All countries of the world listed from A-Z:
or choose from the countries per continent below:
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LIST OF MAIN SOURCES USEDexplanation of the abbreviations of the sources |
| AG = | Almanach de Gotha /or:/ Gothaischer Hofkalender (1838-1944) |
| BB ** = | Britannica book of the year : world data (1997) |
| BE = | Kurt Witthauer. Bevölkerung der Erde (1958) |
| CA = | Calendario atlante de Agostini, anno 99 (2003) |
| CG *** = | The Columbia gazetteer of the world (1998) |
| CE = | The Council of Europe statistical publications (1994) |
| DV = | diverse - not specified - books and periodicals |
| DY = | Demographic yearbook / United Nations (195X-) |
| EA = | The Economist atlas (1989) |
| EB = | Encyclopaedia Britannica world atlas (1947) |
| EU = | Eurostat publications (199X-) |
| EV ** = | The Economist book of vital world statistics (1990) |
| EW ** = | Europa world year book (1996) |
| FW = | Der Fischer Weltalmanach 25 (1984) |
| FB = | Freytag-Berndt's Weltatlas und Lexikon (1925) |
| GL * = | Administrative subdivisions of countries / Gwillim Law (1999) |
| HT = | Otto Hübner's geographisch-statistische Tabellen aller Länder der Erde (1917/20) |
| HB = | Hickmann. Bevölkerung der Erde (1939) |
| HC * = | Hammond citation world atlas (1998) |
| HG = | Hickmann's geographisch-statistischer Welt-Atlas (1931) |
| HA = | Huizinga. Internationaal aardrijkskundig woordenboek (1958) |
| HW * = | Hammond world atlas (1976) |
| IA *** = | The international atlas (1972, 1999) |
| KA = | Key indicators Asian Pacific countries (1993, 1995) |
| KB = | A hundred year (1890-1990) database for integrated environmental assessments / C.G.M. Klein Goldewijk and J.J. Battjes (1997) |
| LB = | Länderberichte / Statistisches Bundesamt (1985-1996) |
| MI * = | B. R. Mitchell. International historical statistics (ed. 3 + 4) |
| MW * = | Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary. 3rd ed. (1997) |
| OD * = | Oxford dictionary of the world (1995) |
| OF = | Oizon. Dictionnaire géographique de la France (1979) |
| PC = | Pears cyclopedia (1993/94) |
| PD = | Parisot. Dictionnaire géographique universelle (1836) |
| PG ** = | Philip's geographical digest (1996) |
| PM = | Petermann's geographische Mitteilungen (1970-1980) |
| PW ** = | Philip's world handbook (1993) |
| RL = | Ritter's geographisch-statistisches Lexikon (1910) |
| SH = | Stefan Helders' site "World gazetteer", see the page of "links" |
| SL = | Spectrum landen encyclopedie (1984) |
| SW = | Statesman's year-book world gazetteer. 4th ed. (1991) |
| SY = | Statesman's yearbook (1930-2001) |
| TB = | Thomas Brinkhoff's site "City population", see the page of "links" |
| VD = | Kurt Witthauer. Verbreitung und Dynamik der Bevölkerung der Erde (1969) |
| WA = | World almanac and book of facts (1977, 2002) |
| WB = | World Bank atlas (1984-2000) |
| WG = | Webster's new geographical dictionary. 2nd ed. (1972) |
| WN = | Wolters-Noordhoff wereld@tlas. 4th ed. (2001), cd-rom |
| WW = | Webersik. Geographisch-statistisches Weltlexikon (1908) |
| WP = | Winkler Prins encyclopedie (7th ed., 1966-1975) |
| WR ** = | World reference atlas / Dorling-Kindersley (1994) |
Obtained copyright permissions are:
HC: "Hammond Citation World Atlas. Cop. 1998 by Hammond World Atlas Corporation."
HW: "Hammond Standard World Atlas. Cop. 1976 by Hammond World Atlas Corporation."
MI: "B. R. Mitchell. International historical statistics (ed. 3 + 4), for the population tables in chapters A1, A3, A4, A5. © 1998-1999 by Palgrave Publishers."
MW: "By permission. From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary. Third Edition cop. 1997 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated."
Certain recent figures (mostly since 1990) were obtained from some internet sites like: SH: © by Stefan Helders www.world-gazetteer.com TB: © by Thomas Brinkhoff www.citypopulation.de
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