Countries of the world

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 29 June 2009

nation	population, 2009	area, km2	date independent
Afghanistan	33,609,937	652,089	1919
Albania	3,639,453	28,748	1912
Algeria	34,178,188	2,381,745	1962
Andorra	83,888	465	1278
Angola	12,799,293	8,971	1975
Antigua and Barbuda	85,632	86	1981
Argentina	40,913,584	2,777,815	1816
Armenia	2,967,004	29,800	1991
Australia	21,262,641	7,686,850	1901
Austria	8,210,281	83,853	1804
Azerbaijan	8,238,672	86,600	1991
Bahamas	309,156	13,864	1973
Bahrain	727,785	668	1971
Bangladesh	156,050,883	144,020	1971
Barbados	284,589	430	1966
Belarus	9,648,533	207,600	1991
Belgium	10,414,336	30,519	1830
Belize	307,899	22,963	1981
Benin	8,791,832	112,622	1960
Bhutan	691,141	49,421	1949
Bolivia	9,775,246	1,098,580	1825
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,613,414	51,129	1992
Botswana	1,990,876	600,370	1966
Brazil	198,739,269	8,511,965	1822
Brunei	388,190	5,765	1984
Bulgaria	7,204,687	110,911.50	1908
Burkina Faso	15,746,232	274,122	1960
Burma	48,137,741	676,733	1948
Burundi	8,988,091	27,834	1962
Cambodia	14,494,293	181,035	1953
Cameroon	18,879,301	465,054	1960
Canada	33,487,208	9,976,140	1867
Cape Verde	429,474	4,033	1975
Central African Republic	4,511,488	624,977	1960
Chad	10,329,208	1,283,992	1960
Chile	16,601,707	751,626	1810
China, PR	1,338,612,968	9,560,951	1949
China, Republic of	22,974,347	35,989
Colombia	45,644,023	1,138,914	1810
Comoros	752,438	1,862	1975
Congo, DR	68,692,542	2,344,885	1960
Congo, Republic of	4,012,809	342,000	1960
Costa Rica	4,253,877	50,898	1821
Croatia	4,489,409	56,538	1991
Cuba	11,451,652	114,524	1902
Cyprus	531,640	5,896	1960
Czech Republic	10,211,904	78,864	1918
Denmark	5,500,510	43,075
Djibouti	516,055	23,300	1977
Dominica	72,660	728	1978
Dominican Republic	9,650,054	48,442	1844
Ecuador	14,573,101	281,335	1822
Egypt	83,082,869	1,000,258	1922
El Salvador	7,185,218	21,393	1821
Equatorial Guinea	633,441	28,051	1968
Eritrea	5,647,168	121,320	1993
Estonia	1,299,371	45,226	1991
Ethiopia	85,237,338	1,127,127
Fiji	944,720	18,272	1970
Finland	5,250,275	337,032	1917
France	62,106,000	543,998
Gabon	1,514,993	267,667	1960
Gambia	1,782,893	10,689.30	1965
Georgia	4,615,807	69,700	1991
Germany	82,329,758	356,828	1815
Ghana	23,832,495	238,305	1957
Greece	10,737,428	131,986
Grenada	90,739	344	1974
Guatemala	13,276,517	108,889	1821
Guinea	10,057,975	245,857	1958
Guinea-Bissau	1,533,964	36,125	1974
Guyana	772,298	214,970	1966
Haiti	9,035,536	27,750	1804
Honduras	7,792,854	112,088	1821
Hungary	9,905,596	93,032
Iceland	306,694	102,828	1944
India	1,166,079,217	3,287,590	1947
Indonesia	240,271,522	1,904,518	1945
Iran	66,429,284	1,648,173	1921
Iraq	28,945,657	438,446	1932
Ireland	4,203,200	70,285	1921
Israel	7,233,701	20,770	1948
Italy	58,126,212	301,245
Ivory Coast	20,617,068	322,463	1960
Jamaica	2,825,928	10,991	1962
Japan	127,078,679	381,946
Jordan	6,342,948	89,213	1946
Kazakhstan	15,399,437	2,717,300	1991
Kenya	39,002,772	582,650	1963
Kiribati	112,850	689	1979
Korea, DPR	22,665,345	122,370	1948
Korea, Republic of	48,508,972	98,447	1945
Kosovo	1,804,838	10,886	2008
Kuwait	2,691,158	24,280	1961
Kyrgyzstan	5,431,747	198,500	1991
Laos	6,834,942	236,797	1949
Latvia	2,231,503	64,589	1991
Lebanon	4,017,095	10,230	1943
Lesotho	2,130,819	30,340	1966
Liberia	3,441,790	111,370	1847
Libya	6,310,434	1,759,540	1951
Liechtenstein	34,761	160	1719
Lithuania	3,555,179	65,200	1991
Luxembourg	491,775	2,586	1839
Macedonia	2,066,718	25,713	1991
Madagascar	20,653,556	594,180	1960
Malawi	14,268,711	118,484	1964
Malaysia	25,715,819	333,507	1957
Maldives	396,334	298	1965
Mali	12,666,987	1,204,021	1960
Malta	405,165	246	1964
Marshall Islands	64,522	180.88	1991
Mauritania	3,129,486	88,667	1960
Mauritius	1,284,264	1,865	1968
Mexico	111,211,789	1,972,546	1810
Micronesia	107,434	701.34	1990
Moldova	4,320,748	33,843	1991
Monaco	32,965	1.9	1861
Mongolia	3,041,142	1,564,992	1921
Montenegro	672,180	14,026	2006
Morocco	34,859,364	458,730	1956
Mozambique	21,669,278	784,961	1975
Namibia	2,108,665	825,758	1990
Nauru	14,019	21.3	1968
Nepal	28,563,377	145,392	1769
Netherlands	16,715,999	41,160.60	1579
New Zealand	4,213,418	268,704	1907
Nicaragua	5,891,199	148,005	1821
Niger	15,306,252	1,186,408	1960
Nigeria	149,229,090	923,773	1960
Norway	4,660,539	385,943.06	1905
Oman	3,418,085	212,457	1744
Pakistan	176,242,949	796,095	1947
Palau	20,796	493.81	1994
Panama	3,360,474	77,082	1903
Papua New Guinea	6,057,263	462,790	1975
Paraguay	6,995,655	159,827	1811
Peru	29,546,963	1,285,216	1821
Philippines	97,976,603	299,670	1946
Poland	38,482,919	312,683
Portugal	10,707,924	91,631	1910
Qatar	833,285	11,437	1971
Romania	22,215,421	237,500	1881
Russia	140,041,247	17,075,200
Rwanda	10,473,282	26,330	1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis	40,131	262	1983
Saint Lucia	160,267	616	1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,574	389	1979
Samoa	219,998	2,842	1962
San Marino	30,324	61.19	301
Sao Tome and Principe	212,679	964	1975
Saudi Arabia	28,686,633	2,149,677	1927
Senegal	13,711,597	197,722	1960
Serbia	7,379,339	91,464	1878
Seychelles	87,476	404	1976
Sierra Leone	6,440,053	73,326	1961
Singapore	4,657,542	616	1965
Slovakia	5,463,046	49,035	1993
Slovenia	2,005,692	20,251	1991
Solomon Islands	595,613	29,785	1978
Somalia	9,832,017	637,657	1960
South Africa	49,052,489	1,221,040	1910
Spain	40,525,002	504,879	1492
Sri Lanka	21,324,791	65,610	1948
Sudan	41,087,825	2,503,889	1956
Suriname	481,267	163,265	1975
Swaziland	1,123,913	17,363	1968
Sweden	9,059,651	465,928	1523
Switzerland	7,604,467	41,288	1291
Syria	20,178,485	185,680	1946
Tajikistan	7,349,145	143,100	1991
Tanzania	41,048,532	945,050	1961
Thailand	65,905,410	514,113	1350
Timor-Leste	1,131,612	14,925	2002
Togo	6,019,877	56,599	1960
Tonga	120,898	701	1970
Trinidad and Tobago	1,229,953	5,128	1962
Tunisia	10,486,339	164,150	1956
Turkey	76,805,524	779,452	1923
Turkmenistan	4,884,887	488,100	1991
Tuvalu	12,373	24	1978
Uganda	32,369,558	236,860	1962
Ukraine	45,700,395	603,700	1991
United Arab Emirates	4,798,491	86,449	1971
United Kingdom	61,113,205	230,609
United States	307,212,123	9,384,615	1776
Uruguay	3,494,382	186,926	1828
Uzbekistan	27,606,007	447,400	1991
Vanuatu	218,519	14,760	1980
Vatican City	826	0.4399	1929
Venezuela	26,814,843	912,050	1881
Vietnam	86,967,524	329,566	1945
Yemen	23,822,783	527,970	1918
Zambia	11,862,740	752,620	1964
Zimbabwe	11,392,629	390,622	1980