Area · Coastline · Highest point · Lowest point · Compactness · Coast/area ratio · Northernmost point · Southernmost point · Continent A country is a geographical territory, both in the sense of nation (a cultural entity) and state (a political entity). ... Countries by area This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area. ... Countries by highest point This is a list of countries by highest point above sea level. ... This is a list of countries by lowest point on land above Sea Level. ... This is a list of countries by compactness. ... This is a list of countries by coast/area ratio. ... This is a list of countries by northernmost point on land. ... This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land. ... This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, displayed with their respective national flags and capitals. ...

Population (graphical • by density) · Population growth rate · Life expectancy · Infant mortality rate · Fertility rate · Birth rate · Death rate · Homicide rate · Human Development Index · Income equality · Literacy rate · HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate · Unemployment rate · Employment rate · Population living in poverty · Immigrant population · Suicide rate · Undernourishment rate · Firearm-related death rate · Gun ownership Demographics refers to selected population characteristics as used in government, marketing or opinion research, or the demographic profiles used in such research. ... This is a graphical list of sovereign states and other territories by population, estimated for the year 2005. ... Population density by country, 2006 List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. ... [[Image:Population other political entities by population growth rate, with estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the CIA World Factbook. ... World map showing Life expectancy This is a list of countries by life expectancy, based on The World Factbook, 2006 estimates. ... This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates. ... Map of countries and territories by fertility rate Graph of Total Fertility Rates vs. ... This is a list of countries by birth rate, based on The World Factbook, as at September 2005. ... Death rate by country This is a list of countries and territories by death rate, based on The World Factbook, as of September 2006. ... List of countries by homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants. ... Coloured world map indicating Human Development Index (2004) (colour-blind compliant map) This is a list of countries by Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Programmes Human Development Report 2006, compiled on the basis of 2004 data. ... World map of the Gini coefficient This is a list of countries or dependencies by Income inequality metrics, sorted in ascending order according to their Gini coefficient. ... World literacy rates by country, based on The World Factbook. ... This is a list of countries and territories by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate, based on The World Factbook, accessed in September 2005. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... This is a list of countries by employment rate (the proportion of working age adults employed). ... This article contains a list of countries by percentage of the population living below poverty line and a list of countries by population living under $2 a day and $1 a day. ... This is a list of countries by immigrant population, based on United Nations (UN) World Population Policies 2005 publication[1][2], released by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. ... The following is a List of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization in which a countrys rank is determined by its total rate of suicides. ... Map of world undernourishment levels by country. ... This is a list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in one year. ... This is a list of countries by percentage of households owning firearms. ...

Current account balance · Foreign exchange reserves · Imports · Exports (per capita) Blue = countries in surplus; Red = countries in deficit This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance, in millions of U.S. dollars, equivalence based on The World Factbook ([1]). Most data are 2006 estimates. ... Reserves of foreign exchange and gold in 2006 Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities. ... This is a list of countries by exports per capita. ...

Political rights and civil liberties · Press freedom · Privacy · Perception of corruption · Bribe paying · Property rights · Economic freedom · Globalization · Ease of doing business · Economic competitiveness · Date of independence · Legal drinking age · School leaving age · Abortion law · Homosexuality laws · Death penalty The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ... Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ... Map reflecting the findings of Freedom Houses 2007 survey, concerning the state of world freedom in 2006, which is widely used by researchers and correlates highly with other measures of democracy[1]. Some of these estimates are disputed. ... Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, Spanish: Reporteros Sin Fronteras, or RSF) is a French origin international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, founded by its current general-secretary, Robert Menard. ... Privacy International (PI) has been instrumental in establishing the modern international privacy movement. ... Overview of the index of perception of corruption, 2006 Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)[1] ordering the countries of the world according to the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians.[2] The organization defines corruption as... Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is a measure of how willing a nation appears to comply with demands for corrupt business practices. ... International Property Rights Index is an organization that investigate and ranks the individuals rights and ability to own property in countries worldwide. ... Globalization Index is a list of countries by A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine according to Globalization criteria. ... World map of the Ease of Doing Business Index. ... World map of the 2006-2007 Global Competitiveness Index. ... Below is a list of nations in chronological order of their date of independence. ... The legal drinking age is a limit assigned by governments to restrict the access of children and youth to alcohol. ... The school leaving age states the minimum age which a person is legally allowed to leave compulsory education. ... International status of abortion law  Legal on demand  Legal for rape, maternal life, health, mental health, socioecomic factors, and/or fetal defects  Legal for or illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, fetal defects, and/or mental health  Illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, and/or mental... World laws on homosexuality US laws on homosexuality Legality of same-sex unions in Europe. ... At one time capital punishment was used in almost every part of the globe, but over the last few decades many countries have abolished it. ...

Military expenditures · Number of active troops · Possession of nuclear weapons · UN peacekeepers currently deployed · Global Peace Index Military expenditure by country using CIA World Factbook figures Military spending as a percentage of GDP using CIA World Factbook figures This is a list of countries by military expenditures using the latest information available. ... It has been suggested that List of countries by size of armed forces be merged into this article or section. ... This is a list of states with nuclear weapons, sometimes called the nuclear club. ... UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... World map of the Global Peace Index The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. ...

Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) · GDP per emissions This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here CO2 emission per capita per year per country This is a list of countriesafsdafdasfsdfsfsdfafsafsdafsadfs by carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 1990 through 2003. ... This is a list of countries arranged by their ratio of Gross domestic product (GDP (Nominal)) to carbon dioxide emissions. ...