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- Country: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Capital: Kabul
- Government: Islamic republic
- Population: 28,395,716
- Area: 647,500 km, 251,772 sq mi
- Major language(s): Dari (Persian) and Pashto
- Major religion(s): Islam
- Currency: Afghani (AFN)
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- Country: People's Republic of China
- Capital: Yerevan
- Government: Presidential republic
- Population: 3,262,200
- Area: 29,743 km2, 11,484 sq mi
- Major language: Armenian
- Major religion: Christianity
- Currency: Dram
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- Country: Republic of Azerbaijan
- Capital: Baku
- Government: Presidential republic
- Population: 9,047,000
- Area: 86,600 km2, 33,436 sq mi
- Major language: Azerbaijani
- Major religion: 99% of the population are Muslims
- Currency: Manat (AZN)
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- Country: People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Capital: Dhaka
- Government: Unitary state and parliamentary democracy
- Population: 164.4 million
- Area: 147,570 km2, 56,977 sq mi
- Major language: Bangla
- Major religion: Muslims constitute 89.5 % of the population followed by Hindus who constitute 9.6 %. The remainder of Bangladeshis practice other religions such as Buddhism and Christianity.
- Currency: Taka (BDT)
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- Country: People's Republic of China
- Capital: Beijing
- Government: Socialist
- Population: 1.3 billion
- Area: 3,705,386 miles2 (9,596,960 km2); slightly smaller than the U.S.
- Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
- Major language(s): Chinese Mandarin, and local dialects
- Major religion(s): Officially atheist but traditional religion contains elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism
- Currency: CNY (Chinese Yuan)
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- Country: Arab Republic of Egypt
- Capital: Cairo
- Government: Military junta
- Population: 79,089,650
- Area: 1,002,450 km2, 387,048 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam and Christianity
- Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP)
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- Country: Georgia
- Government: Republic
- Population: 4,615,807
- Area: 69,700 km²; slightly smaller than South Carolina
- Terrain: largely mountainous, opens to the Black Sea in the west; good soils in river valley flood plains
- Major language(s): Georgian (official, 71%), Russian (9%), Armenian (7%), Azeri (6%)
- Major religion(s): Orthodox Christian (83.9%), Muslim (9.9%), Armenian-Gregorian (3.9%)
- Capital & population: T'bilisi; 1.5 million (metropolitan area)
- Currency: GEL (Georgia Laris)
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- Country: Republic of India
- Capital: New Delhi
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 1,166,079,217
- Area: 3,287,263 km²; slightly more than 1/3 the size of U.S.
- Terrain: upland plain in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in the west, Himalayas in north
- Major language(s): There are 15 official languages, Hindi (41%), Bengali (8.1%), Telugu (7.2%)
- Major religion(s): Hindu (80.5%), Muslim (13.4%), Christian, Sikh
- Currency: INR (Indian Rupees)
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- Country: Islamic Republic of Iran
- Capital: Tehran
- Government: Islamic republic
- Population: 76,923,300
- Area: 1,648,195 km2, 636,372 sq mi
- Major language: Persian
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Rial (IRR)
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- Country: Republic of Iraq
- Capital: Baghdad
- Government: Federal parliamentary republic
- Population: 31,234,000
- Area: 438,317 km2, 169,234 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic, Kurdish
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Iraqi dinar (IQD)
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- Country: State of Israel
- Capital: Jerusalem
- Government: Parliamentary democracy
- Population: 7,653,600
- Area: 20,770 / 22,072 km2, 8,019 / 8,522 sq mi
- Major language: Hebrew, Arabic
- Major religion: Judaism
- Currency: Shekel (ILS or NIS)
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- Country: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Capital: Amman
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 6,407,085
- Area: 92,300 km2, 35,637 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Jordanian dinar (JOD)
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- Country: Republic of Kazakhstan
- Government: Republic, authoritarian presidential rule
- Population: 15,399,437
- Area: 2,724,900 km²; approx. four times the size of Texas
- Terrain: vast steppe surrounded by Altai mountains; Siberian plains in the north and oases and deserts of Central Asia in the south
- Major language(s): Kazakh (state language, 64.4%), Russian (official, 95%)
- Major religion(s): Muslim (47%), Russian Orthodox (44%)
- Capital & population: Astana; 750,000
- Monetary unit: KZT (Kazakhstan Tenges)
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- Country: State of Kuwait
- Capital: Kuwait City
- Government: Constitutional hereditary emirate
- Population: 3,566,437
- Area: 17,820 km2, 6,880 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
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- Country: Kyrgyz Republic
- Government: Republic
- Population: 5,431,747
- Area: 199,951 km²; slightly smaller than South Dakota
- Terrain: Peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation
- Major language(s): Kyrgyz (official, 64.7%), Uzbek (13.6%), Russian (official, 12.5%)
- Major religion(s): Muslim (75%), Russian Orthodox (20%)
- Capital & population: Bishkek; 1.3 million (metro area)
- Monetary unit: KGS (Kyrgyzstan Soms)
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- Country: Republic of Lebanon
- Capital: Beirut
- Government: Confessionalist, parliamentary republic
- Population: 4,224,000
- Area:10,452 km2, 4,036 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic, French
- Major religion: Islam and Christianity
- Currency: Lebanese pound (LBP)
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- Country: Libya
- Capital: Tripoli
- Government: Jamahiriya
- Population: 6,420,000
- Area:1,759,541 km2, 679,359 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Dinar (LYD)
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- Country: Mongolia
- Capital: Ulan Bator
- Government: Parliamentary republic
- Population: 2,736,800
- Area:1,564,115.75 km2, 603,909 sq mi
- Major language: Mongolian
- Major religion: Tibetan Buddhism
- Currency: Tögrög (MNT)
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- Country: Kingdom of Morocco
- Capital: Rabat
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Population: 32,200,000
- Area: 710,850 km2 (57th) 274,460 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)
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- Country: Sultanate of Oman
- Capital: Muscat
- Government: Islamic absolute monarchy
- Population: 2,845,000
- Area: 309,550 km2,119,498 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Rial (OMR)
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- Country: Islamic Republick of Pakistan
- Government: Federal republic
- Population: 176,242,949
- Area: 796,095 km²; slightly less than twice the size of California
- Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west
- Major language(s): Punjabi (48%), Sindhi (12%), Siraiki (10%), Pashtu (8%), Urdu (official, 8%)
- Major religion(s): Muslim (95%)
- Capital & population: Islamabad; 1.87 million
- Monetary unit: PKR (Pakistan Rupees)
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- Country: State of Qatar
- Capital: Doha
- Government: Absolute monarchy
- Population: 1,696,563
- Area: 11,437 km2, 4,416 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Riyal (QAR)
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- Country: Russian Federation
- Government: Federation
- Population: 140,041,247
- Area: 17,098,242 km²; approx. 1.8 times the size of U.S.
- Terrain: Broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions
- Major language(s): Russian, many minority languages
- Major religion(s): Russian Orthodox (15%), Muslim (10%)
- Capital & population: Moscow; 10.5 million
- Monetary unit: RUB (Russia Rubles)
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- Country: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Capital: Riyadh
- Government: Islamic absolute monarchy
- Population: 27,136,977
- Area: 2,149,690 km2, 830,000 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Saudi Riyal (SR) (SAR)
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- Country: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
- Government: Democratic Socialist Republic
- Population: 20,238,000
- Area: 65,610 km2, 25,332 sq mi
- Major language: Sinhala, Tamil
- Major religion: Religions which today exist in Sri Lanka, in addition to Buddhism and Hinduism include Islam as well as different churches of Christianity.
- Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
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- Country: Republic of the Sudan
- Capital: Khartoum
- Government: Federal presidential democratic republic
- Population: 43,939,598
- Area: 2,505,813 km2, 967,500 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic, English
- Major religion: seventy percent of the population adheres to Islam, while the remainder of the population follows either animist and indigenous beliefs (twenty-five percent) or Christianity (five percent).
- Currency: Sudanese pound (SDG)
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- Country: Syrian Arab Republic
- Capital: Damascus
- Government: Presidential single party republic under Emergency Law since 1963.
- Population: 22,505,000
- Area: 185,180 km2, 71,479 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Muslim 87%, Druze 3% and Christian 10%
- Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)
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- Country: Republic of Tajikistan
- Government: Republic
- Population: 7,349,145
- Area: 143,100 km²; slightly smaller than Wisconsin
- Terrain: Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
- Major language(s): Tajik (official), Russian used widely
- Major religion(s): Sunni Muslim (85%), Shia Muslim (5%)
- Capital & population: Dushanbe; 679,400
- Monetary unit: TJS (Tajikistan Somoni)
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- Country: Republic of Turkey
- Capital: Ankara
- Government: Parliamentary republic
- Population: 77,804,122
- Area: 783,562 km2, 302,535 sq mi
- Major language: Turkish
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Turkish lira (TRY)
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- Country: Turkmenistan
- Capital: Ashgabat
- Government: Presidential republic Single-party state
- Population: 5,110,000
- Area: 488,100 km2,188,456 sq mi
- Major language: Turkmen
- Major religion: Muslims constitute 89% of the population while 9% of the population are followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the remaining 2% religion is reported as non-religious.
- Currency: Turkmen new manat (TMT)
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- Country: United Arab Emirates
- Capital: Abu Dhabi
- Government: Federal presidential system and constitutional monarchy
- Population: 4,975,593
- Area: 83,600 1 km2, 32,278 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: UAE dirham (AED)
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- Country: Republic of Uzbekistan
- Capital: Tashkent
- Government: Presidential Republic
- Population: 27,606,007
- Area: 447,400 km2,172,742 sq mi
- Major language: Uzbek
- Major religion: Muslims constitute 90% of the population while 5% of the population follow Russian Orthodox Christianity
- Currency: Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi) (UZS)
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- Country: Republic of Yemen
- Capital: Sana‘a
- Government: Presidential democracy
- Population: 23,580,000
- Area: 555,000 km2, 203,849 sq mi
- Major language: Arabic
- Major religion: Islam
- Currency: Yemeni rial (YER)
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