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President: Queen Elizabeth II
Total area:7,686,850 sq km
Language:English
Population (2010est):21,515,754
Capital and largest city:Canberra, 327,700
Other large cities:Sydney,Melbourne, Brisbane

religion:Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%
Monetary unit:Australian dollar

President:Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Total area:2,766,890 sq km
Language:Spanish
Population (2010est):41,343,201
Capital and largest city:Buenos Aires, 13,349,000
Other large cities:Córdoba,Rosario,Mendoza
Official religion:Apostolic Roman Catholic
Monetary unit:Peso

President:José Eduardo dos Santos
Total area:1,246,699 sq km
Language:Portuguese
Population (2010est):13,068,161
Capital and largest city:Luanda, 2,297,200
Other large cities:Huambo,Lubango
religion:Christian,
Monetary unit:kwanza

President:Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika
Total area:2,381,741 sq km
Language: (literary) Arabic
Population (2010est): 34,586,184
Capital and largest city:Algiers, 3,917,000
Other large cities:Oran
Official religion: Islam
Monetary unit:Dinar

President: Bamir Topi
Total area:28,748 sq km
Language:  the Ghegs and the Tosks

Population:3,659,616
Capital and largest city:Tirana 353,400
Other large cities:Durres
Official religion:Islam and Christianity
Monetary uni: Lek

President: Hamid Karzai

Total area: 647,500 sq km

 Language: Pashto and Dari
Population (2010est.): 29,121,286

Capital and largest city:Kabul, 2,206,300

Other large cities:Kandahar