World
Factbook 2001 Map, Flag, Geography, People, Government, Economy,
Communications, Transportation, Military and Transnational Issues |
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B
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C |
D |
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua
and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ashmore
and Cartier Islands (Australia)
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
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Bahamas,
The
Bahrain
Baker
Island (USA)
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bassas
da India (France)
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet
Island (Norway)
Brazil
British
Indian Ocean Territory (UK)
British
Virgin Islands (UK)
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina
Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
Burma
(Myanmar)
Burundi
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Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Canary Islands - (Spain)
Cape
Verde
Cayman
Islands (UK)
Central
African Republic
Ceylon
- (Sri
Lanka)
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas
Island
(Australia)
Clipperton
Island (France)
Cocos
(Keeling) Island
(Australia)
Colombia
Comoros
Congo,
Democratic
Republic of the
Cook
Islands (self-governing in free association with New
Zealand)
Coral
Sea Islands
(Australia)
Costa
Rica
Côte
d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech
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Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican
Republic
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E |
F |
G |
H |
Ecuador
Egypt
El
Salvador
England
(also see UK)
Equatorial
Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Europa
Island (France)
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Falkland
Islands (Islas Malvinas) (overseas territory
of
the UK; also claimed by Argentina)
Faroe
Islands (Denmark)
Fiji
Islands
Finland
France
FYRO
Macedonia
French
Guiana (France)
French
Polynesia (France)
French
Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)
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Gabon
Gambia,
The
Gaza
Strip
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
(UK)
Glorioso
Islands (France)
Greece
Greenland
(Denmark)
Grenada
Guam
(USA)
Guatemala
Guernsey
(British crown dependency)
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana |
Haiti
Heard
Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
Holy
See (Vatican City)
Honduras
Hong
Kong (special administrative region of China)
Howland
Island (USA)
Hungary
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I |
J |
K |
L |
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle
of Man (British crown dependency)
Israel
Italy
Ivory
Coast (also seeCote d'Ivoire)
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Jamaica
Jan
Mayen (territory of Norway)
Japan
Jarvis
Island (USA)
Jersey
(British crown dependency)
Johnston
Atoll (USA)
Jordan
Juan
de Nova Island (France)
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Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kingman
Reef (USA)
Kiribati
Korea,
North
Korea
, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
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Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
(Map)
Lithuania
Luxembourg
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M |
N |
O |
P |
Macau
(special administrative region of China)
Macedonia
(The Former Yugoslav Republic of )
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Man,
Isle of (British
crown dependency)
Marshall
Islands
Martinique
(overseas department of France)
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
(territorial collectivity of France)
Mexico
Micronesia,
Federated States of
Midway
Islands (USA)
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
(overseas territory of
the UK)
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
(Burma)
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Namibia
Nauru
Navassa
Island (USA)
Nepal
(Map)
Netherlands,
The
Netherlands
Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
New
Caledonia (overseas
territory of France)
New
Zealand (Map)
Nicaragua
Niue
(self-governing in free association with New Zealand)
Niger
Nigeria
Norfolk
Island (territory of Australia)
Northern
Ireland
Northern
Mairana Islands (commonwealth in political
union with the US)
North
Korea
Norway
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Oman
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Pakistan
Palau
Palmyra
Atoll (territory of the US)
Panama
Papua
New Guinea
Paracel
Islands
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn
Islands (overseas territory of the UK)
Poland
Portugal
Puerto
Rico (commonwealth
associated with the US)
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Q |
R |
S |
T |
Qatar
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Republic
of the Congo
Reunion
(overseas department of France)
Romania
Rotuma Islands
(Fiji)
Russia
(maps)
Rwanda
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St.
Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (dependent
territory of the UK)
St.
Helena (overseas territory of the UK)
Saint
Kitts and Nevis
Saint
Lucia
St.
Pierre & Miquelon
(territorial collectivity of France)
Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa,
Amearican (territory of the US)
San
Marino
São
Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi
Arabia
Scotland
(UK)
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra
Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon
Islands
Somalia
South
Africa
South
Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (overseas
territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina)
South
Korea
Spain
Spratly
Islands (this archipelago to be claimed in its entirety
by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, while portions are claimed by Malaysia
and the Philippines)
Sri
Lanka (was Ceylon)
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard
and Jan
Mayen (territory of Norway)
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
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Tajikistan
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tokelau
(territory of New Zealand)
Tonga
Trinidad
and Tobago
Tromelin
Island (possession of France)
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks
and Caicos Islands (overseas territory
of the UK)
Tuvalu
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U |
V |
W |
X |
Uganda
Ukraine
United
Arab Emirates
United
Kingdom
United
States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
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Vanuatu
Vatican
City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin
Islands (British) (overseas territory of the UK)
Virgin
Islands (US) (territory of the US)
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Wake
Island (territory of
the US)
Wales
(United Kingdom)
Wallas and Futuna (overseas territory of France)
West
Bank
Western
Sahara
Western Samoa Now called
Samoa (1997) |
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Y |
Z |
Oceans |
Seas |
Yemen
Yugoslavia |
Zaire
Now (CongoDemocratic Republic of the)
Zambia
Zimbabwe |
Oceans
Antarctic Ocean
Arctic
Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
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Continents
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CONTINENTS
(by size)
#1 Asia - (44,579,000
sq km)
#2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km)
#3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km)
#4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km)
#5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km)
#6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km)
#7 Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km)
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CONTINENTS (by
the number of countries)
#1 Africa - (53)
#2 Asia - (47)
#3 Europe - (43)
#4 North America - (23)
#5 Oceania - (14)
#6 South America - (12)
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CONTINENTS
(by population)
#1 Asia - (3,674,000,000)
#2 Africa - (778,000,000)
#3 Europe - (732,000,000)
#4 North America - (483,000,000)
#5 South America - (342,000,000)
#6 Australia/Oceania - (31,000,000)
#7 Antarctica - (0)
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Maps:
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Atlas.com
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Notes
of Interest:
- The Caribbean
Islands, Central America countries and Greenland are all considered
part of North America.
- The Middle
East is part of Asia.
- Turkey is
officially, politically and geographically part of both the European
and Asian continents. Its established dividing line between Asia and
Europe is the Bosphorus Strait
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Asia:
Middle East Countries
Red in colour
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Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African
Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (DRC)
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial
- Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome &
Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- British Indian
Ocean Terr.
- Brunei Burma
(Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- China
º Hong Kong
º Macau
- Cyprus
- India
ºAndaman Islands
º Nicobar Islands
º Lakshadweep Isl.
- Indonesia
ºBali
º Borneo
º Timor
º Sumatra
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
º Amami
ºO
Shima
ºSakishima
Shoto
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Russian Fed.
- Qatar
- Saudi
Arabia
- Singapore
- Syria
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- U.A.E.
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
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- Australia
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Dependencies
- American
Samoa
- Cook Islands
- French Polynesia
° Marquesas Isls.
° Society Islands
° Bora Bora
° Moorea & Tahiti
- Guam
- New Caledonia
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern
Marianas
° Saipan
- Pitcairn
Islands
- Tokelau
- Wallis and
Futuna
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- Caribbean
º Anguilla
º Antigua and
Barbuda
º Aruba Bahamas
º New Providence
º Barbados
º Cozumel
ºCayman Islands
º Cuba
º Dominica
º Dominican Republic
ºGrenada
º Guadeloupe
º Haiti
ºJamaica
º Martinique
º Montserrat
º Netherlands Antilles
--Saba & St.
--Eustatius
º Puerto Rico
º St. Barts
º St. Kitts & Nevis
º St. Lucia
º St. Martin/Sint Maarten
º St Vincent
& the Grenadines
º San Andres
º Trinidad & Tobago
º Turks & Caicos
º Virgin Islands (British)
º Anegada
º Tortola
º Virgin Gorda
º Virgin Islands (US)
--St. Croix
--St. John
--St. Thomas
- Central
America
º Belize
º Costa Rica
º El Salvador
º Guatemala
º Honduras
º Nicaragua
º Panama
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- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Falkland
Islands (a territory)
- French Guiana
(a territory)
- Galapagos
Islands (a territory)
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
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