Businesses trading accross the globe must familiar with the international dateline, time zone and currencies used by the businesses in other countries in order to facilitate smooth business dealings.
The Table provides basic information about each country's population, name of its capital, abbreviation, code, time zone and its monetary unit.
Country
|
Abbr.
|
GMT
|
Population (million)
|
Capital
|
Population (million)
|
Country code
|
Currency
|
|
Algeria
|
DZ
|
+1
|
33
|
Algiers
|
1.6
|
213
|
Dinar
|
|
Argentina
|
RA
|
-3
|
40
|
Buenos Aires
|
2.8
|
54
|
Peso
|
|
Australia
|
AUS
|
+10
|
21
|
Canberra
|
0.33
|
61
|
A. Dollar
|
|
Austria
|
A
|
+8
|
8
|
Vienna
|
1.6
|
43
|
euro
|
|
Bangladesh
|
BD
|
+6
|
149
|
Dhaka
|
5.7
|
880
|
taka
|
|
Belarus
|
BY
|
+2
|
10
|
Minsk
|
1.8
|
375
|
ruble
|
|
Belgium
|
B
|
+1
|
10
|
Brussels
|
0.15
|
32
|
euro
|
|
Bolivia
|
BOL
|
-4
|
9
|
La Paz
|
0.8
|
591
|
boliviano
|
|
Bosnia & Herz
|
BIH
|
+1
|
4
|
Sarajevo
|
0.41
|
387
|
mark
|
|
Brazil
|
BR
|
-3
|
187
|
Brasilia
|
2.1
|
55
|
real
|
|
Bulgaria
|
BG
|
+2
|
8
|
Sofia
|
1.1
|
359
|
lev
|
|
Canada
|
CDN
|
-5
|
33
|
Ottawa
|
0.78
|
1
|
C. Dollar
|
|
Chile
|
RCH
|
-4
|
16
|
Santiago
|
4.7
|
56
|
peso
|
|
China
|
VRC
|
+8
|
1314
|
Beijing
|
7.5
|
86
|
yuan
|
|
Colombia
|
CO
|
-5
|
42
|
Bogota
|
6.9
|
57
|
Peso
|
|
Croatia
|
HR
|
+1
|
5
|
Zagreb
|
0.7
|
385
|
kuna
|
|
Cuba
|
C
|
+5
|
12
|
Havana
|
2.3
|
53
|
peso
|
|
Czech Republic
|
CZ
|
+1
|
10
|
Prague
|
1.2
|
420
|
Koruna
|
|
Denmark
|
DK
|
+1
|
5
|
Copenhagen
|
0.6
|
45
|
Krone
|
|
Ecuador
|
EC
|
-5
|
13
|
Quito
|
1.5
|
593
|
U.S. Dollar
|
|
Egypt
|
ET
|
+2
|
79
|
Cairo
|
7.7
|
20
|
E. Pound
|
|
Ethiopia
|
ETH
|
+3
|
75
|
Addis Ababa
|
2.8
|
251
|
birr
|
|
Finland
|
FIN
|
+2
|
5
|
Helsinki
|
0.6
|
358
|
euro
|
|
France
|
F
|
+1
|
64
|
Paris
|
2.2
|
33
|
euro
|
|
Germany
|
D
|
+1
|
82
|
Berlin
|
3.4
|
49
|
euro
|
|
Ghana
|
GH
|
GMT
|
21
|
Accra
|
1.6
|
233
|
cedi
|
|
Greece
|
GR
|
+2
|
11
|
Athens
|
0.8
|
30
|
euro
|
|
Hong Kong
|
HK
|
+8
|
7
|
Victoria
|
0.7
|
852
|
H.K. Dollar
|
|
Hungary
|
H
|
+1
|
10
|
Budapest
|
1.8
|
36
|
forint
|
|
India
|
IND
|
+5.3
|
1119
|
New Delhi
|
0.3
|
91
|
rupee
|
|
Indonesia
|
RI
|
+7
|
233
|
Jakarta
|
8.4
|
62
|
rupiah
|
|
Iran
|
IR
|
+3.3
|
70
|
Tehran
|
7.1
|
98
|
rial
|
|
Iraq
|
IRQ
|
+3
|
28
|
Baghdad
|
5.5
|
964
|
dinar
|
|
Ireland
|
IRL
|
GMT
|
4
|
Dublin
|
0.5
|
353
|
euro
|
|
Isreal
|
ISR
|
+2
|
7
|
Tel Aviv
|
0.71
|
972
|
Shekel
|
|
Italy
|
I
|
+1
|
58
|
Rome
|
2.6
|
39
|
euro
|
|
Japan
|
J
|
+9
|
127
|
Tokyo
|
8.1
|
81
|
yen
|
|
Kenya
|
EAK
|
+3
|
34
|
Nairobi
|
2.2
|
254
|
shiling
|
|
Lithuania
|
LT
|
+2
|
3
|
Vilnius
|
0.6
|
370
|
litas
|
|
Luxembourg
|
L
|
+1
|
0.5
|
Luxembourg
|
0.08
|
352
|
euro
|
|
Madagascar
|
RM
|
+3
|
18
|
Antananarivo
|
1.7
|
261
|
ariary
|
|
Malaysia
|
MAL
|
+8
|
25
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
1.4
|
60
|
ringgit
|
|
Mexico
|
MEX
|
-6
|
108
|
Mexico city
|
8.7
|
52
|
peso
|
|
Morocco
|
MA
|
GMT
|
31
|
Rabat
|
0.7
|
212
|
dirham
|
|
Netherlands
|
NL
|
+1
|
16
|
Amsterdam
|
0.8
|
31
|
euro
|
|
New Zealand
|
NZ
|
+12
|
4
|
Wellington
|
0.17
|
64
|
N.Z. Dollar
|
|
Nigeria
|
WAN
|
+1
|
132
|
Abuja
|
0.5
|
234
|
naira
|
|
Norway
|
N
|
+1
|
5
|
Oslo
|
0.6
|
47
|
krone
|
|
Pakistan
|
PK
|
+5
|
159
|
Islamabad
|
0.6
|
92
|
rupee
|
|
Peru
|
PE
|
-5
|
27
|
Lima
|
6.5
|
51
|
nuevo sol
|
|
Philippines
|
RP
|
+8
|
90
|
Manila
|
1.6
|
63
|
peso
|
|
Poland
|
PL
|
+1
|
38
|
Warsaw
|
1.7
|
48
|
zioty
|
|
Potugal
|
P
|
GMT
|
11
|
Lisbon
|
0.6
|
351
|
euro
|
|
Romania
|
RO
|
+2
|
21
|
Bucharest
|
2
|
40
|
leu
|
|
Russia
|
RUS
|
+3
|
142
|
Moscow
|
11
|
7
|
ruble
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
KSA
|
+3
|
25
|
Riyadh
|
4.1
|
966
|
riyal
|
|
Serbia
|
SR
|
+1
|
10
|
Belgrade
|
1.3
|
381
|
dinar
|
|
Singapore
|
SGP
|
+8
|
4
|
Singapore
|
3.3
|
65
|
S dollar
|
|
Slovakia
|
SK
|
+1
|
5
|
Bratislava
|
0.5
|
421
|
koruna
|
|
South Africa
|
ZA
|
+2
|
47
|
Pretoria
|
0.7
|
27
|
rand
|
|
South Korea
|
ROK
|
+9
|
49
|
Seoul
|
9.9
|
82
|
won
|
|
Spain
|
E
|
+1
|
43
|
Madrid
|
3.1
|
34
|
euro
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
CL
|
+5.3
|
20
|
Colombo
|
0.12
|
94
|
rupee
|
|
Sudan
|
SUD
|
+3
|
36
|
Khartoum
|
1
|
249
|
dinarS
|
|
Sweden
|
S
|
+1
|
9
|
Stockholm
|
0.8
|
46
|
krona
|
|
Switzerland
|
CH
|
+1
|
7
|
Bern
|
0.12
|
41
|
S. Franc
|
|
Taiwan
|
RC
|
+8
|
23
|
Taipei
|
2.7
|
886
|
T. Dollar
|
|
Tanzania
|
EAT
|
+3
|
38
|
Dodoma
|
0.15
|
255
|
shiling
|
|
Thailand
|
THA
|
+7
|
65
|
Bangkok
|
6.4
|
66
|
baht
|
|
Tunisia
|
TN
|
+1
|
10
|
Tunis
|
0.7
|
216
|
dinar
|
|
Turkey
|
TR
|
+2
|
70
|
Ankara
|
3.3
|
90
|
lira
|
|
Ukraine
|
UA
|
+2
|
46
|
Kiev
|
2.7
|
380
|
hryvnia
|
|
United Kingdom
|
UK
|
GMT
|
61
|
London
|
7.4
|
44
|
pound
|
|
Uruguay
|
ROU
|
-3
|
3
|
Montevideo
|
1.4
|
598
|
peso
|
|
USA
|
USA
|
-5
|
300
|
Washington DC
|
0.6
|
1
|
dollar
|
|
Venezuela
|
YV
|
-4
|
26
|
Caracas
|
1.9
|
58
|
bolivar
|
|
Vietnam
|
VN
|
+7
|
85
|
Hanoi
|
2.7
|
84
|
dong
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
ZW
|
+2
|
13
|
Harare
|
1.5
|
263
|
zim dollar
|
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