This book is widely known to teachers and students of geography, as well as schoolchildren interested in geography. The new edition is revised and contains comprehensive information on the economic and social geography of the world. Book I is devoted to the general characteristics of the modern world: its political map, the geography of the world's natural resources, population, sectors of the world economy, as well as global problems of mankind. The work will help students expand their knowledge of the course "Economic and Social Geography of the World", which is taught in the 10th grade of a secondary school, and will also be useful for teachers, lecturers and university students.