Countries of the World

A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated peoples with distinct political characteristics. Regardless of the physical geography, in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945, a resident of a country is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction. 

Nations of the world

Sometimes the word country is used to refer both to sovereign states and to other political entities, while other times it refers only to states. For example, the CIA World Fact book uses the word in its "Country name" field to refer to "a wide variety of dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabited islands, and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states".Information about some countries:

COUNTRY	CAPITAL	CURRENCY	LANGUAGE	RELIGION	TIME ZONE
Afghanistan	Kabul	afghani	Pushto, Dari	Muslim	+4
Albania	Tirana	lek	Albanian	Orthodox Christian	+1
Algeria	Algiers	dinar	Arabic, French, Berber	Muslim	+1
Andorra	Andorra La Vella	franc/peseta	Catalan, Spanish	RC	+1
Angola	Luanda	kwanza	Portuguese	RC, Animist	+1
Antigua & Barbuda	St Johns (On Antigua)	E.Caribbean dollar	English	Anglican	+4
Argentina	Buenos Aires	austral	Spanish	RC	+3
Armenia	Yerevan	dran	Armenian	Orthodox	+4
Australia	Canberra	Australian dollar	English	Anglican, RC	+8 to +10
Austria	Vienna	Euro	German	RC	+1
Azerbaijan	Baku	manat	Azeri	Muslim	+1
Bahamas	Nassau	Bahamian dollar	English, Creole	Baptist, RC	+5
Bahrain	Manama	dinar	Arabic	Muslim	+3
Bangladesh	Dhaka	taka	Bangala (Bengali)	Muslim	+6
Barbados	Bridgetown	Barbados dollar	English	Anglican	+4
Belarus	Minsk	rouble	Russian	Russian Orthodox	+2
Belgium	Brussels	Euro	Flemish, French	RC	+1
Belize	Belmopan	Belize dollar	English, Creole, Spanish	RC	+6
Benin	Porto Novo	franc	French, Fon	Animist, Islam	+1
Bhutan	Thimphu	ngultrum	Dzongkha (Tibetan), Nepali	Buddhist, Hindu	+6
Bolivia	La Paz	boliviano	Spanish, Aymara, Quechua	RC	+4
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Sarajevo	dinar	Serbo-croat Islam, Serbian	Orthodox	+1
Botswana	Gaborone	pula	English, Setswana	Christian, Animist	+2
Brazil	Brasilia	cruzeiro	Portuguese	RC	+3 to +4
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei dollar	Malay, Chinese	Muslim, Buddhist	+8
Bulgaria	Sofia	lev	Bulgarian, Turkish	Orthodox	+2
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	franc	French	Animist, Muslim	+0
Burundi	Bujumbura	franc	Kirundi, French	RC, Animist	+2
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	new riel	Khmer, French	Buddhist	+7
Cameroon	Yaounde	franc	French, English	RC, Animist, Muslim	+1
Canada	Ottawa	Canadian dollar	French, English	RC, Protestant	+5 to +8
Cape Verde Islands	Praia Verdean	escudo	Portuguese, Creole	RC	+1
Central African Republic	Bangui	franc	French, Sangho	Protestant, RC	+1
Chad	N'djamena	franc	French, Arabic	Muslim, Animist	+1
Chile	Santiago	peso	Spanish	RC	+4
China (Inc.tibet)	Peking	yuan	Mandarin (Chinese)	Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism	+8
Colombia	Bogota	peso	Spanish, Indigenous Languages	RC	+?
Comoros	Moroni	franc	French, Arabic	Muslim	3
Congo	Brazzaville	franc	French, Lingala, Monokutuba,, Kongo	Animist, Christian	+1
Costa Rica	San Jose		Spanish	RC	+6
Cote d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	franc	French	Animist, RC	0
Croatia	Zagreb	kuna	Croat, Serbian	RC	+1
Cuba	Havana	peso	Spanish	RC	+5
Cyprus	Nicosia	pound	Greek/Turkish	Greek Orthodox, Muslim	+2
Czech Republic	Prague	koruna	Czech	RC	+1
Democratic Rep of Congo	Kinshasa	zaire	French, Local Dialects	RC, Protestant	+1
Denmark	Copenhagen	kroner	Danish	Lutheran	+1
Djibouti	Djibouti	franc	French, Arabic	Muslim	+3
Dominica	Roseau	E.Caribbean dollar	English	RC	+4
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	peso	Spanish	RC	+4
Ecuador	Quito	sucre	Spanish, Quechua	RC	+5
Egypt	Cairo	pound	Arabic	Muslim	+2
El Salvador	San Salvador	colon	Spanish, Nahuatl	RC	+6
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	franc	Spanish	RC	+1
Eritrea	Asmara	birr	Tigrinya, TigreArabic	Muslim,, Christian	+3
Estonia	Tallinn	kroone	Estonian, Russian	Lutheran	+2
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	birr	Amharic, Arabic	Oromo, Muslim, Orthodox Christian	+3
Fiji	Suva	Fijian dollar	English, Fijian, Hindi	Methodist, Hindu	+12
Finland	Helsinki	Euro	Finnish, Swedish	Lutheran, Orthodox Christian	+2
France	Paris	Euro	French	RC	+1
Gabon	Libreville	franc	French, Fang	RC	+1
Gambia	Banjul	dalasi	English	Muslim, Protestant	0
Georgia	Tbilisi	rouble	Georgian	Orthodox	+4
Germany	Berlin	Euro	German	Lutheran, RC	+1
Ghana	Accra	new cedi	English	Animist, Christian, Muslim	0
Greece	Athens	Euro	Greek	Greek Orthodox	+2
Grenada	St Georges	E.Caribbean dollar	English	RC, Anglican	+4
Guatemala	Guatemala City	quetzal	Spanish, Mayan Dialects	RC, Protestant	+6
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	peso	Portuguese, Creole	Animist, Muslim	0
Guinea	Conakry	franc	French, Fulami	Muslim	0
Guyana	Georgetown	dollar	English, Hindi, Urdu	Hindu, Christian	+3
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	gourde	French, Creole	RC, Voodoo	+5
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	lempira	Spanish	RC	+6
Hungary	Budapest	forint	Magyar	RC	+1
Iceland	Reykjavik	krona	Icelandic	Evangelical Lutheran	0
India	New Delhi	rupee	Hindi, English & 1600 Languages	Hindu, Isalm	+5
Indonesia	Jakarta	rupiah	Bahasa, Indonesian, Javanese	Muslim	+7 to +8
Iran	Tehran	rial	Farsi, Azeri	Muslim	+3
Iraq	Baghdad	dinar	Arabic, Kurdish	Muslim	+3
Ireland	Dublin	Euro	Gaelic, English	RC	0
Israel	Jerusalem	shekel	Hebrew, Arabic	Judaism	+2
Italy	Rome	Euro	Italian	RC	+1
Jamaica	Kingston	Jamaican dollar	English, Creole	Protestant, Rastafarian	+5
Japan	Tokyo	yen	Japanese	Shinto, Buddhism	+9
Jordan	Amman	dinar	Arabic	Muslim	+2
Kazakhstan	Alma-ata	tenge, rouble	Russian, Kazakh	Muslim, RC	+5 to 6
Kenya	Nairobi	shilling	Swahili, English	Protestant, RC	+3
Kiribati	Bairiki (On Tarawa)	Australian dollar	I-kiribati, English	RC, Protestant	+12
Korea DPR	Pyongyang	won	Korean	Daoist, Confusianism	+9
Korea, Republic of	Seoul	won	Korean	Buddhist, Protestant, Taoism	+9
Kuwait	Kuwait City	dinar	Arabic	Muslim	+3
Kyrgyzstan	Frunze	som, rouble	Kighiz	Muslim	+5
Laos	Vientiane	kip	Lao	Buddhist	+7
Latvia	Riga	lats	Lettish, Russian	Lutheran	+2
Lebanon	Beirut	pound	Arabic	Muslim, Christian	+2
Lesotho	Maseru	loti	Sesotho, English	RC, Protestant	+2
Liberia	Monrovia	dollar	English	Animist, Muslim, Christian	0
Libya	Tripoli	dinar	Arabic	Muslim	+1
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	franc	German	RC	+1
Lithuania	Vilnius	litas	Lithuanan	RC	+2
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Euro	Letzeburgesch, French, German	RC	+1
Macedonia	Bitolj	denar	Macedonia, Albanian	Orthodox	+1
Madagascar	Antananarivo	franc	Malagasy, French	Animist, RC	+3
Malawi	Lilongwe	kwacha	English, Chichewa	Christian	+2
Malaysia	Kuala Kumpar	ringgit	Malay, English, Chinese	Muslim	+8
The Maldives	Male	rufiyaa	Dhivehi	Muslim	+5
Mali	Bamako	franc	French, Bambara	Muslim	0
Malta	Valletta	franc	Maltese, English	RC	+1
Marshall Islands	Dalap-Uliga-Darrit	US dollar	Marshallese, English	Protestant	+12
Mauritania	Nouakchott	ouguiya	Arabic, French	Muslim	0
Mauritius	Port Louis	rupee	English, Creole	Hindu, Christian, Islam	+4
Mexico	Mexico City	peso	Spanish	RC	+6
Micronesia	Palikir (On Pohnpei)	US dollar	English, Trukese, Ponapean	Protestant	+11
Moldova	Kishinev	leu	Moldovan, Ukranian, Russian Russian	Orthodox	+2
Monaco	Monaco-ville	franc	French	RC	+1
Mongolia	Ulan-Baatar	tugrit	Kalkh, Mongolese	Buddhism	+8
Morocco	Rabat	dirham	Arabic, Berber	Muslim	0
Mozambique	Maputo	metical	Portuguese	Animist, RC, Islam	+2
Myanmar	Yangon	kyat	Burmese	Buddhist	+6
Namibia	Windhoek	rand	Afrikaans, English	Lutheran, Various Christian	+2
Nauru	Yaren District	Australian dollar	Nauruan	RC, Nauran Protestant Church	+12
Nepal	Kathmandu	rupee	Nepali, Bilhari	Hindu	+5
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Euro	Dutch	RC, Netherlands Reform Church	+1
New Zealand	Wellington	New Zealand dollar	English, Maori	Anglican, RC	+12
Nicaragua	Managua	cordoba	Spanish, Miskito	RC	+6
Niger	Niamey	franc	French, Hausa	Muslim	+1
Nigeria	Lagos	naira	English, Local Dialects	Muslim, Christian	+1
Norway	Oslo	krone	Norwegian	Evangelical, Lutheran	+1
Oman	Muscat	rial	Arabic	Muslim	+4
Pakistan	Islamabad	rupee	Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, English	Muslim	+5
Panama	Panama City	balboa	Spanish	RC	5
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	kina	English	Protestant, RC	+10
Paraguay	Ascuncion	guarani	Spanish, Guran	RC	+4
Peru	Lima	inti	Spanish, Quechua	RC	5
The Philippines	Manila On Luzon)	peso	Tagalog (Filipino)	RC	8
Poland	Warsaw	zloty	Polish	RC	+1
Portugal	Lisbon	Euro	Portuguese	RC	+1
Qatar	Doha	riyal	Arabic	Muslim	+3
Romania	Bucharest	leu	Romanian	Romanian Orthodox, RC	+2
Russia	Moscow	rouble	Great Russian	Russian Orthodox	+2 to 12
Rwanda	Kigali	franc	French, Kinyarwanda	RC, Animist	+2
St Christopher & Nevis	Basseterre	E.Caribbean dollar	English	Anglican, Methodist	4
St Lucia	Castries	E.Caribbean dollar	English, French Patois	RC	4
St Vincent & Grenedines	Kingstown	E.Caribbean dollar	English	Anglican, Methodist	4
San Marino	San Marino	lira	Italian	RC	+1
Sao Tome & Principe	Sao Tome	dobra	Portuguese	RC	0
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	riyal	Arabic	Muslim	+3
Senegal	Dakar	franc	French, Wolof	Muslim	0
Seychelles	Victoria	rupee	Creole, English, French	RC	+4
Sierra Leone	Freetown	leone	English, KrioMende,, Temne	Animist, Muslim	0
Singapore	Singapore City	dollar	Chinese, Malay, English	Buddhism, Daoism	+8
Slovakia	Bratislava	koruna	Slovak, Hungarian RC	+1
Slovenia	Ljubljana	tolar	Slovene	RC	+1
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Soloman Islands dollar	English, Pidgin English	Anglican, RC	+11
Somalia	Mogadishu	shilling	Somali, Arabic	Muslim	+3
South Africa	Pretoria/Cape Town	rand	Xhosa, Zulu, English, Afrikaans	Black African Churchs, Africaans Reform Church	+2
Spain	Madrid	Euro	Spanish, Castilian	RC	+1
Sri Lanka	Colombo	rupee	Sinhala, Tamil English	Buddhist, Hindu	+5
Sudan	Khartoum	pound	Arabic	Muslim	+2
Surinam	Paramaribo	guilder	Dutch, Sranang, Togo, Hindi	Hindu, RC, Muslim	+3
Swaziland	Mbabane	lilangeni	Siswati, English	Various Christian & Indian	+2
Sweden	Stockholm	krona	Swedish	Lutheran	+1
Switzerland	Berne	franc	German	RC, Protestant	+1
Syria	Damascus	pound	Arabic	Muslim	+2
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	rouble	Tadzhik, Uzbek, Russian	RC, Islam	+3
Tanzania	Dodoma	shilling	English, Swahili	Animist, Muslim, Christian	+3
Thailand	Bangkok	baht	Thai, Chinese	Buddhist	+7
Togo	Lome	franc	French, Ewe, Kabiye	Animist, RC	0
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	pa'anga	Tongan, English	Methodist	+13
Trinidad & Tobago	Port of Spain	Trinidad & Tobago dollar	English, Hindi	RC, Protestant, Hindu	4
Tunisia	Tunis	dinar	Arabic	Muslim	+1
Turkey	Ankara	lira	Turkish, Kurdish	Muslim	+2
Turkmenistan	Ashkhabad	manat, rouble	Turkmen	Muslim	+5
Tuvalu	Funafuti	Tuvalu dollar	Tuvaluan, English	Protestant Church of Tuvalu	+12
Uganda	Kampala	shilling	English, Swahili	RC, Animist, Protestant	+3
Ukraine	Kiev	karbvanets	Ukranian, Russian	Ukranian Orthodox	+2
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	dirham	Arabic	Muslim	+4
United Kingdom	London	pound	English	Anglican, RC	0
United States of America	Washington DC	US dollar	English	RC, Baptist	+5 to +8
Uruguay	Montevideo	nuevo peso	Spanish	RC	+3
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	som, rouble	Uzbek	Muslim	+5 to 6
Vanuatu	Vila (On Efate)	vatu	Bislamay, English, French	Protestant, RC	+11
Vatican City State		Euro	Italian, Latin	RC HQ	+1
Venezuela	Caracas	bolivar	Spanish	RC	4
Vietnam	Hanoi	dong	Vietnamese	Buddhist	+7
Western Samoa	Apia (On Upolu)	tala	English, Samoan	Protestant, Congregational, RC	11
Yemen	Sana'a	rial	Arabic	Muslim	+3
Yugoslavia	Belgrade	dinar	Serb	Orthodox, Islam	+1
Zambia	Lusaka	kwacha	English, Tonga, Bemba	Animist	+2
Zimbabwe	Harare	dollar	English	Animist, Anglican, RC	+2