Name

Continent

Population

LifeExpectancy

GovernmentForm

HeadOfState

Netherlands

Europe

15864000

78.3

Constitutional Monarchy

Beatrix

Netherlands Antilles

North America

217000

74.7

Nonmetropolitan Territory of The Netherlands

Beatrix

Albania

Europe

3401200

71.6

Republic

Rexhep Mejdani

Algeria

Africa

31471000

69.7

Republic

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

American Samoa

Oceania

68000

75.1

US Territory

George W. Bush

Andorra

Europe

78000

83.5

Parliamentary Coprincipality

Angola

Africa

12878000

38.3

Republic

José Eduardo dos Santos

Anguilla

North America

8000

76.1

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Antigua and Barbuda

North America

68000

70.5

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

United Arab Emirates

Asia

2441000

74.1

Emirate Federation

Zayid bin Sultan al-Nahayan

Argentina

South America

37032000

75.1

Federal Republic

Fernando de la Rúa

Armenia

Asia

3520000

66.4

Republic

Robert Kot?arjan

Aruba

North America

103000

78.4

Nonmetropolitan Territory of The Netherlands

Beatrix

Australia

Oceania

18886000

79.8

Constitutional Monarchy, Federation

Elisabeth II

Azerbaijan

Asia

7734000

62.9

Federal Republic

Heydär Äliyev

Bahamas

North America

307000

71.1

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Bahrain

Asia

617000

73.0

Monarchy (Emirate)

Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifa

Bangladesh

Asia

129155000

60.2

Republic

Shahabuddin Ahmad

Barbados

North America

270000

73.0

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Belgium

Europe

10239000

77.8

Constitutional Monarchy, Federation

Albert II

Belize

North America

241000

70.9

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Beninnn

Africa

6097000

50.2

Republic

Bermuda

North America

65000

76.9

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Bhutan

Asia

2124000

52.4

Monarchy

Jigme Singye Wangchuk

Bolivia

South America

8329000

63.7

Republic

Hugo Bánzer Suárez

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Europe

3972000

71.5

Federal Republic

Ante Jelavic

Botswana

Africa

1622000

39.3

Republic

Festus G. Mogae

Brazil

South America

170115000

62.9

Federal Republic

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

United Kingdom

Europe

59623400

77.7

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Virgin Islands, British

North America

21000

75.4

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Brunei

Asia

328000

73.6

Monarchy (Sultanate)

Haji Hassan al-Bolkiah

Bulgaria

Europe

8190900

70.9

Republic

Petar Stojanov

Burkina Faso

Africa

11937000

46.7

Republic

Blaise Compaoré

Burundi

Africa

6695000

46.2

Republic

Pierre Buyoya

Cayman Islands

North America

38000

78.9

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Chile

South America

15211000

75.7

Republic

Ricardo Lagos Escobar

Cook Islands

Oceania

20000

71.1

Nonmetropolitan Territory of New Zealand

Elisabeth II

Costa Rica

North America

4023000

75.8

Republic

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría

Djibouti

Africa

638000

50.8

Republic

Ismail Omar Guelleh

Dominica

North America

71000

73.4

Republic

Vernon Shaw

Dominican Republic

North America

8495000

73.2

Republic

Hipólito Mejía Domínguez

Ecuador

South America

12646000

71.1

Republic

Gustavo Noboa Bejarano

Egypt

Africa

68470000

63.3

Republic

Hosni Mubarak

El Salvador

North America

6276000

69.7

Republic

Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez

Eritrea

Africa

3850000

55.8

Republic

Isayas Afewerki [Isaias Afwerki]

Spain

Europe

39441700

78.8

Constitutional Monarchy

Juan Carlos I

South Africa

Africa

40377000

51.1

Republic

Thabo Mbeki

Ethiopia

Africa

62565000

45.2

Republic

Negasso Gidada

Falkland Islands

South America

2000

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Fiji Islands

Oceania

817000

67.9

Republic

Josefa Iloilo

Philippines

Asia

75967000

67.5

Republic

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Faroe Islands

Europe

43000

78.4

Part of Denmark

Margrethe II

Gabon

Africa

1226000

50.1

Republic

Omar Bongo

Gambia

Africa

1305000

53.2

Republic

Yahya Jammeh

Georgia

Asia

4968000

64.5

Republic

Eduard ?evardnadze

Ghana

Africa

20212000

57.4

Republic

John Kufuor

Gibraltar

Europe

25000

79.0

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Grenada

North America

94000

64.5

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Greenland

North America

56000

68.1

Part of Denmark

Margrethe II

Guadeloupe

North America

456000

77.0

Overseas Department of France

Jacques Chirac

Guam

Oceania

168000

77.8

US Territory

George W. Bush

Guatemala

North America

11385000

66.2

Republic

Alfonso Portillo Cabrera

Guinea

Africa

7430000

45.6

Republic

Lansana Conté

Guinea-Bissau

Africa

1213000

49.0

Republic

Kumba Ialá

Guyana

South America

861000

64.0

Republic

Bharrat Jagdeo

Haiti

North America

8222000

49.2

Republic

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Honduras

North America

6485000

69.9

Republic

Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé

Hong Kong

Asia

6782000

79.5

Special Administrative Region of China

Jiang Zemin

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Europe

3200

Dependent Territory of Norway

Harald V

Indonesia

Asia

212107000

68.0

Republic

Abdurrahman Wahid

India

Asia

1013662000

62.5

Federal Republic

Kocheril Raman Narayanan

Iraq

Asia

23115000

66.5

Republic

Saddam Hussein al-Takriti

Iran

Asia

67702000

69.7

Islamic Republic

Ali Mohammad Khatami-Ardakani

Ireland

Europe

3775100

76.8

Republic

Mary McAleese

Iceland

Europe

279000

79.4

Republic

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

Israel

Asia

6217000

78.6

Republic

Moshe Katzav

Italy

Europe

57680000

79.0

Republic

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

East Timor

Asia

885000

46.0

Administrated by the UN

José Alexandre Gusmăo

Austria

Europe

8091800

77.7

Federal Republic

Thomas Klestil

Jamaica

North America

2583000

75.2

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Japan

Asia

126714000

80.7

Constitutional Monarchy

Akihito

Yemen

Asia

18112000

59.8

Republic

Ali Abdallah Salih

Jordan

Asia

5083000

77.4

Constitutional Monarchy

Abdullah II

Christmas Island

Oceania

2500

Territory of Australia

Elisabeth II

Yugoslavia

Europe

10640000

72.4

Federal Republic

Vojislav Ko?tunica

Cambodia

Asia

11168000

56.5

Constitutional Monarchy

Norodom Sihanouk

Cameroon

Africa

15085000

54.8

Republic

Paul Biya

Canada

North America

31147000

79.4

Constitutional Monarchy, Federation

Elisabeth II

Cape Verde

Africa

428000

68.9

Republic

António Mascarenhas Monteiro

Kazakstan

Asia

16223000

63.2

Republic

Nursultan Nazarbajev

Kenya

Africa

30080000

48.0

Republic

Daniel arap Moi

Central African Republic

Africa

3615000

44.0

Republic

Ange-Félix Patassé

China

Asia

1277558000

71.4

People'sRepublic

Jiang Zemin

Kyrgyzstan

Asia

4699000

63.4

Republic

Askar Akajev

Kiribati

Oceania

83000

59.8

Republic

Teburoro Tito

Colombia

South America

42321000

70.3

Republic

Andrés Pastrana Arango

Comoros

Africa

578000

60.0

Republic

Azali Assoumani

Congo

Africa

2943000

47.4

Republic

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

Africa

51654000

48.8

Republic

Joseph Kabila

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Oceania

600

Territory of Australia

Elisabeth II

North Korea

Asia

24039000

70.7

Socialistic Republic

Kim Jong-il

South Korea

Asia

46844000

74.4

Republic

Kim Dae-jung

Greece

Europe

10545700

78.4

Republic

Kostis Stefanopoulos

Croatia

Europe

4473000

73.7

Republic

?tipe Mesic

Cuba

North America

11201000

76.2

Socialistic Republic

Fidel Castro Ruz

Kuwait

Asia

1972000

76.1

Constitutional Monarchy (Emirate)

Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah

Cyprus

Asia

754700

76.7

Republic

Glafkos Klerides

Laos

Asia

5433000

53.1

Republic

Khamtay Siphandone

Latvia

Europe

2424200

68.4

Republic

Vaira Vike-Freiberga

Lesotho

Africa

2153000

50.8

Constitutional Monarchy

Letsie III

Lebanon

Asia

3282000

71.3

Republic

Émile Lahoud

Liberia

Africa

3154000

51.0

Republic

Charles Taylor

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Africa

5605000

75.5

Socialistic State

Muammar al-Qadhafi

Liechtenstein

Europe

32300

78.8

Constitutional Monarchy

Hans-Adam II

Lithuania

Europe

3698500

69.1

Republic

Valdas Adamkus

Luxembourg

Europe

435700

77.1

Constitutional Monarchy

Henri

Western Sahara

Africa

293000

49.8

Occupied by Marocco

Mohammed Abdel Aziz

Macao

Asia

473000

81.6

Special Administrative Region of China

Jiang Zemin

Madagascar

Africa

15942000

55.0

Federal Republic

Didier Ratsiraka

Macedonia

Europe

2024000

73.8

Republic

Boris Trajkovski

Malawi

Africa

10925000

37.6

Republic

Bakili Muluzi

Maldives

Asia

286000

62.2

Republic

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

Malaysia

Asia

22244000

70.8

Constitutional Monarchy, Federation

Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj

Mali

Africa

11234000

46.7

Republic

Alpha Oumar Konaré

Malta

Europe

380200

77.9

Republic

Guido de Marco

Morocco

Africa

28351000

69.1

Constitutional Monarchy

Mohammed VI

Marshall Islands

Oceania

64000

65.5

Republic

Kessai Note

Martinique

North America

395000

78.3

Overseas Department of France

Jacques Chirac

Mauritania

Africa

2670000

50.8

Republic

Maaouiya Ould Sid´Ahmad Taya

Mauritius

Africa

1158000

71.0

Republic

Cassam Uteem

Mayotte

Africa

149000

59.5

Territorial Collectivity of France

Jacques Chirac

Mexico

North America

98881000

71.5

Federal Republic

Vicente Fox Quesada

Micronesia, Federated States of

Oceania

119000

68.6

Federal Republic

Leo A. Falcam

Moldova

Europe

4380000

64.5

Republic

Vladimir Voronin

Monaco

Europe

34000

78.8

Constitutional Monarchy

Rainier III

Mongolia

Asia

2662000

67.3

Republic

Natsagiin Bagabandi

Montserrat

North America

11000

78.0

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Mozambique

Africa

19680000

37.5

Republic

Joaquím A. Chissano

Myanmar

Asia

45611000

54.9

Republic

kenraali Than Shwe

Namibia

Africa

1726000

42.5

Republic

Sam Nujoma

Nauru

Oceania

12000

60.8

Republic

Bernard Dowiyogo

Nepal

Asia

23930000

57.8

Constitutional Monarchy

Gyanendra Bir Bikram

Nicaragua

North America

5074000

68.7

Republic

Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo

Niger

Africa

10730000

41.3

Republic

Mamadou Tandja

Nigeria

Africa

111506000

51.6

Federal Republic

Olusegun Obasanjo

Niue

Oceania

2000

Nonmetropolitan Territory of New Zealand

Elisabeth II

Norfolk Island

Oceania

2000

Territory of Australia

Elisabeth II

Norway

Europe

4478500

78.7

Constitutional Monarchy

Harald V

Côte d?Ivoire

Africa

14786000

45.2

Republic

Laurent Gbagbo

Oman

Asia

2542000

71.8

Monarchy (Sultanate)

Qabus ibn Sa´id

Pakistan

Asia

156483000

61.1

Republic

Mohammad Rafiq Tarar

Palau

Oceania

19000

68.6

Republic

Kuniwo Nakamura

Panama

North America

2856000

75.5

Republic

Mireya Elisa Moscoso Rodríguez

Papua New Guinea

Oceania

4807000

63.1

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Paraguay

South America

5496000

73.7

Republic

Luis Ángel González Macchi

Peru

South America

25662000

70.0

Republic

Valentin Paniagua Corazao

Pitcairn

Oceania

50

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Northern Mariana Islands

Oceania

78000

75.5

Commonwealth of the US

George W. Bush

Portugal

Europe

9997600

75.8

Republic

Jorge Sampăio

Puerto Rico

North America

3869000

75.6

Commonwealth of the US

George W. Bush

Poland

Europe

38653600

73.2

Republic

Aleksander Kwasniewski

Equatorial Guinea

Africa

453000

53.6

Republic

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

Qatar

Asia

599000

72.4

Monarchy

Hamad ibn Khalifa al-Thani

France

Europe

59225700

78.8

Republic

Jacques Chirac

French Guiana

South America

181000

76.1

Overseas Department of France

Jacques Chirac

French Polynesia

Oceania

235000

74.8

Nonmetropolitan Territory of France

Jacques Chirac

Réunion

Africa

699000

72.7

Overseas Department of France

Jacques Chirac

Romania

Europe

22455500

69.9

Republic

Ion Iliescu

Rwanda

Africa

7733000

39.3

Republic

Paul Kagame

Sweden

Europe

8861400

79.6

Constitutional Monarchy

Carl XVI Gustaf

Saint Helena

Africa

6000

76.8

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Saint Kitts and Nevis

North America

38000

70.7

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Saint Lucia

North America

154000

72.3

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

North America

114000

72.3

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

North America

7000

77.6

Territorial Collectivity of France

Jacques Chirac

Germany

Europe

82164700

77.4

Federal Republic

Johannes Rau

Solomon Islands

Oceania

444000

71.3

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Zambia

Africa

9169000

37.2

Republic

Frederick Chiluba

Samoa

Oceania

180000

69.2

Parlementary Monarchy

Malietoa Tanumafili II

San Marino

Europe

27000

81.1

Republic

Sao Tome and Principe

Africa

147000

65.3

Republic

Miguel Trovoada

Saudi Arabia

Asia

21607000

67.8

Monarchy

Fahd ibn Abdul-Aziz al-Sa´ud

Senegal

Africa

9481000

62.2

Republic

Abdoulaye Wade

Seychelles

Africa

77000

70.4

Republic

France-Albert René

Sierra Leone

Africa

4854000

45.3

Republic

Ahmed Tejan Kabbah

Singapore

Asia

3567000

80.1

Republic

Sellapan Rama Nathan

Slovakia

Europe

5398700

73.7

Republic

Rudolf Schuster

Slovenia

Europe

1987800

74.9

Republic

Milan Kucan

Somalia

Africa

10097000

46.2

Republic

Abdiqassim Salad Hassan

Sri Lanka

Asia

18827000

71.8

Republic

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Sudan

Africa

29490000

56.6

Islamic Republic

Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir

Finland

Europe

5171300

77.4

Republic

Tarja Halonen

Suriname

South America

417000

71.4

Republic

Ronald Venetiaan

Swaziland

Africa

1008000

40.4

Monarchy

Mswati III

Switzerland

Europe

7160400

79.6

Federation

Adolf Ogi

Syria

Asia

16125000

68.5

Republic

Bashar al-Assad

Tajikistan

Asia

6188000

64.1

Republic

Emomali Rahmonov

Taiwan

Asia

22256000

76.4

Republic

Chen Shui-bian

Tanzania

Africa

33517000

52.3

Republic

Benjamin William Mkapa

Denmark

Europe

5330000

76.5

Constitutional Monarchy

Margrethe II

Thailand

Asia

61399000

68.6

Constitutional Monarchy

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Togo

Africa

4629000

54.7

Republic

Gnassingbé Eyadéma

Tokelau

Oceania

2000

Nonmetropolitan Territory of New Zealand

Elisabeth II

Tonga

Oceania

99000

67.9

Monarchy

Taufa'ahau Tupou IV

Trinidad and Tobago

North America

1295000

68.0

Republic

Arthur N. R. Robinson

Chad

Africa

7651000

50.5

Republic

Idriss Déby

Czech Republic

Europe

10278100

74.5

Republic

Václav Havel

Tunisia

Africa

9586000

73.7

Republic

Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali

Turkey

Asia

66591000

71.0

Republic

Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Turkmenistan

Asia

4459000

60.9

Republic

Saparmurad Nijazov

Turks and Caicos Islands

North America

17000

73.3

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Tuvalu

Oceania

12000

66.3

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Uganda

Africa

21778000

42.9

Republic

Yoweri Museveni

Ukraine

Europe

50456000

66.0

Republic

Leonid Kut?ma

Hungary

Europe

10043200

71.4

Republic

Ferenc Mádl

Uruguay

South America

3337000

75.2

Republic

Jorge Batlle Ibáńez

New Caledonia

Oceania

214000

72.8

Nonmetropolitan Territory of France

Jacques Chirac

New Zealand

Oceania

3862000

77.8

Constitutional Monarchy

Elisabeth II

Uzbekistan

Asia

24318000

63.7

Republic

Islam Karimov

Belarus

Europe

10236000

68.0

Republic

Aljaksandr Luka?enka

Wallis and Futuna

Oceania

15000

Nonmetropolitan Territory of France

Jacques Chirac

Vanuatu

Oceania

190000

60.6

Republic

John Bani

Holy See (Vatican City State)

Europe

1000

Independent Church State

Johannes Paavali II

Venezuela

South America

24170000

73.1

Federal Republic

Hugo Chávez Frías

Russian Federation

Europe

146934000

67.2

Federal Republic

Vladimir Putin

Vietnam

Asia

79832000

69.3

Socialistic Republic

Trân Duc Luong

Estonia

Europe

1439200

69.5

Republic

Lennart Meri

United States

North America

278357000

77.1

Federal Republic

George W. Bush

Virgin Islands, U.S.

North America

93000

78.1

US Territory

George W. Bush

Zimbabwe

Africa

11669000

37.8

Republic

Robert G. Mugabe

Palestine

Asia

3101000

71.4

Autonomous Area

Yasser (Yasir) Arafat

Antarctica

Antarctica

0

Co-administrated

Bouvet Island

Antarctica

0

Dependent Territory of Norway

Harald V

British Indian Ocean Territory

Africa

0

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Antarctica

0

Dependent Territory of the UK

Elisabeth II

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Antarctica

0

Territory of Australia

Elisabeth II

French Southern territories

Antarctica

0

Nonmetropolitan Territory of France

Jacques Chirac

United States Minor Outlying Islands

Oceania

0

Dependent Territory of the US

George W. Bush

Svaneke

Europe

305

Outcast

John Due