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Some background statistics:

(Source: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html)

Country	Size SqKm (Th)	Pop (M)	Pop per SqKm	Pop Growth %	Life Expc tncy	GDP $Bnn	GDP per Head $	Unem ploy ment %	Liter acy %	Languages
EUROPE
UK	245	60	248	0.3	78	1,500	25,300	5	99	English
Iceland	100	0.3	3	0.9	80	10	35,600	2	99	Icelandic, English
Norway	308	5	16	0.4	79	194	42,300	5	100	Norwegian
Sweden	411	9	2	0.2	80	268	29,800	6	99	Swedish
Denmark	42	5	119	0.3	78	188	34,600	6	99	Danish
France	547	60	110	0.4	79	1,500	25,700	9	99	French
Germany	357	82	230	0.0	78	2,200	26,600	10	99	German
Switzerland	41	7	170	0.4	80	241	32,300	4	99	German
Italy	294	58	201	0.1	79	1,400	25,000	9	99	Italian
Spain	499	40	81	0.2	79	800	20,700	11	98	Spanish
Greece	130	11	85	0.2	79	200	21,300	10	97	Greek
MIDDLE EAST
Turkey	770	70	91	1.0	72	500	7,400	9	86	Turkish
Syria	184	18	98	2.3	70	60	3,400	20	77	Arabic
Lebanon	10	4	400	1.2	72	20	5,000	18	87	Arabic
Jordan	91	6	66	2.5	78	30	4,500	30	91	Arabic
AFRICA
Sudan	2,505	41	16	2.5	59	85	2,100	19	61	Arabic
Ethiopia	1,120	73	65	2.3	48	50	800	-	42	Amharic
Kenya	569	34	60	2.5	48	35	1,100	40	85	English, Kiswahili
Uganda	200	27	135	3.3	51	39	1,500	-	70	English, Ganda
Rwanda	25	8	320	2.4	47	10	1,300	-	70	Kinyarwanda
Tanzania	886	37	42	1.8	45	23	700	-	78	Kiswahili
Malawi	94	12	128	2.0	37	7	600	-	62	Chichewa
Zambia	740	11	15	2.1	39	9	900	50	80	English
Botswana	585	2	3	0.0	33	15	9,200	24	80	Setswana
Mozambique	784	19	24	1.5	40	23	1,200	21	48	Portuguese
South Africa	1,219	44	36	-0.3	43	49	11,100	22	86	Zulu, Xhosa, Africans
Madagascar	581	18	31	3.0	57	10	800	-	69	Malagasy, French
OCEANIA
Australia	7,617	20	3	0.9	80	611	30,700	5	100	English
New Zealand	268	4	15	1.0	79	92	23,200	4	99	English
Tahiti	4	0.3	75	1.5	76	0.4	17,500	12	98	French
SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia	1,038	46	44	1.4	72	337	7,900	12	92	Spanish
Ecuador	276	13.7	20	1.9	72	40	3,200	8	92	Spanish
Peru	1,285	28.4	45	1.6	71	130	4,800	9	91	Spanish
Bolivia	1,084	8.5	128	1.6	65	20	2,500	8	87	Spanish
Chile	748	15.6	48	1.0	76	150	10,100	9	96	Spanish
Argentina	2,736	37.8	72	1.0	75	410	10,500	21	97	Spanish
Uruguay	173	3.4	51	0.8	76	30	7,900	19	98	Spanish
Paraguay	397	6.3	63	2.5	71	20	4,300	18	94	Spanish
Brazil	8,456	169.8	50	1.1	71	1,400	7,600	6.4	86	Portuguese, Spanish
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize	23	0.3	10	2.4	67	10	4,900	9.1	94	English, Spanish, Mayan
Guatemala	109	13.9	13	2.6	65	50	3,700	7.5	70	Spanish, Amerindian
El Salvador	21	6.5	309	1.8	71	30	4,700	10.0	80	Spanish
Honduras	112	6.7	60	2.3	67	20	2,600	28	76	Spanish
Nicuragua	120	5.1	43	2.0	70	10	2,500	24	67	Spanish
Costa Rica	50	3.9	78	1.5	76	30	8,500	6.3	96	Spanish
Panama	76	3.0	39	1.3	72	20	6,000	16	93	Spanish
NORTH AMERICA
Mexico	1,972	104.9	53	1.4	72	900	9,000	3.0	92	Spanish, Mayan
USA	9,159	290.3	32	0.9	77	10,400	37,600	5.8	97	English, Spanish