ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Head of government: Prime Minister Lester Bryant Bird; population: 66,000; Gross domestic product: $524 million, per capita $8,200.
ARGENTINA
Head of government: President Fernando de la Rua; population: 36.9 million; GDP: $367 billion, per capita $10,000.
BAHAMAS
Head of government: Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham; population: 294,982; GDP: $5.58 billion, per capita $20,000 (1998 estimate).
BARBADOS
Head of government: Prime Minister Owen Seymour Arthur; population: 274,540; GDP: $2.9 billion, per capita $11,200 (1998 estimate).
BELIZE
Head of government: Prime Minister Said Musa; population: 249,183; GDP: $740 million, per capita $3,100.
BOLIVIA
Head of government: President Hugo Banzer Suarez; population: 8.2 million; GDP: $24.2 billion, per capita $3,000.
BRAZIL
Head of government: President Fernando Henrique Cardoso; population: 172.9 million; GDP: $1.05 trillion, per capita $6,150.
CANADA
Head of government: Prime Minister Jean Chretien; population: 31 million; GDP: $722.3 billion, per capita $23,300.
CHILE
Head of government: President Ricardo Lagos Escobar; population: 15.2 million; GDP: $185.1 billion, per capita $12,400.
COLOMBIA
Head of government: President Andres Pastrana; population: 39.7 million; GDP: $245.1 billion, per capita $6,200.
COSTA RICA
Head of government: President Miguel Angel Rodriguez; population: 3.7 million; GDP: $26 billion, per capita $7,100.
DOMINICA
Head of government: Prime Minister Pierre Charles; population: 71,540; GDP: $225 million, per capita $3,400 (1998 estimate).
DOMINCAN REPUBLIC
Head of government: President Hipolito Mejia; population: 8.4 million; GDP: $43.7 billion, per capita $5,400.
ECUADOR
Head of government: President Gustavo Noboa; population: 12.9 million; GDP: $54.5 billion, per capita $4,300.
EL SALVADOR
Head of government: President Francisco Flores Perez; population: 6.1 million; GDP: $18.1 billion, per capita $3,100.
GRENADA
Head of government: Prime Minister Keith Claudius Mitchell; population: 89,000; GDP: $360 million, per capita $3,700.
GUATEMALA
Head of government: President Alfonso Portillo Cabrera; population: 12.6 million; GDP: $47.9 billion, per capita $3,900.
GUYANA
Head of government: President Bharrat Jagdeo; population: 697,286; GDP: $1.86 billion, per capita $2,500.
HAITI
Head of government: President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; population: 6.9 million; GDP: $9.2 billion, per capita $1,340.
HONDURAS
Head of government: President Carlos Roberto Flores Facusse; population: 6.2 million; GDP: $14.1 billion, per capita $2,050.
JAMAICA
Head of government: Prime Minister Percival James Patterson; population: 2.6 million; GDP: $8.8 billion, per capita $3,350.
MEXICO
Head of government: President Vicente Fox; population: 100.3 million; GDP: $865.5 billion, per capita $8,500.
NICARAGUA
Head of government: President Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo; population: 4.8 million; GDP: $12.5 billion, per capita $2,650.
PANAMA
Head of government: President Mireya Moscoso; population: 2.8 million; GDP: $21 billion, per capita $7,600.
PARAGUAY
Head of government: President Luis Gonzalez Macchi; population: 5.6 million; GDP: $19.9 billion, per capita $3,650.
PERU
Head of government: President Valentin Paniagua; population: 27.0 million; GDP: $116 billion, per capita $4,400.
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Head of government: Prime Minister Denzil Douglas; population: 38,819; GDP: $244 million, per capita $6,000 (1998 estimate).
ST. LUCIA
Head of government: Prime Minister Kenny Anthony; population: 156,260; GDP: $656 million, per capita $4,300 (1998 estimate).
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Head of government: Prime Minister James Mitchell; population: 115,461; GDP: $309 million, per capita $2,600.
SURINAME
Head of government: President Ronald Venetiaan; population: 431,303; GDP: $1.48 billion, per capita $3,400.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Head of government: Prime Minister Basdeo Panday; population: 1.2 million; GDP: $9.4 billion, per capita $8,500.
UNITED STATES
Head of government: President George W. Bush; population: 275.6 million; GDP $9.2 trillion, per capita $33,900.
URUGUAY
Head of government: President Jorge Ibanez; population: 3.3 million; GDP: $28 billion, per capita $8,500.
VENEZUELA
Head of government: President Hugo Chavez; population: 23.5 million; GDP: $182.8 billion, per capita $8,000.
Source: CIA World Factbook 2000. All GDPs are based on 1999 data except where noted.
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