THE EARTH
Estimated Weight (mass)
(5,940,000,000,000,000,000,000 metric tons)

Estimated Age 4.6 billion years
Current Population 6,135,000,000
Surface Area (510,066,000 sq km)
Land Area (148,647,000 sq km) 29.1%
Ocean Area (335,258,000 sq km)
Total Water Area (361,419,000 sq km) 70.9%
Type of Water (97% salt), (3% fresh)
 
Circumference at the equator (40,066 km)
Circumference at the poles (39, 992 km)
Diameter at the equator (12,753 km)
Diameter at the poles (12,710 km)
Radius at the equator (6,376 km)
Radius at the poles (6,355 km)

Orbit Speeds The earth orbits the Sun at
(66,700 mph), (107,320 km per hour)
Sun Orbit The earth orbits the Sun every 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds

To convert km (kilometers) to miles, multiply kilometers by: 0.621371

To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq miles, multiply kilometers by: 0.386102

OCEANS OF THE WORLD (by size)
Pacific (155,557,000 sq km)
Atlantic (76,762,000 sq km)
Indian (68,556,000 sq km)
Southern (20,327,000 sq km)
Arctic (14,056,000 sq km)

Note the Southern Ocean was approved in 2000 by the International Hydrographic Organization. It is now the fourth largest ocean.

OCEANS GREATEST DEPTHS
Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean 35,827 ft
Puerto Rico Trench, Atlantic Ocean 30,246 ft
Java Trench, Indian Ocean 24,460 ft
Arctic Basin, Arctic Ocean 18,456 ft

DEEPEST OCEANS & SEAS
Pacific Ocean (35,827 ft) (10,924 meters)
Atlantic Ocean (30,246 ft) (9,219 meters)
Indian Ocean (24,460 ft) (7,455 meters)
Caribbean Sea (22,788 ft) (6,946 meters)
Arctic Ocean (18,456 ft) (5,625 meters)
South China Sea (16,456 ft) (5,016 meters)
Bering Sea (15,659 ft) (4,773 meters)
Mediterranean Sea (15,197 ft) (4,632 meters)
Gulf of Mexico (12,425 ft) (3,787 meters)
Japan Sea (12,276 ft) (3,742 meters)

Note that official depths for the Southern Ocean are not available at this time.

MAJOR SEAS (by size)
South China (2,974,600 sq km)
Caribbean (2,515,900 sq km)
Mediterranean (2,510,000 sq km)
Bering (2,261,100 sq km)
Gulf of Mexico (1,507,600 sq km)
Arabian Sea (1,498,320 sq km)
Sea of Okhotsk (1,392,100 sq km)
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
(1,012,900 sq km)
Hudson Bay (730,100 sq km)
East China (664,600 sq km)
Andaman (564,900 sq km)
Black (507,900 sq km)
Red (453,000 sq km)

MAJOR ISLANDS (by size)
Australia, (7,617.930 sq km) is widely considered part of a continental landmass, not officially an island. But without doubt it is the largest island on the planet, and when combined with Oceania, the smallest continent on Earth.
Greenland (2,175,600 sq km)
New Guinea (792,500 sq km)
Borneo (725,500 sq km)
Madagascar (587,000 sq km)
Baffin (507,500 sq km)
Sumatra (427,300 sq km)
Honshu (227,400 sq km)
Great Britain (218,100 sq km)
Victoria (217,300 sq km)
Ellesmere (196,200 sq km)
Celebes (178,650 sq km)
New Zealand (south) (151,000 sq km)
Java (126,700 sq km)
New Zealand (north) (114,000 sq km)
Newfoundland (108,900 sq km)

MAJOR RIVERS (By Length)
Nile, Africa (6,825 km)
Amazon, South America (6,437 km)
Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia (6,380 km)
Mississippi, North America (5,971 km)
Yenisey-Angara, Asia (5,536 km)
Huang (Yellow), Asia (5,464 km)
Ob-Irtysh, Asia (5,410 km)
Amur, Asia (4,416 km)
Lena, Asia (4,400 km)
Congo, Africa (4,370 km)
Mackenzie-Peace, North America (4,241 km)
Mekong, Asia (4,184 km)
Niger, Africa (4,171 km)

MAJOR LAKES (By Size)
Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)
Superior, North America (82,100 sq km)
Victoria, Africa (69,500 sq km)
Huron, North America (59,600 sq km)
Michigan, North America (57,800 sq km)
Tanganyika, Africa (32,900 sq km)
Baikal, Asia (31,500 sq km)
Great Bear, North America (31,300 sq km)
Aral Sea, Asia (30,700 sq km)
Malawi, Africa (28,900 sq km)
Great Slave, Canada (28,568 sq km)
Erie, North America (25,667 sq km)
Winnipeg, Canada (24,387 sq km)
Ontario, North America (19,529 sq km)
Balkhash, Kazakhstan (18,300 sq km)

DEEPEST LAKES (By Greatest Depth)
Baikal, Russian Fed. (5,315 ft)
Tanganyika, Africa (4,800 ft)
Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (3,363 ft)
Malawi or Nyasa, Africa (2,317 ft)
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan (2,303 ft)

Hottest, Coldest, Driest, Wettest
Hottest Place Dalol, Denakil Depression, Ethiopia, annual average temperature (93.2°F, 34°C)
Cold Place Plateau Station, Antarctica, annual average temperature (-56.7°C)
Wettest Place Mawsynram, Assam, India, annual average rainfall (11,873 mm, 467.4")
Driest Place Atacama Desert, Chile, imperceptible rainfall on a yearly basis

TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS
(By Size)
Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Nepal
Qogir (K2) 8611m (28250ft) Pakistan
Kangchenjunga 8586m (28169ft) Nepal
Lhotse 8501m (27920ft) Nepal
Makalu I 8462m (27765ft) Nepal
Cho Oyu 8201m (26906ft) Nepal
Dhaulagiri 8167m (26794ft) Nepal
Manaslu I 8156m (26758ft) Nepal
Nanga Parbat 8125m (26658ft) Pakistan
Annapurna I 8091m (26545ft) Nepal

The dormant volcano Mauna Kea (on the Big Island of Hawaii) could be considered the tallest mountain in the world. If you measure it from its base in the Hawaiian Trough (3,280 fathoms deep) to its summit of 13,796 feet, it reaches a height of 33,476 feet.

TALLEST MOUNTAINS
(On Each Continent)
Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Asia
Aconcagua 6959m (22831ft) S. America
Mount McKinley 6194m (20320ft) N. America
Mount Kilimanjaro 5963m (19563ft) Africa
Mount Elbrus 5633m (18481ft) Europe
Puncak Jaya 4884m (16023ft) Oceania
Vinson Massif 4897m (16066ft) Antarctica

HIGHEST/LOWEST SURFACE POINTS
(Below Sea Level, On Each Continent)
Dead Sea, Asia -409 meters
Lake Assal, Africa -156 meters
Death Valley, North America -86 meters
Valdés Peninsula, South America -40 meters
Caspian Sea, Europe -28 meters
Lake Eyre, Australia -16 meters
Antarctica (ice covered) -2,538 meters

For the highest points on each continent see
Tallest Mountains (above)

DRIEST INHABITED PLACES
(Rain fall in inches per year)
Aswan, Egypt 0.02"
Luxor, Egypt 0.03"
Arica Desert, Chile 0.04"
Ica, Peru 0.1"
Antofagasta, Chile 0.2"
El Minya, Egypt 0.2"
Asyut, Egypt 0.2"

WETTEST INHABITED PLACES
(Rain fall in inches per year)
Buenaventira, Colombia 267"
Monrovia, Liberia 202"
Pagp Pago, American Samoa 198"
Moulein, Burma (Myanmar 192"
Lae, Papua New Guinea 183"
Baguio, Philippines180"
Sylhet, Bangladesht 178"

LARGEST DESERTS OF THE WORLD
(SUBTROPICAL)
Sahara, North Africa 3,500,000 sq. miles
Arabian, Middle East 1,000,000 sq. miles
Great Victoria, Australia 250,000 sq. miles
Rub'al Khali, Middle East 250,000 sq. miles
Kalahari, Southern Africa 225,000 sq. miles
Syrian, Middle East 200,000 sq. miles
Chihuahuan, Mexico 175,000 sq. miles
Thar, India/Pakistan175,000 sq. miles
Great Sandy, Australia 150,000 sq. miles
Gibson, Australia 120,000 sq. miles
Sonoran, S.W. USA 120,000 sq. miles
Mohave, S,W, USA 54,000 sq. miles

(COOL COASTAL)
Atacama, Chile SA 54,000 sq. miles
Namib, S.W. Africa 13,000 sq. miles

(COLD WINTER)
Gobi, China 500,000 sq. miles
Patagonian, Argentina 260,000 sq. miles
Great Basin, S.W. USA 190,000 sq. miles
Kara-Kum, West Asia 135,000 sq. miles
Colorado, Western USA 130,000 sq. miles
(also called the Painted Desert}
Taklamakan, China 105,000 sq. miles
Iranian, Iran 100,000 sq. miles

 

CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD
CONTINENTS (by size)

#1 Asia - (44,579,000 sq km)
#2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km)
#3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km)
#4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km)
#5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km)
#6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km)
#7 Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km)

CONTINENTS (by population)

#1 Asia - (3,674,000,000)
#2 Africa - (778,000,000)
#3 Europe - (732,000,000)
#4 North America - (483,000,000)
#5 South America - (342,000,000)
#6 Australia/Oceania - (31,000,000)
#7 Antarctica - (0)

CONTINENTS (by the number of countries)

#1 Africa - (53)
#3 Europe - (46)
#2 Asia - (44)
#4 North America - (23)
#5 Oceania - (14)
#6 South America - (12)

LARGEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles)
Canada 9,330,970 sq km, (3,602,707 sq miles)
China 9,326,410 sq km, (3,600,947 sq miles)
United States 9.166,600 sq km, (3,539,242 sq miles)
Brazil 8,456,510 sq km, (3,265,075 sq miles)
Australia 7,617,930 sq km, (2,941,283 sq miles)
India 2,973,190 sq km, (1,147,949 sq miles)
Argentina 2,736,690 sq km, (1,056,636 sq miles)
Kazakhstan 2,717,300 sq km, (1,049,150 sq miles)
Sudan 2,376,000 sq km, (917,374 sq miles)

SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
Vatican City 0.44 sq km, (0.17 sq miles)
Monaco 1.95 sq km, (0.75 sq miles)
Nauru 21.2 sq km, (8.2 sq miles)
Tuvalu 26 sq km, (10 sq miles)
San Marino 61 sq km, (24 sq miles)
Liechtenstein 160 sq km, (62 sq miles)
Marshall Islands 181 sq km, (70 sq miles)
Seychelles 270 sq km, (104 sq miles)
Maldives 300 sq km, (116 sq miles)
St. Kitts and Nevis 360 sq km, (139 sq miles)

OLDEST COUNTRIES
San Marino (301 AD)
France (486 AD)
Denmark (950 AD)
Portugal (1143 AD)
Andorra (1278 AD)
Switzerland (1291 AD)

YOUNGEST COUNTRIES
East Timor (2002)
Palau (1994)
Czech Republic (1993)
Eritrea (1993)
Slovakia (1993)
Bosnia/Hertzegovina (1992)

RICHEST COUNTRIES
(GNP in USA Dollars)
Luxembourg ($45,360)
Switzerland ($44,355)
Japan ($41,010)
Liechtenstein ($40,000)
Norway ($34,515)

POOREST COUNTRIES
(GNP in USA Dollars)
Mozambique ($80)
Somalia ($100)
Eritrea ($100)
Ethiopia ($100)
Congo, DNC ($100)

COUNTRIES WITH MOST LAND BORDERS
(The Most Neighboring Countries)
China (14)
Russian Federation (14)
Brazil (10)
Congo, Germany and Sudan (9)
Austria, France, Tanzania, Turkey and Zambia (8)

(10) LARGEST USA CITIES (By Population)
Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.

New York City, NY 8.09 million
Los Angeles, CA 3.8 million
Chicago, IL 3.1 million
Houston, TX 2.78 million
Philadelphia, PA 1.62 million
Phoenix, AZ 1.54 million
San Antonio, TX 1.5 million
San Diego, CA 1.4 million
Dallas, TX 1.32 million
Detroit, MI 1 million

LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET
Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city. For the largest metropolitan areas refer to the list below this one.
Revised (10/01/04)
Shanghai, China 13.3 million
Mumbai (Bombay), India 12.6 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina 11.92 million
Moscow, Russia 11.3 million
Karachi, Pakistan 10.9 million
Delhi, India 10.4 million
Manila, Philippines 10.3 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil 10.26 million
Seoul, South Korea 10.2 million
Istanbul, Turkey 9.6 million
Jakarta, Indonesia 9.0 million
Mexico City, Mexico 8.7 million
Lagos, Nigeria 8.68 million
Lima, Peru 8.38 million
Tokyo, Japan 8.3 million
New York City, USA 8.09 million
Cairo, Egypt 7.6 million
London, UK 7.59 million
Teheran, Iran 7.3 million
Beijing, China 7.2 million

LARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE WORLD
Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures.
Revised (10/01/04)
Toyko, Japan 31.2 million
New York City - Philadelphia area, USA 30.1 million
Mexico City, Mexico 21.5 million
Seoul, South Korea 20.15 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil 19.9 million
Jakarta, Indonesia 18.2 million
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan 17.6 million
New Delhi, India 17.36 million
Mumbai, India (Bombay) 17.34 million
Los Angeles, USA 16.7 million
Cairo, Egypt 15.86 million
Calcutta, India 14.3 million
Manila, Philippines 14.1 million
Shanghai, China 13.9 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina 13.2 million
Moscow, Russian Fed. 12.2 million

COUNTRY POPULATION (Highest Density)
(people per square mile)
Monaco 44,040
Singapore 14,315
Malta 3,128
Maldives 2,621
Bahrain 2,611
Bangladesh 2,286
Taiwan 1,591
Barbados 1,561
Mauritius 1,502
Nauru 1,293

COUNTRY OR TERRITORY POPULATION
(Lowest Density) (people per square mile)
Greenland 0.1
Western Sahara 1.5
Mongolia 4.0
Namibia 5.0
Australia 6.0
Botswana 6.0
Mauritania 6.0
Iceland 7.0
Libya 7.0
Suriname 7.0

COUNTRY POPULATION (smallest)
(by population)
Vatican City 770
Tuvalu 9,750
Nauru 10,000
Palau 16,000
San Marino 25,000
Liechtenstein 29,000
Monaco 30,000
St. Kitts 41,000
Marshall Islands 52,000
Andorra 64,000
Antigua and Barbuda 83,000
Grenada 98,000
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 108,000
Sao Tome & Principe 153,000
Maldives 180,000
Belize 256,000
Barbados 260,000
Iceland 282,000

LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD
Languages spoken by the most people
(Native speakers only)

Chinese Mandarin 1 billion +
English 512 million
Hindustania 498 million
Spanish 391 million
Russian 280 million
Arabic 245 million
Bengali 211 million
Portuguese 192 million
Malay-Indonesian 160 million
Japanese 125 million
German 100 million
Korean 78 million
French 77 million
Chinese, Wu 77 million
Javanese 75 million
Chinese. Yue 71 million

 

Source: United States CIA

COUNTRIES

(A)
Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS)
Albania (Tirane) (EU)
Algeria (Algers) (AF)
Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (EU)
Angola (Luanda) (AF)
Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) (NA)
Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA)
Armenia (Yerevan) (EU)
Australia (Canberra) (AU)
Austria (Vienna) (EU)
Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS)

(B)
Bahamas (Nassau) (NA)
Bahrain (Manama) (AS)
Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS)
Barbados (Bridgetown) (NA)
Belarus (Minsk) (EU)
Belgium (Brussels) (EU)
Belize (Belmopan) (NA)
Benin (Port-Novo) (AF)
Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS)
Bolivia (Sucre) (SA)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (EU)
Botswana (Gaborone) (AF)
Brazil (Brasilia) (SA)
Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS)
Bulgaria (Sofia) (EU)
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF)
Burma/Myanmar (Yangon) (AS)
Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF)

(C)
Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS)
Cameroon (Yaounde) (AF)
Canada (Ottawa) (NA)
Cape Verde (Praia) (EU - Portugal)
Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF)
Chad (N'Djamena) (AF)
Chile (Santiago) (SA)
China (Beijing) (AS)
Colombia (Bogota) (SA)
Comoros (Moroni) (AF)
Congo (Brazzaville) (AF)
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF)
Costa Rica (San Jose) (NA)
Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF)
Croatia (Zagreb) (EU)
Cuba (Havana) (NA)
Cyprus (Nicosia) (AS) and/or (EU)
Czech Republic (Prague) (EU)

(D)
Denmark (Copenhagen) (EU)
Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF)
Dominica (Roseau) (NA)
Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (NA)

(E)
East Timor (Dili) (AS)
Ecuador (Quito) (SA)
Egypt (Cairo) (AF)
El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA)
Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF)
Eritrea (Asmara) (AF)
Estonia (Tallinn) (EU)
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF)

(F)
Fiji (Suva) (AU - Oceania)
Finland (Helsinki) (EU)
France (Paris) (EU)

(G)
Gabon (Liberville) (AF)
Gambia (Banjul) (AF)
Georgia (Tbilisi) (EU)
Germany (Berlin) (EU)
Ghana (Accra) (AF)
Greece (Athens) (EU)
Grenada (St. George's) (NA)
Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA)
Guinea (Conakry) (AF)
Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF)
Guyana (Georgetown) (SA)

(H)
Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (NA)
Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)
Hungary (Budapest) (EU)

(I)
Iceland (Reykjavik) (EU)
India (New Delhi) (AS)
Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS)
Iran (Tehran) (AS)
Iraq (Baghdad) (AS)
Ireland (Dublin) (EU)
Israel (Jerusalem) (AS)
Italy (Rome) (EU)

(J)
Jamaica (Kingston) (NA)
Japan (Tokyo) (AS)
Jordan (Amman) (AS)

(K)
Kazakstan (Astana) (AS)
Kenya (Nairobi) (AF)
Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU - Oceania)
Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)
Korea, South (Seoul) (AS)
Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS)
Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS)

(L)
Laos (Vientiane) (AS)
Latvia (Riga) (EU)
Lebanon (Beirut) (AS)
Lesotho (Maseru) (AF)
Liberia (Monrovia) (AF)
Libya (Tripoli) (AF)
Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (EU)
Lithuania (Vilnius) (EU)
Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (EU)

 		     (M)
Macedonia (Skopje) (EU)
Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF)
Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF)
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS)
Maldives (Male) (AS)
Mali (Bamako) (AF)
Malta (Valletta) (EU)
Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU - Oceania)
Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF)
Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF)
Mexico (Mexico City) (NA)
Micronesia (Palikir) (AU - Oceania)
Moldova (Chisinau) (EU)
Monaco (Monaco) (EU)
Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS)
Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara)
Mozambique (Maputo) (AF)

(N)
Namibia (Windhoek) (AF)
Nauru (no official capital) (AU - Oceania)
Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS)
Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) (EU)
New Zealand (Wellington) (AU)
Nicaragua (Managua) (NA)
Niger (Niamey) (AF)
Nigeria (Abuja) (AF)
Norway (Oslo) (EU)

(O)
Oman (Muscat) (AS)

(P)
Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS)
Palau (Koror) (AU - Oceania)
Panama (Panama City) (NA)
Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU)
Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA)
Peru (Lima) (SA)
Philippines (Manila) (AS)
Poland (Warsaw) (EU)
Portugal (Lisbon) (EU)

(Q)
Qatar (Doha) (AS)

(R)
Romania (Bucharest) (EU)
Russian Federation
(east) of the Ural Mountains (AS)
Russian Federation (Moscow)
(west) of the Ural Mountains (EU)
Rwanda (Kigali) (AF)

(S)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (NA)
Saint Lucia (Castries) (NA)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (NA)
Samoa (Apia) (AU - Oceania)
San Marino (San Marino) (EU)
Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) (AF)
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS)
Senegal (Dakar) (AF)
Seychelles (Victoria) (AF)
Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)
Singapore (Singapore City) (AS)
Slovakia (Bratislava) (EU)
Slovenia (Ljubljana) (EU)
Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU - Oceania)
Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF)
South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein) (AF)
Spain (Madrid) (EU)
Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS)
Sudan (Khartoum) (AF)
Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA)
Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF)
Sweden (Stockholm) (EU)
Switzerland (Bern) (EU)
Syria (Damascus) (AS)

(T)
Taiwan (Taipei) (AS)
Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS)
Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF)
Thailand (Bangkok) (AS)
Togo (Lome) (AF)
Tonga (Nuku'alofa) (AU - Oceania)
Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (NA)
Tunisia (Tunis) (AF)
Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (EU)
Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS)
Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU - Oceania)

(U)
Uganda (Kampala) (AF)
Ukraine (Kiev) (EU)
United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS)
United Kingdom (London) (EU)
United States (Washington D.C.) (NA)
Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA)
Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS)

(V)
Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU - Oceania)
Vatican City (na) (EU)
Venezuela (Caracas) (SA)
Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS)

(Y)
Yemen (Sana) (AS)
Yugoslavia (now Serbia & Montenegro) (Belgrade) (EU)

(Z)
Zambia (Lusaka) (AF)
Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF)

 

Source: United States CIA

CONTINENTS

AFRICA (53)
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African
 Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo
 (Dem. Rep.)
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome
 and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe 		      ASIA (44)
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
China
East Timor
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea (north)
Korea (south)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russian
Federation
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab
 Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
 		       EUROPE (46)
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia and
Montenegro (Yugoslavia)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City
 		       N. AMERICA (23)
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent &
the Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
United States
 		       OCEANIA (14)
Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

S. AMERICA (12)
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
 

  

Source: United States CIA

HIGHEST & LOWEST POINTS

(Countries, Islands and Oceans)

Afghanistan:
lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m

Albania:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,753 m

Algeria:
lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m

American Samoa:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Lata 966 m

Andorra:
lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m
highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

Angola:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m

Anguilla:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m

Antarctica:
lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: Vinson Massif 5,140 m

Antigua and Barbuda:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m

Arctic Ocean:
lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m
highest point: sea level 0 m

Argentina:
lowest point: Salinas Chicas -40 m (located on Peninsula Valdes)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m

Armenia:
lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerr 4,095 m

Aruba:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m

Atlantic Ocean:
lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m

Australia:
lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m

Austria:
lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m

Azerbaijan:
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m

Bahamas, The:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m

Bahrain:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m

Baker Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 8 m

Bangladesh:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m

Barbados:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m

Bassas da India:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m

Belarus:
lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

Belgium:
lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Signal de Botrange 694 m

Belize:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Victoria Peak 1,160 m

Benin:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m

Bermuda:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Town Hill 76 m

Bhutan:
lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m

Bolivia:
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m

Botswana:
lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m

Bouvet Island:
lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 780 m

Brazil:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m

British Indian Ocean Territory:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m

British Virgin Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Sage 521 m

Brunei:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m

Bulgaria:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Musala 2,925 m

Burkina Faso:
lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m

Burma:
lowest point: Andaman Sea 0 m
highest point: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m

Burundi:
lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m
highest point: Mount Heha 2,670 m

Cambodia:
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m

Cameroon:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako 4,095 m

Canada:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Logan 5,959 m

Cape Verde:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)

Cayman Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: The Bluff 43 m

Central African Republic:
lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m
highest point: Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m

Chad:
lowest point: Djourab Depression 160 m
highest point: Emi Koussi 3,415 m

Chile:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,962 m

China:
lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)

Christmas Island:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Murray Hill 361 m

Clipperton Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m

Colombia:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado del Huila 5,750 m

Comoros:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Le Kartala 2,360 m

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

Congo, Republic of the:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Berongou 903 m

Cook Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Te Manga 652 m

Coral Sea Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m

Costa Rica:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m

Cote d'Ivoire:
lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m

Croatia:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m

Cuba:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m

Cyprus:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Olympus 1,951 m

Czech Republic:
lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m

Denmark:
lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Ejer Bavnehoj 173 m

Djibouti:
lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m

Dominica:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Morne Diablatins 1,447 m

Dominican Republic:
lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m

Ecuador:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m

Egypt:
lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m

El Salvador:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m

Equatorial Guinea:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m

Eritrea:
lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m

Estonia:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m

Ethiopia:
lowest point: Denakil -125 m
highest point: Ras Dashen Terara 4,620 m

Europa Island:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 24 m

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m

Faroe Islands:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m

Fiji:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m

Finland:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m

France:
lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m

French Guiana:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m

French Polynesia:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m

Gabon:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m

Gambia, The:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 53 m

Gaza Strip:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m

Georgia:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Mqinvartsveri (Gora Kazbek) 5,048 m

Germany:
lowest point: Freepsum Lake -2 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m

Ghana:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Afadjato 880 m

Gibraltar:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Rock of Gibraltar 426 m

Glorioso Islands:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 12 m

Greece:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m

Greenland:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m

Grenada:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

Guadeloupe:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,467 m

Guam:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m

Guatemala:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m

Guernsey:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m

Guinea:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m

Guinea-Bissau:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m

Guyana:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m

Haiti:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: Big Ben 2,745 m

Holy See (Vatican City):
lowest point: unnamed location 19 m
highest point: unnamed location 75 m

Honduras:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m

Hong Kong:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m

Howland Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 3 m

Hungary:
lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m

Iceland:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m

India:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m

Indian Ocean:
lowest point: Java Trench -7,258 m
highest point: sea level 0 m

Indonesia:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m

Iran:
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Qolleh-ye Damavand 5,671 m

Iraq:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Haji Ibrahim 3,600 m

Ireland:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m

Israel:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m

Italy:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) 4,807 m

Jamaica:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m

Jan Mayen:
lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m

Japan:
lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Fujiyama 3,776 m

Jarvis Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 7 m

Jersey:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 143 m

Johnston Atoll:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Summit Peak 5 m

Jordan:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m

Juan de Nova Island:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 10 m

Kazakhstan:
lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m

Kenya:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m

Kingman Reef:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 1 m

Kiribati:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m

Korea, North:
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m

Korea, South:
lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m
highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m

Kuwait:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 306 m

Kyrgyzstan:
lowest point: Kara-Darya 132 m
highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 m

Laos:
lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
highest point: Phou Bia 2,817 m

Latvia:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Gaizinkalns 312 m

Lebanon:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m

Lesotho:
lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m

Liberia:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wuteve 1,380 m

Libya:
lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m

Liechtenstein:
lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point: Grauspitz 2,599 m

Lithuania:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m

Luxembourg:
lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
highest point: Burgplatz 559 m

Macau:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 174 m

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 m

Madagascar:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Maromokotro 2,876 m

Malawi:
lowest point: junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
highest point: Sapitwa 3,002 m

Malaysia:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m

Maldives:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Wilingili island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m

Mali:
lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m

Malta:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli)

Man, Isle of:
lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m
highest point: Snaefell 621 m

Marshall Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m

Martinique:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m

Mauritania:
lowest point: Sebkha de Ndrhamcha -3 m
highest point: Kediet Ijill 910 m

Mauritius:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Piton 828 m

Mayotte:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Benara 660 m

Mexico:
lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m

Micronesia, Federated States of:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Totolom 791 m

Midway Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 13 m

Moldova:
lowest point: Nistru River 2 m
highest point: Dealul Balanesti 430 m

Monaco:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Agel 140 m

Mongolia:
lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
highest point: Tavan Bogd Uul 4,374 m

Montserrat:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills) 914 m

Morocco:
lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m

Mozambique:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Monte Binga 2,436 m

Namibia:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m

Nauru:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m

Navassa Island:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m

Nepal:
lowest point: Kanchan Kalan 70 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)

Netherlands:
lowest point: Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel -6.74m
highest point: Vaalserberg 322 m

Netherlands Antilles:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m

New Caledonia:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Panie 1,628 m

New Zealand:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Cook 3,764 m

Nicaragua:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mogoton 2,438 m

Niger:
lowest point: Niger River 200 m
highest point: Mont Greboun 1,944 m

Nigeria:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m

Niue:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m

Norfolk Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Bates 319 m

Northern Mariana Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m

Norway:
lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m
highest point: Galdhopiggeh 2,469 m

Oman:
lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal Shams 2,980 m

Pacific Ocean:
lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m
highest point: sea level 0 m

Pakistan:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m

Palau:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Ngerchelchauus 242 m

Palmyra Atoll:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2 m

Panama:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m

Papua New Guinea:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m

Paracel Islands:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m

Paraguay:
lowest point: junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
highest point: Cerro San Rafael 850 m

Peru:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m

Philippines:
lowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m

Pitcairn Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m

Poland:
lowest point: Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point: Rysy 2,499 m

Portugal:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m

Puerto Rico:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m

Qatar:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m

Reunion:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Piton des Neiges 3,069 m

Romania:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Moldoveanu 2,544 m

Russia:
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m

Rwanda:
lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m
highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m

Saint Helena:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m

Saint Lucia:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Gimie 950 m

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Soufriere 1,234 m

Samoa:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mauga Silisili 1,857 m

San Marino:
lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
highest point: Monte Titano 749 m

Sao Tome and Principe:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m

Saudi Arabia:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m

Senegal:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m

Serbia and Montenegro:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Daravica 2,656 m

Seychelles:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 m

Sierra Leone:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m

Singapore:
lowest point: Singapore Strait 0 m
highest point: Bukit Timah 166 m

Slovakia:
lowest point: Bodrok River 94 m
highest point: Gerlachovka 2,655 m

Slovenia:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Triglav 2,864 m

Solomon Islands:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Makarakomburu 2,447 m

Somalia:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Shimbiris 2,416 m

South Africa:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,915 m

Southern Ocean:
lowest point: -7,235 m at the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench
highest point: sea level 0 m

Spain:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m

Spratly Islands:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m

Sri Lanka:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m

Sudan:
lowest point: Red Sea 0 m
highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m

Suriname:
lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
highest point: Wilhelmina Gebergte 1,286 m

Svalbard:
lowest point: Arctic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Newtontoppen 1,717 m

Swaziland:
lowest point: Great Usutu River 21 m
highest point: Emlembe 1,862 m

Sweden:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m

Switzerland:
lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m

Syria:
lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m

Tajikistan:
lowest point: Syrdariya 300 m
highest point: Pik Imeni Ismail Samani 7,495 m

Tanzania:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m

Thailand:
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m

Togo:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Agou 986 m

Tokelau:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m

Tonga:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m

Trinidad and Tobago:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m

Tromelin Island:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 7 m

Tunisia:
lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
highest point: Jabal ash Shanabi 1,544 m

Turkey:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m

Turkmenistan:
lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m (note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in north eastern Turkmenistan whose water levels fluctuate widely; at its shallowest, its level is -110 m; it is presently at -60 m, 20 m above Vpadina Akchanaya)
highest point: Ayrybaba 3,139 m

Turks and Caicos Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Hills 49 m

Tuvalu:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 5 m

Uganda:
lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m
highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

Ukraine:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m

United Arab Emirates:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m

United Kingdom:
lowest point: Fenland -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m

United States:
lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m

Uruguay:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m

Uzbekistan:
lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m
highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m

Vanuatu:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tabwemasana 1,877 m

Venezuela:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m

Vietnam:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Ngoc Linh 3,143 m

Virgin Islands:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crown Mountain 474 m

Wake Island:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 6 m

Wallis and Futuna:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Singavi 765 m

West Bank:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m

Western Sahara:
lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m
highest point: unnamed location 463 m

World:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)

Yemen:
lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m

Zambia:
lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Zimbabwe:
lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m

Taiwan:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Yu Shan 3,997 m



Source: United States CIA
 

DEPENDENCIES & TERRITORIES


(Country/Capital City/Claimed)

 

(A)
American Samoa (Pago Pago) usa
Anguilla (The Valley) british
Aruba (Oranjestad) netherlands
Ashmore & Cartier Islands (na) australian

(B)
Baker & Howland Islands (na) usa
Bermuda (Hamilton) british
Bouvet Island (na) norwegian
British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego Garcia) british
British Virgin Is (Road Town) british

(C)
Cayman Islands (George Town) british
Christmas Island (Flying Fish Cove) australian
Cocos Islands (West Island) australian
Cook Islands (Avarua) new zealand
Coral Sea Islands (na) australian

(F)
Faeroe Islands (Torshavn) denmark
Falkland Islands (Stanley) british
French Guiana (Cayenne) french
French Polynesia (Papeete) french

(G)
Gibraltar (Gibraltar) british
Greenland (Nuuk) denmark
Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre) french
Guam (Agana) usa
Guernsey (St. Peter Port) british

(H)
Heard & MacDonald Islands (na) australian
Hong Kong (na) now controlled by China

(I)
Isle of Man (Douglas) british

(J)
Jan Mayen (na) norwegian
Jarvis Island (na) usa
Jersey (St. Helier) british
Johnston Atoll (na) usa

(K)
Kingman Reef (na) usa


 		     (M)
Macao (Macao) now controlled by china
Martinique (Fort-de-France) french
Mayotte (Mamoudzou) french
Midway Islands (na) usa
Montserrat (Plymouth) british

(N)
Navassa Island (na) usa
Netherland Antilles (Willemstad) netherlands
New Caledonia (Noumea) french
Niue (Alofi) new zealand
Norfolk Island (Kingston) australian
Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) usa

(P)
Palmyra Atoll (na) usa
Paracel Islands (Woody Island) disputed by china, taiwan and vietnam
Puerto Rico (San Juan) usa
Peter Island (na) norwegian
Pitcairn Islands (Adamstown) british

(R)
Reunion (Saint-Denis) french

(S)
St. Helena & Dependencies (Jamestown) british
St. Pierre & Miquelon (St. Pierre) french
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (Grytviken) british
Spratly Islands (na) disputed by china, vietnam, malaysia, and more
Svalbard (Longyearbyen) norwegian

(T)
Tokelau (na) new zealand
Turks & Caicos Islands (Cockburn Town) british

(V)
Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie) usa

(W)
Wake Island (na) usa
Wallis & Futuna (Mata Uta) french
 

Source: United States CIA

CAPITAL CITIES WITH POPULATION


(Country, Capital City, Population)

Current population temporarily unavailable for some cities

Afghanistan, Kabul
Albania, Tirane, 300,000
Algeria, Algiers
Andorra, Andorra la Vella, 22,390
Angola, Luanda, 2,000,000
Antigua and Barbuda, St. John's, 21,514; Codrington (capital of Barbuda), est. pop. 1,000
Argentina, Buenos Aires: city 3,000,000; metro 12,000,000
Armenia, Yerevan, 1,226,000
Australia, Canberra, 307,700
Austria, Vienna, 1,600,000
Azerbaijan, Baku, 1,713,300
Bahamas, Nassau, 171,542
Bahrain, Manama, 140,401
Bangladesh, Dhaka: city 3,839,000; metro area 8,500,000
Barbados, Bridgetown, 6,700
Belarus, Minsk, 1,666,000
Belgium, Brussels, 949,070 (metro)
Belize, Belmopan, 5,845
Benin, Porto-Novo (official), 177,660; Cotonou (de facto capital) 33,212
Bhutan, Thimphu 30,340
Bolivia, Sucre, 131,800; Administrative capital: La Paz, 713,400
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 310,000
Botswana, Gaborone, 138,000
Brazil, Brasilia, 1,800,000
Brunei, Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan, 52,300
Bulgaria, Sofia, 1,113,674
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, 500,000
Burundi, Bujumbura, 300,000
Cambodia, Phnom Penh, 900,000
Cameroon, Yaounde
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (unavailable)
Cape Verde, Praia, 61,797
Central African Republic, Bangui, 706,000
Chad, N'Djamena, 529,555
Chile, Santiago, 4,601,434
China, Beijing, 12,033,000
Colombia, Bogota 1,945,448
Comoros, Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 23,432
Congo, Brazzaville, 937,580
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa, 4,655,313
Costa Rica, San Jose, 315,909
Cote d'Ivoire, Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (administrative),106,786
Croatia, Zagreb, 930,753
Cuba, Havana, 2,241,000
Cyprus, Nicosia, 186,400
Czech Republic, Prague, 1,215,771
Denmark, Copenhagen, 1,339,395
Djibouti, Djibouti, 395,000
Dominica, Roseau, 15,853
Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 2,100,000
Ecuador, Quito, 1,500,000
Egypt, Cairo: city limits 7,010,000; metro 10,72,000
El Salvador, San Salvador, 972,810
Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, 30,418
Eritrea, Asmara, 400,000
Estonia, Tallinn, 471,608
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 2,200,186
Fiji, Suva, 200,000
Finland, Helsinki, 515,765
France, Paris
Gabon, Libreville, 419,596
Gambia, Banjul, 44,188,
Georgia, Tbilisi, 1,279,000
Germany, Berlin, 3,471,418
Ghana, Accra
Greece, Athens
Grenada, St. George's, 4,439
Guatemala, Guatemala City, 1,150,452
Guinea, Conakry, 1,508,000
Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, 200,000
Guyana, Georgetown, 248,500
Haiti, Port-au-Prince, 1.500,000
Honduras, Tegucigalpa, 1,500,000
Hungary, Budapest, 2,008,546
Iceland, Reykjavik, 103,036
India, New Delhi, 294,149
Indonesia, Jakarta: city 9,160,500; metro 11,500,000
Iran, Teheran
Iraq, Baghdad
Ireland, Dublin
Israel, Jerusalem, 2,550,500
Italy, Rome, 2,693,383
Jamaica, Kingston, 104,000
Japan, Tokyo: city 8,162,444; metro 28,025,000
Jordan, Amman, 963,490
Kazakhstan, Astana, 280,200
Kenya, Nairobi, 2,000,000
Kiribati, Tarawa, 25,154
Korea (North), Pyongyang, 2,741,260
Korea, (South), Seoul, city 10,231,217; metro 11,968,000
Kuwait, Kuwait City, 151,060
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, 631,000
Laos, Vientiane, 442,000
Latvia, Riga, 874,000
Lebanon, Beirut, 1,100,000
Lesotho, Maseru 170,000,
Liberia, Monrovia, 1,000,000
Libya, Tripoli
Liechtenstein, Vaduz, 5,067
Lithuania, Vilnius, 590,100
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 75,622
Macedonia, Skopje, 444,229
Madagascar, Antananarivo, 1,000,000
Malawi, Lilongwe, 260,000
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 1,145,000
Maldives, Male, 62,973
Mali, Bamako, 746,000
Malta, Valletta, 9,183
Marshall Islands, Majuro, 20,000
Mauritania, Nouakchott, 480,000
Mauritius, Port Louis, 134,516
Mexico, Mexico City: city 8,735,400; metro 18,131,000
Micronesia, Palikir
Moldova, Chisinau, 676,700
Monaco, Monaco, 30,400
Mongolia, Ulan Bator, 619,000
Morocco, Rabat, 1,220,000
Mozambique, Maputo, 1,095,300
Myanmar, Rangoon
Namibia, Windhoek, 161,000
Nauru, Yaren, 559
Nepal, Kathmandu, 535,000
Netherlands, Amsterdam (official), 724,096; The Hague (administrative capital),445,279
New Zealand, Wellington
Nicaragua, Managua, 974,000
Niger, Niamey, 398,265
Nigeria, Abuja, 339,000
Norway, Oslo, 483,401
Oman, Muscat, 350,000
Pakistan, Islamabad, 201,000
Palau, Koror, 12,299
Palestinian State,
Panama, Panama City, 450,668
Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, 250,000
Paraguay, Asuncion, 502,426
Peru, Lima, city 5,681,941; metro 7,443,000
Philippines, Manila, city 1,654,761, metro 9,280,000
Poland, Warsaw, 1,642,700
Portugal, Lisbon, 677,790
Qatar, Doha, 300,000
Romania, Bucharest, 2,351,000
Russian Federation, Moscow: city 8,415,549, metro 9,299,000
Rwanda, Kigali, 232,733
St. Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre, 19,000
St. Lucia, Castries, 13,600
St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Kingstown, 15,466
Samoa, Apia, 32,859
San Marino, San Marino, 2,397
Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome, 43,420
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Senegal, Dakar, 1,729,823
Seychelles, Victoria, 25,000
Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1,300,000
Singapore, Singapore, 3,044,000
Slovakia, Bratislava, 446,600
Slovenia, Ljubljana, 330,000
Solomon Islands, Honiara, 35,288
Somalia, Mogadishu, 900,000
South Africa, (official) Pretoria, (legislative) Cape Town, (judicial) Bloemfontein
Spain, Madrid, 2,947,228
Sri Lanka, Colombo, (official) 1,994,000, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial), 107,000
Sudan, Khartoum, 924,505
Suriname, Paramaribo, 200,970
Swaziland, Mbabane 47,020
Sweden, Stockholm, 703,627
Switzerland, Bern, 129,423
Syria, Damascus, 1,549,932
Taiwan, Taipei, 2,643,439
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 524,000
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam (administrative), 1,360,850, Dodoma (official) 45,807
Thailand, Bangkok, 5,882,000
Togo, Lome, 366,476
Tonga, Nuku'alofa, 34,000
Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 52,451
Tunisia, Tunis, 887,800
Turkey, Ankara, 2,890,025
Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 518,000
Tuvalu, Funafuti, 3,839
Uganda, Kampala, 773,463
Ukraine, Kiev, 2,637,000
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, 363,432
United Kingdom, London, 7,007,091
United States, Washington, D.C., 606,900
Uruguay, Montevideo, 1,330,440
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 2,106,000
Vanuatu, Port Vila, 26,100
Venezuela, Caracas
Vietnam, Hanoi
Western Sahara, El Aaiun, 20,010
Yemen, Sana, 1,972,011
Yugoslavia, Belgrade, 1,168,454
Zambia, Lusaka
Zimbabwe, Harare, 1,184,169

Source: United States CIA

TOP 100 COUNTRIES

(ranked by population)

 

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 Russia - 143,782,338
8 Bangladesh - 141,340,476
9 Nigeria - 137,253,500
10 Japan - 127,333,002

11 Mexico - 102,026,691
12 Germany - 82,081,365
13 Philippines - 80,961,430
14 Vietnam - 78,349,503
15 Egypt - 68,494,584
16 Turkey - 66,620,120
17 Iran - 65,865,302
18 Thailand - 61,163,833
19 Ethiopia - 60,967,436
20 United Kingdom - 59,247,439

21 France - 59,128,187
22 Italy - 56,686,568
23 Congo (Dem. Rep. of) - 51,987,773
24 Ukraine - 49,506,779
25 Burma - 48,852,098
26 South Korea - 47,350,529
27 South Africa - 43,981,758
28 Colombia - 40,036,927
29 Spain - 39,208,236
30 Poland - 38,644,184

31 Argentina - 37,214,757
32 Sudan - 35,530,371
33 Tanzania - 31,962,769
34 Algeria - 31,787,647
35 Canada - 31,330,255
36 Morocco - 30,205,387
37 Kenya - 29,250,541
38 Peru - 27,135,689
39 Afghanistan - 26,668,251
40 Nepal - 24,920,211

41 Uzbekistan - 24,422,518
42 Venezuela - 23,595,822
43 Uganda - 23,451,687
44 Iraq - 23,150,926
45 Taiwan - 22,319,222
46 Romania - 22,291,200
47 Saudi Arabia - 22,245,751
48 Malaysia - 21,820,143
49 North Korea - 21,687,550
50 Mozambique - 19,614,345

    51 Sri Lanka - 19,355,053
52 Ghana - 19,271,744
53 Australia - 18,950,108
54 Syria - 17,758,925
55 Yemen - 17,521,085
56 Kazakhstan - 16,816,150
57 Cote d'Ivoire - 16,190,105
58 Cameroon - 15,891,531
59 Netherlands - 15,878,304
60 Madagascar - 15,294,535

61 Chile - 15,155,495
62 Ecuador - 12,782,161
63 Guatemala - 12,669,576
64 Cambodia - 11,918,865
65 Burkina Faso - 11,892,029
66 Angola - 11,486,729
67 Zimbabwe - 11,272,013
68 Cuba - 11,139,412
69 Greece - 10,750,705
70 Mali - 10,750,686

71 Serbia - 10,529,507
72 Belarus - 10,390,697
73 Senegal - 10,390,296
74 Czech Republic - 10,283,762
75 Niger - 10,260,316
76 Belgium - 10,185,894
77 Hungary - 10,167,182
78 Malawi - 10,154,299
79 Portugal - 9,902,147
80 Zambia - 9,872,007

81 Tunisia - 9,645,499
82 Sweden - 8,938,559
83 Rwanda - 8,336,995
84 Dominican Republic - 8,261,536
85 Bulgaria - 8,155,828
86 Austria - 8,148,007
87 Bolivia - 8,139,180
88 Azerbaijan - 7,955,772
89 Chad - 7,760,252
90 Guinea - 7,610,869

91 Somalia - 7,433,922
92 Switzerland - 7,288,715
93 Haiti - 6,991,589
94 Hong Kong S.A.R. - 6,966,929
95 Benin - 6,516,630
96 Tajikistan - 6,194,373
97 Honduras - 6,130,135
98 Burundi - 5,930,805
99 El Salvador - 5,925,374
100 Israel - 5,851,913
 

Source: United States CIA

TOP 100 CITIES

(ranked by population)

 

1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000
2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000
3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000
5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000
6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000
7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000
8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000
9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000
10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000

11. Seóul, South Korea - 12,215,000
12. Beijing, China - 12,033,000
13. Karachi, Pakistan - 11,774,000
14. Delhi, India - 11,680,000
15. Dhaka, Bangladesh - 10,979,000
16. Manila, Philippines - 10,818,000
17. Cairo, Egypt - 10,772,000
18. Ősaka, Japan - 10,609,000
19. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10,556,000
20. Tianjin, China - 10,239,000

21. Jakarta, Indonesia - 9,815,000
22. Paris, France - 9,638,000
23. Istanbul, Turkey - 9,413,000
24. Moscow, Russian Fed. - 9,299,000
25. London, United Kingdom - 7,640,000
26. Lima, Peru - 7,443,000
27. Tehrăn, Iran - 7,380,000
28. Bangkok, Thailand - 7,221,000
29. Chicago, USA - 6,945,000
30. Bogotá, Colombia - 6,834,000

31. Hyderabad, India - 6,833,000
32. Chennai, India - 6,639,000
33. Essen, Germany - 6,559,000
34. Hangzhou, China - 6,389,000
35. Hong Kong, China - 6,097,000
36. Lahore, Pakistan - 6,030,000
37. Shenyang, China - 5,681,000
38. Changchun, China - 5,566,000
39. Bangalore, India - 5,544,000
40. Harbin, China - 5,475,000

41. Chengdu, China - 5,293,000
42. Santiago, Chile - 5,261,000
43. Guangzhou, China - 5,162,000
44. St. Petersburg, Russian Fed. - 5,132,000
45. Kinshasa, DRC - 5,068,000
46. Baghdăd, Iraq - 4,796,000
47. Jinan, China - 4,789,000
48. Wuhan, China - 4,750,000
49. Toronto, Canada - 4,657,000
50. Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) - 4,458,000

    51. Alger, Algeria - 4,447,000
52. Philadelphia, USA - 4,398,000
53. Qingdao, China - 4,376,000
54. Milano, Italy - 4,251,000
55. Pusan, South Korea - 4,239,000
56. Belo Horizonte, Brazil - 4,160,000
57. Almadabad, India - 4,154,000
58. Madrid, Spain - 4,072,000
59. San Francisco, USA - 4,051,000
60. Alexandria, Egypt - 3,995,000

61. Washington DC, USA - 3,927,000
62. Houston, USA - 3,918,000
63. Dallas, USA - 3,912,000
64. Guadalajara, Mexico - 3,908,000
65. Chongging, China - 3,896,000
66. Medellin, Colombia - 3,831,000
67. Detroit, USA - 3,785,000
68. Handan, China - 3,763,000
69. Frankfurt, Germany - 3,700,000
70. Porto Alegre, Brazil - 3,699,000

71. Hanoi, Vietnam - 3,678,000
72. Sydney, Australia - 3,665,000
73. Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. - 3,601,000
74. Singapore, Singapore - 3,587,000
75. Casablanca, Morocco - 3,535,000
76. Katowice, Poland - 3,488,000
77. Pune, India - 3,485,000
78. Bangdung, Indonesia - 3,420,000
79. Monterrey, Mexico - 3,416,000
80. Montréal, Canada - 3,401,000

81. Nagoya, Japan - 3,377,000
82. Nanjing, China - 3,375,000
83. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - 3,359,000
84. Xi'an, China - 3,352,000
85. Berlin, Germany - 3,337,000
86. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 3,328,000
87. Recife, Brazil - 3,307,000
88. Dusseldorf, Germany - 3,251,000
89. Ankara, Turkey - 3,190,000
90. Melbourne, Australia - 3,188,000

91. Salvador, Brazil - 3,180,000
92. Dalian, China - 3,153,000
93. Caracas, Venezuela - 3,153,000
94. Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - 3,112,000
95. Athina, Greece - 3,103,000
96. Cape Town, South Africa - 3,092,000
97. Koln, Germany - 3.067,000
98. Maputo, Mozambique - 3,017,000
99. Napoli, Italy - 3,012,000
100. Fortaleza, Brazil - 3,007,000
 

Source: United States CIA

COUNTRY CODES

The 2-letter codes shown below are supplied by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization). It bases its list of country names and abbreviations on the list of names published by the United Nations. The UN also uses uses 3-letter codes, and numerical codes to identify nations, and those are shown below.

 
A2
AF
AL
DZ
AS
AD
AO
AI
AQ
AG
AR
AM
AW
AU
AT
AZ
BS
BH
BD
BB
BY
BE
BZ
BJ
BM
BT
BO
BA
BW
BV
BR
IO
BN
BG
BF
BI
KH
CM
CA
CV
KY
CF
TD
CL
CN
CX
CC
CO
KM
CG
CD
CK
CR
CI
HR
CU
CY
CZ
DK
DJ
DM
DO
TP
EC
EG
SV
GQ
ER
EE
ET
FK
FO
FJ
FI
FR
FX
GF
PF
TF
GA
GM
GE
DE
GH
GI
GR
GL
GD
GP
GU
GT
GN
GW
GY
HT
HM
VA
HN
HK
HU
IS
IN
ID
IR
IQ
IE
IL
IT
JM
JP
JO
KZ
KE
KI
KP
KR
KW
KG
LA
LV
LB
LS
LR
LY
LI
LT
LU
MO
MK
MG
MW
MY
MV
ML
MT
MH
MQ
MR
MU
YT
MX
FM
MD
MC
MN
MS
MA
MZ
MM
NA
NR
NP
NL
AN
NC
NZ
NI
NE
NG
NU
NF
MP
NO
OM
PK
PW
PA
PG
PY
PE
PH
PN
PL
PT
PR
QA
RE
RO
RU
RW
KN
LC
VC
WS
SM
ST
SA
SN
SC
SL
SG
SK
SI
SB
SO
ZA
GS
ES
LK
SH
PM
SD
SR
SJ
SZ
SE
CH
SY
TW
TJ
TZ
TH
TG
TK
TO
TT
TN
TR
TM
TC
TV
UG
UA
AE
GB
US
UM
UY
UZ
VU
VE
VN
VG
VI
WF
EH
YE
YU
ZM
ZW 		A3
AFG
ALB
DZA
ASM
AND
AGO
AIA
ATA
ATG
ARG
ARM
ABW
AUS
AUT
AZE
BHS
BHR
BGD
BRB
BLR
BEL
BLZ
BEN
BMU
BTN
BOL
BIH
BWA
BVT
BRA
IOT
BRN
BGR
BFA
BDI
KHM
CMR
CAN
CPV
CYM
CAF
TCD
CHL
CHN
CXR
CCK
COL
COM
COG
COD
COK
CRI
CIV
HRV
CUB
CYP
CZE
DNK
DJI
DMA
DOM
TMP
ECU
EGY
SLV
GNQ
ERI
EST
ETH
FLK
FRO
FJI
FIN
FRA
FXX
GUF
PYF
ATF
GAB
GMB
GEO
DEU
GHA
GIB
GRC
GRL
GRD
GLP
GUM
GTM
GIN
GNB
GUY
HTI
HMD
VAT
HND
HKG
HUN
ISL
IND
IDN
IRN
IRQ
IRL
ISR
ITA
JAM
JPN
JOR
KAZ
KEN
KIR
PRK
KOR
KWT
KGZ
LAO
LVA
LBN
LSO
LBR
LBY
LIE
LTU
LUX
MAC
MKD
MDG
MWI
MYS
MDV
MLI
MLT
MHL
MTQ
MRT
MUS
MYT
MEX
FSM
MDA
MCO
MNG
MSR
MAR
MOZ
MMR
NAM
NRU
NPL
NLD
ANT
NCL
NZL
NIC
NER
NGA
NIU
NFK
MNP
NOR
OMN
PAK
PLW
PAN
PNG
PRY
PER
PHL
PCN
POL
PRT
PRI
QAT
REU
ROM
RUS
RWA
KNA
LCA
VCT
WSM
SMR
STP
SAU
SEN
SYC
SLE
SGP
SVK
SVN
SLB
SOM
ZAF
SGS
ESP
LKA
SHN
SPM
SDN
SUR
SJM
SWZ
SWE
CHE
SYR
TWN
TJK
TZA
THA
TGO
TKL
TON
TTO
TUN
TUR
TKM
TCA
TUV
UGA
UKR
ARE
GBR
USA
UMI
URY
UZB
VUT
VEN
VNM
VGB
VIR
WLF
ESH
YEM
YUG
ZMB
ZWE 		NUM
004
008
012
016
020
024
660
010
028
032
051
533
036
040
031
044
048
050
052
112
056
084
204
060
064
068
070
072
074
076
086
096
100
854
108
116
120
124
132
136
140
148
152
156
162
166
170
174
178
180
184
188
384
191
192
196
203
208
262
212
214
626
218
818
222
226
232
233
231
238
234
242
246
250
249
254
258
260
266
270
268
276
288
292
300
304
308
312
316
320
324
624
328
332
334
336
340
344
348
352
356
360
364
368
372
376
380
388
392
400
398
404
296
408
410
414
417
418
428
422
426
430
434
438
440
442
446
807
450
454
458
462
466
470
584
474
478
480
175
484
583
498
492
496
500
504
508
104
516
520
524
528
530
540
554
558
562
566
570
574
580
578
512
586
585
591
598
600
604
608
612
616
620
630
634
638
642
643
646
659
662
670
882
674
678
682
686
690
694
702
703
705
090
706
710
239
724
144
654
666
736
740
744
748
752
756
760
158
762
834
764
768
772
776
780
788
792
795
796
798
800
804
784
826
840
581
858
860
548
862
704
092
850
876
732
887
891
894
716 		COUNTRY
AFGHANISTAN
ALBANIA
ALGERIA
AMERICAN SAMOA
ANDORRA
ANGOLA
ANGUILLA
ANTARCTICA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
ARMENIA
ARUBA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELARUS
BELGIUM
BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BHUTAN
BOLIVIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA
BOTSWANA
BOUVET ISLAND
BRAZIL
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
BURUNDI
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CANADA
CAPE VERDE
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
CHILE
CHINA
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D'IVOIRE
CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska)
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
EAST TIMOR
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ERITREA
ESTONIA
ETHIOPIA
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)
FAROE ISLANDS
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE
FRANCE, METROPOLITAN
FRENCH GUIANA
FRENCH POLYNESIA
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES
GABON
GAMBIA
GEORGIA
GERMANY
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
GUAM
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HEARD AND MC DONALD ISLANDS
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
KUWAIT
KYRGYZSTAN
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
LATVIA
LEBANON
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALDIVES
MALI
MALTA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MAYOTTE
MEXICO
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF
MONACO
MONGOLIA
MONTSERRAT
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR (Burma)
NAMIBIA
NAURU
NEPAL
NETHERLANDS
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NIUE
NORFOLK ISLAND
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
NORWAY
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PALAU
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
PITCAIRN
POLAND
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
REUNION
ROMANIA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RWANDA
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
SAINT LUCIA
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
SAMOA
SAN MARINO
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic)
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
ST. HELENA
ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
SUDAN
SURINAME
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ISLANDS
SWAZILAND
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
THAILAND
TOGO
TOKELAU
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
TUVALU
UGANDA
UKRAINE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS
URUGUAY
UZBEKISTAN
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIET NAM
VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA (now Serbia and Montenegro)
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE

Source: United States CIA

CURRENCIES OF THE WORLD
 
COUNTRY CURRENCY SUB CURRENCY
Afghanistan afghani 100 puls
Algeria dinar 100 centimes
Andorra euro 100 cents
Argentina austral 100 centavos
Australia dollar 100 cents
Austria euro 100 cents
Bahamas dollar 100 cents
Bahrain dinar 1,000 fils
Barbados dollar 100 cents
Belgium euro 100 cents
Belize dollar 100 cents
Benin franc 100 centimes
Bolivia boliviano 100 centavos
Brazil real 100 centavos
Brunei dollar 100 cents or sen
Bulgaria lev 100 stotinki
Cameroon franc 100 centimes
Canada dollar 100 cents
Cayman Islands dollar 100 cents
Central African Rep. franc 100 centimes
Chad franc 100 centimes
Chile peso 100 centavos
China yuan 10 fen
Columbia peso 100 centavos
Congo franc 100 centimes
Costa Rica colon 100 centimos
Croatia kuna 100 lipa
Cuba peso 100 centavos
Czechoslovakia koruna 100 halers
Denmark krone 100 ore
Djibouti franc 100 centimes
Dominican Rep. peso 100 centavos
Ecuador dollar 100 cents
Egypt pound 100 piastres
El Salvador colon 100 centavos
Ethiopia birr 100 cents
Fiji dollar 100 cents
Finland euro 100 cents
France euro 100 cents
Gabon franc 100 centimes
Gambia dalasi 100 bututs
Germany euro 100 cents
Ghana cedi 100 pesewas
Greece euro 100 cents
Guatemala quetzal 100 centavos
Guinea franc 100 centimes
Guyana dollar 100 cents
Haiti gourde 100 centimes
Honduras lempira 100 centavos
Hong Kong dollar 100 cents
Hungary forint 100 filler
Iceland Krona 100 aurar
India rupee 100 paise
Indonesia rupiah 100 sen
Iraq dinar 1,000 fils
Ireland euro 100 cents
Israel shekel 100 agorot
Italy euro 100 cents
Ivory Coast franc 100 centimes
Jamaica dollar 100 cents
Japan yen 100 cen
Jordan dinar 1,000 fils
Kenya shilling 100 cents
Kuwait dinar 1,000 fils
Lebanon pound 100 piastres
Luxembourg euro 100 cents
Malawi kwacha 100 tambala
Malaysia ringgit 100 sen
Maldives rufiyaa 100 laari
Malta lira or pound 100 cents
Mauritania ouguiya 5 khoums
Mauritius rupee 100 cents
Mexico peso 100 centavos
Mongolia tugrik 100 mongo
Morocco dirham 100 centimes
Nepal rupee 100 paisa
Netherlands euro 100 cents
New Zealand dollar 100 cents
Nicaragua cordoba 100 centavos
Niger franc 100 centimes
Norway krone 100 ore
Oman riyal-omani 1,000 baiza
Pakistan rupee 100 paisa
Papua New Guinea kina 100 toea
Paraguay guarani 100 centimos
Peru inti 100 centimes
Philippines peso 100 centavos
Poland zloty 100 groszy
Portugal euro 100 cents
Qatar riyal 100 dirhams
Romania leu 100 bani
Saudi Arabia riyal 100 dirhams
Senegal franc 100 centimes
Seychelles rupee 100 cents
Sierra Leone leone 100 cents
Singapore dollar 100 cents
Solomon Islands dollar 100 cents
Somalia shilling 100 cents
South Africa rand 100 cents
South Korea won 100 chon
Spain euro 100 cents
Sri Lanka rupee 100 cents
Sudan dinar  
Suriname guilder 100 cents
Sweden krona 100 ore
Switzerland franc 100 centimes
Syria pound 100 piastres
Taiwan dollar 100 cents
Tanzania shilling 100 cents
Thailand baht 100 satang
Togo franc 100 centimes
Trinidad & Tobago dollar 100 cents
Tunisia dinar 1,000 millimes
Turkey lira 100 kurus
Uganda shilling 100 cents
United Arab Emir. dirham 1,000 fils
United Kingdom pound 100 pence
United States dollar 100 cents
Uruguay peso 100 centesimos
Venezuela bolivar 100 centimos
Vietnam dong 100 xu
Western Samoa tala 100 sene
Yugoslavia dinar 100 paras
Zambia kwacha 100 ngwee
Zimbabwe dollar 100 cents

Source: United States CIA

OLYMPIC GAMES

The Olympic Flag (five colored interlocking rings on a white background) was conceived by Pierre de Coubertin. Almost a century after the flag's creation, the six colors, those of the rings (blue, yellow, black, green, red) and that of the background (white), still maintain their symbolism today.

The Olympic symbol, the five interlocking rings, represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of the athletes of the world at the Olympic Games

Olympic History
The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and though there were important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in ancient times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the most prestigious.
The games were held every four years during August and September and the word "Olympiad", which referred to the four year intervals between competitions, was commonly used to measure time. The first documented Olympic champion was a man named Coroebus, a cook from Elis who won the sprint race in 776 BC. Historians believe that the games had already existed for at least 500 years prior to that date. The Olympic Games originally featured only one event: a race called the "stade", equal to a distance of about 210 yards. By 728 BC two additional races had been added, comparable to the 400 meter and 1,500 meter races of the modern games. The Olympics came to include wrestling, boxing and the pentathlon, as well as specialized events for soldiers and heralds. It was only in 472 BC that the events were spread out over a period of four to five days, previously they had all taken place on a single day.
Participation in the Olympic Games was originally limited to free born Greeks, but as Greek civilization was spread by the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Games drew entrants from as far away as Antioch, Sidon and Alexandria. While the only official prize was a wreath or garland, successful athletes were supported by the governments of their cities and devoted much time to training. Most of the competitors were, in fact, professionals. After the Roman conquest of Greece in the second century BC, the Olympic Games suffered a decline in popularity and importance, but the Games persisted until AD 393, when the Roman emperor Theodosius I ordered their abolition.
The idea of reviving the Olympic Games originated with Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a 29 year old French aristocrat who first publicly raised the issue in 1892. At a conference on international sport held in Paris in 1894, Coubertin managed to convince delegates from 49 organizations representing nine countries to vote in favor of an Olympic revival. His chief allies in this effort were Dimitrios Vikelas of Greece and Professor William M. Sloane of the United States. The organizers had planned the first modern Olympics for 1900 in Paris, but later decided to move the date forward to 1896 and to change the venue to Athens, though the local government of the Greek capital was initially hostile to the idea. Coubertin and his colleagues of the newly formed International Olympic Committee eventually prevailed, and the first Olympic Games of the modern era were inaugurated by the King of Greece in the first week of April 1896.
The Games of 1896, 1900 and 1904 were loosely organized and did not feature national teams produced by rigorous selection. The 1908 Games, held in London in a newly built 66,000 seat stadium, were the first where the events were organized by the relevant authorities in each athletic discipline. More than 2,000 athletes from 22 nations competed in 100 events. The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm drew more then 2,500 competitors from 28countries and featured the first women's swimming events. No Games were held in 1916 due to World War I, but the Games enjoyed strong growth after the war, with 44 nations participating in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. At the1928 Games in Amsterdam there were more than 290 women among the 3,000athletes, more than double the number that took part in 1924. The Olympic Games were suspended again for 12 years because of World War II, resuming in 1948 in London. The post-war era saw steady growth in the number of countries and athletes competing and a dramatic increase in women's events.
Politics began to intrude on the Games in a serious way at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, where Palestinian terrorists attacked Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village. Sixty nations boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, while the Soviets and some of their allies retaliated by declining to take part in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. The end of the Cold War has eliminated the largest source of political conflict, and most Olympic controversies in recent years have centered on accusations

 
Olympic Games Location (modern day)

The IOC, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, sets and enforces Olympic policy. The site of the games is chosen, usually at least six years in advance.




SITES OF THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

1896 - Athens, Greece

1900 - Paris, France

1904 - St. Louis, Missouri USA

1906 - Athens, Greece*

1908 - London, England

1912 - Stockholm, Sweden

1916 - Not held**

1920 - Antwerp, Belgium

1924 - Paris, France

1928 - Amsterdam, Holland

1932 - Los Angeles, California USA

1936 - Berlin, Germany

1940 - Not held***

1944 - Not held***

1948 - London, England

1952 - Helsinki, Finland

1956 - Melbourne, Australia

1960 - Rome, Italy

1964 - Tokyo, Japan

1968 - Mexico City, Mexico

1972 - Munich, Germany

1976 - Montreal, Canada

1980 - Moscow, Russia

1984 - Los Angeles, California USA

1988 - Seoul, South Korea

1992 - Barcelona, Spain

1996 - Atlanta, Georgia USA

2000 - Sydney, Australia

2004 - Athens, Greece

2008 - Beijing, China

2012 - London, England

*Games not recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

**Games cancelled due to World War I.

***Games cancelled due to World War II.



SITES OF THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

1924 - Chamonix, France

1928 - St. Moritz, Switzerland

1932 - Lake Placid, New York USA

1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

1940 - Not held*

1944 - Not held*

1948 - St. Moritz, Switzerland

1952 - Oslo, Norway

1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

1960 - Squaw Valley, California USA

1964 - Innsbruck, Austria

1968 - Grenoble, France

1972 - Sapporo, Japan

1976 - Innsbruck, Austria

1980 - Lake Placid, N.Y.

1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

1988 - Calgary, Alta.

1992 - Albertville, France

1994 - Lillehammer, Norway

1998 - Nagano, Japan

2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah USA

2006 - Turin, Italy

2010 - Vancouver, Canada

*Games cancelled due to World War II.