The Cambridge factfinder - David Crystal

The Cambridge Factfinder remains the most comprehensive and up-to-date general factbook available. In this new extended edition every area of knowledge has been updated, including populations, international boundaries, the world's political leaders, and international prizes. There is new material covering more than 30 extra pages, including the world's largest cities by population, the most up-to-date political and geographical coverage of the war in the former Yugoslavia, Eritrea as a new country, data about the legal systems of Australia, Canada, South Africa and the USA, details of the universities of 30 new countries, the most recent statistics about the world's language families, the latest details of world English use, and the major causes of death worldwide. There are over 360 illustrations - graphs, diagrams, and specially-drawn maps - and a substantial index.