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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Afghanistan CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 34,656,032 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 652,864 km2 DENSITY : 49.88/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Pashto, Dari CURRENCY : Afghani (Afs) (AFN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) ::Albania CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 2,876,591 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 28,748 km2 DENSITY : 98/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Albanian (official – derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects CURRENCY : Lek (ALL) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Algeria CONTINENT:Africa POPULATION : 42,200,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,381,741 km2 DENSITY : 15.9/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects CURRENCY : Dinar (DZD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : American Samoa CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 55,689 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 199 km2 DENSITY : 259/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( 98.3% Christian ,1.7% Other ) LANGUAGE : Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2% CURRENCY : United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Andorra CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 77,281 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 467.63 km2 DENSITY : 179.8/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese CURRENCY : Euro (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Angola CONTINENT : AFRICA POPULATION : 25,789,024 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :1,246,700 DENSITY : 20.69/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages CURRENCY :Kwanza (AOA) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Anguilla CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 14,764 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 91 km2 DENSITY :132/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR (90.3% Christian , 9.7% others ) LANGUAGE : English (official) CURRENCY : East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Antigua and Barbuda CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 100,963 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 440 km2 DENSITY : 186/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( 76.5% Christian ,12.2% Other, 5.5% Unspecified , 5.9% None ) LANGUAGE : English (official), local dialects CURRENCY :East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Argentina CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 43,847,430 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,780,400 km2 DENSITY : 14.4/km2 RELIGION : Ambiguous ( 77.1% Roman Catholicism , 10.8% Protestant , 10.1% Non-religious , 2.6% Other LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French CURRENCY :Peso($) (ARS) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Armenia CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 2,924,816 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 29,743 km2 DENSITY : 101.5/km2 RELIGION : Ambiguous ( Armenian Apostolic Church ) LANGUAGE : Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census) CURRENCY :Dram֏) (AMD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Aruba CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 104,822[ LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 178.91 km2 DENSITY : 612/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish. CURRENCY : Aruban florin (AWG) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Australia CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 25,079,200 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 7,692,024 km2 DENSITY : 3.3/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census) CURRENCY :Australian dollar (AUD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Austria CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 8,823,054 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 83,879 km2 DENSITY : 104/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland). CURRENCY : Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Azerbaijan CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 9,898,100 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 86,600 km2 DENSITY : 114/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.) CURRENCY :Manat (₼) (AZN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Bahamas CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 391,232 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 13,878 km2 DENSITY : 25.21/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants) CURRENCY :Bahamian dollar (BSD) , (US dollars widely accepted) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Bahrain CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 1,425,171 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 765.3 km2 DENSITY : 2,007.1/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu Currency:Bahraini dinar |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Bangladesh CONTINENT : ASIA POPULATION : 162,951,560 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 147,570 km2 DENSITY : 1,106/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( 90.4% Islam (Official) , 8.5% Hinduism , 0.6% Buddhism , 0.4% Christianity LANGUAGE : Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English CURRENCY :Taka(৳) (BDT) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Barbados CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 277,821 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 439 km2 DENSITY : 660/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English CURRENCY :Barbadian dollar ($) (BBD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Belarus CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 9,491,800 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 207,595km2 DENSITY : 45.8/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Belarusian, Russian, other CURRENCY :Belarusian ruble (BYN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Belgium CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 11,358,357 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 30,528 km2 DENSITY : 372.06/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR CURRENCY : Euro (€) (EUR) LANGUAGE : Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French). |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Belize CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 387,879 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 22,966 km2 DENSITY : 14.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole CURRENCY :Belize dollar (BZD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Benin CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 10,872,298 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :114,763 DENSITY : 94.8/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north). CURRENCY :West African CFA franc (XOF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Bermuda CONTINENT: NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 63,779 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 53.2 km2 DENSITY : 1,275/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Portuguese CURRENCY : Bermudian dollar[ (BMD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Bhutan CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 797,765 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 38,394 km2 DENSITY : 19.3/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Buddhism , Hinduism ) LANGUAGE : Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Bolivia CONTINENT:SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 11,217,864 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,098,581 km2 DENSITY : 10.2/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official) CURRENCY :Boliviano (BOB) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Bosnia and Herzegovina CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 3,531,159 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 51,129 km2 DENSITY : 69/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian CURRENCY :Convertible mark (BAM) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Botswana CONTINENT: AFRICA LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :581,730 km2 DENSITY : 3.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census). CURRENCY :Botswana pula (BWP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Brazil CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 210,147,125 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 8,515,767 km2 DENSITY : 25/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French CURRENCY : Real (R$) (BRL) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : British Virgin Islands CONTINENT: North America POPULATION : 31,758 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 153 km2 DENSITY : 260/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English CURRENCY : United States dollar(USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Brunei CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 417,200 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 5,765 km2 DENSITY : 72.11/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Sunni Islam ) LANGUAGE : Malay (official), English, Chinese CURRENCY : Brunei dollar (BND) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Bulgaria CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 7,050,034 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 110,993.6 km2 DENSITY : 64/km2 RELIGION : SEULAR LANGUAGE : Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census) CURRENCY :Lev (BGN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Burkina Faso CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 20,107,509 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :274,200 km2 DENSITY : 64/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population CURRENCY :West African CFA franc (XOF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Burundi CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 10,524,117 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :27,834 km2 DENSITY : 401.6/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) CURRENCY :Burundian franc(FBu) (BIF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Cabo Verde CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 539,560 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :4,033 km2 DENSITY : 123.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words) CURRENCY :Cape Verdean escudo(CVE) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Cambodia CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 16,245,729 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 181,035 km2 DENSITY : 81.8/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( 96.9% Buddhism(official) , 2.0% Islam , 0.5% Folk religion , 0.4% Christianity , 0.2% unaffiliated LANGUAGE : Khmer (official) 95%, French, English CURRENCY : Riel (KHR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Cameroon CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 23,439,189 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :475,442km2 DENSITY : 39.7/km2 RILIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official) CURRENCY :Central African CFA franc(XAF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Canada CONTINENT : NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 37,067,011 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 9,984,670 km2 DENSITY : 3.92/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5% CURRENCY :Canadian dollar ($) (CAD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Caribbean Netherlands CONTINENT:SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 25,019 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 328 km2 DENSITY : 76.28 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census) CURRENCY : United States dollar($) (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Cayman Islands CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 60,765 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 264 km2 DENSITY : 212 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English CURRENCY : Cayman Islands dollar (KYD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Central African Republic CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 4,594,621 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 622,984 km2 DENSITY : 7.1/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Protestantism at 60.7% and Catholicism 28.5% while Muslims make up 8.9%. ) LANGUAGE : French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages CURRENCY : Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Chad CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 13,670,084 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :1,284,000 km2 DENSITY : 8.6/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects CURRENCY :Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Channel Islands CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 164,541 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 118 km2 DENSITY : 1394.41 km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR LANGUAGE : French and English CURRENCY : Pound Sterling |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Chile CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 17,574,003 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 756,096.3 km2 DENSITY : 24/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish CURRENCY :Peso (CLP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :China CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 1,403,500,365 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 9,596,961 km2 DENSITY : 145 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Colombia CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 49,913,668 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,141,748 km2 DENSITY : 40.74/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish CURRENCY :Peso (COP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Comoros CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 795,601 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,862 km2 DENSITY : 392/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Sunni Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic) CURRENCY : Comorian franc (KMF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Congo ( Republic of the Congo ) CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 5,125,821 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 342,000 km2 DENSITY : 12.8/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread) CURRENCY :Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Cook Islands CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 17,379 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 236.7 km2 DENSITY : 42/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Maori CURRENCY : New Zealand dollar |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Costa Rica CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 4,857,274 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 51,100 km2 DENSITY : 84.9/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Roman Catholicism ) LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), English CURRENCY : Costa Rican colón(CRC) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Côte d’Ivoire CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 23,740,424 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 322,463 km2 DENSITY : 63.9/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken CURRENCY :West African CFA franc(XOF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Croatia CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 4,154,200 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 56,594 km2 DENSITY : 75.8/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census) CURRENCY :Kuna (HRK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Cuba CONTINENT: NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 11,221,060 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 109,884 km2 DENSITY : 102.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Curaçao CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 180,337 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 444 km2 DENSITY :361/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Roman Catholic 72.8% , Pentecostal 6.6% , Other Protestant 3.2% , Adventist 3% , Jehovah’s Witnesses 2%, Evangelical 1.9% , Other 3.8% , None 6% , Unspecified 0.6% ) LANGUAGE : Papiamentu , Dutch , English CURRENCY :Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Cyprus CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 1,170,125 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 9,251 km2 DENSITY : 123.4 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Greek, Turkish, English |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Czech Republic CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 10,610,947 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 78,866 km2 DENSITY : 134/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Czech CURRENCY :Czech koruna (CZK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Denmark CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 5,785,864 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 42,933 km2 DENSITY :134.76/km2 RELIGION : NON-SECULAR ( Church of Denmark , Church of the Faroe Islands ) LANGUAGE : Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) CURRENCY : Danish krone (DKK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Djibouti CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 942,333 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 23,200 km2 DENSITY : 37.2/km2 RELIGION : NON-SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar CURRENCY : Djiboutian franc (DJF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Dominica CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 73,543 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 750 km2 DENSITY : 105/km2 RELIGION : NON -SECULAR ( 94.4% Christians , 3% Folk religion , 0.5 Irreligious , 0.1% Muslims , 2.0% Other[3 ) LANGUAGE : English (official), French patois CURRENCY :East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Dominican Republic CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 10,266,149 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 48,315 km2 DENSITY : 224/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish CURRENCY : Peso (DOP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Democratic Republic Congo CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 78,736,153 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,345,409 km2 DENSITY : 34.83/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French ,Lingala, Kikongo, Swahili,Tshiluba CURRENCY : Congolese franc(CDF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Ecuador CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 16,385,068 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 283,561 km2 DENSITY : 58.95/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua) CURRENCY :United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Egypt CONTINENT:AFRICA LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,010,408 km2 DENSITY :96/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes CURRENCY : Egyptian pound (E£) (EGP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : El Salvador CONTINENT: NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 6,344,722 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 21,041 km2 DENSITY : 303.1/km2 RELIGION : Ambiguous ( Catholic Church ) LANGUAGE : Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians) CURRENCY :United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Equatorial Guinea CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 1,221,490 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 28,050 km2 DENSITY : 43.55km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Roman Catholic 87% , Other 5% , Protestant 5% ,Islam 2% ) LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo CURRENCY :Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Eritrea CONTINENT:AFRICA LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 117,600 km2 DENSITY : 51.8/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Christianity 50%, Islam 48% , Others 2% ) LANGUAGE : Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages CURRENCY :Nakfa (ERN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Estonia CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 1,319,133 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 45,227 km2 DENSITY : 28/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7% (2000 census) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Ethiopia CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 102,403,196 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,104,300 km2 DENSITY : 92.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools) CURRENCY :Birr (ETB) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Falkland Islands CONTINENT:SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 3,398 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 12,200 km2 DENSITY : 0.28/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English CURRENCY :Falklands pound (FKP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Faroe Islands CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 50,778 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,399 km2 DENSITY : 35.2/km2 RELIGION : NON -SECULAR ( Church of the Faroe Islands ) LANGUAGE : Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish CURRENCY :Faroese króna (DKK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Fiji CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 912,241 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 18,274 km2 DENSITY : 46.4/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Fijian, Hindustani CURRENCY :Fijian dollar (FJD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Finland CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 5,517,887 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 338,424 km2 DENSITY : 16/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003) CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :France CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 67,186,638 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 640,679 km2 DENSITY : 104/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) CURRENCY :Euro (EUR), CFP franc(XPF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :French Polynesia CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 275,918 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 4,167 km2 DENSITY : 78/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French 61.1% (official), Polynesian 31.4% (official), Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% (2002 census) CURRENCY : CFP franc (XPF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Gabon CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 1,979,786 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 267,667 km2 DENSITY : 5.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi CURRENCY :Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Gambia CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 2,051,363 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 10,689 km2 DENSITY : 176.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars CURRENCY :Dalasi (GMD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Georgia CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 3,718,200 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 69,700 km2 DENSITY : 53.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7% Currency:Georgian lari |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Germany CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 82,800,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 357,386 km2 DENSITY : 232/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : German CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Ghana CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 28,308,301 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 239,567 km2 DENSITY :101.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga) CURRENCY :Ghanaian cedi (GHS) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Gibraltar CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 32,194 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 6.7 km2 DENSITY : 4,328/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese CURRENCY :Gibraltar pound (£) (GIP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Greece CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 10,768,477 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 131,957 km2 DENSITY : 82 km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR (Eastern Orthodoxy ) LANGUAGE : Greek 99% (official), English, French CURRENCY : Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Greenland CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 55,877 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,166,086 km2 DENSITY :0.028/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Church of Denmark ) LANGUAGE : Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English CURRENCY : Danish krone (DKK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Grenada CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 107,317 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 348.5 km2 DENSITY : 318.58/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), French patois CURRENCY : East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Guam CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 162,742 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 540 km2 DENSITY :299.2/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%, other Pacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other languages 3.5% (2000 census) CURRENCY :United States dollar(USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Guatemala CONTINENT:NORTHAMERICA POPULATION : 17,263,239 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 108,889 km2 DENSITY :129/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) CURRENCY :Quetzal (GTQ) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Guinea CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 12,395,924 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 245,836 km2 DENSITY : 40.9/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), each ethnic group has its own language CURRENCY :Guinean franc (GNF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Guinea-Bissau CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 1,815,698 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 36,125 km2 DENSITY : 46.9/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages CURRENCY :West African CFA franc(XOF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Guyana CONTINENT:SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 773,303 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 214,970 km2 DENSITY :3.502/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu CURRENCY : Guyanese dollar(GYD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Haiti CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 10,847,334 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 27,750 km2 DENSITY : 382/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Creole (official) CURRENCY :Haitian gourde (G) (HTG) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Holy See OR Vatican City CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 1000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 0.44 km2 DENSITY : 2,272/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Catholicism ) LANGUAGE : Italian, Latin, French, various other languages CURRENCY : Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Honduras CONTINENT: NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 9,112,867 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 112,492 km2 DENSITY : 64/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish, Amerindian dialects CURRENCY :Lempira (HNL) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Hong Kong CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 7,448,900 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,779 km2 DENSITY : 6,777 /km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Chinese (Cantonese), English; both are official CURRENCY : Hong Kong dollar (HK$) (HKD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Hungary CONTINENT: EUROPE LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 93,030 km2 DENSITY : 105.3/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census) CURRENCY :Forint (HUF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Iceland CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 350,710 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 102,775 km2 DENSITY : 3.2/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Church of Iceland ) LANGUAGE : Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken CURRENCY :Icelandic króna (ISK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :India CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 1,324,171,354 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 3,287,263 km2 DENSITY : 398.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language. CURRENCY :Indian rupee (₹) (INR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Indonesia CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 261,115,456 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,904,569 km2 DENSITY : 138/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( 87.2% slam , 9.9% Christianity , 7.0%Protestantism ,2.9% Roman Catholicism , 1.7% Hinduism , 0.7% Buddhism , 0.2% Confucianism , and others ) LANGUAGE : Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese CURRENCY :Indonesian rupiah (Rp) (IDR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Iran CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 81,672,300 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,648,195 km2 DENSITY : 48/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2% CURRENCY :Rial (ریال) (IRR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Iraq CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 39,339,753 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :434,320 DENSITY : 90.58 km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian CURRENCY :Iraqi dinar |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Ireland CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 4,857,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 70,273 km2 DENSITY : 69.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (official) (Gaelic or Gaeilge) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Isle of Man CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 83,314 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 572 km2 DENSITY : 148/km2 RELIGION : NON-SECULAR ( Christianity ) LANGUAGE : English, Manx Gaelic |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Israel CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 8,921,730 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :21,640 DENSITY : 412.28 km2 RELIGION : NON-SECULAR ( 74.7% Jewish , 17.7% Muslim , 2.0% Christian , 1.6% Druze , 4.0% other LANGUAGE : Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language CURRENCY :New shekel (₪) (ILS) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Italy CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 60,483,973 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 301,340 km2 DENSITY : 201.3/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d’Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Jamaica CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 2,890,299 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 10,991 km2 DENSITY : 266 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English, patois English CURRENCY : Jamaican dollar (JMD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Japan CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 126,672,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 377,973.89 km2 DENSITY : 336/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Japanese CURRENCY :Yen (¥)/En円(JPY) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Jordan CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 10,171,480 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 89,342M km2 DENSITY :114/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( 95% Islam (Official) , 4% Christianity , 1% Druze, Baha’i LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes CURRENCY : Jordanian dinar (JOD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Kazakhstan CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 17,987,736 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,724,900 km2 DENSITY : 6.49/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the “language of interethnic communication”) 95% (2001 est.) CURRENCY :Tenge (₸) (KZT) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Kenya CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 49,125,325 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 580,367 km2 DENSITY : 78/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages CURRENCY :Kenyan shilling (KES) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Kiribati CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 110,136 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 811 km2 DENSITY : 152 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : I-Kiribati, English (official) CURRENCY :Kiribati dollar , Australian dollar (AUD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Kuwait CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 4,052,584 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 17,818 km2 DENSITY :200.2/km2 RELIGION : NON -SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), English widely spoken CURRENCY : Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Kyrgyzstan CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 6,019,480 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 199,951km2 DENSITY : 27.4/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Kyrgyz (official), Russian (official) CURRENCY :Som (KGS) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Laos CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 6,758,353 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 237,955 km2 DENSITY : 26.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Latvia CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 1,925,800 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 64,589 km2 DENSITY : 34.3/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census) CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Lebanon CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 6,006,668 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 10,452 km2 DENSITY : 560/km2 RELIGION : Ambiguous ( the President of the Republic must be Maronite Christian , the Prime Minister of the Republic must be Sunni Muslim , the Speaker of the Parliament must be Shi’a Muslim , the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and the Deputy Prime Minister must be Greek Orthodox , the Chief of the General Staff must be Druze ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian CURRENCY : Lebanese pound (LBP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Lesotho CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 2,203,821 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 30,355 km2 DENSITY : 68.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa CURRENCY :Lesotho loti (LSL), South African rand (ZAR ) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Liberia CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 4,503,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 111,369 km2 DENSITY : 40.43/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence CURRENCY :Liberian dollar(LRD) , United States dollar(USD, de facto) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Libya CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 6,653,210 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,759,541 km2 DENSITY :3.74/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities CURRENCY :Libyan dinar(LYD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Liechtenstein CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 38,111 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 160 km2 DENSITY :227/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Roman Catholicism ) LANGUAGE : German (official), Alemannic dialect CURRENCY :Swiss franc (CHF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Lithuania CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 2,800,667 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 65,300 km2 DENSITY : 43/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census) CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Luxembourg CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 602,005 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,586.4 km2 DENSITY : 233.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language) CURRENCY : Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Macao CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 650,900 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 115.3 km2 DENSITY :21,411/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Cantonese 87.9%, Hokkien 4.4%, Mandarin 1.6%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 3% (2001 census) CURRENCY : Macanese pataca (MOP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Madagascar CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 24,894,551[ LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 587,041 km2 DENSITY : 35.2/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Malagasy (official) CURRENCY :Malagasy ariary(MGA) REAL GDP GROWTH(%) BY IMF: 5.1 |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Malawi CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 18,091,575 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 118,484 km2 DENSITY : 128.8/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census) CURRENCY :Kwacha (D) (MWK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Malaysia CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 32,049,700[ LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 330,803 km2 DENSITY : 92/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( 61.3% Islam (official) , 19.8% Buddhism , 9.2% Christianity , 6.3% Hinduism , 1.3% Chinese folk religion , 1.0% Unknown , 0.4% Others , 0.7% Irreligion ) LANGUAGE : Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai CURRENCY :Ringgit (RM) (MYR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Maldives CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 427,756 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 298 km2 DENSITY :1,102.5/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials CURRENCY : Maldivian rufiyaa (MVR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Mali CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 14,517,176 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,240,192 km2 DENSITY : 11. 7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages CURRENCY :West African CFA franc(XOF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Malta CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 475,700 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 316 km2 DENSITY : 1,457 /km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Roman Catholicism ) LANGUAGE : Maltese (official), English (official) CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Marshall Islands CONTINENT:Oceania LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 181.43 km2 DENSITY : 293.0/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Marshallese 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) CURRENCY :United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Mauritania CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 4,301,018 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,030,000 km2 DENSITY : 3.4/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Hassaniya, Wolof CURRENCY : Ouguiya (MRU) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Mauritius CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 1,262,132 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,040 km2 DENSITY :618.24/ km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French Creole(French patois) 80.5% French creole speakers also use standard French, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French (official), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census) CURRENCY :Mauritian rupee (MUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Mexico CONTINENT: NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 123,675,325 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,972,550 km2 DENSITY : 61/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages CURRENCY :Peso (MXN) REAL GDP GROWTH(%) BY IMF: 2.3 |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Micronesia CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 106,227 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) :700 DENSITY : 151.75 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi CURRENCY : United States Dollar |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Moldova CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 3,350,900 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 33,846 km2 DENSITY :75/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) CURRENCY :Leu (MDL) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Monaco CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 38,499 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2.02km² DENSITY :19058.91 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Roman Catholicism ) LANGUAGE : French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque CURRENCY : Euro |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Mongolia CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 3,081,677 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,566,000 km2 DENSITY :1.97 /km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999) CURRENCY :Tögrög (MNT) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Montenegro CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 642,550 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 13,812 km2 DENSITY :45/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Montenegrin |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Montserrat CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 4,900 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 102 km2 DENSITY :44/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English CURRENCY :East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Morocco CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 35,740,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 710,850 km2 DENSITY :50.0/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Sunni Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy CURRENCY : Moroccan dirham (MAD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Mozambique CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 28,829,476 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 801,590 km2 DENSITY : 28.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Emakhuwa 26.1%, Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese 8.8% (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language), Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other foreign languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3% (1997 census) CURRENCY : Mozambican metical (MZN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Myanmar CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 53,582,855 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 676,578 km2 DENSITY : 76/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Theravāda Buddhism 87.9% , Christianity 6.2% , Islam 4.3% , Other 1.6% LANGUAGE : Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages CURRENCY :Kyat (K) (MMK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Namibia CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 2,606,971 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 825,615 km2 DENSITY : 3.2/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama CURRENCY :Namibian dollar (NAD), South African rand (ZAR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Nauru CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 10,084 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 21 km2 DENSITY : 480/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes CURRENCY :Australian dollar (AUD) REAL GDP GROWTH(%) BY IMF: 3 |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Nepal CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 28,982,771 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 147,181 km2 DENSITY : 180/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Nepali 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census) CURRENCY :Nepalese rupee (NPR) REAL GDP GROWTH(%) BY IMF: 5 |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Netherlands CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 17,249,632 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 41,543 km2 DENSITY : 415.6/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Dutch (official), Frisian (official) CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR), US dollar ($) (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :New Caledonia CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 278,500 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 18,57 km2 DENSITY : 14.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects CURRENCY : CFP franc (XPF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : New Zealand CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 4,907,690 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 268,021 km2 DENSITY : 17.9/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Maori (official) CURRENCY :New Zealand dollar($) (NZD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Nicaragua CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 6,167,237 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 130,375 km2 DENSITY :51/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census) CURRENCY : Córdoba (NIO) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Niger CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 20,672,987 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,267,000 km2 DENSITY : 12.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Hausa, Djerma CURRENCY :West African CFA franc(XOF) REAL GDP GROWTH(%) BY IMF : 5.1 |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Nigeria CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 190,886,311 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 923,768 km2 DENSITY : 215/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani CURRENCY :Naira (₦) (NGN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Niue CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 1,624 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 261.46 km2 DENSITY :5.35/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English CURRENCY : New Zealand dollar ( NZD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :North Korea CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 25,368,620 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 120,540 km2 DENSITY : 198.3/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Korean CURRENCY :North Korean won (₩) (KPW) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Northern Mariana Islands CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 52,263 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 464 km2 DENSITY : 113/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Philippine languages 24.4%, Chinese 23.4%, Chamorro 22.4%, English 10.8%, other Pacific island languages 9.5%, other 9.6% (2000 census) CURRENCY : United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Norway CONTINENT: EUROPE LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 385,203 km2 DENSITY : 15.8/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR LANGUAGE : Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities CURRENCY :Norwegian krone (NOK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Oman CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 4,424,762 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 309,500 km2 DENSITY :15/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Pakistan CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 212,742,631 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 881,913 km2 DENSITY :244.4/km2 RELIGION : NON- SECULAR ( Sunni Islam ) LANGUAGE : Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8% CURRENCY :Pakistani rupee (₨) (PKR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Palau CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 21,503 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 459 km2 DENSITY :46.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census) CURRENCY :United States dollar(USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Panama CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 4,034,119 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 75,417 km2 DENSITY :56/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), English 14%; note – many Panamanians bilingual CURRENCY :Balboa (PAB) , United States dollar (USD ) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Papua New Guinea CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 8,084,999 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 462,840 km2 DENSITY :15/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), each ethnic group has its own language CURRENCY : Papua New Guinean kina (PGK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Paraguay CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 7,053,384 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 406,752 km2 DENSITY : 16.95/km RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), Guarani (official) CURRENCY :Guaraní (PYG) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Peru CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 32,162,184 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,285,216 km2 DENSITY : 23/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages CURRENCY :Sol (PEN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Philippines CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 100,981,437 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 300,000 km2 DENSITY : 336/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : two official languages – Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects – Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan CURRENCY :Peso (₱) (PHP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Poland CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 38,433,600 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 312,696 km2 DENSITY : 123/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census) CURRENCY : Polish złoty (PLN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Portugal CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 10,291,027 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 92,212 km2 DENSITY : 111/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official – but locally used) CURRENCY :Euro (€) (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Puerto Rico CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 3,337,177 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 9,104 km2 DENSITY :375/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish, English CURRENCY :United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Qatar CONTINENT:ASIA LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 11,581 km2 DENSITY :176/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language CURRENCY :Riyal (QAR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Romania CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 19,638,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 238,397 km2 DENSITY : 84.4/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Romanian (official), Hungarian, German CURRENCY :Romanian Leu (RON) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Russia CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 144,526,636 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 17,098,246 km2 DENSITY : 8.4/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Russian, many minority languages CURRENCY :Russian ruble (₽) (RUB) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Rwanda CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 11,262,564 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 26,338 km2 DENSITY : 445 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers CURRENCY :Rwandan franc (RWF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Saint Helena CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 4,534 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 121 km2 DENSITY :37.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English CURRENCY :Saint Helena pound (SHP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Saint Kitts & Nevis CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 54,821 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 261 km2 DENSITY :164/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English CURRENCY :East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Saint Lucia CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 178,015 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 617 km2 DENSITY :300/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), French patois CURRENCY :East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Saint Pierre & Miquelon CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 6,080 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 242 km2 DENSITY :25/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official) CURRENCY :Euro (€) , unofficially:Canadian dollar ($) (EUR CAD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Samoa CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 195,843 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,842 km2 DENSITY : 68/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Christianity (official) ) LANGUAGE : Samoan (Polynesian), English |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :San Marino CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 33,344 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 61.2 km2 DENSITY :520/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR ( Roman Catholicism ) LANGUAGE : Italian CURRENCY :Euro (EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Sao Tome & Principe CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 199,910 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,001 km2 DENSITY :187.17/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Portuguese (official) CURRENCY :Dobra (STN) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Saudi Arabia CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 33,000,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 2,149,690 km2 DENSITY :15/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic CURRENCY : Saudi riyal (SR) (SAR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Senegal CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 15,411,614 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 196,712 km2 DENSITY : 68.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka CURRENCY :West African CFA franc(XOF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Serbia CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 7,040,272 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 88,361 km2 DENSITY : 91.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Serbian 95%, Albanian 5% CURRENCY :Serbian dinar(RSD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Seychelles CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 94,228 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 459 km2 DENSITY :205.3/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) CURRENCY :Seychellois rupee (SCR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Sierra Leone CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 7,075,641 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 71,740 km2 DENSITY :79.4/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%) CURRENCY : Leone (SLL) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Singapore CONTINENT: ASIA LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 721.5 km2 DENSITY : 7,796/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census) CURRENCY :Singapore dollar(SGD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Sint Maarten CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 33,609 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 37 km2 DENSITY : 1,110/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Dutch , English CURRENCY : Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Slovakia CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 5,435,343 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 49,035km2 DENSITY : 111/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census) |
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SCOUNTRY (or dependency) :Slovenia CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 2,067,284 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 20,273 km2 DENSITY : 102 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census) CURRENCY :Euro(€)(EUR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Solomon Islands CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 599,419 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 28,400 km2 DENSITY :18.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English is official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population CURRENCY : Solomon Islands dollar (SBD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Somalia CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 11,031,386 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 637,657 km2 DENSITY : 19.31 /km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English CURRENCY : Somali shilling (SOS) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :South Africa CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 57,725,600 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,221,037 km2 DENSITY : 42.4/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census) CURRENCY :South African rand(ZAR ) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :South Korea CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 51,446,201 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 100,363 km2 DENSITY : 507/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school CURRENCY :South Korean won (₩) (KRW) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :South Sudan CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 12,230,730 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 619,745 km2 DENSITY : 13.33/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English , Bari , Dinka , Luo , Murle , Nuer , Zande and around 60 other languages CURRENCY : South Sudanese pound (SSP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Spain CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 46,700,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 505,990 km2 DENSITY : 92/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note – Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Sri Lanka CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 22,409,381 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 65,610 km2 DENSITY : 327/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% CURRENCY :Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :St. Vincent & Grenadines CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 109,643[ LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 389 km2 DENSITY : 307/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English, French patois CURRENCY : East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :State of Palestine CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 4,816,503 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 6,020 km2 DENSITY : 731/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR (Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic CURRENCY :Egyptian pound (EGP) , Israeli new shekel (IoT) , Jordanian dinar (JOD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Sudan CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 39,578,828 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 1,886,068 km2 DENSITY : 21.3/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English CURRENCY : Sudanese pound (SDG) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Suriname CONTINENT:SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 558,368 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 163,821 km2 DENSITY :2.9/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese CURRENCY : Surinamese dollar (SRD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Swaziland CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 1,343,098 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 17,364 km2 DENSITY : 68.2/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official, government business conducted in English), siSwati (official) CURRENCY : Swazi lilangeni(SZL) , South African rand (ZAR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Sweden CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 10,161,797 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 450,295 km2 DENSITY : 22.6/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities CURRENCY :Swedish krona (SEK) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Switzerland CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 8,401,120 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 41,285 km2 DENSITY : 202/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, other 3.3% (2000 census) CURRENCY :Swiss franc (CHF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Syria CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 17,284,407 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 185,180 km2 DENSITY : 118.3/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( 87% Islam , 10% Christianity, 3% Druzism ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood CURRENCY :Syrian pound (SYP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Taiwan CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 23,577,271 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 36,197[km2 DENSITY : 650/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects CURRENCY :New Taiwan dollar(NT$) (TWD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Tajikistan CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 8,734,951 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 143,100 km2 DENSITY : 48.6/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business CURRENCY :Somoni (TJS) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Tanzania CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 55,572,201 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 947,303 km2 DENSITY : 47.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages CURRENCY :Tanzanian shilling (TZS) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :TFYR Macedonia CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 2,103,721 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 25,713 km2 DENSITY : 80.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Macedonian 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% (2002 census) CURRENCY :Macedonian denar(MKD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Thailand CONTINENT:ASIA LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 513,120 km2 DENSITY : 132.1/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( 94.50% Buddhism , 4.29% Islam , 1.17% Christianity , 0.03% Hinduism , 0.01% Unaffiliated LANGUAGE : Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects CURRENCY :Baht (฿) (THB) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Timor-Leste CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 1,167,242 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 15,410 km2 DENSITY : 78/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English CURRENCY :United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Togo CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 7,965,055 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 56,785 km2 DENSITY : 125.9/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north) CURRENCY : West African CFA franc (XOF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Tokelau CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 1,499 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 10 km2 DENSITY :115/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English CURRENCY : New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Tonga CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 100,651 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 748 km2 DENSITY : 139/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Tongan, English CURRENCY :Paʻanga (TOP) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Trinidad and Tobago CONTINENT:SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 1,353,895 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 5,131 km2 DENSITY : 254.4/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese CURRENCY : Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Tunisia CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 11,304,482 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 163,610 km2 DENSITY :63/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce) CURRENCY : Tunisian dinar (TND) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Turkey CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 80,810,525 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 783,356 km2 DENSITY : 105 km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek CURRENCY :Turkish lira (₺)(TRY) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : Turkmenistan CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 5,662,544 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 491,210 km2 DENSITY : 10.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7% CURRENCY :Turkmen new manat (TMT) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Turks and Caicos CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 31,458 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 616.3 km2 DENSITY : 80/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official) CURRENCY :United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Tuvalu CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 10,640 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 26 km2 DENSITY : 475.88/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR (Church of Tuvalu ) LANGUAGE : Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) CURRENCY : Tuvaluan dollar , Australian dollar (AUD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :U..S CONTINENT: North America POPULATION : 325,719,178 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 9,833,520 km2 DENSITY : 32.8/km2) RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census) CURRENCY :United States dollar ($) (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :U.K. CONTINENT:EUROPE POPULATION : 66,040,229 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 242,495 km2 DENSITY : 270.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) CURRENCY :Pound sterling (GBP £) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :U.S. Virgin Islands CONTINENT:NORTH AMERICA POPULATION : 104,901 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 346.36 km2 DENSITY : 296.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English 74.7%, Spanish or Spanish Creole 16.8%, French or French Creole 6.6%, other 1.9% (2000 census) CURRENCY : United States dollar (USD) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Uganda CONTINENT: AFRICA POPULATION : 41,487,965 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 241,03 km2 DENSITY : 157.1/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic CURRENCY :Ugandan shilling (UGX) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Ukraine CONTINENT: EUROPE POPULATION : 42,418,235 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 603,628 km2 DENSITY : 73.8/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%; small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities CURRENCY :Ukrainian hryvnia (₴) (UAH) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) : United Arab Emirates CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 9,575,729 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 83,600 km2 DENSITY : 99/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu CURRENCY : UAE dirham (AED) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Uruguay CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 3,444,006 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 176,215 km2 DENSITY : 18.6/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier) CURRENCY :Uruguayan peso (UYU) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Uzbekistan CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 32,979,000 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 448,978 km2 DENSITY : 70.5/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% CURRENCY :Uzbek som (UZS) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Vanuatu CONTINENT: Oceania POPULATION : 270,402 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 12,189 km2 DENSITY : 19.7/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census) CURRENCY :Vanuatu vatu (VUV) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Venezuela CONTINENT: SOUTH AMERICA POPULATION : 31,568,179 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 916,445 km2 DENSITY : 33.74/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects CURRENCY :Bolívar Soberano (VES) , Petro (PTR) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Viet Nam CONTINENT: ASIA POPULATION : 94,569,072 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 331,698 km2 DENSITY : 276.03/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) CURRENCY :đồng (₫) (VND) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Wallis & Futuna CONTINENT:Oceania POPULATION : 11,899 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 142.42 km2 DENSITY : 83.55/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : Wallisian 58.9% (indigenous Polynesian language), Futunian 30.1%, French 10.8%, other 0.2% (2003 census) CURRENCY : CFP franc (XPF) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Western Sahara CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 538,755 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 266,000 km2 DENSITY : 2.03/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Sunni Islam ) LANGUAGE : Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic CURRENCY : Sahrawi peseta, Moroccan dirham, Algerian dinar, Mauritanian ouguiya |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Yemen CONTINENT:ASIA POPULATION : 27,584,213 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 527,968 km2 DENSITY : 44.7/km2 RELIGION : NON -SECULAR ( Islam ) LANGUAGE : Arabic CURRENCY : Yemeni rial (YER) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Zambia CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 16,591,390 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 752,618 km2 DENSITY : 17.2/km2 RELIGION : NON – SECULAR ( Christian ) LANGUAGE : English (official), major vernaculars – Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages CURRENCY :Zambian kwacha (ZMW) |
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COUNTRY (or dependency) :Zimbabwe CONTINENT:AFRICA POPULATION : 16,150,362 LAND AREA ( Sq.km) : 390,757 km2 DENSITY :26/km2 RELIGION : SECULAR LANGUAGE : English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects CURRENCY : United States dollar(official for government), South African rand, and many other currenciesa, e.g. Botswana pula, euro, Chinese renminbi, Indian rupees, pound sterling, Australian dollars. Zimbabwean bond coins are used as a proxy for US dollar and cent coins. Zimbabwean bond notes for 2 and 5 dollars were introduced in 2016 at par value of the US dollar |
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