Today (24 May, 2005) 1 Tunisia Dinar = £ 0.4283


This value is the mid-market rate and will typically be the average value of the buying and selling rates. Buying rates are lower than selling rates in order for financial institutions to stay in business. You can access the current mid-market rate at the xe.com Universal Currency Converter web site.

Over the past five years, the Tunisia Dinar has decreased slightly in value against the Great Britain pound.

Currency conversion rates are not static but will vary according to the flow of imports and exports, the flow of capital, relative inflation rates etc. In addition, limits are often placed on exchange rate fluctuations according to government policies.

To find a complete list of counties and territories, click the countries link at the top of this page.

The date that each modern country gained its independence can be found on the independence page in the government category.

Countries as we know them are a relatively new concept, arising from the combination of city-states or the remnants of crumbling empires over the past 500 years. During the sixteenth century, there were approximately 1500 politically independent units in Europe, by 1900 there were only 20 countries. The list of countries we have today is still undergoing changes as regions such as East Timor become independent.

Some civilisations are considerably older than 500 years, most notably China which has 3500 continuous years of written history and China's civilization was old even then. Some regions of the world such as Egypt, Turkey and Peru have been continuously inhabited for thousands of years but have been governed by several different powers over this time.

Hannah - Try the country's rankings, both top and bottom, as well as the 'Popular Articles' sention at the end of this page.

Cody - apart from info sporting achievements here, try the links leading from: http://www.ezilon.com/world/countries/bolivia/bolivia_recreation/index.shtml

Sierra - See the encyclopedia section, which explains that La Paz is the seat of government and the administrative capital of Bolivia, Sucre is the legal capital.

Abdul - The history of Bolivia goes back to the 2nd century BC, with the records of the sophisticated Tiwanaku and Moxos societies, with their advanced agricultural practices and architecture.

The total population of Bolivia today (2003 census) is less than 9 million; for more, see: http://www.nationmaster.com/country/bl/People and try the links from there for country comparisons.

Roberto - Try this news site: http://www.brazilink.org/politics.asp

Gene - Alan Foum created this site that provides a directory and links to several sites on the oil & gas industry, many of these with country-specific info.

Someone/Anonymous - The main religion of Saudi Arabia is Islam; people who are followers of Islam are Muslims. All people native to Saudi Arabia belong to one of the many sects of Islam.

Guess Who - The main religions in Italy are Christianity, with fairly large Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community. While you can create a pie chart from the information on the country's main religion, to be able to download or print out the chart, you need to be a supporter.

Tasha - Most people in Panama are Roman Catholics, a smaller group are Protestants.

Need Help - Christianity is the main religion in Mexico, and most people are Roman Catholics, a smaller number Protestants, even fewer follow ther religions and beliefs.

Kel - For the history of Christianity and how it spread through the Roman Empire, see: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Christianity

StewartK - The main religion in France are Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

WilliamHayman - Viangchan (Vientaine) is the largest city in Laos in terms of population, followed by Savvanakhet.

Mr Chansavang Sihalath - see: http://www.citypopulation.de/Laos.html#Stadt_gross.

Keep in mind, this does not mean that tha average worker’s salary is necessarily $15,000. If the richest group of people in a country earn a large proportion of the income, while virtually everyone else earns very little, the per capita GNI would likely be much greater than the average worker’s salary.

Other graphs you might be interested in include the one which list the largest cities of over 100 countries, and the graph of the largest city population, in which Japan ranks first, and the largest city population per capita, to give you an idea of what percentage of Japanese people live in Tokyo.

Related graphs include ones on population density, average size of households, households with more than five people, size of houses and persons per room.

For a historical perspective, check out the graph on urbanization in 1975. For a look at what the future may hold, see urbanization in 2015.