CREATE TABLE table_12000368_1 (countries_sampled VARCHAR, year_of_publication VARCHAR, ranking_la__2_ VARCHAR)

how many countries sampled with year of publication being 2007 and ranking l.a. (2) being 7th
SELECT COUNT(countries_sampled) FROM table_12000368_1 WHERE year_of_publication = "2007" AND ranking_la__2_ = "7th"
SELECT COUNT("countries_sampled") FROM "table_12000368_1" WHERE "2007" = "year_of_publication" AND "7th" = "ranking_la__2_"