List of Countries in the World

Kazakhstan

Local Name : Qazaqstan
President : Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister : Karim Massimov
Capital : Astana
Other Major Cities : Almaty, Shymkent
Currency : Kazakhstani tenge
Total Area in km² : 2,724,900
Languages : Kazakh (Cyrillic script), Russian (Cyrillic script)
Population : 16,674,000 (January 1, 2011)
Time Zone 1 : UTC+05:00 — western Kazakhstan
Time Zone 2 : UTC+06:00 — eastern Kazakhstan
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : KZ / KAZ
Dialing Country Codes : 7

Kenya

Local Name : Kenya
President : Mwai Kibaki
Prime Minister : Raila Odinga
Capital : Nairobi
Currency : Kenyan shilling
Total Area in km² : 580,367
Languages : English, Swahili
Population : 38,610,097 (August 24, 2009)
Time Zone : UTC+03:00 (EAT)
Continent : Africa
ISO Country Codes : KE / KEN
Dialing Country Codes : 254

Kiribati

Local Name : Kiribati, Kiribas
President : Anote Tong
Capital : Tarawa
Currency : Australian dollar, Kiribati dollar
Total Area in km² : 811
Languages : English, Gilbertese
Population : 101,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone 1 : UTC+12:00 — Gilbert Islands
Time Zone 2 : UTC+13:00 — Phoenix Islands
Time Zone 3 : UTC+14:00 — Line Islands
Continent : Oceania
ISO Country Codes : KI / KIR
Dialing Country Codes : 686

Korea, North

Local Name : Choson
Acting Supreme Leader : Kim Jong-un
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly : Kim Yong-nam
Eternal President : Kim Il-sung
Premier : Choe Yong-rim
Capital : Pyongyang
Currency : North Korean won
Total Area in km² : 120,538
Languages : Korean (Hangul/Hanja)
Population : 24,052,231 (October 1, 2008)
Time Zone : UTC+09:00 (Korea Standard Time)
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : KP / PRK
Dialing Country Codes : 850

Korea, South

Local Name : Han-guk
President : Lee Myung-bak
Prime Minister : Kim Hwang-sik
Capital : Seoul
Currency : South Korean won
Total Area in km² : 99,828
Languages : Korean (Hangul/Hanja)
Population : 48,580,000 (November 1, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC+09:00 (Korea Standard Time)
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : KR / KOR
Dialing Country Codes : 82

Kuwait

Local Name : Al Kuwayt
King : Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Prime Minister : Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Capital : Kuwait City
Currency : Kuwaiti dinar
Total Area in km² : 17,818
Languages : Arabic
Population : 2,818,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+03:00 (Arabia Standard Time)
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : KW / KWT
Dialing Country Codes : 965

Kyrgyzstan

Local Name : Kyrgyz Respublikasy
President : Almazbek Atambayev
Prime Minister : Omurbek Babanov
Capital : Bishkek
Currency : Kyrgyzstani som
Total Area in km² : 199,951
Languages : Kyrgyz (Cyrillic script), Russian (Cyrillic script)
Population : 5,477,600 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+06:00
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : KG / KGZ
Dialing Country Codes : 996