861 33 Moroni
700,000 3.5
Congo 905,351 30 Kinshasa
Democratic Rep. 58,300,000 3.1
Congo 132,046 52 Brazzaville
Republic 3,800,000 2.9
Djibouti 8,958 82 Djibouti
700,000 2.3
Egypt ** 386,660 43 Cairo
71,400,000 2.0
Equatorial 10,830 45 Malabo
Guinea 500,000 2.6
Eritrea 45,405 19 Asmara
4,400,000 2.6
Ethiopia 426,371 15 Addis Ababa
72,400,000 2.4
Gabon 103,347 73 Libreville
1,400,000 2.1
Gambia 4,363 26 Banjul
7,500,000 2.9
Ghana 92,100 44 Accra
21,400,000 2.2
Guinea 94,927 33 Conakry
9,200,000 2.7
Guinea-Bissau 13,946 32 Bissau
1,500,000 3.0
Ivory Coast 124,502 46 Yamoussoukro
16,900,000 2.0
Kenya 224,081 36 Nairobi
32,400,000 2.3
Lesotho 11,718 17 Maseru
1,800,000 1.1
Liberia 43,000 45 Monrovia
3,500,000 2.9
Libya 679,359 86 Tripoli
5,600,000 2.4
Madagascar 226,656 26 Antananarivo
17,500,000 3.0
Malawi 45,745 14 Lilongwe
11,900,000 3.1
Mali 478,838 30 Bamako
13,400,000 3.3
Mauritania 395,954 40 Nouakchott
3,000,000 2.7
Mauritius 788 42 Port Louis
1,200,000 1.0
Morocco 172,413 57 Rabat
30,600,000 1.5
Mozambique 309,494 29 Maputo
19,200,000 1.7
Namibia 318,259 33 Windhoek
1,900,000 1.6
Niger 489,189 21 Niamey
12,400,000 3.5
Nigeria 356,668 36 Abuja
137,300,000 2.9
Rwanda 10,170 17 Kigali
8,400,000 1.9
Sao Tome 371 38 Sao Tome
& Principe 200,000 2.8
Senegal 75,954 43 Dakar
10,900,000 2.6
Seychelles 174 50 Victoria
100,000 1.0
Sierra Leone 27,699 37 Freetown
5,200,000 2.1
Somalia 246,201 33 Mogadishu
8,300,000 2.9
South Africa 471,444 53 Cape Town,
46,900,000 1.0 Pretoria, and
Bloemfontein
Sudan 967,494 31 Khartoum
39,100,000 2.8
Swaziland 6,703 25 Mbabane and
1,200,000 2.0 Lobamba
Tanzania 364,900 22 Dar es
36,100,000 2.3 Salaam
Togo 21,927 33 Lome
5,600,000 2.7
Tunisia 63,170 63 Tunis
10,000,000 1.1
Uganda 93,066 12 Kampala
26,100,000 3.0
Zambia 290,583 35 Lusaka
10,900,000 1.8
Zimbabwe 150,873 32 Harare
12,700,000 1.2
Europe
Albania 11,100 42 Tirana
3,200,000 1.2
Andorra 174 92 Andorra
100,000 0.8 la Vella
Austria 32,378 54 Vienna
8,100,000 0.0
Belarus 80,154 72 Minsk
9,800,000 -0.6
Belgium 11,787 97 Brussels
10,400,000 0.1
Bosnia & 19,741 43 Sarajevo
Herzegovina 3,900,000 1.0
Bulgaria 42,822 70 Sofia
7,800,000 -0.6
Croatia 21,830 56 Zagreb
4,400,000 -0.2
Czech 30,448 77 Prague
Republic 10,200,000 -0.2
Denmark 16,637 72 Copenhagen
5,400,000 0.1
Estonia 17,413 69 Tallinn
1,300,000 -0.4
Finland 130,560 62 Helsinki
5,200,000 0.2
France 212,934 74 Paris
60,000,000 0.4
Germany 137,830 88 Berlin
82,600,000 -0.2
Greece 50,950 60 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 60 Dublin
4,100,000 0.8
Italy 116,320 90 Rome
57,800,000 -0.1
Latvia 24,942 68 Riga
2,300,000 -0.5
Liechtenstein 62 21 Vaduz
30,000 0.5
Lithuania 25,174 67 Vilnius
3,400,000 -0.3
Luxembourg 999 91 Luxembourg
500,000 0.3
Macedonia 9,927 59 Skopje
2,000,000 0.5
Malta 124 91 Valletta
400,000 0.2
Moldova 13,012 45 Chisinau
4,200,000 -0.1
Monaco 1 100 Monaco
30,000 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 0.0
Portugal 35,514 53 Lisbon
10,500,000 0.0
Romania 92,042 53 Bucharest
21,700,000 -0.3
Russia 6,592,819 73 Moscow
144,100,000 -0.6
San Marino 23 84 San Marino
30,000 0.3
Serbia & 39,448 52 Belgrade
Montenegro 10,700,000 0.2
Slovakia 18,923 56 Bratislava
5,400,000 0.0
Slovenia 7,819 51 Ljubljana
2,000,000 -0.1
Spain 195,363 76 Madrid
42,500,000 0.1
Sweden 173,730 84 Stockholm
9,000,000 0.1
Switzerland 15,942 68 Bern
7,400,000 0.1
Ukraine 233,089 68 Kiev
47,400,000 -0.8
United Kingdom 94,548 89 London
(England, Scotland, 59,700,000 0.1
Wales, N. Ireland)
Vatican City 109 acres NA Vatican City
911 1.1
Middle East ***
Bahrain 266 87 Manama
700,000 1.7
Cyprus 3,571 65 Nicosia
900,000 0.5
Egypt 386,660 43 Cairo
72,100,000 2.1
Iran 630,575 67 Tehran
67,400,000 1.2
Iraq 169,236 68 Baghdad
25,900,000 2.7
Israel (4) 8,131 92 Jerusalem
6,800,000 1.6
Jordan 34,444 79 Amman
5,600,000 2.4
Kuwait 6,880 100 Kuwait City
2,500,000 1.7
Lebanon 4,015 87 Beirut
4,500,000 1.7
Oman 82,031 76 Muscat
2,700,000 2.2
Qatar 4,247 92 Doha
700,000 1.6
Saudi Arabia 829,996 86 Riyadh
25,100,000 3.0
Syria 71,498 50 Damascus
18,000,000 2.4
Turkey 299,158 59 Ankara
71,300,000 1.4
United Arab 32,278 78
Emirates 4,200,000 1.4 Abu Dhabi
Yemen 203,849 26 Sanaa
20,000,000 3.3
Asia
Afghanistan 251,772 22 Kabul
28,500,000 2.7
Armenia 11,506 64 Yerevan
3,200,000 0.2
Azerbaijan 33,436 51 Baku
8,300,000 0.8
Bangladesh 55,598 23 Dhaka
141,300,000 2.1
Bhutan 18,147 21 Thimphu
1,000,000 2.5
Brunei 2,228 74 Bandar Seri
400,000 1.9 Begawan
Cambodia 69,900 16 Phnom Penh
13,100,000 2.2
China 3,696,100 41 Beijing
1,300,100,000 0.6
East Timor 5,741 8 Dili
800,000 1.3
Georgia 26,911 52 Tbilisi
4,500,000 0.0
India 1,269,340 28 New Delhi
1,086,600,000 1.7
Indonesia 735,355 42 Jakarta
218,700,000 1.6
Japan 145,869 78 Tokyo
127,600,000 0.1
Kazakhstan 1,049,151 57 Astana
15,000,000 0.6
Korea, North 46,541 60 Pyongyang
22,800,000 0.7
Korea, South 38,324 80 Seoul
48,200,000 0.5
Kyrgyzstan 76,641 35 Bishkek
5,100,000 1.4
Laos 91,429 19 Vientiane
5,800,000 2.3
Malaysia 127,317 62 Kuala
25,600,000 2.1 Lumpur
Maldives 116 27 Male
300,000 1.4
Mongolia 604,826 57 Ulaanbaatar
2,500,000 1.2
Myanmar 261,228 28 Yangon
(Burma) 50,100,000 1.4 (Rangoon)
Nepal 56,826 14 Kathmandu
24,700,000 2.3
Pakistan 307,375 34 Islamabad
159,200,000 2.4
Philippines 115,830 48 Manila
83,700,000 2.0
Singapore 239 100 Singapore
4,200,000 0.6
Sri Lanka 25,332 30 Colombo
19,600,000 1.3
Taiwan 13,969 78 Taipei
22,600,000 0.4
Tajikistan 55,251 27 Dushanbe
6,600,000 1.9
Thailand 198,116 31 Bangkok
63,800,000 0.8
Turkmenistan 188,456 47 Ashgabat
5,700,000 1.6
Uzbekistan 172,741 37 Tashkent
26,400,000 1.6
Vietnam 128,066 25 Hanoi
81,500,000 1.2
Oceania
Australia 2,988,888 91 Canberra
20,100,000 0.6
Fiji 7,054 39 Suva
800,000 1.9
Kiribati 282 43 Tarawa
100,000 1.8
Marshall 69 68 Majuro
Islands 100,000 3.7
Micronesia 270 22 Palikir
100,000 2.1
Nauru 9 100 Yaren District
10,000 1.8
New Zealand 104,452 78 Wellington
4,100,000 0.7
Palau 178 70 Koror
20,000 0.8
Papua New 178,703 15 Port
Guinea 5,700,000 2.2 Moresby
Samoa 1,097 22 Apia
200,000 2.4
Solomon 11,158 16 Honiara
Islands 500,000 2.7
Tonga 290 32 Nuku'alofa
100,000 1.8
Tuvalu 10 47 Funafuti
10,000 1.7
Vanuatu 4,707 21 Port-Vila
200,000 2.2
MAJOR
COUNTRY LANGUAGES
North America
Antigua & Barbuda English, local dialects
Bahamas English, Creole
Barbados English
Belize English, Spanish, Mayan,
Garifuna
Canada English, French
Costa RICA Spanish, English
Cuba Spanish
Dominica English, French patois
Dominican Republic Spanish
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
& Nevis
Saint LUCIA English, French patois
Saint Vincent & the English, French patois
Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago English, Hindi, French,
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, Sranang, Tonga,
Hindustani, English,
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 French, Lingala, Monokutuba,
Republic Kikongo, others
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, Criolo,
others
Ivory Coast French, Dioula, 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
& 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 & Serbo-Croatian
Herzegovina
Bulgaria Bulgarian, others
Croatia Serbo-Croatian
Czech Czech, Slovak
Republic
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 & 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,
(England, Scotland, Scottish, Gaelic
Wales, N. Ireland)
Vatican City Italian, Latin, others
Middle East ***
Bahrain Arabic, English,
Farsi, Urdu
Cyprus Greek, Turkish, English
Egypt Arabic, English, French
Iran Farsi, Turkic, Kurdish,
Luri, others
Iraq Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian,
Armenian
Israel (4) Hebrew, Arabic, English
Jordan Arabic, English
Kuwait Arabic, English
Lebanon Arabic, French,
Armenian, English
Oman Arabic, English, Baluchi,
Urdu, others Arabic
Qatar Arabic, English
Saudi Arabia Arabic
Syria Arabic, Kurdish,
Armenian, French, others
Turkey Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic
United Arab Arabic, Farsi, English,
Emirates Hindi, Urdu
Yemen Arabic
Asia
Afghanistan Pashtu, Afghan Persian,
Turkic, others
Armenia Armenian, Russian,
others
Azerbaijan Azeri, Russian,
Armenian, others
Bangladesh Bengali, English
Bhutan Dzongkha, Tibetan, and
Nepalese dialects
Brunei Malay, English, Chinese
Cambodia Khmer, French
China Mandarin, other Chinese
dialects, other languages
East Timor Tetun, Portuguese,
Indonesian, English
Georgia Georgian, Russian,
Armenian, Azeri
Ossetian, others
India Hindi, English,
many others
Indonesia Bahasa Indonesian,
English, Dutch,
Javanese, others
Japan Japanese
Kazakhstan Kazakh, Russian,
Ukrainian, others
Korea, North Korean
Korea, South Korean, English
Kyrgyzstan Kirghiz, Russian
Laos Lao, French, English,
others
Malaysia Malay, English, Chinese
dialects, many others
Maldives Maldivian Divehi,
English
Mongolia Khalkha Mongol, Turkic,
Russian, Chinese
Myanmar Burmese, others
(Burma)
Nepal Nepali, others
Pakistan Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi,
Siraiki, English, others
Philippines Filipino, English
Singapore Chinese, Malay, Tamil,
English
Sri Lanka Tamil, Sinhala, English
Mandarin Chinese,
Taiwan Taiwanese, others
Tajikistan Tajik, Russian
Thailand Thai, English, regional
dialects
Turkmenistan Turkmen, Uzbek,
Russian, others
Uzbekistan Uzbek, Russian, Tajik,
others
Vietnam Vietnamese, French,
Chinese, English,
Khmer, others
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, pidgin English,
Guinea Motu, many others
Samoa Samoan, English
Solomon Melanesian pidgin,
Islands English, others
Tonga Tongan, English
Tuvalu Tuvaluan, English
Vanuatu English, French, Bislama
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
COUNTRY & HEAD
North America
Antigua & Barbuda Dominant party;
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 Republic Presidential-legislative democracy;
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; President Boniface
Alexandre (interim)
Honduras Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Ricardo Maduro
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;
& Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
Saint LUCIA Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Kenny Anthony
Saint Vincent & the Parliamentary democracy;
Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Trinidad & Tobago Parliamentary democracy;
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 Carlos Mesa
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 Lucia Gutierrez
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 Jorge Batlle
Venezuela Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Hugo Chavez
Africa
Algeria Dominant party;
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Angola Presidential-parliamentary (transitional);
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 (transitional);
President Blaise Compaore
Burundi Dictatorship (military-dominated);
President Domitien Ndayizeye
Cameroon Dominant party;
President Paul Biya
Cape Verde Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves
Central African Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Republic President Francois Bozize
Chad Presidential-parliamentary (military-
dominated); President Idriss Deby
Comoros Presidential (military-dominated);
Col. Assoumani Azali
Congo Military-backed dictatorship;
Democratic Rep. President Joseph Kabila
Congo Military (transitional);
Republic President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
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
Ivory Coast Presidential-parliamentary (transitional);
President Laurent Gbagbo
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' Ahmed Taya
Mauritius Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Raymond Paul Berenger
Morocco Constitutional monarchy;
King Muhammad VI
Mozambique Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Joaquim Chissano
Namibia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Sam Nujoma
Niger Presidential-parliamentary
democracy (transitional);
President Mamadou Tandja
Nigeria Presidential-legislative
democracy (transitional);
President Olusegun Obasanjo
Rwanda Dominant party;
President Paul Kagame
Sao Tome Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
& 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 General Gnassingbe
Eyadema
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 Emerging democracy;
president Alfred Moisiu
Andorra Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Executive Council President Marc
Forne Molne
Austria Parliamentary democracy;
Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel
Belarus Presidential dictatorship;
President Aleksandr Lukashenko
Belgium Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
Bosnia & Presidential-parliamentary (transitional);
Herzegovina rotating Chairman of the Presidency (2)
Bulgaria Parliamentary democracy; Prime
Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Croatia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Stjepan Mesic
Czech Parliamentary democracy;
Republic Prime Minister Stanislav Gross
Denmark Parliamentary democracy; Prime
Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Estonia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Juhan Parts
Finland Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Tarja Halonen
France Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Jacques Chirac
Germany Parliamentary democracy;
Chancellor Gerhard Schroder
Greece Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis
Hungary Parliamentary democracy;
President Ferenc Madl
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 Indulis Emsis
Liechtenstein Constitutional monarchy;
Prince Hans Adam II
Lithuania Parliamentary democracy;
President Valdas Adanikus
Luxembourg Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
Macedonia Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Hari Kostov
Malta Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
Moldova Parliamentary democracy;
President Vladimir Voronin
Monaco Constitutional monarchy;
Prince Rainier III
Netherlands Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
Norway Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
Poland Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Aleksander Kwasniewski
Portugal Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes
Romania Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Adrian Nastase
Russia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Vladimir Putin
San Marino Parliamentary democracy; Co-Captains
Regent elected every six months from
the Great and General Council
Serbia & Parliamentary democracy (transitional);
Montenegro President Boris Tadic
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 seven-
member Federal Council
Ukraine Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Leonid Kuchma
United Kingdom Parliamentary democracy;
(England, Scotland, Prime Minister Tony Blair
Wales, N. Ireland)
Vatican City Papal state; Pope John Paul II
Middle East ***
Bahrain Monarchy; King Hamad bin 'Isa
Al Khalifah
Cyprus Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Tassos Papadopoulos
Egypt Dominant party;
President Hosni Mubarak
Iran Presidential-parliamentary under
Islamic religious control;
President Mohammad Khatami
Iraq Transitional;
Prime Minister Ayad Allawi
Israel (4) Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Jordan Constitutional monarchy;
King Abdullah II
Kuwait Monarchy; Emir Sheikh Jabir
Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah
Lebanon Presidential-parliamentary
with heavy Syrian influence;
President Emile Lahoud
Oman Monarchy; Prime Minister and Sultan
Qaboos bin Sa'id al Said
Qatar Monarchy; Emir Sheikh Hamid
bin Khalifah Al Thani
Saudi Arabia Monarchy; King and Prime Minister
Fahd bin Abd al-Aziz Al-Saud
Syria Dominant party (military-dominated);
President Bashar al-Assad
Turkey Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
United Arab Federation of traditional monarchies;
Emirates President Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan
Al Nahayyan
Yemen Dominant party;
President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Asia
Afghanistan Transitional Democracy;
President Hamid Karzai
Armenia Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Robert Kocharyan
Azerbaijan Presidential (Dominant party);
President Ilham Aliyev
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
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
Japan Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Kazakhstan Dominant party;
President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Korea, North Communist dictatorship;
General Secretary Kim Jong II
Korea, South Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Roh Muh-hyun
Kyrgyzstan Presidential dictatorship;
President Askar Akayev
Laos Communist one-party state;
President Khamtai Siphandon
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 Military; Prime Minister
(Burma) General Than Shwe
Nepal Constitutional monarchy and
Parliamentary democracy;
King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah
Pakistan Military;
President General Pervez Musharraf
Philippines Presidential-legislative democracy;
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Singapore Dominant party;
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Sri Lanka Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Chandrika Bandaranaike
Kumaratunga
Taiwan Presidential-parliamentary democracy;
President Chen Shui-bian
Tajikistan Presidential (transitional);
President Imomali Rakhmonov
Thailand Parliamentary democracy;
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
Turkmenistan Presidential dictatorship;
President Saparmurad Niyazov
Uzbekistan Presidential (dominant party),
President Islam Karimov
Vietnam Communist one-party state;
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai
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 traditional
Islands 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 traditional
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 Serge Vohor
DATE OF LITERACY
ORIGIN RATE (%) PER
% OF POP. LIFE CAPITA GDP
COUNTRY UNDER 15 EXPECTANCY HDI
North America
Antigua & Barbuda 1981 90/88 $11,000
26 68/73 0.800
Bahamas 1973 95/97 $16,700
30 70/75 0.815
Barbados 1966 98/97 $15,700
22 70/75 0.888
Belize 1981 94/94 $4,900
41 67/74 0.737
Canada 1867 97 $29,800
18 77/82 0.943
Costa RICA 1821 96/96 $9,100
30 76/81 0.834
Cuba 1902 97/97 $2,900
21 74/78 0.809
Dominica 1978 94/94 $5,400
33 71/77 0.743
Dominican Republic 1844 85/85 $6,000
34 67/70 0.738
El Salvador 1821 83/78 $4,800
36 67/73 0.720
Grenada 1974 98/98 $5,000
35 NA 0.745
Guatemala 1821 78/63 $4,100
44 63/69 0.649
Haiti 1804 55/51 $1,600
43 50/53 0.463
Honduras 1821 76/76 $2,600
41 67/74 0.672
Jamaica 1962 84/92 $3,900
31 73/77 0.764
Mexico 1810 94/91 $9,000
35 73/78 0.802
Nicaragua 1821 67/68 $2,300
43 66/71 0.667
Panama 1903 93/92 $6,300
31 72/77 0.191
Saint Kitts 1983 97/98 $8,800
& Nevis 31 68/72 0.844
Saint Lucia 1979 65/69 $5,400
31 70/74 0.777
Saint Vincent & the 1979 96/96 $2,900
Grenadines 37 71/74 0.751
Trinidad & Tobago 1962 99/98 $9,500
25 68/73 0.801
United States 1776 97/97 $37,800
21 75/80 0.939
South America
Argentina 1816 97/97 $11,200
28 71/78 0.853
Bolivia 1825 93/82 $2,400
39 61/64 0.681
Brazil 1822 86/87 $7,600
30 67/7 0.175
Chile 1810 96/96 $9,900
26 13/79 0.839
Colombia 1810 92/93 $6,300
32 69/75 0.773
Ecuador 1822 94/91 $3,300
36 68/74 0.735
Guyana 1966 99/99 $4,000
30 60/67 0.719
Paraguay 1811 95/93 $4,700
39 69/73 0.751
Peru 1821 95/87 $5,100
34 66/71 0.752
Suriname 1975 95/91 $4,000
32 67/72 0.780
Uruguay 1825 98/98 $12,800
24 71/79 0.833
Venezuela 1811 94/93 $4,800
34 70/76 0.778
Africa
Algeria 1962 79/61 $6,000
34 73/74 0.704
Angola 1975 56/28 $1,900
44 39/42 0.381
Benin 1960 56/27 $1,100
46 50/52 0.421
Botswana 1966 77/82 $9,000
40 35/36 0.589
Burkina Faso 1960 37/17 $1,100
46 44/46 0.302
Burundi 1962 59/45 $600
47 42/44 0.339
Cameroon 1960 85/73 $1,800
43 47/49 0.501
Cape Verde 1975 86/69 $1,400
42 66/73 0.717
Central African 1960 63/40 $1,100
Republic 44 41/44 0.361
Chad 1960 56/39 $1,200
48 47/51 0.379
Comoros 1975 64/49 $700
47 54/59 0.530
Congo 1960 76/55 $700
Democratic Rep. 48 46/51 0.365
Congo 1960 90/78 $700
Republic 47 47/50 0.494
Djibouti 1977 78/58 $1,300
43 45/48 0.454
Egypt ** 1922 68/47 $4,000
36 66/70 0.653
Equatorial 1968 93/78 $2,700
Guinea 44 47/50 0.703
Eritrea 1993 70/48 $700
45 52/55 0.439
Ethiopia 1000 B.C. 50/35 $700
44 45/47 0.359
Gabon 1960 74/53 $5,500
42 56/58 0.648
Gambia 1965 48/33 $1,700
45 52/56 0.452
Ghana 1957 83/67 $2,200
40 57/59 0.568
Guinea 1958 50/22 $2,100
45 48/50 0.425
Guinea-Bissau 1973 58/27 $800
47 43/47 0.350
Ivory Coast 1960 58/44 $1,400
43 42/43 0.399
Kenya 1963 91/80 $1,000
44 48/53 0.488
Lesotho 1966 75/95 $3,000
43 37/38 0.493
Liberia 1847 73/42 $1,000
47 41/43 NA
Libya 1951 92/72 $6,400
35 74/78 0.794
Madagascar 1960 76/63 $800
45 53/58 0.469
Malawi 1964 76/50 $600
46 42/45 0.388
Mali 1960 54/40 $900
49 48/49 0.326
Mauritania 1960 52/32 $1,800
43 53/55 0.465
Mauritius 1968 89/83 $11,400
25 68/75 0.785
Morocco 1956 64/39 $4,000
31 68/72 0.620
Mozambique 1975 64/33 $1,200
44 38/42 0.354
Namibia 1990 84/84 $7,200
42 48/46 0.607
Niger 1960 26/10 $800
50 45/46 0.292
Nigeria 1960 76/61 $900
44 52/52 0.466
Rwanda 1962 76/65 $1,300
43 39/41 0.431
Sao Tome 1975 85/62 $1,200
& Principe 41 66/72 0.645
Senegal 1960 50/31 $1,600
44 55/57 0.437
Seychelles 1976 56/60 $7,800
26 67/76 0.853
Sierra Leone 1961 45/18 $500
44 34/36 273
Somalia 1960 50/26 $500
45 45/48 NA
South Africa 1910 87/86 $10,700
34 49/57 0.666
Sudan 1956 72/51 $1,900
45 56/58 0.505
Swaziland 1968 83/81 $4,900
43 45/42 0.519
Tanzania 1964 86/71 $600
45 44/46 0.407
Togo 1960 75/47 $1,500
46 53/56 0.495
Tunisia 1956 84/64 $6,900
28 71/75 0.745
Uganda 1962 80/60 $1,400
51 43/46 493
Zambia 1964 87/75 $800
46 35/35 0.389
Zimbabwe 1980 94/87 $1,900
42 43/40 0.491
Europe
Albania 1912 93/80 $4,500
29 72/76 0.781
Andorra 1278 99 $19,000
15 NA NA
Austria 1156 98 $30,000
17 76/82 0.934
Belarus 1991 99/99 $6,100
16 63/75 0.790
Belgium 1830 98 $29,100
17 75/82 0.942
Bosnia & 1992 NA $6,100
Herzegovina 18 71/16 0.781
Bulgaria 1908 99/98 $7,600
15 69/75 0.796
Croatia 1991 99/98 $10,600
17 71/78 0.830
Czech 1993 99 $15,700
Republic 16 72/79 0.868
Denmark 900s 99 $31,100
19 75/79 0.932
Estonia 1991 99/99 $12,300
17 65/77 0.853
Finland 1917 99 $27,400
18 75/82 0.935
France 486 99/99 $27,600
19 76/83 0.932
Germany 1871 99 $27,600
15 75/81 0.925
Greece 1829 99/97 $20,000
15 76/81 0.902
Hungary 1001 99/99 $13,900
16 68/77 0.848
Iceland 1944 99 $30,900
23 79/83 0.941
Ireland 1921 98 $29,600
21 75/80 0.936
Italy 1861 99/98 $26,700
14 77/83 0.920
Latvia 1991 99/99 $10,200
16 65/77 0.823
Liechtenstein 1719 99 $25,000
18 79/82 NA
Lithuania 1991 99/99 $11,400
18 66/78 0.842
Luxembourg 1839 99/99 $55,100
19 75/81 0.933
Macedonia 1991 NA $6,700
22 71/75 0.793
Malta 1964 92/94 $17,700
19 76/80 0.875
Moldova 1991 99/99 $1,800
22 65/72 0.681
Monaco 1419 99 $27,000
13 NA NA
Netherlands 1579 99 $28,600
19 76/81 0.942
Norway 1905 99 $37,000
20 71/82 0.956
Poland 1918 99/99 $11,100
18 70/79 0.850
Portugal 1140 96/91 $18,000
16 74/81 0.897
Romania 1878 99/98 $7,000
17 68/75 0.778
Russia 1991 99/99 $8,900
16 58/72 0.795
San Marino 301 97/95 $34,600
15 76/83 NA
Serbia & 1992 97/89 $2,200
Montenegro 19 70/75 NA
Slovakia 1993 NA $13,300
18 70/78 0.842
Slovenia 1991 99/99 $19,000
15 72/80 0.895
Spain 1492 99/97 $22,000
14 76/83 0.922
Sweden 1523 99 $26,800
17 78/82 0.946
Switzerland 1291 99 $32,700
17 77/83 0.936
Ukraine 1991 99/99 $5,400
16 62/74 0.777
United Kingdom circa 900 99 $27,700
(England, Scotland, 19 76/80 0.936
Wales, N. Ireland)
Vatican City 1929 100 NA
NA NA NA
Middle East ***
Bahrain 1971 92/85 $16,900
28 73/75 0.843
Cyprus 1960 99/96 $.19,200 GREEK (3)
21 75/80 $5,600 TURKISH
0.883
Egypt 1922 68/47 $3,900
36 66/70 0.653
Iran 1502 86/73 $7,000
33 68/70 0.732
Iraq 1932 56/24 $1,500
42 58/61 NA
Israel (4) 1948 97/94 $19,800
28 77/81 0.908
Jordan 1946 96/86 $4,300
38 71/72 0.750
Kuwait 1961 85/82 $19,000
26 77/79 0.838
Lebanon 1943 93/82 $4,800
28 72/75 0.758
Oman 1650 83/67 $13,100
34 NA 0.770
Qatar 1971 81/85 $21,500
27 70/75 0.833
Saudi Arabia 1932 85/71 $11,800
40 71/73 0.768
Syria 1946 90/64 $3,300
40 69/71 0.710
Turkey 1923 94/79 $6,700
30 66/71 0.751
United Arab 1971 76/82 $23,200
Emirates 25 73/77 0.824
Yemen 1990 71/30 $800
48 58/62 0.482
Asia
Afghanistan 1919 51/21 $700
45 42/43 NA
Armenia 1918 99/98 $3,500
23 70/76 0.754
Azerbaijan 1991 99/96 $3,400
29 69/75 0.746
Bangladesh 1971 54/32 $1,900
37 60/60 0.509
Bhutan 1949 56/28 $1,300
42 66/66 0.536
Brunei 1984 95/89 $18,600
31 74/79 0.867
Cambodia 1949 81/60 $1,900
42 55/59 0.568
China 1912 93/79 $5,000
22 70/73 0.745
East Timor 2002 59 $500
44 48/49 0.436
Georgia 1991 99/98 $2,500
20 68/75 0.739
India 1947 70/48 $2,900
36 61/63 0.595
Indonesia 1945 93/84 $3,200
30 66/70 0.692
Japan 660 B.C. 99/99 $28,200
14 78/85 0.938
Kazakhstan 1991 99/98 $6,300
27 58/70 0.766
Korea, North 1945 99/99 $1,300
27 61/66 NA
Korea, South 1945 99/97 $17,800
20 73/80 0.888
Kyrgyzstan 1991 99/96 $1,600
35 65/72 0.701
Laos 1949 68/38 $1,700
43 52/55 0.534
Malaysia 1957 92/85 $9,000
34 71/76 0.793
Maldives 1965 97/97 $3,900
39 73/74 0.752
Mongolia 1921 99/99 $1,800
36 63/68 0.668
Myanmar 1948 89/81 $1,800
(Burma) 33 54/60 0.551
Nepal 1768 63/28 $1,400
39 59/58 0.504
Pakistan 1947 60/31 $2,100
42 60/62 0.497
Philippines 1946 96/96 $4,600
37 61/12 0.753
Singapore 1965 97/90 $23,700
21 77/81 0.902
Sri Lanka 1948 95/90 $3,700
27 70/74 0.740
Taiwan 1947 96 $23,400
20 73/79 NA
Tajikistan 1991 99/99 $1,000
42 66/71 0.671
Thailand 1238 98/95 $7,400
23 68/75 0.768
Turkmenistan 1991 99/97 $5,800
38 63/70 0.752
Uzbekistan 1991 99/99 $1,700
38 68/73 0.709
Vietnam 1945 96/92 $2,500
29 70/73 0.691
Oceania
Australia 1901 99/99 $29,000
20 71/83 0.946
Fiji 1970 96/92 $5,800
32 65/69 0.758
Kiribati 1979 NA $800
40 58/67 NA
Marshall 1986 94/94 $1,600
Islands 42 67/70 NA
Micronesia 1986 91/88 $2,000
40 67/67 NA
Nauru 1968 NA $5,000
41 57/65 NA
New Zealand 1907 99 $21,600
22 76/81 0.926
Palau 1994 93/90 $9,000
24 67/75 NA
Papua New 1975 72/59 $2,200
Guinea 40 57/59 0.542
Samoa 1962 99/99 $5,600
41 72/74 0.769
Solomon 1978 NA $1,700
Islands 44 61/62 0.624
Tonga 1970 98/99 $2,200
NA 70/71 0.787
Tuvalu 1978 NA $1,100
36 NA NA
Vanuatu 1980 57/48 $2,900
42 66/69 0.570
** Egypt is partly in Africa and partly in Asia, and is often thought
of as part of the Middle East. In this almanac, it is listed in both
the Middle East and Africa.
*** All the countries of the Middle East are in Asia, with the
exception of Egypt, which is partly in Asia and partly in Africa,
and Turkey, which is partly in Asia and partly in Europe.
(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) Figures are broken down into Greek and Turkish populations,
respectively.
(4) Israel's area and population do not include the West Bank and
Gaza Strip.
SOURCES: For area, population, urban population rise, percent of
population under 15 years, and life expectancy: 2004 World Population
Data Sheet, Population Reference Bureau * For capital, major
languages, date of origin, literacy rate, and per capita GDP: The
World Factbook 2004 (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's World Factbook * For HDI: Human
Department Report 2004 (United Nations Development Program)
An easy-to-read reference guide to 193 countries, with a focus on economic development, form of government, and quality of life. TEACHING OBJECTIVES To help students 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. economic, social, and political statistics, and how that information can help them better understand the world in which they live. BEFORE READING: Many students shy away from Verb 1. shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task" avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" statistics. You can bring these statistics closer to home by reminding them that they use statistics all the time when they read about sports and entertainment. For example, win-loss records in sports show strengths and weaknesses of teams, and ticket tallies TALLIES, evidence. The parts of a piece of wood out in two, which persons use to denote the quantity of goods supplied by one to the other. Poth. Obl. pt. 4, c. 1, art. 2, Sec. 7. show the popularity of movies and bands. CRITICAL THINKING: Tell students that just as sports statistics provide fans with easy-to-read indicators of team strengths and weaknesses and ticket receipts indicate the popularity of movies or bands, national statistics provide insight into countries' history, people, culture, politics, and level of economic development. DATA DIGGING: Have students count how many countries in the Americas A·mer·i·cas , the See America. where 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 is the first language listed (14). What does that say about the presence of the British in the exploration and development of this region? Why is French spoken in 21 African countries? What does this reveal about the culture and history of those countries? COOPERATIVE LEARNING cooperative learning Education theory A student-centered teaching strategy in which heterogeneous groups of students work to achieve a common academic goal–eg, completing a case study or a evaluating a QC problem. See Problem-based learning, Socratic method. : Have one group of students identify countries where the annual population increase exceeds 2 percent and another identify those where the per capita GDP is less than $3,000. Low birthrates rarely coincide with high incomes. Compare both lists with the countries of Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). . With two exceptions--Moldava and Serbia Serbia (sûr`bēə), Serbian Srbija (sŭr`bēä), officially Republic of Serbia, republic (1995 est. pop. and
Montenegro--the correlation correlationIn statistics, the degree of association between two random variables. The correlation between the graphs of two data sets is the degree to which they resemble each other. stands. As: What's the correlation? WRITING: Assign students to write a 200-word essay in which they explain what they have learned about the world from their study of the almanac. DISCUSSION QUESTION * What patterns of economic development do you see in different regions of the world? FAST FACT: When the United Nations was founded in October October: see month. 1945, there were 51 member states. Today, there are 191. QUIZ A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. 4 Almanac (This is an open-book test.) 1. Haiti Haiti (hā`tē), Fr. Haïti (äētē`), officially Republic of Haiti, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,122,000), 10,700 sq mi (27,713 sq km), West Indies, on the western third of the island of Hispaniola. is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere Part of Earth comprising North and South America and the surrounding waters. Longitudes 20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries. , with a per capita GDP of only --. 2. An estimated 7.5 million of Canada's -- million people live in the province of Quebec Quebec, city, Canada Quebec, Fr. Québec, city (1991 pop. 167,517), provincial capital, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers. , where French is the official, language. 3. China is the most populous pop·u·lous adj. Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population. [Middle English, from Latin popul country in the world, yet its population growth rate, at --% per year, is quite low. 4. Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis This article is about the Greek Prime Minister whose term began in 2004. For his uncle, a former Prime Minister and later President who lived from 1907 to 1998, see Constantine Karamanlis. of -- got one of the best seats at the 2004 Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. in Athens Athens, city, Greece Athens (ăth`ĭnz), Gr. Athínai, city (1991 pop. 2,907,179; 1991 urban agglomeration pop. 3,072,922), capital of Greece, E central Greece, on the plain of Attica, between the Kifisós and . 5. English is a major language in almost -- percent of Middle East countries. 6. Norway, the country with the world's highest quality of life (see p. 5), has male and female life expectancies that are each -- years higher than in the U.S. 7. -- won its independence from Indonesia Indonesia (ĭn'dənē`zhə), officially Republic of Indonesia, republic (2005 est. pop. 241,974,000), c.735,000 sq mi (1,903,650 sq km), SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago. in 2002, making it the world's newest country. 8. Thirty one countries in -- won their independence in the 1960s, largely as a result of anti-colonial movements that sprung up in the years after World War II. 9. Some countries with tow per capita GDPs have high annual, increases in population. How might this affect life in these countries in the future? -- 10. Assume that you are the editor of UPFRONT. You must add two more statistics to the World Affairs Noun 1. world affairs - affairs between nations; "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television" international affairs affairs - transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state" Annual. Which statistics would you choose? Why? -- Answer Key Upfront Quiz 4 * page TE6 1. $1,600. 2. 31.9. 3. 0.6 percent. 4. Greece Greece, Gr. Hellas or Ellas, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,668,000), 50,944 sq mi (131,945 sq km), SE Europe. It occupies the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula and borders on the Ionian Sea in the west, on the Mediterranean Sea in the south, on . 5. 65% 6. 2. 7. East Timor East Timor (tē`môr) or Timor-Leste (–lĕsht), Tetum Timor Lorosae, republic, officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (2002 est. pop. . 8. Africa. 9. Answers will vary, but should make some reference to the fact that rising populations in poor countries will hinder hin·der 1 v. hin·dered, hin·der·ing, hin·ders v.tr. 1. To be or get in the way of. 2. To obstruct or delay the progress of. v.intr. economic development in the future as cities become more crowded, contributing to greater unemployment and worsening wors·en tr. & intr.v. wors·ened, wors·en·ing, wors·ens To make or become worse. Noun 1. worsening - process of changing to an inferior state decline in quality, deterioration, declension poverty. 10. Answers will vary. |
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