List of Countries in the World

Laos

Local Name : Lao
General Secretary : Choummaly Sayasone
President : Choummaly Sayasone
Prime Minister : Thongsing Thammavong
Capital : Vientiane
Currency : Lao kip
Total Area in km² : 236,800
Languages : Lao
Population : 6,348,800 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+07:00
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : LA / LAO
Dialing Country Codes : 856

Latvia

Local Name : Latvija
President : Andris Bērziņš
Prime Minister : Valdis Dombrovskis
Capital : Riga
Currency : Latvian lats
Total Area in km² : 64,559
Languages : Latvian
Population : 2,207,600 (January 1, 2012)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00 (EET)
Continent : Europe
ISO Country Codes : LV / LVA
Dialing Country Codes : 371

Lebanon

Local Name : Lubnan
President : Michel Suleiman
Prime Minister : Najib Mikati
Capital : Beirut
Currency : Lebanese pound
Total Area in km² : 10,452
Languages : Arabic
Population : 4,259,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00 (EET)
Continent : Asia
ISO Country Codes : LB / LBN
Dialing Country Codes : 961

Lesotho

Local Name : Lesotho
King : Letsie III
Prime Minister : Pakalitha Mosisili
Capital : Maseru
Currency : Lesotho loti, South African rand
Total Area in km² : 30,355
Languages : Sesotho, English
Population : 2,194,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00
Continent : Africa
ISO Country Codes : LS / LSO
Dialing Country Codes : 266

Liberia

Local Name : Liberia
President : Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Capital : Monrovia
Currency : Liberian dollar
Total Area in km² : 111,369
Languages : English
Population : 3,476,608 (April 1, 2008)
Time Zone : UTC (GMT)
Continent : Africa
ISO Country Codes : LR / LBR
Dialing Country Codes : 231

Libya

Local Name : Libiyah
Chairman of the National Transitional Council : Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Acting Prime Minister : Abdurrahim El-Keib
Capital : Tripoli
Currency : Libyan dinar
Total Area in km² : 1,759,540
Languages : Berber language (Tifinagh script), Arabic
Population : 6,423,000 (July 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00 (EET)
Continent : Africa
ISO Country Codes : LY / LBY
Dialing Country Codes : 218

Liechtenstein

Local Name : Liechtenstein
Prince : Hans-Adam II
Prince : Prince-Regent Alois
Prime Minister : Klaus Tschütscher
Capital : Vaduz
Other Major Cities : Schaan
Currency : Swiss franc
Total Area in km² : 160
Languages : German
Population : 36,157 (December 31, 2010)
Time Zone : UTC+01:00 (CET)
Continent : Europe
ISO Country Codes : LI / LIE
Dialing Country Codes : 423

Lithuania

Local Name : Lietuva
President : Dalia Grybauskaitė
Prime Minister : Andrius Kubilius
Capital : Vilnius
Currency : Lithuanian litas
Total Area in km² : 65,300
Languages : Lithuanian
Population : 3,195,700 (February 1, 2012)
Time Zone : UTC+02:00 (EET)
Continent : Europe
ISO Country Codes : LT / LTU
Dialing Country Codes : 370

Luxembourg

Local Name : Luxembourg, Letzebuerg
President : Grand Duke Henri
Prime Minister : Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
Capital : Luxembourg City
Currency : Euro
Total Area in km² : 2,586
Languages : Luxembourgish, German, French,
Population : 511,840 (January 1, 2011)
Time Zone : UTC+01:00 (CET)
Continent : Europe
ISO Country Codes : LU / LUX
Dialing Country Codes : 352