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km2 = kilometers squaredsq. 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Anguilla
- Area: 91 km2 (35 sq. mi.)
- Capital: The Valley
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 6,922
- Language: English
- Religions: Anglican, Methodist
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Austria
- Area: 83,850 km2 (32,374 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Vienna
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 7,665,804
- Language: German
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Bangladesh
- Area: 144,000 km2 (55,598 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Dhaka
- Government: Republic
- Population: 116,601,424
- Languages: Bangla, English
- Religions: Muslim, Hindu
- 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
- Barbuda See Antigua and Barbuda.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Burma See Myanmar.
- Burundi
- Area: 27,830 km2 (10,745 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bujumbura
- Government: Republic
- Population: 5,831,233
- Languages: Kirundi, French, Swahili
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Indigenous beliefs,
- Protestant, Muslim
- Cambodia
- Area: 181,040 km2 (69,900 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Phnom Penh
- Government: Disputed between National Government of Cambodia and the State of Cambodia
- Population: 7,146,386
- Languages: Khmer, French
- Religions: Theravada Buddhist
- Cameroon
- Area: 475,440 km2 (183,567 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Yaounde
- Government: Unitary republic
- Population: 11,390,374
- Languages: English, French, African languages
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim
- Canada
- Area: 9,976,140 km2 (3,851,788 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Ottawa
- Government: Confederation affiliated with United Kingdom
- Population: 26,835,036
- Languages: English, French
- Religions: Roman Catholic, United Church, Anglican
- Cape Verde
- Area: 4,030 km2 (1,556 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Praia
- Government: Republic
- Population: 386,501
- Languages: Portuguese, Crioulo
- Religions: Roman Catholic and indigenous beliefs
- Cayman Islands
- Area: 260 km2 (100 sq. mi.)
- Capital: George Town
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 27,489
- Language: English
- Religions: United Church, Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic
- Central African Republic
- Area: 622,980 km2 (240,533 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bangui
- Government: Military republic
- Population: 2,952,382
- Languages: French, Sangho, Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili
- Religions: Christian (with animist beliefs), indigenous beliefs, Muslim
- Chad
- Area: 1,284,000 km2 (495,752 sq. mi.)
- Capital: N'Djamena
- Government: Republic
- Population: 5,122,467
- Languages: French, Arabic, Sara, Sango
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, indigenous beliefs/ animism
- Chile
- Area: 756,950 km2 (292,258 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Santiago
- Government: Republic
- Population: 13,286,620
- Language: Spanish
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish
- China
- Area: 9,596,960 km2 (3,705,386 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Beijing
- Government: Communist
- Population: 1,151,486,981
- Languages: Mandarin, Yue, Wu, Minbei, Minnan,
- Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
- Religions: Officially atheist; Confucianist, Taoist, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian
- Christmas Island
- Area: 135 km2 (52 sq. mi.)
- Capital: The Settlement
- Government: Territory of Australia
- Population: 2,278
- Language: English
- Religions: Buddhist, Muslim, Christian
- Colombia
- Area: 1,138,910 km2 (439,733 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bogota
- Government: Republic
- Population: 33,777,550
- Language: Spanish
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Comoros
- Area: 2,170 km2 (838 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Moroni
- Government: Independent republic
- Population: 476,678
- Languages: Arabic, French
- Religions: Sunni Muslim, Roman Catholic
- Congo
- Area: 342,000 km2 (132,046 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Brazzaville
- Government: Republic
- Population: 2,309,444
- Languages: French, Lingala, Kikongo
- Religions: Christian, animist, Muslim
- Cook Islands
- Area: 240 km2 (93 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Avarua
- Government: Self-governing in association with New Zealand
- Population: 17,882
- Language: English
- Religion: Cook Islands Christian Church
- Costa Rica
- Area: 51,100 km2 (19,730 sq. mi.)
- Capital: San Jose
- Government: Democratic republic
- Population: 3,111,403
- Languages: Spanish, English
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Croatia
- Area: 56,524 km2 (21,824 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Zagreb
- Government: Republic
- Population: 4,756,000
- Language: Croatian
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Cuba
- Area: 110,860 km2 (42,803 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Havana
- Government: Communist
- Population: 10,732,037
- Language: Spanish
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Cyprus
- Area: 9,250 km2 (3,571 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Nicosia
- Government: Republic; northern part administered by Turkey
- Population: 709,343
- Languages: Greek, Turkish, English
- Religions: Greek Orthodox, Muslim, Armenian, Maronite
- The Czech Republic
- Area: 78,864 km2 (30,342 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Prague
- Government: Parliamentary democracy
- Population: 10,298,731
- Language: Czech
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Czech Brethren
- Denmark
- Area: 43,070 km2 (16,629 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Copenhagen
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 5,132,626
- Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, German
- Religions: Evangelical Lutheran, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
- Djibouti
- Area: 22,000 km2 (8,494 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Djibouti
- Government: Republic
- Population: 346,311
- Languages: French, Arabic, Somali, Afar
- Religions: Muslim, Christian
- Dominica
- Area: 750 km2 (290 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Roseau
- Government: Parliamentary democracy
- Population: 86,285
- Languages: English, French patois
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Methodist, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, Baptist
- Dominican Republic
- Area: 48,730 km2 (18,815 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Santo Domingo
- Government: Republic
- Population: 7,384,837
- Language: Spanish
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Ecuador
- Area: 283,560 km2 (109,483 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Quito
- Government: Republic
- Population: 10,751,648
- Languages: Spanish, Indian languages (especially Quechua)
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Egypt
- Area: 1,001,450 km2 (386,660 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Cairo
- Government: Republic
- Population: 54,451,588
- Languages: Arabic, English, French
- Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian
- El Salvador
- Area: 21,040 km2 (8,124 sq. mi.)
- Capital: San Salvador
- Government: Republic
- Population: 5,418,736
- Languages: Spanish, Nahua
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant Evangelical
- Equatorial Guinea
- Area: 28,050 km2 (10,830 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Malabo
- Government: Republic
- Population: 378,729
- Languages: Spanish, Pigdin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
- Religions: Christian, pagan
- Estonia
- Area: 45,100 km2 (17,413 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tallinn
- Government: Republic
- Population: 1,573,000
- Language: Estonian
- Religion: Lutheran
- Ethiopia
- Area: 1,221,900 km2 (471,776 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Addis Ababa
- Government: One-party republic
- Population: 53,191,127
- Languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic, English
- Religions: Muslim, Ethiopian Orthodox, animist
- Falkland Islands
- Area: 12,170 km2 (4,699 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Stanley
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 1,968
- Language: English
- Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic
- Faroe Islands
- Area: 1,400 km2 (541 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Torshavn
- Government: Self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark Population: 48,151
- Languages: Faroese, Danish
- Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
- Fiji
- Area: 18,270 km2 (7,054 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Suva
- Government: Military republic
- Population: 744,006
- Languages: English, Fijian, Hindustani
- Religions: Christian, Hindu, Muslim
- Finland
- Area: 337,030 km2 (130,127 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Helsinki
- Government: Republic
- Population: 4,991,131
- Languages: Finnish, Swedish, Lapp, Russian
- Religions: Evangelical Lutheran, Greek Orthodox
- France
- Area: 547,030 km2 (211,208 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Paris
- Government: Republic
- Population: 56,595,587
- Languages: French, regional dialects
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim
- French Guiana
- Area: 91,000 km2 (35,135 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Cayenne
- Government: Overseas department of France
- Population: 101,603
- Language: French
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- French Polynesia
- Area: 4,000 km2 (1,544 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Papeete
- Government: Overseas territory of France
- Population: 195,046
- Languages: French, Tahitian
- Religions: Protestant, Roman Catholic
- Gabon
- Area: 267,670 km2 (103,347 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Libreville
- Government: Republic
- Population: 1,079,980
- Languages: French, Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
- Religions: Christian, animist, Muslim
- The Gambia
- Area: 11,300 km2 (4,363 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Banjul
- Government: Republic Population: 874,553
- Languages: English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, local dialects
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, indigenous beliefs
- Georgia
- Area: 69,699 km2 (26,911 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tbilisi
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 5,549,000
- Languages: Georgian, Russian
- Religions: Georgian Orthodox
- Germany
- Area: 356,910 km2 (137,803 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Berlin
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 79,548,498
- Language: German
- Religions: Protestant, Roman Catholic
- Ghana
- Area: 238,540 km2 (92,100 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Accra
- Government: Military
- Population: 15,616,934
- Languages: English, Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, Ga-Adangbe
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Christian
- Gibraltar
- Area: 6.5 km2 (2.5 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Gibraltar
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 29,613
- Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Muslim, Jewish
- Greece
- Area: 131,940 km2 (50,942 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Athens
- Government: Presidential parliamentary
- Population: 10,042,956
- Language: Greek
- Religions: Greek Orthodox, Muslim
- Greenland
- Area: 2,175,600 km2 (839,999 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Nuuk (Godthab)
- Government: Self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark Population: 56,752
- Languages: Eskimo dialects, Danish Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
- Grenada
- Area: 340 km2 (131 sq. mi.)
- Capital: St. George's
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 83,812
- Languages: English, French patois
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican, other Protestant faiths
- Guadeloupe
- Area: 1,780 km2 (687 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Basse-Terre
- Government: Overseas department of France
- Population: 344,897
- Languages: French, Creole
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Hindu, pagan African
- Guatemala
- Area: 108,890 km2 (42,042 sq. mi.)
- Capital Guatemala City Government: Republic
- Population: 9,266,018
- Languages: Spanish, Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, other Indian dialects Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, traditional Mayan
- Guernsey
- Area: 194 km2 (75 sq. mi.)
- Capital: St. Peter Port
- Government: British crown dependency
- Population: 57,596
- Languages: English, French, Norman-French
- Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, other
- Protestant faiths
- Guinea
- Area: 245,860 km2 (94,927 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Conakry
- Government: Republic
- Population: 7,455,850
- Languages: French, tribal languages
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, indigenous beliefs
- Guinea-Bissau
- Area: 36,120 km2 (13,948 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bissau
- Government: Republic
- Population: 1,023,544
- Languages: Portuguese, Criolo, African languages
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Christian
- Guyana
- Area: 214,970 km2 (83,000 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Georgetown
- Government: Republic
- Population: 749,508
- Languages: English, Amerindian dialects
- Religions: Christian, Hindu, Muslim
- Haiti
- Area: 27,750 km2 (10,714 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Port-au-Prince
- Government: Military republic
- Population: 6,286,511
- Languages: French, Creole
- Religions: Roman Catholic/voodoo, Protestant
- Honduras
- Area: 112,090 km2 (43,278 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tegucigalpa
- Government: Republic
- Population: 4,949,275
- Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Hong Kong
- Area: 1,040 km2 (402 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Victoria
- Government: Dependent territory of United
- Kingdom (until 1997)
- Population: 5,855,800
- Languages: Cantonese, English
- Religions: Local religions, Christian
- Hungary
- Area: 93,030 km2 (35,919 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Budapest
- Government: Republic
- Population: 10,558,001
- Language: Hungarian (Magyar)
- Religions: Calvinist, Lutheran
- Iceland Area: 103,000 km2 (39,768 sq. mi.) Capital: Reykjavik Government: Republic Population: 259,742 Languages: Icelandic Religions: Evangelical Lutheran, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
- India
- Area: 3,287,590 km2 (1,269,338 sq. mi.)
- Capital: New Delhi
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 866,351,738
- Languages: Hindi, English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalan, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit, Hindustani
- Religions: Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jains
- Indonesia
- Area: 1,904,570 km2 (735,272 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Jakarta
- Government: Republic
- Population: 193,560,494
- Languages: Bahasa Indonesian, Javanese, English, Dutch
- Religions: Muslim, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist
- Iran
- Area: 1,648,00.0 km2 (636,293 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Teheran
- Government: Theocratic republic
- Population: 59,051,082
- Languages: Farsi, Turk, Kurdish, Arabic, Luri, Baloch
- Religions: Shi'a Muslim, Sunni Muslim, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, Baha'i
- Iraq
- Area: 434,920 km2 (167,923 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Baghdad
- Government: Republic
- Population: 19,524,718
- Languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian, Armenian
- Religions: Shita Muslim, Sunni Muslim, Christian
- Ireland
- Area: 70,280 km2 (27,135 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Dublin
- Government: Republic
- Population: 3,489,165
- Languages: Irish (Gaelic), English
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican
- Israel
- Area: (excluding occupied territories) 20,770 km2 (8,019 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Jerusalem
- Government: Parliamentary democracy
- Population: 4,264,605 (excluding occupied territories)
- Languages: Hebrew, Arabic
- Religions: Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze
- See also West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- Italy
- Area: 301,230 km2 (116,305 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Rome
- Government: Republic
- Population: 57,772,375
- Languages: Italian, German, French, Slovene
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Ivory Coast
- Area: 322,460 km2 (124,502 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Abidjan (also Yamoussoukro)
- Government: Republic
- Population: 12,977,909
- Languages: French, Dioula, tribal languages
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Christian
- Jamaica
- Area: 10,990 km2 (4,243 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kingston
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 2,489,353
- Languages: English, Creole
- Religions: Protestant, Roman Catholic, spiritualist cults
- Japan
- Area: 377,835 km2 (145,882 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tokyo
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 124,017,137
- Language: Japanese
- Religions: Shinto, Buddhist, Christian
- Jersey
- Area: 117 km2 (45 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Saint Helier
- Government: British crown dependency
- Population: 84,331
- Languages: English, French, Norman-French
- Religions: Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
- Jordan
- Area: 91,880 km2 (35,475 sq. mi.) (excluding West Bank)
- Capital: Amman
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 3,412,553 (excluding West Bank)
- Languages: Arabic, English
- Religions: Sunni Muslim, Christian
- Kazakhstan
- Area: 2,717,428 km2 (1,049,200 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Alma Alta
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 16,538,000
- Languages: Kazakh, Russian
- Religion: Muslim
- Kenya
- Area: 582,650 km2 (224,961 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Nairobi
- Government: One-party republic
- Population: 25,241,978
- Languages: English, Swahili, local languages
- Religions: Protestant, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Muslim
- Kiribati
- Area: 710 km2 (274 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tarawa
- Government: Republic
- Population: 71,137
- Languages: English, Gilbertese
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist, Baha'i
- Korea, North
- Area: 120,540 km2 (46,540 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Pyongyang
- Government: Communist
- Population: 21,814,656
- Language: Korean
- Religions: Buddhist, Confucianist
- Korea, South
- Area: 98,480 km2 (38,023 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Seoul
- Government: Republic
- Population: 43,134,386
- Language: Korean
- Religions: Confucianist, Christian, Buddhist, Shamanist, Chondokyo
- Kuwait
- Area: 17,820 km2 (6,880 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kuwait
- Government: Nominal constitutional monarchy
- Population: 2,204,400
- Languages: Arabic, English
- Religions: Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Parsi
- Kyrgyzstan
- Area: 198,509 km2 (76,642 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Frunze
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 4,372,000
- Languages: Kirghiz, Russian
- Religions: Muslim
- Laos
- Area: 236,800 km2 (91,428 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Vientiane
- Government: Communist
- Population: 4,113,223
- Languages: Lao, French, English
- Religions: Buddhist, animist
- Latvia
- Area: 63,701 km2 (24,595 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Riga
- Government: Republic
- Population: 2,681,000
- Languages: Latvian
- Religions: Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Catholic
- Lebanon
- Area: 10,400 km2 (4,015 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Beirut
- Government: Republic
- Population: 3,384,626
- Languages: Arabic, French, Armenian, English
- Religions: Muslim and Christian, each divided into sects (17 in all)
- Lesotho
- Area: 30,350 km2 (11,718 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Maseru
- Government: Constitutional monarchy (military regime)
- Population: 1,801,174
- Languages: Sesotho, English, Zulu, Xhosa
- Religions: Christian, indigenous beliefs
- Liberia
- Area: 111,370 km2 (43,000 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Monrovia
- Government: Republic
- Population: 2,730,446
- Languages: English, Niger-Congo languages
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim
- Libya
- Area: 1,759,540 km2 (679,358 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tripoli
- Government: Military dictatorship
- Population: 4,350,742
- Languages: Arabic, Italian, English
- Religion: Sunni Muslim
- Liechtenstein
- Area: 160 km2 (62 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Vaduz
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 28,476
- Languages: German, Alemannic
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Lithuania
- Area: 65,190 km2 (25,170 sq. mi. )
- Capital: Vilnius
- Government: Republic
- Population: 3,690,000
- Languages: Lithuanian
- Religions: Roman Catholic
- Luxembourg
- Area: 2,586 km2 (998 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Luxembourg
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 388,017
- Languages: Luxembourgish, German, French, English
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, English
- Macau
- Area: 16 km2 (6 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Macau
- Government: Overseas territory of Portugal until 1999
- Population: 446,262
- Languages: Portuguese, Cantonese
- Religions: Buddhist, Roman Catholic
- Macedonia (name is in dispute at the time this was published)
- Area: 25,713 km2 (9,928 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Skopje
- Government: Republic
- Population: 2,033,964
- Language: Macedonian
- Religions: Eastern Orthodox, Muslim
- Madagascar
- Area: 587,040 km2 (226,656 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Antananarivo
- Government: Republic
- Population: 12,185,318
- Languages: French, Malagasy
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim
- Malawi
- Area: 118,480 km2 (45,745 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Lilongwe
- Government: One-party state
- Population: 9,438,462
- Languages: English, Chichewa, Tombuka
- Religions: Protestant, Roman Catholic, Muslim, indigenous beliefs
- Malaysia
- Area: 329,750 km2 (127,316 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kuala Lumpur
- Government: Constitutional monarchy with hereditary rulers in peninsular states
- Population: 17,981,698
- Languages: Malay, English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Hakka dialects, tribal languages
- Religions: Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Confucianist, Christian
- Maldives
- Area: 300 km2 (116 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Male
- Government: Republic
- Population: 226,200
- Languages: Divehi, English
- Religion: Sunni Muslim
- Mali
- Area: 1,240,000 km2 (478,764 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bamako
- Government: Republic
- Population: 8,338,542
- Languages: French, Bambara
- Religions: Muslim, indigenous beliefs, Christian
- Malta
- Area: 320 km2 (124 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Valletta
- Government: Parliamentary democracy
- Population: 356,427
- Languages: Maltese, English
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Man, Isle of
- Area: 588 km2 (227 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Douglas
- Government: British crown dependency
- Population: 64,075
- Languages: English, Manx Gaelic
- Religions: Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
- Martinique
- Area: 1,100 km2 (,425 sq. mi. )
- Capital: Fort-de-France
- Government: Overseas department of France
- Population: 345,180
- Languages: French, Creole patois
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Hindu, pagan African
- Mauritania
- Area: 1,030,700 km2 (397,953 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Nouakchott
- Government: Military republic
- Population: 1,995,755
- Languages: Hasaniya Arabic, French, Toucouleur, Fula, Sarakole, Wolof
- Religion: Muslim
- Mauritius
- Area: 1,860 km2 (718 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Port Louis
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 1,081,000
- Languages: English, Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
- Religions: Hindu, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Muslim
- Mayotte
- Area: 375 km2 (145 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Dzaoudzi
- Government: Territorial collectivity of France
- Population: 75,027
- Languages: Mahorian, French
- Religions: Muslim, Christian
- Mexico
- Area: 1,972,550 km2 (761,602 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Mexico City
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 90,007,304
- Language: Spanish
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Moldova
- Area: 33,701 km2 (13,012 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kishinev
- Government: In transition
- Population: 4,341,000
- Language: Romanian
- Religions: Russian Orthodox, Seventh-Day Adventist
- Monaco
- Area: 1.9 km2 ( 7 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Monaco
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 29,712
- Languages: French, English, Italian, Monegasque
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Mongolia
- Area: 1,565,000 km2 (604,247 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Ulaanbaatar
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 2,247,068
- Languages: Khalkha Mongol, Turkic, Russian, Chinese
- Religions: Tibetan Buddhist, Muslim
- Montserrat
- Area: 100 km2 (39 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Plymouth
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 12,504
- Language: English
- Religions: Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
- Morocco
- Area: 446,550 km2 (172,413 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Rabat
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 26,181,889
- Languages: Arabic, French, Berber dialects
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, Jewish
- Mozambique
- Area: 801,950 km2 (309,633 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Maputo
- Government: Republic
- Population: 15,113,282
- Languages: Portuguese, indigenous languages
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim
- Myanmar
- Area: 676,550 km2 (261,216 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Yangon
- Government: Military
- Population: 42,112,082
- Languages: Burmese, ethnic languages
- Religions: Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, animist beliefs
- Namibia
- Area: 824,290 km2 (318,258 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Windhoek
- Government: Republic
- Population: 1,520,504
- Languages: Afrikaans, German, English, indigenous languages
- Religions: Christian, indigenous beliefs
- Nauru
- Area: 20 km2 (8 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Yaren
- Government: Republic
- Population: 9,333
- Languages: Nauruan, English
- Religions: Protestant, Roman Catholic
- Nepal
- Area: 140,800 km2 (54,363 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kathmandu
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 19,611,900
- Languages: Nepali, local languages
- Religions: Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim
- Netherlands
- Area: 37,310 km2 (14,405 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Amsterdam and The Hague
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 15,022,393
- Language: Dutch
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Netherlands Antilles
- Area: 960 km2 (371 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Willemstad (on Curacao)
- Government: Autonomous territory of Netherlands
- Population: 183,872
- Languages: Dutch, Papiamento, English, Spanish
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
- New Caledonia
- Area: 19,060 km2 (7,359 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Noumea
- Government: Overseas territory of France
- Population: 171,559
- Languages: French, Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- New Zealand
- Area: 268,680 km2 (103,737 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Wellington
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 3,308,973
- Languages: English, Maori
- Religions: Anglican, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic
- Nicaragua
- Area: 129,494 km2 (49,998 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Managua
- Government: Republic
- Population: 3,751,884
- Languages: Spanish, English, Amerindian dialects
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Niger
- Area: 1,267,000 km2 (489,189 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Niamey
- Government: Republic (under military control)
- Population: 8,154,145
- Languages: French, Hausa, Djerma
- Religions: Muslim, indigenous beliefs, Christian
- Nigeria
- Area: 923,770 km2 (356,668 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Lagos
- Government: Military
- Population: 122,470,574
- Languages: English, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, indigenous beliefs
- Niue
- Area: 260 km2 (100 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Alofi
- Government: Self-governing territory affiliated with New Zealand
- Population: 1,908
- Languages: Polynesian (Tongan-Samoan dialect), English
- Religions: Ekalesia Nieu, Mormon
- Norfolk Island
- Area: 40 km2 (15.4 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kingston
- Government: Territory of Australia
- Population: 2,576
- Languages: English, Norfolk
- Religions: Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist
- Norway
- Area: 324,220 km2 (125,181 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Oslo
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 4,273,442
- Languages: Norwegian, Lapp, Finnish
- Religions: Evangelical Lutheran, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
- Oman
- Area: 212,460 km2 (82,031 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Muscat
- Government: Absolute monarchy
- Population: 1,534,011
- Languages: Arabic, English, Baluchi, Urdu
- Religions: Ibadhi Muslim, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a
- Muslim, Hindu
- Pakistan
- Area: 803,940 km2 (310,401 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Islamabad
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 117,490,278
- Languages: Urdu, English, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtu, Baluchi
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, Hindu
- Panama
- Area: 78,200 km2 (30,193 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Panama
- Government: Centralized republic
- Population: 2,476,281
- Languages: Spanish, English
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Papua New Guinea
- Area: 461,690 km2 (178,259 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Port Moresby
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 3,913,186
- Languages: Motu, local dialects, English
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Paraguay
- Area: 406,750 km2 (157,046 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Asuncion
- Government: Republic
- Population: 4,798,739
- Languages: Spanish, Guarani
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Mennonite, other
- Protestant faiths
- Peru
- Area: 1,285,220 km2 (496,223 sq. mi. )
- Capital: Lima
- Government: Republic
- Population: 22,361,785
- Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Philippines
- Area: 300,000 km2 (115,830 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Manila
- Government: Republic
- Population: 65,758,788
- Languages: Philipino (Tagalog), English
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist
- Poland
- Area: 312,680 km2 (120,727 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Warsaw
- Government: Democratic state
- Population: 37,799,638
- Language: Polish
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox, Catholic
- Portugal
- Area: 92,080 km2 (35,552 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Lisbon
- Government: Republic
- Population: 10,387,617
- Language: Portuguese
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Qatar
- Area: 11,000 km2 (4,247 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Doha
- Government: Traditional monarchy
- Population: 518,478
- Languages: Arabic, English
- Religion: Muslim
- Reunion
- Area: 2,510 km2 (969 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Saint-Denis
- Government: Overseas department of France
- Population: 607,086
- Languages: French, Creole
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Romania
- Area: 237,500 km2 (91,699 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bucharest
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 23,397,054
- Languages: Romanian, Hungarian, German
- Religions: Romanian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Greek Catholic
- Russia
- Area: 17,075,352 km2 (6,592,800 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Moscow
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 147,386,000
- Language: Russian
- Religions: Russian Orthodox, Baptist, Jewish
- Rwanda
- Area: 26,340 km2 (10,170 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kigali
- Government: Republic (under military control)
- Population: 7,902,644
- Languages: Kinyarwanda, French, Kiswahili
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous beliefs, Muslim
- St. Helena
- Area: 410 km2 (158 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Jamestown
- Government: Dependent territory of the United Kingdom
- Population: 6,695
- Language: English
- Religions: Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Area: 269 km2 (104 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Basseterre
- Government: Constitutional monarchy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 40,293
- Language: English
- Religions: Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic
- St. Lucia
- Area: 620 km2 (239 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Castries
- Government: Parliamentary democracy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 153,075
- Languages: English, French patois
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Anglican
- St. Pierre and Miquelan
- Area: 242 km2 (93 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Saint-Pierre
- Government: Territorial collectivity of France
- Population: 6,356
- Language: French
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Area: 340 km2 (131 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kingstown
- Government: Constitutional monarchy affiliated with United Kingdom Population: 114,221
- Languages: English, French patois
- Religions: Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist
- San Marino
- Area: 60 km2 (23 sq. mi.)
- Capital: San Marino
- Government: Republic
- Population: 23,264
- Language: Italian
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Area: 960 km2 (371 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Sao Tome and Principe
- Government: Republic
- Population: 128,499
- Language: Portuguese
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant,
- Seventh-Day Adventist
- Saudi Arabia
- Area: 2,149,690 km2 (829,995 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Riyadh
- Government: Monarchy
- Population: 17,869,558
- Language: Arabic
- Religion: Muslim
- Senegal
- Area: 196,190 km2 (75,748 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Dakar
- Government: Republic
- Population: 7,952,657
- Languages: French, Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo
- Religions: Muslim, indigenous beliefs, Christian
- Seychelles
- Area: 455 km2 (176 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Victoria
- Government: Republic
- Population: 68,932
- Languages: English, French, Creole
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican
- Sierra Leone
- Area: 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Freetown
- Government: One-party republic
- Population: 4,274,543
- Languages: English, Mende, Krio, Temne
- Religions: Muslim, indigenous beliefs, Christian
- Singapore
- Area: 633 km2 (244 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Singapore
- Government: Republic
- Population: 2,756,330
- Languages: Chinese, Tamil, Malay, English
- Religions: Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist Confucianist
- Slovakia
- Area: 49,035 km (18,928 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bratislava
- Government: Parliamentary democracy
- Population: 5,268,935
- Language: Slovak
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Orthodox
- Slovenia
- Area: 20,246 km2 (7,817 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Ljubljana
- Government: Republic
- Population: 2 million
- Language: Slovene
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Solomon Islands
- Area: 28,450 km2 (10,985 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Honiara
- Government: Independent parliamentary state within British Commonwealth
- Population: 347,115
- Languages: Melanesian pigdin, English, local dialects
- Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, other Protestant faiths
- Somalia
- Area: 637,660 km2 (246,201 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Mogadishu
- Government: Republic
- Population: 6,709,161
- Languages: Somali, Arabic, Italian, English
- Religion: Sunni Muslim
- South Africa
- Area: 1,221,040 km2 (471,444 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Pretoria, Cape Town
- Government: Republic
- Population: 40,600,518
- Languages: Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana
- Religions: Christian, Hindu, Muslim
- Spain
- Area: 504,750 km2 (194,884 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Madrid
- Government: Parliamentary monarchy
- Population: 39,384,516
- Languages: Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Sri Lanka
- Area: 65,610 km2 (25,332 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Colombo
- Government: Republic
- Population: 17,423,736
- Languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English
- Religions: Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Muslim
- Sudan Area: 2,505,810 km2 (967,493 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Khartoum
- Government: Military
- Population: 27,220,088
- Languages: Arabic, Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Nilotic and Nilo-Hamitic dialects, Sudanic dialects, English Religions: Sunni Muslim, indigenous beliefs, Christian
- Suriname
- Area: 163,270 km2 (63,039 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Paramaribo
- Government: Military republic
- Population: 402,385
- Languages: Dutch, English, Sranan Tongo, Javanese
- Religions: Hindu, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Svalbard
- Area: 62,049 km2 (23,597 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Longyearbyen
- Government: Territory of Norway
- Population: 3,942
- Languages: Russian, Norwegian
- Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
- Swaziland
- Area: 17,360 km2 (6,703 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Mbabane
- Government: Independent monarchy within British Commonwealth
- Population: 859,336
- Languages: English, siSwati
- Religions: Christian, indigenous beliefs
- Sweden
- Area: 449,960 km2 (173,729 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Stockholm
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 8,564,317
- Languages: Swedish, Lapp, Finnish
- Religions: Evangelical Lutheran, Roman Catholic
- Switzerland
- Area: 41,290 km2 (15,942 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bern
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 6,783,961
- Languages: German, French, Italian, Romansch
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish
- Syria
- Area: 185,180 km2 (71,498 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Damascus
- Government: Military republic
- Population: 12,965,996
- Languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French
- Religions: Sunni Muslim, Alawite, Druze, other Muslim sects, Christian
- Taiwan
- Area: 35,980 km2 (13,892 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Taipei
- Government: Republic
- Population: 20,658,702
- Languages: Mandarin Chinese; Taiwanese and Hakka dialects
- Religions: Buddhist, Confucianist, Taoist, Christian
- Tajikistan
- Area: 139,909 km2 (54,019 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Dushanbe
- Government: In transition
- Population: 5,112,000
- Languages: Tadzhik, Russian
- Religion: Muslim
- Tanzania
- Area: 945,090 km2 (364,899 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Dar es Salaam
- Government: One-party republic
- Population: 26,869,175
- Languages: Swahili, English
- Religions: Christian, Muslim, indigenous beliefs
- Thailand
- Area: 514,000 km2 (198,455 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Bangkok
- Government: Constitutional monarchy under martial law
- Population: 56,814,069
- Languages: Thai, English, local dialects
- Religions: Buddhist, Muslim
- Togo
- Area: 56,790 km2 (21,927 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Lome
- Government: One-party republic
- Population: 3,810,616
- Languages: French, Ewe, Mina, Dagomba, Kabye
- Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim
- Tokelau
- Area: 10 km2 (4 sq. mi.)
- Capital: None (various local government agencies)
- Government: Territory of New Zealand
- Population: 1,700
- Languages: Tokelauan, English
- Religions: Congregational Christian Church, Roman Catholic
- Tonga
- Area: 748 km2 (289 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Nuku'alofa
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 102,272
- Languages: Tongan, English
- Religion: Christian
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Area: 5,130 km2 (1,981 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Port-of-Spain
- Government: Parliamentary democracy
- Population: 1,285,297
- Languages: English, Hindi, French, Spanish
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Hindu, Protestant, Muslim
- Tunisia
- Area: 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tunis
- Government: Republic
- Population: 8,276,096
- Languages: Arabic, French
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, Jewish
- Turkey
- Area: 780,580 km2 (301,382 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Ankara
- Government: Republican parliamentary democracy
- Population: 58,580,993
- Languages: Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic
- Religions: Muslim (mostly Sunni), Christian, Jewish
- Turkmenistan
- Area: 488,000 km2 (188,417 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Ashkhabad
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 3,621,700
- Languages: Turkmen, Russian
- Religion: Sunni Muslim
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Area: 430 km2 (166 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)
- Government: Dependent territory of United Kingdom
- Population: 9,983
- Language: English
- Religions: Baptist, Methodist, Anglican, Seventh Day Adventist
- Tuvalu
- Area: 26 km2 (10 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Funafuti
- Government: Democracy affiliated with United Kingdom
- Population: 9,317
- Languages: Tuvaluan, English
- Religion: Protestant
- Uganda
- Area: 236,040 km2 (91,135 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kampala
- Government: One-party republic
- Population: 18,690,070
- Languages: English, Luganda, Swahili, Bantu and Nilotic languages Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, indigenous beliefs
- Ukraine
- Area: 603,729 km2 (233,100 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kiev
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 51,704,000
- Languages: Ukrainian, Russian
- Religions: Russian Orthodox, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Jewish
- United Arab Emirates
- Area: 83,600 km2 (32,278 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Abu Dhabi
- Government: Federation of seven emirates
- Population: 2,389,759
- Languages: Arabic, Farsi, English, Hindi, Urdu
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, Hindu
- United Kingdom
- Area: 244,820 km2 (94,525 sq. mi.)
- Capital: London
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 57,515,307
- Languages: English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Religions: Anglican, other Protestant faiths, Roman Catholic, Jewish
- United States
- Area: 9,372,610 km2 (3,618,765 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Washington, D.C.
- Government: Federal Republic
- Population: 252,502,000
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Religions: Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish
- Uruguay
- Area: 176,220 km2 (68,039 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Montevideo
- Government: Republic
- Population: 3,121,101
- Language: Spanish
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish
- Uzbekistan
- Area: 447,293 km2 (172,700 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Tashkent
- Government: In transition at the time this was published
- Population: 19,906,000
- Languages: Uzbek, Russian
- Religion: Muslim
- Vanuatu
- Area: 14,760 km2 (5,699 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Port-Vila
- Government: Republic
- Population: 170,319
- Languages: English, French, Bislama
- Religion: Christian
- Vatican City
- Area: 0.438 km2 (108.7 acres)
- Capital: Vatican City
- Government: Independent papal state
- Population: 738
- Languages: Italian, Latin
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Venezuela
- Area: 912,050 km2 (352,143 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Caracas
- Government: Republic
- Population: 20,189,361
- Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Vietnam
- Area: 329,560 km2 (127,243 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Hanoi
- Government: Communist
- Population: 67,568,033
- Languages: Vietnamese, French, Chinese, English, Khmer, tribal dialects
- Religions: Buddhist, Confucianist, Taoist, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Protestant
- Wallis and Futuna
- Area: 274 km2 (106 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Mata-Utu
- Government: Overseas territory of France
- Population: 16,590
- Languages: French, Wallisian
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- West Bank and Gaza Strip
- Area: 6,240 km2 (2,410 sq. mi.)
- Capital: None
- Government: Israeli military rule
- Population: 1,728,334 (excluding Israeli settlers)
- Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, English
- Religions: Muslim, Jewish, Christian
- Western Sahara
- Area: 2,860 km2 (1,097 sq. mi.)
- Capital: None
- Government: Moroccan administrative protectorate
- Population: 196,737
- Languages: Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
- Religion: Muslim
- Western Samoa
- Area: 2,860 km2 (1,104 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Apia
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 190,346
- Languages: Samoan, English
- Religions: Congregational, Roman Catholic, other Protestant faiths
- Yemen
- Area: 527,970 km2 (203,849 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Sanaa
- Government: Republic
- Population: 10,062,633
- Language: Arabic
- Religions: Muslim, Christian, Hindu
- Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of
- (consists of Serbia, the largest republic of preindependence Yugoslavia, and Montenegro, the smallest republic)
- Area: 134,563 sq. km2 (51,955 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Belgrade
- Government: Republic
- Population: 10.5 million (1991 census)
- Languages: Serbian, Hungarian (Vojvodina), Albanian (Kosovo), Montenegrin Religions: Serbian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic
- Zaire
- Area: 2,345,410 km2 (905,563 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Kinshasa
- Government: Republic
- Population: 37,832,407
- Languages: French, Lingala, Swahili, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba
- Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Kimbanguist, Muslim, indigenous beliefs
- Zambia
- Area: 752,610 km2 (290,583 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Lusaka
- Government: Multiparty state
- Population: 8,445,724
- Languages: English, local languages and dialects
- Religions: Christian, Muslim, Hindu, indigenous beliefs
- Zimbabwe
- Area: 390,580 km2 (150,803 sq. mi.)
- Capital: Harare
- Government: Parliamentary democracy
- Population: 10,720,459
- Languages: English, Shona, Sindebele
- Religions: Indigenous/Christian beliefs, Christian, indigenous beliefs, Muslim