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Croatian Roman Catholic Protestant German Czech Republic 10321120 -0.03 8.4 106200 5.8 40.7 53.5 9.1 parliamentary democracy German Polish Gypsy Hungarian Czech Slovak Roman Catholic Protestant Orthodox Germany 83536115 0.67 6 1452200 1 34.2 64.8 federal republic Greeks Turkish German Italians Poles Roman Catholic Protestant German Hungary 10002541 -0.68 12.3 72500 7.3 37.5 55.2 28.3 republic Serb German Gypsy Hungarian Slovak Romanian Roman Catholic Lutheran Calvinist Hungarian Italy 57460274 0.13 6.9 1088600 2.9 31.6 65.5 5.4 republic Roman Catholic Liechtenstein 31122 1.08 5.3 630 5.4 hereditary constitutional monarchy Italian Alemannic Roman Catholic Protestant Slovakia 5374362 0.34 10.7 39000 6.7 47.6 45.7 7.5 parliamentary democracy German Polish Gypsy Hungarian Czech Slovak Ukrainian Ruthenian Roman Catholic Protestant Orthodox Slovenia 1951443 -0.27 7.3 22600 5.3 39.9 54.8 8 emerging democracy Serb Slovene Muslim Croat Muslim Roman Catholic Slovenian Serbo-Croatian Switzerland 7207060 0.59 5.4 158500 3 33.5 63.5 1.8 federal republic Roman Catholic Protestant French German Italian Romansch Belarus 10415973 0.2 13.4 49200 21 49 30 244 republic Polish Ukrainian Russian Byelorussian Eastern Orthodox Latvia 2468982 -1.39 21.2 14700 9 31 60 20 republic Polish Ukrainian Russian Byelorussian Latvian Lithuania 3646041 -0.35 17 13300 20 42 38 35 republic Polish Russian Byelorussian Lithuanian Poland 38642565 0.14 12.4 226700 7 38 55 21.6 democratic state German Polish Ukrainian Byelorussian Roman Catholic Polish Ukraine 50864009 -0.4 22.5 174600 31 43 26 9 republic Ukrainian Russian Jewish Russia 148178487 -0.07 24.7 796000 6 41 53 7 federation Ukrainian Russian Byelorussian Tatar Chuvash Bashkir Moldavian Russian Belgium 10170241 0.33 6.4 197000 2 28 70 1.6 constitutional monarchy Fleming Walloon Roman Catholic Protestant French German Dutch Luxembourg 415870 1.57 4.7 10000 1.4 33.7 64.9 3.6 constitutional monarchy Roman Catholic Protestant Jewish Netherlands 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3500000 19 48 33 10.1 Communist state Han Chinese Muslim Christian Iran 66094264 2.21 52.7 323500 21 37 42 60 theocratic republic Arab Persian Baloch Azerbaijani Kurd Lur Turkmen Gilaki Mazandarani Sunni Muslim Shia Muslim Bahai Turkish Kurdish Baloch Arabic Luri Persian Persian Turkic Turkic Pakistan 129275660 2.24 96.8 274200 24 27 49 13 republic Muslim Pashtu Urdu Punjabi Sindhi Balochi Hindko Brahui Siraiki Tajikistan 5916373 1.54 113.1 6400 28 republic Russian Tajik Uzbek Sunni Muslim Shia Muslim Turkmenistan 4149283 1.82 81.6 11500 32.5 33.4 34.1 25 republic Russian Uzbek Turkmen Kazak Muslim Eastern Orthodox Russian Uzbek Turkmen Uzbekistan 23418381 1.87 79.6 54700 7.7 republic Russian Tatar Tajik Uzbek Kazak Karakalpak Muslim Eastern Orthodox Russian Tajik Uzbek Armenia 3463574 0.02 38.9 9100 57 36 7 32.2 republic Russian Armenian Azeri Armenian Orthodox Russian Armenian Georgia 5219810 -1.02 22.5 6200 70.4 10.2 19.4 2.2 republic Russian Armenian Azeri Georgian Ossetian Abkhaz 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0.99 5.5 405400 3.1 27.7 69.2 4.75 federal parliamentary state Asian Caucasian Roman Catholic Anglican Christian English Baker Island unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system Cook Islands 19561 1.11 24.7 57 6.2 self governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand European Polynesian Polynesian European Polynesian non-European Christian Coral Sea Islands territory of Australia administered by the Ministry for Environment Fiji 782381 1.28 17.4 4700 22 17 61 2 republic Indian Fijian Muslim Christian Hindu French Polynesia 224911 2.19 14.4 1760 4 18 78 1.5 overseas territory of France since 1946 French Chinese Polynesian Roman Catholic Protestant Guam 156974 2.34 15.17 2000 4 organized Chamorro Filipino Roman Catholic Howland Island unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the 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African Americo-Liberians Muslim Christian English Djibouti 427642 1.5 106.7 500 3 21 76 6 republic Italian Afar Somali Muslim Christian Eritrea 3427883 2.79 118.9 2000 10 transitional government Afar Tigrinya Tigre Kunama Saho Ethiopia 57171662 2.72 122.8 24200 48 15 37 10 federal republic Afar Somali Oromo Sidamo Shankella Gurage Amhara Tigrean Muslim Ethiopian Orthodox Somalia 9639151 3.1 121.1 3600 none Somali Sunni Muslim Kenya 28176686 2.27 55.3 36800 27 19 54 1.7 republic Arab Kikuyu Luhya Luo Kalenjin Kamba Kisii Meru Roman Catholic Protestant Europa Island French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic French Southern and Antarctic Lands overseas territory of France since 1955 Gambia 1204984 3.55 80.5 1100 27 15 58 1.7 republic under multiparty democratic rule African non-Gambian Muslim Christian Senegal 9092749 3.37 64 14500 6.1 republic under multiparty democratic rule Fulani Wolof Diola Mandingo Serer Toucouleur European Lebanese Muslim Christian Glorioso Islands French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic Guinea-Bissau 1151330 2.35 115.8 1000 44 8 48 15 republic European African Muslim Christian Sierra Leone 4793121 4.14 135.6 4400 40 17 43 24 constitutional democracy Asian African Muslim Christian Heard Island and McDonald Islands territory of Australia administered by the Ministry for Environment Juan de Nova Island French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic Uganda 20158176 2.24 99.4 16800 55 12 33 6.1 republic Rwanda Arab Baganda Karamojong Basogo Iteso Langi Bagisu Acholi Lugbara Bunyoro Batobo Muslim Roman Catholic Protestant Lesotho 1970781 1.9 81.6 2800 10.4 48.8 40.8 9.5 modified constitutional monarchy Sotho Christian Madagascar 13670507 2.83 93.5 11400 35 15 50 35 republic Muslim Christian Malawi 9452844 1.71 139.9 6900 31 14 55 83.3 multiparty democracy Muslim Roman Catholic Protestant Mozambique 17877927 2.65 125.6 12200 33 12 55 50 republic Europeans Indians Euro-Africans Muslim Christian Portuguese Mauritius 1140256 1.23 17.2 10900 9.4 parliamentary democracy Creole Indo-Mauritian Sino-Mauritian Franco-Mauritian Muslim Christian Hindu Mayotte 100838 3.78 75.3 54 territorial collectivity of France NA Muslim Swaziland 998730 3.24 88.4 3600 25 40 35 14.7 monarchy European African Christian Reunion 679198 1.93 7.5 2900 overseas department of France Roman Catholic Saint Helena 6782 0.31 35.14 dependent territory of the UK NA English Sao Tome and Principe 144128 2.58 61.1 138 28 14 58 38 republic Europeans Portuguese Seychelles 77575 0.76 12.5 430 3.9 republic Seychellois Roman Catholic Anglican Tromelin Island French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic