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World affairs annual 2010.
IN THE 22 PAGES that follow, you'll find MAPS and the LATEST DATA on the world's 195 COUNTRIES--everything from languages and literacy rates to the percentage of young people in the population. To better understand the data, read the explanations accompanying the sample entry for Brazil, below. ON EACH MAP, you'll find photos and summaries of key news stories to watch this year. And in our SNAPSHOTS section, you'll learn, among other things, which countries have the most Internet users and which consume the most ice cream. We hope you'll keep this issue FOR YEAR-ROUND REFERENCE, and that it will help you make sense of what's going on in the world as we head into 2010.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHERE THE OIL IS BIGGEST OIL PRODUCERS (millions of barrels per day) SAUDI ARABIA 10.2 RUSSIA 9.9 UNITED STATES 8.4 IRAN 4.0 CHINA 3.9 MEXICO 3.5 CANADA 3.4 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2.9 VENEZUELA 2.7 KUWAIT 2.6 SOURCE: ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; 2007 FIGURES Note: Table made from bar graph. GAS GUZZLERS BIGGEST OIL CONSUMERS (millions of barrels per day) UNITED STATES 20.7 CHINA 7.6 JAPAN 5.0 RUSSIA 2.8 INDIA 2.8 GERMANY 2.5 BRAZIL 2.4 CANADA 2.3 SOUTH KOREA 2.2 SAUDI ARABIA 2.2 SOURCE: ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; 2007 FIGURES Note: Table made from bar graph. THE WEALTH OF NATIONS Per Capita GDP in U.S. Dollars WEALTHIEST 1. LIECHTENSTEIN $118,000 2. QATAR $103,500 3. LUXEMBOURG $81,100 4. KUWAIT $57,400 6. NORWAY $55,200 6. BRUNEI $53,100 7. SINGAPORE $52,000 8. UNITED STATES $47,000 9. IRELAND $46,200 10. ANDORRA $543 POOREST 1. ZIMBABWE $200 2. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO $300 3. BURUNDI $400 4. LIBERIA $500 5. SOMALIA $600 6. GUINEA-BISSAU $600 7. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC $700 8. SIERRA LEONE $700 9. NIGER $700 10. ERITREA $700 SOURCE: THE WORLD FACTBOOK 2009 (C.I.A.) NUMBERS ROUNDED upfront 2010 HOT SPOTS EUROPE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Under Prime Minister (and former President) Vladimir Putin, RUSSIA has become increasingly autocratic at home and aggressive abroad, raising concerns in Europe, Asia, and the United States. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Muslim country that straddles both Europe and Asia, TURKEY is struggling with how to balance the growing influence of Islam with its secular traditions and its hope of joining the European Union. EUROPE URBAN AREA (SQ MI) POP. % POP. RISE COUNTRY POPULATION %/YEAR CAPITAL MAJOR LANGUAGES ALBANIA 11,100 49 TIRANA ALBANIAN 3,200,000 0.6 GREEK ANDORRA 174 90 ANDORRA CATALAN 100,000 0.7 LA VELLA FRENCH CASTILIAN AUSTRIA 32,378 67 VIENNA GERMAN 8,400,000 0 BELARUS 80,154 74 MINSK BELARUSIAN 4,700,000 -0.3 RUSSIAN OTHERS BELGIUM 11,787 97 BRUSSELS FLEMISH 10,800,000 0.2 FRENCH GERMAN BOSNIA & 19,741 46 SARAJEVO SERBO-CROATIAN HERZEGOVINA 3,800,000 0 BULGARIA 42,822 71 SOFIA BULGARIAN 7,600,000 -0.4 OTHERS CROATIA 21,830 56 ZA...See the full content of this document
