This edition is fully updated and contains more information and analysis than ever before. A foldout colour section provides a political world map and flags for

The Statesman's Yearbook , now in a new, enlarged format, contains profiles of every country in the world and includes 20% new content. All print purchases now

The 2008 edition of The Statesman's Yearbook contains information and analysis on every country in the world, including biographical profiles of current leaders

For one hundred and forty-one years The Statesman's Yearbook has been relied upon to provide accurate and comprehensive information on the current, political, e

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