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Area and Population of Countries
Mid-1999 Estimates
| Country |
Capital |
Area
(in sq km) |
Population |
| Afghanistan |
Kabul |
647,500 |
25,824,882 |
| Albania |
Tiran� |
28,750 |
3,364,571 |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
2,381,740 |
31,133,486 |
| Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
450 |
65,939 |
| Angola |
Luanda |
1,246,700 |
11,177,537 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
St. John's |
440 |
64,246 |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
2,766,890 |
36,737,664 |
| Armenia |
Yerevan |
29,800 |
3,409,234 |
| Australia |
Canberra |
7,686,850 |
18,783,551 |
| Austria |
Vienna |
83,858 |
8,139,299 |
| Azerbaijan |
Baku |
86,600 |
7,908,224 |
| The Bahamas |
Nassau |
13,940 |
283,705 |
| Bahrain |
Al-Man�mah |
620 |
629,090 |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
144,000 |
127,117,967 |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
430 |
259,191 |
| Belarus |
Mensk (Minsk) |
207,600 |
10,401,784 |
| Belgium |
Brussels |
30,510 |
10,182,034 |
| Belize |
Belmopan |
22,960 |
235,789 |
| Benin |
Porto-Novo |
112,620 |
6,305,567 |
| Bhutan |
Thimphu |
47,000 |
1,951,965 |
| Bolivia |
La Paz |
1,098,580 |
7,982,850 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
51,233 |
3,482,495 |
| Botswana |
Gaborone |
600,370 |
1,464,167 |
| Brazil |
Bras�lia |
8,511,965 |
171,853,126 |
| Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
5,770 |
322,982 |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia |
110,910 |
8,194,772 |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
274,200 |
11,575,898 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
Rangoon |
678,500 |
48,081,302 |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
27,830 |
5,735,937 |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
181,040 |
11,626,520 |
| Cameroon |
Yaound� |
475,440 |
15,456,092 |
| Canada |
Ottawa |
9,976,140 |
31,006,347 |
| Cape Verde |
Praia |
4,030 |
405,748 |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
622,980 |
3,444,951 |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
1,284,000 |
7,557,436 |
| Chile |
Santiago |
756,950 |
14,973,843 |
| China, People's Republic of |
Beijing |
9,596,960 |
1,246,871,951 |
| Colombia |
Bogat� |
1,138,910 |
39,309,422 |
| Comoros |
Moroni |
2,170 |
562,723 |
| Republic of Congo |
Brazzaville |
342,000 |
2,716,814 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) |
Kinshasa |
2,345,410 |
50,481,305 |
| Costa Rica |
San Jos� |
51,100 |
3,674,490 |
| C�te d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro |
322,460 |
15,818,068 |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
56,538 |
3,676,865 |
| Cuba |
Havana |
110,860 |
11,096,395 |
| Cyprus |
Nicosia |
9,250 |
754,064 |
| Czech Republic |
Prague |
78,703 |
10,280,513 |
| Denmark |
Copenhagen |
43,094 |
5,356,845 |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti |
22,000 |
447,439 |
| Dominica |
Roseau |
750 |
64,881 |
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
48,730 |
8,129,734 |
| Ecuador |
Quito |
283,560 |
12,562,496 |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
1,001,450 |
67,273,906 |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador |
21,040 |
5,839,079 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
28,050 |
465,746 |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
121,320 |
3,984,723 |
| Estonia |
Tallinn |
45,226 |
1,408,523 |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
1,127,127 |
59,680,383 |
| Fiji |
Suva |
18,270 |
812,918 |
| Finland |
Helsinki |
337,030 |
5,158,372 |
| France |
Paris |
547,030 |
58,978,172 |
| Gabon |
Libreville |
267,670 |
1,225,853 |
| The Gambia |
Banjul |
11,300 |
1,336,320 |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi |
69,700 |
5,066,499 |
| Germany |
Berlin |
356,910 |
82,087,361 |
| Ghana |
Accra |
238,540 |
18,887,626 |
| Greece |
Athens |
131,940 |
10,707,135 |
| Grenada |
St. George's |
340 |
97,008 |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
108,890 |
12,335,580 |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
245,860 |
7,538,953 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
36,120 |
1,234,555 |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
214,970 |
705,156 |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
27,750 |
6,884,264 |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
112,090 |
5,997,327 |
| Hungary |
Budapest |
93,030 |
10,186,372 |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
103,000 |
272,512 |
| India |
New Delhi |
3,287,590 |
1,000,848,550 |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
1,919,440 |
216,108,345 |
| Iran |
Tehran |
1,648,000 |
65,179,752 |
| Iraq |
Baghdad |
437,072 |
22,427,150 |
| Ireland |
Dublin |
70,280 |
3,632,944 |
| Israel |
Jerusalem |
20,770 |
5,749,760 |
| Italy |
Rome |
301,230 |
56,735,130 |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
10,990 |
2,652,443 |
| Japan |
Tokyo |
377,835 |
126,182,077 |
| Jordan |
Amman |
89,213 |
4,561,147 |
| Kazakhstan |
Almaty |
2,717,300 |
16,824,825 |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
582,650 |
28,808,658 |
| Kiribati |
Tarawa |
717 |
85,501 |
| North Korea |
Pyongyang |
120,540 |
21,386,109 |
| South Korea |
Seoul |
98,480 |
46,884,800 |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
17,820 |
1,991,115 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
198,500 |
4,546,055 |
| Laos |
Vientiane |
236,800 |
5,407,453 |
| Latvia |
Riga |
64,100 |
2,353,874 |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
10,400 |
3,562,699 |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
30,350 |
2,128,950 |
| Liberia |
Monrovia |
111,370 |
2,923,725 |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
1,759,540 |
4,992,838 |
| Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
160 |
32,057 |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius |
65,200 |
3,584,966 |
| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
2,586 |
429,080 |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
25,333 |
2,022,604 |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
587,040 |
14,873,387 |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
118,480 |
10,000,416 |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
329,750 |
21,376,066 |
| Maldives |
Mal� |
300 |
300,220 |
| Mali |
Bamako |
1,240,000 |
10,429,124 |
| Malta |
Valletta |
320 |
381,603 |
| Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
181.3 |
65,507 |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
1,030,700 |
2,581,738 |
| Mauritius |
Port Louis |
1,860 |
1,182,212 |
| Mexico |
Mexico City |
1,972,550 |
100,294,036 |
| Micronesia |
Palikir |
702 |
131,500 |
| Moldova |
Chisinau |
33,700 |
4,460,838 |
| Monaco |
Monaco |
1.95 |
32,149 |
| Mongolia |
Ulan Bator |
1,565,000 |
2,617,379 |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
446,550 |
29,661,636 |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
801,590 |
19,124,335 |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
825,418 |
1,648,270 |
| Nauru |
Yaren |
21 |
10,605 |
| Nepal |
Kathmandu |
140,800 |
24,302,653 |
| Netherlands |
Amsterdam |
41,526 |
15,807,641 |
| New Zealand |
Wellington |
268,680 |
3,662,265 |
| Nicaragua |
Managua |
129,494 |
4,717,132 |
| Niger |
Niamey |
1,267,000 |
9,962,242 |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
923,770 |
113,828,587 |
| Norway |
Oslo |
324,220 |
4,438,547 |
| Oman |
Muscat |
212,460 |
2,446,645 |
| Pakistan |
Islamabad |
803,940 |
138,123,359 |
| Palau |
Koror |
458 |
18,467 |
| Panama |
Panama City |
78,200 |
2,778.526 |
| Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby |
461,690 |
4,705,126 |
| Paraguay |
Asunci�n |
406,750 |
5,434,095 |
| Peru |
Lima |
1,285,220 |
26,624,582 |
| Philippines |
Manila |
300,000 |
79,345,812 |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
312,683 |
38,608,929 |
| Portugal |
Lisbon |
92,391 |
9,918,040 |
| Qatar |
Doha |
11,437 |
723,542 |
| Romania |
Bucharest |
237,500 |
22,334,312 |
| Russia |
Moscow |
17,075,200 |
146,393,569 |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
26,340 |
8,154,933 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre |
269 |
42,838 |
| Saint Lucia |
Castries |
620 |
154,020 |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines |
Kingstown |
340 |
120,519 |
| Samoa |
Apia |
2,860 |
229,979 |
| San Marino |
San Marino |
60 |
25,061 |
| S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe |
S�o Tom� |
960 |
154,878 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
1,960,582 |
21,504,613 |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
196,190 |
10,051,930 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Belgrade |
102,350 |
11,206,847 |
| Seychelles |
Victoria |
455 |
79,164 |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
71,740 |
5,296,651 |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
647.5 |
3,531,600 |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava |
48,845 |
5,396,193 |
| Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
20,256 |
1,970,570 |
| Solomon Islands |
Honiara |
28,450 |
455,429 |
| Somalia |
Mogadishu |
637,660 |
7,140,643 |
| South Africa |
Pretoria |
1,219,912 |
43,426,386 |
| Spain |
Madrid |
504,750 |
39,167,744 |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
65,610 |
19,144,875 |
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
2,505,810 |
34,475,690 |
| Suriname |
Paramaribo |
163,270 |
431,156 |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
17,360 |
985,335 |
| Sweden |
Stockholm |
449,964 |
8,911,296 |
| Switzerland |
Bern |
41,290 |
7,275,467 |
| Syria |
Damascus |
185,180 |
17,213,871 |
| Taiwan |
Taipei |
35,980 |
22,113,250 |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
143,100 |
6,102,854 |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
945,090 |
31,270,820 |
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
514,000 |
60,609,046 |
| Togo |
Lom� |
56,790 |
5,081,413 |
| Tonga |
Nuku'alofa |
748 |
109,082 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Port-of-Spain |
5,130 |
1,102,096 |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
163,610 |
9,513,603 |
| Turkey |
Ankara |
780,580 |
65,599,206 |
| Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat |
488,100 |
4,366,383 |
| Tuvalu |
Funafuti |
26 |
10,588 |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
236,040 |
22,804,973 |
| Ukraine |
Kyiv (Kiev) |
603,700 |
49,811,174 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
82,880 |
2,344,402 |
| United Kingdom |
London |
244,820 |
59,113,439 |
| United States |
Washington, D.C. |
9,629,091 |
272,639,608 |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
176,220 |
3,308,523 |
| Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
447,400 |
24,102,473 |
| Vanuatu |
Vila |
14,760 |
189,036 |
| Vatican City |
|
.44 |
850 |
| Venezuela |
Caracas |
912,050 |
23,203,466 |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
329,560 |
77,311,210 |
| Western Sahara |
|
266,000 |
239,333 |
| Yemen |
Sana� |
527,970 |
16,942,230 |
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
752,610 |
9,663,535 |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare |
390,580 |
11,163,160 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base and The World Factbook,
1998.
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