 
Canada:
- Area: 9,970,610 sq.km.
- Capital: Ottawa
- Population: 31,146,639 as of 2000.
- A federal monarchy with parliamentary government.
- Religions:
Christian 75.73%
non-Religious 18.27%
Other 6.00%
- There is freedom of religion, but secularization is growing quickly all over the country.
- Literacy 99%. Official Languages English, French. All indigenous languages 76. Languages with Scriptures 6Bi 11NT 23por 12w.i.p.
Colombia:
- Area: 1,141,748 sq.km.
- Capital: Santa Fé de Bogotà
- Population: 42,321,361 as of 2000.
- Republic state, but Colombia has gone through almost 200 years of violence, war, and terrorism between the competing parties in politics and other groups that fall between the Left and Right.
- Religions:
Christian 95.45%
non-Religious 2.72%
Other 1.83%
- Though there is freedom of religion, there was intense persecution for those who didn’t submit to Roman Catholicism for many years. In the past 15 years, greater freedom has been given to ethnic and religious minorities.
- Literacy 70%. Official Language Spanish. All languages 77. Languages with Scripture 1 Bi 31NT 21por 26w.i.p.
Cuba:
- Area: 465,468 sq.km.
- Capital: Havana
- Population: 11,200,684 as of 2000.
- Independent republic with Communist government under Castro’s dictatorship.
- Religions:
Christian 46.88%
non-Religious/other 35.47%
Spiritist 17.00%
Other 0.65%
- Though there is still harassment, discrimination against Christians is illegal according to their constitution. There is strict control over the church and its dealings, but that has lessened a little in recent years.
- Literacy 96%. Official Language Spanish.
Germany:
- Area: 357,042 sq.km.
- Capital: Berlin
- Population: 82,220,490 as of 2000.
- A federal republic since 1990.
- Religions:
Christian 69.47%
non-Religious/other 26.59%
Muslim 3.70%
Other 0.23%
- There is religious freedom, but animosity toward anything truly Christian is growing steadily.
- Literacy almost 100%. Official Language German. All languages 20. Languages with Scriptures 6Bi 3NT 5por.
Guatemala:
- Area: 108,889 sq.km.
- Capital: Guatemala City
- Population: 11,385,295 as of 2000.
- An independent republic that has gone through almost 200 years of oppression, suffering and violence. They finished off the 1900’s with 40 years of guerilla wars, and in 1996 a peace agreement was made. However, recent elections were won by leaders who supported the repressive regimes before.
- Religions:
Christian 97.52%
non-Religious/other 1.90%
Other 0.58%
- There was an official separation of Church and state over 100 years ago, which gave much more religious freedom to Evangelicals.
- Literacy 56%, but in practice nearer to 30%. Official Language Spanish, but not used by over 40% as their primary language. All languages 42. Languages with Scriptures 8Bi 21NT 13por 17w.i.p.
India:
- Area: 3,166,000 sq.km.
- Capital: Delhi
- Population: 1,013,661,777 as of 2000.
- The world’s largest functioning democracy.
- Religions:
Hindu/other 79.83%
Muslim 12.50%
Christian 2.40%
Sikh 1.92%
Traditional ethnic 1.40%
Other 1.95%
- Full religious freedom of worship and witness for all religions is written in the constitution, but the Hindutva extremism caused a rise of heavy persecution against Muslims and Christians. Many restrictions are imposed on Christians. India is ranked as 29th in the world on the persecution index.
- Literacy 62%. Official languages Hindi (language of Union, 66% speak it); English (legislative and judicial language of wider communication, 19% speak it). Scheduled languages 18. All languages 1,652 (1971 census). The SIL Ethnologue lists 407 living languages. Languages with Scriptures 53Bi 42NT 40por 68w.i.p.
Kenya:
- Area: 582,646 sq.km.
- Capital: Nairobi.
- Population: 30,080,372 as of 2000.
- Independent republic… virtually a one-party state… not good.
- Religions:
Christian 78.64%
Traditional ethnic 11.50%
Muslim 8.00%
Other 1.86%
- Full freedom of religion.
- Literacy 78%. Official Languages English, Swahili. All languages 61. Languages with Scriptures 16Bi 6NT 17w.i.p.
Nicaragua:
- Area: 127,849 sq.km.
- Capital: Managua
- Population: 5,074,194 as of 2000.
- Independent republic… government…
- Religions:
Christian 90.90%
Other/non-Religious 9.10%
- Full freedom of religion.
- Literacy 66%. Official Language Spanish. All languages 7. Languages with Scriptures 3Bi 1NT 1w.i.p.
Russia:
- Area: 17,075,400 sq.km.
- Capital: Moscow
- Population: 146,933,847 as of 2000.
- Though a multi-party federal democracy was instituted in 1990, changes have occurred more recently that make basic freedoms look like they are on their way out.
- Religions:
Christian 54.07%
non-Religious 31.08%
Muslim 10.20%
Traditional ethnic 1.10%
Other 3.55%
- Freedom of religion is written in the constitution, but since Orthodoxy has a long history in Russia, there is discrimination against minority religions.
- Literacy 98%. Official Language Russian; local languages in autonomous republics. All languages 96. Languages with Scriptures 3Bi 8NT 40por 80w.i.p.
Scotland:
- Area: 78,800 sq.km.
- Capital: Edinburgh
- Population: 5,128,000 as of 2000.
- A part of the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom. Has its own parliament.
- Religions (for U.K.):
Christian 67.63%
non-Religious/other 28.00%
Muslim 2.00%
Other 2.37%
- Full freedom of religion.
- (For U.K.) Literacy 98%. Official language English. All languages 15 indigenous. Indigenous languages with Scriptures 7Bi 2NT. There are more translations of the Bible into English than any other language.
United States of America:
- Area: 9,529,063 sq.km.
- Capital: Washington D.C.
- Population: 278,357,141 as of 2000.
- Independent federal republic with strong democratic tradition, emphasis on private initiative and civil liberties.
- Religions:
Christian 84.53%
non-Religious 9.40%
Jewish 2.00%
Muslim 1.49%
Other 2.58%
- Full freedom of religion with a constitution influenced strongly by Christianity, though there is a separation of church and state.
- Literacy 96%. Official Language English. All indigenous languages 176. Indigenous languages with Scriptures 6Bi 11NT 39por 25w.i.p.
Vietnam:
- Area: 331,653 sq.km.
- Capital: Hanoi (3,500,000)
- Population: 79,831,650 as of 2000.
- Socialist Government… The Communist party controls all government policy and activity.
- Religions
Buddhist 54.14%
non-Religious 21.80%
Christian 8.16%
Traditional ethnic 8.10%
Other 7.80%
- Persecution Index 6th in the world.
- Literacy 94%. Official Language Vietnamese. All indigenous languages 87. Languages with Scriptures 4Bi 11NT 18por 9w.i.p.
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