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AW-Datafile Aaland|Aland 256 Autonomous Province of Åland (Swedish) / .. of Ahvenanmaa (Finnish) [FIN] 1|North Europe|Baltic Sea Mariehamn Swedish (75%) and Finnish (25%)|Swedish|Finnish Protestants|Christians 1481.0 24800 | 1.6 ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Finnmark|Mark ? Nordic Council Afghanistan 1 Islamic State of Afghanistan AFG 3|Central Asia Kabul Dari (50%, related to Persian), Pashto (40%), Uzbek (5%)|Dari|Pashto|Uzbek|Fars|Persian Muslims (84% Sunnites, 15% Shiites)|Muslims|Shiites|Sunnites 652225.0 23481000 | 2.6 45 | 69 | 20 ? | / ? | ? 1 Afghani = 100 Puls|Afghani 114 UN Albania 3 Republic of Albania AL 1|Southeast Europe|Mediterranean Tirané Albanian, Greek minority|Albanian|Greek Muslims (70%, mostly Sunnites), Orthodoxes (20%), Catholics (10%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Christians|Orthodoxes|Catholics 28748.0 3260000 | 1.0 72 | 28 | 37 2199 | 1.4 13.1 | 29.7 1 Lek = 100 Qindarka|Lek 341 UN, OSCE, Council of Europe (since 1995) Algeria 4 Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria; WWW/AL DZ 2|North Africa|Mediterranean Al Jaza'ir (Algiers)|Al Jaza'ir Arabic (70%) and Berber languages (30%)|Arabic|Berber languages Islam (99% Sunnites)|Muslims|Sunnites 2381741.0 27959000 | 2.5 68 | 38 | 56 44609 | .1 28.0 | 23.1 1 Algerian Dinar = 100 Centimes|Dinar 906 UN, Arab League, OAU, OPEC American Samoa|Samoa 190 Unincorporated Territory of American Samoa [USA] 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Polynesia|Pacific Pago Pago|Fagatogo|Agana Samoan and English|English|Samoan Protestants (50%), Catholics (20%)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics 194.8 57000 | 3.9 73 | 3 | ? ? | / 13.0 | ? US Dollar|Dollar ? AOSIS Andorra 5 The Principality of Andorra AND 1|Southwest Europe|South Europe Andorra la Vella|Andorra Spanish (58%), Catalan (35%) and French (7%)|Spanish|Catalan|French Catholics (94%)|Christians|Catholics 467.8 64000 | 4.2 77 | 3 | 63 ? | / ? | ? French Franc and Spanish Peseta|Franc|Peseta|French Franc ? UN, OSCE (since 1996), Council of Europe (since 1994) Angola 6 People's Republic of Angola ANG 2|Southwest Africa|Atlantic Luanda Portuguese (official language), Umbundu and other Bantu languages|Portuguese|Umbundu Christians (85%, mostly Catholics), ethnic religions|Christians|Catholics|Ethnic 1246700.0 10772000 | 3.0 48 | 58 | 32 4422 | -4.1 2.2 | 169.5 Kwanza 89 UN, WTO, OAU Anguilla 7 British Dependency of Anguilla [GB] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic The Valley English Anglicans and Methodists, also Catholics and Adventists|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants|Catholics 96.0 10300 | 3.2 ? | ? | ? ? | / 7.2 | 2.4 1 East Caribbean Dollar (EC$) = 100 Cents|East Caribbean Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua|Barbuda 8 Antigua and Barbuda AG 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Saint John's|St.John's English Anglicans (75%), Catholics (22%)|Christians|Anglicans|Catholics 441.6 65000 | .5 72 | 5 | 36 453 | 5.5 ? | 4.4 1 East Caribbean Dollar (EC$) = 100 Cents|East Caribbean Dollar|Dollar 2017 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Argentina 10 Argentinian Republic RA 6|South America|Atlantic Buenos Aires Spanish Roman Catholics (91%), Protestants (2%), Jews (1%), Muslims (1%)|Christians|Catholics|Jews 2766889.0 34665000 | 1.3 73 | 4 | 88 278431 | 5.5 18.0 | 220.0 1 Argentinian Peso (P) = 100 Centavos|Peso 1504 UN, WTO, OAS Armenia 11 Republic of Armenia ARM 13|Middle East Yerevan|Erivan Armenian (93%) and Russian (44%)|Armenian|Russian Armenian, orthodoxe and protestant Christians|Christians|Orthodoxes|Protestants 29800.0 3760000 | 1.2 73 | 3 | 69 2752 | -21.2 8.1 | 170.0 1 Dram = 100 Luma|Dram 384 UN, CIS, OSCE, guest status at Council of Europe Aruba 12 Aruba [NL] 56|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Oranjestad Dutch and Papiamentu (Spanish pidgin language with Dutch and English influences)|Papiamentu|Dutch Christians (80% Catholics, 12% Protestants)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 193.0 80000 | 1.1 ? | ? | ? ? | / .5 | 5.3 1 Aruba-Guilder = 100 Cent|Guilder ? - Ascension|St.Helena|Saint Helena 13 St. Helena Dependencies (Ascension) [GB] 2|Atlantic Georgetown English Christians 88.0 1054 | -2.0 ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? 1 St. Helena Pound = 100 Pence (= 1 Pound Sterling)|Pound Sterling|Pound ? Commonwealth Ashmore Island and Cartier Island|Ashmore Island|Ashmore 255 The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands [AUS] 4|Australasia|Indic - - - 1.9 0 | / / | / | / 0 | / / | / - / - Australia 16 Australia AUS 4|Australasia|Indic|Pacific Canberra English (98%) and Aboriginal languages (1%)|English Roman Catholics (26%), Anglicans (24%), Protestants (14%), other Christians (7%)|Christians|Anglicans|Catholics|Protestants 7682300.0 18054000 | 1.4 78 | 3 | 85 337909 | 3.5 8.5 | 3.8 1 Australian Dollar (A$) = 100 Cents|Australian Dollar|Dollar 5341 UN, WTO, OECD, APEC, Commonwealth Austria 164 Republic of Austria A 1|Central Europe Wien (Vienna)|Wien|Vienna German Catholics (78%), Protestants (5%), Muslims (2%)|Christians|Catholics 83845.0 8054000 | .6 77 | 3 | 56 216547 | 1.8 6.2 | 3.0 1 Shilling (AS) = 100 Groschen|Shilling 3301 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU (since 1995), OSCE Azerbaijan 14 Azerbaijani Republic AZ 13|Middle East Baku|Baky Azerbaijani (Azeri, 90%), Russian (5%) and Armenian|Azeri|Armenian|Russian|Azerbaijani Islam (60% Shiites, 30% Sunnites)|Muslims|Shiites|Sunnites 86600.0 7500000 | 1.2 71 | 3 | 56 3601 | -20.2 27.0 | 260.0 Manat 2182 UN, CIS, OSCE, guest status at Council of Europe Bahamas|The Bahamas|Bahama Islands 17 Commonwealth of the Bahamas BS 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Nassau English Baptists (32%), Anglicans (20%), Catholics (19%), Methodists (6%), Church of God (6%)|Christians|Catholics|Anglicans|Protestants 13939.0 276000 | 1.7 74 | 3 | 85 3297 | 1.3 13.1 | 3.2 1 Bahamian Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 6864 UN, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Bahrain 18 State of Bahrain; WWW/AL BRN 3|Middle East|Persian Gulf Al-Manama|Manama Arabic Shiite (58%) and sunnite (32%) Muslims, Christians (6%), Hindus (4%)|Muslims|Shiites|Sunnites 695.3 577000 | 3.1 72 | 15 | 89 4525 | .7 30.0 | .4 1 Bahrain Dinar = 1000 Fils|Dinar 10268 UN, WTO, Arab League Bangladesh 19 People's Republic of Bangladesh BD 3|South Asia|Indic Dacca Bengali (Bangla, 95%), Urdu|Bengali|Bangla|Urdu Muslims (87%, mostly Sunnites), Hindus (12%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Hindus 147570.0 119768000 | 2.0 57 | 62 | 18 28599 | 4.1 1.2 | 6.4 1 Taka = 100 Poisha|Taka 64 UN, WTO, Commonwealth Barbados 20 Barbados BDS 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Bridgetown English Anglicans (40%), other churches (25%)|Anglicans|Christians 430.0 266000 | .5 76 | 3 | 46 1745 | 1.0 22.8 | 2.5 1 Barbados Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 1375 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Belarus|Byelorussia 244 Republic of Belarus BY 1|East Europe Minsk|Mensk Belarusian (78%) and Russian (83%)|Belarusian|Russian|Belorusian Russian-orthodoxe (60%) and catholic (8%) Christians|Orthodoxes|Christians 207595.0 10339000 | .4 70 | 3 | 71 21356 | -9.3 20.0 | 320.0 1 Belarus-Rouble = 100 Kopecks|Rouble 2392 UN, CIS, OSCE, guest status at Council of Europe Belgium 21 Kingdom of Belgium B 1|West Europe|North Sea|Atlantic Brussel/Bruxelles (Brussels)|Brussel|Bruxelles|Brussels Dutch (Flemish, 57%), French (42%), German (1%)|Dutch|French|Flemish Catholics (88%), Muslims (3%)|Christians|Catholics 30518.0 10146000 | .3 77 | 3 | 97 250710 | 1.1 12.8 | 2.8 1 Belgian Franc (BF) = 100 Centimes|Franc 5120 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, NATO, OSCE, WEU, Benelux Belize 22 Belize BZ 5|Central America|Atlantic Belmopan English, Spanish (15%), Carib, Maya and other Indian languages|English|Spanish|Maya Catholics (58%), Anglicans (12%), Methodists (6%), Mennonites (4%) and other Protestants (6%)|Christians|Catholics|Anglicans|Protestants 22965.0 216000 | 2.6 69 | 7 | 47 568 | 4.7 13.1 | 3.5 1 Belize Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 417 UN, WTO, Commonwealth, OAS, AOSIS Benin 23 Republic of Benin DY 2|West Africa|Atlantic Porto-Novo, seat of government: Cotonou|Porto Novo|Cotonou French (official language), Hausa, Yoruba and 60 other languages|French|Yoruba|Hausa Ethnic religions (65%), Catholics (20%), Muslims (15%)|Christians|Catholics|Muslims|Ethnic 112622.0 5475000 | 3.0 48 | 63 | 42 2034 | 4.1 25.0 | 5.0 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 20 UN, WTO, OAU Bermuda Islands|Bermudas|Bermuda 24 Crown Colony of the Bermuda Islands [GB] 5|Atlantic Hamilton English Protestants (40%), Anglicans (37%), Catholics (16%)|Christians|Protestants|Anglicans|Catholics 53.5 63000 | 1.2 ? | ? | ? 1746 | -6.0 ? | 4.3 1 Bermuda Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 2798 Commonwealth Bhutan 25 Kingdom of Bhutan BHT 3|South Asia Thimphu, in wintertime: Punakha|Punakha|Thimbu|Thimphu Dzongha and Nepali|Dzongkha|Nepali Buddhists (72%), Hindus (20%), Muslims (5%)|Buddhists|Hindus|Muslims 46500.0 695000 | 2.6 52 | 58 | 6 295 | 6.9 ? | 8.4 1 Ngultrum = 100 Chetrum (= 1 Indian Rupee)|Ngultrum|Rupee 33 UN Bolivia 26 Republic of Bolivia BOL 6|South America Sucre, seat of government: La Paz|Sucre|La Paz Spanish (66%), Quechua (40%) and Aymara (30%)|Spanish|Quechua|Aymara Roman Catholics (85%)|Christians|Catholics 1098581.0 7414000 | 2.3 60 | 17 | 58 5905 | 3.8 18.8 | 16.0 1 Boliviano = 100 Centavos|Boliviano 373 UN, WTO, OAS Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Hercegovina|Bosnia|Bosnia-Hercegovina|Bosnia-Herzegovina 27 Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina BIH 1|Southeast Europe|Mediterranean Sarajevo Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (= Serbo-Croat with different alphabets)|Serbo-Croat|Serbo-Croatian|Bosnian|Croatian|Serbian Muslims (44%, mostly Sunnites), Serbian Orthodoxes (31%), Roman Catholics (17%)|Muslims|Christians|Orthodoxes|Catholics|Sunnites 51129.0 4383000 | .1 73 | 15 | 49 ? | / 80.0 | 30.0 Convertible Mark (parity with Deutsche Mark)|Mark 348 UN, OSCE, guest status at Council of Europe Botswana 28 Republic of Botswana RB 2|South Africa Gaborone SeTswana and other Bantu languages, English as official language|SeTswana|English Ethnic religions (55%), Christians (30%)|Ethnic|Christians 582000.0 1450000 | 3.0 66 | 30 | 31 4381 | 4.2 29.0 | 11.6 1 Pula = 100 Thebe|Pula 387 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Bouvet Island|Bouvet 29 Bouvet Island [N] 7|Atlantic - - - 59.0 0 | / / | / | / 0 | / / | / - / - Brazil 30 Federal Republic of Brazil BR 6|South America|Atlantic Brasilia Portuguese (with Brazilian peculiarities), about 180 Indio languages like Tupi and Ges|Portuguese|Tupi|Ges Christians (85% Catholics, 8% Protestants)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 8511996.0 159222000 | 1.6 67 | 17 | 78 579787 | 2.8 4.4 | 800.0 1 Real (R$) = 100 Centavos|Real 718 UN, WTO, OAS Brunei Darussalam|Brunei|Brunai 31 Brunei Darussalam BRU 3|Southeast Asia|Pacific Bandar Seri Begawan Malay (70%), Chinese (16%), also Iban and English|Malay|Chinese|Iban|English Muslims (67%, mostly Sunnites), Buddhists, Daoists and Confucians (total: 15%), Christians (10%)|Muslims|Buddhists|Christians|Confucians 5765.0 285000 | 2.5 75 | 12 | 58 3975 | 1.0 4.7 | .5 1 Brunei Dollar = 100 Cents (= 1 Singapore-Dollar)|Dollar 10839 UN, WTO, ASEAN, APEC, Commonwealth Bulgaria 32 Republic of Bulgaria BG 1|Southeast Europe|Black Sea Sofiya|Sofija Bulgarian, Turkish speaking minority|Bulgarian|Turkish Orthodox Christians (70%), sunnite Muslims (15%)|Christians|Orthodoxes|Muslims|Sunnites 110994.0 8409000 | -.6 71 | 3 | 71 11225 | -4.3 13.0 | 60.0 1 Leva = 100 Stótinki|Leva 2438 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE Burkina Faso|Upper Volta 33 Burkina Faso BF 2|West Africa Ouagadougou French (official language), Fulani and other African languages|French|Fulani Ethnic religions (60%), Muslims (43%), Roman Catholics (12%)|Ethnic|Muslims|Catholics|Christians 274200.0 10377000 | 2.8 47 | 81 | 27 2417 | 2.6 ? | 2.5 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 16 UN, WTO, OAU Burundi 34 Republic of Burundi BU 2|East Africa Bujumbura Kirundi and French (official languages), Swahili|Kirundi|French|Swahili Catholics (63%), other Christians (7%), ethnic religions (40%)|Christians|Catholics|Ethnic 27834.0 6264000 | 2.8 51 | 65 | 8 984 | -2.3 ? | 6.1 1 Burundi Franc = 100 Centimes|Franc 23 UN, WTO, OAU Cambodia|Kampuchea 95 Kingdom of Cambodia K 3|Southeast Asia|Pacific Phnom Penh Khmer (Cambodian, 92%), Vietnamese (6%), Chinese (2%)|Khmer|Chinese|Vietnamese|Cambodian Buddhists (80%), Muslims (2%)|Buddhists 181035.0 10024000 | 3.0 53 | 65 | 21 2718 | 6.4 ? | 63.0 Riel 52 UN Cameroon 96 Republic of Cameroon CAM 2|Central Africa|Atlantic Yaoundé French (80%), English (20%) (official languages), Ybo, Hausa, etc.|English|French|Ybo|Hausa Ethnic religions (40%), Catholics (35%), other Christians (18%), Muslims (22%)|Ethnic|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Muslims 475442.0 13288000 | 2.9 57 | 37 | 45 8615 | -1.8 25.0 | 2.0 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 103 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Canada 97 Canada CDN 5|North America|Atlantic|Pacific Ottawa English (95%) and French (30%) plus languages of the Inuit and Red Indians|English|French|Eskimo|Inuit Catholics (41%), Protestants (15%), Anglicans (8%), other Christians (4%), Muslims, Jews and Sikhs (1%, each)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Anglicans|Orthodoxes|Jews|Sikhs|Muslims 9958319.0 29606000 | 1.3 78 | 3 | 77 573695 | 1.9 9.5 | 2.7 1 Canadian Dollar (can$) = 100 Cents|Dollar 7854 UN, WTO, OECD, NAFTA, APEC, NATO, OAS, OSCE, G7, Commonwealth Cape Verde|Cape Verte 99 Republic of Cape Verde CV 2|West Africa|Atlantic Praia Portuguese Catholics (96%)|Christians|Catholics 4033.0 380000 | 2.0 66 | 28 | 54 366 | ? 25.0 | 7.2 1 Cape Verte Escudo = 100 Centavos|Escudo 307 UN, OAU, AOSIS Cayman Islands 35 Crown Colony of the Cayman Islands [GB] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic George Town English Christians 259.0 33600 | 3.9 ? | ? | ? 784 | 9.3 5.3 | 2.8 1 Cayman Dollar (CI$) = 100 Cents|Dollar ? Commonwealth Central African Republic|Central Africa|CAR 248 Central African Republic RCA 2|Central Africa Bangui Sangho (Creole) and French|Sangho|French Ethnic religions (57%), Catholics (20%), Protestants (15%), Muslims (8%)|Ethnic|Muslims|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 622984.0 3275000 | 2.3 50 | 40 | 39 1123 | 1.0 7.5 | 3.7 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 29 UN, WTO, OAU Chad 222 Republic of Chad TCH 2|Central Africa N'Djamena Arabic and French (official languages), also African languages|Arabic|French Ethnic religions (55%), Islam (50%, mostly Sunnites), Catholic Church (7%)|Muslims|Ethnic|Christians|Sunnites 1284000.0 6448000 | 2.5 49 | 52 | 21 1144 | 1.9 ? | 3.1 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (=0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 16 UN, WTO, OAU Chagos Islands|BIOT|British Indian Ocean Territory 223 British Indian Ocean Territory [GB] 3|Indic (Military base on Diego Garcia) English Christians 60.0 2900 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? ? ? - Chile 36 Republic of Chile RCH 6|South America|Pacific Santiago de Chile|Santiago Spanish Roman Catholics (77%), other Christians (14%)|Christians|Catholics 756626.0 14225000 | 1.6 74 | 5 | 86 59151 | 7.3 7.0 | 17.5 1 Chilean Peso = 100 Centavos|Peso|Chilean Peso 1012 UN, WTO, APEC (since 1994), OAS China|People's Republic of China 37 People's Republic of China TJ 3|East Asia|Pacific Beijing Chinese (national language Mandarin, local dialects like Cantonese), regional languages: Mongolian, Uyghur, Tibetan|Chinese|Mongolian|Tibetan|Uighur|Cantonese|Khalkha|Uyghur Confucians (33%), Buddhists (10%), Daoists (3%), Muslims (2%), Christians (1%)|Confucians|Buddhists|Daoists|Muslims 9572384.0 1206431000 | 1.3 69 | 19 | 30 744890 | 12.8 15.0 | 9.0 1 Renminbi ¥uan (Rmb) = 10 Yiao|Renminbi ¥uan|¥uan|Yuan 647 UN (Security Council), APEC Christmas Island 243 Christmas Island [AUS] 4|Indic Flying Fish Cove English Buddhists (55%), Christians (15%), Muslims (10%)|Buddhists|Christians|Muslims 135.0 1275 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Australian Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth Clipperton Island|Clipperton 38 Clipperton Island (administerd by France from French Polynesia) [F] 5|Pacific - - - 1.6 0 | / / | / | / 0 | / / | / - / - Cocos Islands|Keeling Islands 106 Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands [AUS] 4|Indic Bantam English and Malay|English|Malay Muslims (57%), Christians (22%)|Muslims|Christians 14.2 670 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Australian Dollar|Dollar ? - Colombia 107 Republic of Colombia CO 6|South America|Pacific|Atlantic Bogotá|Santiago de Bogota Spanish (95%) and Indio languages (2%, Chibcha, Quechua, etc.)|Spanish|Chibcha|Quechua Catholics (95%)|Christians|Catholics 1141748.0 36813000 | 1.8 70 | 9 | 73 70263 | 4.6 14.5 | 24.5 1 Colombian Peso (col$) = 100 Centavos|Peso 622 UN, WTO, OAS Comores|Comoros|The Comores|Comoro Archipelago 108 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comores; WWW/AL COM 2|East Africa|Indic Moroni Comorian (a Swahili dialect), Arabic and French|Comorian|Swahili|French|Arabic Muslims (99%), Catholics (1%)|Muslims 1862.0 499000 | 2.8 57 | 43 | 30 237 | 1.2 15.8 | 4.0 1 Franc of the Comores = 100 Centimes (= 0.013 French Franc)|Franc 37 UN, Arab League, OAU, AOSIS Congo (Brazzaville)|Congo|Republic of Congo|Brazaville 109 Republic of Congo RCB 2|Central Africa|Atlantic Brazzaville French (official language), Lingala (50%), Kikongo, Teke et al.|French|Lingala|Kikongo|Teke Ethnic religions (50%), Roman Catholics (50%), Protestants (8%), Muslims (3%)|Ethnic|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 342000.0 2633000 | 3.1 51 | 25 | 59 1784 | -.6 20.0 | 9.0 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 331 UN, WTO, OAU Congo (Kinshasa)|Zaire|Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo|Kinshasa 247 Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) ZRE 2|Central Africa|Atlantic Kinshasa French (official language), ChiLuba, Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili etc.|French|ChiLuba|Kikongo|Lingala|Swahili Ethnic religions (50%), Roman Catholics (42%), Protestants (25%), other Christians (15%)|Ethnic|Christians|Protestants|Catholics 2344885.0 43848000 | 3.2 52 | 33 | 29 5313 | -3.0 30.0 | 800.0 1 New Zaire = 100 Makuta|Zaire 45 UN, WTO, OAU Cook Islands 39 Cook Islands [NZ] 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Pacific|Polynesia Avarua English Anglicans and Protestants (70%), Catholics (16%)|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants|Catholics 240.1 19000 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | 8.0 1 Cook Islands Dollar = 100 Cents (= 1 New Zealand Dollar)|New Zealand Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth, AOSIS Coral Sea Islands 251 Coral Sea Islands Territory [AUS] 4|Pacific - - - 8.0 0 | / / | / | / 0 | / / | / - / - Costa Rica 40 Republic of Costa Rica CR 5|Central America|Atlantic|Pacific San José Spanish Roman Catholics (89%), other Christians (8%)|Christians|Catholics 51100.0 3399000 | 2.5 77 | 5 | 50 8884 | 5.1 6.2 | 17.0 1 Costa Rican Colón = 100 Centimos|Colón|Colon 558 UN, WTO, OAS Cote d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast 41 Republic of Côte d'Ivoire CI 2|West Africa|Atlantic Yamoussoukro, seat of government: Abidjan|Yamoussoukro|Abidjan French (official language), Diula, Mosi and Manding|French Ethnic religions (60%), Muslims (27%), Christians (20%, most of them Catholics)|Ethnic|Muslims|Christians|Sunnites 322462.0 13978000 | 3.4 50 | 60 | 44 9238 | .7 15.0 | 4.0 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes [1 French Franc = 100 CFA-Francs]|CFA-Franc|Franc 103 UN, WTO, OAU Croatia 112 Republic of Croatia HR 1|Southeast Europe|Mediterranean Zagreb Croatian (= Serbo-Croat)|Croatian|Serbo-Croat|Serbo-Croatian Roman Catholic (77%), orthodox (11%) and protestant (1%) Christians, Muslims (1%)|Christians|Catholics|Orthodoxes 56538.0 4778000 | .2 72 | 3 | 64 15508 | .5 16.4 | 85.0 1 Kuna = 100 Lipa|Kuna 1395 UN, OSCE, Council of Europe (since 1996) Crozet Islands|TAAF 42 Crozet Islands (Part of the French Sourthern and Antarctic Territories) [F] 7|Indic Alfred-Faure French Catholics|Christians 515.0 100 | ? ? | ? | ? 0 | / ? | ? French Franc|Franc ? - Cuba 113 Republic of Cuba C 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic La Habana (Havana)|La Habana|Havana Spanish Roman Catholics (45%) -- more than 50% without denomination|Christians|Catholics 110860.0 11011000 | .9 76 | 3 | 76 ? | / 6.5 | 15.0 1 Cuban Peso = 100 Centavos|Peso 923 UN, WTO, OAS (again since 1996), AOSIS Cyprus 249 Republic of Cyprus CY 13|Mediterranean Levkosia|Nicosia|Lefkosa Greek (80%), Turkish (20%) and English|Greek|Turkish|English Greek Orthodox Christians (79%), sunnite Muslims (20%)|Christians|Orthodoxes|Muslims|Sunnites 9251.0 734000 | 1.1 77 | 6 | 53 7539 | 3.2 2.6 | 4.3 1 Cyprus pound = 100 Cents|Pound 2701 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE, Commonwealth, AOSIS Czech Republic|Czechia 224 Czech Republic CZ 1|Central Europe Praha (Prague)|Praha|Prague Czech (96%) and Slovak (2%)|Czech|Slovak Catholics (39%), Protestants (2%)|Christians|Catholics 78864.0 10332000 | .0 71 | 3 | 65 39990 | -2.6 3.8 | 12.1 1 Czech Koruna (K\vc) = 100 Haleru|Koruna 3868 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE, OECD (since 1995), NATO candidate Denmark 43 Kingdom of Denmark DK 1|North Europe|Baltic Sea|North Sea|Atlantic København (Copenhagen)|København|Copenhagen Danish (98%), German (1%)|Danish Protestants (89%)|Christians|Protestants 43094.0 5220000 | .2 76 | 3 | 85 156027 | 2.0 8.5 | 2.7 1 Danish Krone (Dkr) = 100 Øre|Krone 3977 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, Nordic Council, OSCE, NATO Djibouti 47 Republic of Djibouti DJI 2|Northeast Africa|Red Sea|Indic Djibouti French, Arabic and Somali|French|Arabic|Somali Islam (94% Sunnites), Roman Catholics (3%)|Muslims|Sunnites 23200.0 634000 | 4.8 49 | 54 | 83 500 | 2.0 ? | 4.4 1 Djiboutian Franc = 100 Centimes|Franc 909 UN, WTO, Arab League, OAU Dominica 45 Commonwealth of Dominica WD 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Roseau English Catholics (80%), other Christians (13%)|Catholics|Christians 749.8 73000 | -.1 73 | 3 | 41 218 | 2.6 15.0 | 4.4 1 East Caribbean Dollar (EC$) = 100 Cents|East Caribbean Dollar|Dollar 290 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Dominican Republic 46 Dominican Republic DOM 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Santo Domingo|Santo Domingo de Guzmán Spanish Roman Catholics (90%)|Christians|Catholics 48422.0 7822000 | 2.0 70 | 18 | 65 11390 | 3.9 30.0 | 25.0 1 Dominican Peso = 100 Centavos|Peso 337 UN, WTO, OAS Easter Island|Rapa Nui 163 Easter Island [RCH] 6|Pacific ? Spanish Catholics|Christians 162.5 2770 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? - ? - Ecuador 48 Republic of Ecuador EC 6|South America|Pacific Quito Spanish (90%), Quechua and other Indio languages|Spanish|Quechua Roman Catholics (93%)|Christians|Catholics 272045.0 11477000 | 2.3 69 | 10 | 58 15997 | 3.4 10.0 | 43.0 1 Sucre = 100 Centavos 565 UN, WTO, OAS Egypt 2 Arab Republic of Egypt ET 2|Northeast Africa|Mediterranean|Red Sea|North Africa|Middle East Al-Qahira (Cairo)|Al-Qahira|Cairo Arabic Islam (90%, mostly Sunnites), coptic Christians (4%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Christians|Copts 997739.0 57800000 | 2.2 65 | 49 | 45 45507 | 1.3 9.4 | 15.7 1 Egyptian Pound (LE) = 100 Piastres|Pound 600 UN, WTO, Arab League, OAU El Salvador 49 Republic of El Salvador ES 5|Central America|Pacific San Salvador Spanish Roman Catholics (92%), Protestants (8%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 21041.0 5623000 | 1.8 67 | 29 | 45 9057 | 6.1 8.0 | 12.5 1 El Salvador Colón = 100 Centavos|Colón|Colon 370 UN, WTO, OAS Equatorial Guinea 9 Republic of Equatorial Guinea GQ 2|Central Africa|Atlantic Malabo|Santa Isabel Spanish (official language), creole Portuguese, Bubi, Fang and other Bantu languages|Spanish|Bubi|Fang|Portuguese Roman Catholics (about 99%), ethnic religions|Christians|Catholics 28051.0 400000 | 2.5 49 | 50 | 40 152 | 4.0 ? | 4.1 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (=0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 80 UN, OAU Eritrea 250 State of Eritrea; WWW/AL ER 2|Northeast Africa|Red Sea Asmara|Asmera Arabic, Tingrinya and Gurage|Tingrinya|Gurage|Arabic Coptic Christians (ca. 45%) and Sunnite Muslims (ca. 45%)|Christians|Copts|Muslims|Sunnites 121144.0 3574000 | ? 52 | 80 | 17 360 | ? 50.0 | ? Nakfa ? UN, OAU Estonia 50 Republic of Estonia EST 1|East Europe|Baltic Sea Tallinn|Tallin Estonian (62%) and Russian (35%)|Estonian|Russian Lutherans (60%), Orthodoxes|Christians|Protestants|Orthodoxes 45227.0 1487000 | -.3 69 | 3 | 73 4252 | -9.2 8.0 | 72.0 1 Estonian Krone = 100 Senti|Krone 3709 UN, Council of Europe, OSCE Ethiopia 15 Democratic Federal Republic of Ethiopia ETH 2|Northeast Africa Addis Ababa|Addis Abeba|Adis Abeba|Adis Ababa Amharic (official language) and 70 other languages like Somali and Oromo|Amhara|Amharigna|Amharic|Somali|Oromo Sunnite Muslims (45%), Coptic Christians (40%), Ethnic religions (10%)|Christians|Copts|Muslims|Sunnites|Ethnic 1133380.0 56404000 | 2.6 49 | 65 | 13 5722 | 1.8 40.0 | 5.9 1 Birr = 100 Cents|Birr 21 UN, OAU Falkland Islands|Islas Malvinas 51 Crown Colony of the Falkland Islands [GB] 6|Atlantic Stanley|Port Stanley English Christians 12173.0 2564 | 1.3 ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | 4.1 1 Falkland Pound = 100 Pence (= 1 Pound Sterling)|Pound|Pound Sterling ? Commonwealth Faroe Islands|Föroyar|FærØrne 52 Autonomous Country of Föroyar [DK] 1|North Europe|Atlantic Thórshavn Föroyarian and Danish|Danish|Föroyarian Protestants|Christians 1398.9 43382 | .2 76 | 3 | 32 682 | 1.1 17.0 | 4.3 1 Föroyarian Krone = 100 oyru (= 1 Danish Krone)|Krone 3957 Nordic Council Fiji 53 Republic of Fiji FJI 4|Pacific, Melanesia|Pacific|Melanesia Suva Fiji, English and Hindi|English|Hindi|Fiji Hindus (38%), Methodists (25%), other Christians (28%), Muslims (8%)|Christians|Protestants|Hindus|Muslims 18376.0 775000 | 1.1 72 | 8 | 41 1895 | 2.0 5.6 | 4.9 1 Fiji Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 525 UN, WTO, AOSIS, Commonwealth (re-joined in 1997) Finland 54 Republic of Finland FIN 1|North Europe|Baltic Sea Helsinki (Swedish: Helsingfors)|Helsinki|Helsingfors Finnish (93%) and Swedish (6%)|Finnish|Swedish Lutheran Church (87%), Finnish-Orthodox Church (1%)|Christians|Protestants 338144.0 5110000 | .4 76 | 3 | 63 105174 | -.5 15.0 | 3.3 1 Finnish markka (FIM) = 100 Penniä|Finnmark|Markka|Mark 5997 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU (since 1995), OSCE, Nordic Council France 55 French Republic F 1|West Europe|Mediterranean|Atlantic Paris French, in some regions Basque, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Dutch (Flemish), German, Occitan|French|Occitan|Basque|Breton|Corsican|Flemish Roman Catholics (81%), Protestants (2%), sunnite Muslims (5%), Jews (1%)|Christians|Catholics|Muslims|Sunnites 543965.0 58060000 | .5 77 | 3 | 73 1451051 | 1.0 12.6 | 2.6 1 French Franc (F, FF) = 100 Centimes (c)|French Franc|Franc 4042 UN (Security Council), WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, NATO (not militarily integrated), OSCE, WEU, G7 French Guyana|Guyana 56 Overseas Departement of French Guyana [F] 6|South America|Atlantic Cayenne French Catholics (74%)|Christians|Catholics 83534.0 145000 | 4.8 73 | 17 | ? 1390 | 3.6 24.1 | 6.4 French Franc|Franc 1431 EU French Polynesia|Polynesia|Tahiti 57 Overseas Territory of French Polynesia [F] 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Pacific|Polynesia Papeete French, Tahitian and other Polynesian languages|French|Tahitian Protestants (54%), Catholics (30%), Mormons (5%)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics|Mormons 4167.0 225100 | 2.7 69 | 9 | 66 2115 | ? 10.0 | 7.2 1 CFP-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.055 French Francs)|Franc|CFP-Franc 1439 - Gabon 58 Gabonese Republic G 2|West Africa|Atlantic Libreville French (official language), Fang, Betéké and more|French|Fang|Betéké Roman Catholics (52%), Ethnic religions (40%), Protestants (8%), Muslims (1%)|Christians|Catholics|Ethnic 267667.0 1077000 | 2.9 55 | 37 | 50 3759 | -2.5 13.0 | 4.8 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Francs)|CFA-Franc|Franc 652 UN, WTO, OAU, OPEC Galapagos Islands 257 Archipelago de Colon [EC] 6|Pacific Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Spanish Catholics|Christians 7844.0 9785 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Ecuadorian Sucre|Sucre ? - Gambia, The|Gamiba|The Gambia 59 Republic of the Gambia WAG 2|West Africa|Atlantic Banjul English (50%), Manding (40%), Wolof (15%), Fulani (12%) (official languages), also Arabic and others|English|Wolof|Fulani|Ful|Manding Sunnite Muslims (85%), Christians (10%), local religions|Muslims|Sunnites 11295.0 1081000 | 4.1 45 | 61 | 26 384 | 1.4 26.0 | 10.9 1 Dalas) = 100 Bututs|Dalasi 56 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Georgia 60 Republic of Georgia GE 13|Middle East|Black Sea Tbilisi|Tbilissi Georgian (72%), Russian (42%)|Georgian|Russian Georgian Orthodox Church|Christians|Orthodoxes 69700.0 5400000 | .2 73 | 3 | 58 2358 | -26.9 3.0 | 295.0 1 Lari = 100 Tetri|Lari 614 UN, CIS, OSCE, guest status at Council of Europe Germany 44 Federal Republic of Germany D 1|Central Europe|Baltic Sea|North Sea|Atlantic Berlin, seat of government: Bonn|Berlin|Bonn German, small minorities speak Danish, Frisian and Sorbian|German|Sorbian|Frisian Protestants (37%), Catholics (35%), Muslims (2%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 357022.3 81869000 | .5 76 | 3 | 87 2252343 | 1.5 10.4 | 2.5 1 Deutsche Mark (DM) = 100 Pfennig|Deutsche Mark|Mark 4128 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, NATO, OSCE, WEU, G7 Ghana 61 Republic of Ghana GH 2|West Africa|Atlantic Accra English (official language), Twi, Fanti, Ga, Ewe, Yoruba, Dagbani, Mossi, Gurma, Ful, Nzima, Haussa, etc|English|Hausa|Ful|Nzima|Gurma|Mossi|Dagbani|Yoruba|Ewe|Ga|Fanti|Twi|Akan Christian churches (60%), ethnic religions (35%), Muslims (16%)|Ethnic|Christians|Muslims|Catholics|Protestants|Anglicans 238537.0 17075000 | 3.0 57 | 36 | 36 6719 | 4.3 ? | 30.1 Cedi 93 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Gibraltar 62 Dominion of Gibraltar [GB] 1|Southwest Europe|Mediterranean|South Europe|Atlantic Gibraltar English and Spanish|English|Spanish Roman Catholics (77%), Anglicans (7%), Muslims (7%), Jews (2%)|Christians|Catholics|Muslims|Anglicans|Jews 6.5 27337 | .0 ? | ? | ? 196 | ? 13.9 | .8 1 Gibraltar Pound = 100 Pence (= 1 Pound Sterling)|Pound Sterling|Pound ? Commonwealth Greece 64 Greek Republic GR 1|Southeast Europe|Mediterranean|South Europe Athenai (Athens)|Athenai|Athens Greek Greek Orthodox Church (97%), Islam (1%)|Christians|Orthodoxes 131957.0 10467000 | .5 78 | 7 | 65 85885 | 1.1 10.4 | 13.0 1 Drachma (GDR) = 100 Lepta|Drachma 2260 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, OSCE, NATO, WEU Greenland 65 Greenland [DK] 5|Atlantic Nuuk (Danish: Godtháb)|Nuuk|Godtháb Inuit and Danish|Danish|Eskimo|Inuit Protestants (98%)|Christians|Protestants 2175600.0 55732 | .9 ? | ? | ? 510 | ? 8.0 | 1.0 Danish Krone|Krone 3619 - Grenada 63 State of Grenada WG 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Saint George's|St.George's English Roman Catholics (53%), Protestants (16%), Anglicans (14%)|Christians|Catholics|Anglicans|Protestants 344.5 91000 | .2 72 | 9 | 13 271 | 3.9 16.7 | 5.3 1 East Caribbean Dollar (EC$) = 100 Cents|East Caribbean Dollar|Dollar 293 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Guadeloupe 67 Overseas Departement of Guadeloupe [F] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Basse-Terre French Roman Catholics (90%)|Christians|Catholics 1705.0 424000 | 1.8 75 | 10 | 49 3800 | 5.0 31.3 | 6.4 French Franc|Franc 649 EU Guam 68 Guam [USA] 4|Pacific, Micronesia|Micronesia|Pacific Agaña English and Chamorro|English|Chamorro Catholics (90%)|Christians|Catholics 549.0 156974 | 2.1 76 | ? | ? ? | / 7.3 | ? US Dollar|Dollar 9676 - Guantanamo Bay 259 Naval Base Guantanamo Bay (Tenancy of the United States on Cuba) [USA] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic - English Christians 111.9 6500 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? US Dollar|Dollar ? - Guatemala 70 Republic of Guatemala GCA 5|Central America|Atlantic|Pacific Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City)|Ciudad de Guatemala|Guatemala City|Guatemala Spanish (90%), Maya and other Indio languages|Spanish|Maya Roman Catholics (80%), Protestants (20%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 108889.0 10621000 | 2.9 66 | 44 | 42 14255 | 4.0 17.0 | 17.5 1 Quetzal = 100 Centavos|Quetzal 210 UN, WTO, OAS Guernsey|Channel Islands|Alderney 69 Crown Dependency of the Channel Islands, Bailiwick of Guernsey [GB] 1|West Europe|Atlantic St. Peter Port|Saint Peter Port English, French speaking minority|English|French Anglicans and Catholics|Christians|Anglicans|Catholics 78.4 62000 | .9 77 | 3 | ? ? | / ? | ? 1 Guernsey Pound = 100 Pence (= 1 Pound Sterling)|Pound|Pound Sterling ? Commonwealth Guinea 71 Republic of Guinea RG 2|West Africa|Atlantic Conakry French (official language), Manding and Ful|French|Fulani|Ful|Manding Muslims (95%), ethnic religions (20%)|Muslims|Ethnic 245857.0 6591000 | 2.8 46 | 64 | 30 3593 | 3.8 ? | 16.8 1 Guinea Franc = 100 Cauris|Franc 65 UN, WTO, OAU Guinea-Bissau|Bissau 72 Republic of Guinea-Bissau GNB 2|West Africa|Atlantic Bissau Portuguese (official language), Ful and others|Portuguese|Fulani|Ful Ethnic religions (55%), Muslims (38%), Christians (8%)|Ethnic|Muslims 36125.0 1070000 | 1.9 45 | 45 | 22 265 | 3.5 ? | 62.8 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Franc) (since May 1997)|Franc|CFA-Franc 37 UN, WTO, OAU, AOSIS Guyana|Guiana 73 Cooperative Republic of Guyana GUY 6|South America|Atlantic Georgetown English (official language), Hindi, Urdu and Indio languages|English|Hindi|Urdu Hindus (33%), Roman Catholics (20%), Protestants (18%), Anglicans (16%), Muslims (8%)|Hindus|Christians|Anglicans|Catholics|Protestants|Muslims 214969.0 835000 | .6 66 | 4 | 36 493 | 2.5 12.0 | 45.0 1 Guyana Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 350 UN, WTO, Commonwealth, OAS, AOSIS Haiti 74 Republic of Haiti RH 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Port-au-Prince French Roman Catholics (80%), Protestants (17%), Voodoo cults (70%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Voodoo 27750.0 7168000 | 2.0 58 | 55 | 32 1777 | -6.5 55.0 | 14.7 1 Gourde = 100 Centimes|Gourde 29 UN, WTO, OAS Heard and McDonald Islands|Heard Island|McDonald Island 252 Heard Island and McDonald Islands [AUS] 7|Indic - - - 359.0 0 | / / | / | / 0 | / / | / - / - Honduras 75 Republic of Honduras HN 5|Central America|Atlantic|Pacific Tegucigalpa Spanish and Indio languages|Spanish Roman Catholics (90%)|Christians|Catholics 112088.0 5924000 | 3.0 69 | 27 | 48 3566 | 3.5 30.0 | 14.2 1 Lempira = 100 Centavos|Lempira 204 UN, WTO, OAS Hong Kong 76 Special Administrative Region Hong Kong [TJ] 3|East Asia|Pacific Xianggang / Victoria|Xianggang|Victoria Chinese (4/5 Cantonese, 1/5 Mandarin) and English|English|Chinese|Cantonese|Mandarin Buddhists, Confucians and Daoists, Christians (10%)|Buddhists|Confucians|Christians|Daoists 1084.0 6190000 | 1.3 79 | 8 | 95 132000 | 5.5 3.5 | 8.4 1 Hong Kong Dollar (HK$) = 100 Cents|Dollar 2285 WTO, APEC, Commonwealth Hungary 232 Republic of Hungary H 1|Central Europe Budapest Hungarian, minority languages like German (1%)|Hungarian Catholics (64%), Protestants (24%), Jews (1%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Jews 93030.0 10229000 | -.3 69 | 3 | 65 42129 | -.9 10.6 | 19.9 1 Forint (Ft) = 100 Filler (f)|Forint 2383 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE, OECD (since 1996), NATO candidate Iceland 82 Republic of Iceland IS 1|North Europe|Atlantic Reykjavik Icelandic Protestants (93%), Catholics (1%)|Christians|Protestants 103000.0 268000 | 1.1 79 | 1 | 92 6686 | 1.7 4.3 | 9.0 1 Icelandic Kronúr = 100 Aurar|Krone|Kronúr 7932 UN, WTO, OECD, NATO (not militarily integrated), Council of Europe, Nordic Council, OSCE, EFTA India|Bharat 77 Republic of India IND 3|South Asia|Indic New-Delhi|Delhi English - Hindi (40%), Bengali (8%), Marathi (8%), Urdu (5%), Gujarati (5%), Bihari, Oriya, Tamil and 700 more|Hindi|Bengali|Bangla|Urdu|Marathi|Gujarati|Bihari|Orija|Oriya|Tamil|Telugu|Punjabi|English|Tamilian Hindus (80%), Sunnite (8%) and Shiite (3%) Muslims, Christians (2%), Sikhs (1%), Buddhists, Jains and Parses|Hindus|Muslims|Sunnites|Buddhists|Shiites|Jainas|Parses|Christians|Jains 3287263.0 929358000 | 1.9 62 | 48 | 27 319660 | 4.7 10.5 | 9.7 1 Rupee (Rs) = 100 Paise|Rupee 248 UN, WTO, Commonwealth Indonesia 78 Republic of Indonesia RI 3|Southeast Asia|Indic|Pacific Jakarta Bahasa Indonesia (artifical language), 250 regional languages: Javanese (30), Malay (20%), Papua languages|Bahasa Indonesia|Javanese|Malay|Indonesian|Papua languages Muslims (87%), Protestants (7%), Catholics (3%), Hindus (2%), Buddhists (1%)|Muslims|Christians|Sunnites 1904443.0 194754808 | 1.7 64 | 16 | 34 190105 | 7.6 7.2 | 8.5 1 Rupiah (Rp) = 100 Sen|Rupiah|Rupee 366 UN, WTO, ASEAN, APEC, OPEC Iran|Persia 80 Islamic Republic of Iran IR 3|Middle East, Persian Gulf|Middle East|Persian Gulf|Indic Tehran|Teheran Fars (Persian, 50%), Azerbaijani (20%), Kurdish (8%) and many regional languages|Fars|Persian|Kurdish|Kurmanji|Azeri|Azerbaijani Islam (91% Shiites, 8% Sunnites), Bahai minority|Muslims|Shiites|Sunnites|Bahai 1648000.0 64120000 | 3.2 69 | 48 | 59 140000 | 5.2 11.0 | 28.0 1 Riyal = 100 Dinars -- 10 Riyal = 1 "Toman" (old Persian currency unit)|Riyal|Toman 1505 UN, OPEC Iraq 79 Republic of Iraq IRQ 3|Middle East, Persian Gulf|Middle East|Persian Gulf Baghdad Arabic (80%) and Kurdish (15%)|Arabic|Kurdish|Kurmanji Islam (60% Shiites, 35% Sunnites), Christians (5%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Shiites 438317.0 20097000 | 2.7 67 | 42 | 75 ? | / ? | 28.2 1 Iraqi Dinar = 1000 Fils|Dinar 1213 UN, Arab League, OPEC Ireland|Eire 81 Irish Republic (Eire) IRL 1|West Europe|Atlantic Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath)|Dublin|Baile Atha Cliath English and Irish|English|Irish Roman Catholics (88%), Anglicans (3%), Jews (1%)|Christians|Catholics|Jews 70285.0 3586000 | .1 76 | 3 | 58 52765 | 4.7 10.8 | 2.3 1 Irish Pound (IR£) = 100 Pence|Pound|Punt 3137 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, OSCE Islas de los Desaventurados|Islas Desaventuradas 83 Islas de los Desaventurados [RCH] 6|Pacific - - - 3.3 0 | / / | / | / 0 | / / | / - / - Israel 84 State of Israel IL 3|Middle East|Mediterranean|Red Sea Yerushalayim (Jerusalem)|Jerusalem|Yerushalayim Hebrew (Ivrith, 60%) and Arabic (20%)|Hebrew|Arabic|Ivrith Jews (82%), Muslims (14%), Christians (3%), Druze (2%)|Jews|Muslims|Druses|Druze 21946.0 5521000 | 2.7 77 | 5 | 91 87875 | 6.4 6.4 | 16.0 1 New Shequel (NIS) = 100 Agorot|Shekel|Shequel 2717 UN, WTO, observer status at Council of Europe Italy 85 Italian Republic I 1|South Europe|Mediterranean Roma (Rome)|Roma|Rome Italian, in some regions additionaly French, Friulan, German, Ladinian, Sardinian, Slovene|Italian|German|French|Sardian|Friulan|Ladinian|Slovenian|Sardinian|Slovene Roman Catholics (90%)|Christians|Catholics 301302.0 57204000 | .1 78 | 3 | 66 1088085 | 1.0 12.1 | 5.0 1 Italian Lira (L, Lit) = 100 Centesimi|Lira 2707 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, NATO, OSCE, WEU, G7 Jamaica 86 Republic of Jamaica JA 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Kingston English Christians (Church of God, Anglicans, Baptists), Rastafari (5%)|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants|Rastafari 10991.0 2522000 | .9 74 | 15 | 55 3803 | 2.9 16.5 | 24.0 1 Jamaica Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 1083 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Jan Mayen|Jan Mayen Island 87 Jan Mayen [N] 1|Atlantic - - - 380.0 0 | / / | / | / ? | / / | / - / - Japan 88 Japan J 3|East Asia|Pacific Tokyo Japanese Buddhists and Shintoists (80% belong to both religions), Christians (1%)|Buddhists|Shintoists 377750.0 125213000 | .4 80 | 3 | 78 4963587 | 1.1 3.2 | 1.4 1 Yen (¥) = 100 Sen|Yen 3856 UN, WTO, OECD, APEC, G7 Jersey|Channel Islands 98 Crown Dependency of the Channel Islands, Bailiwick of Jersey [GB] 1|West Europe|Atlantic St. Helier|Saint Helier English Anglicans and Catholics|Christians|Anglicans|Catholics 118.4 86000 | .9 77 | 3 | ? ? | / ? | ? 1 Jersey Pound = 100 Pence (= 1 Pound Sterling)|Pound|Pound Sterling ? Commonwealth Jordan 90 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; WWW/AL JOR 3|Middle East|Red Sea Amman Arabic Muslims (93%, most of them Sunnites), Christians (4%)|Muslims|Sunnites 88946.0 4212000 | 4.7 69 | 13 | 72 6354 | 8.2 24.0 | 7.0 1 Jordan Dinar = 1000 Fils|Dinar 1067 UN, Arab League Juan-Fernandez Islands|Islas Juan Fernandez 91 Islas Juan Fernández [RCH] 6|Pacific ? Spanish Catholics|Christians 185.0 1000 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Chilean Peso|Peso ? - Kazakhstan|Kazakstan 100 Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ 3|Central Asia Akmola (since 1997), parts of the administration still reside in Almaty|Alma-Ata|Almaty|Akmola Kazak (40%, official language) and Russian (83%)|Russian|Kazak Sunnite Muslims (50%), Russian Orthodoxes (50%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Christians|Orthodoxes 2717300.0 16606000 | .5 70 | 3 | 60 22143 | -11.9 4.1 | 290.0 1 Tenge = 100 Tiin|Tanga|Tenge 3371 UN, CIS, OSCE Kenya 102 Republic of Kenya EAK 2|East Africa|Indic Nairobi Swahili (official language), Kukaya, Luo, Massai, Somali and many other languages, English is common|Swahili|English|Somali|Kukuya|Luo|Massai Ethnic religions (60%), Roman Catholics (26%), Anglicans and Protestants (10%), Muslims (6%)|Ethnic|Christians|Catholics|Muslims 582646.0 26688000 | 2.9 55 | 22 | 28 7583 | 1.4 20.0 | 12.0 1 Kenya Shilling (K.Sh.) = 100 Cents -- 20 K.Sh. = 1 Kenya Pound|Shilling|Pound 110 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Kerguelen|Kerguelen Island|TAAF 103 Kerguelen (Part of the French Sourthern and Antarctic Territories) [F] 7|Indic Port-aux-Français French - 7215.0 100 | ? ? | ? | ? 0 | / ? | ? - ? - Kiribati 105 Republic of Kiribati KIR 4|Pacific, Micronesia and Polynesia|Pacific|Micronesia|Polynesia Bairiki I-Kiribati (Gilbertesian) and English|English|I-Kiribati|Gilbertesian Roman Catholics (54%), Protestants (40%), Bahai (4%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Bahai 810.5 79000 | 2.0 60 | 10 | 35 73 | .9 2.8 | 3.8 1 Australian Dollar/Kiribati = 100 Cents|Australian Dollar|Dollar 103 Commonwealth, AOSIS Korea (North)|North Korea 110 Democratic People's Republic of Korea ? 3|East Asia|Pacific P'yongyang Korean Confuciansism and Buddhism -- more than 60% do not have a denomination|Buddhists|Confucians 120538.0 23867000 | 1.8 72 | 5 | 61 20000 | -6.0 ? | 5.0 1 Won = 100 Chon|Won 1129 UN Korea (South)|South Korea 111 Republic of Korea ROK 3|East Asia|Pacific Soul (Seoul)|Seoul|Soul Korean Protestants (33%), Confucians (23%), Buddhists (20%), Catholics (7%)|Christians|Protestants|Buddhists|Confucians 99392.0 44851000 | .9 72 | 3 | 81 435137 | 7.1 2.7 | 6.5 1 Won = 100 Chon|Won 2982 UN, WTO, OECD (since 1996), APEC Kuwait 114 State of Kuwait KWT 3|Middle East, Persian Gulf|Middle East|Persian Gulf Kuwait City|Kuwait|Kuwayt Arabic Islam (66% Sunnites, 27% Shiites), also 2% Christians|Muslims|Sunnites|Shiites 17818.0 1664000 | -.3 75 | 21 | 97 28941 | 12.2 2.2 | 3.6 1 Kuwaiti Dinar = 1000 Fils|Dinar 8622 UN, WTO, Arab League, OPEC Kyrgyzstan|Kirghizia|Kyrgyz Republic 104 Kyrgyz Republic; WWW/UN KGZ 3|Central Asia Bishkek|Frunze Kirghiz (54%) and Russian (56%), also Uzbek and others|Kirghiz|Russian|Uzbek Majority of Sunnite Muslims, also Orthodox Christians and Buddhists|Muslims|Sunnites|Buddhists|Christians 198500.0 4515000 | 1.2 70 | 3 | 39 3158 | -14.7 13.0 | 172.0 1 Som = 100 Tyin|Som 616 UN, CIS, OSCE Laos 115 Lao People's Democratic Republic; WWW/UN LAO 3|Southeast Asia Vientiane Lao (65%), Chinese, Vietnamese, French and regional languages|Lao|Vietnamese|Chinese Buddhists (58%), ethnic religions (34%), Christians (2%), Muslims (1%) -- Confucianism and Daoism common|Buddhists|Ethnic|Confucians|Daoists 236800.0 4882000 | 3.1 52 | 43 | 22 1694 | 6.6 17.0 | 21.0 Kip 38 UN, ASEAN (since 1997) Latvia 117 Republic of Latvia LV 1|East Europe|Baltic Sea Riga Latvian (official language, 62%) and Russian (82%)|Latvian|Russian Protestants (55%), Catholics (24%), Russian Orthodoxes (9%)|Christians|Protestants|Orthodoxes|Catholics 64589.0 2516000 | -.4 69 | 3 | 73 5708 | -12.0 13.0 | 62.0 1 Lats = 100 Santims|Lats|Lat 1569 UN, OSCE, Council of Europe Lebanon 118 Lebanese Republic RL 3|Middle East|Mediterranean Beirut Arabic Shiite (32%) and Sunnite (21%) Muslims, Maronites (25%), other Christians (15%), Druze (7%)|Muslims|Shiites|Sunnites|Christians|Druses|Druze 10452.0 4005000 | 2.3 69 | 8 | 87 10673 | ? 25.0 | 38.0 1 Lebanese Pound (L£) = 100 Piastres|Pound 964 UN, Arab League Lesotho 116 Kingdom of Lesotho LS 2|South Africa Maseru Sotho and English|Sotho|English|SeSotho Roman Catholics (43%), Protestants (30%), Anglicans (12%) Ethnic religions (20%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Anglicans|Ethnic 30355.0 1980000 | 2.4 62 | 29 | 23 1519 | 7.5 35.0 | 13.6 1 Loti = 100 Lisente|Loti|Maloti ? UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Liberia 119 Republic of Liberia LB 2|West Africa|Atlantic Monrovia English (official language), Golla, Kpelle, Mande, Kru, etc.|English Ethnic religions (70%), Christians (68%), Muslims (15%))|Ethnic|Muslims|Christians 97754.0 2733000 | 2.2 56 | 61 | 45 ? | / 90.0 | 4.6 1 Liberian Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 41 UN, OAU Libya 120 Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; WWW/AL LAR 2|North Africa|Mediterranean Tarabulus (Tripoli)|Tripoli|Tarabulus Arabic Muslims (Sunnites, 97%), Christians (1%)|Muslims|Sunnites 1775500.0 5407000 | 3.6 64 | 36 | 86 34000 | .5 ? | 3.0 1 Libyan Dinar = 1000 Dirhams|Dinar 2499 UN, Arab League, OAU, OPEC Liechtenstein 121 The Principality of Liechtenstein FL 1|Central Europe Vaduz German Catholics (81%), Protestants (7%)|Christians|Catholics 160.0 31000 | 1.4 72 | 3 | 45 ? | / 1.0 | 3.1 Swiss Franc|Franc 3048 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE, EFTA Lithuania 122 Republic of Lithuania LT 1|East Europe|Baltic Sea Vilnius Lithuanian (85%) and Russian (47%), also Polish and Belorusian|Lithuanian|Russian|Polish|Belorusian Roman Catholics (75%), Protestants, Russian Orthodoxes|Catholics|Protestants|Orthodoxes|Christians 65300.0 3715000 | .5 70 | 3 | 72 7070 | -7.5 6.3 | 140.0 1 Litas = 100 Centas|Litas 2030 UN, Council of Europe, OSCE Lord Howe Island|Lord Howe 253 Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid [AUS] 4|Pacific ? English ? 13.0 290 | ? ? | ? | ? 0 | / ? | ? Australian Dollar|Dollar ? - Luxemburg|Luxembourg 123 Grand Duchy of Luxemburg L 1|West Europe Luxembourg|Luxemburg French and German|French|German Roman Catholics (94%)|Catholics|Christians 2586.0 410000 | 1.1 76 | 3 | 88 16876 | 3.4 3.3 | 4.1 1 Luxemburg Franc (LUF) = 100 Centimes (= 1 Belgian Franc)|Franc 9361 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, OSCE, NATO, WEU, Benelux Macao|Macau 124 Macao [P] 3|East Asia|Pacific Macão Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese) and English|Portuguese|Chinese|English|Mandarin|Cantonese Buddhists (45%), Catholics (10%), also Daoists and Confucians|Christians|Catholics|Daoists|Confucians|Buddhists 21.5 424400 | 3.7 73 | ? | ? 5830 | 3.0 3.0 | 9.3 1 Pataca = 100 Avos|Pataca 978 WTO Macedonia 126 (The former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia MK 1|Southeast Europe Skopje|Skoplje Macedonian (very similar to Bulgarian), Albanian and Serbian (= Serbo-Croat)|Macedonian|Serbo-Croat|Serbo-Croatian|Bulgarian|Albanian|Serbian Orthodox Church, also Islam|Christians|Orthodoxes 25713.0 2119000 | .7 72 | 11 | 60 1813 | -34.0 33.0 | 195.0 1 Denar = 100 Deni|Dinar 1279 UN, OSCE, Council of Europe Macquarie Island|Macquarie 254 Macquarie Island [AUS] 47|Indic|Pacific - - - 176.0 0 | / / | / | / 0 | / / | / - / - Madagascar 125 Malagasy Republic RM 2|East Africa|Indic Antananarivo|Tananarive French and Malagasy (official languages), Howa, etc.|French|Malagasy Ethnic religions (50%), Roman Catholics (25%), Protestants (20%), Muslims (5%)|Ethnic|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 587041.0 13651000 | 3.1 58 | 20 | 27 3178 | .1 40.0 | 20.5 1 Madagascar Franc = 100 Centimes|Franc 36 UN, WTO, OAU Malawi 127 Republic of Malawi MW 2|Southeast Africa Lilongwe English, Chic-Chewa (official languages), Swahili and other Bantu languages|English|Chic-Chewa|Chichewa|Swahili Anglicans and Protestants (58%, together), Catholics (17%), Muslims (16%), Ethnic religions (15%)|Ethnic|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Muslims|Anglicans 118484.0 9757000 | 3.1 45 | 44 | 13 1623 | .7 ? | 22.0 1 Kwacha = 100 Tambala|Kwacha 39 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Malaysia 128 Commonwealth Malaysia MAL 3|Southeast Asia|Indic|Pacific Kuala Lumpur Malay (50%), Chinese and regional languages|Malay|Chinese Sunnite Muslims (53%), Buddhists (17%), Confucians and Daoists (12%), Hindus (7%), Christians (7%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Buddhists|Confucians|Daoists 329758.0 20140000 | 2.5 71 | 17 | 54 78321 | 8.7 2.5 | 3.4 1 Ringgit (M$) = 100 Sen|Ringgit 1699 UN, WTO, ASEAN, APEC, Commonwealth Maldives 129 Republic of the Maldives MV 3|South Asia|Indic Male Maldivian (Dhivehi, Sinhalese dialect) and English|Maldivian|English|Sinhalese|Dhivehi Sunnitie Muslims (99%)|Muslims|Sunnites 298.0 253000 | 3.2 63 | 7 | 26 251 | 9.4 2.0 | 9.2 1 Rufiyaa = 100 Laari|Rufiyaa 139 UN, WTO, Commonwealth, AOSIS Mali 130 Republic of Mali RMM 2|West Africa Bamako French (official language, 10%), Bambara (40%), Fulani and other Arfican languages|French|Bambara|Fulani Muslims (80%), ethnic religions (20%), Christians (1%)|Muslims|Ethnic|Sunnites 1240192.0 9788000 | 2.8 47 | 69 | 27 2410 | 2.9 ? | 135.0 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Francs)|CFA-Franc|Franc 22 UN, WTO, OAU Malta 131 Republic of Malta M 1|South Europa|Mediterranean Valletta (Il-Belt)|Valletta|La Valletta|Il-Belt Maltesian (Arabic creole), English and Italian|Maltesian|English|Italian|Arabic Roman Catholics (93%)|Christians|Catholics 315.6 372000 | .8 77 | 14 | 89 2750 | 4.1 3.6 | 3.1 1 Maltesian Lira = 100 Cents = 1000 Mils|Lira 2511 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE, Commonwealth, AOSIS Man, Isle of|Isle of Man|Man 132 Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man [GB] 1|West Europe|Atlantic Douglas English Christians 572.0 71714 | 1.5 69 | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Pound Sterling|Pound ? Commonwealth Marshall Islands 134 Republic of the Marshall Islands MH 4|Pacific, Micronesia|Micronesia|Pacific Rita|Dalap-Uliga-Darrit|Uliga English and Micronesian languages|English Catholics and other Christians|Christians|Catholics 181.3 56000 | 3.0 63 | 9 | 65 88 | ? ? | 5.6 US Dollar|Dollar ? UN, AOSIS Martinique 135 Overseas Departement of Martinique [F] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Fort-de-France French Catholics (88%)|Christians|Catholics 1106.0 380000 | 1.1 76 | ? | 93 3563 | 4.0 23.5 | 6.4 French Franc|Franc 649 EU Mauritania|Mauretania 136 Islamic Republic of Mauritania RIM 2|Northwest Africa|Atlantic Nouakchott Arabic (90%), also Pular, Wolof and Solinke|Arabic|Wolof|Pular|Solinke Sunnite Muslims (97%)|Muslims|Sunnites 1030700.0 2274000 | 2.5 53 | 62 | 54 1049 | 4.0 ? | 6.9 1 Ouguiya = 5 Khoums|Ouguiya 103 UN, WTO, Arab League, OAU Mauritius 137 Republic of Mauritius MS 2|Indic Port Louis English (official language, 1%), Mauritian (French creole, 36%), Bhojipuri (33%), Tamil (5%), Urdu (4%), Hindi (4%)|English|French|Mauritian|Bhojipuri|Tamil|Urdu|Hindi|Tamilian Hindus (53%), Catholics (26%), other Christians (4%), Muslims (13%), also Buddhists|Hindus|Catholics|Christians|Muslims 2040.0 1128000 | 1.0 71 | 17 | 41 3815 | 4.9 1.7 | 8.5 1 Mauritius Rupee = 100 Cents|Rupee 387 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth, AOSIS Mayotte|Mahoré 138 Mayotte [F] 2|East Africa|Indic Dzaoudzi French and Comorian (a Swahili dialect)|French|Comorian|Swahili Muslims 374.0 106000 | 3.7 60 | ? | 45 105 | ? 38.0 | ? French Franc|Franc ? - Mexico 139 United Mexican States MEX 5|Central America|Pacific|Atlantic Ciudad de México (Mexico City)|Ciudad de Mexico|Mexico|Mexico City Spanish (90%), Nahuatl (Aztec), Maya and other Indio languages (7%, altogether)|Spanish|Maya|Nahuatl|Aztec Roman Catholics (90%), Protestants (5%)|Christians|Catholics 1958201.0 91831000 | 2.1 71 | 10 | 75 304596 | 1.3 5.5 | 33.5 1 Mexican Peso (P) = 100 Centavos|Peso 1561 UN, WTO, OECD (since 1994), NAFTA, APEC, OAS Micronesia 141 Federated States of Micronesia FSM 4|Pacific, Micronesia|Micronesia|Pacific Palikir English and Micronesian languages|English Catholics (70%)|Christians|Catholics 700.0 107000 | 2.2 64 | 19 | ? 215 | ? 80.0 | 4.5 US Dollar|Dollar ? UN, AOSIS Midway Islands|Midway 140 Midway Islands [USA] 4|Pacific ? English - 5.2 2256 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? US Dollar|Dollar ? - Moldavia|Moldova 142 Republic of Moldova MD 1|Southeast Europe Chi\,sin\vau (Kisinow)|Kisinow|Chisinau Moldavian (= Romanian with Cyrillic letters, 67%) and Russian (69%)|Romanian|Moldavian|Russian Romanian Orthodox and Russian Orthodox Christians|Christians|Orthodoxes 33700.0 4344000 | .4 68 | 4 | 52 3996 | -6.5 25.0 | 85.0 1 Leu = 100 Bani|Leu 1095 UN, CIS, OSCE, Council of Europe Monaco 143 The Principality of Monaco MC 1|South Europe|Mediterranean Monaco French and "Monegasco" (an Italian dialect)|French|Italian Roman Catholics (90%), Protestants (6%)|Christians|Catholics 2.0 34000 | 1.3 78 | 3 | 100 ? | / ? | ? French Franc|Franc ? UN, OSCE Mongolia 144 State of Mongolia MNG 3|East Asia Ulan Baatar|Ulan Bator Mongolian|Khalkha Lamaistic Buddhism (90%), also Islam and Shamanism|Buddhists 1565000.0 2461000 | 2.5 65 | 20 | 60 767 | -3.3 20.0 | 51.6 1 Tugrik = 100 Mongo|Tugrik 1058 UN, WTO Montserrat 145 Crown Colony of Montserrat [GB] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Plymouth English Christians 102.0 10581 | -.1 73 | ? | ? ? | / 6.0 | 2.8 1 East Caribbean Dollar (EC$) = 100 Cents|East Caribbean Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth Morocco 133 Kingdom of Morocco MA 2|Northwest Africa|North Africa|Mediterranean|Atlantic Ar-Ribat (Rabat)Rabat|Ar-Ribat Arabic (60%) and Berber languages (35%)|Arabic|Berber dialects Sunnites (80%), other Muslims (9%), Christians (2%)|Muslims|Sunnites 458730.0 25562000 | 2.0 65 | 56 | 49 29545 | 1.2 17.0 | 5.0 1 Dirham (Dh) = 100 Centimes|Dirham 327 UN, WTO, Arab League Mozambique|Moçambique 146 Republic of Mozambique MOC 2|Southeast Africa|Indic Maputo Portuguese (official language), Swahili, Makua, Nyanja, other Bantu languages|Portuguese|Swahili Ethnic religions (70%), Muslims (25%), Protestants (20%), Catholics (12%))|Ethnic|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Muslims|Sunnites 799380.0 16168000 | 1.8 47 | 60 | 38 1353 | 7.1 ? | 52.0 Metical 40 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Myanmar|Burma 147 Union of Myanmar (former Burma) MYA 3|Southeast Asia|Indic Yangon (Rangoon)|Yangon|Rangoon Burmese (70%), minority languages|Burmese Buddhism (87%), Christians (6%), Muslims (4%)|Buddhists 676552.0 45106000 | 1.8 59 | 17 | 26 7450 | 1.6 5.8 | 29.5 1 Kyat = 100 Pyas|Kyat 49 UN, WTO, ASEAN (since 1997) Namibia 148 Republic of Namibia NAM 2|Southwest Africa|South Africa|Atlantic Windhoek English, Afrikaans, German and Bantu languages|English|Afrikaans|German Protestants (57%), Roman Catholics (20%), Anglicans (5%)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics 824292.0 1545000 | 2.7 60 | 60 | 38 3098 | 3.8 38.0 | 10.5 1 Namibia-Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar ? UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Nauru 149 Republic of Nauru NAU 4|Pacific, Micronesia|Micronesia|Pacific Yaren|Makwa Nauruan and English|English|Nauruan Protestants (60%), Catholics (30%)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics 21.3 11000 | 1.8 52 | 2 | 48 149 | 2.5 ? | ? Australian Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth, AOSIS Nepal 150 Kingdom of Nepal NEP 3|South Asia Katmandu Nepali (52%), Maithili (11%), Bihari (8%)|Nepali|Bihari|Maithili Hindus (90%), Buddhists (5%), Muslims (3%), Christians (1%)|Hindus|Buddhists 147181.0 21456000 | 2.5 55 | 73 | 14 4391 | 5.1 ? | 11.6 1 Nepalese Rupee = 100 Paisa|Rupee 28 UN Netherlands|The Netherlands|Holland 154 Kingdom of the Netherlands NL 1|West Europe|North Sea|Atlantic Amsterdam, seat of government: 's Gravenhage (The Hague)|The Hague|'s Gravenhage|Amsterdam Dutch, in some regions Frisian|Dutch|Frisian Roman Catholics (36%), Protestants (27%), Muslims (3%)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics 41865.0 15460000 | .6 78 | 3 | 89 371039 | 1.8 6.5 | 1.7 1 Dutch Guilder (Fl) = 100 Cent|Guilder 4580 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, NATO, OSCE, WEU, Benelux Netherlands Antilles|Curaçao|Bonaire|St.Maarten|St.Eustatius|Saba|Dutch Antilles|Saint Maarten|Saint Eustatius 155 Netherlands Antilles [NL] 56|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Willemstad Dutch and Papiamentu (Spanish pidgin language with Dutch and English influences)|Dutch|Papiamentu|Spanish Roman Catholics (80%), Protestants (8%)|Christians|Catholics 800.0 200000 | 1.0 77 | ? | ? 1407 | .3 15.3 | ? 1 Dutch Antilles Guilder = 100 Cent|Guilder 10678 WTO New Caledonia 151 Overseas Territory of New Caledonia [F] 4|Pacific, Melanesia|Pacific|Melanesia Nouméa French, Melanesian and Polynesian languages|French Roman Catholics (59%), Protestants (17%), Muslims (3%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 18575.0 185000 | 2.0 72 | ? | 59 1410 | 7.0 16.0 | 2.6 1 CFP-Franc = 100 Centimes (0.055 French Francs)|Franc|CFP-Franc 3398 - New Zealand 152 New Zealand NZ 4|Pacific Wellington English (99%), also Maori languages|English Anglicans (22%), Presbyterians (16%), other Protestants (30%), Roman Catholics (15%), Maori religions|Christians|Protestants|Anglicans|Catholics 270534.0 3601000 | 1.0 76 | 3 | 84 51655 | 3.6 6.1 | 3.8 1 New Zealand Dollar (NZ$) = 100 Cents|New Zealand Dollar|Dollar 4254 UN, WTO, OECD, APEC, Commonwealth Nicaragua 153 Republic of Nicaragua NIC 5|Central America|Atlantic|Pacific Managua Spanish Catholics (89%), Protestants (5%)|Christians|Catholics 120254.0 4375000 | 3.1 68 | 34 | 62 1659 | 1.1 66.0 | 900.0 1 Córdoba = 100 Centavos|Cordoba|Córdoba 241 UN, WTO, OAS Niger 156 Republic of Niger RN 2|West Africa Niamey French (official language), Hausa (75%), Songhai (22%), Fulani (10%) and Berber languages|French|Hausa|Fulani|Songhai|Berber languages Muslims (80%, most of the Sunnites), ethnic religions (20%)|Muslims|Ethnic|Sunnites 1267000.0 9028000 | 3.2 48 | 86 | 23 1961 | .5 47.0 | 1.3 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 37 UN, WTO, OAU Nigeria 157 Federal Republic of Nigeria WAN 2|West Africa|Atlantic Abuja English (official language), Yoruba, Ybo, Hausa, etc.|English|Hausa|Yoruba|Ybo|Igbo Sunnite Muslims (45%), Protestants (26%), Roman Catholics (12%), African Churches (11%), ethnic religions (15%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Muslims|Ethnic|Sunnites 923768.0 103912000 | 2.9 51 | 43 | 39 28411 | 1.6 25.0 | 33.8 1 Naira = 100 Kobo|Naira 162 UN, WTO, OAU, OPEC, excluded from Commonwealth in 1996 Niue|Savage Island 158 Associated Territory of Niue [NZ] 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Pacific|Polynesia Alofi Niuean and English|English|Niuean Anglicans/Protestants (66%), other Christians|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants 262.7 2321 | ? 63 | ? | ? ? | / ? | 4.9 New Zealand Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth Norfolk Islands 160 Territory of the Norfolk Island [AUS] 4|Pacific Kingston English Anglicans (38%), United Church (16%), Catholics (10%)|Anglicans|Christians 34.6 1896 | -1.0 ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Australian Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands|Mariana Islands|Islas Marianas 159 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [USA] 4|Pacific, Micronesia|Pacific|Micronesia Garapan|Susupe English, Chamorro, Carolinean and orther Polynesian languages|English Christians 457.0 69000 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? US Dollar|Dollar ? - Norway 161 Kingdom of Norway N 1|North Europe|Atlantic|North Sea Oslo Norwegian, in some regions Lappish|Norwegian|Lappish Lutherans and other Protestants (90%)|Christians|Protestants 323877.0 4354000 | .5 77 | 2 | 73 136954 | 3.5 4.7 | 2.9 1 Norwegian Krone (NOK, Nkr) = 100 Øre|Krone 5318 UN, WTO, OECD, NATO, Council of Europe, Nordic Council, OSCE, EFTA Oman 162 Sultanate of Oman OM 3|Middle East|Indic|Persian Gulf Muscat|Masqat Arabic Muslims (85%, most of them Sunnites), Hindus (15%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Hindus 212457.0 2196000 | 4.5 70 | 65 | 13 10578 | 6.0 ? | -.2 1 Riyal Omani = 1000 Baizas|Riyal 2392 UN, Arab League Pakistan 165 Islamic Republic of Pakistan PK 3|South Asia|Indic Islamabad Urdu (8%, national language), Punjabi (51%), Sindhi (22%), Pashto (15%), also English|Urdu|Punjabi|Sindhi|Pashto|English Sunnites (90%), other Muslims (10%)|Muslims|Sunnites 796095.0 129905000 | 3.0 63 | 62 | 35 59991 | 4.6 8.0 | 9.5 1 Pakistani Rupee = 100 Paisa|Rupee 254 UN, WTO, Commonwealth Palau 166 Republic of Palau PAL 4|Pacific, Micronesia|Micronesia|Pacific Koror English, Palau and other mirconesian languages|English|Palau Catholics (41%), Protestants (25%), Modekngei (30%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 508.0 17200 | 1.9 71 | 3 | 60 ? | / 20.0 | ? US Dollar|Dollar ? UN (since 1994) Palestine|Gaza|Westbank 168 Partially autonomous Palestine territories of Gaza and Westbank [IL] 3|Middle East|Mediterranean Ramallah Arabic and Hebrew|Arabic|Hebrew|Ivrith Muslims (87%), Jews (8%), Christians (5%)|Muslims|Jews|Sunnites 6257.0 2550000 | ? 68 | ? | ? ? | / 30.0 | ? Israeli Shequel|Shekel|Shequel ? Arab League Panama 167 Republic of Panama PA 5|Central America|Atlantic|Pacific Panamá Spanish (87%) and English|Spanish|English Roman Catholics (90%), Protestants (5%)|Christians|Catholics 75517.0 2631000 | 1.9 73 | 9 | 56 7235 | 6.3 14.9 | 1.7 1 Balboa = 100 Centésimos|Balboa 618 UN, WTO, OAS Panama Canal Zone|Panama 258 Panama Canal Zone [USA] 5|Central America|Atlantic|Pacific Balboa Heights English Christians 1442.0 29000 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? US Dollar|Dollar ? - Papua New Guinea 169 Independent State of Papua New Guinea PNG 4|Pacific Port Moresby English, Pidgin, Moto (official languages), 500 Papua and 200 Melanesian languages|English Ethnic religions (40%), Protestants (53%), Roman Catholics (33%), Anglicans (5%)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics|Ethnic 462840.0 4302000 | 2.2 57 | 28 | 16 4967 | 9.3 ? | 4.6 1 Kina = 100 Toea|Kina 236 UN, WTO, APEC, Commonwealth, observer status at ASEAN, AOSIS Paraguay 170 Republic of Paraguay PY 6|South America Asunción Spanish and Guaraní|Spanish|Guarani Roman Catholics (94%)|Christians|Catholics 406752.0 4828000 | 2.7 71 | 8 | 54 8158 | 3.1 20.0 | 23.0 1 Guaraní = 100 Céntimos|Guaraní|Guarani 299 UN, WTO, OAS Peru 171 Republic of Peru PE 6|South America|Pacific Lima Spanish (90%), Quechua (40%) and Aymara (5%)|Spanish|Quechua|Aymara Roman Catholics (89%), Protestants (3%)|Christians|Catholics 1285216.0 23819000 | 2.1 67 | 11 | 72 55019 | 5.3 7.1 | 381.0 1 Sol = 100 Céntimos|Sol 367 UN, WTO, OAS Peter 1st Island 172 Peter 1st Island [N] 7|Antarctica|Pacific - - - 180.0 0 | / / | / | / 0 | / / | / - / - Philippines|The Philippines 173 Republic of the Philippines RP 3|Southeast Asia|Pacific Manila Pilipino (official language, 55%), Tagalog (20%), Cebuano (24%), Ilocano (10%), Panay-Hiligynon (9%), English (40%)|Pilipino|English|Cebuano|Tagalog|Iloco|Panay-Hiligynon Roman Catholics (84%), other Christians (10%), Muslims (5%)|Christians|Muslims|Catholics|Sunnites 300000.0 68614162 | 2.3 67 | 5 | 53 74180 | 2.8 10.9 | 9.6 1 Philippine Peso = 100 Centavos|Peso 316 UN, WTO, ASEAN, APEC Pitcairn Islands Group|Henderson|Ducie|Oeno 174 Colony of Pitcairn (including Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands) [GB] 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Polynesia|Pacific Adamstown English Christians (Adventists)|Christians|Adventists 35.5 49 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? New Zealand-Dollar|Dollar|New Zealand-Dollar ? Commonwealth Poland 175 Republic of Poland PL 1|Central Europe|Baltic Sea Warszawa (Warsaw)|Warszawa|Warsaw Polish, in some regions German, Lithuanian and Ukrainian|Polish Roman Catholics (91%), other Christians (3%)|Christians|Catholics 312685.0 38612000 | .4 71 | 3 | 65 107829 | 2.4 11.7 | 83.0 1 Zloty (Zl) = 100 Groszy|Zloty 2401 UN, WTO, OECD (since 1996), Council of Europe, OSCE, NATO candidate Portugal 176 Portuguese Republic P 1|Southwest Europe|South Europe|Atlantic Lisboa (Lisbon)|Lisboa|Lisbon Portuguese Catholics (90%)|Christians|Catholics 92270.0 9927000 | .0 75 | 15 | 36 96689 | .8 7.2 | 10.8 1 Escudo (Esc) = 100 Centavos|Escudo 1827 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, OSCE, NATO, WEU Puerto Rico 177 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico [USA] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic San Juan Spanish (85%) and English|Spanish|English Roman Catholics (81%), Protestants (5%)|Christians|Catholics 8959.0 3819023 | 1.0 75 | 8 | 73 26500 | 3.0 13.8 | 2.9 US Dollar|Dollar 2018 - Qatar 101 State of Qatar Q 3|Middle East, Persian Gulf|Middle East|Persian Gulf Doha Arabic Sunnite Muslims (92%), Christians (6%)|Muslims|Sunnites 11437.0 642000 | 5.8 71 | 21 | 90 7448 | -1.0 ? | 1.9 1 Riyal = 100 Dirhams|Riyal 12597 UN, WTO, Arab League, OPEC Reunion|La Réunion 178 Overseas Departement of La Réunion [F] 2|Indic Saint-Denis French Catholics|Christians 2512.0 653200 | 1.6 74 | 15 | 65 5221 | 1.0 37.0 | 6.0 French Franc|Franc 671 EU Romania|Rumania 180 Romania RO 1|Southeast Europe|Black Sea Bucure\,sti (Bucharest)|Bucuresti|Bucharest Romanian, in some regions Hungarian (5%), German, Serbo-Croat|Romanian|Hungarian Romanian Orthodox (87%) and Catholic (5%) Christians|Christians|Orthodoxes 238391.0 22692000 | .0 70 | 3 | 55 33488 | -1.1 8.0 | 61.0 1 Leu = 100 Bani|Leu 1733 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE Russia 181 Russian Federation RUS 13|East Europe and North Asia|East Europe|North Asia|Baltic Sea|Atlantic|Pacific|Black Sea Moscow Russian (87%), many minority languages like Baskirian, Belorusian, Chuvashian, Karelian, Tartar, Ukrainian, Yakutian|Russian|Tartarian|Ukrainian|Tjuwashian|Baskirian|Mordvinian|Yakutian|Chuvashian|Karelian|Belarusian|Belorusian|Tatar Russian-Orthodox (25%) and other (1%) Christians, Muslims (13%) and Jews (1%), remnants of local religions|Orthodoxes|Christians|Jews|Muslims|Local 17075400.0 148195000 | .3 68 | 3 | 73 331948 | -9.6 9.5 | 140.0 1 Rouble (Rb) = 100 Kopecks|Rouble|Russian Rouble 4038 UN (Security Council), CIS, OSCE, Council of Europe (since 1996) Rwanda 179 Republic of Rwanda RWA 2|East Africa Kigali Kinyarwanda, French and English (official languages), also Swahili|French|Kinyarwanda|Swahili|Rwanda|English Catholic Church (50%), local religios (50%), Muslims (10%)|Christians|Catholics|Muslims|Local 26338.0 6400000 | .6 47 | 40 | 8 1128 | -12.8 ? | 10.4 1 Rwanda Franc = 100 Centimes|Franc 34 UN, WTO, OAU Saint Helena|St.Helena 182 British Dependency of St. Helena [GB] 2|Atlantic Jamestown English Anglicans, Protestants|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants 122.0 6488 | .9 ? | ? | 32 ? | / ? | ? 1 St. Helena Pound = 100 Pence (= 1 Pound Sterling)|Pound Sterling|Pound ? Commonwealth Saint Kitts and Nevis|St.Kitts and Nevis 183 Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis KN 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Basseterre English Anglicans (36%), Methodists (32%), Catholics (11%)|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants 261.6 41000 | .4 74 | 10 | 41 212 | 4.9 4.3 | 2.4 1 East Caribbean Dollar (EC$) = 100 Cents|East Caribbean Dollar|Dollar 486 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Saint Lucia|St.Lucia 184 Saint Lucia WL 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Castries English Catholics (77%)|Christians|Catholics 616.3 158000 | 1.4 71 | 18 | 47 532 | 3.1 20.0 | 3.9 1 East Caribbean Dollar (EC$) = 100 Cents|East Caribbean Dollar|Dollar 338 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Saint-Paul and Amsterdam|Saint-Paul|Amsterdam|TAAF 185 Saint-Paul and Amsterdam (Part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories) [F] 7|Indic Martin-de-Viviés French Catholics|Christians 114.0 100 | ? ? | ? | ? 0 | / ? | ? - ? - Saint-Pierre and Miquelon|Saint-Pierre|Miquelon 186 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon [F] 5|North America|Atlantic Saint-Pierre French Catholics|Christians 242.0 6392 | ? ? | ? | ? 64 | ? 9.6 | 6.3 French Franc|Franc ? - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|St.Vincent and Grenadines|Saint Vincent and Grenadines|Saint Vincent|St.Vincent 187 St. Vincent and the Grenadines WV 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Kingstown English Anglicans (35%), Methodists (30%), Catholics (11%), other Christians (10%)|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants|Catholics 389.3 111000 | .8 75 | 18 | 45 253 | 6.0 19.0 | 3.2 1 East Caribbean Dollar (EC$) = 100 Cents|East Caribbean Dollar|Dollar 199 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Samoa|Western Samoa|West Samoa; WWW/UN 246 Independent State of (Western) Samoa WS 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Polynesia|Pacific Apia Samoan and English|English|Samoan Congregationalists (a Protestant church, 47%), Methodists (21%), Roman Catholics (22%), Mormons (8%)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics|Mormons 2831.0 165000 | .5 69 | 30 | 59 187 | ? ? | 10.6 1 Tala = 100 Sene|Tala 433 UN, Commonwealth, AOSIS San Marino 191 Republic of San Marino RSM 1|South Europe San Marino Italian Roman Catholics (95%)|Christians|Catholics 60.5 25058 | .4 81 | 3 | ? ? | / 4.1 | 5.3 Italian Lira and Lira of San Marino (same value)|Lira ? UN, Council of Europe, OSCE Sao Tome and Príncipe|Sao Tome|Principe 192 Democratic Republic of São Tomé e Principe STP 2|West Africa|Atlantic São Tomé Portuguese Catholics (93%), Protestants (3%)|Christians|Catholics 1001.0 129000 | 2.3 69 | 40 | 45 45 | 7.7 ? | 40.1 1 Dobra = 100 Centimos|Dobra|Conto 184 UN, OAU, AOSIS Saudi Arabia|Saudi 193 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 3|Middle East|Persian Gulf|Red Sea Ar-Riyadh|Riyadh Arabic Muslims (90%, Sunnites and Wahabites)|Muslims|Sunnites|Wahabites 2240000.0 18979000 | 4.3 71 | 37 | 79 133540 | 1.7 ? | 2.5 1 Saudi Riyal = 20 Qirshes = 100 Hallalas|Riyal 4566 UN, Arab League, OPEC Senegal 196 Republic of Senegal SN 2|West Africa|Atlantic Dakar French and Wolof (official languages), Manding, Fulani|French|Wolof|Fulani Sunnite Muslims (95%), Christians (5%))|Muslims|Christians|Sunnites 196721.0 8468000 | 2.8 50 | 67 | 42 5070 | 1.9 25.0 | 3.7 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (=0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 97 UN, WTO, OAU Seychelles|The Seychelles 197 Republic of the Seychelles SY 2|East Africa|Indic Victoria Creole, English and French|English|French Roman Catholics (90%) and Anglicans (8%)|Christians|Catholics|Anglicans 454.0 74000 | 1.2 72 | 21 | 53 487 | 4.6 8.3 | 3.3 1 Seychellois Rupee = 100 Cents|Rupee 1691 UN, OAU, Commonwealth, AOSIS Sierra Leone 198 Republic of Sierra Leone WAL 2|West Africa|Atlantic Freetown English, Manding, Malinke and other Mande languages|English Ethnic religions (55%), Sunnite Muslims (39%), Christians (8%)|Ethnic|Muslims|Sunnites 71740.0 4195000 | 1.6 40 | 69 | 39 762 | -4.2 50.0 | 61.5 1 Leone = 100 Cents|Leone 77 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Singapore 200 Republic of Singapore SGP 3|Southeast Asia|Indic|Pacific Singapore Malay (60%), Chinese (37%), Tamil, English (all are official language)|English|Malay|Chinese|Tamil|Tamilian Buddhists (40%), Daoists (15%), Muslims (15%), Christians (12%), Hindus (4%)|Buddhists|Christians|Muslims|Daoists 641.1 2987000 | 1.8 75 | 9 | 100 79831 | 8.7 1.4 | 3.6 1 Singapore Dollar (S$) = 100 Cents|Dollar 8103 UN, WTO, ASEAN, APEC, Commonwealth, AOSIS Slovak Republic|Slovakia 201 Slovak Republic SK 1|Central Europe Bratislava Slovak (84%), Hungarian (10%), Czech (5%), Ukrainian (1%)|Slovak|Hungarian|Czech Roman Catholics (60%), Protestants (8%), other Christians (5%)|Christians|Catholics 49036.0 5369000 | .3 71 | 3 | 59 15848 | -2.8 12.8 | 10.4 1 Slovak Koruna = 100 Haleru|Koruna 3243 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE Slovenia 202 Republic of Slovenia SLO 1|Southeast Europe|Mediterranean Ljubljana Slovene (90%), Croatian and Serbian (= Serbo-Croat, 5%), Italian|Slovenian|Serbo-Croat|Serbo-Croatian|Italian|Slovene Catholics (71%), Orthodoxes (3%), Muslims (3%)|Christians|Catholics|Orthodoxes 20255.0 1992000 | .1 73 | 3 | 64 16328 | 3.0 13.9 | 7.9 1 Tolar = 100 Stotin|Tolar 2612 UN, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE Solomon Islands 188 Solomon Islands SLB 4|Pacific, Melanesia|Melanesia|Pacific Honiara English and Melanesian languages|English Anglicans (34%), Catholics (19%), South Sea Evangelical Church (17%), other Protestants (21%)|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants|Catholics 27556.0 366000 | 3.4 70 | 38 | 16 291 | 3.5 ? | 11.2 1 Solomon Islands Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 164 UN, WTO, Commonwealth, AOSIS Somalia 203 Somalia SP 2|Northeast Africa|East Africa|Indic Muqdisho (Mogadishu)|Muqdisho|Magadishu|Mogadiscio Somali Islam (nearly 100% are Sunnites)|Muslims|Sunnites 637657.0 9491000 | 1.9 48 | 76 | 26 ? | / ? | 75.4 1 Somalia Shilling = 100 Centesimi|Shilling 7 UN, Arab League, OAU South Africa|ZA 206 Republic of South Africa RSA 2|South Africa|Atlantic|Indic Pretoria, seat of parliament: Cape Town|Pretoria|Cape Town Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda and Zulu are official langauges|Afrikaans|English|Ndebele|Sotho|SeSotho|Swazi|Tsonga|Tswana|SeTswana|Venda|Xhosa|Zulu|Swati Christian churches (78%), ethnic religions (10%), Hindus (2%), Muslims (1%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants|Anglicans 1219580.0 41457000 | 2.3 64 | 18 | 51 130918 | .6 50.0 | 12.9 1 Rand (R) = 100 Cents|Rand 2164 UN, WTO, OAU (since 1994), Commonwealth (again since 1994) South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands|South Georgia 208 Falkland Islands Dependencies [GB] 7|Atlantic (research station) English - 3903.0 4 | ? ? | ? | ? 0 | / ? | ? - ? - Spain 204 Kingdom of Spain E 1|Southwest Europe|South Europe|Mediterranean|Atlantic Madrid Spanish (74%), Catalan (18%), in some regions Galician (7%), Basque (2%) etc.|Spanish|Catalan|Basque|Galician Roman Catholics (96%)|Christians|Catholics 504782.0 40321143 | .2 78 | 4 | 77 532347 | 1.1 22.7 | 6.3 1 Peseta (Pta) = 100 Céntimos|Peseta 2458 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, NATO (not militarily integrated), OSCE, WEU Sri Lanka 205 Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka CL 3|South Asia|Indic Colombo, seat of government: Anuradhapura|Colombo|Kotte|Anuradhapura Sinhalese (75%), Tamil (20%)|Sinhalese|Tamil|Tamilian Buddhists (69%), Hindus (16%), Muslims (7%), Christians (6%)|Buddhists|Hindus 65610.0 18114000 | 1.3 73 | 10 | 22 12616 | 4.8 12.0 | 11.5 1 Sri Lanka Rupee = 100 cents|Rupee 97 UN, WTO, Commonwealth Sudan 207 Republic of the Sudan SUD 2|Northeast Africa|Red Sea Al-Khartoum|Khartum|Chartum|Al-Khartum|Khartoum Arabic (official language, 50%), many African languages like Swahili|Arabic|Swahili Muslims (70%, most of them Sunnites), Christians (10%), ethnic religions (20%)|Muslims|Christians|Ethnic|Sunnites 2505813.0 26707000 | 2.2 54 | 54 | 24 ? | / ? | 66.0 1 Sudanese Dinar = 10 Sudanese Pound = 100 Piastres|Dinar|Pound 66 UN, Arab League, OAU Suriname|Surinam 209 Republic of Suriname SME 6|South America|Atlantic Paramaribo Dutch (40%, official language), Hindi (32%), Javanese (15%), etc.|Dutch|Hindi|Javanese Christians (23% Catholics, 19% Protestants), Hindus (27%), Muslims (20%))|Hindus|Muslims|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 163265.0 410000 | .3 71 | 7 | 49 360 | .2 16.3 | 48.4 1 Suriname Guilder = 100 Cent|Guilder 1926 UN, WTO, OAS Svalbard|Bear Island 210 Svalbard and Bear Island [N] 1|Atlantic Longyearbyen Norwegian (45%) and Russian (55%)|Norwegian|Russian Christians 62700.0 3120 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Norwegian Krone|Krone ? - Swaziland 211 Kingdom of Swaziland SD 2|South Africa Mbabane Swati Christians (70%), ethnic religions|Ethnic|Christians 17363.0 900000 | 3.1 59 | 23 | 29 1051 | 3.5 40.0 | 11.7 1 Lilangeni = 100 Cents|Lilangeni|Emalangeni 264 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Sweden 194 Kingdom of Sweden S 1|North Europe|Baltic Sea|North Sea|Atlantic Stockholm Swedish, in some regions Finnish and Lappish|Swedish|Finnish|Lappish Lutherans and other Protestants (90%)|Christians|Protestants 449964.0 8830000 | .6 79 | 2 | 83 209720 | -.1 8.1 | 5.1 1 Swedish Krona (SEK, Skr) = 100 Öre|Krone|Krona 5723 UN, WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU (since 1995), Nordic Council, OSCE Switzerland 195 Swiss Confederation CH 1|Central Europe Bern|Berne German (64%), French (19%) and Italian (8%)|German|French|Italian Roman Catholics (46%), Protestants (40%), Muslims (2%)|Christians|Catholics|Protestants 41284.5 7039000 | .8 78 | 3 | 61 286014 | .0 4.9 | 3.1 1 Swiss Franc (SFr) = 100 Centimes|Franken|Franc 3629 OECD, WTO, Council of Europe, OSCE, EFTA -- pays contributions to the UN Syria 212 Syrian Arab Republic SYR 3|Middle East|Mediterranean Dimashq (Damascus)|Damascus|Dimashq Arabic (89%), Kurdish (3%), Armenian (2%)|Arabic|Kurdish|Kurmanji|Armenian Sunnite (80%) and alavite (7%) Muslims, Christians (9%), Druze (2%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Christians|Druses|Druze 185180.0 14112000 | 3.1 68 | 36 | 53 15780 | 7.1 20.0 | 15.7 1 Syrian Pound = 100 Piastres|Pound 997 UN, Arab League Taiwan|Republic of China|Formosa 214 Republic of China RC 3|East Asia|Pacific Taipei|Taipeh Chinese Confucians and Daoists (49%), Buddhists (43%), Christians (7%)|Confucians|Buddhists|Daoists 36000.0 21400000 | 1.3 75 | 6 | 92 247000 | 7.2 2.6 | 2.8 1 Taiwan Dollar (NT$) = 100 Cents|Dollar 2879 APEC Tajikistan|Tadzhikistan 213 Republic of Tajikistan TAD 3|Central Asia Dushanbe|Dusanbe Tajik (67%), Russian (36%) and Uzbek|Russian|Tadzhik|Uzbek|Tajik Muslime majority (Sunnites)|Muslims|Sunnites 143100.0 5836000 | 2.4 71 | 3 | 32 1976 | -20.0 15.0 | 146.6 1 Tajikistan-Rouble|Rouble 616 UN, OSCE, CIS Tanzania 215 United Republic of Tanzania EAT 2|East Africa|Indic Dodoma (de facto Dar-es-Salaam)|Dar es Salaam|Dodoma Swahili etc|Swahili Ethnic religions (35%), Muslims (35%), Roman Catholics (33%), Protestants (13%)|Muslims|Ethnic|Christians|Protestants|Catholics|Sunnites 945087.0 29646000 | 3.1 52 | 32 | 24 3900 | 3.2 40.0 | 32.3 1 Tanzania Shilling = 100 Cents|Shilling 34 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Thailand 216 Kingdom of Thailand THA 3|Southeast Asia|Indic|Pacific Krung Thep (Bangkok)|Krung Thep|Bangkok Thai (Siamese) and minority languages like Chinese and Khmer|Siamese|Khmer|Cambodian Buddhism (94%), Islam (4%)|Buddhists 513115.0 58242000 | 1.3 69 | 6 | 20 159630 | 8.4 2.6 | 5.1 1 Baht = 100 Stangs|Baht 769 UN, WTO, ASEAN, APEC Togo 217 Republic of Togo RT 2|West Africa|Atlantic Lomé French, Kabyé and Ewe (official languages), also Hausa|French|Ewe|Kabyé|Hausa Followers of local religions (50%), Catholics (22%), other Christians (13%), Muslims (15%, Sunnites)|Local|Catholics|Christians|Muslims 56785.0 4085000 | 3.0 56 | 48 | 31 1266 | -3.4 ? | 3.0 1 CFA-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.01 French Franc)|CFA-Franc|Franc 46 UN, WTO, OAU Tokelau Islands|Tokelau 218 Tokelau Islands [NZ] 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Pacific|Polynesia Fakaofo (de facto Apia / Western Samoa)|Fakaofo|Apia Tokelauen and English|Tokelauen|English Anglicans and Protestants (67%), Catholics (30%)|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants|Catholics 10.1 1577 | ? ? | ? | ? 1 | ? ? | ? New Zealand Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth Tonga 219 Kingdom of Tonga TO 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Pacific|Polynesia Nuku'alofa Tonga and English|Tonga|English Protestants (70%) and Catholics (20%)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics 748.0 104000 | .9 69 | 3 | 39 170 | 4.0 4.2 | 7.9 1 Pa'anga = 100 Seniti|Pa'anga 178 Commonwealth, AOSIS Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad|Tobago 220 Republic of Trinidad and Tobago TT 56|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Port-of-Spain English Roman Catholics (29%), Hindus (24%), Anglicans (11%), Muslims (6%)|Christians|Catholics|Anglicans|Hindus 5128.0 1287000 | .9 72 | 3 | 68 4851 | 1.0 16.1 | 6.5 1 Trinidad and Tobago Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 5436 UN, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, AOSIS Tristan da Cunha|Saint Helena|St.Helena|Gough 221 St. Helena Dependencies (Tristan da Cunha and Gough) [GB] 2|Atlantic - - Christians 299.0 298 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? 1 St. Helena Pound = 100 Pence (= 1 Pound Sterling)|Pound Sterling|Pound ? Commonwealth Tunisia 225 Republic of Tunisia TN 2|North Africa|Mediterranean Tunis Arabic Islam (99%, most are Sunnites)|Muslims|Sunnites 163610.0 8987000 | 2.1 69 | 33 | 57 16369 | 3.9 16.0 | 5.9 1 Tunisian Dinar (tD) = 1000 Millimes|Dinar 595 UN, WTO, Arab League, OAU Turkey 226 Turkish Republic TR 13|Southwest Asia and Southeast Europe|Middle East|Southeast Europe|Mediterranean|Black Sea Ankara Turkish (80%), Kurdish (15%), Arabic (2%)|Turkish|Kurdish|Kurmanji Muslims: Sunnites (70%), Alavites (20%), Shiites (5%)|Muslims|Sunnites|Alavites 779452.0 61058000 | 1.9 68 | 18 | 70 169452 | 3.2 6.8 | 67.0 1 Turkish Pound / Lira (TL) = 100 Kuru\,s|Pound|Lira 957 UN, WTO, OECD, NATO, Council of Europe, OSCE Turkmenistan|Turkmenia 227 Republic of Turkmenistan TM 3|Central Asia Ashgabad|Ashabad|Asgabad Turkmen (75%), Russian (10%), Uzbek (9%), etc|Turkmen|Russian|Uzbek Most are Sunnite Muslims|Muslims|Sunnites 488100.0 4508000 | 3.3 66 | 3 | 45 4125 | -12.0 2.5 | 381.4 1 Manat = 100 Tenge|Manat 2361 UN, CIS, OSCE Turks and Caicos Islands|Turks and Caicos 228 Dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands [GB] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Cockburn Town English Christians 430.0 13800 | 1.2 ? | ? | ? ? | / 12.0 | ? US Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth Tuvalu|Tuvalu Islands|The Tuvalu Islands 229 The Tuvalu Islands TUV 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Polynesia|Pacific Vaiaku Tuvalu and English|Tuvalu|English Church of Tuvalu (97%, Congregationalists, a Protestant church)|Christians|Protestants 26.0 10000 | 1.8 62 | 3 | 34 5 | 6.0 ? | 3.9 Australian Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth, AOSIS Uganda 230 Republic of Uganda EAU 2|East Africa Kampala Swahili (50%), Buganda (20%), Banyoro (15%), other Bantu languages, Turkana (8%), Lango (7%), other Nilotian languages|English|Swahili|Buganda|Banyoro Catholics (40%), Anglicans (20%), Ethnic religions (30%), Muslims (10%)|Christians|Catholics|Anglicans|Muslims|Ethnic 241139.0 19168000 | 3.0 44 | 38 | 12 4668 | 6.6 ? | 65.5 1 Uganda Shilling = 100 Cents|Shilling 23 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Ukraine 231 Ukraine UA 1|East Europe|Black Sea Kiev Ukrainian (70%) and Russian (70%)|Ukrainian|Russian Orthodox (60%) and Catholic (11%) Christians, Jews (1%)|Christians|Orthodoxes|Jews 603700.0 51550000 | .1 69 | 3 | 70 84084 | -14.1 9.0 | 340.0 1 Griwna = 100 Kopecks|Griwna 3180 UN, CIS, OSCE, Council of Europe United Arab Emirates 238 United Arab Emirates UAE 3|Middle East, Persian Gulf|Middle East|Persian Gulf|Indic Abu Dhabi Arabic Muslims (80% Sunnites, 16% Shiites)|Muslims|Sunnites|Shiites 77700.0 2377700 | 5.8 74 | 21 | 84 42806 | .4 2.6 | 1.2 1 Dirham = 100 Fils|Dirham 10531 UN, WTO, Arab League, OPEC United Kingdom|Great Britain|UK|England 66 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GB 1|West Europe|North Sea|Atlantic London English, locally the Celtic languages Kymbric, Welsh and Gaelic|English|Welsh|Gaelic|Kymbric Anglicans (57%), Protestants (15%), Catholics (14%), Muslims (2%), Sikhs (1%), Hindus (1%), Jews (1%)|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants|Catholics|Sikhs|Jews 241752.0 58605000 | .3 77 | 3 | 90 1094734 | 1.6 7.4 | 4.8 1 Pound Sterling (£) = 100 Pence (p)|Pound|Pound Sterling 3772 UN (Security Council), WTO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU, NATO, OSCE, WEU, G7, Commonwealth United States|America|United States of America 239 United States of America USA 5|North America|Atlantic|Pacific Washington (DC)|Washington American English (92%), in some regions also Spanish and Indian languages|English|Spanish Protestants (40%), Catholics (26%), Jews (3%), Muslims (2%), in some regions Mormons|Christians|Protestants|Catholics|Jews|Mormons 9809155.0 262755300 | .9 76 | 5 | 76 7100007 | 2.6 5.3 | 3.2 1 US Dollar (US$) = 100 Cents (¢)|US Dollar|Dollar 7819 UN (Security Council), WTO, OECD, NAFTA, APEC, NATO, OAS, G7, OSCE Uruguay 233 Republic East of the Uruguay ROU 6|South America|Atlantic Montevideo Spanish Roman Catholics (70%), Protestants (2%), Jews (1%)|Christians|Catholics|Jews 176215.0 3184000 | .6 73 | 3 | 90 16458 | 4.9 10.5 | 64.5 1 Uruguayan Peso = 100 Centésimos|Peso 622 UN, WTO, OAS Uzbekistan 234 Republic of Uzbekistan UZB 3|Central Asia Tashkent|Toskent|Taskent|Toshkent Uzbek (75%), Russian (33%) and the languages of other minorities|Uzbek|Russian Islam (Sunnites)|Muslims|Sunnites 447400.0 22771000 | 2.3 70 | 3 | 42 21979 | -4.4 12.0 | 229.0 1 Sum = 100 Tijin|Sum 1869 UN, CIS, OSCE Vanuatu|New Hebrides 235 Republic of Vanuatu VU 4|Pacific, Melanesia|Melanesia|Pacific Port Vila English, French and more than 100 regional languages|English|French Presbyterians (32%), Roman Catholics (17%), Anglicans (11%), other churches (20%)|Christians|Catholics|Anglicans|Protestants 12190.0 169000 | 2.7 66 | 30 | 19 202 | 4.0 ? | 5.5 Vatu 279 UN, Commonwealth, AOSIS Vatican|Holy See 236 State of the Vatican (Holy See) V 1|South Europe (part of Rome, Italy)|Roma|Rome Latin and Italian|Latin|Italian Catholicism|Christians|Catholics .4 802 | ? ? | ? | 100 ? | / .0 | ? 1 Vatican Lira = 100 Centesimi (= 1 Italian Lira)|Lira ? OSCE Venezuela 237 Republic of Venezuela YV 6|South America|Atlantic Caracas Spanish, in some regions Indian languages|Spanish Roman Catholics (90%), Protestants (5%)|Christians|Catholics 912050.0 21671000 | 2.4 72 | 9 | 93 65382 | 2.4 17.9 | 41.0 1 Bolivar = 100 Céntimos|Bolivar 2186 UN, WTO, OAS, OPEC Viet Nam; WWW/UN 240 Socialist Republic of Viet Nam VN 3|Southeast Asia|Pacific Hanoi Vietnamese (80%) and minority languages|Vietnamese Buddhists (55%), Catholics (7%)|Buddhists 331114.0 73475000 | 2.2 66 | 6 | 21 17634 | 8.3 9.0 | 87.1 Dong 101 UN, ASEAN (since 1995) Virgin Islands, British|The British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands 94 The British Virgin Islands [GB] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Road Town English Anglicans, Methodists, Adventists|Christians|Anglicans|Protestants 153.0 18000 | 2.8 ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | 3.2 US Dollar|Dollar ? Commonwealth Virgin Islands of the United States|American Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands 93 Organized Unincorporated Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States [USA] 5|Central America, Caribbean|Central America|Caribbean|Atlantic Charlotte Amalie English Christians (most of them Protestants, 30% Catholics)|Christians|Protestants|Catholics 347.1 97120 | -.8 75 | ? | 45 1390 | 2.3 5.7 | 3.9 US Dollar|Dollar 33290 - Wake Islands|Wake 241 Wake Islands [USA] 4|Pacific ? English Christians 7.8 2000 | ? ? | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? US Dollar|Dollar ? - Wallis and Futuna|Wallis|Futuna 242 Overseas Territory of Wallis and Futuna [F] 4|Pacific, Polynesia|Polynesia|Pacific Mata Utu French and Polynesian languages|French Catholics|Christians 274.0 14400 | 1.8 ? | ? | ? 35 | ? ? | ? 1 CFP-Franc = 100 Centimes (= 0.055 French Francs)|CFP-Franc|Franc ? - Western Sahara|DARS|West Sahara 245 Democratic Arabian Republic of the Sahara ? 2|Northwest Africa|Atlantic Al-Ayun|Lâayoun|Layoun Arabic Islam (nearly 100% are Sunnite Muslims)|Muslims|Sunnites 252120.0 208000 | 2.8 44 | ? | ? ? | / ? | ? Moroccan Dirham|Dirham ? OAU (represented by Polisario) Yemen 89 Republic of Yemen YE 3|Middle East|Indic|Red Sea Sana´a|Sana Arabic Muslims (59% Sunnites and 40% Shiites)|Muslims|Shiites|Sunnites 536869.0 15272000 | 4.2 51 | 62 | 34 4044 | ? 30.0 | 25.0 1 Yemen Riyal = 100 Fils|Riyal 206 UN, Arab League Yugoslavia|Serbia|Montenegro 92 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) YU 1|Southeast Europe|Mediterranean Beograd (Belgrade)|Beograd|Belgrade Serbian (= Serbo-Croat, 70%), Montenegrin (5%), Albanian (17%) and Hungarian (3%)|Serbian|Serbo-Croat|Serbo-Croatian|Montenegrinian|Hungarian|Albanian|Montenegrin Serbian Orthodoxes (44%), Roman Catholics (31%), Muslims (13%)|Christians|Orthodoxes|Catholics|Muslims|Sunnites 102173.0 10707000 | .9 72 | 7 | 57 9520 | ? 27.0 | ? 1 New Dinar|Dinar 2353 UN (membership on ice), OSCE-membership suspended in 1992 Zambia 189 Republic of Zambia Z 2|South Africa Lusaka Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, Chokwe, Lozi, Luanda and other Bantu languages -- English as official language|English|Bemba|Nyanja|Tonga|Chokwe|Lozi|Luanda Christians (72%), ethnic religions (27%)|Christians|Ethnic|Catholics|Protestants 752614.0 8978000 | 2.6 48 | 22 | 45 3605 | -.2 ? | 91.6 1 Kwacha = 100 Ngwee|Kwacha 149 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth Zimbabwe 199 Republic of Zimbabwe ZW 2|South Africa Harare|Salisbury English (official language), Shona, Ndebele and other Bantu languages|English|Ndebele|Shona Ethnic religions (65%), Protestants and Anglicans (17%), African Christians (14%), Catholics (12%)|Ethnic|Christians|Protestants|Catholics|Anglicans|African Christians 390757.0 11011000 | 2.8 52 | 15 | 32 5933 | 1.0 50.0 | 20.9 1 Zimbabwe Dollar = 100 Cents|Dollar 438 UN, WTO, OAU, Commonwealth # 
