Official name: Islamic State of Afghanistan
Location: Afghanistan is located in Central Asia. It has borders with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the North, China in the North-east, Pakistan in the East and South, and Iran in the West.
Total Land Area: 652,090 km2
Land boundaries: 5,529 km
Capital: Kabul
Official Language: Pashtu and Dari
Population: 28,574,274 (2004)

Official Name: Republic of Albania
Location: Albania is situated in South-eastern Europe, to the West of the Balkan Peninsula. It has borders with Montenegro and Serbia in the North and North-east, Macedonia in the East, and Greece in the South-west. In the West, it has a long coast along the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.
Total Land Area: 28,750 km2
Land boundaries: 657 km
Capital: Tirana
Official Language: Albanian
Population: 3,111,720 (2004)

Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Location: Algeria is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in the North; Tunisia and Libya in the East; Niger and Mali in the South, Mauritania and the Western Sahara in the South-west and Morocco in the West. It is the second largest country in Africa.
Total Land Area: 2,381,741 km2
Land boundaries: 6,343 km
Capital: Algiers
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 32,357,571 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan
Location: Azerbaijan is located in South-west Asia. It is bordered by Armenia in the West and South-west, Iran and Turkey in the South, Russia in the North and Georgia in the North-west.
Total Land Area: 2,381,741 km2
Land boundaries: 2,013 km
Capital: Baku
Official Language: Azerbaijani (Azeri)
Population: 8,354,607 (2004)

Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain
Location: Bahrain, a group of 36 small islands, is situated in the Arabian Gulf about 24 km from the East coast of Saudi Arabia, and 28 km from the West coast of Qatar.
Total Land Area: 690 km2
Land boundaries: 0 km
Capital: Manama
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 715,820 (2004)

Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Location: Bangladesh, located in the Eastern part of South Asia, straddles the Tropic of Cancer and is enclosed by India with the exception of a short South-eastern frontier with Myanmar (formerly Burma).
Total Land Area: 147,570 km2
Land boundaries: 4,246 km
Capital: Dhaka
Official Language: Bangla
Population: 139,214,532 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Benin
Location: Benin is one of the smallest countries in Africa. It is a long stretch of land perpendicular to the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. Benin has borders with Burkina Faso and the Niger in the North, Nigeria in the East and Togo in the West.
Total Land Area: 110,620 km2
Land boundaries: 1,989 km
Capital: Porto-Novo
Official Language: French
Population: 8,177,208 (2004)

Official name: Brunei-Darussalam
Location: Brunei Darussalam is located on the North-west of the island of Borneo, facing the South China Sea, and is bordered by Malaysia with the exception of the northern coastline.
Total Land Area: 5,765 km2
Land boundaries: 381 km
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
Official Language: Malay
Population: 365,687 (2004)

Official name: Burkina-Faso (then Upper Volta)
Location: Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, is a Landlocked West African State which lies between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea in the loop of the river Niger. It has borders with Niger in the East and North; Mali in the North and West; Benin in the South and East and Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo in the South.
Total Land Area: 273,600 km2
Land boundaries: 3,192 km
Capital: Ouagadougou
Official Language: French
Population: 12,821,686 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Cameroon
Location: Cameroon is located in West Africa with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean and a triangular shape wedged between West and Central Africa. The country has borders with the Central African Republic in the East, Chad in the North-east, Nigeria in the North, Republic of the Congo in the South-east, and Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in the South.
Total Land Area: 475,440 km2
Land boundaries: 4,591 km
Capital: Yaoundé
Official Language: French and English
Population: 16,037,746 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Chad
Location: Chad is the largest country of former French Equatorial Africa. It is a landlocked country with one of the world's lowest population densities. It is situated in the heart of Africa and has borders with Cameroon in the South-west, Niger and Nigeria in the West, the Central African Republic in the South, Libya in the North and Sudan in the East.
Total Land Area: 1,259,200 km2
Land boundaries: 5,968 km
Capital: N`Djamena
Official Language: French and Arabic
Population: 9,447,944 (2004)

Official name: Union of The Comoros
Location: Comoros is a group of islands in the Mozambique Channel off the South-east coast of South Africa. The archipelago lies between the East African coast and the North-western coast of Madagascar.
Total Land Area: 2,230 km2
Land boundaries: 0 km
Capital: Moroni
Official Language: French and Arabic
Population: 777,262 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Location: Côte d'Ivoire is located on the coast of West Africa. It is bounded by Liberia and Guinea on the South-west, by Mali and Burkina Faso on the North, by Ghana on the East, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the South.
Total Land Area: 318,000 km2
Land boundaries: 3,110 km
Capital: Yamoussoukro
Official Language: French
Population: 17,871,895 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Djibouti
Location: Djibouti is located on the North-eastern coast of the Horn of Africa. It has borders with Eritrea in the North, Ethiopia in the West and South, and Somalia in the South-east.
Total Land Area: 23,200 km2
Land boundaries: 508 km
Capital: Djibouti
Official Language: Arabic and French
Population: 779,102 (2004)

Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt
Location: Egypt is located at the North-east corner of Africa and the South-west corner of Asia. It is bordered by Libya and Sudan in the West and South respectively, the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Red Sea.
Total Land Area: 997,239 km2
Land boundaries: 2,689 km
Capital: Cairo
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 72,642,223 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Gabon
Location: Gabon is a West African country bordered by Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea in the North, the Republic of the Congo in the East, and the Atlantic Ocean in the West.
Total Land Area: 257,670 km2
Land boundaries: 2,551 km
Capital: Libreville
Official Language: French
Population: 1,362,331 (2004)

Official name: Republic of The Gambia
Location: Named after the river Gambia, which flows through its length from East to West, Gambia is a relatively small country in West Africa. It is situated on the Atlantic Coast at the Bulge of West Africa and is in the Savannah Region.
Total Land Area: 10,000 km2
Land boundaries: 740 km
Capital: Banjul
Official Language: English
Population: 1,477,666 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Guinea
Location: Guinea is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the West, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Mali in the North and East, Côte d'Ivoire in the South-east, and Liberia and Sierra Leone in the South.
Total Land Area: 245,845 km2
Land boundaries: 3,399 km
Capital: Conakry
Official Language: French
Population: 9,201,759 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Location: Guinea-Bissau is bounded by Senegal to the North, Guinea to the East and South, and the Atlantic Ocean to the West.
Total Land Area: 28,120 km2
Land boundaries: 724 km
Capital: Bissau
Official Language: Portuguese
Population: 1,539,712 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Guyana
Location: Guyana is situated on the North-eastern coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the North, Suriname in the East, Brazil in the South and South-west and Venezuela in the North-west.
Total Land Area: 196,850 km2
Land boundaries: 2,462 km
Capital: Georgetown
Official Language: English
Population: 750,232 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Indonesia
Location: Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world. It is made up of more than 3000 islands situated in the area where the Pacific and Indian Oceans meet. Its unique border is in the islands of Borneo with Malaysia in the North and Papua New Guinea in the East.
Total Land Area: 1,811,570 km2
Land boundaries: 2,602 km
Capital: Jakarta
Official Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Population: 220,077,122 (2004)

Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran
Location: Iran is located at the strategic crossroads between the Western and Eastern worlds. It is bordered by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea in the North, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the East, Iraq and Turkey in the West, and the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf in the South.
Total Land Area: 1,622,000 km2
Land boundaries: 5,440 km
Capital: Tehran
Official Language: Farsi (Persian)
Population: 68,802,654 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Iraq
Location: Iraq is located in Asia at the North-east of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Turkey in the North, Iran in the East, Kuwait in the South, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in the South-west, and Syria in the North-west. The Arabian Gulf lies in the South of the country.
Total Land Area: 437,370 km2
Land boundaries: 3,631 km
Capital: Baghdad
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 28,057,011 (2004)

Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Location: Jordan is located at the heart of the Middle East. It is bordered by Syria in the North, Saudi Arabia in the East and South, Palestine and Israel in the West, Iraq in the East, and the Gulf of Aqaba in the South-west.
Total Land Area: 89,213 km2
Land boundaries: 1,635 km
Capital: Amman
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 5,560,770 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan
Location: Kazakhstan is located in the centre of the Eurasian continent occupying the ninth largest land area in the world. It is bordered by Russia in the North, China in the East, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the South, and the Caspian Sea in the West.
Total Land Area: 2,724,730 km2
Land boundaries: 11,587 km
Capital: Astana
Official Language: Kazakh
Population: 14,838,619 (2004)

Official name: State of Kuwait
Location: Kuwait is located in the North-eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Iraq in the North and West, Saudi Arabia in the South and the Arabian Gulf in the East.
Total Land Area: 17,818 km2
Land boundaries: 464 km
Capital: Kuwait City
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 2,606,427 (2004)

Official name: Kyrgyz Republic
Location: Kyrgyz Republic is a Central Asian country located between the Pamir-Alai Mountains in the South-west and the Tien Shan Mountains in the North-east. The country is bordered by China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is mostly forested with many lakes, the largest one and at the same time the second biggest in the world being Issyk-Kul.
Total Land Area: 198,500 km2
Land boundaries: 3,878 km
Capital: Bishkek
Official Language: Kyrgyz, Russian
Population: 5,203,594 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Lebanon
Location: Lebanon is located on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean. It is bordered by Syria in the North and East, and Palestine in the South. With a width varying between 40 km and 75 km and a length of 215 km, the Mediterranean coast of the country is narrow and sloping.
Total Land Area: 10,452 km2
Land boundaries: 454 km
Capital: Beirut
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 3,540,290 (2004)

Official name: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Location: Libya is situated on the Southern Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It has borders with Chad and Niger in the South, Egypt and Sudan in the East, and Algeria and Tunisia in the West. Meadows and forests make up a small area of the land.
Total Land Area: 1,759,540 km2
Land boundaries: 4,383 km
Capital: Tripoli
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 5,740,148 (2004)

Official name: Malaysia
Location: Malaysia lies at the heart of South East Asia and is made up of the mainland and Borneo Island. Peninsular Malaysia has a land frontier with Thailand in the North. In the South, it is linked to Singapore by a causeway. To the West, across the Straits of Melaka, lies the Indonesian Island of Sumatra.
Total Land Area: 328,550 km2
Land boundaries: 2,669 km
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Official Language: Malay (Bahasa Melayu)
Population: 24,894,489 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Maldives
Location: Maldives is an independent chain of islands in the Northern Indian Ocean and South-west of Sri Lanka, at the Southernmost tip of India. The atolls comprise about 1,190 coral islands, 200 of which are inhabited.
Total Land Area: 298 km2
Land boundaries: 0 km
Capital: Malé
Official Language: Dhivehi
Population: 321,196 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Mali
Location: Mali is located in the interior of West Africa and the North of the Equator reaching to the Tropic of Cancer. It is landlocked, sharing borders with Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger and Algeria.
Total Land Area: 1,220,190 km2
Land boundaries: 7,243 km
Capital: Bamako
Official Language: French
Population: 13,124,015 (2004)

Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Location: Mauritania is located on the Atlantic Ocean in North-west Africa. It is bordered by Algeria in the North-east, Mali in the East and Senegal in the South. Mauritania shares its long northern border with the former Spanish Sahara.
Total Land Area: 1,025,520 km2
Land boundaries: 5,074 km
Capital: Nouakchott
Official Language: Arabic, Wolof
Population: 2,980,357 (2004)

Official name: Kingdom of Morocco
Location: Morocco is located at the North-west corner of Africa. The Strait of Gibralter and the Mediterranean Sea bound the country in the North, the Atlantic Ocean in the West, Algeria in the East and the Republic of Mauritania in the South.
Total Land Area: 710,850 km2
Land boundaries: 2,018 km
Capital: Rabat
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 31,350,395 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Mozambique
Location: Mozambique is bordered by Tanzania in the North, Malawi; Zambia, and Zimbabwe in the West, the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Swaziland in the South and the Indian Ocean in the East.
Total Land Area: 799,384 km2
Land boundaries: 4,571 km
Capital: Maputo
Official Language: Portuguese
Population: 19,423,920 million (2004)

Official name: Republic of Niger
Location: Niger is located in the heart of the Sahel, the transitional zone between the tropical West African coast and the Sahara Desert and is bordered by Algeria and Libya in the North, Chad in the East, Nigeria and Benin in the South, Burkina Faso in the South-west, and Mali in the West.
Total Land Area: 1,267,000 km2
Land boundaries: 5,697 km
Capital: Niamey
Official Language: French
Population: 13,498,802 (2004)

Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria
Location: Nigeria is located in West Africa. It is bordered by Benin in the West, Niger in the North, Chad in the North-east, Cameroon in the East, and the Gulf of Guinea in the South.
Total Land Area: 910,770 km2
Land boundaries: 4,047 km
Capital: Abuja
Official Language: English
Population: 128,708,935 (2004)

Official name: Sultanate of Oman
Location: Oman is located on the South-eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the West, Yemen in the South, the Strait of Hormuz in the North and the Arabian Sea in the East.
Total Land Area: 309,500 km2
Land boundaries: 1,374 km
Capital: Muscat
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 2,533,843 (2004)

Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Location: Pakistan is situated at the crossroads of the Middle East and South Asia. It is bordered by Iran and Afghanistan in the West, China in the North-east, India in the East, and the Indian Ocean in the South.
Total Land Area: 796,096 km2
Land boundaries: 6,774 km
Capital: Islamabad
Official Language: English, Urdu 
Population: 154,793,950 million (2004)

Official name: State of Palestine
Location: Palestine is one of the most ancient regions in the Middle East. It is located in southwest Asia between 290 30َ  and 330 15َ  lines of latitude north of the equator and 340 15َ  and 350 40َ  lines of longitude east of Greenwich line. Natural Palestine refers to the region bounded in the west by the Mediterranean Sea, east by Syria and Jordan, north by Lebanon, and south by Egypt and the Gulf of Aqaba.
Total Land Area: 6,004 km2
Land boundaries: 424 km (West Bank) - 87 km (Gaza)
Capital: Al-Quds
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 3,586,969 (2004)

Official name: State of Qatar
Location: Qatar is located on the Western shore of the Arabian Gulf. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides and also has a number of offshore reefs and islands. Its nearest seaward neighbour is Bahrain in the North. In the South at the neck of the peninsula, it is bordered by Saudi Arabia.
Total Land Area: 11,520 km2
Land boundaries: 60 km
Capital: Doha
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 776,936 (2004)

Official name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Location: Saudi Arabia is located in the Middle East. It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula and is bordered by Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait in the North, Oman and Yemen in the South, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE and the Gulf in the East, and the Red Sea in the West.
Total Land Area: 1,960,580 km2
Land boundaries: 4,415 km
Capital: Riyadh
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 23,950,033 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Senegal
Location: Senegal is located on the bulge of West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the West, Mali in the East, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau in the South.
Total Land Area: 196,722 km2
Land boundaries: 2,640 km
Capital: Dakar
Official Language: French
Population: 11,385,913 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone
Location: Sierra Leone is almost circular in shape and located on the South-western part of the great bulge of West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the North and East, Liberia in the South, and the Atlantic Ocean in the West.
Total Land Area: 71,620 km2
Land boundaries: 958 km
Capital: Freetown
Official Language: English
Population: 5,336,449 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Somalia
Location: Somalia comprises the perimeter of the Horn of Africa, the Easternmost point of the continent. It is bordered by the Gulf of Aden and Djibouti in the North, the Indian Ocean in the East and South-east, Kenya in the South and South-west, and Ethiopia in the West.
Total Land Area: 627,340 km2
Land boundaries: 2,366 km
Capital: Mogadishu
Official Language: Somali
Population: 7,964,414 (2004)

Official name: Republic of The Sudan
Location: Sudan is the largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Egypt and Libya in the North, Chad and Central African Republic in the West and South-west, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya in the South, and Ethiopia and Eritrea in the East.
Total Land Area: 2,376,000 km2
Land boundaries: 7,687 km
Capital: Khartoum
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 35,522,988 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Suriname
Location: Suriname, formerly known as Dutch Guiana, is one of the smallest countries in South America and the only Latin American country whose official language is Dutch. Suriname lies on South America's North-east coast and is bordered by Brazil in the South, French Guiana in the East and Guyana in the West. Suriname's coastal area is flat.
Total Land Area: 156,000 km2
Land boundaries: 1,707 km
Capital: Paramaribo
Official Language: Dutch
Population: 446,460 (2004)

Official name: Syrian Arab Republic
Location: Syria is located at the Eastern end of the Mediterranean. It is bordered by Turkey in the North, Iraq in the East, Jordan in the South and Lebanon in the West.
Total Land Area: 185,180 km2
Land boundaries: 2,253 km
Capital: Damascus
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 18,582,152 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Tajikistan
Location: Tajikistan is located between Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan to the North and West, Afghanistan to the South, and China to the East.
Total Land Area: 142,500 km2
Land boundaries: 3,651 km
Capital: Dushanbe
Official Language: Tajik
Population: 6,430,265 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Togo
Location: Togo is one of the smallest countries in West Africa. It has borders with Benin in the East, Ghana in the West and Burkina Faso in the North.
Total Land Area: 56,000 km2
Land boundaries: 1,647 km
Capital: Lomé
Official Language: French
Population: 5,988,380 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Tunisia
Location: Tunisia lies at the Northernmost tip of Africa. It is bordered by Algeria in the West and Libya in the South-east.
Total Land Area: 162,150 km2
Land boundaries: 1,424 km
Capital: Tunis
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 9,995,151 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Turkey
Location: Turkey is the largest country in Europe (aside from Russia). It is bordered by Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran in the East, Iraq, Syria and the Mediterranean Sea in the South, Greece and Bulgaria in the North-west, the Black Sea in the North, and the Aegean Sea in the West.
Total Land Area: 769,630 km2
Land boundaries: 2,875 km
Capital: Ankara
Official Language: Turkish
Population: 72,219,794 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Turkmenistan
Location: Turkmenistan is located in Central Asia, to the North of the Kopet Dag mountain range between the Caspian Sea and Amu Derya River. The country is bordered by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the North and North-east, and Iran and Afghanistan in the South and South-east.
Total Land Area: 469,930 km2
Land boundaries: 3,736 km
Capital: Ashgabat
Official Language: Turkmen
Population: 4,766,009 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Uganda
Location: Uganda is located in the heart of Sub-Saharan Africa and lies astride the Equator. It is bordered by Kenya in the East, Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the South and Sudan in the North.
Total Land Area: 199,650 km2
Land boundaries: 2,698 km
Capital: Kampala
Official Language: English
Population: 27,820,555 (2004)

Official name: State of The United Arab Emirates
Location: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven independent states lying along the West central coast of the Arabian Gulf. It is bordered by the Arabian Gulf in the North, Oman in the East, and Saudi-Arabia in the West.
Total Land Area: 83,600 km2
Land boundaries: 867 km
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 4,284,433 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan
Location: Uzbekistan lies at the heart of Asia, between the Amu Derya and Syr Derya Rivers. It is bordered by Afghanistan in the South, Turkmenistan in the West, Kazakhstan in the North, and Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic in the East.
Total Land Area: 414,240 km2
Land boundaries: 6,221 km
Capital: Tashkent
Official Language: Uzbek
Population: 26,209,055 (2004)

Official name: Republic of Yemen
Location: Yemen is located in the Southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia in the North, Oman in the East, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea in the South and the Red Sea in the West.
Total Land Area: 527,970 km2
Land boundaries: 1,746 km
Capital: Sanaa
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 20,329,354 (2004)

Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location: Bosnia is located in the western Balkans, bordering Croatia to the north and south-west, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast.
Total Land Area: 51,129 km2
Land boundaries: 1,459 km
Capital: Sarajevo
Official Language: Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Population: 4,377,053 (1991)

Official name: Central African Republic
Location: The Central African Republic is an entirely land-locked nation within the interior of the African continent. It is bordered by the countries of Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
Total Land Area: 622,984 km2
Land boundaries: 5,203 km
Capital: Bangui
Official Language: French
Population: 1,232,000 (1960)

Official name: The Russian Federation
Location: Russia is the largest country located in Europe and in North Asia. The European part of the country includes the territories to the west of the Ural Mountains. Russia has boundaries with fourteen countries with the longest border line in the world.
Total Land Area: 17,075,400 km2
Land boundaries: 20,096.5 km
Capital: Moscow
Official Language: Russian
Population: 145,274,019 (2002)

Official name: Kingdom of Thailand
Location: Thailand is in Southeast Asia. To its east lie Laos and Cambodia; to its south, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia; and to its west, the Andaman Sea and Myanmar.
Total Land Area: 514,000 km2
Land boundaries: 4,863 km
Capital: Bangkok
Official Language: Thai
Population: 60,916,441 (2000)

Official name: Turkish Cypriot State
Location: Turkish Cypriot State is located on the northern part of the Cyprus island.
Total Land Area: 3,355 km2
Land boundaries: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia NA
Capital: Lefkosha
Official Language: Turkish
Population: 264,172 (2006)

Official name: Kingdom of Belgium

Location: Belgium is located in western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands.

Total Land Area: 30,278 km2

Land boundaries: 1,385 km

Capital: Brussels

Official Language: Dutch, French, German

Population: 10,414,336 (2009)

Official name: Republic of Bulgaria
Location: Bulgaria is located in Southeastern Europe. It is bordering the Black Sea, situated between Romania and Turkey
Total Land Area: 110,910 km2
Land boundaries: 1,808 km
Capital: Sofia
Official Language: Bulgarian
Population: 7,322,858 (2007)

Official name: Canada

Location: Canada is located in northern North America, bordering the north Atlantic Ocean on the east, north Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US.

Total Land Area: 9,984,670 km2

Land boundaries: 8,893 km

Capital: Ottawa

Official Language: English, French

Population: 33,487,208 (2009)

Official name: People's Republic of China
Location: China is located in the Eastern Asia. The country is bounded by the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea and South China Sea and is between North Korea and Vietnam. The country is situated in the geographic coordinates of 35 00 N, 105 00 E.
Total Land Area: 9,596,960 km2
Land boundaries: total 22,117 km.
Capital: Beijing
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 1,338,612,968 (July 2009 est.)

Official name: Republic of Croatia

Location: Croatia is located in Europe, on the Adriatic Coast. It has borders with Slovenia on the west, Hungary and Serbia in the north-east, and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the east.

Total Land Area: 56,594 km2
Land boundaries: 1,982 km
Capital: Zagreb
Official Language: Croatian

Population: 4,489,409 (2009)

Official name: Kingdom of Denmark

Location: Denmark is located in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany. Denmark also includes two major islands: Sjaelland and Fyn.

Total Land Area: 43,094 km2

Land boundaries: 68 km

Capital: Copenhagen

Official Language: Danish

Population: 5,500,510 (2009)

Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Location: Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa. Its neighbours are Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Djibouti to the northeast, and Somalia to the east.
Total Land Area: 1,127,127 km2
Land boundaries: 5,328 km
Capital: Addis Ababa
Official Language: Amharic
Population: 53,477,265 (1994)

Official name: French Republic

Location: Metropolitan France is located in western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; it is also bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain.

Total Land Area: 551,500 km2 (metropolitan France), 643,427 km2 (total)

Land boundaries: 2,889 km (metropolitan France)

Capital: Paris

Official Language: French

Population: 62,150,775 (2009, metropolitan France)

Official name: Federal Republic of Germany

Location: Germany is located in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, on the south of Denmark.

Total Land Area: 357,022 km2

Land boundaries: 3,621 km

Capital: Berlin

Official Language: German

Population: 82,329,758 (2009)

Official name: Republic of Ghana

Location: Ghana is located in western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, situated between Cote d’Ivoire and Togo.

Total Land Area: 238,533 km2

Land boundaries: 2,094 km

Capital: Accra

Official Language: Asante, Ewe, English

Population: 23,832,495 (2009)

Official name: Hellenistic Republic
Location: Greece is situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west.
Total Land Area: 131,990 km2
Land boundaries: 1,228 km
Capital: Athens
Official Language: Greek
Population: 10,964,020 (2001)

Official name: Republic of India
Location: India is in South Asia bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east and bordering Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Indonesia.
Total Land Area: 3,287,590 km2
Land boundaries: 14,103 km
Capital: New Delhi
Official Language: Hindi, English
Population: 1,027,015,248 (2001)

Official name: Ireland

Location: Ireland is situated in western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain.

Total Land Area: 70,273 km2

Land boundaries: 360 km

Capital: Dublin

Official Language: English, Irish

Population: 4,203,200 (2009)

Official name: Italian Republic

Location: Italy is located in southern Europe, on a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, at the northeast of Tunisia.

Total Land Area: 301,340 km2

Land boundaries: 1,899 km

Capital: Rome

Official Language: Italian

Population: 58,126,212 (2009)

Official name: Japan

Location: Japan is located in eastern Asia; it is an island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, on the east of the Korean Peninsula.

Total Land Area: 377,915 km2

Land boundaries: 0 km

Capital: Tokyo

Official Language: Japanese

Population: 127,078,679 (2009)

Official name: Republic of Kenya
Location: Republic of Kenya is a country in Eastern Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border.
Total Land Area: 582,650 km2
Land boundaries: 3,477 km
Capital: Nairobi
Official Language: Swahili, English
Population: 31,138,735 (2007)

Official name: Republic of Kosovo
Location: Kosova borders Central Serbia to the north, Montenegro to the west, and Albania and the Republic of Macedonia to the south.
Total Land Area: 10,887 km2
Land boundaries:  km
Capital: Pristina
Official Language: Albanian, Serbian
Population: 2,100,000 (2005) 

Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Location: Luxembourg is located in western Europe, between France and Germany.

Total Land Area: 2,586 km2

Land boundaries: 359 km

Capital: Luxembourg

Official Language: Luxembourgish, German, French

Population: 491,775 (2009)

Official name: The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
Location: Macedonia is on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Albania to the west, Greece to the south, and Bulgaria to the east.
Total Land Area: 25,333 km2
Land boundaries: 766 km
Capital: Skopje
Official Language: Macedonian, Albanian
Population: 2,022,547 (2002)

Official name: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Location: Netherlands is located in western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany.

Total Land Area: 41,543 km2

Land boundaries: 1,027 km

Capital: Amsterdam

Official Language: Dutch, Frisian

Population: 16,715,999 (2009)

Official name: Portuguese Republic

Location: Portugal is located in the southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, at the west of Spain.

Total Land Area: 92,090 km2

Land boundaries: 1,214 km

Capital: Lisbon

Official Language: Portuguese, Mirandese

Population: 10,707,924 (2009)

Official name: Romania

Location: Romania is located in southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea; it is between Bulgaria and Ukraine.

Total Land Area: 238,391 km2

Land boundaries: 2,508 km

Capital: Bucharest

Official Language: Romanian

Population: 22,215,421 (2009)

Official name: Republic of Serbia

Location: Serbia is located in southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary.

Total Land Area: 77,474 km2

Land boundaries: 2,026 km

Capital: Belgrade

Official Language: Serbian

Population: 7,379,339 (2009)

Official name: Republic of Singapore

Location: Singapore is located in Southern Asia, on the islands between Malaysia and Indonesia.

Total Land Area: 697 km2

Land boundaries: 0 km

Capital: Singapore

Official Language: Mandarin, English, Malay

Population: 4,657,542 (2009)

Official name: Republic of South Africa

Location: South Africa is located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa.

Total Land Area: 1,219,090 km2

Land boundaries: 4,862 km

Capital: Pretoria

Official Language: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans

Population: 49,052,489 (2009)

Official name: Kingdom of Spain
Location: Spain is located on western Europe. The peninsula of Spain is located between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The Spanish mainland is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, by Cantabric Sea to the east and by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal to the west. It shares land borders with Portugal, France, Andorra, the British colony of Gibraltar, and Morocco.
Total Land Area: 504,782 km2
Land boundaries: 1,917.8 km
Capital: Madrid
Official Language: Spanish 
Population: 40,847,371 (2001)

Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Location: Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, 31 km.south of India
Total Land Area: 65,610 km2
Land boundaries: 0 km
Capital: Colombo
Official Language: Sinhala, Tamil
Population: 21,324,791 (2009)

Official name: Kingdom of Sweden

Location: Sweden is located in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat and Skagerrak. It is situated between Finland and Norway.

Total Land Area: 450,295 km2

Land boundaries: 2,233 km

Capital: Stockholm

Official Language: Swedish

Population: 9,059,651 (2009)

Official name: United Republic of Tanzania
Location: Tanzania is in Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique.
Total Land Area: 945,087 km2
Land boundaries: 3,861 km
Capital: Dar es Salaam
Official Language: Kiswahili or Swahili, Kiunguja, English
Population: 39,384,223 (2007)

Official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Location: United Kingdom is located in western Europe, on the islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, at the northwest of France.

Total Land Area: 243,610 km2

Land boundaries: 360 km

Capital: London

Official Language: English, Welsh, Scottish

Population: 61,113,205 (2009)

Official name: United States of America

Location: United States is located in north America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico.

Total Land Area: 9,826,675 km2

Land boundaries: 12,034 km

Capital: Washington, DC

Official Language: English

Population: 307,212,123 (2009)