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Area and Population of Countries
(mid-2006 estimates)
Country |
Capital |
Area (in sq mi) |
Population |
Afghanistan
|
Kabul |
250,000 |
31,056,997 |
Albania
|
Tiranë |
11,100 |
3,581,655 |
Algeria
|
Algiers |
919,590 |
32,930,091 |
Andorra
|
Andorra la Vella |
181 |
71,201 |
Angola
|
Luanda |
481,351 |
12,127,071 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
St. John's |
171 |
69,108 |
Argentina
|
Buenos Aires |
1,068,296 |
39,921,833 |
Armenia
|
Yerevan |
11,506 |
2,976,372 |
Australia
|
Canberra |
2,967,893 |
20,264,082 |
Austria
|
Vienna |
32,382 |
8,192,880 |
Azerbaijan
|
Baku |
33,436 |
7,961,619 |
Bahamas
|
Nassau |
5,382 |
303,770 |
Bahrain
|
Al-Manámah |
257 |
698,585 |
Bangladesh
|
Dhaka |
55,598 |
147,365,352 |
Barbados
|
Bridgetown |
166 |
279,912 |
Belarus
|
Mensk (Minsk) |
80,154 |
10,293,011 |
Belgium
|
Brussels |
11,787 |
10,379,067 |
Belize
|
Belmopan |
8,867 |
287,730 |
Benin
|
Porto-Novo |
43,483 |
7,862,944 |
Bhutan
|
Thimphu |
18,147 |
2,279,723 |
Bolivia
|
La Paz |
424,162 |
8,989,046 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Sarajevo |
19,741 |
4,498,976 |
Botswana
|
Gaborone |
231,803 |
1,639,833 |
Brazil
|
Brasília |
3,286,470 |
188,078,227 |
Brunei
|
Bandar Seri Begawan |
2,228 |
379,444 |
Bulgaria
|
Sofia |
42,822 |
7,385,367 |
Burkina Faso
|
Ouagadougou |
105,869 |
13,902,972 |
Burundi
|
Bujumbura |
10,745 |
8,090,068 |
Cambodia
|
Phnom Penh |
69,900 |
13,881,427 |
Cameroon
|
Yaoundé |
183,567 |
17,340,702 |
Canada
|
Ottawa |
3,855,081 |
33,098,932 |
Cape Verde
|
Praia |
1,557 |
420,979 |
Central African Republic
|
Bangui |
240,534 |
4,303,356 |
Chad
|
N'Djamena |
495,752 |
9,944,201 |
Chile
|
Santiago |
292,258 |
16,134,219 |
China
|
Beijing |
3,705,386 |
1,313,973,713 |
Colombia
|
Bogotá |
439,733 |
43,593,035 |
Comoros
|
Moroni |
838 |
690,948 |
Congo, Republic of
|
Brazzaville |
132,046 |
3,702,314 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
Kinshasa |
905,563 |
62,660,551 |
Costa Rica
|
San José |
19,730 |
4,075,261 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
Yamoussoukro |
124,502 |
17,654,843 |
Croatia
|
Zagreb |
21,831 |
4,494,749 |
Cuba
|
Havana |
42,803 |
11,382,820 |
Cyprus
|
Nicosia |
3,571 |
784,301 |
Czech Republic
|
Prague |
30,450 |
10,235,455 |
Denmark
|
Copenhagen |
16,639 |
5,450,661 |
Djibouti
|
Djibouti |
8,880 |
486,530 |
Dominica
|
Roseau |
291 |
68,910 |
Dominican Republic
|
Santo Domingo |
18,815 |
9,183,984 |
East Timor
|
Dili |
5,794 |
1,062,777 |
Ecuador
|
Quito |
109,483 |
13,547,510 |
Egypt
|
Cairo |
386,660 |
78,887,007 |
El Salvador
|
San Salvador |
8,124 |
6,822,378 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
Malabo |
10,830 |
540,109 |
Eritrea
|
Asmara |
46,842 |
4,786,994 |
Estonia
|
Tallinn |
17,462 |
1,324,333 |
Ethiopia
|
Addis Ababa |
435,184 |
74,777,981 |
Fiji
|
Suva |
7,054 |
905,949 |
Finland
|
Helsinki |
130,558 |
5,231,372 |
France
|
Paris |
211,208 |
60,876,136 |
Gabon
|
Libreville |
103,346 |
1,424,906 |
Gambia
|
Banjul |
4,363 |
1,641,564 |
Georgia
|
Tbilisi |
26,911 |
4,661,473 |
Germany
|
Berlin |
137,846 |
82,422,299 |
Ghana
|
Accra |
92,456 |
22,409,572 |
Greece
|
Athens |
50,942 |
10,688,058 |
Grenada
|
St. George's |
133 |
89,703 |
Guatemala
|
Guatemala City |
42,042 |
12,293,545 |
Guinea
|
Conakry |
94,925 |
9,690,222 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
Bissau |
13,946 |
1,442,029 |
Guyana
|
Georgetown |
83,000 |
767,245 |
Haiti
|
Port-au-Prince |
10,714 |
8,308,504 |
Honduras
|
Tegucigalpa |
43,278 |
7,326,496 |
Hungary
|
Budapest |
35,919 |
9,981,334 |
Iceland
|
Reykjavik |
39,768 |
299,388 |
India
|
New Delhi |
1,269,338 |
1,095,351,995 |
Indonesia
|
Jakarta |
741,096 |
245,452,739 |
Iran
|
Tehran |
636,293 |
68,688,433 |
Iraq
|
Baghdad |
168,753 |
26,783,383 |
Ireland
|
Dublin |
27,135 |
4,062,235 |
Israel
|
Jerusalem |
8,019 |
6,352,117 |
Italy
|
Rome |
116,305 |
58,133,509 |
Jamaica
|
Kingston |
4,244 |
2,758,124 |
Japan
|
Tokyo |
145,882 |
127,463,611 |
Jordan
|
Amman |
35,637 |
5,906,760 |
Kazakhstan
|
Astana |
1,049,150 |
15,233,244 |
Kenya
|
Nairobi |
224,961 |
34,707,817 |
Kiribati
|
Tarawa |
313 |
105,432 |
Korea, North
|
Pyongyang |
46,540 |
23,113,019 |
Korea, South
|
Seoul |
38,023 |
48,846,823 |
Kuwait
|
Kuwait City |
6,880 |
2,418,393 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
Bishkek |
76,641 |
5,213,898 |
Laos
|
Vientiane |
91,428 |
6,368,481 |
Latvia
|
Riga |
24,938 |
2,274,735 |
Lebanon
|
Beirut |
4,015 |
3,874,050 |
Lesotho
|
Maseru |
11,720 |
2,022,331 |
Liberia
|
Monrovia |
43,000 |
3,042,004 |
Libya
|
Tripoli |
679,358 |
5,900,754 |
Liechtenstein
|
Vaduz |
62 |
33,987 |
Lithuania
|
Vilnius |
25,174 |
3,585,906 |
Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg |
998 |
474,413 |
Macedonia
|
Skopje |
9,781 |
2,050,554 |
Madagascar
|
Antananarivo |
226,656 |
18,595,469 |
Malawi
|
Lilongwe |
45,745 |
13,013,926 |
Malaysia
|
Kuala Lumpur |
127,316 |
24,385,858 |
Maldives
|
Malé |
116 |
359,008 |
Mali
|
Bamako |
478,764 |
11,716,829 |
Malta
|
Valletta |
122 |
400,214 |
Marshall Islands
|
Majuro |
4,577 |
60,422 |
Mauritania
|
Nouakchott |
397,953 |
3,177,388 |
Mauritius
|
Port Louis |
788 |
1,240,827 |
Mexico
|
Mexico City |
761,602 |
107,449,525 |
Micronesia
|
Palikir |
271 |
108,004 |
Moldova
|
Chisinau |
13,067 |
4,466,706 |
Monaco
|
Monaco |
1 |
32,543 |
Mongolia
|
Ulan Bator |
603,905 |
2,832,224 |
Montenegro |
Cetinje |
5,415 |
630,548 |
Morocco
|
Rabat |
172,413 |
33,241,259 |
Mozambique
|
Maputo |
309,494 |
19,686,505 |
Myanmar (Burma)
|
Rangoon |
261,969 |
47,382,633 |
Namibia
|
Windhoek |
318,694 |
2,044,147 |
Nauru
|
Yaren |
8 |
13,287 |
Nepal
|
Kathmandu |
54,363 |
28,287,147 |
Netherlands
|
Amsterdam |
16,033 |
16,491,461 |
New Zealand
|
Wellington |
103,737 |
4,076,140 |
Nicaragua
|
Managua |
49,998 |
5,570,129 |
Niger
|
Niamey |
489,189 |
12,525,094 |
Nigeria
|
Abuja |
356,667 |
131,859,731 |
Norway
|
Oslo |
125,181 |
4,610,820 |
Oman
|
Muscat |
82,031 |
3,102,229 |
Pakistan
|
Islamabad |
310,401 |
165,803,560 |
Palau
|
Koror |
177 |
20,579 |
Panama
|
Panama City |
30,193 |
3,191,319 |
Papua New Guinea
|
Port Moresby |
178,703 |
5,670,544 |
Paraguay
|
Asunción |
157,046 |
6,506,464 |
Peru
|
Lima |
496,223 |
28,302,603 |
Philippines
|
Manila |
115,830 |
89,468,677 |
Poland
|
Warsaw |
120,728 |
38,536,869 |
Portugal
|
Lisbon |
35,672 |
10,605,870 |
Qatar
|
Doha |
4,416 |
885,359 |
Romania
|
Bucharest |
91,699 |
22,303,552 |
Russia
|
Moscow |
6,592,735 |
142,893,540 |
Rwanda
|
Kigali |
10,169 |
8,648,248 |
St. Kitts and Nevis
|
Basseterre |
101 |
39,129 |
St. Lucia
|
Castries |
238 |
168,458 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Kingstown |
150 |
117,848 |
Samoa
|
Apia |
1,137 |
176,908 |
San Marino
|
San Marino |
24 |
29,251 |
São Tomé and
Príncipe
|
São Tomé |
386 |
193,413 |
Saudi Arabia
|
Riyadh |
756,981 |
27,019,731 |
Senegal
|
Dakar |
75,749 |
11,987,121 |
Serbia |
Belgrade |
34,116 |
9,396,411 |
Seychelles
|
Victoria |
176 |
81,541 |
Sierra Leone
|
Freetown |
27,699 |
6,005,250 |
Singapore
|
Singapore |
267 |
4,492,150 |
Slovakia
|
Bratislava |
18,859 |
5,439,448 |
Slovenia
|
Ljubljana |
7,827 |
2,010,347 |
Solomon Islands
|
Honiara |
10,985 |
552,438 |
Somalia
|
Mogadishu |
246,199 |
8,863,338 |
South Africa
|
Pretoria |
471,008 |
44,187,637 |
Spain
|
Madrid |
194,896 |
40,397,842 |
Sri Lanka
|
Colombo |
25,332 |
20,222,240 |
Sudan
|
Khartoum |
967,493 |
41,236,378 |
Suriname
|
Paramaribo |
63,039 |
439,117 |
Swaziland
|
Mbabane |
6,704 |
1,136,334 |
Sweden
|
Stockholm |
173,731 |
9,016,596 |
Switzerland
|
Bern |
15,942 |
7,523,934 |
Syria
|
Damascus |
71,498 |
18,881,361 |
Taiwan
|
Taipei |
13,892 |
23,036,087 |
Tajikistan
|
Dushanbe |
55,251 |
7,320,815 |
Tanzania
|
Dodoma |
364,898 |
37,445,392 |
Thailand
|
Bangkok |
198,455 |
64,631,595 |
Togo
|
Lomé |
21,925 |
5,548,702 |
Tonga
|
Nuku'alofa |
289 |
114,689 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Port-of-Spain |
1,980 |
1,065,842 |
Tunisia
|
Tunis |
63,170 |
10,175,014 |
Turkey
|
Ankara |
301,382 |
70,413,958 |
Turkmenistan
|
Ashgabat |
188,455 |
5,042,920 |
Tuvalu
|
Funafuti |
10 |
11,810 |
Uganda
|
Kampala |
91,135 |
28,195,754 |
Ukraine
|
Kyiv (Kiev) |
233,089 |
46,710,816 |
United Arab Emirates
|
Abu Dhabi |
32,000 |
2,602,713 |
United Kingdom
|
London |
94,525 |
60,609,153 |
United States
|
Washington, D.C. |
3,718,691 |
298,444,215 |
Uruguay
|
Montevideo |
68,039 |
3,431,932 |
Uzbekistan
|
Tashkent |
172,741 |
27,307,134 |
Vanuatu
|
Vila |
4,710 |
208,869 |
Vatican City
|
|
0.17 |
932 |
Venezuela
|
Caracas |
352,143 |
25,730,435 |
Vietnam
|
Hanoi |
127,243 |
84,402,966 |
Western Sahara
|
|
102,703 |
278,600 |
Yemen
|
Sanaá |
203,849 |
21,456,188 |
Zambia
|
Lusaka |
290,584 |
11,502,010 |
Zimbabwe
|
Harare |
150,803 |
12,236,805 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International
Database, and The World Factbook, 2005.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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