Hi, I'd look at the UN statistical board :
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm The number of 250 countries sounds quite large to my ears. There are about 200 countries who are members of the UN. A number of 250 sounds rather like the list of countries and territories. The territories being mostly islands lying oversea. A list where the Canary Islands are included won't be a list of countries (they are part of Spain), but a list of countries and areas. This list links to about 230 countries and territories; I think that if you have as much as 250 entities, you may have kept older names in your list. They do even have a list of changes : http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49chang.htm Maintaining these lists is always painful... I hope this help and would be glad to know whether some users have better sources of informations. NB : If you are working for Canada or otherwhere, you may rather want to use the official list used by your country's statistical board. Christiane Roh - Section Statistique Lausanne Statistique Lausanne - SCRIS Service cantonal de recherche et d'information statistiques Rue de la Paix 6, CH-1014 Lausanne t�l.: +41(021) 316 29 51 fax : +41(021) 316 29 50 "Francois T.-Goulet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 28.01.2005 03:50 Pour : [email protected] cc : Objet : MI-L New countries Does anyone know if there's a place where I can find informations about any new country or countries which have changed their name since 2000 (or 1998)? MI 7.0's world map (included with the cd) has 252 countries (and ESRI 2000's base map has 250) and I need an up to date map. Thanks, Francois T.-Goulet --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15033
