Location:
Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser
Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago;
note - East Timor includes the eastern half of the island
of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion
of the island of Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and
Pulau Jaco
Population: 1,019,252
note: other estimates
range as low as 800,000 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Dili
GDP per capita: purchasing
power parity - $500 (2001 est.)
SOMALIA
Location:Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the
Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia Population:8,591,629 note: this estimate
was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali
Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated
by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in
response to famine and clan warfare (July 2005 est.)
Capital: Mogadishu
GDP per capita: purchasing
power parity - $600 (2004 est.)
Sierra Leone
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia Population: 5,883,889
(July 2004 est.) Capital:Freetown GDP per capita: purchasing
power parity - $500 (2004 est.)
Malawi
Location:
Southern Africa, east of Zambia Population:
12,158,924 note: estimates
for this country explicitly take into account the effects
of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates,
lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution
of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
(July 2005 est.) Capital:Lilongwe GDP per capita:purchasing power parity - $600 (2004 est.)
Tanzania
Location:Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between
Kenya and Mozambique Population:36,766,356 note:estimates for this country explicitly take into account
the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result
in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death
rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the
distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise
be expected (July 2005 est.). Capital: Dar
es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred
to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the
National Assembly now meets there on regular basis GDP per capita:
purchasing power parity - $700 (2004 est.)
Burundi
Location:Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the
Congo Population:6,370,609 note:estimates for this country explicitly take into account
the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result
in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death
rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the
distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise
be expected (July 2005 est.) Capital:Bujumbura GDP per capita:
purchasing power parity - $600 (2004 est.)
Congo, Republic
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean,
between Angola and Gabon Population:2,998,040 note:estimates for this country explicitly take into account
the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result
in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death
rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the
distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise
be expected (July 2004 est.) Capital:Brazzaville GDP per capita:purchasing power parity - $700 (2004 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic
Location:
Central Africa, northeast of Angola Population:58,317,930 note:estimates for this country explicitly take into account
the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result
in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death
rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the
distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise
be expected (July 2004 est.) Capital:Kinshasa GDP per capita:purchasing power parity - $700 (2004 est.)
Comoros
Location:Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern
mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way
between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique Population:671,247 (July 2005 est.) Capital:Moroni GDP per capita:purchasing power parity - $700 (2002 est.)
Eritrea
Location:Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti
and Sudan
Population: 4,561,599
(July 2005 est.) Capital:
Asmara
GDP per capita: purchasing
power parity - $900 (2004 est.)