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Friday, January 30, 2009

Population of Countries


Rank, Country/Territory, Population, % of World's Population
(Based on estimates of population during 2007 to 2009)

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1. China (including Hong Kong and Macau) 1,335,962,132 19.84%
2. India 1,143,840,000 16.94%
3. United States of America 305,720,000 4.53%
4. Indonesia 229,373,990 3.41%
5. Brazil 190,612,000 2.8%
6. Pakistan 165,509,000 2.46%
7. Bangladesh 158,665,000 2.36%
8. Nigeria 148,093,000 2.2%
9. Russia 141,862,032 2.11%
10. Japan 127,704,000 1.9%
11. Mexico 106,682,500 1.58%
12. Philippines 90,457,200 1.34%
13. Vietnam 87,375,000 1.3%
14. Germany 82,062,200 1.22%
15. Ethiopia 79,221,000 1.18%
16. Egypt 75,823,000 1.13%
17. Turkey 71,517,100 1.06%
18. Iran 70,495,782 1.05%
19. France (including overseas collectivities) 65,073,482 0.97%
20. Thailand 63,038,247 0.94%
21. Dem. Rep. of Congo 62,636,000 0.93%
22. United Kingdom 61,612,300 0.92%
23. Italy 60,090,400 0.89%
24. Myanmar (Burma) 48,798,000 0.72%
25. South Korea 48,224,000 0.72%
26. South Africa 47,850,700 0.71%
27. Ukraine 46,191,022 0.69%
28. Spain 45,853,000 0.68%
29. Colombia 44,760,630 0.66%
30. Tanzania 40,454,000 0.6%
31. Argentina 39,745,613 0.6%
32. Sudan 38,560,000 0.57%
33. Poland 38,130,300 0.57%
34. Kenya 37,538,000 0.56%
35. Algeria 33,858,000 0.5%
36. Canada 33,539,000 0.5%
37. Morocco 31,343,359 0.47%
38. Uganda 30,884,000 0.46%
39. Iraq 28,993,000 0.43%
40. Peru 28,750,770 0.43%
41. Nepal 28,196,000 0.42%
42. Venezuela 28,068,389 0.42%
43. Malaysia 27,757,000 0.41%
44. Uzbekistan 27,372,000 0.41%
45. Afghanistan 27,145,000 0.4%
46. Saudi Arabia 24,735,000 0.37%
47. North Korea 23,790,000 0.35%
48. Ghana 23,478,000 0.35%
49. Taiwan 23,027,672 0.34%
50. Yemen 22,389,000 0.33%
51. Australia 21,576,319 0.32%
52. Romania 21,496,700 0.32%
53. Mozambique 21,397,000 0.32%
54. Syria 19,929,000 0.3%
55. Madagascar 19,683,000 0.29%
56. Sri Lanka 19,299,000 0.29%
57. Côte d'Ivoire 19,262,000 0.29%
58. Cameroon 18,549,000 0.28%
59. Angola 17,024,000 0.25%
60. Chile 16,861,000 0.25%
61. Netherlands 16,494,300 0.24%
62. Kazakhstan 15,571,506 0.23%
63. Burkina Faso 14,784,000 0.22%
64. Niger 14,226,000 0.21%
65. Malawi13,925,000 0.21%
66. Ecuador 13,867,761 0.21%
67. Cambodia 13,388,910 0.2%
68. Guatemala 13,354,000 0.2%
69. Zimbabwe 13,349,000 0.2%
70. Senegal 12,379,000 0.18%
71. Mali 12,337,000 0.18%
72. Zambia 11,922,000 0.18%
73. Cuba 11,268,000 0.17%
74. Greece 11,262,500 0.17%
75. Chad 10,781,000 0.16%
76. Belgium 10,741,000 0.16%
77. Portugal 10,631,800 0.16%
78. Czech Republic 10,474,600 0.16%
79. Tunisia 10,327,800 0.15%
80. Hungary 10,029,900 0.15%
81. Serbia 9,858,000 0.15%
82. Dominican Republic 9,760,000 0.14%
83. Rwanda 9,725,000 0.14%
84. Belarus 9,690,000 0.14%
85. Haiti 9,598,000 0.14%
86. Bolivia 9,525,000 0.14%
87. Guinea 9,370,000 0.14%
88. Sweden 9,259,000 0.14%
89. Benin 9,033,000 0.13%
90. Somalia 8,699,000 0.13%
91. Burundi 8,508,000 0.13%
92. Azerbaijan 8,629,900 0.13%
93. Austria 8,356,700 0.12%
94. Switzerland 7,667,700 0.11%
95. Bulgaria 7,602,100 0.11%
96. Israel 7,373,000 0.11%
97. Honduras 7,106,000 0.11%
98. El Salvador 6,857,000 0.1%
99. Tajikistan 6,736,000 0.1%
100. Togo 6,585,000 0.098%
101. Papua New Guinea 6,331,000 0.094%
102. Libya 6,160,000 0.091%
103. Paraguay 6,127,000 0.091%
104. Jordan 5,924,000 0.088%
105. Sierra Leone 5,866,000 0.087%
106. Laos 5,859,000 0.087%
107. Nicaragua 5,603,000 0.083%
108. Denmark 5,519,300 0.08%
109. Slovakia 5,411,100 0.08%
110. Finland 5,328,142 0.079%
111. Kyrgyzstan 5,317,000 0.079%
112. Turkmenistan 4,965,000 0.074%
113. Eritrea 4,851,000 0.072%
114. Singapore 4,839,400 0.072%
115. Norway 4,805,561 0.071%
116. Ireland 4,517,800 0.07%
117. Croatia 4,432,000 0.07%
118. Costa Rica 4,468,000 0.066%
119. Georgia 4,382,100 0.065%
120. United Arab Emirates 4,380,000 0.065%
121. Central African Republic 4,343,000 0.065%
122. New Zealand 4,297,537 0.064%
123. Lebanon 4,099,000 0.061%
124. Puerto Rico 3,991,000 0.059%
125. Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,935,000 0.058%
126. Moldova 3,572,700 0.056%
127. Republic of the Congo 3,768,000 0.056%
128. Palestine 3,761,646 0.056%
129. Liberia3,750,000 0.056%
130. Lithuania 3,350,400 0.05%
131. Panama 3,343,000 0.05%
132. Uruguay 3,340,000 0.05%
133. Armenia 3,230,100 0.045%
134. Albania 3,170,000 0.047%
135. Mauritania 3,124,000 0.046%
136. Kuwait 2,851,000 0.042%
137. Jamaica 2,714,000 0.04%
138. Mongolia 2,629,000 0.039%
139. Oman 2,595,000 0.039%
140. Latvia 2,261,100 0.03%
141. Namibia 2,074,000 0.031%
142. Republic of Macedonia 2,048,900 0.03%
143. Slovenia 2,040,725 0.031%
144. Lesotho 2,008,000 0.03%
145. Botswana 1,882,000 0.028%
146. Gambia 1,709,000 0.025%
147. Guinea-Bissau 1,695,000 0.025%
148. Estonia1,340,300 0.02%
149. Trinidad and Tobago 1,333,000 0.02%
150. Gabon 1,331,000 0.02%
151. Mauritius 1,262,000 0.019%
152. East Timor 1,155,000 0.017%
153. Swaziland 1,141,000 0.017%
154. Qatar 841,000 0.012%
155. Fiji 837,271 0.012%
156. Djibouti 833,000 0.012%
157. Cyprus 801,600 0.01%
158. Bahrain 753,000 0.011%
159. Guyana 738,000 0.011%
160. Bhutan 658,000 0.01%
161. Comoros 637,500 0.009%
162. Montenegro 620,000 0.009%
163. Cape Verde 530,000 0.008%
164. Equatorial Guinea507,000 0.008%
165. Solomon Islands 506,992 0.007%
166. Luxembourg 491,700 0.01%
167. Western Sahara 480,000 0.007%
168. Suriname 458,000 0.007%
169. Malta 412,600 0.01%
170. Brunei 390,000 0.006%
171. Bahamas 331,000 0.005%
172. Iceland 320,500 005%
173. Maldives 306,000 0.005%
174. Barbados 294,000 0.004%
175. Belize 288,000 0.004%
176. Vanuatu226,000 0.003%
177. Netherlands Antilles192,000 0.003%
178. Samoa 188,359 0.003%
179. Guam 173,000 0.003%
180. Saint Lucia 165,000 0.002%
181. São Tomé and Príncipe 158,000 0.002%
182. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120,000 0.002%
183. U.S. Virgin Islands 111,000 0.002%
184. Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 0.002%
185. Grenada 106,000 0.002%
186. Aruba 104,000 0.002%
187. Tonga 100,000 0.001%
188. Kiribati95,000 0.001%
189. Jersey 89,300 0.001%
190. Seychelles 87,000 0.001%
191. Antigua and Barbuda 85,000 0.001%
192. Northern Mariana Islands 84,000 0.001%
193. Andorra 83,137 0.001%
194. Isle of Man 80,058 0.001%
195. Dominica 67,000 0.001%
196. American Samoa 67,000 0.001%
197. Bermuda 65,000 0.001%
198. Guernsey 61,811 0.001%
199. Marshall Islands 59,000 0.001%
200. Greenland 58,000 0.001%
201. Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,000 0.001%
202. Faroe Islands 48,731 0.001%
203. Cayman Islands 47,000 0.001%
204. Liechtenstein 35,700 0.001%
205. Monaco 33,000 0.0005%
206. San Marino 30,800 0.0005%
207. Gibraltar 29,257 0.0004%
208. Turks and Caicos Islands 26,000 0.0004%
209. British Virgin Islands 23,000 0.0003%
210. Cook Islands 20,200 0.0002%
211. Palau 20,000 0.0003%
212. Anguilla 13,000 0.0002%
213. Tuvalu 11,000 0.0002%
214. Nauru10,000 0.0001%
215. Saint Helena 6,600 0.0001%
216. Montserrat 5,900 0.0001%
217. Falkland Islands 3,000 0.00005%
218. Niue 1,600 0.00003%
219. Tokelau1,400 0.00003%
220. Vatican City 800 0.00002%
221. Pitcairn Islands 50 0.000001%

Monday, January 26, 2009

Languages of Countries


Country - Languages

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  1. Afghanistan: Dari Persian, Pashtu (both official), other Turkic and minor languages
  2. Albania: Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
  3. Algeria: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
  4. Andorra: Catalán (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
  5. Angola: Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
  6. Antigua and Barbuda: English (official), local dialects
  7. Argentina: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
  8. Armenia: Armenian, Yezidi, Russian
  9. Australia: English, native and other languages
  10. Austria: German (official nationwide), Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region)
  11. Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani, Russian, Armenian
  12. Bahamas: English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
  13. Bahrain: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
  14. Bangladesh: Bangla (official), English
  15. Barbados: English
  16. Belarus: Belorussi, Russian
  17. Belgium: Dutch (Flemish), French, German (all official)
  18. Belize: English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
  19. Benin: French (official), Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages
  20. Bhutan: Dzongkha (official), Tibetan dialects (among Bhotes), Nepalese dialects (among Nepalese)
  21. Bolivia: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official)
  22. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
  23. Botswana: English (official), Setswana, Kalanga, Sekgalagadi
  24. Brazil: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
  25. Brunei: Malay (official), English, Chinese
  26. Bulgaria: Bulgarian, Turkish, Roma
  27. Burkina Faso: French (official), native African (Sudanic)
  28. Burundi: Kirundi and French (official), Swahili
  29. Cambodia: Khmer(official), French, English
  30. Cameroon: French, English (both official); 24 major African language groups
  31. Canada: English, French (both official)
  32. Cape Verde: Portuguese, Criuolo
  33. Central African Republic: French (official), Sangho (lingua franca, national), tribal languages
  34. Chad: French, Arabic (both official), Sara, more than 120 languages and dialects
  35. Chile: Spanish
  36. China: Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
  37. Colombia: Spanish
  38. Comoros: Arabic and French (both official), Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend)
  39. Congo, Democratic Republic of the: French (official), Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba
  40. Congo, Republic of: French (official), Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, many local languages and dialects
  41. Costa Rica: Spanish (official), English
  42. Côte d'Ivoire: French (official) and African languages
  43. Croatia: Croatian (official), others (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German)
  44. Cuba: Spanish
  45. Cyprus: Greek, Turkish (both official), English
  46. Czech Republic: Czech
  47. Denmark: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German, English is predominant second language
  48. Djibouti: French and Arabic (both official), Somali, Afar
  49. Dominica: English (official) and French patois
  50. Dominican Republic: Spanish
  51. East Timor: Tetum, Portuguese (official), Bahasa Indonesia, English, other indigenous languages, including Tetum, Galole, Mambae and Kemak
  52. Ecuador: Spanish (official), Quechua other Amerindian languages
  53. Egypt: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
  54. El Salvador: Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
  55. Equatorial Guinea: Spanish, French (both official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
  56. Eritrea: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
  57. Estonia: Estonian (official), Russian
  58. Ethiopia: Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, over 70 others
  59. Fiji: English (official), Fijian, Hindustani
  60. Finland: Finnish, Swedish(both official), small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities
  61. France: French, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
  62. Gabon: French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
  63. Gambia: English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous
  64. Georgia: Georgian (official), Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, other (Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia)
  65. Germany: German
  66. Ghana: English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
  67. Greece:Greek (official), English, French
  68. Grenada:English (official), French patois
  69. Guatemala: Spanish, Amerindian languages (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
  70. Guinea: French (official), native tongues (Malinké, Susu, Fulani)
  71. Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages
  72. Guyana: English (official), Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu
  73. Haiti: Creole and French (both official)
  74. Honduras: Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects, English widely spoken in business
  75. Hungary: Magyar (Hungarian)
  76. Iceland: Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
  77. India: Hindi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all official); Hindi/Urdu, 1,600+ dialects
  78. Indonesia: Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects
  79. Iran: Persian and Persian dialects, Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Luri, Balochi, Arabic, Turkish
  80. Iraq: Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
  81. Ireland: English, Irish (Gaelic) (both official)
  82. Israel: Hebrew (official), Arabic, English
  83. Italy: Italian (official), German, French, and Slovene-speaking minorities
  84. Jamaica: English, Jamaican Creole
  85. Japan: Japanese
  86. Jordan: Arabic (official), English
  87. Kazakhstan: Kazak (Qazaq, state language), Russian (official, used in everyday business)
  88. Kenya: English (official), Swahili (national) and numerous indigenous languages
  89. Kiribati: English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
  90. Korea, North: Korean
  91. Korea, South: Korean, English widely taught
  92. Kuwait: Arabic (official), English
  93. Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz, Russian (both official)
  94. Laos: Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
  95. Latvia: Latvian (official), Russian, Lithuanian
  96. Lebanon: Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
  97. Lesotho: English, Sesotho (both official), Zulu,
  98. Liberia: English (official), some 20 ethnic-group languages
  99. Libya: Arabic, Italian, and English widely understood in major cities
  100. Liechtenstein: German (official), Alemannic dialect
  101. Lithuania: Lithuanian (official), Russian , Polish
  102. Luxembourg: Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative)
  103. Macedoni: Macedonian, Albanian(both official), Turkish, Roma, Serbian
  104. Madagascar: Malagasy and French (both official)
  105. Malawi: Chichewa (official), Chinyanja, Chiyao%, Chitumbuka, Chisena, Chilomwe, Chitonga
  106. Malaysia: Bahasa Melayu (Malay, official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; several indigenous languages (including Iban, Kadazan) in East Malaysia
  107. Maldives: Maldivian Dhivehi (official); English spoken by most government officials
  108. Mali: French (official), Bambara, numerous African languages
  109. Malta: Maltese and English (both official)
  110. Marshall Islands: Marshallese (two major dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family), English widely spoken as a second language (both official), Japanese
  111. Mauritania: Hassaniya Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Wolof
  112. Mauritius: English less than (official), Creole, Bojpoori, French
  113. Mexico: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl and other regional indigenous languages
  114. Micronesia: English (official, common), Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
  115. Moldova: Moldovan (official, virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
  116. Monaco: French (official), English, Italian, Monégasque
  117. Mongolia: Mongolian, Turkic and Russian
  118. Montenegro: Serbian/Montenegrin (Ijekavian dialect—official)
  119. Morocco: Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often used for business, government and diplomacy
  120. Mozambique: Portuguese (official), Emakhuwa, Xichangana, Elomwe, Cisena, Echuwabo, other Mozambican languages
  121. Myanmar: Burmese, minority languages
  122. Namibia: English (official), Afrikaans, German, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
  123. Nauru: Nauruan (official), English
  124. Nepal: Nepali (official), Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, English spoken by many in government and business
  125. Netherlands: Dutch, Frisian (both official)
  126. New Zealand: English, Maori (both official)
  127. Nicaragua: Spanish(official), English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
  128. Niger: French (official), Hausa, Djerma
  129. Nigeria: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and more than 200 others
  130. Norway: Bokmål Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian (both official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities (Sami is official in six municipalities)
  131. Oman: Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects
  132. Pakistan: Urdu, English (both official), Punjabi, Sindhi, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant), Pashtu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, Burushaski
  133. Palau: Palauan, English, Sonsoralese, Tobi, Angaur (each official on some islands), Filipino, Chinese, Carolinian, Japanese
  134. Panama: Spanish (official), English
  135. Papua New Guinea: Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English, 715 indigenous languages
  136. Paraguay: Spanish, Guaraní (both official)
  137. Peru: Spanish, Quéchua (both official), Aymara, many minor Amazonian languages
  138. Philippines: Filipino (based on Tagalog), English (both official), eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango and Pangasinense
  139. Poland: Polish
  140. Portugal: Portuguese, Mirandese (both official)
  141. Qatar: Arabic (official), English a common second language
  142. Romania: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
  143. Russia: Russian
  144. Rwanda: Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official), Kiswahili in commercial centers
  145. St. Kitts and Nevis: English
  146. St. Lucia: English (official), French patois
  147. St. Vincent and the Grenadines: English, French patois
  148. Samoa: Samoan, English
  149. San Marino: Italian
  150. São Tomé and Príncipe: Portuguese (official)
  151. Saudi Arabia: Arabic
  152. Senegal: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
  153. Serbia: Serbian (official), Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina), Albanian (official in Kosovo)
  154. Seychelles: Seselwa Creole, English, French (all official)
  155. Sierra Leone: English (official), Mende (southern vernacular), Temne (northern vernacular), Krio (lingua franca)
  156. Singapore: Mandarin, English, Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Tamil, other Chinese dialects
  157. Slovakia: Slovak (official), Hungarian, Roma, Ukrainian
  158. Slovenia: Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian
  159. Solomon Islands: English (official), Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca), 120 indigenous languages
  160. Somalia: Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian
  161. South Africa: IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, English, Setswana, Sesotho, Xitsonga
  162. Spain: Castilian Spanish (official nationwide), Catalan, Galician, Basque (each official regionally)
  163. Sri Lanka: Sinhala (official and national), Tamil (national), English is commonly used in government
  164. Sudan: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
  165. Suriname: Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken, Hindustani, Javanese
  166. Swaziland: English, siSwati (both official)
  167. Sweden: Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
  168. Switzerland: German, French, Italian (all official), Romansch (national)
  169. Syria: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood, French, English
  170. Taiwan: Chinese (Mandarin, official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
  171. Tajikistan: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
  172. Tanzania: Swahili, English (both official), Arabic, many local languages
  173. Thailand: Thai (Siamese), English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
  174. Togo: French (official, commerce), Ewé, Mina (south), Kabyé, Dagomba (north) and many dialects
  175. Tonga: Tongan (an Austronesian language), English
  176. Trinidad and Tobago: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
  177. Tunisia: Arabic (official, commerce), French (commerce)
  178. Turkey: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli, Azeri, Kabardian
  179. Turkmenistan: Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek
  180. Tuvalu: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
  181. Uganda: English (official), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
  182. Ukraine: Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
  183. United Arab Emirates: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
  184. United Kingdom: English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
  185. United States: English, Spanish
  186. Uruguay: Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero
  187. Uzbekistan: Uzbek , Russian , Tajik
  188. Vanuatu: Bislama (a Melanesian pidgin English), English, French (all 3 official), more than 100 local languages
  189. Vatican City (Holy See): Italian, Latin, French, various other languages
  190. Venezuela: Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
  191. Vietnam: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
  192. Yemen: Arabic
  193. Zambia: English (official), major vernaculars: Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, about 70 other indigenous languages
  194. Zimbabwe: English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Countries and Capitals


Country - Capital

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  1. Afghanistan - Kabul
  2. Albania - Tirane
  3. Algeria - Algiers
  4. Andorra - Andorra la Vella
  5. Angola - Luanda
  6. Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's
  7. Argentina - Buenos Aires
  8. Armenia - Yerevan
  9. Australia - Canberra
  10. Austria - Vienna
  11. Azerbaijan - Baku
  12. The Bahamas - Nassau
  13. Bahrain - Manama
  14. Bangladesh - Dhaka
  15. Barbados - Bridgetown
  16. Belarus - Minsk
  17. Belgium - Brussels
  18. Belize - Belmopan
  19. Benin - Porto-Novo
  20. Bhutan - Thimphu
  21. Bolivia - La Paz (administrative), Sucre (judicial)
  22. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo
  23. Botswana - Gaborone
  24. Brazil - Brasilia
  25. Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
  26. Bulgaria - Sofia
  27. Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
  28. Burundi - Bujumbura
  29. Cambodia - Phnom Penh
  30. Cameroon - Yaounde
  31. Canada - Ottawa
  32. Cape Verde - Praia
  33. Central African Republic - Bangui
  34. Chad - N'Djamena
  35. Chile - Santiago
  36. China - Beijing
  37. Colombia - Bogota
  38. Comoros - Moroni
  39. Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville
  40. Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa
  41. Costa Rica - San Jose
  42. Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (de facto)
  43. Croatia - Zagreb
  44. Cuba - Havana
  45. Cyprus - Nicosia
  46. Czech Republic - Prague
  47. Denmark - Copenhagen
  48. Djibouti - Djibouti
  49. Dominica - Roseau
  50. Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
  51. East Timor (Timor-Leste) - Dili
  52. Ecuador - Quito
  53. Egypt - Cairo
  54. El Salvador - San Salvador
  55. Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
  56. Eritrea - Asmara
  57. Estonia - Tallinn
  58. Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
  59. Fiji - Suva
  60. Finland - Helsinki
  61. France - Paris
  62. Gabon - Libreville
  63. The Gambia - Banjul
  64. Georgia - Tbilisi
  65. Germany - Berlin
  66. Ghana - Accra
  67. Greece - Athens
  68. Grenada - Saint George's
  69. Guatemala - Guatemala City
  70. Guinea - Conakry
  71. Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
  72. Guyana - Georgetown
  73. Haiti - Port-au-Prince
  74. Honduras - Tegucigalpa
  75. Hungary - Budapest
  76. Iceland - Reykjavik
  77. India - New Delhi
  78. Indonesia - Jakarta
  79. Iran - Tehran
  80. Iraq - Baghdad
  81. Ireland - Dublin
  82. Israel - Jerusalem
  83. Italy - Rome
  84. Jamaica - Kingston
  85. Japan - Tokyo
  86. Jordan - Amman
  87. Kazakhstan - Astana
  88. Kenya - Nairobi
  89. Kiribati - Tarawa Atoll
  90. Korea, North - Pyongyang
  91. Korea, South - Seoul
  92. Kosovo - Pristina
  93. Kuwait - Kuwait City
  94. Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
  95. Laos - Vientiane
  96. Latvia - Riga
  97. Lebanon - Beirut
  98. Lesotho - Maseru
  99. Liberia - Monrovia
  100. Libya - Tripoli
  101. Liechtenstein - Vaduz
  102. Lithuania - Vilnius
  103. Luxembourg - Luxembourg
  104. Macedonia - Skopje
  105. Madagascar - Antananarivo
  106. Malawi - Lilongwe
  107. Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
  108. Maldives - Male
  109. Mali - Bamako
  110. Malta - Valletta
  111. Marshall Islands - Majuro
  112. Mauritania - Nouakchott
  113. Mauritius - Port Louis
  114. Mexico - Mexico City
  115. Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir
  116. Moldova - Chisinau
  117. Monaco - Monaco
  118. Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
  119. Montenegro - Podgorica
  120. Morocco - Rabat
  121. Mozambique - Maputo
  122. Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon (Yangon), Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
  123. Namibia - Windhoek
  124. Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
  125. Nepal - Kathmandu
  126. Netherlands - Amsterdam, The Hague (seat of government)
  127. New Zealand - Wellington
  128. Nicaragua - Managua
  129. Niger - Niamey
  130. Nigeria - Abuja
  131. Norway - Oslo
  132. Oman - Muscat
  133. Pakistan - Islamabad
  134. Palau - Melekeok
  135. Panama - Panama City
  136. Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
  137. Paraguay - Asuncion
  138. Peru - Lima
  139. Philippines - Manila
  140. Poland - Warsaw
  141. Portugal - Lisbon
  142. Qatar - Doha
  143. Romania - Bucharest
  144. Russia - Moscow
  145. Rwanda - Kigali
  146. Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
  147. Saint Lucia - Castries
  148. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown
  149. Samoa - Apia
  150. San Marino - San Marino
  151. Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome
  152. Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  153. Senegal - Dakar
  154. Serbia - Belgrade
  155. Seychelles - Victoria
  156. Sierra Leone - Freetown
  157. Singapore - Singapore
  158. Slovakia - Bratislava
  159. Slovenia - Ljubljana
  160. Solomon Islands - Honiara
  161. Somalia - Mogadishu
  162. South Africa - Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judiciary)
  163. Spain - Madrid
  164. Sri Lanka - Colombo, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
  165. Sudan - Khartoum
  166. Suriname - Paramaribo
  167. Swaziland - Mbabane
  168. Sweden - Stockholm
  169. Switzerland - Bern
  170. Syria - Damascus
  171. Taiwan - Taipei
  172. Tajikistan - Dushanbe
  173. Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Dodoma (legislative)
  174. Thailand - Bangkok
  175. Togo - Lome
  176. Tonga - Nuku'alofa
  177. Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain
  178. Tunisia - Tunis
  179. Turkey - Ankara
  180. Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
  181. Tuvalu - Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
  182. Uganda - Kampala
  183. Ukraine - Kyiv
  184. United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  185. United Kingdom - London
  186. United States of America - Washington DC
  187. Uruguay - Montevideo
  188. Uzbekistan - Tashkent
  189. Vanuatu - Port-Vila
  190. Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City
  191. Venezuela - Caracas
  192. Vietnam - Hanoi
  193. Yemen - Sanaa
  194. Zambia - Lusaka
  195. Zimbabwe - Harare