International Community: Facts and Statistics about Countries of the World
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km2 = kilometers squared
sq. mi. = square miles
- Afghanistan
- Area: 647,500 km2 (249,999 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kabul
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 16,450,304
- Languages: Pushtu, Afghan Persian, Turkic
- Religions: Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim
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- Albania
- Area: 28,750 km2 (11,100 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tirana
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 3,335,044
- Languages: Albanian, Greek
- Religions: Muslim, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic
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- Algeria
- Area: 2,381,740 km2 (919,590 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Algiers
- Government: Republic
- Population: 26,022,188
- Languages: Arabic, French, Berber dialects
- Religion: Sunni Muslim
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- Andorra
- Area: 450 km2 (174 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Andorra la Vella
- Government: Coprincipality of France and Spain
- Population: 53,197
- Languages: Catalan, French, Castilian
- Religion: Roman Catholic
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- Angola
- Area: 1,246,700 km2 (481,351 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Luanda
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 8,668,281
- Languages: Portuguese, Bantu dialects
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Roman Catholic, Protestant
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- Anguilla
- Area: 91 km2 (35 sq. mi.)
- Capital: The Valley
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 6,922
- Language: English
- Religions: Anglican, Methodist
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- Antigua and Barbuda
- Area: 440 km2 (170 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Saint John's
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 63,917
- Languages: English, local dialects
- Religions: Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic
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- Argentina
- Area: 2,766,890 km2 (1,068,296 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Buenos Aires
- Government: Republic
- Population: 32,663,983
- Languages: Spanish, English, Italian, German, French
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish
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- Armenia
- Area: 29,283 km2 (11,306 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Yerevan
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 3,305,000
- Languages: Armenian, Russian
- Religion: Armenian Apolistic
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- Aruba
- Area: 193 km2 (75 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Oranjestad
- Government: Independent territory of Netherlands
- Population: 64,052
- Languages: Dutch, Papiamento, Spanish, English
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
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- Australia
- Area: 7,686,850 km2 (2,967,893 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Canberra
- Government: Federal parliamentary state affiliated with Great Britain Population: 17,288,044
- Languages: English, native languages
- Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, other Protestant faiths
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- Austria
- Area: 83,850 km2 (32,374 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Vienna
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 7,665,804
- Language: German
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
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- Azerbaijan
- Area: 86,506 km2 (33,400 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Baku
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 7,145,600
- Languages: Azeri, Russian
- Religions: Muslim
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- The Bahamas
- Area: 13,940 km2 (5,382 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Nassau
- Government: Independent commonwealth affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 252,110
- Languages: English, Creole
- Religions: Baptist, Anglican, Roman Catholic, other Protestant
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- Bahrain
- Area: 620 km2 (239 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Manama
- Government: Monarchy
- Population: 536,974
- Languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
- Religions: Shi'a Muslim, Sunni Muslim
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- Bangladesh
- Area: 144,000 km2 (55,598 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Dhaka
- Government: Republic
- Population: 116,601,424
- Languages: Bangla, English
- Religions: Muslim, Hindu
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- Barbados
- Area: 460 km2 (166 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bridgetown
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 254,626
- Language: English
- Religions: Anglican, Pentecostal, Methodist, Roman Catholic
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- Barbuda See Antigua and Barbuda.
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- Belarus
- Area: 207,718 km2 (80,200 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Minsk
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 10,200,000
- Languages: Byelorussian, Russian
- Religions: Russian Orthodox, Baptist
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- Belgium
- Area: 30,520 km2 (11,784 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Brussels
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 9,921,910
- Languages: Flemish, French
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
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- Belize
- Area: 22,960 km2 (8,865 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Belmopan
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 228,069
- Languages: English, Spanish, Maya, Garifuna
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist
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- Benin
- Area: 112,620 km2 (43,483 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Porto-Novo
- Government: Multiparty democracy
- Population: 4,831,823
- Languages: French, Fon, Yoruba, tribal dialects
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Christian
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- Bermuda
- Area: 50 km2 (19 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Hamilton
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 58,433
- Language: English
- Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, African Methodist
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- Bhutan
- Area: 47,000 km2 (18,147 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Thimphu
- Government: Monarchy
- Population: 1,598,216
- Languages: Dzongkha, other Tibetan dialects, Nepalese dialects
- Religions: Lamaistic Buddhist, Hindu
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- Bolivia
- Area: 1,098,580 km2 (424,162 sq. mi.)
- Capitals: La Paz and Sucre
- Government: Republic
- Population: 7,156,591
- Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Area: 51,129 km2 (19,741 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Sarajevo
- Government: Republic
- Population: 4,116,000
- Languages: Serbian, Croatian
- Religions: Muslim, Serbian Orthodox, Roman Catholic
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- Botswana
- Area: 600,370 km2 (231,803 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Gaborone
- Government: Parliamentary republic
- Population: 1,258,392
- Languages: English, Setswana
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Christian
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- Brazil
- Area: 8,511,970 km2 (3,286,472 sq. mi. )
- Capital: Brasilia
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 155,356,073
- Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French
- Religion: Roman Catholic
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- British Virgin Islands
- Area: 150 km2 (58 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Road Town
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 12,396
- Language: English
- Religions: Methodist, Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
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- Brunei
- Area: 5,770 km2 (2,228 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
- Government: Constitutional sultanate
- Population: 397,777
- Languages: Malay, English, Chinese
- Religions: Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, indigenous beliefs
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- Bulgaria
- Area: 110,910 km2 (42,822 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Sofia
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 8,910,622
- Language: Bulgarian
- Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish,
- Roman Catholic
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- Burkina Faso
- Area: 274,200 km2 (105,869 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Ouagadougou
- Government: Military
- Population: 9,359,889
- Languages: French, Sudanic tribal dialects
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Christian
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- Burma See Myanmar.
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- Burundi
- Area: 27,830 km2 (10,745 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bujumbura
- Government: Republic