List of Countries in the World

Bahamas

Local Name : Bahamas
Queen : Elizabeth II
Governor-General : Sir Arthur Foulkes
Prime Minister : Hubert Ingraham
Capital : Nassau
Currency : Bahamian dollar
Total Area in km² : 13,943
Languages : English
Population : 353,658 (May 3, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC−05:00 (EST)
Continent : North America
ISO Country Codes : BS / BHS
Dialing Country Codes : 1 242

Bahrain

Local Name : Al Bahrayn
King : Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa
Prime Minister : Khalifa ibn Salman Al Khalifa
Capital : Manama
Currency : Bahraini dinar
Total Area in km² : 758
Languages : Arabic
Population : 1,234,571 (April 27, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC+03:00
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : BH / BHR
Dialing Country Codes : 973

Bangladesh

Local Name : Bangladesh
President : Zillur Rahman
Prime Minister : Sheikh Hasina
Capital : Dhaka
Currency : Bangladeshi taka
Total Area in km² : 143,998
Languages : Bengali (Bengali script)
Population : 142,319,000 (March 15, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+06:00 (BDT)
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : BD / BGD
Dialing Country Codes : 880

Barbados

Local Name : Barbados
Queen : Elizabeth II
Acting Governor-General : Elliot Belgrave
Prime Minister : Freundel Stuart
Capital : Bridgetown
Currency : Barbadian dollar
Total Area in km² : 430
Languages : English
Population : 276,302 (December 31, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC−04:00
Continent : North America
ISO Country Codes : BB / BRB
Dialing Country Codes : 1 246

Belarus

Local Name : Byelarus
President : Alexander Lukashenko
Prime Minister : Mikhail Myasnikovich
Capital : Minsk
Currency : Belarusian ruble
Total Area in km² : 207,600
Languages : Belarusian, (archaic form,Cyrillic script, Latin Belarusian Alphabet), Russian (Cyrillic script)
Population : 9,465,400 (January 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+03:00 (FET)
Continent : Europe
ISO Country Codes : BY / BLR
Dialing Country Codes : 375

Belgium

Local Name : Belgique/Belgie
King : Albert II
Prime Minister : Elio Di Rupo
Capital : Brussels
Currency : Euro
Total Area in km² : 30,528
Languages : Dutch, French, German
Population : 10,839,905 (January 1, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC+01:00 (CET)
Continent : Europe
ISO Country Codes : BE / BEL
Dialing Country Codes : 32

Belize

Local Name : Belize
Queen : Elizabeth II
Governor-General : Sir Colville Young
Prime Minister : Dean Barrow
Capital : Belmopan
Other Major Cities : Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo, Belize City
Currency : Belize dollar
Total Area in km² : 22,966
Languages : English
Population : 312,698 (May 12, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC−06:00
Continent : North America
ISO Country Codes : BZ / BLZ
Dialing Country Codes : 501

Benin

Local Name : Benin
President : Yayi Boni
Prime Minister : Pascal Koupaki
Capital : Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (administrative)
Currency : West African CFA franc
Total Area in km² : 112,622
Languages : French
Population : 9,100,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+01:00 (WAT)
Continent : Africa
ISO Country Codes : BJ / BEN
Dialing Country Codes : 229

Bermuda

Local Name : Bermuda
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Capital : Hamilton
Currency : Bermudian dollar
Total Area in km² : 54
Languages : English
Population : 64,237 (May 20, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC−04:00
Continent : North America
ISO Country Codes : BM / BMU
Dialing Country Codes : 1 441

Bhutan

Local Name : Bhutan
King : Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck
Prime Minister : Jigme Thinley
Capital : Thimphu
Currency : Bhutanese ngultrum, Indian rupee
Total Area in km² : 38,394
Languages : Dzongkha
Population : 708,265 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+06:00 (BTT)
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : BT / BTN
Dialing Country Codes : 975

Bolivia

Local Name : Bolivia
President : Evo Morales
Capital : Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
Other Major Cities : Santa Cruz
Currency : Bolivian boliviano
Total Area in km² : 1,098,581
Languages : Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní
Population : 10,426,154 (July 1, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC−04:00
Continent : South America
ISO Country Codes : BO / BOL
Dialing Country Codes : 591

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Local Name : Bosna i Hercegovina
Presidency : Željko Komšić (Chairman), Bakir Izetbegović (Member), Nebojša Radmanović (Member)
Prime Minister : Vjekoslav Bevanda
Capital : Sarajevo
Currency : Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
Total Area in km² : 51,197
Languages : Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian (Cyrillic script)
Population : 3,839,737 (June 30, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+01:00 (CET)
Continent : Europe
ISO Country Codes : BA / BIH
Dialing Country Codes : 387

Botswana

Local Name : Botswana
President : Ian Khama
Capital : Gaborone
Currency : Botswana pula
Total Area in km² : 582,000
Languages : English
Population : 2,031,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00 (CAT)
Continent : Africa
ISO Country Codes : BW / BWA
Dialing Country Codes : 267

Bouvet Island

Local Name : Bouvet Island
Dependent territory of Norway
Total Area in km² : 49
Population : Uninhabited
Time Zone : UTC+01:00
Continent : Antarctica
ISO Country Codes : BV / BVT
Dialing Country Codes : 47

Brazil

Local Name : Brasil
President : Dilma Rousseff
Capital : Brasília
Other Major Cities : Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife, Fortaleza
Currency : Brazilian real
Total Area in km² : 8,514,877
Languages : Portuguese
Population : 192,376,496 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone 1 : UTC−04:00 (Brasília time −1) — Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Acre
Time Zone 2 : UTC−03:00 (Brasília time) — the Southeast Region, the South Region, the Northeast Region (except some islands), Goias, Distrito Federal, Tocantins, Pará, Amapa
Time Zone 3 : UTC−02:00 (Brasília time +1) — few islands on the east coast of Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Trindade, Martin Vaz, Atol das Rocas, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks)
Continent : South America
ISO Country Codes : BR / BRA
Dialing Country Codes : 55

British Indian Ocean Territory

Local Name : abbreviation: BIOT
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Capital : Diego Garcia
Currency : United States dollar
Total Area in km² : 60
Languages : English
Population : 4,000 (n/a)
Time Zone : UTC+06:00
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : IO / IOT
Dialing Country Codes : 246

British Virgin Islands

Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Capital : Road Town
Currency : British Virgin Islands dollar, United States dollar
Total Area in km² : 151
Languages : English
Population : 28,213 (July 1, 2008)
Time Zone : UTC−04:00 (AST)
Continent : North America
ISO Country Codes : VG / VGB
Dialing Country Codes : 1 284

Brunei

Local Name : Negara Brunei Darussalam
Sultan : Hassanal Bolkiah
Capital : Bandar Seri Begawan
Currency : Brunei dollar, Singapore dollar
Total Area in km² : 5,765
Languages : Malay (Jawi script)
Population : 422,700 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+08:00
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : BN / BRN
Dialing Country Codes : 673

Bulgaria

Local Name : Bulgaria
President : Rosen Plevneliev
Prime Minister : Boyko Borisov
Capital : Sofia
Currency : Bulgarian lev
Total Area in km² : 110,879
Languages : Bulgarian (Cyrillic script)
Population : 7,364,570 (February 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00 (EET)
Continent : Europe
ISO Country Codes : BG / BGR
Dialing Country Codes : 359

Burkina Faso

Local Name : Burkina Faso
President : Blaise Compaoré
Prime Minister : Luc-Adolphe Tiao
Capital : Ouagadougou
Currency : West African CFA franc
Total Area in km² : 272,967
Languages : French
Population : 15,730,977 (July 1, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC (GMT)
Continent : Africa
ISO Country Codes : BF / BFA
Dialing Country Codes : 226

Burma

Local Name : Myanmar
President : Thein Sein
Capital : Naypyidaw
Currency : Burmese kyat
Total Area in km² : 676,578
Languages : Burmese (Burmese alphabet)
Population : 48,337,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+06:30 (MST)
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : MM / MMR
Dialing Country Codes : 95

Burundi

Local Name : Burundi
President : Pierre Nkurunziza
Capital : Bujumbura
Currency : Burundian franc
Total Area in km² : 27,834
Languages : Kirundi, French
Population : 8,575,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00 (CAT)
Continent : Africa
ISO Country Codes : BI /BDI
Dialing Country Codes : 257