Þ Chief of State: President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Þ Head of Government: President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Þ Population: 31,889,923 (July 2007 est.)
Þ Land Area: 647,500 sq km
Þ Capital City : Kabul
Þ Languages: Persian, Turkmen, Uzbek, Pashtu, Balochi, Pashai
Þ Calling Code-93
Þ Currency- afghani
Þ Religions: other 1%, Sunni Muslim 15%, Shi'a Muslim 84%
Þ Government: transitional government
Þ Date of independence: 8/19/1919
Þ GDP: $21.5 billion (2004 est.)
Þ Chief of State: King Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Þ Population: 708,573 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 620 sq km
Þ Capital City : Manama
Þ Languages: Arabic, English, Urdu, Farsi
Þ Calling Code-973
Þ Currency- Bahraini Dinar
Þ Religions: 30% Sunni Muslim, 70% Shi'a Muslim
Þ Government: traditional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 8/15/1971
GDP: $18.02 billion (2006 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President M. Zillur Rahman
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Þ Population: 150,448,339 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 133,910 sq km
Þ Capital City : Dhaka
Þ Languages: English, Bangla(official)
Þ Calling Code-880
Þ Currency- Taka
Þ Religions: Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 12/16/1971
Þ GDP: $336.7 billion (2006 EST.)
Þ Ruler: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchukin (2006
Þ Prime Minister: Lyonpo Jigme Thinley (2008
Þ Population: 2,232,291
Þ Land Area: 47,000 sq km
Þ Capital City : Thimphu
Þ Languages: Tibetan, Dzongkha (official), Nepalese
Þ Currency- Ngultrum (Indian Rupee also circulates)
Þ Religions: Lamaistic Buddhism 75%, Indian and Nepalese influenced Hinduism 25%
Þ Government: monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 8/8/1949
Þ GDP: $2.9 billion (2003 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Hassanal Bolkiah
Þ Head of Government: Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Hassanal Bolkiah
Þ Population: 372,361
Þ Land Area: 5,270 sq km
Þ Capital City : Bandar Seri Begawan
Þ Languages: Chinese, English, Malay(official)
Þ Calling Code-673
Þ Currency- Brunei
Þ Religions: Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, Muslim 67%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%
Þ Government: constitutional sultanate
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1984
Þ GDP: $6.842 billion (2003 EST.)
Combodia
Þ Chief of State: King Norodom Sihamoni
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Hun Sen
Þ Population: 13,607,069
Þ Land Area: 176,520 sq km
Þ Capital City : Phnom Penh
Þ Languages: French, Khmer (official)
Þ Calling Code-855
Þ Currency- Riel
Þ Religions: Theravada Buddhism 95%, other 5%
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 11/9/1953
Þ GDP: $26.99 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Hu Jintao
Þ Head of Government: Premier Wen Jiabao
Þ Population: 1,306,313,812
Þ Land Area: 9,326,410 sq km
Þ Capital City : Beijing
Þ Languages: Chinese, minor ethnic group languages, Yue, Wu, Minbei, Minnan, Xiang, Gan, Hakka
Þ Calling Code-86
Þ Currency- Yuan Renminbi
Þ Religions: Buddhist, Daoism, 1% Christian, 2-3% Muslim
Þ Government: communist state
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/2100
Þ GDP: $7.262 trillion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Pratibha Patil
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Þ Population: 1,080,264,388
Þ Land Area: 2,973,190 sq km
Þ Capital City : New Delhi
Þ Languages: Bengali, English, Hindi (official), Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindustani, Gujarati, Punjabi, As samese, Kashmiri
Þ Calling Code-91
Þ Currency- Indian Rupee
Þ Religions: Buddhist 1%, Sikh 1.9%, Jains 1%, Christian 2.3%, Muslim 12%, Hindu 81.3%, other 2.5%
Þ Government: federal republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/15/1947
Þ GDP: $3.319 trillion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Þ Head of Government: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Þ Population: 241,973,879
Þ Land Area: 1,826,440 sq km
Þ Capital City : Jakarta
Þ Languages: Indonesia
Þ Calling Code-62
Þ Currency- Rupiah
Þ Religions: 88% Muslim, 5% Protestant, 3% Roman Catholic, 2% Hindu, 1% Buddhist, 1% other
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/17/1945
Þ GDP: $827.4 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini-Khamenei
Þ Head of Government: President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad
Þ Population: 68,017,860
Þ Land Area: 1.636 million sq km
Þ Capital City : Tehran
Þ Languages: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Balochi, Turkic, Kurdish, Luri
Þ Calling Code-98
Þ Currency- Iranian Rial
Þ Religions: Zoroastrian, 1% Baha'i, Christian, Jewish, 10% Sunni Muslim, 89% Shi'a Muslim
Þ Government: theocratic republic
Þ Date of independence: 4/1/1979
Þ GDP: $516.7 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Jalal Talabani
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
Þ Population: 26,074,906
Þ Land Area: 432,162 sq km
Þ Capital City : Baghdad
Þ Languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian, Assyrian
Þ Calling Code-964
Þ Currency- Iraqi Dinar
Þ Religions: 97% Muslim
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 10/3/1932
Þ GDP: $89.8 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Shimon Peres
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud)
Þ Population: 6,276,883
Þ Land Area: 20,330 sq km
Þ Capital City : Jerusalem
Þ Languages: Arabic, English, Hebrew(official)
Þ Calling Code-972
Þ Currency- Shekel
Þ Religions: 2.1% Christian, 14.6% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 80.1% Jewish, 3.2% other
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 5/14/1948
Þ GDP: $129 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Emperor Akihito
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
Þ Population: 127,417,244
Þ Land Area: 374,744 sq km
Þ Capital City : Tokyo
Þ Languages: Japanese
Þ Calling Code-81
Þ Currency- Yen
Þ Religions: 84% Buddhist, Shinto, 16% other
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/2100
Þ GDP: $3.745 trillion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: King Abdullah II
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Samir al-Rifai
Þ Population: 5,759,732
Þ Land Area: 91,971 sq km
Þ Capital City : Amman
Þ Languages: Arabic (official), English
Þ Calling Code-962
Þ Currency- Jordanian Dinar
Þ Religions: Christian 6%, Muslim (mostly Sunni) 92%, other 2%
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 5/25/1946
Þ GDP: $25.50 billion (2004 est.)
Kazakhastan
Þ Chief of State: President Nursultan A. Nazarbayev
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Karim Masimov
Þ Population: 15,185,844
Þ Land Area: 2,669,800 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Kazakh (official), Russian (official)
Þ Calling Code-7
Þ Currency- Tenge (Russian Ruble [RUR] was formerly in use)
Þ Religions: 47% Muslim, 2% Protestant, 44% Russian Orthodox, 7% other
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 12/16/1991
Þ GDP: $118.4 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Amir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al Sabah
Þ Population: 2,335,648
Þ Land Area: 17,820 sq km
Þ Capital City : Kuwait
Þ Languages: Arabic (official), English
Þ Calling Code-965
Þ Currency- Kuwaiti Dinar
Þ Religions: Parsi, Christian, Hindu, 15% other, 60% Sunni Muslim, 25% Shi'a Muslim
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 6/19/1961
Þ GDP: $48.00 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Þ Head of Government: President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Þ Population: 5,146,281
Þ Land Area: 191,300 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Kyrgyz (official), Russian (official)
Þ Calling Code-996
Þ Currency- Kyrgyzstani Som
Þ Religions: 75% Muslim, 20% Russian Orthodox, 5% other
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/31/1991
Þ GDP: $8.495 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Michel Sleiman
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Sa’ad Hariri
Þ Population: 3,826,018
Þ Land Area: 10,230 sq km
Þ Capital City : Beirut
Þ Languages: Arabic (official), English, French, Armenian
Þ Calling Code-961
Þ Currency- Lebanese Pound
Þ Religions: 30% Christian, 70% Muslim, Jewish NEGL%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 11/22/1943
Þ GDP: $18.83 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Choummaly Sayasone
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh
Þ Population: 6,217,141
Þ Land Area: 230,800 sq km
Þ Capital City : Vientiane
Þ Languages: English, French, Lao (official), minor ethnic group languages
Þ Calling Code-856
Þ Currency- Kip
Þ Religions: Buddhist 60%, animist, other 40%
Þ Government: communist state
Þ Date of independence: 7/19/1949
Þ GDP: $11.28 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President of China
Þ Head of Government: Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai-on
Þ Population: 449,198
Þ Land Area: 21 sq km
Þ Capital City : Macau
Þ Languages: Chinese, Portuguese
Þ Calling Code-853
Þ Currency- Pataca
Þ Religions: Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35%
Þ Government: NA
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $9.1 billion (2003 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: King - Sultan Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Mohamed Najib bin Abdul Razak
Þ Population: 23,953,136
Þ Land Area: 328,550 sq km
Þ Capital City : Kuala Lumpur
Þ Languages: Chinese, English, Panjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, indigenous languages, Bahasa Melayu(official), Malalalam, Iban, Kadazan
Þ Calling Code-60
Þ Currency- Ringgit(Malaysian Dollar)
Þ Religions: Buddhist, Daoism, Sikh, shamanism, Christian, Muslim, Hindu
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 8/31/1957
Þ GDP: $229.3 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Mohamed "Anni" Nasheed
Þ Head of Government: President Mohamed "Anni" Nasheed
Þ Population: 349,106
Þ Land Area: 300 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: English, Maldivian Divehi
Þ Calling Code-960
Þ Currency- Rufiyaa
Þ Religions: Sunni Muslim
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 7/26/1965
Þ GDP: $1.25 billion (2002 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Tsakhia Elbegdorj
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold
Þ Population: 2,791,272
Þ Land Area: 1.565 million sq km
Þ Capital City : Ulaanbaatar
Þ Languages: Chinese, Mongolian, Russian, Turkic
Þ Calling Code-976
Þ Currency- Tugrik
Þ Religions: Buddhist 96%, Christian, Muslim
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 3/13/1921
Þ GDP: $5.332 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Head of State: Senior Gen. Than Shwe (1992)
Þ Prime Minister: Lt. Gen. Thein Sein (2007)
Þ Population: 42,909,464
Þ Land Area: 657,740 sq km
Þ Capital City : Yangon
Þ Languages: Burmese, minor ethnic group languages
Þ Currency- Kyat
Þ Religions: Buddhist 89%, Christian 4%, Muslim 4%, animist 1%
Þ Government: military regime
Þ Date of independence: 1/4/1948
Þ GDP: $74.3 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Ram Baran Yadav
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar (Resigned - currently vacant)
Þ Population: 27,676,547
Þ Land Area: 136,800 sq km
Þ Capital City : Kathmandu
Þ Languages: minor ethnic group languages, Nepalese(official)
Þ Calling Code-977
Þ Currency- Nepalese Rupee
Þ Religions: 7.8% Buddhist, 3.8% Muslim, 86.2% Hindu, 2.2% other
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1768
Þ GDP: $39.53 billion (2004 EST.)
Northern Mariana Island
Þ Governor: Benigno R. Fitial (2006)
Þ Population: 80,362
Þ Land Area: 477 sq km
Þ Capital City : Saipan
Þ Languages: English, Chamorro, Carolinian
Þ Currency- US
Þ Religions: Christian, traditional beliefs
Þ Government: commonwealth
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $900 million (2000 EST.)
Þ Status: Commonwealth
Þ Chief of State: Kim Jong Il
Þ Head of Government: Premier Choe Yong Rim
Þ Population: 22,912,177
Þ Land Area: 120,410 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Korean
Þ Calling Code-850
Þ Currency- North Korean Won
Þ Religions: Confucian, Buddhist, Christian, syncretic, Chondogyo
Þ Government: communist state
Þ Date of independence: 9/9/1948
Þ GDP: $30.88 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said
Þ Head of Government: Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said
Þ Population: 3,001,583
Þ Land Area: 212,460 sq km
Þ Capital City : Muscat
Þ Languages: Arabic(official), English, Urdu, Baluchi
Þ Calling code-968
Þ Currency- Rial Omani
Þ Religions: 75% Ibadhi Muslim, Hindu, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim
Þ Government: monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1650
Þ GDP: $38.09 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President:Asif Ali Zardar
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister:Yousef Raza Gilani
Þ Population: 162,419,946
Þ Land Area: 778,720 sq km
Þ Capital City : Islamabad
Þ Languages: English (official), Sindhi, Urdu, Pashtu, Balochi, Punjabi, Siraiki, Hindko, Brahui, Burushaski
Þ Calling Code-92
Þ Currency- Pakistani Rupee
Þ Religions: Christian, Muslim (mostly Sunni) 77%, Muslim (mostly Shiite) 20%, Hindu, other 3%
Þ Government: federal republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/14/1947
Þ GDP: $347.3 billion (2004 EST.)
Palestain
Þ President: Mahmoud Abbas (2005)
Þ Prime Minister: Salam Fayyad; interim (2007)
Þ Population: 2,090,713 (July 2001 est.)
Þ Land Area: 5,640 sq km
Þ Capital City : East Jerusalem
Þ Languages: Arabic, English, Hebrew
Þ Currency-
Þ Religions: Christian, 84% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 11% Jewish
Þ Government: NA
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $3.1 billion (2000 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Þ Head of Government: President: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Þ Population: 87,857,473
Þ Land Area: 298,170 sq km
Þ Capital City : Manila
Þ Languages: English (official), Pilipino(official)
Þ Calling Code-63
Þ Currency- Philippines
Þ Religions: Buddhist, Muslim 5%, Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, other 3%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 7/4/1946
Þ GDP: $430.6 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Sheik Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani
Þ Population: 863,051
Þ Land Area: 11,437 sq km
Þ Capital City : Doha
Þ Languages: Arabic(official), English
Þ Calling Code-974
Þ Currency- Qatari Riyal
Þ Religions: 95% Muslim
Þ Government: traditional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 9/3/1971
Þ GDP: $19.49 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: King and Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
Þ Head of Government: King and Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
Þ Population: 26,417,599
Þ Land Area: 1,960,582 sq km
Þ Capital City : Riyadh
Þ Languages: Arabic
Þ Calling Code-966
Þ Currency- Saudi Riyal
Þ Religions: 100% Muslim
Þ Government: monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 9/23/1932
Þ GDP: $310.2 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President S R Nathan
Head of Government: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Head of Government: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Þ Population: 4,425,720
Þ Land Area: 637.5 sq km
Þ Capital City : Singapore
Þ Languages: Chinese(official), English(official), Malay(official), Tamil(official)
Þ Calling Code-65
Þ Currency- Singapore
Þ Religions: Confucian, Buddhist, Daoism, Sikh, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Taoist
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/9/1965
Þ GDP: $120.9 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Lee Myung-bak
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Chung Un-chan
Þ Population: 48,422,644
Þ Land Area: 98,190 sq km
Þ Capital City : Seoul
Þ Languages: English, Korean
Þ Calling Code-82
Þ Currency- South Korean Won
Þ Religions: 3% Confucian, 47% Buddhist, shamanism, 49% Christian, 1% other, Chondogyo
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/15/1945
Þ GDP: $925.1 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ President: Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005
Þ Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayaka (2005)
Þ Population: 20,064,776
Þ Land Area: 64,740 sq km
Þ Capital City : Colombo
Þ Languages: English, Tamil, Sinhala (official)
Þ Currency- Sri Lankan Rupee
Þ Religions: 70% Buddhist, 8% Christian, 7% Muslim, 15% Hindu
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 2/4/1948
Þ GDP: $80.58 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Bashar al-Asad
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Utri
Þ Population: 18,448,752
Þ Land Area: 184,050 sq km
Þ Capital City : Damascus
Þ Languages: Arabic (official), Aramaic, English, French, Kurdish, Armenian, Circassian
Þ Calling Code-963
Þ Currency- Syrian Pound
Þ Religions: Christian 10%, Muslim 16%, Jewish, Sunni Muslim 74%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 4/17/1946
Þ GDP: $60.44 billion (2004 est.)
Þ Chief of State: President Ma Ying-jeou
Þ Head of Government: Premier (President of the Executive Yuan) Wu Den-yih
Þ Population: 22,894,384
Þ Land Area: 32,260 sq km
Þ Capital City : Taipei
Þ Languages: Chinese (official), Hakka, Taiwanese
Þ Calling code-886
Þ Currency- New Taiwan
Þ Religions: Confucian, Buddhist, Daoism, 4.5% Christian, 2.5% other
Þ Government: democracy
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $576.2 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Emomali Rahmon
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov
Þ Population: 7,163,506
Þ Land Area: 142,700 sq km
Þ Capital City : Dushanbe
Þ Languages: Russian, Tajik(official)
Þ Calling Code-992
Þ Currency- Tajik Rouble
Þ Religions: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 80%, Muslim (mostly Shiite) 5%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 9/9/1991
Þ GDP: $7.95 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Þ Population: 65,444,371
Þ Land Area: 511,770 sq km
Þ Capital City : Bangkok
Þ Languages: English, Thai, minor ethnic group languages
Þ Calling Code-66
Þ Currency- Baht
Þ Religions: Buddhist 95%, Christian 0.5%, Muslim 3.8%, Hindu 0.1%, other 0.6%
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1239
Þ GDP: $524.8 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Population: 13,500,000
Þ Land Area: 1,221,700 sq km
Þ Capital City : Lhasa
Þ Languages: Chinese (official), Tibetan
Þ Religions: Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Tibetan Buddhism, Bon
Þ Government: government in exile
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: NA
Turkministan
Þ Chief of State: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov
Þ Head of Government: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov
Þ Population: 4,952,081
Þ Land Area: 488,100 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Russian, Turkmen, Uzbek
Þ Calling Code-993
Þ Currency- Turkmenistani Manat
Þ Religions: Eastern Orthodox 9%, Muslim 89%, unknown 2%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 10/27/1991
Þ GDP: $27.6 billion (2004 EST.)
United Arab Emirate
Þ Chief of State: President, Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister and Vice President Muhammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum
Þ Population: 2,563,212
Þ Land Area: 82,880 sq km
Þ Capital City : Abu Dhabi
Þ Languages: Arabic(official), English, Hindi, Persian, Urdu
Þ Calling Code-971
Þ Currency- UEA Dirham
Þ Religions: Christian, 96% Muslim, Hindu, 4% other
Þ Government: federation
Þ Date of independence: 12/2/1971
Þ GDP: $63.67 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Islam Karimov
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev
Þ Population: 26,851,195
Þ Land Area: 425,400 sq km
Þ Capital City : Tashkent
Þ Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Tajik
Þ Calling Code-998
Þ Currency- Uzbekistani Som
Þ Religions: 9% Eastern Orthodox, 88% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 3% other
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/31/1991
Þ GDP: $47.59 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Nguyen Minh Triet
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
Þ Population: 83,535,576
Þ Land Area: 325,360 sq km
Þ Capital City : Hanoi
Þ Languages: Chinese, English, French, Khmer, Vietnamese(official), tribal languages
Þ Calling Code-84
Þ Currency- Dong
Þ Religions: Buddhist, Daoism, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Protestant, Cao Dai, Hoa Hoa
Þ Government: communist state
Þ Date of independence: 9/2/1945
Þ GDP: $227.2 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar
Þ Population: 20,727,063
Þ Land Area: 527,970 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Arabic
Þ Calling Code-967
Þ Currency- Riyal (Dinar was used in South Yemen )
Þ Religions: Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 5/22/1990
GDP: $16.25 billion (2004 EST.)
