The Penguin State of the World AtlasThe completely up-to-date edition of this invaluable classic reference allows the reader a global overview of the elements that define the opening of the twenty-first century. * The World at War * The Rise of Globalization * Control of the Seas * Control of Space * Superpowers * Population Growth * Urbanization * Traffic * Energy Use * Global Warming * Biodiversity * Stock Markets * Human Rights * Children's Rights * The Internet and Digital Media * Investment * Health and Disease Using a mainly visual analysis of data in full-color maps and graphics, Dan Smith gives shape and meaning to the statistics. |
Contents
International Organizations | 18 |
THE COST OF LIVING | 25 |
Part Three | 41 |
Copyright | |
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AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ANGOLA ZAMBIA ARMENIA Atlas AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA HUNGARY AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BELARUS BHUTAN BISSAU BOTSWANA BURKINA FASO BURMA LAOS BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CAMEROON EQUATORIAL CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REP CHAD COMOROS COSTA RICA PANAMA countries CZECH DOMINICAN REP EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA FINLAND GABON GAMBIA global GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR GUYANA HONDURAS NICARAGUA INDIA INDONESIA PAPUA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL JAMAICA KAZAKHSTAN KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LIBYA LITHUANIA MALAYSIA SINGAPORE MALI MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO military million MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO NAMIBIA NEPAL NETH NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY Number PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PERU BRAZIL CHILE PHILIPPINES population PORTUGAL QATAR refugees REPUBLIC OF CONGO ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE SLOVAKIA SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA CHINA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SWAZILAND TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TURKMENISTAN TAJIKISTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA VIETNAM THAILAND World YEMEN ZEALAND ZIMBABWE