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Wales Location:Europe Status:UK Constituent Country Capital City:Cardi ff Main Cities:Swanse a Population:2,821,0 00 Currency:1 pound sterling = 100 pence Languages:Welsh, English

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WalesLocation:Europe

Status:UK Constituent Country

Capital City:Cardiff

Main Cities:Swansea

Population:2,821,000

Currency:1 pound sterling = 100 pence

Languages:Welsh, English

Religions:Protestant, Roman Catholic

ScotlandLocation:Europe

Status:UK Constituent Country

Capital City:Edinburgh (Dùn Eideann)

Main Cities:Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness

Population:5,136,500

Currency:1 pound sterling = 100 pence

Languages:English, Scots, Scots Gaelic

Religions:Protestant, Roman Catholic

IrelandLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Dublin (Baile Átha Cliath)

Main Cities:Cork, Limerick, Galway, Sligo

Population:3,476,000Area:70,280 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:Irish, English

Religions:Roman Catholic, Protestant

EnglandLocation:Europe

Status:UK Constituent Country

Capital City:London

Main Cities:Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool,

Population:47,255,000

Currency:1 pound sterling = 100 pence

Languages:English

Religions:Protestant, Roman Catholic, Muslim, Hindu

IndiaLocation:Asia

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Delhi (New Delhi)

Main Cities:Bangalore, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras

Population:913,747,000

Area:3,287,590 km2

Currency:1 Indian rupee = 100 paisa

Languages:Hindi, English, Panjabi and many local languages

Religions:Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian

AustriaLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Vienna (Wien)

Main Cities:Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck

Population:7,834,000Area:83,850 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:German

Religions:Roman Catholic, Protestant

GermanyLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Berlin

Main Cities:Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Essen, Frankfurt

Population:80,942,000Area:356,910 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:German

Religions:Protestant (Lutheran), Roman Catholic

SwitzerlandLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Berne (Bern)

Main Cities:Zürich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne

Population:6,910,000

Area:41,290 km2

Currency:1 Swiss franc = 100 centimes

Languages:French, German, Italian, Romansch

Religions:Roman Catholic, Protestant

HungaryLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Budapest

Main Cities:Debrecen, Miskolc

Population:10,479,000Area:93,030 km2

Currency:1 forint = 100 fillér

Languages:Hungarian (Magyar)

Religions:Roman Catholic, Protestant

PolandLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Warsaw (Warszawa)

Main Cities:Lódz, Kraków

Population:38,621,000

Area:312,680 km2

Currency:1 zloty = 100 groszy

Languages:Polish

Religions:Roman Catholic

AustraliaLocation:Oceania

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Canberra

MainCities:Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin

Population:18,090,000

Area:7,713,360 km2

Currency:1 Australian dollar = 100 cents

Languages:English, Aboriginal languages

Religions:Anglican, Roman Catholic, others

United StatesLocation:North America

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Washington, DC

Main Cities:New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco

Population:260,513,000

Area:9,372,610 km2

Currency:1 US dollar = 100 cents

Languages:English, Spanish, and over 30 others

Religions:Protestant, Roman Catholic, Judaism

SpainLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Madrid

Main Cities:Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza

Population:39,214,000

Area:504,780 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:Spanish, Basque, Galician, Catalan

Religions:Roman Catholic

GreeceLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Athens (Athínai)

Main Cities:Thessaloniki, Piraeus, Patrai

Population:10,232,000

Area:131,990 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:Greek

Religions:Greek Orthodox

EgyptLocation:Africa

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Cairo (Al Qahirah)

Main Cities:Alexandria, Ismailia, Port Said, Asyût, Giza

Population:57,285,000Area:1,001,450 km2

Currency:1 Egyptian pound = 100 piastres

Languages:Arabic

Religions:Sunni Muslim, Orthodox (Coptic) Christian

IsraelLocation:Middle East

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)

Main Cities:Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa

Population:5,672,000Area:20,770 km2

Currency:1 new shekel = 100 agorot

Languages:Hebrew, Arabic

Religions:Jewish, Muslim

PortugalLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Lisbon (Lisboa)

Main Cities:Oporto

Population:9,877,000

Area:92,390 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:Portuguese

Religions:Roman Catholic

FranceLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Paris

Main Cities:Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse

Population:57,571,000

Area:551,500 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:French

Religions:Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim

BelgiumLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Brussels (Bruxelles)

Main Cities:Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège

Population:10,020,000

Area:30,520 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:Flemish (Dutch), French, German

Religions:Roman Catholic

ItalyLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Rome (Roma)

Main Cities:Milan, Naples,Turin, Florence, Venice

Population:57,867,000

Area:301,270 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:Italian

Religions:Roman Catholic

New ZealandLocation:Oceania

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Wellington

Main Cities:Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton

Population:3,825,000

Area:270,990 km2

Currency:1 New Zealand dollar = 100 cents

Languages:English, Maori

Religions:Anglican, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic

The NetherlandsLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Amsterdam

Main Cities:Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven

Population:15,384,000

Area:37,330 km2

Currency:1 euro = 100 cents

Languages:Dutch, Frysian

Religions:Roman Catholic, Protestant

JapanLocation:Asia

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Tokyo (Tõkyõ)

Main Cities:Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto

Population:125,422,000

Area:377,800 km2

Currency:1 yen = 100 sen

Languages:Japanese, Korean, Chinese

Religions:Shinto, Buddhist, Christian

JamaicaLocation:Caribbean

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Kingston

Main Cities:Spanish Town, Montego Bay

Population:2,521,000

Area:10,990 km2

Currency:1 Jamaican dollar = 100 cents

Languages:English

Religions:Protestant, Roman Catholic

CanadaLocation:North America

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Ottawa

Main Cities:Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver

Population:31,000,000

Area:9,976,140 km2

Currency:1 Canadian dollar = 100 cents

Languages:English, French, Inuktitut

Religions:Roman Catholic, Protestant

SwedenLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Stockholm

Main Cities:Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala

Population:8,732,000

Area:449,960 km2

Currency:1 Swedish krona = 100 öre

Languages:Swedish

Religions:Lutheran Protestant

NorwayLocation:Europe

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Oslo

Main Cities:Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger

Population:4,333,000

Area:323,900 km2

Currency:1 Norwegian krone = 100 øre

Languages:Norwegian, small amount of Lapp and Finnish

Religions:Lutheran

TurkeyLocation: Europe/Asia

Status: UN Country

Capital City: Ankara

Main Cities: Istanbul, Izmir, Adana

Population:60,802,000

Area:779,450 km2

Currency: Turkish lira

Languages: Turkish

Religions: Sunni Muslim

ChinaLocation:Asia

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Beijing

Main Cities:Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang

Population:1,222,017,000

Area:9,596,960 km2

Currency:1 yuan = 10 jiao = 100 fen

Languages:Mandarin Chinese, Shanghai-, Canton-, Fukien-, Hakka- dialects, Tibetan, Vigus (Turkic)

Religions:Confucianist, Buddhist, Taoist

South AfricaLocation:Africa

Status:UN Country

Capital City:Pretoria (administrative capital)

Main Cities:Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein (judicial capital), Johannesburg, Durban

Population:41,749,000

Area:1,221,040 km2

Currency:1 rand = 100 cents

Languages:Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu

Religions:Black Christian churches, Dutch Reformed, Roman Catholic