Share This
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
Learn more about English Language »
Add More Topics
Save this view to a base, or just for yourself.
about 77 Country topics matching:
Filter this Collection
+
x
- Country
-
Dated location
-
Location
-
Statistical region
-
Literature Subject
-
Governmental Jurisdiction
-
Organization member
- Other Columns Other Info
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (commonly called the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
Area:
- 268,680 km² (103738 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 703,360 (1896)
Australia
Australia (pronounced /əˈstreɪljə/ ə-STRAYL-yə or /ɒˈstreɪljə/ o-STRAYL-yə, or more formally as /ɔːˈstreɪliə/ aw-STRAY-lee-ə), officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the...
Area:
- 7,741,220 km² (2988902 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 21,707,964 (Mar 21, 2009)
Canada
Canada (pronounced /ˈkænədə/) is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by...
Area:
- 9,984,670 km² (3855103 mi² )
Time zone(s):
- Newfoundland Standard Time Zone ,
- Pacific Time Zone ,
- Mountain Time Zone ,
- North American Eastern Time Zone
Population:
- 33,598,000 (Mar 28, 2009)
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago...
Area:
- 244,820 km² (94525.5 mi² )
Population:
- 61,612,300 (Jan 1, 2009)
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (pronounced /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/), (officially the Republic of Zimbabwe and formerly Southern Rhodesia, the Republic of Rhodesia, and Zimbabwe Rhodesia) is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the...
Area:
- 390,757 km² (150872 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 12,311,143 (Jul 2007)
Zambia
The Republic of Zambia (pronounced /ˈzæmbiə/) is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,...
Area:
- 752,618 km² (290587 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 11,477,447 (Jul 2007)
United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser...
Area:
- 346.36 km² (133.73 mi² )
Population:
- 108,448 (Jul 2007)
Uganda
The Republic of Uganda (pronounced /juːˈɡændə/ or /juːˈɡɑːndə/) is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and...
Area:
- 236,040 km² (91135.6 mi² )
Population:
- 30,262,610 (Jul 2007)
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands (pronounced /ˈtɝːks/ and /ˈkeɪkəs/ or /ˈkeɪ.koʊs/; abbreviated TCI) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of sub-tropical islands in the West Indies, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks...
Area:
- 417 km² (161 mi² )
Population:
- 21,746 (Jul 2007)
Trinidad and Tobago
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (pronounced /ˈtrɪnɨdæd ən təˈbeɪɡoʊ/) is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It shares maritime...
Area:
- 5,128 km² (1980 mi² )
Population:
- 1,056,608 (Jul 2007)
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania (pronounced /ˌtænzəˈniːə/; Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is a nation in central East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west,...
Area:
- 945,203 km² (364945 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 39,384,223 (Jul 2007)
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and...
Area:
- 1,221,037 km² (471445 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 48,697,000 (Jul 1, 2008)
Swaziland
The Kingdom of Swaziland (Umbuso weSwatini), sometimes called Ngwane, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south, and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique. The nation, as well as its people, are named...
Area:
- 17,364 km² (6704.3 mi² )
Population:
- 1,133,066 (Jul 2007)
Sri Lanka
"Ceylon" redirects here. For the time period of 1948-1972, see Dominion of Ceylon
Sri Lanka (from the Sanskrit “Venerable Island”), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (pronounced /ˌʃriːˈlɑːŋkɑː/, Sinhala: , Tamil: இலங்கை;...
Area:
- 65,610 km² (25332 mi² )
Population:
- 20,926,315 (Jul 2007)
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 710.2...
Area:
- 704 km² (272 mi² )
Population:
- 4,839,400 (2008)
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone ([sieɪrə liˈoːn]), officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of...
Area:
- 71,740 km² (27699 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 6,144,562 (Jul 2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a nation in the Lesser Antilles chain, which lies at the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. Its 389-square-kilometre (150 sq mi) territory consists of the main island of Saint...
Area:
- 389 km² (150 mi² )
Population:
- 118,149 (Jul 2007)
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia (pronounced /ˌseɪnt ˈluːʃɪə/) (French: Sainte-Lucie) is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the islands of Saint Vincent and...
Area:
- 620 km² (239 mi² )
Population:
- 170,649 (Jul 2007)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis), located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign nation in the Americas, in both...
Area:
- 261 km² (101 mi² )
Population:
- 39,349 (Jul 2007)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. This territory is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, the...
Area:
- 3,903 km² (1507 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands /ˈsɒləmən ˈaɪləndz/ (help·info) is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. Together they cover a land mass of 28,400 square kilometres (10,965 sq mi). The capital is Honiara,...
Area:
- 28,896 km² (11157 mi² )
Population:
- 566,842 (Jul 2007)
Samoa
Samoa /səˈmoʊə/ (help·info), officially the Independent State of Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa and German Samoa), is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New...
Area:
- 2,831 km² (1093 mi² )
Population:
- 214,265 (Jul 2007)
Rwanda
The Republic of Rwanda (pronounced /ruːˈændə/ or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English, [ɾwanda] or [ɾɡwanda] in Kinyarwanda) is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of...
Area:
- 26,798 km² (10347 mi² )
Population:
- 9,907,509 (Jul 2007)
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (pronounced /ˌpwɛrtə ˈriːkoʊ/ or /ˌpɔrtə ˈriːkoʊ/), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: "Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" — literally Associated Free State of Puerto Rico), is a self-governing unincorporated...
Area:
- 9,104 km² (3515 mi² )
Population:
- 3,944,259 (Jul 2007)
Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands (pronounced /ˈpɪtkɛən/; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British overseas territory ...
Area:
- 47 km² (18 mi² )
Population:
- 50 (2008)
Philippines
The Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas [pɪlɪˈpinɐs]) officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. To its west across the South China...
Area:
- 300,000 km² (115831 mi² )
Population:
- 92,226,600 (Jul 2009)
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea ( /ˈpæpuːə njuː ˈɡɪni/ (help·info), also /ˈpɑːpuːə/ or /ˈpæpjuːə/; Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New...
Area:
- 462,840 km² (178704 mi² )
Population:
- 5,795,887 (Jul 2007)
Pakistan
Pakistan (Urdu: پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometres (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west...
Area:
- 803,940 km² (310403 mi² )
Population:
- 165,899,500 (Mar 18, 2009)
Nigeria
Nigeria (pronounced /naɪˈdʒɪrɪə/), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with...
Area:
- 923,768 km² (356669 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 135,031,164 (Jul 2007)
Nauru
Nauru /nɑːˈuːruː/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbor is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km to the east. Nauru is the world...
Area:
- 21 km² (8.1 mi² )
Population:
- 13,528 (Jul 2007)
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (Afrikaans: Republiek van Namibië, German: Republik Namibia), is a country in Southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north,...
Area:
- 825,418 km² (318696 mi² )
Population:
- 2,055,080 (Jul 2007)
Montserrat
Montserrat (pronounced /mɒntsəˈræt/) is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. It measures approximately 16 km (10 miles) long and 11 km (7 miles)...
Area:
- 102 km² (39.4 mi² )
Population:
- 5,900 (2008)
Mauritius
Mauritius (pronounced /məˈrɪʃəs/; French: L’île Maurice pronounced: [lil mɔˈʁis], Mauritian Creole: Moris) officially the Republic of Mauritius, French: République de Maurice is an island nation off the coast of the African continent in the...
Area:
- 2,040 km² (787.6 mi² )
Population:
- 1,250,882 (Jul 2007)
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands /ˈmɑrʃəl ˈaɪləndz/ (help·info), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of...
Area:
- 181 km² (69.9 mi² )
Population:
- 61,815 (Jul 2007)
Malta
Malta /ˈmɔːltə/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta), is a southern European country and consists of an archipelago situated centrally in the Mediterranean, 93 km south of Sicily and 288 km north-east of...
Area:
- 316 km² (122 mi² )
Population:
- 412,600 (Jan 1, 2009)
Liberia
Liberia /laɪˈbɪəriə/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2008 Census, the nation is home to 3,476,608 people...
Area:
- 111,369 km² (42999.8 mi² )
Population:
- 3,195,931 (Jul 2007)
Lesotho
Lesotho (pronounced /lɨˈsuːtuː/ ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave — entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over 30,000 km² in size with an estimated population of almost 1,800...
Area:
- 30,355 km² (11720 mi² )
Population:
- 2,125,262 (Jul 2007)
Kiribati
Kiribati (pronounced /ˈkɪrɨbæs/ ( listen) KIRR-i-bas; Gilbertese: [ˈkiɾibas]), officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed...
Area:
- 726 km² (280 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 107,817 (Jul 2007)
Kenya
The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. Lying along the Indian Ocean, at the equator, Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia (north), Somalia (northeast), Tanzania (south), Uganda plus Lake Victoria (west), and Sudan (northwest). The capital city...
Area:
- 580,367 km² (224081 mi² )
Population:
- 36,913,721 (Jul 2007)
Jersey
The Bailiwick of Jersey (pronounced /ˈdʒɜrzi/; Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands which are no longer...
Area:
- 116 km² (44.8 mi² )
Population:
- 91,321 (Jul 2007)
Jamaica
Jamaica (pronounced /dʒəˈmeɪkə/) is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (145 mi) in length and as much as 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width, amounting to 11,100 km. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometres (90 mi)...
Area:
- 10,991 km² (4243.6 mi² )
Population:
- 2,780,132 (Jul 2007)
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man (pronounced /ˈmæn/; Manx: Ellan Vannin, pronounced [ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn]), or Mann (Manx: Mannin, [ˈmanɪn]), is a self-governing British Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. The head...
Area:
- 572 km² (221 mi² )
Population:
- 75,831 (Jul 2007)
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most...
Area:
- 3,287,590 km² (1269346 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 1,161,240,000 (Mar 29, 2009)
Guyana
Guyana (pronounced /ɡaɪˈænə/), officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is a state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Discovered by Europeans in...
Area:
- 214,970 km² (83000.4 mi² )
Population:
- 769,095 (Jul 2007)
Grenada
Grenada (pronounced /ɡrɪˈneɪdə/) is an island country and sovereign state consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad...
Area:
- 344 km² (133 mi² )
Population:
- 89,971 (Jul 2007)
Gibraltar
Gibraltar (pronounced /dʒɨˈbrɔːltər/) is a self-governing British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula and Europe at the entrance of the Mediterranean overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory covers 6.843...
Area:
- 6.5 km² (2.5 mi² )
Population:
- 27,967 (Jul 2007)
Ghana
The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa which borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and derives from the Ghana...
Area:
- 238,535 km² (92098.9 mi² )
Population:
- 22,931,299 (Jul 2007)
The Gambia
The Gambia (officially the Republic of The Gambia), commonly known as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, with a small coast on the...
Area:
- 10,380 km² (4007.7 mi² )
Population:
- 1,688,359 (Jul 2007)
Fiji
An island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu. The country occupies an archipelago of about 322 islands, of which 106 are permanently inhabited, and 522 islets. The two major islands, Viti Levu and...
Area:
- 18,274 km² (7055.6 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 918,675 (Jul 2007)
Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia /ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/ (help·info) is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, north of New Guinea. It is a sovereign state in free association with the United States. The Federated States of Micronesia were...
Area:
- 702 km² (271 mi² )
Population:
- 107,862 (Jul 2007)
Dominica
Dominica, (French: Dominique) officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. To the north-northwest lies Guadeloupe, to the southeast Martinique. Its size is 754 square kilometres (291 sq mi) and the highest point...
Area:
- 751 km² (290 mi² )
Population:
- 72,386 (Jul 2007)
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands (pronounced /ˈkeɪmæn/ or /ˈkeɪmən/) is a British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of...
Area:
- 260 km² (100 mi² )
Population:
- 46,600 (Jul 2007)
Cameroon
The Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun) is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and...
Area:
- 475,442 km² (183569 mi² )
Population:
- 18,060,382 (Jul 2007)
Brunei
Brunei (pronounced /bruːˈnaɪ/ in English), officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: بروني دارالسلام), is a country located on the north coast of the island of...
Area:
- 5,765 km² (2226 mi² )
Population:
- 374,577 (Jul 2007)
Botswana
The Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana) is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" (singular: Motswana), regardless of ethnicity. Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana...
Area:
- 600,370 km² (231804 mi² )
Population:
- 1,815,508 (Jul 2007)
Bermuda
Bermuda (pronounced /bɜrˈmjuːdə/; officially, the Bermuda Islands or the Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)...
Area:
- 53.3 km² (20.6 mi² )
Population:
- 66,163 (Jul 2007)
Belize
Belize (formerly British Honduras), is a country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, composed of many cultures and speaking many languages. Although Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in...
Area:
- 22,966 km² (8867.2 mi² )
Population:
- 294,385 (Jul 2007)
Barbados
Barbados (pronounced /bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz, bɑrˈbeɪdɒs/), situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent West Indian continental island-nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. For over three centuries Barbados was a colony and protectorate of the...
Area:
- 431 km² (166 mi² )
Population:
- 280,946 (Jul 2007)
The Bahamas
The Bahamas (pronounced /ðə bəˈhɑːməz/), officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an English-speaking country consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets (rocks). It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba, Hispaniola ...
Area:
- 13,878 km² (5358.3 mi² )
Population:
- 305,655 (Jul 2007)
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda (Spanish for "Ancient" and "Bearded") is an island nation located on the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major islands — Antigua (pronounced /ænˈtiːɡə/) and Barbuda(/bɑrˈbjuːdə/) ...
Area:
- 442 km² (171 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 69,481 (Jul 2007)
