Countries

Abu Dhabi

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capital: Abu Dhabi
population: 2,407,460
debt: $12.6 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 4.5% (2000 est.)
unemployment: NA%
aid: $NA
languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu

Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja

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capital: Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja
population: 126,635,626
debt: $32 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 6.5% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 28% (1992 est.)
aid: ODA $250 million (1998)
languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani

Accra

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capital: Accra
population: 19,894,014
debt: $7 billion (1999 est.)
inflation: 22.8% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 20% (1997 est.)
aid: $477.3 million (1995)
languages: English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)

Adamstown

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capital: Adamstown
population: 47 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $NA
inflation: NA%
unemployment: NA%
aid: $NA
languages: English (official), Pitcairnese (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)

Addis Ababa

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capital: Addis Ababa
population: 65,891,874
debt: $10 billion (1999 est.)
inflation: 5% (2000 est.)
unemployment: NA%
aid: $367 million (FY95/96)
languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)

Algiers

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capital: Algiers
population: 31,736,053 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $25 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 2% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 30% (1999 est.)
aid: $100 million (1999 est.)
languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

Alofi

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capital: Alofi
population: 2,124 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $NA
inflation: 1% (1995)
unemployment: NA%
aid: $8.3 million (1995)
languages: Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English

Amman

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capital: Amman
population: 5,153,378 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $8 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 0.7% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.)
aid: ODA, $850 million (1996 est.)
languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes

Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government

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capital: Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government
population: 15,981,472 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $0
inflation: 2.6% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 2.6% (2000 est.)
languages: Dutch

Andorra la Vella

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capital: Andorra la Vella
population: 67,627 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $NA
inflation: 1.62% (1998)
unemployment: 0%
aid: none
languages: Catalan (official), French, Castilian

Ankara

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capital: Ankara
population: 66,493,970 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $109 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 39% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.)
aid: ODA, $195 million (1993)
languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek

Antananarivo

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capital: Antananarivo
population: 15,982,563 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $4.4 billion (1999)
inflation: 10% (1999 est.)
unemployment: NA%
aid: $838 million (1997)
languages: French (official), Malagasy (official)

Apia

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capital: Apia
population: 179,058 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $180 million (1998 est.)
inflation: 0.8% (2000 est.)
unemployment: NA%; note - substantial underemployment
aid: $42.9 million (1995)
languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English

Ashgabat

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capital: Ashgabat
population: 4,603,244 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $2.5 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 14% (2000 est.)
unemployment: NA%
aid: $27.2 million (1995)
languages: Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%

Asmara (formerly Asmera)

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capital: Asmara (formerly Asmera)
population: 4,298,269 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $281 million (2000 est.)
inflation: 14% (2000 est.)
unemployment: NA%
aid: $77 million (1999)
languages: Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages

Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998

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capital: Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
population: 16,731,303 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $12.5 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 13.4% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 13.7% (1998 est.)
aid: $409.6 million (1995)
languages: Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 40%, Russian (official, used in everyday business) 66%

Asuncion

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capital: Asuncion
population: 5,734,139 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $3 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 8% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 16% (2000 est.)
aid: $NA
languages: Spanish (official), Guarani (official)

Athens

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capital: Athens
population: 10,623,835 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $57 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 3.1% (2000 est.)
unemployment: 11.3% (2000 est.)
aid: $5.4 billion from EU (1997 est.)
languages: Greek 99% (official), English, French

Avarua

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capital: Avarua
population: 20,611 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $141 million (1996 est.)
inflation: 1.6% (1999 est.)
unemployment: NA%
aid: $13.1 million (1995); note - New Zealand continues to furnish the greater part
languages: English (official), Maori

Baghdad

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capital: Baghdad
population: 23,331,985 (July 2001 est.)
debt: $139 billion (2000 est.)
inflation: 100% (2000 est.)
unemployment: NA%
aid: $327.5 million (1995)
languages: Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian