Oman

Sultan: Qabus ibn Sa'id (1970)

Total area: 82,031 sq mi (212,460 sq km)1

Population (2010 est.): 2,967,717

growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 23.9/1000;

infant mortality rate: 16.8/1000;

life expectancy: 74.1;

density per sq: 15

Capital (2003 est.): Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper)

Monetary unit: Omani rial

Northern Ireland

Status: Part of United Kingdom

First Minister: (suspended Oct. 14, 2002)

Land area: 5,452 sq mi (14,121 sq km)

Population (1998 est.): 1,688,600

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Belfast, 484,800 (metro. area), 246,200 (city proper)

Monetary unit: British pound sterling (£)

Language: English

Religions: Presbyterian, Church of Ireland, Roman Catholic, Methodist.

Norway

Sovereign: King Harald V (1991)

Prime Minister: Jens Stoltenberg (2005)

Land area: 118,865 sq mi (307,860 sq km);

total area: 125,181 sq mi (324,220 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 4,676,305

growth rate: 0.3%); birth rate: 10.9/1000;

infant mortality rate: 3.5/1000;

life expectancy: 80.1;

density per sq km: 15

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Oslo, 791,500

Other large cities: Bergen, 211,200; Stavanger, 168,600; Trondheim, 144,000

Monetary unit: Norwegian krone

Nigeria

President: Goodluck Jonathan (2010)

Land area: 351,649 sq mi (910,771 sq km);

total area: 356,667 sq mi (923,768 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 152,217,341

growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 36.0/1000;

infant mortality rate: 92.9/1000;

life expectancy: 47.2;

density per sq km: 151

Capital (2003 est.): Abuja, 590,400 (metro. area), 165,700 (city proper)

Largest cities: Lagos (2003 est.), 11,135,000 (metro. area), 5,686,000 (city proper); Kano, 3,329,900; Ibadan, 3,139,500; Kaduna, 1,510,300

Monetary unit: Naira

Niger

President: Mahamadou Issoufou (2011)

Prime Minister: Brigi Rafini (2011)

Land area: 489,072 sq mi (1,266,699 sq km);

total area: 489,189 sq mi (1,267,000 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 15,878,271

growth rate: 3.6%); birth rate: 51.1/1000;

infant mortality rate: 114.5/1000;

life expectancy: 52.9;

density per sq km: 10

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Niamey, 748,600

Other large cities: Zinder, 202,300; Maradi, 189,000

Monetary unit: CFA Franc

Nicaragua

President: Daniel Ortega (2007)

Land area: 46,430 sq mi (120,254 sq km);


total area: 49,998 sq mi (129,494 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 5,995,928

growth rate: 1.7%);

birth rate: 22.77/1000;

infant mortality rate: 24.1/1000;

life expectancy: 71.8;

density per sq km: 48

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper)

Monetary unit: Gold cordoba

Netherlands

Sovereign: Queen Beatrix (1980)

Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (2010)

Land area: 13,104 sq mi (33,939 sq km);

total area: 16,033 sq mi (41,526 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 16,783,092

growth rate: 0.4%);

birth rate: 10.3/1000;

infant mortality rate: 4.7/1000;

life expectancy: 79.4;

density per sq km: 491

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Amsterdam (official), 737,900; The Hague (administrative capital), 465,900

Other large cities: Rotterdam, 600,700; Utrecht, 263,900; Eindhoven, 206,900

Monetary unit: Euro (formerly guilder)

Nepal

President: Ram Baran Yadav (2008)

Prime Minister: Jhalnath Khanal (2011)

Land area: 52,819 sq mi (136,801 sq km);

total area: 54,363 sq mi (140,800 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 28,951,852

growth rate: 1.4%);

birth rate: 22.4/1000;

infant mortality rate: 46.0/1000;

life expectancy: 65.8;

density per sq km: 206

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Kathmandu, 1,203,100 (metro. area), 729,000 (city proper)

Other large cities: Biratnagar, 174,600; Lalitpur, 169,100

Monetary unit: Nepalese rupee

Nauru

President: Marcus Stephens (2007)

Total area: 8 sq mi (21 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 14,264

growth rate: 1.7%;

birth rate: 23.5/1000;

infant mortality rate: 9.0/1000;

life expectancy: 64.5;


density per sq km: 655

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Yaren, 4,900

Monetary unit: Australian dollar

Namibia

President: Hifikepunye Pohamba (2005)

Prime Minister: Nahas Angula (2005)

Total area: 318,694 sq mi (825,418 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 2,128,471


growth rate: 0.9%);

birth rate: 21.8/1000;

infant mortality rate: 45.5/1000;

life expectancy: 51.9;

density per sq km: 2

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Windhoek, 221,000. Summer capital: Swakopmund, 26,200

Monetary unit: Namibian dollar

Myanmar

President: Lt. Gen. Thein Sein (2011) (1992)

Land area: 253,954 sq mi (657,741 sq km);

total area: 261,969 q mi (678,500 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 53,414,374

growth rate: 1.0%);

birth rate: 19.5/1000;

infant mortality rate: 50.7/1000;

life expectancy: 64.5;

density per sq km: 72

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Rangoon (Yangon), 4,344,100

Naypyidaw (administrative capital)

Other large city: Mandalay, 1,147,400

Monetary unit: Kyat

Mozambique

President: Armando Guebuza (2005)

Prime Minister: Luisa Diogo (2004)

Land area: 302,737 sq mi (784,089 sq km);

total area: 309,494 sq mi (801,590 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 22,061,451

growth rate: 1.7%);

birth rate: 37.8/1000;

infant mortality rate: 103.8/1000;

life expectancy: 41.3;

density per sq km: 27

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Maputo, 1,691,000 (metro. area), 1,114,000 (city proper)

Monetary unit: Metical

Morocco

Ruler: King Muhammed VI (1999)

Prime Minister: Abbas El Fassi (2007)

Land area: 172,317 sq mi (446,301 sq km);

total area: 172,413 sq mi (446,550 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 31,627,428

growth rate: 1.0%);

birth rate: 19.4/1000;

infant mortality rate: 28.6/1000;

life expectancy: 75.6;

density per sq km: 76

Capital (2003 est.): Rabat, 1,636,600

Largest cities: Casablanca, 3,397,000; Fez, 941,800; Marrakech, 755,200

Monetary unit: Dirham

Montenegro

President: Filip Vujanovic (2003)

Prime Minister: Igor Luksic (2010)

Land area: 5,333 sq mi (13,812 sq km);

total area: 5,415 sq mi (14,026 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 666,730

growth rate: –0.7%);

birth rate: 11.0/1000;

infant mortality rate: NA;


life expectancy: NA; density per sq km: 49

Capital (1991 est.): Podgorica (administrative capital), 117,875; Cetinje (capital city), 14,700

Other large cities (1991): Nikšić, 56,141; Kotor, 5,620

Monetary unit: Euro

Mongolia

President: Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj (2009)

Prime Minister: Sukhbaataryn Batbold (2009)

Total area: 604,247 sq mi (1,565,000 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 3,086,918

growth rate: 1.4%);

birth rate: 21.0/1000;

infant mortality rate: 38.5/1000;

life expectancy: 67.9;

density per sq km: 1

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Ulaan Baatar, 804,200

Monetary unit: Tugrik

Monaco

Ruler: Prince Albert II (2005)

Minister of State: Patrick Leclercq (2000)

Total area: 0.8 sq mi (2.0 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 30,586

growth rate: –0.1%);

birth rate: 7.0/1000;

infant mortality rate: 1.78/1000;

life expectancy: 89.78;

density per sq km: 16,398

Capital (2003 est.): Monaco, 1,400

Largest city: Monte Carlo, 15,400

Monetary unit: Euro

Moldova

President: Mihai Ghimpu (acting; 2009)

Prime Minister: Zinaida Greceanii (2008)

Land area: 12,885 sq mi (33,371 sq km);

total area: 13,067 sq mi (33,843 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 4,317,483

growth rate: –0.07%);

birth rate: 11.1/1000;

infant mortality rate: 12.77/1000;

life expectancy: 71.09;

density per sq km: 129

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Chisinau, 772,500 (metro. area), 709,900 (city proper)

Other large cities: Tiraspol, 209,800; Beltsy, 175,400; Bendery (Tighina), 144,900

Monetary unit: Leu

Micronesia

President: Emmanuel Mori (2007)

Total area: 271 sq mi (702 sq km).

Land area, same (includes islands of Pohnpei, Yap, Chuuk, and Kosrae)

Population (2010 est.): 107,154

growth rate: –0.2);

birth rate: 22.5/1000;

infant mortality rate: 25.2/1000;


life expectancy: 71.2;


density per sq km: 153

Capital (2003 est.): Palikir 11,600

Monetary unit: U.S. Dollar

Mexico

President: Felipe Calderón (2006)

Land area: 742,485 sq mi (1,923,039 sq km);

total area: 761,602 sq mi (1,972,550 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 112,468,855

growth rate: 1.1%);

birth rate: 19.4/1000;

infant mortality rate: 17.8/1000;

life expectancy: 76.2;

density per sq km: 57

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Mexico City, 19,013,000 (metro. area), 8,591,309 (city proper)

Other large cities: Ecatepec, 1,731,900 (part of Mexico City metro. area); Guadalajara, 1,665,800; Puebla, 1,345,500; Nezahualcóyotl, 1,250,700 (part of Mexico City metro. area); Monterrey, 1,135,000

Monetary unit: Mexican peso

Mauritius

President: Anerood Jugnauth (2003)

Prime Minister: Navin Ramgoolam (2005)

Land area: 714 sq mi (1,849 sq km);

total area: 788 sq mi (2,040 sq km)

Population (2009 est.): 1,284,264

growth rate: 0.7%);

birth rate: 14.4/1000;

infant mortality rate: 12.2/1000;

life expectancy: 74.0;

density per sq km: 621

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Port Louis, 577,200 (metro. area), 143,800 (city proper)

Monetary unit: Mauritian rupee