FAQ

 

I am looking for the official list of all the countries in the world

The experts of the United Nations created a list of the names of every country in their local official language and also in English, Spanish and French.  The get the list, see the United Nations website.

I want to see the alphabetical list of all the countries with their capitals

The classification of the countries by their area can be found on: Wikipedia.

Where can I find more information on the countries that I will visit? 

The CIA website in English gives you news, geographic map, length of the borders with the bordering countries, the structure by age of the population and other useful statistics.

A daily international website for news in different countries?

Have a look at the Filinfo website.

How to get information on countries of the Arabic world?

You can visit the website of the institute of the Arabic world.

Which are the main travel guides? 

 • Lonely Planet
•  Columbus
•  Berlitz

Where can I get information on the current exchange rate? 

To have the exchange rate of the day, visit the x-rates.com website.

What is the cost of living for the country where I am planning to go? 

You can have this information by visiting finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm.

Which are the largest cities in the world? 

A world-wide geographic map as well as the list of the 300 largest cities in the world can be found at: populationdata.

Where can I access a list of countries and their capitals with the number of inhabitants?

See the information at infoplease.

How many languages are disappearing each year in the world? 

Out of 7000 spoken languages in the world, a language disappears every 15 days on average according to Unesco.

To learn about the different languages spoken in a country

Get the information at ethnologue.

Which cities have a subway system? 

You will find a lot of information about subway systems in the world at: urbanrail.net.