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1373            "continent": "AF"
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1380            "continent": "EU"
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1387            "continent": "AS"
1388        },
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1401            "continent": "EU"
1402        },
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1415            "continent": "EU"
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1422            "continent": "AF"
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1429            "continent": "EU"
1430        },
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1435            "population": "15,854,360",
1436            "continent": "AF"
1437        },
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1441            "capital": "Mogadishu",
1442            "population": "15,008,154",
1443            "continent": "AF"
1444        },
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1450            "continent": "SA"
1451        },
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1455            "capital": "Juba",
1456            "population": "8,260,490",
1457            "continent": "AF"
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1462            "capital": "Sao Tome",
1463            "population": "197,700",
1464            "continent": "AF"
1465        },
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1469            "capital": "San Salvador",
1470            "population": "6,420,744",
1471            "continent": "NA"
1472        },
1473        {
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1475            "name": "Sint Maarten",
1476            "capital": "Philipsburg",
1477            "population": "40,654",
1478            "continent": "NA"
1479        },
1480        {
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1483            "capital": "Damascus",
1484            "population": "16,906,283",
1485            "continent": "AS"
1486        },
1487        {
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1489            "name": "Eswatini",
1490            "capital": "Mbabane",
1491            "population": "1,136,191",
1492            "continent": "AF"
1493        },
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1498            "population": "37,665",
1499            "continent": "NA"
1500        },
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1503            "name": "Chad",
1504            "capital": "N'Djamena",
1505            "population": "15,477,751",
1506            "continent": "AF"
1507        },
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1510            "name": "French Southern Territories",
1511            "capital": "Port-aux-Francais",
1512            "population": "140",
1513            "continent": "AN"
1514        },
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1518            "capital": "Lome",
1519            "population": "7,889,094",
1520            "continent": "AF"
1521        },
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1525            "capital": "Bangkok",
1526            "population": "69,428,524",
1527            "continent": "AS"
1528        },
1529        {
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1531            "name": "Tajikistan",
1532            "capital": "Dushanbe",
1533            "population": "9,100,837",
1534            "continent": "AS"
1535        },
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1538            "name": "Tokelau",
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1540            "population": "1,466",
1541            "continent": "OC"
1542        },
1543        {
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1545            "name": "Timor-Leste",
1546            "capital": "Dili",
1547            "population": "1,267,972",
1548            "continent": "OC"
1549        },
1550        {
1551            "abbr": "TM",
1552            "name": "Turkmenistan",
1553            "capital": "Ashgabat",
1554            "population": "5,850,908",
1555            "continent": "AS"
1556        },
1557        {
1558            "abbr": "TN",
1559            "name": "Tunisia",
1560            "capital": "Tunis",
1561            "population": "11,565,204",
1562            "continent": "AF"
1563        },
1564        {
1565            "abbr": "TO",
1566            "name": "Tonga",
1567            "capital": "Nuku'alofa",
1568            "population": "103,197",
1569            "continent": "OC"
1570        },
1571        {
1572            "abbr": "TR",
1573            "name": "Türkiye",
1574            "capital": "Ankara",
1575            "population": "82,319,724",
1576            "continent": "AS"
1577        },
1578        {
1579            "abbr": "TT",
1580            "name": "Trinidad and Tobago",
1581            "capital": "Port of Spain",
1582            "population": "1,389,858",
1583            "continent": "NA"
1584        },
1585        {
1586            "abbr": "TV",
1587            "name": "Tuvalu",
1588            "capital": "Funafuti",
1589            "population": "11,508",
1590            "continent": "OC"
1591        },
1592        {
1593            "abbr": "TW",
1594            "name": "Taiwan",
1595            "capital": "Taipei",
1596            "population": "23,451,837",
1597            "continent": "AS"
1598        },
1599        {
1600            "abbr": "TZ",
1601            "name": "Tanzania",
1602            "capital": "Dodoma",
1603            "population": "56,318,348",
1604            "continent": "AF"
1605        },
1606        {
1607            "abbr": "UA",
1608            "name": "Ukraine",
1609            "capital": "Kyiv",
1610            "population": "44,622,516",
1611            "continent": "EU"
1612        },
1613        {
1614            "abbr": "UG",
1615            "name": "Uganda",
1616            "capital": "Kampala",
1617            "population": "42,723,139",
1618            "continent": "AF"
1619        },
1620        {
1621            "abbr": "UM",
1622            "name": "U.S. Outlying Islands",
1623            "capital": "",
1624            "population": "0",
1625            "continent": "OC"
1626        },
1627        {
1628            "abbr": "US",
1629            "name": "United States",
1630            "capital": "Washington",
1631            "population": "327,167,434",
1632            "continent": "NA"
1633        },
1634        {
1635            "abbr": "UY",
1636            "name": "Uruguay",
1637            "capital": "Montevideo",
1638            "population": "3,449,299",
1639            "continent": "SA"
1640        },
1641        {
1642            "abbr": "UZ",
1643            "name": "Uzbekistan",
1644            "capital": "Tashkent",
1645            "population": "32,955,400",
1646            "continent": "AS"
1647        },
1648        {
1649            "abbr": "VA",
1650            "name": "Vatican City",
1651            "capital": "Vatican City",
1652            "population": "921",
1653            "continent": "EU"
1654        },
1655        {
1656            "abbr": "VC",
1657            "name": "St Vincent and Grenadines",
1658            "capital": "Kingstown",
1659            "population": "110,211",
1660            "continent": "NA"
1661        },
1662        {
1663            "abbr": "VE",
1664            "name": "Venezuela",
1665            "capital": "Caracas",
1666            "population": "28,870,195",
1667            "continent": "SA"
1668        },
1669        {
1670            "abbr": "VG",
1671            "name": "British Virgin Islands",
1672            "capital": "Road Town",
1673            "population": "29,802",
1674            "continent": "NA"
1675        },
1676        {
1677            "abbr": "VI",
1678            "name": "U.S. Virgin Islands",
1679            "capital": "Charlotte Amalie",
1680            "population": "106,977",
1681            "continent": "NA"
1682        },
1683        {
1684            "abbr": "VN",
1685            "name": "Vietnam",
1686            "capital": "Hanoi",
1687            "population": "95,540,395",
1688            "continent": "AS"
1689        },
1690        {
1691            "abbr": "VU",
1692            "name": "Vanuatu",
1693            "capital": "Port Vila",
1694            "population": "292,680",
1695            "continent": "OC"
1696        },
1697        {
1698            "abbr": "WF",
1699            "name": "Wallis and Futuna",
1700            "capital": "Mata Utu",
1701            "population": "16,025",
1702            "continent": "OC"
1703        },
1704        {
1705            "abbr": "WS",
1706            "name": "Samoa",
1707            "capital": "Apia",
1708            "population": "196,130",
1709            "continent": "OC"
1710        },
1711        {
1712            "abbr": "XK",
1713            "name": "Kosovo",
1714            "capital": "Pristina",
1715            "population": "1,845,300",
1716            "continent": "EU"
1717        },
1718        {
1719            "abbr": "YE",
1720            "name": "Yemen",
1721            "capital": "Sanaa",
1722            "population": "28,498,687",
1723            "continent": "AS"
1724        },
1725        {
1726            "abbr": "YT",
1727            "name": "Mayotte",
1728            "capital": "Mamoudzou",
1729            "population": "279,471",
1730            "continent": "AF"
1731        },
1732        {
1733            "abbr": "ZA",
1734            "name": "South Africa",
1735            "capital": "Pretoria",
1736            "population": "57,779,622",
1737            "continent": "AF"
1738        },
1739        {
1740            "abbr": "ZM",
1741            "name": "Zambia",
1742            "capital": "Lusaka",
1743            "population": "17,351,822",
1744            "continent": "AF"
1745        },
1746        {
1747            "abbr": "ZW",
1748            "name": "Zimbabwe",
1749            "capital": "Harare",
1750            "population": "14,439,018",
1751            "continent": "AF"
1752        }
1753    ]
1754}