South Africa
  • President: Jacob Zuma (2009)
  • Total area: 471,008 sq mi (1,219,912 sq km)
  • Population (2014 est.): 48,375,645 (growth rate: –0.48%); birth rate: 18.94/1000; infant mortality rate: 41.61/1000; life expectancy: 49.56; density per sq mi: 109.8
  • Administrative capital (2011 est.): Pretoria, 1.501 million; Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town, 3.562 million. Judicial capital:Bloemfontein, 468,000. No decision has been made to relocate the seat of government. South Africa is demarcated into nine provinces, consisting of the Gauteng, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, North West, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Free State. Each province has its own capital.
  • Other large cities: Johannesburg, 3.844 million; Ekurhuleni, 3.357 million; Durban, 3.012 million (2011).
  • Monetary unit: Rand
  • Languages: IsiZulu 22.7%, IsiXhosa 16%, Afrikaans 13.5%, Sepedi 9.1%, English 9.6%, Setswana 8%, Sesotho 7.6%, Xitsonga 4.5%, siSwati 2.5%, Tshivenda 2.4%, isiNdebele 2.1%, other 1.6% (2011)
  • Ethnicity/race: black African 79.2%, white 8.9%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5%, other 0.5% (2011)
  • Religions: Zionist Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Catholic 7.1%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001)
  • Literacy rate: 93% (2011 est.)

Cambodia
  • King: Norodom Sihamoni (2004)
  • Prime Minister: Hun Sen (1998)
  • Land area: 68,154 sq mi (176,519 sq km); total area: 69,900 sq mi (181,040 sq km)
  • Population (2014 est.): 15,458,332 (growth rate: 1.63%); birth rate: 24.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 51.36/1000; life expectancy: 63.78
  • Capital and largest city (2011 est.):Phnom Penh, 1.55 million
  • Monetary unit: Riel
  • National Name: Preahreacheanacha Kampuchea
  • Languages: Khmer (official) 96.3%, other 3.7% (2008 est.)
  • Ethnicity/race: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%
  • National Holiday: Independence Day, November 9
  • Religions: Buddhist (official) 96.9%, Muslim 1.9%, Christian 0.4%, other 0.8% (2008 est.)
  • Literacy rate: 73.6% (2011 est.)

Russia
  • President: Vladimir Putin (2012)
  • Land area: 6,592,812 sq mi (17,075,400 sq km); total area:6,592,735 sq mi (17,075,200 sq km)
  • Population (2014 est.): 142,470,272 (growth rate: –0.03%); birth rate: 11.87/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.08/1000; life expectancy: 70.16; density per sq mi: 21.5
  • Capital and largest city (2011 est.):Moscow, 11.621 million
  • Other large cities: St. Petersburg, 4.866 million; Novosibirsk, 1.478 million; Yekaterinburg, 1.355 million; Nizhny Novgorod, 1.245 million; Samara, 1.166 million
  • Monetary unit: Russian ruble (RUR)
  • ​​Languages: Russian (official) 96.3%, Dolgang 5.3%, German 1.5%, Chechen 1%, Tatar 3%, other 10.3% (2010 est.)
  • Ethnicity/race: Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010)
  • Religions: Russian Orthodox 15%–20%, other Christian 2%, Islam 10%–15% (2006 est.; includes practicing worshippers only)
  • Literacy rate: 99.7% (2010 est.)
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