Countries of the world
This Silk site contains pages for all the United Nations member states. All capitals, Heads of State and Heads of Government are included.
The ten largest countries by population:
The ten oldest world leaders:
Exploring the countries, cities and persons
Because all the pages in this site are linked together we can explore all the countries by their properties and relations. Some examples below.
1. Water in Africa
The amount of water in a country varies heavily. Below the total water area for all African countries is shown.
2. Male vs Female life expectancy around the world
How old people get varies around the world. In some countries the difference between men and women are big as we can see in the graph below.
See the countries with the lowest life expectancy.
3. Countries with decreasing population
A graph of the countries with negative population growth.
Other queries
- Old leaders - showing heads of state older than 80
- Asia's summits - showing the highest points of each Asian country
- Longest train rides - countries with the longest total railways