The 2006 CIA World Factbook (part 14 of 18)

The 2006 CIA World Factbook (part 14 of 18)

Antigua and Barbuda total: 18.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Argentina total: 14.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Armenia total: 22.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Aruba total: 5.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Australia total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Austria total: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan total: 79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 81.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 76.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Bahamas, The total: 24.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Bahrain total: 16.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Bangladesh total: 60.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Barbados total: 11.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Belarus total: 13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Belgium total: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Belize total: 24.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.07 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Benin total: 79.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 84.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 74.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Bermuda total: 8.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Bhutan total: 98.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 96.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 100.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Bolivia total: 51.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Botswana total: 53.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 52.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Brazil total: 28.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands total: 16.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Brunei total: 12.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Bulgaria total: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso total: 91.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 99.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 83.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Burma total: 61.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 72.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Burundi total: 63.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 70.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 55.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Cambodia total: 68.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 77.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Cameroon total: 63.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 67.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Canada total: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Cape Verde total: 46.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 51.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Cayman Islands total: 8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Central African Republic total: 85.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 92.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 78.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Chad total: 91.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 100.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 82.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Chile total: 8.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

China total: 23.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Christmas Island total: NA male: NA female: NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: NA male: NA female: NA

Colombia total: 20.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.25 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Comoros total: 72.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 81.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 64.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 88.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 96.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 80.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the total: 85.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 79.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Cook Islands total: NA male: NA female: NA

Costa Rica total: 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire total: 89.11 deaths/1,000 live births male: 105.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 71.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Croatia total: 6.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Cuba total: 6.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Cyprus total: 7.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.74 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Czech Republic total: 3.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Denmark total: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Djibouti total: 102.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 110.07 deaths/1,000 live births female: 94.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Dominica total: 13.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Dominican Republic total: 28.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

East Timor total: 45.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 52.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 39.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Ecuador total: 22.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Egypt total: 31.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 30.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

El Salvador total: 24.39 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea total: 89.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 95.22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 83.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Eritrea total: 46.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 52.22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Estonia total: 7.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Ethiopia total: 93.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 103.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 83.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

European Union total: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: NA male: NA female: NA

Faroe Islands total: 6.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Fiji total: 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Finland total: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

France total: 4.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

French Guiana total: 11.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

French Polynesia total: 8.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Gabon total: 54.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 63.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Gambia, The total: 71.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 78.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 64.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip total: 22.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Georgia total: 17.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Germany total: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Ghana total: 55.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 59.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Gibraltar total: 5.06 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Greece total: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Greenland total: 15.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Grenada total: 14.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Guadeloupe total: 8.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Guam total: 6.81 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Guatemala total: 30.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Guernsey total: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Guinea total: 90 deaths/1,000 live births male: 95.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 84.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau total: 105.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 115.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 94.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Guyana total: 32.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Haiti total: 71.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 78.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 65.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Honduras total: 25.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Hong Kong total: 2.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Hungary total: 8.39 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Iceland total: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

India total: 54.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 54.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Indonesia total: 34.39 deaths/1,000 live births male: 39.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 29.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Iran total: 40.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 40.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Iraq total: 48.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 42.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Ireland total: 5.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.82 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Isle of Man total: 5.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Israel total: 6.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Italy total: 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Jamaica total: 15.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Japan total: 3.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Jersey total: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Jordan total: 16.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan total: 28.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Kenya total: 59.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Kiribati total: 47.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 52.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Korea, North total: 23.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Korea, South total: 6.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Kuwait total: 9.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan total: 34.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 39.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Laos total: 83.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 92.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 73.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Latvia total: 9.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Lebanon total: 23.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Lesotho total: 87.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 92.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 82.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Liberia total: 155.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 171.96 deaths/1,000 live births female: 139.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Libya total: 23.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein total: 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Lithuania total: 6.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Luxembourg total: 4.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Macau total: 4.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Macedonia total: 9.81 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Madagascar total: 75.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 83.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 66.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Malawi total: 94.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 98.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 89.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Malaysia total: 17.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Maldives total: 54.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 55.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Mali total: 107.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 117.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 97.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Malta total: 3.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands total: 28.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Martinique total: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Mauritania total: 69.48 deaths/1,000 live births male: 72.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 66.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Mauritius total: 14.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.23 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Mayotte total: 60.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 54.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Mexico total: 20.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of total: 29.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Moldova total: 38.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 41.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Monaco total: 5.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Mongolia total: 52.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Montserrat total: 7.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Morocco total: 40.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 43.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 36.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Mozambique total: 129.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 134.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 124.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Namibia total: 48.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 51.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 44.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Nauru total: 9.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Nepal total: 65.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 63.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 67.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Netherlands total: 4.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles total: 9.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

New Caledonia total: 7.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

New Zealand total: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Nicaragua total: 28.11 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Niger total: 118.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 122.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 114.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Nigeria total: 97.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 104.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 90.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Niue total: NA male: NA female: NA

Norfolk Island total: NA male: NA female: NA

Northern Mariana Islands total: 6.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Norway total: 3.67 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Oman total: 18.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Pakistan total: 70.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 70.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 70.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Palau total: 14.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Panama total: 16.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea total: 49.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Paraguay total: 24.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Peru total: 30.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Philippines total: 22.81 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Pitcairn Islands total: NA male: NA female: NA

Poland total: 7.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Portugal total: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico total: 9.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Qatar total: 18.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Reunion total: 7.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Romania total: 25.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Russia total: 15.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Rwanda total: 89.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 94.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 84.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Saint Helena total: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.96 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 14.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Saint Lucia total: 13.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 7.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 14.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Samoa total: 26.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

San Marino total: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe total: 41.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 43.74 deaths/1,000 live births female: 39.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Saudi Arabia total: 12.81 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Senegal total: 52.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 56.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Seychelles total: 15.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone total: 160.39 deaths/1,000 live births male: 177.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 142.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Singapore total: 2.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Slovakia total: 7.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Slovenia total: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands total: 20.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Somalia total: 114.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 124.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 105.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

South Africa total: 60.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 64.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Spain total: 4.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka total: 13.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Sudan total: 61.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 60.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Suriname total: 23.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Svalbard total: NA male: NA female: NA

Swaziland total: 71.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 75.25 deaths/1,000 live births female: 68.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Sweden total: 2.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Switzerland total: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Syria total: 28.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Taiwan total: 6.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Tajikistan total: 106.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 117.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 94.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Tanzania total: 96.48 deaths/1,000 live births male: 105.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 87.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Thailand total: 19.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Togo total: 60.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 52.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Tokelau total: NA male: NA female: NA

Tonga total: 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago total: 25.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Tunisia total: 23.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Turkey total: 39.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 43.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan total: 72.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 68 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands total: 15.18 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Tuvalu total: 19.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Uganda total: 66.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 69.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 62.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Ukraine total: 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates total: 14.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

United Kingdom total: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

United States total: 6.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Uruguay total: 11.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan total: 69.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 74.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 65.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Vanuatu total: 53.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 56.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Venezuela total: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Vietnam total: 25.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands total: 7.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Wallis and Futuna total: NA male: NA female: NA

West Bank total: 19.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Western Sahara total: NA male: NA female: NA

World total: 48.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 50.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Yemen total: 59.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 64.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 54.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Zambia total: 86.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 94.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 79.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe total: 51.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

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@2092 Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)

Afghanistan 16.3% (2005 est.)

Albania 2.4% (2005 est.)

Algeria 1.9% (2005 est.)

American Samoa NA%

Andorra 3.4% (2004)

Angola 23% (2005 est.)

Anguilla 5.3%

Antigua and Barbuda 0.9% (2005 est.)

Argentina 9.6% (2005 est.)

Armenia 0.6% (2005 est.)

Aruba 3.4% (2005)

Australia 2.7% (2005 est.)

Austria 2.3% (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan 9.6% (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The 1.2% ( 2004)

Bahrain 2.7% (2005 est.)

Bangladesh 7% (2005 est.)

Barbados -0.5% (2003 est.)

Belarus 10.3% (2005 est.)

Belgium 2.8% (2005 est.)

Belize 3% (2005 est.)

Benin 3.5% (2005 est.)

Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)

Bhutan 7% (2005 est.)

Bolivia 5.4% (2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.4% (2005 est.)

Botswana 8.6% (2005 est.)

Brazil 6.9% (2005 est.)

British Virgin Islands 2% (2005)

Brunei 0.9% (2004)

Bulgaria 5% (2005)

Burkina Faso 6.4% (2005 est.)

Burma 20.2% (2005 est.)

Burundi 16% (2005 est.)

Cambodia 5.8% (2005 est.)

Cameroon 2% (2005 est.)

Canada 2.2% (2005 est.)

Cape Verde 0.4% (2005 est.)

Cayman Islands 4.4% (2004)

Central African Republic 3.6% (2001 est.)

Chad 3% (2005 est.)

Chile 3.1% (2005 est.)

China 1.8% (2005 est.)

Colombia 5% (2005 est.)

Comoros 3% (2005 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9% (2004 est.)

Congo, Republic of the 2.2% (2005 est.)

Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)

Costa Rica 13.8% (2005 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 3.9% (2005 est.)

Croatia 3.3% (2005 est.)

Cuba 7% (2005 est.)

Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.)

Czech Republic 1.9% (2005 est.)

Denmark 1.8% (2005 est.)

Djibouti 3% (2005 est.)

Dominica -0.1% (2005 est.)

Dominican Republic 4.2% (2005 est.)

East Timor 1.4% (2005)

Ecuador 2.1% (2005 est.)

Egypt 4.9% (2005 est.)

El Salvador 4.7% (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea 5% (2005 est.)

Eritrea 15% (2005 est.)

Estonia 4.1% (2005 est.)

Ethiopia 11.6% (2005 est.)

European Union 2.2% (2005 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)

Faroe Islands 5.1% (1999)

Fiji 3% (2005)

Finland 0.9% (2005 est.)

France 1.7% (2005 est.)

French Guiana 1% (2003)

French Polynesia 1.1% (2006 est.)

Gabon -0.1% (2005 est.)

Gambia, The 8.8% (2005 est.)

Gaza Strip 7% (includes West Bank) (2003)

Georgia 8.2% (2005 est.)

Germany 2% (2005 est.)

Ghana 15.1% (2005 est.)

Gibraltar 1.5% (1998)

Greece 3.5% (2005 est.)

Greenland 1.6% (1999 est.)

Grenada 3% (2005 est.)

Guadeloupe NA%

Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)

Guatemala 9.1% (2005 est.)

Guernsey 4.9% (2004 est.)

Guinea 25% (2005 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 4% (2002 est.)

Guyana 6.9% (2005 est.)

Haiti 15.7% (2005 est.)

Honduras 8.8% (2005 est.)

Hong Kong 0.9% (2005 est.)

Hungary 3.6% (2005 est.)

Iceland 4% (2005 est.)

India 4.2% (2005 est.)

Indonesia 10.5% (2005 est.)

Iran 13.5% (2005 est.)

Iraq 33% (2005 est.)

Ireland 2.4% (2005 est.)

Isle of Man 2.7% (2003 est.)

Israel 1.3% (2005 est.)

Italy 2% (2005 est.)

Jamaica 15.3% (2005 est.)

Japan -0.3% (2005 est.)

Jersey 5.3% (2004)

Jordan 4.5% (2005 est.)

Kazakhstan 7.6% (2005 est.)

Kenya 10.3% (2005 est.)

Kiribati 0.5% (2005 est.)

Korea, North NA%

Korea, South 2.8% (2005 est.)

Kuwait 4.1% (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 5.2% (2005 est.)

Laos 7% (2005 est.)

Latvia 6.8% (2005 est.)

Lebanon 2.4% (2005 est.)

Lesotho 4.7% (2005 est.)

Liberia 15% (2003 est.)

Libya 3.4% (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein 1% (2001)

Lithuania 2.7% (2005)

Luxembourg 2.5% (2005 est.)

Macau 3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005)

Macedonia 0% (2005 est.)

Madagascar 15% (2005 est.)

Malawi 15.4% (2005 est.)

Malaysia 3% (2005 est.)

Maldives 6% (2005 est.)

Mali 4.5% (2002 est.)

Malta 3% (2005 est.)

Marshall Islands 3% (2005 est.)

Martinique NA

Mauritania 7% (2003 est.)

Mauritius 5% (2005 est.)

Mayotte NA%

Mexico 4% (2005 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)

Moldova 11.9% (2005 est.)

Monaco 1.9% (2000)

Mongolia 9.5% (2005 est.)

Montenegro 3.4% (2004)

Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)

Morocco 1% (2005 est.)

Mozambique 6.5% (2005 est.)

Namibia 2.3% (2005 est.)

Nauru -3.6% (1993)

Nepal 7.8% (October 2005 est.)

Netherlands 1.7% (2005 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)

New Caledonia -0.6% (2000 est.)

New Zealand 3% (2005 est.)

Nicaragua 9.6% (2005 est.)

Niger 0.2% (2004 est.)

Nigeria 13.5% (2005 est.)

Niue 4% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)

Norway 1.6% (2005 est.)

Oman 1.2% (2005 est.)

Pakistan 9.1% (2005 est.)

Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)

Panama 2.9% (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea 1.7% (2005 est.)

Paraguay 6.8% (2005 est.)

Peru 1.6% (2005 est.)

Philippines 7.6% (2005 est.)

Poland 2.2% (2005 est.)

Portugal 2.3% (2005 est.)

Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)

Qatar 8.8% (2005 est.)

Reunion NA%

Romania 9% (2005)

Russia 12.7% (2005 est.)

Rwanda 8% (2005 est.)

Saint Helena 3.2% (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.7% (2005 est.)

Saint Lucia 2.9% (2005 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.1% (1991-96 average)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1% (2005 est.)

Samoa 3.3% (2005)

San Marino -1.7% (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe 15.2% (2005 est.)

Saudi Arabia 0.4% (2005 est.)

Senegal 1.7% (2005 est.)

Serbia 15.5% (2005 est.)

Seychelles 1.6% (2005 est.)

Sierra Leone 1% (2002 est.)

Singapore 0.4% (2005 est.)

Slovakia 2.7% (2005 est.)

Slovenia 2.5% (2005 est.)

Solomon Islands 6.6% (2005 est.)

Somalia NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined

South Africa 4% (2005 est.)

Spain 3.4% (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka 11.6% (2005 est.)

Sudan 9% (2005 est.)

Suriname 9.5% (2005 est.)

Swaziland 4% (2005 est.)

Sweden 0.5% (2005 est.)

Switzerland 1.2% (2005 est.)

Syria 5% (2005 est.)

Taiwan 2.3% (2005 est.)

Tajikistan 7.1% (2005 est.)

Tanzania 4.3% (2005 est.)

Thailand 4.5% (2005 est.)

Togo 6% (2005 est.)

Tokelau NA%

Tonga 11.1% (2005 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago 6.9% (2005 est.)

Tunisia 2.1% (2005 est.)

Turkey 8.2% (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan 10.5% (2005 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)

Tuvalu 3.7% (2003 est.)

Uganda 8.1% (2005 est.)

Ukraine 13.5% (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates 10.5% (2005 est.)

United Kingdom 2.1% (2005 est.)

United States 3.2% (2005 est.)

Uruguay 4.7% (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan 6.9% (2005 est.)

Vanuatu -1.6% (2005 est.)

Venezuela 16% (2005 est.)

Vietnam 8.3% (2005 est.)

Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)

Wallis and Futuna 2.8% NA%

West Bank 7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.)

Western Sahara NA%

World developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in one Third World countries (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries (2005 est.)

Yemen 11.8% (2005 est.)

Zambia 18.3% (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe 266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.)

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@2093 Waterways (km)

Afghanistan 1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2005)

Albania 43 km (2006)

Angola 1,300 km (2005)

Argentina 11,000 km (2005)

Australia 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2002)

Austria 358 km (2003)

Bangladesh 8,372 km note: includes 5,635 km main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in dry season (2005)

Belarus 2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)

Belgium 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)

Belize 825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2005)

Benin 150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2005)

Bolivia 10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2005)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sava River (northern border) open to shipping but use limited (2006)

Brazil 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2005)

Brunei 209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m) (2005)

Bulgaria 470 km (2006)

Burma 12,800 km (2005)

Burundi mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2003)

Cambodia 2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2005)

Cameroon navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2005)

Canada 631 km note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2003)

Central African Republic 2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and Sangha rivers) (2005)

Chad Chari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2002)

China 123,964 km (2003)

Colombia 18,000 km (2005)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 km (2005)

Congo, Republic of the 4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2005)

Costa Rica 730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2005)

Cote d'Ivoire 980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2005)

Croatia 785 km (2006)

Cuba 240 km (2005)

Czech Republic 664 km (principally on Elbe as well as Vltava and Oder rivers) (2005)

Denmark 400 km (2001)

Ecuador 1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2005)

Egypt 3,500 km note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2005)

El Salvador Rio Lempa partially navigable (2004)

Estonia 500 km (2005)

European Union 53,512 km

Fiji 203 km note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges (2004)

Finland 7,842 km note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia (2005)

France 8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2000)

French Guiana 3,760 km note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft (2003)

Gabon 1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2005)

Gambia, The 390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can reach 190 km) (2004)

Germany 7,467 km note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea (2005)

Ghana 1,293 km note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2005)

Greece 6 km note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km (2006)

Guatemala 990 km note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season (2004)

Guinea 1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2005)

Guinea-Bissau four largest rivers are navigable for some distance; many inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior (2006)

Guyana Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2005)

Honduras 465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2005)

Hungary 1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2006)

India 14,500 km note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2005)

Indonesia 21,579 km (2005)

Iran 850 km (850 km on Karun River; additional service on Lake Urmia) (2006)

Iraq 5,279 km note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2004)

Ireland 753 km (pleasure craft only) (2005)

Italy 2,400 km note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2004)

Japan 1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2006)

Kazakhstan 4,000 km (on the Ertis (Irtysh) (80%) and Syr Darya (Syrdariya) rivers) (2005)

Kenya part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya (2003)

Kiribati 5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2003)

Korea, North 2,250 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2006)

Korea, South 1,608 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2006)

Kyrgyzstan 600 km (2006)

Laos 4,600 km note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2005)

Latvia 300 km (2005)

Liechtenstein 28 km (2005)

Lithuania 425 km (2005)

Luxembourg 37 km (on Moselle River) (2003)

Madagascar 600 km (2005)

Malawi 700 km (on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River) (2006)

Malaysia 7,200 km note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km, Sabah 1,500 km, Sarawak 2,500 km (2005)

Mali 1,815 km (2005)

Mexico 2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals) (2005)

Moldova 424 km (on Dniester River) (2005)

Mongolia 580 km note: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2004)

Mozambique 460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2002)

Netherlands 6,183 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2005)

Nicaragua 2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (2005)

Niger 300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2005)

Nigeria 8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2005)

Norway 1,577 km (2002)

Panama 800 km (includes 82 km Panama Canal) (2005)

Papua New Guinea 10,940 km (2003)

Paraguay 3,100 km (2005)

Peru 8,808 km note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca (2005)

Philippines 3,219 km (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m) (2005)

Poland 3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2005)

Portugal 210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003)

Romania 1,731 km note: includes 1,075 km on Danube River, 524 km on secondary branches, and 132 km on canals (2005)

Russia 102,000 km (including 33,000 km with guaranteed depth) note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2005)

Rwanda Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft (2005)

Senegal 1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2005)

Serbia 587 km - primarily on Danube and Sava rivers (2005)

Sierra Leone 800 km (600 km year round) (2005)

Slovakia 172 km (on Danube River) (2005)

Spain 1,000 km (2003)

Sri Lanka 160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2005)

Sudan 4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2005)

Suriname 1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2005)

Sweden 2,052 km (2005)

Switzerland 65 km (Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee) (2003)

Syria 900 km (not economically significant) (2005)

Tajikistan 200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2006)

Tanzania Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable (2005)

Thailand 4,000 km note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2005)

Togo 50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2005)

Turkey 1,200 km (2005)

Turkmenistan 1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inland waterways) (2006)

Uganda on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and parts of Albert Nile (2005)

Ukraine 2,253 km (most on Dnieper River) (2006)

United Kingdom 3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2003)

United States 41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce) note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2004)

Uruguay 1,600 km (2005)

Uzbekistan 1,100 km (2006)

Venezuela 7,100 km note: Orinoco River and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels, Orinoco for 400 km (2005)

Vietnam 17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2005)

World 671,886 km (2004)

Zambia 2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers) (2005)

Zimbabwe on Lake Kariba, length small (2005)

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@2094 Judicial branch

Afghanistan the constitution establishes a nine-member Stera Mahkama or Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for 10-year terms by the president with approval of the Wolesi Jirga) and subordinate High Courts and Appeals Courts (note - nine supreme court justices were appointed in the interim in January 2005 pending National Assembly selection of the constitutionally mandated justices); there is also a minister of justice; a separate Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission established by the Bonn Agreement is charged with investigating human rights abuses and war crimes

Albania Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term), and multiple appeals and district courts

Algeria Supreme Court

American Samoa High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior)

Andorra Tribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles; Tribunal of the Courts or Tribunal de Corts; Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justice or Consell Superior de la Justicia; Fiscal Ministry or Ministeri Fiscal; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional

Angola Supreme Court and separate provincial courts (judges are appointed by the president)

Anguilla High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court)

Antigua and Barbuda Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction); member Caribbean Court of Justice

Argentina Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval by the Senate)

Armenia Constitutional Court; Court of Cassation (Appeals Court)

Aruba Common Court of Justice of Aruba (judges are appointed by the monarch)

Australia High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the governor general)

Austria Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof

Azerbaijan Supreme Court

Bahamas, The Privy Council (London); Courts of Appeal; Supreme (lower) Court; magistrates courts

Bahrain High Civil Appeals Court

Bangladesh Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges are appointed by the president)

Barbados Supreme Court of Judicature (judges are appointed by the Service Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services)

Belarus Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Constitutional Court (half of the judges appointed by the president and half appointed by the Chamber of Representatives)

Belgium Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) or Cour de Cassation (in French) (judges are appointed for life by the government; candidacies have to be submitted by the High Justice Council)

Belize Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister)

Benin Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Court of Justice

Bermuda Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts

Bhutan Supreme Court of Appeal (the monarch); High Court (judges appointed by the monarch)

Bolivia Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-year terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in each department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases)

Bosnia and Herzegovina BH Constitutional Court (consists of nine members: four members are selected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives, two members by the Republika Srpska's National Assembly, and three non-Bosnian members by the president of the European Court of Human Rights); BH State Court (consists of nine judges and three divisions - Administrative, Appellate and Criminal - having jurisdiction over cases related to state-level law and appellate jurisdiction over cases initiated in the entities); note - a War Crimes Chamber opened in March 2005 note: the entities each have a Supreme Court; each entity also has a number of lower courts; there are 10 cantonal courts in the Federation, plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has five municipal courts

Botswana High Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Courts (one in each district)

Brazil Supreme Federal Tribunal (11 ministers are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life); note - though appointed "for life," judges, like all federal employees, have a mandatory retirement age of 70

British Virgin Islands Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal (one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court); Magistrate's Court; Juvenile Court; Court of Summary Jurisdiction

Brunei Supreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in by monarch for three-year terms; Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases; Shariah courts deal with Islamic laws (2006)

Bulgaria Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court of Cassation; Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed or elected for nine-year terms); Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members; responsible for appointing the justices, prosecutors, and investigating magistrates in the justice system; members of the Supreme Judicial Council elected for five-year terms, 11 elected by the National Assembly and 11 by bodies of the judiciary)

Burkina Faso Supreme Court; Appeals Court

Burma remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, but there is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is not independent of the executive

Burundi Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal (there are three in separate locations); Tribunals of First Instance (17 at the province level and 123 small local tribunals)

Cambodia Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in the constitution and formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lower courts) exercises judicial authority

Cameroon Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and six substitute judges, elected by the National Assembly)

Canada Supreme Court of Canada (judges are appointed by the prime minister through the governor general); Federal Court of Canada; Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts (these are named variously Court of Appeal, Court of Queens Bench, Superior Court, Supreme Court, and Court of Justice)

Cape Verde Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia

Cayman Islands Summary Court; Grand Court; Cayman Islands Court of Appeal

Central African Republic Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court (3 judges appointed by the president, 3 by the president of the National Assembly, and 3 by fellow judges); Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Inferior Courts

Chad Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Magistrate Courts

Chile Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is elected every three years by the 20-member court); Constitutional Tribunal

China Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National People's Congress); Local Peoples Courts (comprise higher, intermediate, and local courts); Special Peoples Courts (primarily military, maritime, and railway transport courts)

Christmas Island Supreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court

Colombia four roughly coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (highest court of criminal law; judges are selected by their peers from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court of administrative law; judges are selected from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution; rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties); Superior Judicial Council (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; resolves jurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members are elected by three sister courts and Congress for eight-year terms)

Comoros Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed by the president, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, one elected by the Council of each island, and others are former presidents of the republic)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Congo, Republic of the Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Cook Islands High Court

Costa Rica Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are elected for eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)

Cote d'Ivoire Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of four chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases, and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limit to the number of members

Croatia Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; judges for both courts appointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the Republic, which is elected by the Assembly

Cuba People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly)

Cyprus Supreme Court (judges are appointed jointly by the president and vice president) note: there is also a Supreme Court in north Cyprus

Czech Republic Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman and deputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term

Denmark Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch for life)

Djibouti Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Dominica Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Court of Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six judges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)

Dominican Republic Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the National Judicial Council comprised of the president, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the president of the Supreme Court, and an additional non-governing party congressional representative)

East Timor Supreme Court of Justice - constitution calls for one judge to be appointed by National Parliament and rest appointed by Superior Council for Judiciary; note - until Supreme Court is established, Court of Appeals is highest court

Ecuador Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (according to the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; in December 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court via a simple-majority resolution)

Egypt Supreme Constitutional Court

El Salvador Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly)

Equatorial Guinea Supreme Tribunal

Eritrea High Court - regional, subregional, and village courts; also have military and special courts

Estonia National Court (chairman appointed by Parliament for life)

Ethiopia Federal Supreme Court (the president and vice president of the Federal Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; for other federal judges, the prime minister submits to the House of People's Representatives for appointment candidates selected by the Federal Judicial Administrative Council)

European Union Court of Justice of the European Communities (ensures that the treaties are interpreted and applied correctly) - 25 justices (one from each member state) appointed for a six-year term; note - for the sake of efficiency, the court can sit with 11 justices known as the "Grand Chamber"; Court of First Instance - 25 justices appointed for a six-year term

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Supreme Court (chief justice is a nonresident); Magistrates Court (senior magistrate presides over civil and criminal divisions); Court of Summary Jurisdiction

Faroe Islands none

Fiji Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Court of Appeal; High Court; Magistrates' Courts

Finland Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (judges appointed by the president)

France Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges are appointed by the president from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (three members appointed by the president, three appointed by the president of the National Assembly, and three appointed by the president of the Senate); Council of State or Conseil d'Etat

French Guiana Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel (highest local court based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana)

French Polynesia Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Court of the First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of Administrative Law or Tribunal Administratif

Gabon Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers - Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts

Gambia, The Supreme Court

Georgia Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's or chairman of the Supreme Court's recommendation); Constitutional Court; first and second instance courts

Germany Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat)

Ghana Supreme Court

Gibraltar Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Greece Supreme Judicial Court; Special Supreme Tribunal; all judges appointed for life by the president after consultation with a judicial council

Greenland High Court or Landsret (appeals can be made to the Ostre Landsret or Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court in Copenhagen)

Grenada Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of a court of Appeal and a High Court of Justice (a High Court judge is assigned to and resides in Grenada)

Guadeloupe Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique

Guam Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor)

Guatemala Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitutcionalidad is Guatemala's highest court (five judges are elected for concurrent five-year terms by Congress, each serving one year as president of the Constitutional Court; one is elected by Congress, one elected by the Supreme Court of Justice, one appointed by the president, one elected by Superior Counsel of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, and one by Colegio de Abogados); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (13 members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president of the Court each year from among their number; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around the country, who are named to five-year terms)

Guernsey Royal Court

Guinea Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel

Guinea-Bissau Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine justices appointed by the president and serve at his pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases); Regional Courts (one in each of nine regions; first court of appeals for Sectoral Court decisions; hear all felony cases and civil cases valued at over $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases under $1,000 and misdemeanor criminal cases)

Guyana Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of the High Court and the Judicial Court of Appeal, with right of final appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice

Haiti Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation

Holy See (Vatican City) there are three tribunals responsible for civil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three other tribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy See note: judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio of Pope PIUS XII on 1 May 1946

Honduras Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress)

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Hungary Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly for nine-year terms)

Iceland Supreme Court or Haestirettur (justices are appointed for life by the Minister of Justice); eight district courts (justices are appointed for life by the Minister of Justice)

India Supreme Court (one chief justice and 25 associate justices are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65 or are removed for "proved misbehavior")

Indonesia Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (justices appointed by the president from a list of candidates approved by the legislature); a separate Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi was invested by the president on 16 August 2003; in March 2004 the Supreme Court assumed administrative and financial responsibility for the lower court system from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights; Labor Court under supervision of Supreme Court began functioning in January 2006

Iran Supreme Court - above a special clerical court, a revolutionary court, and a special administrative court

Iraq Supreme Court appointed by the Prime Minister, confirmed by the Presidency Council

Ireland Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister and cabinet)

Isle of Man High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)

Israel Supreme Court (justices appointed by Judicial Selection Committee - made up of all three branches of the government; mandatory retirement age is 70)

Italy Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (composed of 15 judges: one-third appointed by the president, one-third elected by parliament, one-third elected by the ordinary and administrative Supreme Courts)

Jamaica Supreme Court (judges appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal

Japan Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the monarch after designation by the cabinet; all other justices are appointed by the cabinet)

Jersey Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)

Jordan Court of Cassation; Supreme Court (court of final appeal)

Kazakhstan Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (7 members)

Kenya Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by the president); High Court

Kiribati Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts; judges at all levels are appointed by the president

Korea, North Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme People's Assembly)

Korea, South Supreme Court (justices appointed by president with consent of National Assembly); Constitutional Court (justices appointed by president based partly on nominations by National Assembly and Chief Justice of the court)

Kuwait High Court of Appeal

Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court (judges are appointed for 10-year terms by the Supreme Council on the recommendation of the president); Constitutional Court; Higher Court of Arbitration

Laos People's Supreme Court (the president of the People's Supreme Court is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the National Assembly Standing Committee; the vice president of the People's Supreme Court and the judges are appointed by the National Assembly Standing Committee)

Latvia Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by Parliament)

Lebanon four Courts of Cassation (three courts for civil and commercial cases and one court for criminal cases); Constitutional Council (called for in Ta'if Accord - rules on constitutionality of laws); Supreme Council (hears charges against the president and prime minister as needed)

Lesotho High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch acting on the advice of the Prime Minister); Court of Appeal; Magistrate's Court; customary or traditional court

Liberia Supreme Court

Libya Supreme Court

Liechtenstein Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Court of Appeal or Obergericht

Lithuania Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for all courts appointed by the President

Luxembourg judicial courts and tribunals (3 Justices of the Peace, 2 district courts, and 1 Supreme Court of Appeals); administrative courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrative courts and tribunals, and the Constitutional Court); judges for all courts are appointed for life by the monarch

Macau Court of Final Appeal in Macau Special Administrative Region

Macedonia Supreme Court - the Assembly appoints the judges; Constitutional Court - the Assembly appoints the judges; Republican Judicial Council - the Assembly appoints the judges

Madagascar Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle

Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts

Malaysia Federal Court (judges appointed by the paramount ruler on the advice of the prime minister)

Maldives High Court

Mali Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Malta Constitutional Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister

Marshall Islands Supreme Court; High Court; Traditional Rights Court

Martinique Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel

Mauritania Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lower courts

Mauritius Supreme Court

Mayotte Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

Mexico Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia Nacional (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)

Micronesia, Federated States of Supreme Court

Moldova Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority for constitutional judicature)

Monaco Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)

Mongolia Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts; judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts and approved by the president)

Montenegro Constitutional Court (five judges with nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure)

Montserrat Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia, one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court)

Morocco Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendation of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by the monarch)

Mozambique Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of its professional judges are appointed by the president and some are elected by the Assembly); other courts include an Administrative Court, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courts note: although the constitution provides for a separate Constitutional Court, one has never been established; in its absence the Supreme Court reviews constitutional cases

Namibia Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission)

Nauru Supreme Court

Nepal Supreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (chief justice is appointed by the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the other judges are appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Judicial Council)

Netherlands Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch)

Netherlands Antilles Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

New Caledonia Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; County Courts; Joint Commerce Tribunal Court; Children's Court

New Zealand Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; High Court; note - Judges appointed by the Governor-General

Nicaragua Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly)

Niger State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel

Nigeria Supreme Court (judges appointed by the President); Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government on the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee)

Niue Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue

Norfolk Island Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Supreme Court; Superior Court; Federal District Court

Norway Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by the monarch)

Oman Supreme Court note: the nascent civil court system, administered by region, has judges who practice secular and Shari'a law

Pakistan Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president); Federal Islamic or Shari'a Court

Palau Supreme Court; National Court; Court of Common Pleas

Panama Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; three courts of appeal

Papua New Guinea Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the proposal of the National Executive Council after consultation with the minister responsible for justice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission)

Paraguay Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges appointed on the proposal of the Council of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura)

Peru Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the National Council of the Judiciary)

Philippines Supreme Court (15 justices are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials)

Pitcairn Islands Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Judicial Officers are appointed by the Governor

Poland Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for an indefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen by the Sejm for nine-year terms)

Portugal Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judges appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura)

Puerto Rico Supreme Court; Appellate Court; Court of First Instance composed of two sections: a Superior Court and a Municipal Court (justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate)

Qatar Court of Appeal note: under a judiciary law issued in 2003, the former two court systems, civil and Islamic law, were merged under a higher court, the Court of Cassation, established for appeals

Reunion Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel

Romania Supreme Court of Justice (comprised of 11 judges appointed for three-year terms by the president in consultation with the Superior Council of Magistrates, which is comprised of the minister of justice, the prosecutor general, two civil society representatives appointed by the Senate, and 14 judges and prosecutors elected by their peers); a separate body, the Constitutional Court, validates elections and makes decisions regarding the constitutionality of laws, treaties, ordinances, and internal rules of the Parliament; it is comprised of nine members serving nine-year terms, with three members each appointed by the president, the Senate, and the Chamber of Deputies

Russia Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Supreme Arbitration Court; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president

Rwanda Supreme Court; High Courts of the Republic; Provincial Courts; District Courts; mediation committees

Saint Helena Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Saint Kitts and Nevis Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (jurisdiction extends to Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Samoa Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; District Court; Land and Titles Court

San Marino Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII

Sao Tome and Principe Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the National Assembly)

Saudi Arabia Supreme Council of Justice

Senegal Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals

Serbia Constitutional Court (nine justices with life tenure)

Seychelles Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Sierra Leone Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court

Singapore Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president with the advice of the prime minister, other judges are appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice); Court of Appeals

Slovakia Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by president)

Slovenia Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president)

Solomon Islands Court of Appeal

Somalia following the breakdown of the central government, most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional Somali customary law, or Shari'a (Islamic) law with a provision for appeal of all sentences

South Africa Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts

Spain Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo

Sri Lanka Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Sudan Constitutional Court of nine justices; National Supreme Court; National Courts of Appeal; other national courts; National Judicial Service Commission will undertake overall management of the National Judiciary

Suriname Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life)

Swaziland High Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts are appointed by the monarch

Sweden Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges are appointed by the prime minister and the cabinet)

Switzerland Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly)

Syria Supreme Constitutional Court (adjudicates electoral disputes and rules on constitutionality of laws and decrees; justices appointed for four-year terms by the President); High Judicial Council (appoints and dismisses judges; headed by the President); Court of Cassation (national level); State Security Courts (hear cases related to national security); Personal Status Courts (religious; hear cases related to marriage and divorce); Courts of First Instance (local level; include magistrate, summary, and peace courts)

Taiwan Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan)

Tajikistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Tanzania Permanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman); Court of Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges); High Court (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the president; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts; Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to the higher courts)

Thailand Supreme Court or Sandika (judges appointed by the monarch)

Togo Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Tokelau Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau

Tonga Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court of Appeal (Chief Justice and high court justices from overseas chosen and approved by Privy Council)

Trinidad and Tobago Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Caribbean Court of Appeals member; Court of Appeals; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London

Tunisia Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation

Turkey Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court

Turkmenistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Tuvalu High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)

Uganda Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Ukraine Supreme Court; Constitutional Court

United Arab Emirates Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

United Kingdom House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary

United States Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts

Uruguay Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)

Uzbekistan Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)

Vanuatu Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission)

Venezuela Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term)

Vietnam Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president)

Virgin Islands US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under Third Circuit jurisdiction); Superior Court of the Virgin Islands (judges appointed by the governor for 10-year terms)

Wallis and Futuna none; justice generally administered under French law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu

Yemen Supreme Court

Zambia Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases)

Zimbabwe Supreme Court; High Court

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@2095 Labor force

Afghanistan 15 million (2004 est.)

Albania 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)

Algeria 10.15 million (2005 est.)

American Samoa 17,630 (2005)

Andorra 48,740 (2004)

Angola 5.58 million (2005 est.)

Anguilla 6,049 (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda 30,000

Argentina 15.34 million (2005 est.)

Armenia 1.2 million (2005)

Aruba 41,500 (2004 est.)

Australia 10.42 million (2005 est.)

Austria 3.49 million (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan 5.45 million (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The 176,300 (2004)

Bahrain 380,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)

Bangladesh 66.6 million note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2005 est.)

Barbados 128,500 (2001 est.)

Belarus 4.3 million (31 December 2005)

Belgium 4.77 million (2005 est.)

Belize 90,000 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)

Benin 3.211 million

Bermuda 38,360 (2004)

Bhutan NA note: major shortage of skilled labor

Bolivia 4.22 million (2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.026 million (2001)

Botswana 288,400 formal sector employees (2004)

Brazil 90.41 million (2005 est.)

British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004)

Brunei 146,300 note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2003 est.)

Bulgaria 3.34 million (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso 5 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)

Burma 27.75 million (2005 est.)

Burundi 2.99 million (2002)

Cambodia 7 million (2003 est.)

Cameroon 6.86 million (2005 est.)

Canada 16.3 million (December 2005)

Cape Verde 120,600

Cayman Islands 23,450 (2004)

Central African Republic NA

Chad 2.719 million

Chile 6.3 million (2005 est.)

China 791.4 million (2005 est.)

Christmas Island NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA

Colombia 20.52 million (2005)

Comoros 144,500 (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.51 million

Congo, Republic of the NA

Cook Islands 6,820 (2001)

Costa Rica 1.82 million (2005 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 6.95 million (68% agricultural) (2005 est.)

Croatia 1.71 million (2005 est.)

Cuba 4.6 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2005 est.)

Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 370,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2005 est.)

Czech Republic 5.27 million (2005 est.)

Denmark 2.9 million (2005 est.)

Djibouti 282,000 (2000)

Dominica 25,000 (1999 est.)

Dominican Republic 2.3 million-2.6 million (2000 est.)

East Timor NA

Ecuador 4.6 million (urban) (2005 est.)

Egypt 21.34 million (2005 est.)

El Salvador 2.81 million (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea NA

Eritrea NA

Estonia 670,000 (2005 est.)

Ethiopia 27.27 million

European Union 218.5 million (2005 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 (est.)

Faroe Islands 24,250 (October 2000)

Fiji 137,000 (1999)

Finland 2.61 million (2005 est.)

France 27.72 million (2005 est.)

French Guiana 62,630 (1999)

French Polynesia 65,870 (December 2005)

Gabon 640,000 (2005 est.)

Gambia, The 400,000 (1996)

Gaza Strip 278,000 (April-June 2005)

Georgia 2.04 million (2004 est.)

Germany 43.32 million (2005 est.)

Ghana 10.62 million (2005 est.)

Gibraltar 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)

Greece 4.72 million (2005 est.)

Greenland 24,500 (1999 est.)

Grenada 42,300 (1996)

Guadeloupe 191,400 (1999)

Guam 62,050 (2002 est.)

Guatemala 3.76 million (2005 est.)

Guernsey 32,290 (2001)

Guinea 3 million (1999)

Guinea-Bissau 480,000 (1999)

Guyana 418,000 (2001 est.)

Haiti 3.6 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)

Holy See (Vatican City) NA

Honduras 2.54 million (2005 est.)

Hong Kong 3.61 million (October 2005)

Hungary 4.18 million (2005 est.)

Iceland 165,900 (2005 est.)

India 496.4 million (2005 est.)

Indonesia 94.2 million (2005 est.)

Iran 23.68 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)

Iraq 7.4 million (2004 est.)

Ireland 2.03 million (2005 est.)

Isle of Man 39,690 (2001)

Israel 2.42 million (2005 est.)

Italy 24.49 million (2005 est.)

Jamaica 1.2 million (2005 est.)

Japan 66.4 million (2005 est.)

Jersey 52,790 (2004)

Jordan 1.46 million (2005 est.)

Kazakhstan 7.85 million (2005 est.)

Kenya 11.85 million (2005 est.)

Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)

Korea, North 9.6 million

Korea, South 23.53 million (2005 est.)

Kuwait 1.67 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 2.7 million (2000)

Laos 2.8 million (2002 est.)

Latvia 1.11 million (2005 est.)

Lebanon 2.6 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)

Lesotho 838,000 (2000)

Libya 1.64 million (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein 29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)

Lithuania 1.61 million (2005 est.)

Luxembourg 316,500 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2005 est.)

Macau 251,200 (3rd Quarter, 2005)

Macedonia 855,000 (2004 est.)

Madagascar 7.3 million (2000)

Malawi 4.5 million (2001 est.)

Malaysia 10.67 million (2005 est.)

Maldives 88,000 (2000)

Mali 3.93 million (2001 est.)

Malta 160,000 (2005 est.)

Marshall Islands 14,680 (2000)

Martinique 165,900 (1998)

Mauritania 786,000 (2001)

Mauritius 570,000 (2005 est.)

Mayotte 44,560 (2002)

Mexico 43.4 million (2005 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of 37,410

Moldova 1.34 million (2005 est.)

Monaco 41,110 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2004)

Mongolia 1.488 million (2003)

Montenegro 259,100 (2004)

Montserrat 4,521 note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.)

Morocco 11.19 million (2005 est.)

Mozambique 9.2 million (2000 est.)

Namibia 820,000 (2005 est.)

Nepal 10.4 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2004 est.)

Netherlands 7.53 million (2005 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 83,600 (2005)

New Caledonia 78,990 (including 11,300 unemployed) (2004)

New Zealand 2.13 million (2005 est.)

Nicaragua 2.01 million (2005 est.)

Niger 70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (2002 est.)

Nigeria 57.21 million (2005 est.)

Niue NA 663

Norfolk Island 1,345

Northern Mariana Islands 44,470 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2000)

Norway 2.4 million (2005 est.)

Oman 920,000 (2002 est.)

Pakistan 46.84 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2005 est.)

Palau 9,777 (2005)

Panama 1.39 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea 2.413 million (2004)

Paraguay 2.68 million (2005 est.)

Peru 9.06 million (2005 est.)

Philippines 36.73 million (2005 est.)

Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004)

Poland 17.1 million (2005 est.)

Portugal 5.52 million (2005 est.)

Puerto Rico 1.3 million (2000)

Qatar 440,000 (2005 est.)

Reunion 299,000 (2002)

Romania 9.31 million (2005 est.)

Russia 74.22 million (2005 est.)

Rwanda 4.6 million (2000)

Saint Helena 2,486 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995)

Saint Lucia 43,800 (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 (1999)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41,680 (1991 est.)

Samoa 90,000 (2000 est.)

San Marino 19,970 (2003)

Sao Tome and Principe 35,050

Saudi Arabia 6.76 million note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)

Senegal 4.82 million (2005 est.)

Serbia 2.961 million for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2002 est.)

Seychelles 30,900 (1996)

Sierra Leone 1.369 million (1981 est.)

Singapore 2.28 million (September 2005 est.)

Slovakia 2.24 million (30 September 2005 est.)

Slovenia 920,000 (2005 est.)

Solomon Islands 249,200 (1999)

Somalia 3.7 million (very few skilled laborers)

South Africa 15.23 million economically active (2005 est.)

Spain 20.67 million (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka 8.08 million (2005 est.)

Sudan 7.415 million (1996 est.)

Suriname 156,700 (2004)

Svalbard NA

Swaziland 155,700 (2003)

Sweden 4.49 million (2005 est.)

Switzerland 3.8 million (2005 est.)

Syria 5.12 million (2004 est.)

Taiwan 10.6 million (2005 est.)

Tajikistan 3.7 million (2003)

Tanzania 19.22 million (2005 est.)

Thailand 35.36 million (2005 est.)

Togo 1.302 million (1998)

Tokelau 440

Tonga 33,910 (2003)

Trinidad and Tobago 620,000 (2005 est.)

Tunisia 3.41 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)

Turkey 24.7 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan 2.32 million (2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.)

Tuvalu 3,615 (2004 est.)

Uganda 13.17 million (2005 est.)

Ukraine 22.67 million (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates 2.8 million (2005 est.)

United Kingdom 30.07 million (2005 est.)

United States 149.3 million (includes unemployed) (2005 est.)

Uruguay 1.52 million (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan 14.26 million (2005 est.)

Vanuatu 76,410

Venezuela 12.31 million (2005 est.)

Vietnam 44.39 million (2005 est.)

Virgin Islands 43,980 (2004 est.)

Wallis and Futuna NA 3,104

West Bank 614,000 (April-June 2005)

Western Sahara 12,000

World 3.001 billion (2005 est.)

Yemen 5.83 million (2005 est.)

Zambia 4.8 million (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe 3.94 million (2005 est.)

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@2096 Land boundaries (km)

Afghanistan total: 5,529 km border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km

Akrotiri total: 47.4 km border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km

Albania total: 720 km border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Montenegro 172 km, Serbia 115 km

Algeria total: 6,343 km border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km

American Samoa 0 km

Andorra total: 120.3 km border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km

Angola total: 5,198 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

Anguilla 0 km

Antarctica 0 km note: see entry on Disputes - international

Antigua and Barbuda 0 km

Argentina total: 9,665 km border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km

Armenia total: 1,254 km border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km

Aruba 0 km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands 0 km

Australia 0 km

Austria total: 2,562 km border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km

Azerbaijan total: 2,013 km border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

Bahamas, The 0 km

Bahrain 0 km

Baker Island 0 km

Bangladesh total: 4,246 km border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Barbados 0 km

Bassas da India 0 km

Belarus total: 2,900 km border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

Belgium total: 1,385 km border countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km

Belize total: 516 km border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km

Benin total: 1,989 km border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km

Bermuda 0 km

Bhutan total: 1,075 km border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

Bolivia total: 6,743 km border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 1,459 km border countries: Croatia 932 km, Montenegro 225 km, Serbia 302 km

Botswana total: 4,013 km border countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km

Bouvet Island 0 km

Brazil total: 16,884.4 km border countries: Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730.4 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,199 km

British Indian Ocean Territory 0 km

British Virgin Islands 0 km

Brunei total: 381 km border countries: Malaysia 381 km

Bulgaria total: 1,808 km border countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia 318 km, Turkey 240 km

Burkina Faso total: 3,193 km border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

Burma total: 5,876 km border countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km

Burundi total: 974 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km

Cambodia total: 2,572 km border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Cameroon total: 4,591 km border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km

Canada total: 8,893 km border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)

Cape Verde 0 km

Cayman Islands 0 km

Central African Republic total: 5,203 km border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km

Chad total: 5,968 km border countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km

Chile total: 6,339 km border countries: Argentina 5,308 km, Bolivia 860 km, Peru 171 km

China total: 22,117 km border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km

Christmas Island 0 km

Clipperton Island 0 km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 km

Colombia total: 6,004 km border countries: Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 1,496 km (est.), Venezuela 2,050 km

Comoros 0 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 10,730 km border countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km

Congo, Republic of the total: 5,504 km border countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km

Cook Islands 0 km

Coral Sea Islands 0 km

Costa Rica total: 639 km border countries: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km

Cote d'Ivoire total: 3,110 km border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

Croatia total: 2,197 km border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia 241 km, Montenegro 25 km, Slovenia 670 km

Cuba total: 29 km border countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and remains part of Cuba

Cyprus total: NA; note - boundary with Dhekelia is being resurveyed border countries: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia NA

Czech Republic total: 2,290.2 km border countries: Austria 466.3 km, Germany 810.3 km, Poland 761.8 km, Slovakia 251.8 km

Denmark total: 68 km border countries: Germany 68 km

Dhekelia total: NA; note - boundary with Cyprus is being resurveyed

Djibouti total: 516 km border countries: Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km

Dominica 0 km

Dominican Republic total: 360 km border countries: Haiti 360 km

East Timor total: 228 km border countries: Indonesia 228 km

Ecuador total: 2,010 km border countries: Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km

Egypt total: 2,665 km border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km, Sudan 1,273 km

El Salvador total: 545 km border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km

Equatorial Guinea total: 539 km border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Eritrea total: 1,626 km border countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km

Estonia total: 633 km border countries: Latvia 339 km, Russia 294 km

Ethiopia total: 5,328 km border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km

Europa Island 0 km

European Union total: 11,214.8 km border countries: Albania 282 km, Andorra 120.3 km, Belarus 1,050 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Croatia 999 km, Holy See 3.2 km, Liechtenstein 34.9 km, Macedonia 246 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Norway 2,348 km, Romania 443 km, Russia 2,257 km, San Marino 39 km, Serbia 151 km, Switzerland 1,811 km, Turkey 206 km, Ukraine 726 km note: data for European Continent only

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 km

Faroe Islands 0 km

Fiji 0 km

Finland total: 2,681 km border countries: Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,340 km

France total: 2,889 km border countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km

French Guiana total: 1,240.4 km border countries: Brazil 730.4 km, Suriname 510 km

French Polynesia 0 km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 km

Gabon total: 2,551 km border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km

Gambia, The total: 740 km border countries: Senegal 740 km

Gaza Strip total: 62 km border countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km

Georgia total: 1,461 km border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km

Germany total: 3,621 km border countries: Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646 km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577 km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km

Ghana total: 2,094 km border countries: Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877 km

Gibraltar total: 1.2 km border countries: Spain 1.2 km

Glorioso Islands 0 km

Greece total: 1,228 km border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, Macedonia 246 km

Greenland 0 km

Grenada 0 km

Guadeloupe total: 15 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 15 km

Guam 0 km

Guatemala total: 1,687 km border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256 km, Mexico 962 km

Guernsey 0 km

Guinea total: 3,399 km border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km

Guinea-Bissau total: 724 km border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km

Guyana total: 2,462 km border countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

Haiti total: 360 km border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 km

Holy See (Vatican City) total: 3.2 km border countries: Italy 3.2 km

Honduras total: 1,520 km border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km

Hong Kong total: 30 km regional border: China 30 km

Howland Island 0 km

Hungary total: 2,171 km border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia 151 km, Slovakia 677 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km

Iceland 0 km

Iles Eparses none

India total: 14,103 km border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Indonesia total: 2,830 km border countries: East Timor 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km

Iran total: 5,440 km border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km

Iraq total: 3,650 km border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, Saudi Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km

Ireland total: 360 km border countries: UK 360 km

Isle of Man 0 km

Israel total: 1,017 km border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km

Italy total: 1,932.2 km border countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km

Jamaica 0 km

Jan Mayen 0 km

Japan 0 km

Jarvis Island 0 km

Jersey 0 km

Johnston Atoll 0 km

Jordan total: 1,635 km border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km

Juan de Nova Island 0 km

Kazakhstan total: 12,012 km border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km

Kenya total: 3,477 km border countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km

Kingman Reef 0 km

Kiribati 0 km

Korea, North total: 1,673 km border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km

Korea, South total: 238 km border countries: North Korea 238 km

Kuwait total: 462 km border countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km

Kyrgyzstan total: 3,878 km border countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km

Laos total: 5,083 km border countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km

Latvia total: 1,368 km border countries: Belarus 167 km, Estonia 343 km, Lithuania 576 km, Russia 282 km

Lebanon total: 454 km border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km

Lesotho total: 909 km border countries: South Africa 909 km

Liberia total: 1,585 km border countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone 306 km

Libya total: 4,348 km border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km

Liechtenstein total: 76 km border countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km

Lithuania total: 1,613 km border countries: Belarus 653.5 km, Latvia 588 km, Poland 103.7 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 267.8 km

Luxembourg total: 359 km border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km

Macau total: 0.34 km regional border: China 0.34 km

Macedonia total: 766 km border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Serbia 221 km

Madagascar 0 km

Malawi total: 2,881 km border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km

Malaysia total: 2,669 km border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km

Maldives 0 km

Mali total: 7,243 km border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km

Malta 0 km

Marshall Islands 0 km

Martinique 0 km

Mauritania total: 5,074 km border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km

Mauritius 0 km

Mayotte 0 km

Mexico total: 4,353 km border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km

Micronesia, Federated States of 0 km

Midway Islands 0 km

Moldova total: 1,389 km border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km

Monaco total: 4.4 km border countries: France 4.4 km

Mongolia total: 8,220 km border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km

Montenegro total: 625 km border countries: Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km, Croatia 25 km, Serbia 203 km

Montserrat 0 km

Morocco total: 2,017.9 km border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km

Mozambique total: 4,571 km border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km

Namibia total: 3,936 km border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km

Nauru 0 km

Navassa Island 0 km

Nepal total: 2,926 km border countries: China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km

Netherlands total: 1,027 km border countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km

Netherlands Antilles total: 15 km border countries: Guadeloupe (Saint-Martin) 15 km

New Caledonia 0 km

New Zealand 0 km

Nicaragua total: 1,231 km border countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km

Niger total: 5,697 km border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km

Nigeria total: 4,047 km border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km

Niue 0 km

Norfolk Island 0 km

Northern Mariana Islands 0 km

Norway total: 2,542 km border countries: Finland 727 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km

Oman total: 1,374 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km

Pakistan total: 6,774 km border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km

Palau 0 km

Palmyra Atoll 0 km

Panama total: 555 km border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km

Papua New Guinea total: 820 km border countries: Indonesia 820 km

Paracel Islands 0 km

Paraguay total: 3,920 km border countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,290 km

Peru total: 5,536 km border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km

Philippines 0 km

Pitcairn Islands 0 km

Poland total: 3,056 km border countries: Belarus 416 km, Czech Republic 790 km, Germany 467 km, Lithuania 103 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 210 km, Slovakia 541 km, Ukraine 529 km

Portugal total: 1,214 km border countries: Spain 1,214 km

Puerto Rico 0 km

Qatar total: 60 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km

Reunion 0 km

Romania total: 2,508 km border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbia 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km

Russia total: 20,096.5 km border countries: Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 294 km, Finland 1,340 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km, Latvia 217 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 280.5 km, Mongolia 3,485 km, Norway 196 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 232 km, Ukraine 1,576 km

Rwanda total: 893 km border countries: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km

Saint Helena 0 km

Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 km

Saint Lucia 0 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 km

Samoa 0 km

San Marino total: 39 km border countries: Italy 39 km

Sao Tome and Principe 0 km

Saudi Arabia total: 4,431 km border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km

Senegal total: 2,640 km border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

Serbia total: 2,027 km border countries: Albania 115 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, Macedonia 221 km, Montenegro 203 km, Romania 476 km

Seychelles 0 km

Sierra Leone total: 958 km border countries: Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km

Singapore 0 km

Slovakia total: 1,524 km border countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 677 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 97 km

Slovenia total: 1,382 km border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 670 km, Hungary 102 km, Italy 280 km

Solomon Islands 0 km

Somalia total: 2,340 km border countries: Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,600 km, Kenya 682 km

South Africa total: 4,862 km border countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 km

Spain total: 1,917.8 km border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km

Spratly Islands 0 km

Sri Lanka 0 km

Sudan total: 7,687 km border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km

Suriname total: 1,707 km border countries: Brazil 597 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km

Svalbard 0 km

Swaziland total: 535 km border countries: Mozambique 105 km, South Africa 430 km

Sweden total: 2,233 km border countries: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km

Switzerland total: 1,852 km border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km

Syria total: 2,253 km border countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km

Taiwan 0 km

Tajikistan total: 3,651 km border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km

Tanzania total: 3,861 km border countries: Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Thailand total: 4,863 km border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km

Togo total: 1,647 km border countries: Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km

Tokelau 0 km

Tonga 0 km

Trinidad and Tobago 0 km

Tromelin Island 0 km

Tunisia total: 1,424 km border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km

Turkey total: 2,648 km border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km

Turkmenistan total: 3,736 km border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km

Turks and Caicos Islands 0 km

Tuvalu 0 km

Uganda total: 2,698 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

Ukraine total: 4,663 km border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km

United Arab Emirates total: 867 km border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km

United Kingdom total: 360 km border countries: Ireland 360 km

United States total: 12,034 km border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km note: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 28 km

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges none

Uruguay total: 1,564 km border countries: Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km

Uzbekistan total: 6,221 km border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

Vanuatu 0 km

Venezuela total: 4,993 km border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km

Vietnam total: 4,639 km border countries: Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km

Virgin Islands 0 km

Wake Island 0 km

Wallis and Futuna 0 km

West Bank total: 404 km border countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Western Sahara total: 2,046 km border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km

World the land boundaries in the world total 250,708 km (not counting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia, each border 14 other countries note: 44 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked

Yemen total: 1,746 km border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km

Zambia total: 5,664 km border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Zimbabwe total: 3,066 km border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km

This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006

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@2097 Land use (%)

Afghanistan arable land: 12.13% permanent crops: 0.21% other: 87.66% (2005)

Albania arable land: 20.1% permanent crops: 4.21% other: 75.69% (2005)

Algeria arable land: 3.17% permanent crops: 0.28% other: 96.55% (2005)

American Samoa arable land: 10% permanent crops: 15% other: 75% (2005)

Andorra arable land: 2.13% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.87% (2005)

Angola arable land: 2.65% permanent crops: 0.23% other: 97.12% (2005)

Anguilla arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (2005)

Antarctica arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (2005)

Antigua and Barbuda arable land: 18.18% permanent crops: 4.55% other: 77.27% (2005)

Argentina arable land: 10.03% permanent crops: 0.36% other: 89.61% (2005)

Armenia arable land: 16.78% permanent crops: 2.01% other: 81.21% (2005)

Aruba arable land: 10.53% permanent crops: 0% other: 89.47% (2005)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all grass and sand) (2005)

Australia arable land: 6.15% (includes about 27 million hectares of cultivated grassland) permanent crops: 0.04% other: 93.81% (2005)

Austria arable land: 16.59% permanent crops: 0.85% other: 82.56% (2005)

Azerbaijan arable land: 20.62% permanent crops: 2.61% other: 76.77% (2005)

Bahamas, The arable land: 0.58% permanent crops: 0.29% other: 99.13% (2005)

Bahrain arable land: 2.82% permanent crops: 5.63% other: 91.55% (2005)

Baker Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Bangladesh arable land: 55.39% permanent crops: 3.08% other: 41.53% (2005)

Barbados arable land: 37.21% permanent crops: 2.33% other: 60.46% (2005)

Bassas da India arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (2005)

Belarus arable land: 26.77% permanent crops: 0.6% other: 72.63% (2005)

Belgium arable land: 27.42% permanent crops: 0.69% other: 71.89% note: includes Luxembourg (2005)

Belize arable land: 3.05% permanent crops: 1.39% other: 95.56% (2005)

Benin arable land: 23.53% permanent crops: 2.37% other: 74.1% (2005)

Bermuda arable land: 20% permanent crops: 0% other: 80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2005)

Bhutan arable land: 2.3% permanent crops: 0.43% other: 97.27% (2005)

Bolivia arable land: 2.78% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 97.03% (2005)

Bosnia and Herzegovina arable land: 19.61% permanent crops: 1.89% other: 78.5% (2005)

Botswana arable land: 0.65% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.34% (2005)

Bouvet Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (93% ice) (2005)

Brazil arable land: 6.93% permanent crops: 0.89% other: 92.18% (2005)

British Indian Ocean Territory arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

British Virgin Islands arable land: 20% permanent crops: 6.67% other: 73.33% (2005)

Brunei arable land: 2.08% permanent crops: 0.87% other: 97.05% (2005)

Bulgaria arable land: 29.94% permanent crops: 1.9% other: 68.16% (2005)

Burkina Faso arable land: 17.66% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 82.12% (2005)

Burma arable land: 14.92% permanent crops: 1.31% other: 83.77% (2005)

Burundi arable land: 35.57% permanent crops: 13.12% other: 51.31% (2005)

Cambodia arable land: 20.44% permanent crops: 0.59% other: 78.97% (2005)

Cameroon arable land: 12.54% permanent crops: 2.52% other: 84.94% (2005)

Canada arable land: 4.57% permanent crops: 0.65% other: 94.78% (2005)

Cape Verde arable land: 11.41% permanent crops: 0.74% other: 87.85% (2005)

Cayman Islands arable land: 3.85% permanent crops: 0% other: 96.15% (2005)

Central African Republic arable land: 3.1% permanent crops: 0.15% other: 96.75% (2005)

Chad arable land: 2.8% permanent crops: 0.02% other: 97.18% (2005)

Chile arable land: 2.62% permanent crops: 0.43% other: 96.95% (2005)

China arable land: 14.86% permanent crops: 1.27% other: 83.87% (2005)

Christmas Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park) (2005)

Clipperton Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all coral) (2005)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Colombia arable land: 2.01% permanent crops: 1.37% other: 96.62% (2005)

Comoros arable land: 35.87% permanent crops: 23.32% other: 40.81% (2005)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the arable land: 2.86% permanent crops: 0.47% other: 96.67% (2005)

Congo, Republic of the arable land: 1.45% permanent crops: 0.15% other: 98.4% (2005)

Cook Islands arable land: 16.67% permanent crops: 8.33% other: 75% (2005)

Coral Sea Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2005)

Costa Rica arable land: 4.4% permanent crops: 5.87% other: 89.73% (2005)

Cote d'Ivoire arable land: 10.23% permanent crops: 11.16% other: 78.61% (2005)

Croatia arable land: 25.82% permanent crops: 2.19% other: 71.99% (2005)

Cuba arable land: 27.63% permanent crops: 6.54% other: 65.83% (2005)

Cyprus arable land: 10.81% permanent crops: 4.32% other: 84.87% (2005)

Czech Republic arable land: 38.82% permanent crops: 3% other: 58.18% (2005)

Denmark arable land: 52.59% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 47.22% (2005)

Djibouti arable land: 0.04% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.96% (2005)

Dominica arable land: 6.67% permanent crops: 21.33% other: 72% (2005)

Dominican Republic arable land: 22.49% permanent crops: 10.26% other: 67.25% (2005)

East Timor arable land: 8.2% permanent crops: 4.57% other: 87.23% (2005)

Ecuador arable land: 5.71% permanent crops: 4.81% other: 89.48% (2005)

Egypt arable land: 2.92% permanent crops: 0.5% other: 96.58% (2005)

El Salvador arable land: 31.37% permanent crops: 11.88% other: 56.75% (2005)

Equatorial Guinea arable land: 4.63% permanent crops: 3.57% other: 91.8% (2005)

Eritrea arable land: 4.78% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 95.19% (2005)

Estonia arable land: 12.05% permanent crops: 0.35% other: 87.6% (2005)

Ethiopia arable land: 10.01% permanent crops: 0.65% other: 89.34% (2005)

Europa Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2005)

European Union arable land: NA permanent crops: NA other: NA

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (2005)

Faroe Islands arable land: 2.14% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.86% (2005)

Fiji arable land: 10.95% permanent crops: 4.65% other: 84.4% (2005)

Finland arable land: 6.54% permanent crops: 0.02% other: 93.44% (2005)

France arable land: 33.46% permanent crops: 2.03% other: 64.51% (2005)

French Guiana arable land: 0.13% permanent crops: 0.04% other: 99.83% (90% forest, 10% other) (2005)

French Polynesia arable land: 0.75% permanent crops: 5.5% other: 93.75% (2005)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Gabon arable land: 1.21% permanent crops: 0.64% other: 98.15% (2005)

Gambia, The arable land: 27.88% permanent crops: 0.44% other: 71.68% (2005)

Gaza Strip arable land: 29% permanent crops: 21% other: 50% (2002)

Georgia arable land: 11.51% permanent crops: 3.79% other: 84.7% (2005)

Germany arable land: 33.13% permanent crops: 0.6% other: 66.27% (2005)

Ghana arable land: 17.54% permanent crops: 9.22% other: 73.24% (2005)

Gibraltar arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Glorioso Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms) (2005)

Greece arable land: 20.45% permanent crops: 8.59% other: 70.96% (2005)

Greenland arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Grenada arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 29.41% other: 64.71% (2005)

Guadeloupe arable land: 11.7% permanent crops: 2.92% other: 85.38% (2005)

Guam arable land: 3.64% permanent crops: 18.18% other: 78.18% (2005)

Guatemala arable land: 13.22% permanent crops: 5.6% other: 81.18% (2005)

Guernsey arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%

Guinea arable land: 4.47% permanent crops: 2.64% other: 92.89% (2005)

Guinea-Bissau arable land: 8.31% permanent crops: 6.92% other: 84.77% (2005)

Guyana arable land: 2.23% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 97.63% (2005)

Haiti arable land: 28.11% permanent crops: 11.53% other: 60.36% (2005)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Holy See (Vatican City) arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (urban area) (2005)

Honduras arable land: 9.53% permanent crops: 3.21% other: 87.26% (2005)

Hong Kong arable land: 5.05% permanent crops: 1.01% other: 93.94% (2001)

Howland Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Hungary arable land: 49.58% permanent crops: 2.06% other: 48.36% (2005)

Iceland arable land: 0.07% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.93% (2005)

Iles Eparses Bassas da India - 100% rock, coral reef, and sand; Europa Island - 100% mangrove swamp and dry woodlands; Glorioso Islands - 100% lush vegetation and coconut palms; Juan de Nova Island - 90% forest, 10% other; Tromelin Island - 100% grasses and scattered brush

India arable land: 48.83% permanent crops: 2.8% other: 48.37% (2005)

Indonesia arable land: 11.03% permanent crops: 7.04% other: 81.93% (2005)

Iran arable land: 9.78% permanent crops: 1.29% other: 88.93% (2005)

Iraq arable land: 13.12% permanent crops: 0.61% other: 86.27% (2005)

Ireland arable land: 16.82% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 83.15% (2005)

Isle of Man arable land: 9% permanent crops: 0% other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002)

Israel arable land: 15.45% permanent crops: 3.88% other: 80.67% (2005)

Italy arable land: 26.41% permanent crops: 9.09% other: 64.5% (2005)

Jamaica arable land: 15.83% permanent crops: 10.01% other: 74.16% (2005)

Jan Mayen arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Japan arable land: 11.64% permanent crops: 0.9% other: 87.46% (2005)

Jarvis Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Jersey arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Johnston Atoll arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Jordan arable land: 3.32% permanent crops: 1.18% other: 95.5% (2005)

Juan de Nova Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (90% forest) (2005)

Kazakhstan arable land: 8.28% permanent crops: 0.05% other: 91.67% (2005)

Kenya arable land: 8.01% permanent crops: 0.97% other: 91.02% (2005)

Kingman Reef arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Kiribati arable land: 2.74% permanent crops: 47.95% other: 49.31% (2005)

Korea, North arable land: 22.4% permanent crops: 1.66% other: 75.94% (2005)

Korea, South arable land: 16.58% permanent crops: 2.01% other: 81.41% (2005)

Kuwait arable land: 0.84% permanent crops: 0.17% other: 98.99% (2005)

Kyrgyzstan arable land: 6.55% permanent crops: 0.28% other: 93.17% note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut forest (2005)

Laos arable land: 4.01% permanent crops: 0.34% other: 95.65% (2005)

Latvia arable land: 28.19% permanent crops: 0.45% other: 71.36% (2005)

Lebanon arable land: 16.35% permanent crops: 13.75% other: 69.9% (2005)

Lesotho arable land: 10.87% permanent crops: 0.13% other: 89% (2005)

Liberia arable land: 3.43% permanent crops: 1.98% other: 94.59% (2005)

Libya arable land: 1.03% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 98.78% (2005)

Liechtenstein arable land: 25% permanent crops: 0% other: 75% (2005)

Lithuania arable land: 44.81% permanent crops: 0.9% other: 54.29% (2005)

Luxembourg arable land: 23.94% permanent crops: 0.39% other: 75.67% (includes Belgium) (2005)

Macau arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Macedonia arable land: 22.01% permanent crops: 1.79% other: 76.2% (2005)

Madagascar arable land: 5.03% permanent crops: 1.02% other: 93.95% (2005)

Malawi arable land: 20.68% permanent crops: 1.18% other: 78.14% (2005)

Malaysia arable land: 5.46% permanent crops: 17.54% other: 77% (2005)

Maldives arable land: 13.33% permanent crops: 30% other: 56.67% (2005)

Mali arable land: 3.76% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 96.21% (2005)

Malta arable land: 31.25% permanent crops: 3.13% other: 65.62% (2005)

Marshall Islands arable land: 11.11% permanent crops: 44.44% other: 44.45% (2005)

Martinique arable land: 9.09% permanent crops: 10% other: 80.91% (2005)

Mauritania arable land: 0.2% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.79% (2005)

Mauritius arable land: 49.02% permanent crops: 2.94% other: 48.04% (2005)

Mayotte arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%

Mexico arable land: 12.66% permanent crops: 1.28% other: 86.06% (2005)

Micronesia, Federated States of arable land: 5.71% permanent crops: 45.71% other: 48.58% (2005)

Midway Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Moldova arable land: 54.52% permanent crops: 8.81% other: 36.67% (2005)

Monaco arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (urban area) (2005)

Mongolia arable land: 0.76% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.24% (2005)

Montenegro arable land: 13.7% permanent crops: 1% other: 85.3%

Montserrat arable land: 20% permanent crops: 0% other: 80% (2005)

Morocco arable land: 19% permanent crops: 2% other: 79% (2005)

Mozambique arable land: 5.43% permanent crops: 0.29% other: 94.28% (2005)

Namibia arable land: 0.99% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99% (2005)

Nauru arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Navassa Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Nepal arable land: 16.07% permanent crops: 0.85% other: 83.08% (2005)

Netherlands arable land: 21.96% permanent crops: 0.77% other: 77.27% (2005)

Netherlands Antilles arable land: 10% permanent crops: 0% other: 90% (2005)

New Caledonia arable land: 0.32% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 99.46% (2005)

New Zealand arable land: 5.54% permanent crops: 6.92% other: 87.54% (2005)

Nicaragua arable land: 14.81% permanent crops: 1.82% other: 83.37% (2005)

Niger arable land: 11.43% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 88.56% (2005)

Nigeria arable land: 33.02% permanent crops: 3.14% other: 63.84% (2005)

Niue arable land: 11.54% permanent crops: 15.38% other: 73.08% (2005)

Norfolk Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands arable land: 13.04% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 82.61% (2005)

Norway arable land: 2.7% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.3% (2005)

Oman arable land: 0.12% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 99.74% (2005)

Pakistan arable land: 24.44% permanent crops: 0.84% other: 74.72% (2005)

Palau arable land: 8.7% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 86.95% (2005)

Palmyra Atoll arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (forests and woodlands) (2005)

Panama arable land: 7.26% permanent crops: 1.95% other: 90.79% (2005)

Papua New Guinea arable land: 0.49% permanent crops: 1.4% other: 98.11% (2005)

Paracel Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Paraguay arable land: 7.47% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 92.29% (2005)

Peru arable land: 2.88% permanent crops: 0.47% other: 96.65% (2005)

Philippines arable land: 19% permanent crops: 16.67% other: 64.33% (2005)

Pitcairn Islands arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%

Poland arable land: 40.25% permanent crops: 1% other: 58.75% (2005)

Portugal arable land: 17.29% permanent crops: 7.84% other: 74.87% (2005)

Puerto Rico arable land: 3.69% permanent crops: 5.59% other: 90.72% (2005)

Qatar arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 0.27% other: 98.09% (2005)

Reunion arable land: 13.94% permanent crops: 1.59% other: 84.47% (2005)

Romania arable land: 39.49% permanent crops: 1.92% other: 58.59% (2005)

Russia arable land: 7.17% permanent crops: 0.11% other: 92.72% (2005)

Rwanda arable land: 45.56% permanent crops: 10.25% other: 44.19% (2005)

Saint Helena arable land: 12.9% permanent crops: 0% other: 87.1% (2005)

Saint Kitts and Nevis arable land: 19.44% permanent crops: 2.78% other: 77.78% (2005)

Saint Lucia arable land: 6.45% permanent crops: 22.58% other: 70.97% (2005)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon arable land: 12.5% permanent crops: 0% other: 87.5% (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines arable land: 17.95% permanent crops: 17.95% other: 64.1% (2005)

Samoa arable land: 21.13% permanent crops: 24.3% other: 54.57% (2005)

San Marino arable land: 16.67% permanent crops: 0% other: 83.33% (2005)

Sao Tome and Principe arable land: 8.33% permanent crops: 48.96% other: 42.71% (2005)

Saudi Arabia arable land: 1.67% permanent crops: 0.09% other: 98.24% (2005)

Senegal arable land: 12.51% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 87.25% (2005)

Serbia arable land: NA permanent crops: NA other: NA

Seychelles arable land: 2.17% permanent crops: 13.04% other: 84.79% (2005)

Sierra Leone arable land: 7.95% permanent crops: 1.05% other: 91% (2005)

Singapore arable land: 1.47% permanent crops: 1.47% other: 97.06% (2005)

Slovakia arable land: 29.23% permanent crops: 2.67% other: 68.1% (2005)

Slovenia arable land: 8.53% permanent crops: 1.43% other: 90.04% (2005)

Solomon Islands arable land: 0.62% permanent crops: 2.04% other: 97.34% (2005)

Somalia arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 0.04% other: 98.32% (2005)

South Africa arable land: 12.1% permanent crops: 0.79% other: 87.11% (2005)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (2005)

Spain arable land: 27.18% permanent crops: 9.85% other: 62.97% (2005)

Spratly Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Sri Lanka arable land: 13.96% permanent crops: 15.24% other: 70.8% (2005)

Sudan arable land: 6.78% permanent crops: 0.17% other: 93.05% (2005)

Suriname arable land: 0.36% permanent crops: 0.06% other: 99.58% (2005)

Svalbard arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (2005)

Swaziland arable land: 10.25% permanent crops: 0.81% other: 88.94% (2005)

Sweden arable land: 5.93% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 94.06% (2005)

Switzerland arable land: 9.91% permanent crops: 0.58% other: 89.51% (2005)

Syria arable land: 24.8% permanent crops: 4.47% other: 70.73% (2005)

Taiwan arable land: 24% permanent crops: 1% other: 75% (2001)

Tajikistan arable land: 6.52% permanent crops: 0.89% other: 92.59% (2005)

Tanzania arable land: 4.23% permanent crops: 1.16% other: 94.61% (2005)

Thailand arable land: 27.54% permanent crops: 6.93% other: 65.53% (2005)

Togo arable land: 44.2% permanent crops: 2.11% other: 53.69% (2005)

Tokelau arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Tonga arable land: 20% permanent crops: 14.67% other: 65.33% (2005)

Trinidad and Tobago arable land: 14.62% permanent crops: 9.16% other: 76.22% (2005)

Tromelin Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (grasses; scattered bushes) (2005)

Tunisia arable land: 17.05% permanent crops: 13.08% other: 69.87% (2005)

Turkey arable land: 29.81% permanent crops: 3.39% other: 66.8% (2005)

Turkmenistan arable land: 4.51% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 95.35% (2005)

Turks and Caicos Islands arable land: 2.33% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.67% (2005)

Tuvalu arable land: 0% permanent crops: 66.67% other: 33.33% (2005)

Uganda arable land: 21.57% permanent crops: 8.92% other: 69.51% (2005)

Ukraine arable land: 53.8% permanent crops: 1.5% other: 44.7% (2005)

United Arab Emirates arable land: 0.77% permanent crops: 2.27% other: 96.96% (2005)

United Kingdom arable land: 23.23% permanent crops: 0.2% other: 76.57% (2005)

United States arable land: 18.01% permanent crops: 0.21% other: 81.78% (2005)

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Uruguay arable land: 7.77% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 91.99% (2005)

Uzbekistan arable land: 10.51% permanent crops: 0.76% other: 88.73% (2005)

Vanuatu arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 6.97% other: 91.39% (2005)

Venezuela arable land: 2.85% permanent crops: 0.88% other: 96.27% (2005)

Vietnam arable land: 20.14% permanent crops: 6.93% other: 72.93% (2005)

Virgin Islands arable land: 5.71% permanent crops: 2.86% other: 91.43% (2005)

Wake Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Wallis and Futuna arable land: 7.14% permanent crops: 35.71% other: 57.15% (2005)

West Bank arable land: 16.9% permanent crops: 18.97% other: 64.13% (2001)

Western Sahara arable land: 0.02% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.98% (2005)

World arable land: 13.31% permanent crops: 4.71% other: 81.98% (2005)

Yemen arable land: 2.91% permanent crops: 0.25% other: 96.84% (2005)

Zambia arable land: 6.99% permanent crops: 0.04% other: 92.97% (2005)

Zimbabwe arable land: 8.24% permanent crops: 0.33% other: 91.43% (2005)

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@2098 Languages (%)

Afghanistan Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashtu (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism

Akrotiri English, Greek

Albania Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects

Algeria Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

American Samoa Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2% note: most people are bilingual (2000 census)

Andorra Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese

Angola Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages

Anguilla English (official)

Antigua and Barbuda English (official), local dialects

Argentina Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French

Armenia Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)

Aruba Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish

Australia English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)

Austria German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland)

Azerbaijan Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)

Bahamas, The English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Bahrain Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu

Bangladesh Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English

Barbados English

Belarus Belarusian, Russian, other

Belgium Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)

Belize English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole

Benin French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)

Bermuda English (official), Portuguese

Bhutan Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects

Bolivia Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

Botswana Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

Brazil Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

British Virgin Islands English (official)

Brunei Malay (official), English, Chinese

Bulgaria Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)

Burkina Faso French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population

Burma Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Burundi Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)

Cambodia Khmer (official) 95%, French, English

Cameroon 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)

Canada English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%

Cape Verde Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)

Cayman Islands English

Central African Republic French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages

Chad French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects

Chile Spanish

China Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)

Christmas Island English (official), Chinese, Malay

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Malay (Cocos dialect), English

Colombia Spanish

Comoros Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Congo, Republic of the French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)

Cook Islands English (official), Maori

Costa Rica Spanish (official), English

Cote d'Ivoire French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken

Croatia Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)

Cuba Spanish

Cyprus Greek, Turkish, English

Czech Republic Czech

Denmark Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language

Dhekelia English, Greek

Djibouti French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar

Dominica English (official), French patois

Dominican Republic Spanish

East Timor Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people

Ecuador Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)

Egypt Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes

El Salvador Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)

Equatorial Guinea Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo

Eritrea Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages

Estonia Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7% (2000 census)

Ethiopia Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)

European Union Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish; note - only official languages are listed; Irish (Gaelic) will become the 21st language on 1 January 2007

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) English

Faroe Islands Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish

Fiji English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani

Finland Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003)

France French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

French Guiana French

French Polynesia French 61.1% (official), Polynesian 31.4% (official), Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% (2002 census)

Gabon French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi

Gambia, The English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars

Gaza Strip Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

Georgia Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7% note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia

Germany German

Ghana English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)

Gibraltar English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

Greece Greek 99% (official), English, French

Greenland Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English

Grenada English (official), French patois

Guadeloupe French (official) 99%, Creole patois

Guam English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%, other Pacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other languages 3.5% (2000 census)

Guatemala Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)

Guernsey English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts

Guinea French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own language

Guinea-Bissau Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages

Guyana English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu

Haiti French (official), Creole (official)

Holy See (Vatican City) Italian, Latin, French, various other languages

Honduras Spanish, Amerindian dialects

Hong Kong Chinese (Cantonese), English; both are official

Hungary Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)

Iceland Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken

India English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language

Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese

Iran Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%

Iraq Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian

Ireland English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (official) (Gaelic or Gaeilge) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard

Isle of Man English, Manx Gaelic

Israel Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language

Italy Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)

Jamaica English, patois English

Japan Japanese

Jersey English 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)

Jordan Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes

Kazakhstan Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.)

Kenya English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages

Kiribati I-Kiribati, English (official)

Korea, North Korean

Korea, South Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school

Kuwait Arabic (official), English widely spoken

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz (official), Russian (official)

Laos Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages

Latvia Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)

Lebanon Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian

Lesotho Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa

Liberia English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence

Libya Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities

Liechtenstein German (official), Alemannic dialect

Lithuania Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census)

Luxembourg Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)

Macau Cantonese 87.9%, Hokkien 4.4%, Mandarin 1.6%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 3% (2001 census)

Macedonia Macedonian 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% (2002 census)

Madagascar French (official), Malagasy (official)

Malawi Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)

Malaysia Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan

Maldives Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials

Mali French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages

Malta Maltese (official), English (official)

Marshall Islands Marshallese 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) note: English widely spoken as a second language; both Marshallese and English are official languages

Martinique French, Creole patois

Mauritania Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Hassaniya, Wolof

Mauritius Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)

Mayotte Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population

Mexico Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

Micronesia, Federated States of English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi

Moldova Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)

Monaco French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque

Mongolia Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)

Montenegro Serbian (Ijekavian dialect - official), Bosnian, Albanian, Croatian

Montserrat English

Morocco Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy

Mozambique Emakhuwa 26.1%, Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese 8.8% (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language), Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other foreign languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3% (1997 census)

Namibia English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages (Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)

Nauru Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes

Nepal Nepali 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census) note: many in government and business also speak English

Netherlands Dutch (official), Frisian (official)

Netherlands Antilles Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)

New Caledonia French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

New Zealand English (official), Maori (official)

Nicaragua Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census) note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast

Niger French (official), Hausa, Djerma

Nigeria English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani

Niue Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English

Norfolk Island English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian

Northern Mariana Islands Philippine languages 24.4%, Chinese 23.4%, Chamorro 22.4%, English 10.8%, other Pacific island languages 9.5%, other 9.6% (2000 census)

Norway Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities

Oman Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects

Pakistan Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%

Palau Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)

Panama Spanish (official), English 14%; note - many Panamanians bilingual

Papua New Guinea Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)

Paraguay Spanish (official), Guarani (official)

Peru Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages

Philippines two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan

Pitcairn Islands English (official), Pitcairnese (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)

Poland Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census)

Portugal Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

Puerto Rico Spanish, English

Qatar Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language

Reunion French (official), Creole widely used

Romania Romanian (official), Hungarian, German

Russia Russian, many minority languages

Rwanda Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers

Saint Helena English

Saint Kitts and Nevis English

Saint Lucia English (official), French patois

Saint Pierre and Miquelon French (official)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines English, French patois

Samoa Samoan (Polynesian), English

San Marino Italian

Sao Tome and Principe Portuguese (official)

Saudi Arabia Arabic

Senegal French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka

Serbia Serbian (official nationwide); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina); Albanian (official in Kosovo)

Seychelles Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census)

Sierra Leone English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)

Singapore Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)

Slovakia Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)

Slovenia Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)

Solomon Islands Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English is official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population note: 120 indigenous languages

Somalia Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English

South Africa IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census)

Spain Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally

Sri Lanka Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population

Sudan Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English note: program of "Arabization" in process

Suriname Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese

Svalbard Norwegian, Russian

Swaziland English (official, government business conducted in English), siSwati (official)

Sweden Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Switzerland German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census) note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national languages, but only the first three are official languages

Syria Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood

Taiwan Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects

Tajikistan Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business

Tanzania Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources, including Arabic and English, and it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages

Thailand Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects

Togo French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)

Tokelau Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English

Tonga Tongan, English

Trinidad and Tobago English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese

Tunisia Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)

Turkey Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the Europe part of Turkey

Turkmenistan Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%

Turks and Caicos Islands English (official)

Tuvalu Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)

Uganda English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

Ukraine Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities

United Arab Emirates Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu

United Kingdom English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)

United States English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)

Uruguay Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)

Uzbekistan Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Vanuatu local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)

Venezuela Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects

Vietnam Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)

Virgin Islands English 74.7%, Spanish or Spanish Creole 16.8%, French or French Creole 6.6%, other 1.9% (2000 census)

Wallis and Futuna Wallisian 58.9% (indigenous Polynesian language), Futunian 30.1%, French 10.8%, other 0.2% (2003 census)

West Bank Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

Western Sahara Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic

World Mandarin Chinese 13.69%, Spanish 5.05%, English 4.84%, Hindi 2.82%, Portuguese 2.77%, Bengali 2.68%, Russian 2.27%, Japanese 1.99%, Standard German 1.49%, Wu Chinese 1.21% (2004 est.) note: percents are for "first language" speakers only

Yemen Arabic

Zambia English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages

Zimbabwe English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects

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@2100 Legal system

Afghanistan according to the new constitution, no law should be "contrary to Islam"; the state is obliged to create a prosperous and progressive society based on social justice, protection of human dignity, protection of human rights, realization of democracy, and to ensure national unity and equality among all ethnic groups and tribes; the state shall abide by the UN charter, international treaties, international conventions that Afghanistan signed, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Akrotiri the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply

Albania has a civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; has accepted jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court for its citizens

Algeria socialist, based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

American Samoa NA

Andorra based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Angola based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets

Anguilla based on English common law

Antarctica Antarctica is administered through meetings of the consultative member nations; decisions from these meetings are carried out by these member nations (with respect to their own nationals and operations) in accordance with their own national laws; US law, including certain criminal offenses by or against US nationals, such as murder, may apply extraterritorially; some US laws directly apply to Antarctica; for example, the Antarctic Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. section 2401 et seq., provides civil and criminal penalties for the following activities, unless authorized by regulation of statute: the taking of native mammals or birds; the introduction of nonindigenous plants and animals; entry into specially protected areas; the discharge or disposal of pollutants; and the importation into the US of certain items from Antarctica; violation of the Antarctic Conservation Act carries penalties of up to $10,000 in fines and one year in prison; the National Science Foundation and Department of Justice share enforcement responsibilities; Public Law 95-541, the US Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended in 1996, requires expeditions from the US to Antarctica to notify, in advance, the Office of Oceans, Room 5805, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, which reports such plans to other nations as required by the Antarctic Treaty; for more information, contact Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230; telephone: (703) 292-8030, or visit their website at www.nsf.gov; more generally, access to the Antarctic Treaty area, that is to all areas between 60 and 90 degrees south latitude, is subject to a number of relevant legal instruments and authorization procedures adopted by the states party to the Antarctic Treaty

Antigua and Barbuda based on English common law

Argentina mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Armenia based on civil law system

Aruba based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence

Ashmore and Cartier Islands the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and the laws of the Northern Territory of Australia, where applicable, apply

Australia based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Austria civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Azerbaijan based on civil law system

Bahamas, The based on English common law

Bahrain based on Islamic law and English common law

Baker Island the laws of the US, where applicable, apply

Bangladesh based on English common law

Barbados English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Bassas da India the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Belarus based on civil law system

Belgium civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Belize English law

Benin based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Bermuda English law

Bhutan based on Indian law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Bolivia based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Bosnia and Herzegovina based on civil law system

Botswana based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Bouvet Island the laws of Norway, where applicable, apply

Brazil based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

British Indian Ocean Territory the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply

British Virgin Islands English law

Brunei based on English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Shari'a law supersedes civil law in a number of areas

Bulgaria civil law and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Burkina Faso based on French civil law system and customary law

Burma has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Burundi based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Cambodia primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing influence of common law in recent years; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Cameroon based on French civil law system, with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Canada based on English common law, except in Quebec, where civil law system based on French law prevails; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Cape Verde derived from the legal system of Portugal

Cayman Islands British common law and local statutes

Central African Republic based on French law

Chad based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Chile based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; note - in June 2005, Chile completed overhaul of its criminal justice system to a new, US-style adversarial system

China based on civil law system; derived from Soviet and continental civil code legal principles; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Christmas Island under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law

Clipperton Island the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Cocos (Keeling) Islands based upon the laws of Australia and local laws

Colombia based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted into law in 2004 and is gradually being implemented; judicial review of executive and legislative acts

Comoros French and Sharia (Islamic) law in a new consolidated code

Congo, Democratic Republic of the a new constitution was adopted by referendum 18 December 2005; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Congo, Republic of the based on French civil law system and customary law

Cook Islands based on New Zealand law and English common law

Coral Sea Islands the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply

Costa Rica based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Cote d'Ivoire based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Croatia based on civil law system

Cuba based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Cyprus based on common law, with civil law modifications; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Czech Republic civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it in line with Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory

Denmark civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Dhekelia the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply

Djibouti based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law

Dominica based on English common law

Dominican Republic based on French civil codes; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

East Timor UN-drafted legal system based on Indonesian law remains in place but will be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed and are expected to be promulgated in early 2006

Ecuador based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Egypt based on English common law, Islamic law, and Napoleonic codes; judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity of administrative decisions); accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

El Salvador based on civil and Roman law with traces of common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court

Equatorial Guinea partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom

Eritrea primary basis is the Ethiopian legal code of 1957, with revisions; new civil, commercial, and penal codes have not yet been promulgated; also relies on customary and post-independence-enacted laws and, for civil cases involving Muslims, Sharia law

Estonia based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Ethiopia currently transitional mix of national and regional courts

Europa Island the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) English common law

Faroe Islands Danish

Fiji based on British system

Finland civil law system based on Swedish law; the president may request the Supreme Court to review laws; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

France civil law system with indigenous concepts; review of administrative but not legislative acts

French Guiana French legal system

French Polynesia based on French system

French Southern and Antarctic Lands the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Gabon based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Gambia, The based on a composite of English common law, Koranic law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Georgia based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Germany civil law system with indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in the Federal Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Ghana based on English common law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Gibraltar English law

Glorioso Islands the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Greece based on codified Roman law; judiciary divided into civil, criminal, and administrative courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Greenland Danish

Grenada based on English common law

Guadeloupe French legal system

Guam modeled on US; US federal laws apply

Guatemala civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Guernsey English law and local statutes; justice is administered by the Royal Court

Guinea based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree; legal codes currently being revised; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Guinea-Bissau accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Guyana based on English common law with certain admixtures of Roman-Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Haiti based on Roman civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Heard Island and McDonald Islands the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply

Holy See (Vatican City) based on Code of Canon Law and revisions to it

Honduras rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Hong Kong based on English common law

Howland Island the laws of the US, where applicable, apply

Hungary rule of law based on Western model; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Iceland civil law system based on Danish law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Iles Eparses the laws of France, where applicable, apply

India based on English common law; limited judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus

Indonesia based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts and by new criminal procedures and election codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Iran the Constitution codifies Islamic principles of government

Iraq based on European civil and Islamic law under the framework outlined in the Iraqi Constitution

Ireland based on English common law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Isle of Man English common law and Manx statute

Israel mixture of English common law, British Mandate regulations, and, in personal matters, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legal systems; in December 1985, Israel informed the UN Secretariat that it would no longer accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Italy based on civil law system; appeals treated as new trials; judicial review under certain conditions in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Jamaica based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Jan Mayen the laws of Norway, where applicable, apply

Japan modeled after European civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Jarvis Island the laws of the US, where applicable, apply

Jersey English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court

Johnston Atoll the laws of the US, where applicable, apply

Jordan based on Islamic law and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts in a specially provided High Tribunal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Juan de Nova Island the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Kazakhstan based on civil law system

Kenya based on Kenyan statutory law, Kenyan and English common law, tribal law, and Islamic law; judicial review in High Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; constitutional amendment of 1982 making Kenya a de jure one-party state repealed in 1991

Kingman Reef the laws of the US, where applicable, apply