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A

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Afghanistan 251,82729,835,392118$27$91728%45
Akrotiri 4715,700331NANANANA
Albania 11,1002,994,667270$24$7,96799%77
Algeria 919,59534,994,93738$251$7,17570%75
American Samoa 7767,242875$1$8,55697%74
Andorra 18184,825469$3$38,904100%82
Angola 481,35413,338,54128$107$8,04467%39
Anguilla 3515,094430$0$11,62195%81
Antarctica 5,405,43000NANANANA
Antigua and Barbuda 17187,884514$1$16,21586%75
Argentina 1,073,51841,769,72639$596$14,26997%77
Armenia 11,4842,967,975258$17$5,68199%73
Aruba 69106,1131,527$2$21,27997%76
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 200NANANANA
Australia 2,988,90221,766,7117$882$40,53999%82
Austria 32,3838,217,280254$332$40,40398%80
Azerbaijan 33,4368,372,373250$91$10,84499%67

B

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

The Bahamas 5,359313,31258$9$28,47396%71
Bahrain 2931,214,7054,140$30$24,45987%78
Bangladesh 55,598158,570,5352,852$259$1,63148%70
Barbados 166286,7051,727$6$21,719100%74
Belarus 80,1559,577,552119$131$13,699100%71
Belgium 11,78710,431,477885$394$37,79999%80
Belize 8,867321,11536$3$8,25677%68
Benin 43,4849,325,032214$14$1,50035%60
Bermuda 2168,6793,294$5$65,52298%81
Bhutan 14,824708,42748$4$5,47047%67
Bolivia 424,16410,118,68324$48$4,73287%68
Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,7674,622,163234$30$6,56297%79
Botswana 224,6072,065,3989$28$13,79481%58
Bouvet Island 1900$2,172NANANA
Brazil 3,287,612203,429,77362$2,172$10,67789%73
British Indian Ocean Territory 21,00400NANANAna
British Virgin Islands 5825,383435NANA98%78
Brunei 2,226401,890181$20$50,71093%76
Bulgaria 42,8117,093,635166$97$13,64398%74
Burkina Faso 105,86916,751,455158$20$1,19322%54
Burma (Myanmar)261,22853,999,804207$76$1,41690%68
Burundi 10,74510,216,190951$3$33359%59

C

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Cambodia 69,89814,701,717210$30$2,05374%63
Cameroon 183,56819,711,291107$44$2,24968%54
Canada 3,855,10334,030,5899$1,330$39,08299%81
Cape Verde 1,557516,100331$2$3,69777%71
Cayman Islands 10251,384504$2$43,78898%81
Central African Republic 240,5354,950,02721$3$69649%50
Chad 495,75510,758,94522$17$1,61426%48
Chile 291,93316,888,76058$258$15,27196%78
China 3,705,4071,336,718,015361$10,090$7,54892%75
Christmas Island 521,40227NA NANANA
Clipperton Island 200NA NANANA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5596110NANANANA
Colombia 439,73644,725,543102$435$9,73590%75
Comoros 863794,683921$1$1,00757%64
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 905,35571,712,86779$23$32267%55
Congo, Republic of the 132,0474,243,92932$17$4,03284%55
Cook Islands 9111,124122$0$16,46995%75
Coral Sea Islands 100$0NANANA
Costa Rica 19,7304,576,562232$51$11,18195%78
Cote d'Ivoire 124,50421,504,162173$37$1,72249%57
Croatia 21,8514,483,804205$78$17,41698%76
Cuba 42,80311,087,330259$114$10,291100%78
Curacao 171142,180829$3$19,961NA76
Cyprus 3,5721,120,489314$23$20,69698%78
Czech Republic 30,45110,190,213335$261$25,64299%77

D

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Denmark 16,6395,529,888332$202$36,47599%79
Dhekelia 5115,700311NANANA61
Djibouti 8,958757,07485$2$2,78068%76
Dominica 29072,969252$1$10,38894%76
Dominican Republic 18,7929,956,648530$87$8,76387%77

E

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Ecuador 109,48415,007,343137$115$7,66391%76
Egypt 386,66282,079,636212$498$6,06571%73
El Salvador 8,1246,071,774747$44$7,17681%73
Equatorial Guinea 10,831668,22562$24$35,64787%62
Eritrea 45,4065,939,484131$4$61059%63
Estonia 17,4631,282,96373$25$19,245100%73
Ethiopia 426,37390,873,739213$86$94843%56
European Union 1,669,808492,387,344295$14,820$30,098NA79

F

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 4,7003,1401$0$33,471NANA
Faroe Islands 53849,26792$2$32,27399%80
Fiji 7,056883,125125$4$4,38194%71
Finland 130,5595,259,25040$186$35,366100%79
France 248,57365,312,249263$2,145$32,84299%81
French Polynesia 1,609294,935183$5$15,99798%77
G

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Gabon 103,3471,576,66515$22$14,25863%52
The Gambia4,3611,797,860412$3$1,94340%64
Gaza Strip 1391,657,15511,922NANA92%74
Georgia 26,9114,585,874170$22$4,893100%77
Germany 137,84781,471,834591$2,940$36,08699%80
Ghana 92,09824,791,073269$62$2,50058%61
Gibraltar 328,95611,538$1$44,03285%79
Greece 50,94910,760,136211$318$29,56396%80
Greenland 836,33057,6700$2$34,489100%71
Grenada 133108,419816$1$10,127100%73
Guam 210183,286873$3$13,64099%78
Guatemala 42,04213,824,463329$70$5,07469%71
Guernsey 3065,0682,161$3$42,141NA82
Guinea 94,92610,601,009112$11$1,02030%58
Guinea-Bissau 13,9481,596,677114$2$1,11742%49
Guyana 83,000744,7689$5$7,22292%67

H

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Haiti 10,7149,719,932907$11$1,18153%62
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 15900NANANANA
Holy See (Vatican City) 08324,897NANA100%NA
Honduras 43,2788,143,564188$34$4,13080%71
Hong Kong 4267,122,50816,709$326$45,74294%82
Hungary 35,9189,976,062278$188$18,80599%75

I

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Iceland 39,769311,0588$12$37,99999%81
India 1,269,2191,189,172,906937$4,060$3,41461%67
Indonesia 735,358245,613,043334$1,030$4,19490%71
Iran 636,37277,891,220122$819$10,51177%70
Iraq 169,23530,399,572180$113$3,73074%71
Ireland 27,1334,670,976172$172$36,88799%80
Isle of Man 22184,655383$3$32,119NA81
Israel 8,0197,473,052932$219$29,35997%81
Italy 116,34861,016,804524$1,774$29,07498%82

J

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Jamaica 4,2442,868,380676$24$8,26988%73
Jan Mayen 14600NANANANA
Japan145,914126,475,664867$4,310$34,07899%82
Jersey 4594,1612,102$5$54,163NA81
Jordan 34,4956,508,271189$35$5,30690%82

K

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Kazakhstan 1,052,09015,522,37315$196$12,653100%69
Kenya 224,08141,070,934183$66$1,60885%59
Kiribati 313100,743322$1$6,134NA64
Korea, North 46,54024,457,492526$40$1,63599%69
Korea, South 38,50248,754,6571,266$1,459$29,92598%79
Kosovo 4,2031,825,632434$12$6,55792%NA
Kuwait 6,8802,595,628377$137$52,58893%77
Kyrgyzstan 77,2025,587,44372$12$2,15199%70

L

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Laos 91,4296,477,21171$16$2,42273%62
Latvia 24,9382,204,70888$33$14,746100%73
Lebanon 4,0154,143,1011,032$59$14,33087%75
Lesotho 11,7201,924,886164$3$1,71685%52
Liberia 43,0003,786,76488$2$44758%57
Libya 679,3626,597,96010$91$13,72783%78
Liechtenstein 6235,236570$5$142,695100%80
Lithuania 25,2123,535,547140$57$16,006100%75
Luxembourg 998503,302504$41$81,641100%80

M

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Macau 11573,00352,627$18$32,23491%84
Macedonia 9,9282,077,328209$20$9,62896%75
Madagascar 226,65821,926,22197$19$88569%64
Malawi 45,74715,879,252347$13$81763%52
Malaysia 127,35528,728,607226$414$14,42589%74
Maldives 115394,9993,433$3$6,92294%74
Mali 478,84114,159,90430$17$1,18447%53
Malta 122408,3333,347$10$25,49493%80
Marshall Islands 7067,182961$0$1,98794%72
Mauritania 397,9553,281,6348$7$2,02851%61
Mauritius 7881,303,7171,655$18$13,85384%74
Mexico 758,449113,724,226150$1,567$13,77986%76
Micronesia 271106,836394$0$2,22989%72
Moldova 13,0704,314,377330$11$2,54799%71
Monaco 130,53939,548$1$31,96999%90
Mongolia 603,9093,133,3185$11$3,51798%68
Montenegro 5,333661,807124$7$10,160NANA
Montserrat 395,140131$0$5,64297%73
Morocco 172,41431,968,361185$151$4,73652%76
Mozambique 308,64222,948,85874$22$95048%52

N

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Namibia 318,2612,147,5857$15$6,79885%52
Nauru 89,3221,150$0$6,436 NA65
Navassa Island 200NANANANA
Nepal 56,82729,391,883517$36$1,21849%66
Netherlands 16,04016,847,0071,050$677$40,17999%80
New Caledonia 7,172256,27536$3$12,32396%77
New Zealand 103,3634,290,34742$118$27,45799%81
Nicaragua 50,3365,666,301113$18$3,12568%72
Niger 489,19116,468,88634$11$67129%53
Nigeria 356,669155,215,573435$378$2,43568%48
Niue 1001,31113$0$7,63595%NA
Norfolk Island 142,169156NA NANANA
Northern Mariana Islands 17946,050257$1$19,54497%77
Norway 125,0214,691,84938$255$54,414100%80

O

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Oman 119,4993,027,95925$76$25,04781%74

P

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Pakistan 307,374187,342,721609$465$2,48250%66
Palau 17720,956118$0$7,82692%72
Panama 29,1203,460,462119$44$12,81992%78
Papua New Guinea 178,7046,187,59135$15$2,41657%66
Paracel Islands 300NANANA76
Paraguay 157,0486,459,05841$33$5,15794%76
Peru 496,22529,248,94359$276$9,42693%72
Philippines 115,831101,833,938879$351$3,45193%72
Pitcairn Islands 18483NA NANANA
Poland 120,72838,441,588318$721$18,764100%76
Portugal 35,55610,760,305303$247$22,95595%79
Puerto Rico 5,3243,989,133749$65$16,254NA79

Q

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Qatar 4,473848,016190$151$177,59189%96

R

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Romania 92,04321,904,551238$254$11,60597%74
Russia 6,601,668138,739,89221$2,223$16,02399%68
Rwanda 10,16911,370,4251,118$12$1,06970%58
Saint Barthelemy87,367909NANANANA

S

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 1197,70065$0$2,33897%79
Saint Kitts and Nevis 10150,314499$1$13,59598%75
Saint Lucia 238161,557679$2$11,12990%77
Saint Martin 2130,6151,458NANANANA
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 935,88863$0$8,20399%80
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 150103,869692$1$10,29296%74
Samoa 1,093193,161177$1$5,462100%72
San Marino 2431,8171,351$1$35,73696%83
Sao Tome and Principe 372179,506482$0$1,73385%63
Saudi Arabia 830,00026,131,70331$622$23,80379%74
Senegal 75,95512,643,799166$24$1,88939%60
Serbia 29,9137,310,555244$80$10,95796%74
Seychelles 17689,188508$2$23,01992%74
Sierra Leone 27,6995,363,669194$5$88035%56
Singapore 2694,740,73717,616$292$61,57393%82
Sint Maarten 1337,4292,851$1$21,232NANA
Slovakia 18,9335,477,038289$120$21,946100%76
Slovenia 7,8272,000,092256$57$28,289100%77
Solomon Islands 11,157571,89051$2$2,845NA74
Somalia 246,2019,925,64040$6$59438%50
South Africa 470,69349,004,031104$524$10,69386%49
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 1,50700NANANANA
South Sudan 248,7778,260,49033NANA27%NA
Spain 195,12446,754,784240$1,369$29,28098%81
Spratly Islands 200NANANANA
Sri Lanka 25,33221,283,913840$107$5,00491%76
Sudan 718,72345,047,50263$100$2,22061%55
Suriname 63,251491,9898$5$9,57590%74
Svalbard 23,9562,0190NA NANANA
Swaziland 6,7041,370,424204$6$4,42782%49
Sweden 173,8609,088,72852$355$39,02699%81
Switzerland 15,9377,639,961479$325$42,47499%81
Syria 71,49822,517,750315$107$4,77080%75

T

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Taiwan 13,89223,071,7791,661$822$35,61996%78
Tajikistan 55,2517,627,200138$15$1,933100%66
Tanzania 365,75542,746,620117$58$1,36769%53
Thailand 198,11766,720,153337$587$8,79693%68
Timor-Leste 5,7431,177,834205$3$2,59059%63
Togo 21,9256,771,993309$6$88261%63
Tokelau 51,384299$0$1,084NANA
Tonga 288105,916367$1$7,09199%75
Trinidad and Tobago 1,9801,227,505620$26$21,26399%71
Tunisia 63,17010,629,186168$100$9,40874%75
Turkey 302,53578,785,548260$961$12,19187%73
Turkmenistan 188,4564,997,50327$37$7,38499%69
Turks and Caicos Islands 36644,819122$0$4,81998%79
Tuvalu 1010,5441,050$0$3,414NA65

U

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Uganda 93,06534,612,250372$42$1,21867%53
Ukraine 233,03245,134,707194$305$6,76299%69
United Arab Emirates 32,2785,148,664160$247$47,93578%77
United Kingdom 94,05862,698,362667$2,173$34,65899%80
United States 3,794,100313,232,04483$14,660$46,80299%78
Uruguay 68,0373,308,53549$48$14,50598%76
Uzbekistan 172,74228,128,600163$86$3,05299%73

V

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Vanuatu 4,706224,56448$1$5,06374%65
Venezuela 352,14427,635,74378$345$12,49193%74
Vietnam 127,88190,549,390708$277$3,05594%72
Virgin Islands 737109,666149$2$14,38093%79

W

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Wake Island 300NANANANA
Wallis and Futuna 5515,398281$0$3,89750%79
West Bank 2,2632,568,5551,135$13$4,97992%75
Western Sahara 102,703507,1605$1$1,775NA61

Y

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Yemen 203,85024,133,492118$63$2,62750%64

Z

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

Zambia 290,58713,881,33648$20$1,44481%52
Zimbabwe 150,872 12,084,304 80 $5 $452 91% 50

WORLD TOTAL

Nation

or region

Area

(sq. miles)

Population

Population

Density

Gross Domestic Product

(in billions)

Gross Domestic Product

per capita

Literacy Rate

Life

Expectancy
(years)

  196,939,900 6,928,198,253 35 $74,540 $10,759 82% 67
Source:  CIA World Factbook, accessed July 15, 2011
Nation or region can refer to a wide variety of dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabited islands, and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states.
Area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.
Population is the number of people living in a nation or area.
Population Density is the population divided by the area. 
Gross Domestic Product is the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year.
Gross Domestic Product per capita is the Gross Domestic Product divided by the population.
Literacy Rate is an estimate of the number of people in a nation or region who are able to read.  Each nation defines literacy by their own standard and sets the minimum age for literacy.
Life Expectancy is the number of years a person living in a nation or region can expect to live.
   
 

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