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Latest revision as of 02:09, 12 October 2010
See also UN members n-z
A
- Afghanistan [r]: A landlocked Islamic republic in Central Asia which borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. [e]
- Albania [r]: Republic in south-eastern Europe (population c. 3.6 million; capital Tirana), with a long Adriatic coastline on the west and land borders with Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Greece. [e]
- Algeria [r]: North African republic that constitutionally recognises Islam plus Arab and Berber ethnic groups; second-largest African nation, population about 34,000,000. [e]
- Andorra [r]: Small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. [e]
- Angola [r]: A country in southern Africa, and Africa's largest Portuguese-speaking state. [e]
- Antigua and Barbuda [r]: Independent nation in the Caribbean and part of the Commonwealth of Nations. [e]
- Argentina [r]: Second largest South American country; speaks Spanish. [e]
- Armenia [r]: A mountainous country in the Middle East, formerly part of the Soviet Union. [e]
- Australia [r]: Continent in the Southern Hemisphere and the federal parliamentary nation that occupies it. [e]
- Austria [r]: Federal republic in central Europe (population c. 8.2 million; capital Vienna), bordered to the north by Germany and the Czech Republic; to the south by Italy and Slovenia; to the west by Switzerland and Liechtenstein; and to the east by Hungary and Slovakia. [e]
- Azerbaijan [r]: A country variously considered part of Central Asia or Southwestern Asia, with a shore on the Caspian Sea, major borders with Iran and Russia, a tense border with Armenia and a small European portion north of the Caucasus Mountains [e]
B
- Bahamas, The [r]: Island nation located east of Florida and north of Cuba and Haiti. [e]
- Bahrain [r]: A kingdom in the Middle East which forms an archipelago lying in the Persian Gulf. [e]
- Bangladesh [r]: Country in southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India. [e]
- Barbados [r]: Island east of the Caribbean, an independent state within the British Commonwealth, whose principal source of income is tourism. [e]
- Belarus [r]: A landlocked country in Eastern Europe. [e]
- Belgium [r]: Federal monarchy (population c. 10.5 million; capital Brussels) in western Europe, located between France, Germany and the Netherlands, and with a short coastline on the North Sea; founding member of the European Union. [e]
- Belize [r]: Country (formerly known as British Honduras) located in Central America, bordering Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the west and south, whose capital city is Belmopan. [e]
- Benin [r]: An African republic, bordering Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger and the Gulf of Guinea, which gained independence from France in 1960. [e]
- Bhutan [r]: Landlocked constitutional republic in the Himalayan Mountains. [e]
- Bolivia [r]: Landlocked state in South America, formerly part of the Inca Empire, independent since 1825. [e]
- Bosnia and Herzegovina [r]: Formerly part of Yugoslavia, a mountainous federal democratic republic (population c. 4.6 million; capital Sarajevo) bordering Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and with a few kilometres of Adriatic coast on the southern tip of the country. [e]
- Botswana [r]: Landlocked republic in southern Africa, formerly known as Bechuanaland. [e]
- Brazil [r]: Largest country in South America with a population of 190 million people and rich resources; Portuguese is the national language [e]
- Brunei [r]: Country in North Borneo. [e]
- Bulgaria [r]: Mountainous republic (population c. 7.3 million; capital Sofia) in south-eastern Europe, bordered by Romania to the north (with River Danube as border); the Black Sea to the east; Greece and Turkey to the south; and Yugoslavia and Macedonia to the west. [e]
- Burkina Faso [r]: Landlocked West African nation with significant gold reserves and an economy based primarily on cotton; formerly a French colony (population about 18 million). [e]
- Burundi [r]: A country of Central Africa, having borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania, as well as coast on Lake Tanganikya. [e]
C
- Cambodia [r]: A country of Southeast Asia, on the Gulf of Thailand, sharing borders with Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos [e]
- Cameroon [r]: (population 18 million) A country located in West/Central Africa which shares boundaries with Chad to the north, Nigeria to the west, Central African Republic to the east, Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to the south. [e]
- Canada [r]: The world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America; officially a bilingual nation, in English and French (population approx. 27 million). [e]
- Cape Verde [r]: Island republic, spanning an archipelago of ten islands and five islets in the Atlantic Ocean, off Senegal. [e]
- Central African Republic [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chile [r]: Add brief definition or description
- China [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Colombia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Comoros [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Congo-Brazzaville [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Congo-Kinshasa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Costa Rica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Côte d'Ivoire [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Croatia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cuba [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cyprus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Czech Republic [r]: Add brief definition or description
D
- Denmark [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Djibouti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dominica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dominican Republic [r]: Add brief definition or description
E
- Ecuador [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Egypt [r]: Add brief definition or description
- El Salvador [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Equatoral Guinea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Eritrea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Estonia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ethiopia [r]: Add brief definition or description
F
- Fiji [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Finland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- France [r]: Add brief definition or description
G
- Gabon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gambia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Georgia (country) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Germany [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ghana [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Greece [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Grenada [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guatemala [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guinea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guinea Bissau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guvana [r]: Add brief definition or description
H
- Haiti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Honduras [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hungary [r]: Add brief definition or description
I
- Iceland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- India [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Indonesia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Iran [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Iraq [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ireland (state) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Israel [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Italy [r]: Add brief definition or description
J
- Jamaica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Japan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jordan [r]: Add brief definition or description
K
- Kazakhstan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kenya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kiribati [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kuwait [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kyrgzstan [r]: Add brief definition or description
L
- Laos [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Latvia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lebanon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lesotho [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Liberia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Libya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Leichtenstein [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lithuania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Luxembourg [r]: Add brief definition or description
M
- Madagascar [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Malawi [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Malaysia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Maldives [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mali [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Malta [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Marshall Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mauritania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mauritius [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mexico [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Micronesia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Moldova [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Monaco [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mongolia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Montenegro [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Morocco [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mozambique [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Myanmar (formerly Burma) [r]: Add brief definition or description