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| | Eigen naam | Ned. naam | Hoofdstad | Regering stad | Munt | Werelddeel | Oppervlakte | Bevolking | Bevolkingsgroei | BNP | BNP per inwoner | Armoede | Werkloosheid | | 6 | China [Edit] | China | Beijing | | yuan (CNY) | Azië | 9,596,960 km^2 land: 9,326,410 km^2 water: 270,550 km^2 | 1,284,303,705 (July 2002 est.) | 0.87% (2002 est.) | $5.560.000.000.000 (2001 est | $4,300 (2001 est.) | 10% (2001 est.) | urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unempl | |  Auto code: RC Godsdienst: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Moslim 1%-2%, Christelijk 3%-4% note: officially atheist (2002 est.) Bestuurlijke Indeling: 23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions* (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities** (shi, singular and plural); Anhui, Beijing**, Chongqing**, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi*, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol*, Ningxia*, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai**, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin**, Xinjiang*, Xizang* (Tibet), Yunnan, Zhejiang; note - China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see separate entries for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau | | 7 | Georgia [Edit] | Georgië | | | lari (GEL) | Azië | 69,700 km^2 water: 0 km^2 land: 69,700 km^2 | 4,960,951 (July 2002 est.) | -0.55% (2002 est.) | $15.500.000.000 (2001 est.) | $3,100 (2001 est.) | 54% (2001 est.) | 17% (2001 est.) | |  Godsdienst: Georgian Orthodox 65%, Moslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6% Nationale feestdagen: Independence Day, 26 May (1918); note - 26 May 1918 is the date of independence from Soviet Russia, 9 April 1991 is the date of independence from the Soviet Union | | 8 | India [Edit] | India | New Delhi | | Indian rupee (INR) | Azië | 3,287,590 km^2 land: 2,973,190 km^2 water: 314,400 km^2 | 1,045,845,226 (July 2002 est.) | 1.51% (2002 est.) | $2.500.000.000.000 (2001 est. | $2,500 (2001 est.) | 25% (2001 est.) | 4.4% (1999) | |  Godsdienst: Hindu 81.3%, Moslim 12%, Christelijk 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, anders groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000) Bestuurlijke Indeling: 28 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Nationale feestdagen: Republic Day, 26 January (1950) | | 9 | Japan [Edit] | Japan | Tokyo | | yen (JPY) | Azië | 377,835 km^2 | 126,974,628 (July 2002 est.) | 0.15% (2002 est.) | $3.45000.000.000.000 (2001 est | $27,200 (2001 est.) | NA% | 4.9% (2001) | |  Godsdienst: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, anders 16% (including Christelijk 0.7%) Bestuurlijke Indeling: 47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gumma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi Nationale feestdagen: Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933) | | 10 | Kazakhstan [Edit] | Kazachstan | Astana | | tenge (KZT) | Azië | 2,717,300 km^2 water: 47,500 km^2 land: 2,669,800 km^2 | 16,741,519 (July 2002 est.) | 0.1% (2002 est.) | $98.100.000.000 (2001 est.) | $5,900 (2001 est.) | 26% (2001 est.) | 10% (2001 est.) | |  Godsdienst: Moslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, anders 7% Bestuurlijke Indeling: 14 provinces (oblystar, singular - oblys) and 3 cities* (qala, singular - qalasy); Almaty Oblysy, Almaty Qalasy*, Aqmola Oblysy (Astana), Aqtobe Oblysy, Astana Qalasy*, Atyrau Oblysy, Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oral), Bayqongyr Qalasy*, Mangghystau Oblysy (Aqtau), Ongtustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Shymkent), Pavlodar Oblysy, Qaraghandy Oblysy, Qostanay Oblysy, Qyzylorda Oblysy, Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oskemen), Soltustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Petropavlovsk), Zhambyl Oblysy (Taraz) note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses); in 1995 the Governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Baykonur space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (Baykonyr, formerly Leninsk) Nationale feestdagen: Republic Day, 25 October (1990) | | 11 | Kyrgyzstan [Edit] | Kirgizistan | Bishkek | | Kyrgyzstani som (KGS) | Azië | 198,500 km^2 water: 7,200 km^2 land: 191,300 km^2 | 4,822,166 (July 2002 est.) | 1.45% (2002 est.) | $13.500.000.000 (2001 est.) | $2,800 (2001 est.) | 55% (2001 est.) | 7.2% (1999 est.) | |  Godsdienst: Moslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, anders 5% Bestuurlijke Indeling: 7 provinces (oblastlar, singular - oblasty) and 1 city* (shaar); Batken Oblasty, Bishkek Shaary*, Chuy Oblasty (Bishkek), Jalal-Abad Oblasty, Naryn Oblasty, Osh Oblasty, Talas Oblasty, Ysyk-Kol Oblasty (Karakol) note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses) Nationale feestdagen: Independence Day, 31 August (1991) | | 12 | Korea, North [Edit] | Korea Noord | | | North Korean won (KPW) | Azië | 120,540 km^2 water: 130 km^2 land: 120,410 km^2 | 22,224,195 (July 2002 est.) | 1.1% (2002 est.) | $21.800.000.000 (2001 est.) | $1,000 (2001 est.) | NA% | NA% | |  Godsdienst: traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christelijk and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) note: autonomous religious activities now almost Geenxistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religi | | | 13 | Korea, South [Edit] | Korea Zuid | Seoul | | South Korean won (KRW) | Azië | 98,480 km^2 land: 98,190 km^2 water: 290 km^2 | 48.324 million (July 2002 est.) | 0.85% (2002 est.) | $865.000.000.000 (2001 est.) | $18,000 (2001 est.) | 4% (2001 est.) | 3.9% (2001) | |  Godsdienst: Christelijk 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and anders 1% Nationale feestdagen: Liberation Day, 15 August (1945) | | 14 | Maldives [Edit] | Maldiven | Male | | rufiyaa (MVR) | Azië | 300 km^2 water: 0 km^2 land: 300 km^2 | 320,165 (July 2002 est.) | 2.95% (2002 est.) | $1.200.000.000 (2001 est.) | $3,870 (2001 est.) | NA% | NEGL% | |  Godsdienst: Sunni Moslim Bestuurlijke Indeling: 19 atolls (atholhu, singular and plural) and 1 other first-order administrative division*; Alifu, Baa, Dhaalu, Faafu, Gaafu Alifu, Gaafu Dhaalu, Gnaviyani, Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Kaafu, Laamu, Lhaviyani, Maale*, Meemu, Noonu, Raa, Seenu, Shaviyani, Thaa, Vaavu Nationale feestdagen: Independence Day, 26 July (1965) | | 15 | Mongolia [Edit] | Mongolië | Ulaanbaatar | | togrog/tugrik (MNT) | Azië | 1.565 million km^2 water: 9,600 km^2 land: 1,555,400 km^2 | 2,694,432 (July 2002 est.) | 1.48% (2002 est.) | $4.700.000.000 (2001 est.) | $1,770 (2001 est.) | 36% (2001 est.) | 20% (2000) | |  Godsdienst: Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Moslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christelijk 4% (1998) Bestuurlijke Indeling: 21 provinces (aymguud, singular - aymag) and 1 municipality* (hot); Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy, Bulgan, Darhan Uul, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan, Govi-Altay, Govi-Sumber, Hentiy, Hovd, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Orhon, Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar*, Uvs Nationale feestdagen: Independence Day/Revolution Day, 11 July (1921) | | Eigen naam | Ned. naam | Hoofdstad | Regering stad | Munt | Werelddeel | Oppervlakte | Bevolking | Bevolkingsgroei | BNP | BNP per inwoner | Armoede | Werkloosheid | | | Vorige 10 Volgende 10 |
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