Independent Countries of the World Today
The separate nationalities grouped under their respective hemispheres and continental divisions. On account of the European war the boundaries and statistics of the nations engaged will, doubtless, be subject to important changes within the next decade.
| COUNTRIES | Population | Square Miles | Capitals | Present Official Head and Date of Birth | Title and Date of Accession | Salary or Budget | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTERN HEMISPHERE | ||||||||
| (1) | Europe | |||||||
| Albania | 825,000 | 11,000 | Durazzo | Essad Pasha (b....) | President (1914) | ... | ||
| Andorra | 6,000 | 175 | Andorra | ... | Consul | ... | ||
| Austria-Hungary | 50,000,000 | 260,034 | Vienna | Charles (b.1887) | Emperor (1917) | $ 4,520,000 | ||
| Belgium | 7,571,387 | 11,373 | Brussels | Albert (b.1875) | King (1909) | 623,600 | ||
| Bulgaria | 4,755,000 | 43,000 | Sofia | Ferdinand (b.1861) | Czar (1887) | 250,000 | ||
| Denmark | 2,775,076 | 15,388 | Copenhagen | Christian X. (b.1870) | King (1912) | 262,500 | ||
| France | 30,601,509 | 207,054 | Paris | Raymond Poincaré (b.1860) | President (1913) | 140,000 | ||
| German Empire | 66,715,000 | 208,780 | Berlin | William II. (b.1859) | Emperor (1888) | 3,700,000 | ||
| King (1888) | ||||||||
| Great Britain | See page 467 | ... | ... | George V. (b.1865) | King (1910) | 2,350,000 | ||
| Greece | 5,000,000 | 46,522 | Athens | Constantine (b.1868) | King (1913) | 260,000 | ||
| Holland or Netherlands | 6,500,000 | 12,648 | Amsterdam | Wilhelmina (b.1880) | Queen (1898) | 250,000 | ||
| Italy | 35,240,000 | 110,623 | Rome | Victor Emmanuel III. (b.1869) | King (1900) | 2,650,000 | ||
| Luxemburg | 268,000 | 999 | Luxemburg | Marie (b.1894) | Grand Duchess (1912) | ... | ||
| Monaco | 20,000 | 8 | ... | Albert (b.1848) | Prince (1889) | ... | ||
| Montenegro | 520,000 | 5,650 | Cettinje | Nicholas (b.1841) | King (1910) | 24,000 | ||
| Norway | 2,459,000 | 124,129 | Christiania | Haakon VII. (b.1872) | King (1905) | 185,000 | ||
| Poland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Portugal | 5,957,985 | 35,490 | Lisbon | Dr. Bernardino Machado (b.1850) | President (1915) | ... | ||
| Roumania | 7,600,000 | 54,000 | Bucharest | Ferdinand (b.1865) | King (1914) | 227,520 | ||
| Russian Empire | 171,000,000 | 8,647,657 | Petrograd | Nicholas II. (b.1868) | Emperor (1894) | 12,000,000 | ||
| San Marino | 10,655 | 38 | ... | ... | President (....) | ... | ||
| Servia | 4,600,000 | 34,000 | ... | Peter (b.1844) | King (1903) | 225,000 | ||
| Spain | 19,588,688 | 190,050 | Madrid | Alfonso XIII. (b.1886) | King (1886) | 1,344,000 | ||
| Sweden | 5,476,441 | 172,876 | Stockholm | Gustaf V. (b.1858) | King (1907) | 416,500 | ||
| Switzerland | 3,741,971 | 15,976 | Berne | Dr. Shulteis (b....) | President (1917) | 3,000 | ||
| Turkey (Europe) | 1,892,000 | 11,000 | Constantinople | Mohammed V. (b.1884) | Sultan (1909) | 7,500,000 | ||
| (2) | Asia | |||||||
| Afghanistan | 6,000,000 | 250,000 | Kabul | Habibulla Khan (b.1872) | Ameer (1901) | ... | ||
| Arabia | 3,500,000 | 1,000,000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Bhutan | 250,000 | 20,000 | Punakha | ... | ... | ... | ||
| China | 400,000,000 | 2,169,200 | Pekin | Li Yuan Hung (b....) | President (1916) | ... | ||
| Japan | 52,985,423 | 147,655 | Tokio | Yoshihito (b.1879) | Emperor (1912) | 2,250,000 | ||
| Nepal | 4,000,000 | 54,000 | Khatmandu | Dhiraja Tribhubana Sh’sher Jang (b.1906) | Maharaja (1911) | ... | ||
| Oman | 750,000 | 82,000 | Muscat | Seyyid Taimur bin Turkee (b....) | Sultan (1913) | 250,000 | ||
| Persia | 9,000,000 | 628,000 | Teheran | Ahmed Mirza (b.1897) | Shah (1914) | ... | ||
| Siam | 6,000,000 | 220,000 | Bangkok | Vagiravudh (b.1880) | King (1910) | 2,000,000 | ||
| Turkey (Asia) | 19,382,000 | 699,224 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| (3) | Africa | |||||||
| Abyssinia | 8,000,000 | 390,000 | Adis Ababa | Lij Ey-assu (b....) | Emperor (1914) | ... | ||
| Liberia | 2,060,000 | 41,000 | Monrovia | D. E. Howard (b....) | President (1912) | ... | ||
| Morocco | 6,500,000 | 200,000 | Fez | Muley Yusoef (b.1875) | Sultan (1912) | ... | ||
| WESTERN HEMISPHERE | ||||||||
| (1) | North America | |||||||
| Costa Rica | 420,180 | 23,000 | San Jose | Alfredo Gonzalez (b....) | President (1914) | ... | ||
| Cuba | 2,383,000 | 44,164 | Havana | Mario G. Menocal (b....) | President (1913) | 25,000 | ||
| Dominican Republic | 700,000 | 19,325 | San Domingo | Ramon Baez (b....) | President (1914) | ... | ||
| Guatemala | 2,119,165 | 48,290 | Guatemala | Manuel Estrada Cabrera (b.1856) | President (1911) | ... | ||
| Haiti | 2,000,000 | 10,204 | Port-au-Prince | Gen. Dartiguenave (b....) | President (1915) | 24,000 | ||
| Honduras | 600,000 | 46,250 | Tegucigalpa | Dr. Bertrand (b.1867) | President (1913) | ... | ||
| Mexico | 15,063,207 | 765,535 | City of Mexico | Venustiano Carranza (b....) | President (1915) | 50,000 | ||
| Nicaragua | 500,000 | 49,200 | Managua | Adolfo Diaz (b....) | President (1911) | ... | ||
| Panama | 427,000 | 32,380 | Panama | Belisario Porras (b....) | President (1912) | 24,000 | ||
| San Salvador | 700,000 | 7,325 | San Salvador | Carlos Melendez (b....) | President (1913) | ... | ||
| United States | 112,445,000 | 3,743,312 | Washington | Woodrow Wilson (b.1856) | President (1913) | 75,000 | ||
| (2) | South America | |||||||
| Argentina | 8,000,000 | 1,153,418 | Buenos Ayres | Victorino de la Plaza (b....) | President (1914) | 36,000 | ||
| Bolivia | 2,267,925 | 708,195 | La Paz | Ismael Montes (b....) | President (1913) | ... | ||
| Brazil | 24,000,000 | 3,292,000 | Rio de Janeiro | W. B. Pereira Gomes (b....) | President (1914) | 40,000 | ||
| Chile | 5,000,000 | 292,100 | Santiago | Juan Luis San Fuentes (b....) | President (1915) | 7,000 | ||
| Columbia | 5,500,000 | 438,000 | Bogata | Jose Vicente Concha (b....) | President (....) | ... | ||
| Ecuador | 1,500,000 | 116,000 | Quito | Leonidas Plaza (b....) | President (....) | 12,000 | ||
| Paraguay | 800,000 | 196,000 | Asuncion | Eduardo Schaerer (b....) | President (1912) | 9,500 | ||
| Peru | 4,000,000 | 680,000 | Lima | Jose Pardo (b....) | President (1915) | 12,000 | ||
| Uruguay | 1,300,000 | 72,210 | Montevideo | Feliciano Viera (b....) | President (1915) | 36,000 | ||
| Venezuela | 3,000,000 | 393,976 | Caracas | Juan Vincente Gomez (b....) | President (1915) | ... | ||