U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual/Useful Tables

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17. Useful Tables

This chapter contains useful tables presented in GPO style. The tables display various design features most frequently used in Government publications and can be considered examples of GPO style.

 

U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents

President	Years	Vice President	Years
George Washington	(1789-1797)	John Adams	(1789-1797)
John Adams	(1797-1801)	Thomas Jefferson	(1797-1801)
Thomas Jefferson	(1801-1809)	Aaron Burr	(1801-1805)
		George Clinton	(1805-1809)
James Madison	(1809-1817)	George Clinton	(1809-1812)
		Vacant	(1812-1813)
		Elbridge Gerry	(1813-1814)
		Vacant.	(1814-1817)
James Monroe	(1817-1825)	Daniel D. Tompkins.	(1817-1825)
John Quincy Adams	(1825-1829)	John C. Calhoun.	(1825-1829)
Andrew Jackson	(1829-1837)	John C. Calhoun	(1829-1832)
		Vacant	(1832-1833)
		Martin Van Buren	(1833-1837)
Martin Van Buren	(1837-1841)	Richard M. Johnson	(1837-1841)
William Henry Harrison	(1841)	John Tyler	(1841)
John Tyler	(1841-1845)	Vacant	(1841-1845)
James K. Polk	(1845-1849)	George M. Dallas	(1845-1849)
Zachary Taylor	(1849-1850)	Millard Fillmore	(1849-1850)
Millard Fillmore	(1850-1853)	Vacant	(1850-1853)
Franklin Pierce	(1853-1857)	William R. King	(1853)
		Vacant	(1853-1857)
James Buchanan	(1857-1861)	John C. Breckinridge	(1857-1861)
Abraham Lincoln	(1861-1865)	Hannibal Hamlin	(1861-1865)
		Andrew Johnson	(1865)
Andrew Johnson	(1865-1869)	Vacant	(1865-1869)
Ulysses S. Grant	(1869-1877)	Schuyler Colfax	(1869-1873)
		Henry Wilson	(1873-1875)
		Vacant	(1875-1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes	(1877-1881)	William A. Wheeler	(1877-1881)
James A. Garfield	(1881)	Chester A. Arthur	(1881)
Chester A. Arthur	(1881-1885)	Vacant	(1881-1885)
Grover Cleveland	(1885-1889)	Thomas A. Hendricks	(1885)
		Vacant	(1885-1889)
Benjamin Harrison	(1889-1893)	Levi P. Morton	(1889-1893)
Grover Cleveland	(1893-1897)	Adlai E. Stevenson	(1893-1897)
William McKinley	(1897-1901)	Garret A. Hobart	(1897-1901)
		Theodore Roosevelt	(1901)
Theodore Roosevelt	(1901-1909)	Vacant	(1901-1905)
		Charles W. Fairbanks	(1905-1909)
William H. Taft	(1909-1913)	James S. Sherman	(1909-1912)
		Vacant	(1912-1913)
Woodrow Wilson	(1913-1921)	Thomas R. Marshall	(1913-1921)
Warren G. Harding	(1921-1923)	Calvin Coolidge	(1921-1923)
Calvin Coolidge	(1923-1929)	Vacant	(1923-1925)
		Charles G. Dawes	(1925-1929)
Herbert Hoover	(1929-1933)	Charles Curtis	(1929-1933)
Franklin D. Roosevelt	(1933-1945)	John Nance Garner	(1933-1941)
		Henry A. Wallace	(1941-1945)
		Harry S. Truman	(1945)
Harry S. Truman	(1945-1953)	Vacant	(1945-1949)
		Alben W. Barkley	(1949-1953)
Dwight D. Eisenhower	(1953-1961)	Richard M. Nixon	(1953-1961)
John F. Kennedy	(1961-1963)	Lyndon B. Johnson	(1961-1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson	(1963-1969)	Vacant	(1963-1965)
		Hubert H. Humphrey	(1965-1969)
Richard M. Nixon	(1969-1974)	Spiro T. Agnew	(1969-1973)
		Gerald R. Ford	(1973-1974)
Gerald R. Ford	(1974-1977)	Nelson Rockefeller	(1974-1977)
Jimmy Carter	(1977-1981)	Walter F. Mondale	(1977-1981)
Ronald Reagan	(1981-1989)	George H.W. Bush	(1981-1989)
George H.W. Bush	(1989-1993)	J. Danforth Quayle	(1989-1993)
William J. Clinton	(1993-2001)	Albert Gore, Jr	(1993-2001)
George W. Bush	(2001- )	Richard B. Cheney	(2001- )

 

Most Populous U.S. Cities by State¹
[2006 Census estimates]

Alabama:			Delaware:
	Birmingham	229,424		Wilmington	72,826
	Montgomery*	201,998		Dover*	34,735
	Mobile	192,830		Newark	30,014
	Huntsville	168,132		Middletown	10,272
	Tuscaloosa	83,052		Milford	7,852
Alaska:			District of Columbia:
	Anchorage	278,700		Washington	581,530
	Fairbanks	31,142	Florida:
	Juneau*	30,737		Jacksonville	794,555
	Wasilla	9,236		Miami	404,048
	Sitka City and Borough	8,920		Tampa	332,888
Arizona:				St. Petersburg	248,098
	Phoenix*	1,512,986		Tallahassee*	159,012
	Tucson	518,956	Georgia:
	Mesa	447,541		Atlanta*	486,411
	Glendale	246,531		Augusta	189,366
	Chandler	240,595		Columbus	188,660
Arkansas:				Savannah	127,889
	Little Rock*	184,422		Athens	111,580
	Fort Smith	83,461	Hawaii:
	Fayetteville	68,726		Honolulu*	377,357
	Springdale	63,082		Hilo	40,759
	Jonesboro	60,489		Kailua	36,513
California:				Kaneohe	34,970
	Los Angeles	3,849,378		Waipahu	33,108
	San Diego	1,256,951	Idaho:
	San Jose	929,936		Boise*	198,638
	San Francisco	744,041		Nampa	76,587
	Sacramento*	453,781		Meridian	59,832
Colorado:				Pocatello	53,932
	Denver*	566,974		Idaho Falls	52,786
	Colorado Springs	372,437	Illinois:
	Aurora	303,582		Chicago	2,833,321
	Lakewood	140,024		Aurora	170,617
	Fort Collins	129,467		Rockford	155,138
Connecticut:				Naperville	142,901
	Bridgeport	137,912		Springfield*	116,482
	Hartford*	124,512	Indiana:
	New Haven	124,001		Indianapolis*	785,597
	Stamford	119,261		Fort Wayne	248,637
	Waterbury	107,251		Evansville	115,738
	South Bend	104,905		Biloxi	44,342
	Gary	97,715		Southaven	41,295
Iowa:			Missouri:
	Des Moines*	193,886		Kansas City	447,306
	Cedar Rapids	124,417		St. Louis	347,181
	Davenport	99,514		Springfield	150,797
	Sioux City	83,262		Independence	109,400
	Waterloo	65,998		Jefferson City*	39,274
Kansas:			Montana:
	Wichita	357,698		Billings	100,148
	Overland Park	166,722		Missoula	64,081
	Kansas City	143,801		Great Falls	56,215
	Topeka*	122,113		Bozeman	35,061
	Olathe	114,662		Helena*	27,885
Kentucky:			Nebraska:
	Louisville	554,496		Omaha	419,545
	Lexington	270,789		Lincoln*	241,167
	Owensboro	55,525		Bellevue	47,594
	Bowling Green	53,176		Grand Island	44,632
	Frankfort*	27,077		Kearney	29,385
Louisiana:			Nevada:
	Baton Rouge*	229,553		Las Vegas	552,539
	New Orleans	223,388		Henderson	240,614
	Shreveport	200,199		Reno	210,255
	Lafayette	114,214		North Las Vegas	197,567
	Lake Charles	70,224		Carson City*	55,289
Maine:			New Hampshire:
	Portland	63,011		Manchester	109,497
	Lewiston	35,734		Nashua	87,157
	Bangor	31,008		Concord*	42,378
	South Portland	23,784		Rochester	30,117
	Augusta*	18,560		Dover	28,422
Maryland:			New Jersey:
	Baltimore	631,366		Newark	281,402
	Rockville	59,114		Jersey City	241,789
	Frederick	58,882		Paterson	148,708
	Gaithersburg	57,934		Elizabeth	126,179
	Annapolis*	36,408		Trenton*	83,923
Massachusetts:			New Mexico:
	Boston*	590,763		Albuquerque	504,949
	Worcester	175,454		Las Cruces	86,268
	Springfield	151,176		Santa Fe*	72,056
	Lowell	103,229		RioRancho	71,607
	Cambridge	101,365		Roswell	45,582
Michigan:			New York:
	Detroit	871,121		New York	8,214,426
	Grand Rapids	193,083		Buffalo	276,059
	Warren	134,589		Rochester	208,123
	Sterling Heights	127,991		Yonkers	197,852
	Lansing*	114,276		Albany*	93,963
Minnesota:			North Carolina:
	Minneapolis	372,833		Charlotte	630,478
	St. Paul*	273,535		Raleigh*	356,321
	Rochester	96,975		Greensboro	236,865
	Duluth	84,167		Durham	209,009
	Bloomington	80,869		Winston-Salem	196,990
Mississippi:			North Dakota:
	Jackson*	176,614		Fargo	90,056
	Gulfport	64,316		Bismarck*	58,333
	Hattiesburg	48,012		Grand Forks	50,372
	Minot	34,745		Clarksville	133,175
	West Fargo	21,508	Texas:
Ohio:				Houston	2,144,491
	Columbus*	733,203		San Antonio	1,296,682
	Cleveland	444,313		Dallas	1,232,940
	Cincinnati	332,252		Austin*	709,893
	Toledo	298,446		Fort Worth	653,320
	Akron	209,704	Utah:
Oklahoma:				Salt Lake City*	178,858
	Oklahoma City*	537,734		West Valley	119,841
	Tulsa	382,872		Provo	113,984
	Norman	102,827		West Jordan	94,309
	Broken Arrow	88,314		Sandy	94,203
	Lawton	87,540	Vermont:
Oregon:				Burlington	38,358
	Portland	537,081		South Burlington	17,014
	Salem*	152,239		Rutland	16,964
	Eugene	146,356		Barre	9,078
	Gresham	97,105		Montpelier*	7,954
	Beaverton	89,643	Virginia:
Pennsylvania:				Virginia Beach	435,619
	Philadelphia	1,448,394		Norfolk	229,112
	Pittsburgh	312,819		Chesapeake	220,560
	Allentown	107,294		Richmond*	192,913
	Erie	102,036		Newport News	178,281
	Harrisburg*	47,164	Washington:
Rhode Island:				Seattle	582,454
	Providence*	175,255		Spokane	198,081
	Warwick	85,925		Tacoma	196,532
	Cranston	81,479		Vancouver	158,855
	Pawtucket	72,998		Olympia*	44,645
	East Providence	49,123	West Virginia:
South Carolina:				Charleston*	50,846
	Columbia*	119,961		Huntington	49,007
	Charleston	107,845		Parkersburg	31,755
	North Charleston	87,482		Wheeling	29,330
	Rock Hill	61,620		Morgantown	28,654
	Mount Pleasant	59,113	Wisconsin:
South Dakota:				Milwaukee	573,358
	Sioux Falls	142,396		Madison*	223,389
	Rapid City	62,715		Green Bay	100,353
	Aberdeen	24,071		Kenosha	96,240
	Watertown	20,526		Racine	79,592
	Pierre*	14,095	Wyoming:
Tennessee:				Cheyenne*	55,314
	Memphis	670,902		Casper	52,089
	Nashville*	552,120		Laramie	25,688
	Knoxville	182,337		Gillette	23,899
	Chattanooga	155,190		Rock Springs	19,324

• State capital.

Source: Information courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.

 

Principal Foreign Countries as of June 2008

Country	UN member	Capital	Chief of state	Legislative body	Government type
Afghanistan	Yes	Kabul	President	National Assembly of House of People, House of Elders	Islamic Republic
Albania	do.	Tirana (Tirane)	do.	Assembly (unicameral)	Emerging Democracy.
Algeria	do.	Algers	do.	National People’s Assembly, Council of Nations	Republic.
Andorra	do.	Andorra la Vella	Executive Council President	General Council of the Valleys (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Angola	do.	Luanda	President	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic: multiparty presidential regime.
Antigua and Burbuda	do.	Saint John’s	Queen (represented by Governor General)	Parliament (bicameral)	Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government.
Argentina	do.	Buenos Aires	President	National Congress (bicameral)	Republic.
Armenia	do.	Yerevan	do.	National Assembly (Parliament)	do.
Australia	do.	Canberra	Queen (represented by Governor General)	Federal Parliament (bicameral)	Federal Parliamentary Democracy.
Austria	do.	Vienna	President	Federal Assembly (bicameral)	Federal Republic.
Azerbaijan	do.	Baku (Baki, Baky)	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic.
Bahamas, The	do.	Nassau	Queen (represented by Governor General)	Parliament (bicameral)	Constitutional Parliamentary Democracy.
Bahrain	do.	Manama	King	Legislature (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy.
Bangladesh	do.	Dhaka	President	National Parliament (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Barbados	do.	Bridgetown	Queen (represented by Governor General)	Parliament (bicameral)	do.
Belarus	do.	Minsk	President	National Assembly(bicameral)	Republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship.
Belgium	do.	Brussels	King	Parliament (bicameral)	Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy
Belize	do.	Belmopan	Queen (represented by Governor General)	National Assembly (bicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Benin	do.	Porto-Novo	President	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic.
Bhutan	do.	Thimphu	King	Parliament (bicameral)	In transition to Constitutional Monarchy; spcial treaty relationship with India.
Bolivia	do.	La Paz	President	National Congress (bicameral)	Republic.
Bosnia and Hertzegovina	do.	Sarajevo	Chairman of the Presidency	Assembly (bicameral)	Emerging Federal Democratic Republic.
Botswana	do.	Gaborone	President	Parliament (bicameral)	Parliamentary Republic.
Brazil	do.	Brasilia	do.	National Congress (bicameral)	Federal Republic.
Brunei	do.	Bandar Seri	Sultan and Prime Minister	Legislative Council	Constitutional Sultanate.
Bulgaria	Yes	Sofia	President	National Assembly (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Burkina Faso	do.	Ouagadougou	do.	do.	Parliamentary Republic.
Burma (Myanmar)[1]	do.	Rangoon (Yangon)	Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)	People’s Assembly(unicameral)	Military Junta
Burundi	do.	Bujumbura	President	Parliament (bicameral)	Republic.
Cambodia	do.	Phnom Penh	King	National Assembly (bicameral)	Multiparty Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy.
Cameroon	do.	Yaounde	President	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic; Multiparty Presidential Regime.
Canada	do.	Ottawa	Queen (represented by Governor General).	Parliament (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy that is also a Parliamentary Democracy and a Federation.
Cape Verde	do.	Praia	President	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic.
Central African Republic	do.	Bangui	do.	do.	do.
Chad	do.	N’Djamens	do.	do.	do.
Chile	do.	Santiago	do.	National Congress (bicameral)	do.
China	do.	Beijing	do.	National People’s Congress (unicameral)	Communist State.
Columbia	do.	Bogota	do.	Congress (bicameral)	Republic. Executive Branch dominates government structure.
Comoros	do.	Moroni	do.	Assembly of the Union (unicameral)	Republic.
Conga, Democratic Republic of the	do.	Kinshasa	do.	Legislature (bicameral)	do.
Congo, Republic of the	do.	Brazzaville	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	do.
Costa Rica	do.	San Jose	do.	Legislative Assembly (unicameral)	Democratic Republic.
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	do.	Yamoussoukro	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic; Multiparty Presidential Regime (est. 1960).[2]
Croatia	do.	Zagreb	do.	Assembly (unicameral)	Presidential/Parliamentary Democracy.
Cuba	do.	Havana	do.	National Assembly of People’s Power (unicameral)	Communist State.
Cyprus	do.	Nicosia (Lefkosia)	do.	House of Representatives (unicameral)	Republic.
Czech Republic	do.	Prague	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Denmark	do.	Copenhagen	Queen	People’s Assembly (unicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy.
Djibouti	do.	Djibouti	President	Chamber of Deputies (bicameral)	Republic.
Dominica	do.	Roseau	do.	House of Assembly (bicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Dominican Republic	do.	Santo Domingo	do.	National Congress (bicameral)	Democratic Republic.
Ecuador	Yes	Quito	President	National Congress (unicameral)	Republic.
Egypt	do.	Cairo	do.	People’s Assembly (bicameral)	do.
El Salvador	do.	San Salvador	do.	Legislative Assembly (unicameral)	do.
Equatorial Guinea	do.	Malabo	do.	House of People’s Representatives (unicameral)	do.
Eritrea	do.	Asmara (Asmera)	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Transitional Government
Estonia	do.	Tallinn	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	Parliamentary Republic.
Ethiopia	do.	Addis Ababa	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	Federal Republic.
Fiji	do.	Suva (on Viti Levu)	do.	do.	Republic.
Finland	do.	Helsinki	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	do.
France	do.	Paris	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	do.
Gabon	do.	Libreville	do.	(unicameral)	Republic/Multiparty Presidential Regime.
Gambia, The	do.	Bunjul	do.	(unicameral)	Republic.
Georgia	do.	T’bilisi	do.	Parliament (unicameral, also known as Supreme Council)	do.
Germany	do.	Berlin	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	Federal Republic.
Ghana	do.	Accra	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	Constitutional Democracy.
Greece	do.	Athens	do.	do.	Parliamentary Republic.
Grenada	do.	Saint George’s	Queen (represented by Governor General)	Parliament (bicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Guatemala	do.	Guatemala	President	(unicameral)	Constitutional Democratic Republic.
Guinea	do.	Conakry	do.	(unicameral)	Republic.
Guinea-Bissau	do.	Bissau	do.	(unicameral)	do.
Guyana	do.	Georgetown	do.	(unicameral)	do.
Haiti	do.	Port-au-Prince	do.	(unicameral)	do.
Holy See (Vatican City).	No	Vatican City	Pope	(unicameral)	Ecclesiastical.
Honduras	Yes	Tegucigalpa	President	National Congress (unicameral)	Democratic Constitutional Republic.
Hungary	do.	Budapest	do.	(unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Iceland	do.	Reykjavik	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	Constitutional Republic.
India	do.	New Delhi	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	Federal Republic.
Indonesia	do.	Jakarta	do.	(unicameral)	Republic.
Iran	do.	Tehran	Supreme Leader	(unicameral)	Theocratic Republic.
Iraq	do.	Baghdad	President	(unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Ireland	do.	Dublin	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	Republic; Parliamentary Democracy.
Isreal	do.	Jerusalem[3]	do.	(unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Italy	do.	Rome	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	Republic.
Jamaica	Yes	Kingston	Queen (represented by Governor General)	Parliament (bicameral)	Constitutional Parliamentary Democracy
Japan	do.	Tokyo	Emperor	Diet (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Government
Jordan	do.	Amman	King	National Assembly (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy.
Kazakhstan	do.	Astana	President	Parliament (bicameral)	Republic. Authoritarian Presidential rule, with little power outside the Executive Branch.
Kenya	do.	Nairobi	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic.
Kiribati	do.	Tarawa	do.	House of Parliament (unicameral)	do.
Korea, North	do.	Pyongyang	Premier	Supreme People’s Assembly (unicameral)	Communist State one-man dictatorship.
Korea, South	do.	Seoul	President	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic.
Kosovo	No.	Pristina (Prishtine)	do.	Kosovo Assembly of the Provisional Government (unicameral)	do.
Kuwait	Yes	Kuwait	Amir	National Assembly (unicameral)	Constitutional Emirate.
Kyrgyzstan	do.	Bishkek	President	Supreme Council (unicameral)	Republic.
Laos	do.	Vientiane	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Communist State
Latvia	do.	Riga	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Lebanon	do.	Beirut	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic.
Lesotho	do.	Maseru	President	Parliament (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy
Liberia	do.	Monrovia	President	National Assembly (bicameral)	Republic.
Libya	do.	Tripoli	Revolutionary Leader[4]	General People’s Congress (unicameral)	Jamahiriya.[5]
Liechtenstein	do.	Vaduz	Prince	Parliament or Landtag (unicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy
Lithuania	do.	Vilnius	President	Parliament or Seimas (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Luxembourg	do.	Luxembourg	Grand Duke	Chamber of Deputies (unicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic.	do.	Skopje	President	Assembly or Sobranie (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Madagascar	do.	Antananarivo	do.	Legislature (bicameral)	Republic.
Malawi	do.	Lilongwe	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Multiparty Democracy.
Malaysia	do.	Kuala Lumpur	Paramount Leader	Parliament (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy
Maldives	do.	Male	President	People’s Council (unicameral)	Republic.
Mali	do.	Bamako	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	do.
Malta	do.	Valletta	do.	House of Representatives (unicameral)	do.
Marshal Islands	do.	Majuro	do.	Legislature (unicameral)	Constitutional Government in free association with the U.S.
Mauritania	Yes	Nouakchott	President.	Legislature (bicameral)	Democratic Republic.
Mauritius	do.	Port Louis	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Mexico	do.	Mexico	do.	National Congress (bicameral)	Federal Republic.
Micronesia, Federated States	do.	Palikir	do.	Congress (unicameral)	Constitutional Government in free association with the U.S.
Moldova	do.	Chisinau	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	Republic.
Monaco	do.	Monaco	Prince.	National Council (unicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy.
Mongolia	do.	Ulaanbaatar	President.	State Great Hural (unicameral)	Mixed Parliamentary/Presidential.
Montenegro	do.	Podgorica	do.	Assembly(unicameral)	Republic.
Morocco	do.	Rabat	King.	Parliament (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy
Mozambique	do.	Maputo	President.	Assembly(unicameral)	Republic.
Namibia	do.	Windhoek	do.	Legislature (unicameral)	do.
Nauru	do.	No official capital; government offices in Yaren District.	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	do.
Nepal	do.	Kathmandu	Prime Minister.	330 seat Interim Parliament (unicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy
Netherlands	do.	Amsterdam	Queen	States General (bicameral)	do.
New Zealand	do.	Wellington	do.	House of Representatives (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Nicaragua	do.	Managua	President.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic.
Niger	do.	Niamey	do.	do.	do.
Nigeria	do.	Abuja	do.	National Assembly (bicameral)	Federal Republic.
Norway	do.	Oslo	King.	Parliament (Storting), (modified unicameral)[6]	Constitutional Monarchy
Oman	do.	Muscat	Sultan and Prime Minister.	Majlis Oman (bicameral)	Monarchy
Pakistan	do.	Islamabad	President.	Parliament (bicameral)	Federal Republic.
Palau	do.	Melekeok	do.	National Congress (bicameral)	Constitutional Government in free association with the U.S.
Panama	do.	Panama	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Constitutional Democracy.
Papua New Guinea	do.	Port Moresby	Queen	National Parliament (unicameral)	Constitutional Parliamentary Democracy.
Paragua	do.	Asuncion	President.	Congress (bicameral)	Constitutional Republic.
Peru	do.	Lima	do.	Congress of the Republic of Peru (unicameral)	do.
Philippines	do.	Manila	do.	Congress (bicameral)	Republic.
Poland	do.	Warsaw	do.	National Assembly (bicameral)	do.
Portugal	do.	Lisbon	do.	Assembly of the Republic (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Qatar	do.	Doha	Amir.	Advisory Council (unicameral)	Emirate
Romania	do.	Bucharest	President.	Parliament (bicameral)	Republic.
Russia	do.	Moscow	do.	Federal Assembly (bicameral)	Federation.
Rwanda	do.	Kigali	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	Republic.; presidential, multiparty system.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	do.	Bassaterre	Queen	National Assembly (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Saint Lucia	Yes	Castries	Queen	Parliament (bicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	do.	Kingstown	do.	House of Assembly (unicameral)	Do.
Samoa	do.	Apia	Chief of State	Legislative Assembly (unicameral)	Do.
San Marino	do.	San Marino	Co-Chiefs of State (Captains Regent)	Grand and General Council (unicameral)	Republic.
Sao Tome and Principe	do.	Sao Tome	President	National Assembly (unicameral)	Do.
Saudi Arabia	do.	Riyadh	King and Prime Minister	Consultative Council	Monarchy.
Senegal	do.	Dakar	President	Parliament (bicameral)	Republic.
Serbia	do.	Belgrade	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Do.
Seychelles	do.	Victoria	do.	do.	Do.
Sierra Leone	do.	Freetown	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	Constitutional Democracy.
Singapore	do.	Singpore	do.	do.	Parliamentary Republic.
Slovakia	do.	Bratislava	do.	National Parliament (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Slovenia	do.	Ljubljana	do.	Parliament (bicameral)	Parliamentary Republic.
Solomon Islands	do.	Honiara	Queen	National Parliament (unicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Somalia	do.	Mogadishu	Transitional Federal President	National Assembly (unicameral)	No permanent National Government; transitional Parliamentary Federal Government.
South Africa	do.	Pretoria	President	Parliament (bicameral)	Republic.
Spain[7]	do.	Madrid	King	General Courts or National Assembly (bicameral)	Parliamentary Monarchy.
Sri Lanka	do.	Colombo	President	Parliament (unicameral)	Republic.
Sudan	do.	Khartoum	do.	National Legislature (bicameral)	Government of National Unity (GNU).
Surinam	do.	Paramaribo	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Constitutional Democracy.
Swaziland	do.	Mbabane	King	Parliament (bicameral)	Monarchy.
Sweden	do.	Stockholm	King	Parliament (unicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy.
Switzerland	do.	Bern	President	Federal Assembly (bicameral)	Formally a Confederation but similar in structure to a Federal Republic.
Syria	do.	Damascus	do.	People’s Council (unicameral)	Republic under an authoritarian military-dominated regime.
Tajikistan	do.	Dushanbe	do.	Supreme Assembly (bicameral)	Republic.
Taiwan	No.	Taipei	do.	Legislative Yuan (unicameral)	Multiparty Democracy.
Tanzania	Yes.	Dar es Salaam	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic.
Thailand	do.	Bangkok	King	National Assembly (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy.
Timor-Leste	do.	Dili	President	National Parliament (unicameral)	Republic.
Togo	Yes	Lome	President	National Assembly (unicameral)	Republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule.
Tonga	do.	Nuku’alofa	King	Legislative Assembly (unicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy.
Trinibad and Tobago	do.	Port-of-Spain	President.	Parliament (bicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.
Tunisia	do.	Tunis	do.	Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Advisors (bicameral)	Republic.
Turkey	do.	Ankara	do.	Grand National Assembly of Turkey (unicameral)	Republican Parliamentary Democracy.
Turkmenistan	do.	Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)	do.	Two Parliamentary Bodies: People’s Council and a National Assembly	Republic; Authoritarian Presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch.
Tuvalu	do.	Funafuti	Queen	Parliament (also called House of Assembly; unicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Democracy.
Uganda	do.	Kampala	President	(unicameral)	Republic.
Ukraine	do.	Kyiv (Kiev)	do.	Council(unicameral)	Do.
United Arab Emirates	do.	Abu Dhabi	do.	Federal National Council (FNC) (unicameral)	Federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates.
United Kingdom	do.	London	Queen	Parliament (bicameral)	Constitutional Monarchy.
Uraguay	do.	Montevideo	President	General Assembly (bicameral)	Constitutional Republic.
Uzbekistan	do.	Tashkent	do.	Supreme Assembly (bicameral)	Republic; authoritarian presidential rule with little power outside the executive branch.
Vanuatu	do.	Port Vila (on Efate)	do.	Parliament (unicameral)	Parliamentary Republic.
Venezuella	do.	Caracas	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Federal Republic.
Vietnam	do.	Hanoi	do.	do.	Communist State.
Yemen	do.	Sanaa	do.	Legislature (bicameral)	Republic.
Zambia	do.	Lusaka	do.	National Assembly (unicameral)	Do.
Zimbabwe	do.	Harare	Executive President	Parliament (bicameral)	Parliamentary Democracy.

 

Source: World Factbook 2008, Central Intelligence Agency, http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html.

 

Demonyms: Names of Nationalities
[Demonym is a name given to a people or inhabitants of a place.]

Country	Demonym*	Country	Demonym*
Afghanistan	Afghan.	Costa Rica	Costa Rican.
Albania	Albanian.	Cote d’Ivoire	Ivorian.
Algeria	Algerian.	Croatia	Croat or Croatian.
American Samoa	American Samoan.	Cuba	Cuban.
Andorra	Andorran.	Cyprus	Cypriot.
Angola	Angolan.	Czech Republic	Czech.
Anguilla	Anguillan.	Denmark	Dane.
Antigua and Barbuda	Antiguan Barbudan.	Djibouti	Djiboutian.
Argentina	Argentine.	Dominica	Dominican.
Armenia	Armenian.	Dominican Republic.	Dominican.
Aruba	Aruban.	Ecuador	Ecuadorian.
Australia	Australian.	Egypt	Egyptian.
Austria	Austrian.	El Salvador	Salvadoran.
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani.	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean.
The Bahamas	Bahamian.	Eritrea	Eritrean.
Bahrain	Bahraini.	Estonia	Estonian.
Bangladesh	Bangladeshi.	Ethiopia	Ethiopian.
Barbados	Barbadian or Bajan.	Falkland Islands.	Falkland Islander.
Belarus	Belarusian.	Faroe Islands	Faroese (singular and plural).
Belgium	Belgian.	Fiji	Fijian.
Belize	Belizean.	Finland.	Finn.
Benin	Beninese (singular and plural).	France.	Frenchman (men) or Frenchwoman (women).
Bermuda.	Bermudian.	French Polynesia.	French Polynesian.
Bhutan	Bhutanese (singular and plural).	Gabon	Gabonese (singular and plural).
Bolivia	Bolivian.	The Gambia	Gambian.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian, Herzegovinian.	Georgia	Georgian.
Botswana	Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural).	Germany	German.
Brazil	Brazilian.	Ghana	Ghanaian.
British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islander.	Gibraltar	Gibraltarian.
Brunei	Bruneian.	Greece	Greek.
Bulgaria	Bulgarian.	Greenland	Greenlander.
Burkina Faso	Burkinabe (singular and plural).	Grenada	Grenadian.
Burma (Myanmar[8])	Burmese (singular and plural).	Guam	Guamanian.
Burundi	Burundian.	Guatemala	Guatemalan.
Cambodia	Cambodian.	Guernsey	Channel Islander.
Cameroon	Cameroonian.	Guinea	Guinean.
Canada	Canadian.	Guinea-Bissau	Guinean.
Cape Verde	Cape Verdean.	Guyana	Guyanese (singular and plural).
Cayman Islands	Caymanian.	Haiti	Haitian.
Central African Republic.	Central African.	Honduras	Honduran.
Chad	Chadian.	Hong Kong.	Chinese/Hong Konger.
Chile	Chilean.	Hungary	Hungarian.
China	Chinese (singular and plural).	Iceland	Icelander.
Christmas Island	Christmas Islander.	India	Indian.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Cocos Islander.	Indonesia	Indonesian.
Colombia	Colombian.	Iran	Iranian.
Comoros	Comoran.	Iraq	Iraqi.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the.	Congolese (singular and plural).	Ireland	Irishman (men), Irishwoman (women),
Congo, Republic of the	Congolese (singular and plural).		Irish (collective plural).
Cook Islands.	Cook Islander.	Israel.	Israeli.
Italy	Italian.	Netherlands.	Dutchman (men),
Jamaica.	Jamaican.		Dutchwoman (women),
Japan	Japanese (singular and plural).		Dutch (collective).
Jersey	Channel Islander.	Netherlands Antilles.	Dutch Antillean.
Jordan	Jordanian.	New Caledonia	New Caledonian.
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstani.	New Zealand	New Zealander.
Kenya	Kenyan.	Nicaragua	Nicaraguan.
Kiribati	I-Kiribati (singular and plural).	Niger	Nigerien.
Korea, North.	Korean.	Nigeria	Nigerian.
Korea, South.	Korean.	Niue	Niuean.
Kosovo	Kosovar (Albanian),	Norfolk Island	Norfolk Islander.
	Kosovac (Serbian).	Norway	Norwegian.
Kuwait	Kuwaiti.	Oman	Omani.
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstani.	Pakistan	Pakistani.
Laos	Lao or Laotian.	Palau	Palauan.
Latvia	Latvian.	Panama	Panamanian.
Lebanon	Lebanese (singular	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinean.
	and plural).	Paraguay	Paraguayan.
Lesotho.	Mosotho (singular),	Peru	Peruvian.
	Basotho (plural).	Philippines	Filipino.
Liberia	Liberian.	Pitcairn Islands	Pitcairn Islander.
Libya	Libyan.	Poland	Pole.
Liechtenstein.	Liechtensteiner.	Portugal	Portuguese (singular and plural).
Lithuania	Lithuanian.	Qatar	Qatari.
Luxembourg	Luxembourger.	Romania	Romanian.
Macau	Chinese (singular and plural).	Russia	Russian.
Macedonia.	Macedonian.	Rwanda	Rwandan.
Madagascar	Malagasy (singular and plural).	Saint Helena	Saint Helenian.
Malawi	Malawian.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Kittian and Nevisian.
Malaysia	Malaysian.	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucian.
Maldives	Maldivian.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon.	Frenchman (men),
Mali	Malian.		Frenchwoman (women).
Malta	Maltese (singular	Saint Vincent and the	Saint Vincentian or Vincentian.
	plural).	Grenadines.
Marshall Islands	Marshallese (singular	Samoa	Samoan.
	and plural).	San Marino	Sammarinese (singular
Mauritania	Mauritanian.		and plural).
Mauritius	Mauritian.	Sao Tome and Principe.	Sao Tomean.
Mayotte	Mahorais (singular	Saudi Arabia	Saudi.
	and plural).	Senegal	Senegalese (singular and plural).
Mexico	Mexican.	Serbia	Serb.
Micronesia, Federated	Micronesian.	Seychelles.	Seychellois (singular and plural).
States of.		Sierra Leone	Sierra Leonean.
Moldova	Moldovan.	Singapore	Singaporean.
Monaco	Monegasque or Monacan.	Slovenia	Slovak.
Mongolia	Mongolian.	Slovakia	Slovene.
Montenegro.	Montenegrin.	Solomon Islands.	Solomon Islander.
Montserrat	Montserratian.	Somalia	Somali.
Morocco	Moroccan.	South Africa	South African.
Mozambique.	Mozambican.	Spain	Spaniard.
Namibia	Namibian.	Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan.
Nauru	Nauruan.	Sudan	Sudanese (singular and plural).
Nepal	Nepalese (singular and plural).	Suriname.	Surinamer.
Swaziland	Swazi.	Turkmenistan	Turkmen.
Sweden	Swede.	Tuvalu	Tuvaluan.
Switzerland	Swiss (singular and plural).	Uganda	Ugandan.
Syria	Syrian.	Ukraine	Ukrainian.
Taiwan	Taiwan (singular and plural).	United Arab Emirates	Emirati
Tajikistan	Tajikistani.	United Kingdom	Briton or British (collective plural).
Tanzania	Tanzanian.	United States	American
Thailand	Thai (singular and plural).	Uruguay	Uruguayan.
Timor-Leste	Timorese (singular and plural).	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistani.
Togo	Togolese (singular and plural).	Vanuatu	Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural).
Tokelau	Tokelauan.	Venezuela	Venezuelan.
Tonga	Tongan.	Vietnam	Vietnamese (singular and plural).
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidadian,	Virgin Islands	Virgin Islander.
	(singular Tobagonian).	Yemen	Yemeni.
Tunisia	Tunisian.	Zambia	Zambian.
Turkey	Turk.	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwean.

• Note.—Plural references add s unless otherwise indicated.

Source: Information courtesy of World Factbook as of July 24, 2008; for more information see www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/21110.html.

 

Currency
[As of July 2008]

Country	Currency	ISO 4217 code[9]
Afghanistan	Afghani	AFA
Akrotiri	Euro	EUR
Albania	Lek	ALL
Algeria	Algerian dinar	DZD
American Samoa	U.S. dollar	USD
Andorra	Euro	EUR
Angola	Kwanza	AOA
Anguilla	East Caribbean dollar	XCD
Antigua and Barbuda	East Caribbean dollar	XCD
Argentina	Argentine peso	ARS
Armenia	Dram	AMD
Aruba	Aruban guilder/florin	AWG
Australia	Australian dollar	AUD
Austria	Euro	EUR
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani manat	AZN
Bahamas	Bahamian dollar	BSD
Bahrain	Bahraini dinar	BHD
Bangladesh	Taka	BDT
Barbados	Barbadian dollar	BBD
Belarus	Belarusian ruble	BYR
Belgium	Euro	EUR
Belize	Belizean dollar	BZD
Benin	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XOF[10]
Bermuda	Bermudian dollar	BMD
Bhutan	Ngultrum and Indian rupee	BTN/INR
Bolivia	Boliviano	BOB
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Convertible mark	BAM
Botswana	Pula	BWP
Brazil	Real	BRL
British Indian Ocean Territory	British Pound and U.S. Dollar	GBP/USD
British Virgin Islands	U.S. dollar	USD
Brunei	Bruneian dollar	BND
Bulgaria	Lev	BGL
Burkina Faso	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XOF[10]
Burma (Myanmar)[11]	Kyat	MMK
Burundi	Burundi franc	BIF
Cambodia	Riel	KHR
Cameroon	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XAF[12]
Canada	Canadaian dollar	CAD
Cape Verde	Cape Verdean escudo	CVE
Cayman Islands	Caymanian dollar	KYD
Central African Republic	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XAF[12]
Chad	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XAF[12]
Chile	Chilean peso	CLP
China	Renminbi, also called yuan	RMB/CNY
Christmas Island	Australian dollar	AUD
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australian dollar	AUD
Colombia	Colombian peso	COP
Comoros	Comoran franc	KMF
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Congolese franc	CDF
Congo, Republic of the	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XAF[12]
Cook Islands	NZ dollar	NZD
Costa Rica	Costa Rican colon	CRC
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XOF[10]
Croatia	Kuna	HRK
Cuba	Cuban peso and convertible peso	CUP/CUC
Cyprus	Euro	EUR
Czech Republic	Czech koruna	CZK
Denmark	Danish krone	DKK
Dhekelia	Euro	EUR
Djibouti	Djiboutian franc	DJF
Dominica	East Caribbean dollar	XCD
Dominican Republic	Dominican peso	DOP
Ecuador	U.S. dollar	USD
Egypt	Egyptian pound	EGP
El Salvadore	U.S. dollar	USD
Equatorial Guinea	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XAF[12]
Eritrea	Nakfa	ERN
Estonia	Estonian kroon	EEK
Ethiopia	Birr	ETB
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	Falkland pound	FKP
Faroe Islands	Danish krone	DKK
Fiji	Fijian dollar	FJD
Finland	Euro	EUR
France	Euro	EUR
French Polynesia	Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc	XPF
Gabon	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XAF[12]
Gambia, The	Dalasi	GMD
Gaza Strip	New Isreali shekel	ILS
Georgia	Lari	GEL
Germany	Euro	EUR
Ghana	Ghana cedi	GHC
Gibraltar	Gibraltar pound	GIP
Greece	Euro	EUR
Greenland	Danish krone	DKK
Grenada	East Caribbean dollar	XCD
Guam	U.S. dollar	USD
Guatemala	Quetzal and U.S. dollar	GTQ/USD
Guernsey	Guernsey pound and British pound	**[13]/GBP
Guinea	Guinean franc	GNF
Guinea-Bissau	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XOF[10]
Guyana	Guyanese dollar	GYD
Haiti	Gourde	HTG
Holy See (Vatican City)	Euro	EUR
Honduras	Lempira	HNL
Hong Kong	Hong Kong dollar	HKD
Hungary	Forint	HUF
Iceland	Icelandic krona	ISK
India	Indian rupee	INR
Indonesia	Indonesian rupiah	IDR
Iran	Iranian rial	IRR
Iraq	New Iraqi dinar	NID
Ireland	Euro	EUR
Isle of Man	Isle of Man pound also called manx	IMP
Israel	New Israeli shekel	ILS
Italy	Euro	EUR
Jamaica	Jamaican dollar	JMD
Japan	Yen	JPY
Jersey	Jersey pound and British pound	**[13]/GBP
Jordan	Jordanian dinar	JOD
Kazakhstan	Tenge	KZT
Kenya	Kenyan shilling	KES
Kiribati	Australian dollar	AUD
Korea, North	North Korean won	KPW
Korea, South	South Korean won	KRW
Kosovo	Euro and Serbian Dinar	EUR/RSD
Kuwait	Kuwaiti dinar	KWD
Kyrgyzstan	Som	KGS
Laos	Kip	LAK
Latvia	Latvian lat	LVL
Lebanon	Lebanese pound	LBP
Lesotho	Loti and South African rand	LSL/ZAR
Liberia	Liberian dollar	LRD
Libya	Libyan dinar	LYD
Liechtenstein	Swiss franc	CHF
Lithuania	Litas	LTL
Luxembourg	Euro	EUR
Macau	Pataca	MOP
Macedonia	Macedonian denar	NKD
Madagascar	Ariary	MGA
Malawi	Malawian kwacha	MWK
Malaysia	Ringgit	MYR
Maldives	Rufiyaa	MVR
Mali	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XOF[10]
Malta	Euro	EUR
Marshall Islands	U.S. dollar	USD
Mauritania	Ouguiya	MRO
Mauritius	Mauritian rupee	MUR
Mayotte	Euro	EUR
Mexico	Mexican peso	MXN
Micronesia, Federated States of	U.S. dollar	USD
Moldova	Moldovanleu	MDL
Monaco	Euro	EUR
Mongolia	Togrog/tugrik	MNT
Montenegro	Euro	EUR
Montserrat	East Caribbean dollar	XCD
Morocco	Moroccan dirham	MAD
Mozambique	Metical	MZM
Namibia	Namibian dollar and South African rand	NAD/ZAR
Nauru	Australian dollar	AUD
Nepal	Nepalese rupee	NPR
Netherlands	Euro	EUR
Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands Antillean guilder	ANG
New Caledonia	Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc	XPF
New Zealand	New Zealand dollar	NZD
Nicaragua	Gold cordoba	NIO
Niger	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XOF[10]
Nigeria	Naira	NGN
Niue	New Zealand dollar	NZD
Norfolk Island	Australian dollar	AUD
Northern Mariana Islands	U.S. dollar	USD
Norway	Norwegian krone	NOK
Oman	Omanirial	OMR
Pakistan	Pakistani rupee	PKR
Palau	U.S. dollar	USD
Panama	Balboa and U.S. dollar	PAB/USD
Papua New Guinea	Kina	PGK
Paraguay	Guarani	PYG
Peru	Nuevo sol	PEN
Philippines	Philippine peso	PHP
Pitcairn Islands	New Zealand dollar	NZD
Poland	Zloty	PLN
Portugal	Euro	EUR
Puerto Rico	U.S. dollar	USD
Qatar	Qatari rial	QAR
Romania	Romanian leu	RON
Russia	Russian ruble	RUB
Rwanda	Rwandan franc	RWF
Saint Barthelemy	Euro	EUR
Saint Helena	Saint Helenian pound	SHP
Saint Kitts and Nevis	East Caribbean dollar	XCD
Saint Lucia	East Caribbean dollar	XCD
Saint Martin	Euro	EUR
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Euro	EUR
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.	East Caribbean dollar	XCD
Samoa	Tala	SAT
San Marino	Euro	EUR
Sao Tome and Principe	Dobra	STD
Saudi Arabia	Saudi riyal	SAR
Senegal	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XOF[10]
Serbia	Serbian dinar	RSD
Seychelles	Seychelles rupee	SCR
Sierra Leone	Leone	SLL
Singapore	Singapore dollar	SGD
Slovakia	Slovak koruna	SKK
Slovenia	Euro	EUR
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands dollar	SBD
Somalia	Somali shilling	SOS
South Africa	Rand	ZAR
Spain	Euro	EUR
Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan rupee	LKR
Sudan	Sudanese pound	SDG
Suriname	Surinam dollar	SRD
Svalbard	Norwegian krone	NOK
Swaziland	Lilangeni	SZL
Sweden	Swedish krona	SEK
Switzerland	Swiss franc	CHF
Syria	Syrian pound	SYP
Taiwan	New Taiwan dollar	TWD
Tajikistan	Somoni	TJS
Tanzania	Tanzanian shilling	TZS
Thailand	Baht	THB
Timor-Leste	U.S. dollar	USD
Togo	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc	XOF[10]
Tokelau	New Zealand dollar	NZD
Tonga	Pa'anga	TOP
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago dollar	TTD
Tunisia	Tunisian dinar	TND
Turkey	Turkish lira	TRY
Turkmenistan	Turkmen manat	TMM
Turks and Caicos Islands.	U.S. dollar	USD
Tuvalu	Australian dollar	AUD
Uganda	Ugandan shilling	UGX
Ukraine	Hryvnia	UAH
United Arab Emirates	Emirati dirham	AED
United Kingdom	British pound	GBP
United States	U.S. dollar	USD
Uruguay	Uruguayan peso	UYU
Uzbekistan	Soum	UZS
Vanuatu	Vatu	VUV
Venezuela	Bolivar	VEB
Vietnam	Dong	VND
Virgin Islands	U.S. dollar	USD
Wallis and Futuna	Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc	XPF
West Bank	New Israeli shekel and Jordanian dinar	ILS/JOD
Western Sahara	Moroccan dirham	MAD
Yemen	Yemeni rial	YER
Zambia	Zambian kwacha	ZMK
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwean dollar	ZWD

 

Source: World Factbook: www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2065.html.

Metric and U.S. Measures^[14]

 

Length

Metric unit		U.S. unit
10 millimeters	1 centimeter.	12 inches	1 foot (ft).
10 centimeters	1 decimeter.	3 feet	1 yard.
10 decimeters	1 meter.	22 yards	1 chain.
10 meters	1 dekameter.	10 chains	1 furlong (660 ft).
10 dekameters	1 hectometer.	8 furlongs	1 mile (5,280 ft).
10 hectometers	1 kilometer.	1 nautical mile	1.1508 mile.
1 kilometer.	1,000 meters.	1 league	3 nautical miles.

 

Mass Weight

Metric unit		U.S. unit
10 milligrams (mg)	1 centigram.	16 ounces	1 pound.
10 centigrams	1 decigram (100 mg).	100 pounds (lbs)	1 hundredweight.
10 decigrams	1 gram (1,000 mg).	20 hundredweight	1 ton (2,000 lbs).
10 grams (g)	1 dekagram.
10 dekagrams	1 hectogram (100 g).
10 hectograms	1 kilogram (1,000 g).
1,000 kilograms	1 metric ton.

 

Volume

Metric unit		U.S. liquid capacity
10 milliliters	1 centiliter.	3 teaspoons	1 tablespoon.
10 centiliters	1 deciliter.	2 tablespoons	1 fluid ounce (fl oz).
10 deciliters	1 liter.	1 cup	8 fl oz.
1,000 liters	1 cubic meter.	2 cups	1 pint.
		2 pints	1 quart.
		4 quarts	1 gallon.
		42 gallons	1 petroleum barrel.
		U.S. dry measure[15]
		2 pints	1 quart.
		4 quarts	1 gallon.
		2 gallons	1 peck.
		4 pecks	1 bushel.
		8 bushels	1 quarter.

 

Temperature Conversion^[16]

Celsius	Fahrenheit	Kelvin	Celsius	Fahrenheit	Kelvin
100	212	373.1	0	32	273.1
50	122	323.1	-10	14	263.1
40	104	313.1	-20	-4	253.1
30	86	303.1	-30	-22	243.1
20	68	293.1	-40	-40	233.1
10	50	283.1	-50	-58	223.1
			-273.1	-459.7	0

 

Common Measures and Their Metric Equivalents

U.S. to metric		Metric to U.S.
Inch	2.54 centimeters.	Centimeter	0.3937 inch.
Foot	0.3048 meter.	Meter	3.2808 feet.
Yard	0.9144 meter.	Do	1.0936 yards.
Mile	1.6093 kilometers.	Kilometer	0.6214 mile.
Nautical mile	1.852 kilometers.	Do	0.5399 nautical mile.
League	5.556 kilometers.	Do	0.1799 league.
Square inch	6.452 square centimeters.	Square centimeter	0.155 square inch.
Square foot	0.0929 square meter.	Square meter	10.7639 square feet.
Square yard	0.836 square meter.	Do	1.196 square yards.
Acre	0.4047 hectare.	Hectare	2.471 acres.
Square mile	259 hectares.	Do	0.0039 square mile.
Cubic inch	16.39 cubic centimeters.	Cubic centimeter	0.06 cubic inch.
Cubic foot	0.0283 cubic meter.	Cubic meter	35.3146 cubic feet.
Cubic yard	0.7646 cubic meter.	Do	1.3079 cubic yards.
Cord	128 cubic feet.
Ounce (liquid)	29.574 milliliters.	Milliliter	0.0338 ounce (liquid).
Liter	1.06 quarts (liquid).
Pint (liquid)	473.176 milliliters.
Quart (liquid)	946.35 milliliters.
Gallon (liquid)	3.79 liters.	Do	0.26 gallon (liquid).
Pint (dry)	550.61 milliliters.
Quart (dry)	1101 milliliters.	Do	0.91 quart (dry).
Quart, imperial	1137 milliliters.
Gallon (dry)	4.40 liters.	Do	0.23 gallon (dry).
Gallon, imperial	4.55 liters.
Peck	8.810 liters.	Do	0.1135 peck.
Peck, imperial	9.092 liters.
Bushel	35.24 liters.
Bushel, imperial	36.37 liters.	Do	0.028 bushel.
Grain[17]	64.799 milligrams.
Ounce[18]	28.35 grams.	Gram	0.04 ounce.
Ounce, troy[19]	31.103 grams.	Do	0.032 troy ounce.
Pound[18]	0.4536 kilogram.	Kilogram	2.20 pounds.
Pound, troy	12 troy ounces.
Ton, short	907.185 kilograms.
Do	2,000 pounds.
Ton, metric	1,000 kilograms.
Do	2,204.6 pounds.
Ton, long	1,016.047 kilograms.
Do	2,240 pounds.

Measurement Conversion

Fraction	Decimal inches	Millimeters	Picas	Points	Fraction	Decimal inches	Millimeters	Picas	Points
1⁄16	.0625	1.587	0p4.5	4.5	1⁄8	.875	22.225	5p3	63
1⁄8	.125	3.175	0p9	9	15⁄16	.9375	23.812	5p7.5	67.5
3⁄16	.1875	4.762	1p1.5	13.5	1	1	25.4	6	72
1⁄4	.25	6.35	1p6	18	11⁄4	1.25	31.75	7p6	90
5⁄16	.3125	7.937	1p10.5	22.5	1⁄2	1.5	38.1	9	108
3⁄8	.375	9.525	2p3	27	13⁄4	1.75	44.5	10p6	126
7⁄16	.4375	11.112	2p7.5	31.5	2	2	50.8	12	144
1⁄2	.5	12.7	3	36	21⁄2	2.5	63.5	15	180
9⁄16	.5625	14.287	3p4.5	40.5	3	3	76.2	18	216
5⁄8	.625	15.875	3p9	45	31⁄2	3.5	88.9	21	252
1⁄11	.6875	17.462	4p1.5	49.5	4	4	100.6	24	288
3⁄4	.75	19.05	4p6	54	5	5	127	30	360
13⁄16	.8125	20.637	4p10.5	58.5	6	6	152.4	36	432

 

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2. Government currently under power sharing agreement mandated by international mediators.
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7. The Law of Succession, July 27, 1947, declared that Spain was constituted a Kingdom
8. Since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the U.S. Government did not adopt the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw.
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10. Responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States.
11. Since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the U.S. Government did not adopt the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw.
12. Responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States.
13. There is no currency code for Island monies. Guernsey and Jersey are both British crown dependencies, but not part of the UK. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for their international representation.
14. At this time, only three countries—Burma, Liberia, and the United States— have not adopted the International System of Units (SI, or metric system) as their official system of weights and measures.
15. Dry measurements are mainly used for measuring grain or fresh produce. Do not confuse dry measure for liquid measure as they are not the same.
16. The equation for converting temperatures is as follows: °C to °F: multiply by 9, then divide by 5, then add 32; °F to °C: subtract 32, then multiply by 5, then divide by 9.
17. The grain is used to measure in ballistics and archery; grains were originally used in medicine but have been replaced by milligrams.
18. Avoirdupois; avoirdupois is the measure of mass of everyday items.
19. The troy ounce is used in pricing silver, gold, platinum, and other precious metals and gemstones.