The World Fact Site

Country List

Click on a country below for more information about that country.

-World
-Afghanistan
-Akrotiri
-Albania
-Algeria
-American Samoa
-Andorra
-Angola
-Anguilla
-Antarctica
-Antigua and Barbuda
-Arctic Ocean
-Argentina
-Armenia
-Aruba
-Ashmore and Cartier Islands
-Atlantic Ocean
-Australia
-Austria
-Azerbaijan
-Bahamas, The
-Bahrain
-Baker Island
-Bangladesh
-Barbados
-Bassas da India
-Belarus
-Belgium
-Belize
-Benin
-Bermuda
-Bhutan
-Bolivia
-Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Botswana
-Bouvet Island
-Brazil
-British Indian Ocean Territory
-British Virgin Islands
-Brunei
-Bulgaria
-Burkina Faso
-Burma
-Burundi
-Cambodia
-Cameroon
-Canada
-Cape Verde
-Cayman Islands
-Central African Republic
-Chad
-Chile
-China
-Christmas Island
-Clipperton Island
-Cocos (Keeling) Islands
-Colombia
-Comoros
-Congo, Democratic Republic of the
-Congo, Republic of the
-Cook Islands
-Coral Sea Islands
-Costa Rica
-Cote d'Ivoire
-Croatia
-Cuba
-Cyprus
-Czech Republic
-Denmark
-Dhekelia
-Djibouti
-Dominica
-Dominican Republic
-East Timor
-Ecuador
-Egypt
-El Salvador
-Equatorial Guinea
-Eritrea
-Estonia
-Ethiopia
-Europa Island
-European Union
-Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
-Faroe Islands
-Fiji
-Finland
-France
-French Guiana
-French Polynesia
-French Southern and Antarctic Lands
-Gabon
-Gambia, The
-Gaza Strip
-Georgia
-Germany
-Ghana
-Gibraltar
-Glorioso Islands
-Greece
-Greenland
-Grenada
-Guadeloupe
-Guam
-Guatemala
-Guernsey
-Guinea
-Guinea-Bissau
-Guyana
-Haiti
-Heard Island and McDonald Islands
-Holy See (Vatican City)
-Honduras
-Hong Kong
-Howland Island
-Hungary
-Iceland
-India
-Indian Ocean
-Indonesia
-Iran
-Iraq
-Ireland
-Israel
-Italy
-Jamaica
-Jan Mayen
-Japan
-Jarvis Island
-Jersey
-Johnston Atoll
-Jordan
-Juan de Nova Island
-Kazakhstan
-Kenya
-Kingman Reef
-Kiribati
-Korea, North
-Korea, South
-Kuwait
-Kyrgyzstan
-Laos
-Latvia
-Lebanon
-Lesotho
-Liberia
-Libya
-Liechtenstein
-Lithuania
-Luxembourg
-Macau
-Macedonia
-Madagascar
-Malawi
-Malaysia
-Maldives
-Mali
-Malta
-Man, Isle of
-Marshall Islands
-Martinique
-Mauritania
-Mauritius
-Mayotte
-Mexico
-Micronesia, Federated States of
-Midway Islands
-Moldova
-Monaco
-Mongolia
-Montserrat
-Morocco
-Mozambique
-Namibia
-Nauru
-Navassa Island
-Nepal
-Netherlands
-Netherlands Antilles
-New Caledonia
-New Zealand
-Nicaragua
-Niger
-Nigeria
-Niue
-Norfolk Island
-Northern Mariana Islands
-Norway
-Oman
-Pacific Ocean
-Pakistan
-Palau
-Palmyra Atoll
-Panama
-Papua New Guinea
-Paracel Islands
-Paraguay
-Peru
-Philippines
-Pitcairn Islands
-Poland
-Portugal
-Puerto Rico
-Qatar
-Reunion
-Romania
-Russia
-Rwanda
-Saint Helena
-Saint Kitts and Nevis
-Saint Lucia
-Saint Pierre and Miquelon
-Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-Samoa
-San Marino
-Sao Tome and Principe
-Saudi Arabia
-Senegal
-Serbia and Montenegro
-Seychelles
-Sierra Leone
-Singapore
-Slovakia
-Slovenia
-Solomon Islands
-Somalia
-South Africa
-South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
-Southern Ocean
-Spain
-Spratly Islands
-Sri Lanka
-Sudan
-Suriname
-Svalbard
-Swaziland
-Sweden
-Switzerland
-Syria
-Taiwan
-Tajikistan
-Tanzania
-Thailand
-Togo
-Tokelau
-Tonga
-Trinidad and Tobago
-Tromelin Island
-Tunisia
-Turkey
-Turkmenistan
-Turks and Caicos Islands
-Tuvalu
-Uganda
-Ukraine
-United Arab Emirates
-United Kingdom
-United States
-Uruguay
-Uzbekistan
-Vanuatu
-Venezuela
-Vietnam
-Virgin Islands
-Wake Island
-Wallis and Futuna
-West Bank
-Western Sahara
-Yemen
-Zambia
-Zimbabwe

The world at a glance...

Top 10 Most Populated Countries (people)...
1 China 1,298,847,624
2 India 1,065,070,607
3 United States 293,027,571
4 Indonesia 238,452,952
5 Brazil 184,101,109
6 Pakistan 159,196,336
7 Nigeria 137,253,133
8 Russia 143,782,338
9 Bangladesh 141,340,476
10 Japan 127,333,002

Top 10 Largest Countries (in square km)...
1 Russia 17,075,200 km2
2 Canada 9,984,670 km2
3 United States 9,631,418 km2
4 China 9,596,960 km2
5 Brazil 8,511,965 km2
6 Australia 7,686,850 km2
7 India 3,287,590 km2
8 Argentina 2,766,890 km2
9 Kazakhstan 2,717,300 km2
10 Sudan 2,505,810 km2

Top 10 Internet Users (people)...
1 United States 159,000,000
2 China 59,100,000
3 Japan 57,200,000
4 Germany 34,000,000
5 Korea, South 26,270,000
6 United Kingdom 25,000,000
7 Italy 19,900,000
8 France 18,716,000
9 India 16,580,000
10 Canada 16,110,000

Top 10 Richest Countries (by GDP, billion $)...
1 United States 10,980
2 China 6,449
3 Japan 3,567
4 India 3,022
5 Germany 2,271
6 United Kingdom 1,664
7 France 1,552
8 Italy 1,552
9 Brazil 1,379
10 Russia 1,287

Top 10 Highest Importers (Billion $)...
1 United States 1,260.0
2 Germany 585.0
3 China 397.4
4 United Kingdom 363.6
5 Japan 346.6
6 France 339.9
7 Italy 271.1
8 Canada 240.4
9 Hong Kong 230.3
10 Netherlands 217.7


Latest World News from the BBC

Burma warned over cyclone delays
The UN urges Burma to reconsider its attitude towards allowing aid teams into the country to avoid further loss of life.

Cabinet condemns Hezbollah 'coup'
Lebanon's government says the seizure of most of western Beirut by Shia group Hezbollah is "a bloody coup".

Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.

Edwards: 'Obama likely nominee'
Former Democratic US presidential hopeful John Edwards says Barack Obama is now his party's likely nominee.

Canadian train put in quarantine
Passengers are isolated on a train in Canada, after one dies and several others experience flu-like symptoms.

Bombing on eve of Sri Lanka polls
A bomb in a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka kills at least 11 people on the eve of the first elections there for years.

Second police shooting in Mexico
Another senior police officer is gunned down in Mexico City, the fourth in under two weeks.

SA head silent after Harare talks
South African President Thabo Mbeki leaves Zimbabwe without comment after crisis talks with Robert Mugabe.

Gaza mortar attack kills Israeli
A mortar attack from the Gaza Strip kills an Israeli civilian, police and medical officials say.

US and Russian sailors stage sandwich-making battle
Sailors from the Russian and US navies square off in a sandwich-making contest for Victory Day.

Tags to track Greenland walrus migration
Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.

Rivals bullish over title decider
Avram Grant believes Chelsea are playing the best football while Sir Alex Ferguson says Bolton will make it hard for the Blues in Sunday's Premier League finale.

Federer suffers early Rome exit
World number one Roger Federer falls to a surprise quarter-final defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek at the Rome Masters.

High stakes
Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict

Day in pictures
Striking images from around the world

Taser parties
Meeting the women shunning kitchen ware for stun guns

Harare diary
Teacher's certificate to prove he's had a beating

In pictures
Russia's military parades through Red Square

It's quiz time!
Could fat on your derriere be a good thing after all?

Zambia seizes 'Chiluba millions'
Assets worth nearly $60m stolen under former President Chiluba have been recovered, Zambia's government says.

Move to resurrect CIA leak case
Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame seeks to resurrect a lawsuit against present and former White House officials.

N Korea hands in nuclear records
North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator.

Tanks rejoin Moscow V-Day parade
Tanks and missile launchers are featured in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.

Iraq al-Qaeda chief not captured
The US military in Iraq says a man detained in Mosul is not in fact the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Pakistan opposes US military aide
Pakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo.

Parents blamed over gang culture
A senior police officer calls on parents to be more responsible as 10 teenagers are sentenced over the murder of two schoolboys.

Citigroup to shed $400bn assets
US bank giant Citigroup aims to sell $400bn of assets over the next three years to bolster its financial position.

HIV funding priority shift call
Funding for HIV prevention is being wasted on strategies which have little impact, say US researchers.

Great tits cope well with warming
Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.

R Kelly porn trial gets under way
Singer R Kelly attends court to face charges of child pornography, six years after first being arrested.

Burma's emergency telecoms delay
Foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms are prevented from going into Burma.

Have you got a good story? What do you want to talk about?
Are there topics you want to get the world to talk about? What do you want to comment on or find out what others think about? Set the agenda for global conversations and have your say.


On a lighter note...

 

 

Copyright © 2005-2007 WorldFactSite.com
Disclaimer: The information on our website has been collected from a variety of sources on the Internet. Therefore we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information.
Partner Sites: DH Softwares | Forced Matrix Software | Flash Games at Arcade Online | DH Templates | Fancy Recipes | Bizarre Facts | World Fact Site | Arcade Games | US Hospital Directory | Longest Domain in the World | Visitors Planet | Arcade Smash | Free Games | Jokes | Happy News | Favorites | Free Online Games | Really Fun Arcade