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Article: World affairs annual 2009.(Statistical table)
- Article from:
- New York Times Upfront
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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IN THE 22 PAGES that follow, you'll find MAPS and the LATEST DATA on the world's 175 COUNTRIES--everything from languages and life expectancy to the percentage of young people in the population. To better understand the data, read the explanations accompanying the sample entry for India below. ON EACH MAP, you'll find summaries of key news stories to watch this year. And in our SNAPSHOTS section, you'll team, among other things, which countries have the most TV stations and which have the highest proportion of teenage brides and grooms. We hope you'll keep this issue FOR YEAR-ROUND REFERENCE, and that it will help you make sense of what's going on in the world as we head ...