The 2007 CIA World Factbook (part 17 of 17)
1 World 16,180,000,000,000 2004 est. 2 United States 3,717,000,000,000 2004 3 European Union 2,770,000,000,000 2004 est. 4 China 2,494,000,000,000 2005 5 Russia 940,000,000,000 2005 6 Japan 906,200,000,000 2004 7 India 587,900,000,000 2004 8 Germany 524,600,000,000 2004 9 Canada 522,400,000,000 2004 10 France 440,600,000,000 2004 11 Brazil 391,700,000,000 2004 12 United Kingdom 345,200,000,000 2004 13 Korea, South 321,000,000,000 2004 14 Italy 303,800,000,000 2004 15 Spain 241,800,000,000 2004 16 Mexico 224,600,000,000 2004 17 Australia 209,500,000,000 2004 18 South Africa 207,000,000,000 2004 19 Taiwan 175,300,000,000 2005 20 Ukraine 158,900,000,000 2004 21 Iran 145,100,000,000 2004 22 Saudi Arabia 144,400,000,000 2004 23 Turkey 140,300,000,000 2005 24 Sweden 137,800,000,000 2004 25 Poland 124,100,000,000 2004 26 Thailand 116,200,000,000 2004 27 Norway 112,800,000,000 2004 28 Indonesia 104,700,000,000 2004 29 Netherlands 102,400,000,000 2004 30 Argentina 90,930,000,000 2004 31 Venezuela 86,520,000,000 2004 32 Egypt 84,490,000,000 2004 33 Belgium 82,410,000,000 2004 34 Finland 80,790,000,000 2004 35 Pakistan 74,620,000,000 2004 36 Malaysia 72,710,000,000 2004 37 Austria 64,070,000,000 2004 38 Czech Republic 58,800,000,000 2004 39 Kazakhstan 58,300,000,000 2004 40 Switzerland 56,930,000,000 2004 41 Greece 53,500,000,000 2005 est. 42 Romania 49,620,000,000 2004 43 Philippines 49,410,000,000 2004 44 Chile 49,090,000,000 2004 45 Uzbekistan 48,200,000,000 2004 46 United Arab Emirates 46,050,000,000 2004 47 Portugal 46,050,000,000 2004 48 Hong Kong 44,550,000,000 2005 49 Colombia 42,010,000,000 2004 50 Israel 41,380,000,000 2004 51 New Zealand 38,220,000,000 2004 52 Kuwait 37,540,000,000 2004 53 Vietnam 37,300,000,000 2004 54 Hungary 37,100,000,000 2004 55 Bulgaria 35,230,000,000 2004 56 Iraq 33,300,000,000 2005 57 Denmark 32,560,000,000 2004 58 Belarus 31,050,000,000 2004 59 Singapore 30,350,000,000 2004 60 Syria 27,570,000,000 2004 est. 61 Algeria 27,400,000,000 2004 est. 62 Slovakia 24,200,000,000 2004 63 Ireland 23,230,000,000 2004 64 Puerto Rico 22,450,000,000 2004 65 Peru 22,310,000,000 2004 66 Azerbaijan 20,570,000,000 2004 67 Korea, North 20,190,000,000 2004 68 Morocco 18,890,000,000 2004 69 Libya 18,080,000,000 2004 70 Nigeria 17,710,000,000 2004 71 Bangladesh 16,820,000,000 2004 72 Croatia 16,530,000,000 2004 73 Tajikistan 15,700,000,000 2004 74 Cuba 14,100,000,000 2004 75 Dominican Republic 13,960,000,000 2004 76 Oman 13,330,000,000 2004 77 Ecuador 12,950,000,000 2004 78 Slovenia 12,670,000,000 2004 79 Qatar 11,530,000,000 2004 80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11,030,000,000 2004 81 Zimbabwe 11,000,000,000 2004 82 Tunisia 10,970,000,000 2004 83 Uruguay 9,939,000,000 2004 84 Mozambique 9,592,000,000 2004 85 Lebanon 9,529,000,000 2004 86 Lithuania 9,358,000,000 2004 87 Turkmenistan 9,030,000,000 2004 88 Georgia 8,528,000,000 2004 89 Jordan 8,387,000,000 2004 90 Macedonia 7,933,000,000 2005 91 Iceland 7,881,000,000 2004 92 Costa Rica 7,574,000,000 2004 93 Bahrain 7,248,000,000 2004 94 Sri Lanka 7,174,000,000 2004 95 Ghana 7,095,000,000 2004 96 Panama 6,888,000,000 2004 97 Estonia 6,846,000,000 2004 98 Kyrgyzstan 6,777,000,000 2004 99 Moldova 6,731,000,000 2004 100 Zambia 6,692,000,000 2004 101 Guatemala 6,649,000,000 2004 102 Jamaica 6,429,000,000 2004 103 Latvia 6,329,000,000 2004 104 Luxembourg 6,140,000,000 2005 est. 105 Burma 5,869,000,000 2004 106 Trinidad and Tobago 5,626,000,000 2004 107 Kenya 5,459,000,000 2004 108 Albania 5,231,000,000 2004 109 Congo, Republic of the 5,127,000,000 2004 110 Honduras 4,824,000,000 2004 111 Armenia 4,374,000,000 2005 112 El Salvador 4,229,000,000 2004 113 Bolivia 4,168,000,000 2004 114 Yemen 3,792,000,000 2004 est. 115 Cyprus 3,651,000,000 2004 116 Cameroon 3,649,000,000 2004 117 Sudan 3,576,000,000 2004 118 Mongolia 3,370,000,000 2005 est. 119 Laos 3,260,000,000 2004 120 Cote d'Ivoire 3,202,000,000 2004 121 Paraguay 3,133,000,000 2004 122 Papua New Guinea 3,123,000,000 2004 123 Namibia 2,819,000,000 2004 124 Brunei 2,609,000,000 2004 125 Nicaragua 2,573,000,000 2004 126 Botswana 2,464,000,000 2004 127 Tanzania 2,383,000,000 2004 128 Macau 2,159,000,000 2005 129 Ethiopia 2,133,000,000 2004 130 Malta 2,130,000,000 2004 131 Angola 2,040,000,000 2004 132 Mauritius 1,960,000,000 2004 133 Nepal 1,850,000,000 2005 134 Bahamas, The 1,669,000,000 2004 135 Guam 1,641,000,000 2004 136 Uganda 1,596,000,000 2004 137 New Caledonia 1,558,000,000 2004 138 Gabon 1,435,000,000 2004 139 Suriname 1,403,000,000 2004 140 Senegal 1,351,000,000 2004 141 Malawi 1,202,000,000 2004 142 Swaziland 1,123,000,000 2004 143 Netherlands Antilles 934,700,000 2004 144 Togo 929,200,000 2004 145 Madagascar 915,100,000 2004 146 Virgin Islands 911,400,000 2004 147 Barbados 833,300,000 2004 148 Afghanistan 782,900,000 2004 149 Guyana 761,500,000 2004 150 Fiji 759,800,000 2004 151 Guinea 734,700,000 2004 152 Aruba 716,100,000 2004 153 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 658,300,000 2004 154 Jersey 630,100,000 2004 est. 155 Bermuda 616,700,000 2005 156 Benin 576,300,000 2004 157 Bhutan 526,500,000 2004 158 Haiti 498,600,000 2004 159 French Polynesia 443,600,000 2004 160 Niger 415,800,000 2004 161 Mali 381,300,000 2004 162 Cayman Islands 372,000,000 2004 163 Burkina Faso 372,000,000 2004 164 Liberia 302,300,000 2004 165 Greenland 274,400,000 2004 166 Faroe Islands 272,100,000 2004 167 Saint Lucia 269,700,000 2004 168 Eritrea 256,700,000 2004 169 Somalia 250,200,000 2004 170 Lesotho 244,500,000 2004 171 Sierra Leone 226,900,000 2004 172 Rwanda 196,500,000 2004 173 Seychelles 193,400,000 2004 174 Djibouti 186,000,000 2004 175 Micronesia, Federated States of 178,600,000 2002 176 Mauritania 164,300,000 2004 177 Belize 162,800,000 2004 178 Grenada 159,300,000 2004 179 Burundi 157,400,000 2004 180 Maldives 139,400,000 2004 181 Gambia, The 134,900,000 2004 182 Gibraltar 122,000,000 2004 183 Cambodia 121,800,000 2004 184 American Samoa 119,000,000 2004 185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 116,300,000 2004 186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 106,000,000 2004 187 Central African Republic 101,400,000 2004 188 Samoa 100,500,000 2004 189 Antigua and Barbuda 97,650,000 2004 190 Mayotte 87,790,000 2001 191 Chad 87,420,000 2004 192 Western Sahara 79,050,000 2004 193 Dominica 78,010,000 2004 194 Guinea-Bissau 53,960,000 2004 195 Solomon Islands 51,150,000 2004 196 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 46,500,000 2004 197 Anguilla 42,600,000 198 Cape Verde 40,920,000 2004 199 Vanuatu 39,990,000 2004 200 British Virgin Islands 39,060,000 2004 201 Tonga 38,130,000 2004 202 Nauru 27,900,000 2004 203 Cook Islands 26,040,000 2004 est. 204 Equatorial Guinea 24,180,000 2004 205 Montenegro 18,600,000 206 Comoros 17,670,000 2004 207 Sao Tome and Principe 16,740,000 2004 208 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 14,880,000 2004 209 Kiribati 12,090,000 2004 210 Saint Helena 6,510,000 2004 211 Turks and Caicos Islands 6,510,000 2004 212 Niue 2,790,000 2004 213 Montserrat 1,860,000 2003 214 Gaza Strip 230,000
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Rank code: @2053
Rank Country Airports Date of Information
1 World 49,024 2006 2 United States 14,858 2006 3 Brazil 4,276 2006 4 Mexico 1,839 2006 5 Russia 1,623 2006 6 Argentina 1,381 2006 7 Canada 1,337 2006 8 Bolivia 1,084 2006 9 Colombia 984 2006 10 Paraguay 881 2006 11 South Africa 731 2006 12 Indonesia 662 2006 13 Papua New Guinea 582 2006 14 Germany 554 2006 15 France 501 2006 16 Ukraine 499 2006 17 China 486 2006 18 France 477 2006 19 United Kingdom 471 2006 20 Australia 455 2006 21 Guatemala 450 2006 22 Zimbabwe 403 2006 23 Venezuela 375 2006 24 Chile 363 2006 25 Ecuador 359 2006 26 India 341 2006 27 Iran 321 2006 28 Peru 268 2006 29 Philippines 256 2006 30 Sweden 255 2006 31 Angola 244 2006 32 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 234 2006 33 Kenya 225 2006 34 Bulgaria 217 2006 35 Saudi Arabia 208 2006 36 Nicaragua 176 2006 37 Japan 175 2006 38 Cuba 170 2006 39 Mozambique 158 2006 40 Costa Rica 157 2006 41 Spain 157 2006 42 Kazakhstan 150 2006 43 Finland 148 2006 44 Algeria 142 2006 45 Libya 141 2006 46 Pakistan 139 2006 47 Oman 137 2006 48 Namibia 137 2006 49 Italy 133 2006 50 Tanzania 124 2006 51 Poland 122 2006 52 Czech Republic 121 2006 53 New Zealand 118 2006 54 Malaysia 117 2006 55 Panama 117 2006 56 Turkey 117 2006 57 Honduras 116 2006 58 Madagascar 116 2006 59 Zambia 111 2006 60 Iraq 110 2006 61 Thailand 108 2006 62 Korea, South 107 2006 63 Norway 99 2006 64 Iceland 98 2006 65 Denmark 92 2006 66 Syria 92 2006 67 Lithuania 91 2006 68 Guyana 90 2006 69 Egypt 88 2006 70 Sudan 88 2006 71 Belarus 86 2006 72 Botswana 85 2006 73 Burma 85 2006 74 Ethiopia 84 2006 75 Greece 82 2006 76 Korea, North 77 2006 77 El Salvador 75 2006 78 Nigeria 69 2006 79 Croatia 68 2006 80 Portugal 66 2006 81 Somalia 65 2006 82 Switzerland 65 2006 83 Bahamas, The 64 2006 84 Uruguay 64 2006 85 Romania 61 2006 86 Uzbekistan 61 2006 87 Morocco 60 2006 88 Gabon 56 2006 89 Austria 55 2006 90 Israel 53 2006 91 Liberia 53 2006 92 Chad 52 2006 93 French Polynesia 51 2006 94 Central African Republic 50 2006 95 Nepal 48 2006 96 Cameroon 47 2006 97 Suriname 47 2006 98 Afghanistan 46 2006 99 Latvia 46 2006 100 Yemen 46 2006 101 Hungary 46 2006 102 Laos 44 2006 103 Mongolia 44 2006 104 Belgium 43 2006 105 Belize 43 2006 106 Malawi 42 2006 107 Taiwan 42 2006 108 Tajikistan 40 2006 109 Serbia 39 2006 110 United Arab Emirates 37 2006 111 Kyrgyzstan 37 2006 112 Azerbaijan 36 2006 113 Ireland 36 2006 114 Slovakia 36 2006 115 Solomon Islands 35 2006 116 Cote d'Ivoire 35 2006 117 Jamaica 35 2006 118 Burkina Faso 34 2006 119 Dominican Republic 33 2006 120 Congo, Republic of the 32 2006 121 Vietnam 32 2006 122 Vanuatu 31 2006 123 Uganda 31 2006 124 Puerto Rico 30 2006 125 Tunisia 30 2006 126 Mali 29 2006 127 Turkmenistan 29 2006 128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 2006 129 Fiji 28 2006 130 Lesotho 28 2006 131 Guinea-Bissau 28 2006 132 Niger 28 2006 133 Netherlands 27 2006 134 Mauritania 25 2006 135 New Caledonia 25 2006 136 Estonia 24 2006 137 Georgia 23 2006 138 Antarctica 20 2006 139 Senegal 20 2006 140 Cambodia 20 2006 141 Kiribati 19 2006 142 Swaziland 18 2006 143 Eritrea 17 2006 144 Macedonia 17 2006 145 Jordan 17 2006 146 Bangladesh 16 2006 147 Sri Lanka 16 2006 148 Cyprus 16 2006 149 Guinea 16 2006 150 Marshall Islands 15 2006 151 Seychelles 15 2006 152 Greenland 14 2006 153 Slovenia 14 2006 154 Armenia 13 2006 155 Djibouti 13 2006 156 Ghana 12 2006 157 Haiti 12 2006 158 Moldova 12 2006 159 Albania 11 2006 160 Western Sahara 11 2006 161 Sierra Leone 10 2006 162 Cook Islands 9 2006 163 Singapore 9 2006 164 Togo 9 2006 165 Rwanda 9 2006 166 Burundi 8 2006 167 Turks and Caicos Islands 8 2006 168 East Timor 8 2006 169 Cape Verde 7 2006 170 Lebanon 7 2006 171 Kuwait 7 2006 172 Micronesia, Federated States of 6 2006 173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 2006 174 Tonga 6 2006 175 Mauritius 6 2006 176 Trinidad and Tobago 6 2006 177 Benin 5 2006 178 Qatar 5 2006 179 Netherlands Antilles 5 2006 180 Guam 5 2006 181 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 5 2006 182 Northern Mariana Islands 5 2006 183 Maldives 5 2006 184 Montenegro 5 2006 185 Comoros 4 2006 186 Samoa 4 2006 187 Svalbard 4 2006 188 Equatorial Guinea 4 2006 189 Antigua and Barbuda 3 2006 190 West Bank 3 2006 191 British Virgin Islands 3 2006 192 Palau 3 2006 193 Spratly Islands 3 2006 194 Midway Islands 3 2006 195 Hong Kong 3 2006 196 Grenada 3 2006 197 Bahrain 3 2006 198 Anguilla 3 2006 199 American Samoa 3 2006 200 Cayman Islands 3 2006 201 Bhutan 2 2006 202 Wallis and Futuna 2 2006 203 Virgin Islands 2 2006 204 Sao Tome and Principe 2 2006 205 Saint Lucia 2 2006 206 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 2006 207 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 2006 208 Montserrat 2 2006 209 Brunei 2 2006 210 Dominica 2 2006 211 Gaza Strip 2 2006 212 Luxembourg 2 2006 213 Guernsey 2 2006 214 Aruba 1 2006 215 Barbados 1 2006 216 Wake Island 1 2006 217 Tuvalu 1 2006 218 Tromelin Island 1 2006 219 Saint Helena 1 2006 220 Mayotte 1 2006 221 Macau 1 2006 222 Palmyra Atoll 1 2006 223 Christmas Island 1 2006 224 Juan de Nova Island 1 2006 225 Johnston Atoll 1 2006 226 Jan Mayen 1 2006 227 Jersey 1 2006 228 British Indian Ocean Territory 1 2006 229 Isle of Man 1 2006 230 Paracel Islands 1 2006 231 Nauru 1 2006 232 Norfolk Island 1 2006 233 Niue 1 2006 234 Malta 1 2006 235 Glorioso Islands 1 2006 236 Gibraltar 1 2006 237 Gambia, The 1 2006 238 Faroe Islands 1 2006 239 Europa Island 1 2006 240 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 2006 241 Bermuda 1 2006
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Rank code: @2054
Rank Country Birth rate(births/1,000 population) Date of Information
1 Niger 50.73 2006 est. 2 Mali 49.82 2006 est. 3 Uganda 47.35 2006 est. 4 Afghanistan 46.60 2006 est. 5 Sierra Leone 45.76 2006 est. 6 Chad 45.73 2006 est. 7 Burkina Faso 45.62 2006 est. 8 Somalia 45.13 2006 est. 9 Angola 45.11 2006 est. 10 Liberia 44.77 2006 est. 11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 43.69 2006 est. 12 Malawi 43.13 2006 est. 13 Yemen 42.89 2006 est. 14 Congo, Republic of the 42.57 2006 est. 15 Burundi 42.22 2006 est. 16 Guinea 41.76 2006 est. 17 Madagascar 41.41 2006 est. 18 Zambia 41.00 2006 est. 19 Mauritania 40.99 2006 est. 20 Mayotte 40.95 2006 est. 21 Nigeria 40.43 2006 est. 22 Rwanda 40.37 2006 est. 23 Sao Tome and Principe 40.25 2006 est. 24 Kenya 39.72 2006 est. 25 Djibouti 39.53 2006 est. 26 Gaza Strip 39.45 2006 est. 27 Gambia, The 39.37 2006 est. 28 Benin 38.85 2006 est. 29 Ethiopia 37.98 2006 est. 30 Tanzania 37.71 2006 est. 31 Guinea-Bissau 37.22 2006 est. 32 Togo 37.01 2006 est. 33 Comoros 36.93 2006 est. 34 Haiti 36.44 2006 est. 35 Oman 36.24 2006 est. 36 Gabon 36.16 2006 est. 37 Equatorial Guinea 35.59 2006 est. 38 Laos 35.49 2006 est. 39 Mozambique 35.18 2006 est. 40 Cote d'Ivoire 35.11 2006 est. 41 Maldives 34.81 2006 est. 42 Sudan 34.53 2006 est. 43 Eritrea 34.33 2006 est. 44 Central African Republic 33.91 2006 est. 45 Cameroon 33.89 2006 est. 46 Bhutan 33.65 2006 est. 47 Marshall Islands 33.05 2006 est. 48 Senegal 32.78 2006 est. 49 Tajikistan 32.65 2006 est. 50 Iraq 31.98 2006 est. 51 West Bank 31.67 2006 est. 52 Nepal 30.98 2006 est. 53 Kiribati 30.65 2006 est. 54 Ghana 30.52 2006 est. 55 Solomon Islands 30.01 2006 est. 56 Guatemala 29.88 2006 est. 57 Bangladesh 29.80 2006 est. 58 Pakistan 29.74 2006 est. 59 Papua New Guinea 29.36 2006 est. 60 Saudi Arabia 29.34 2006 est. 61 Paraguay 29.10 2006 est. 62 Belize 28.84 2006 est. 63 Honduras 28.24 2006 est. 64 Zimbabwe 28.01 2006 est. 65 Syria 27.76 2006 est. 66 Turkmenistan 27.61 2006 est. 67 Swaziland 27.41 2006 est. 68 East Timor 26.99 2006 est. 69 Cambodia 26.90 2006 est. 70 El Salvador 26.61 2006 est. 71 Libya 26.49 2006 est. 72 Uzbekistan 26.36 2006 est. 73 Tonga 25.37 2006 est. 74 Philippines 24.89 2006 est. 75 Cape Verde 24.87 2006 est. 76 Nauru 24.76 2006 est. 77 Lesotho 24.75 2006 est. 78 Micronesia, Federated States of 24.68 2006 est. 79 Nicaragua 24.51 2006 est. 80 Namibia 24.32 2006 est. 81 Bolivia 23.30 2006 est. 82 Dominican Republic 23.22 2006 est. 83 Botswana 23.08 2006 est. 84 Egypt 22.94 2006 est. 85 Malaysia 22.86 2006 est. 86 Kyrgyzstan 22.80 2006 est. 87 Vanuatu 22.72 2006 est. 88 Fiji 22.55 2006 est. 89 American Samoa 22.46 2006 est. 90 Ecuador 22.29 2006 est. 91 Tuvalu 22.18 2006 est. 92 Grenada 22.08 2006 est. 93 India 22.01 2006 est. 94 Morocco 21.98 2006 est. 95 Kuwait 21.94 2006 est. 96 Turks and Caicos Islands 21.84 2006 est. 97 Panama 21.74 2006 est. 98 Mongolia 21.59 2006 est. 99 Jordan 21.25 2006 est. 100 Cook Islands 21.00 2001 census 101 Jamaica 20.82 2006 est. 102 Azerbaijan 20.74 2006 est. 103 Mexico 20.69 2006 est. 104 Colombia 20.48 2006 est. 105 Peru 20.48 2006 est. 106 Indonesia 20.34 2006 est. 107 World 20.05 2006 est. 108 Saint Lucia 19.68 2006 est. 109 Northern Mariana Islands 19.43 2006 est. 110 United Arab Emirates 18.96 2006 est. 111 Brunei 18.79 2006 est. 112 Guam 18.79 2006 est. 113 Venezuela 18.71 2006 est. 114 Lebanon 18.52 2006 est. 115 Costa Rica 18.32 2006 est. 116 Guyana 18.28 2006 est. 117 South Africa 18.20 2006 est. 118 New Caledonia 18.11 2006 est. 119 Palau 18.03 2006 est. 120 Suriname 18.02 2006 est. 121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.02 2006 est. 122 Israel 17.97 2006 est. 123 Burma 17.91 2006 est. 124 Bahrain 17.80 2006 est. 125 Montserrat 17.59 2006 est. 126 Bahamas, The 17.57 2006 est. 127 Algeria 17.14 2006 est. 128 Iran 17.00 2006 est. 129 Antigua and Barbuda 16.93 2006 est. 130 Vietnam 16.86 2006 est. 131 Argentina 16.73 2006 est. 132 French Polynesia 16.68 2006 est. 133 Turkey 16.62 2006 est. 134 Brazil 16.56 2006 est. 135 Samoa 16.43 2006 est. 136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.18 2006 est. 137 Seychelles 16.03 2006 est. 138 Kazakhstan 16.00 2006 est. 139 Greenland 15.93 2006 est. 140 Moldova 15.70 2006 est. 141 Qatar 15.56 2006 est. 142 Korea, North 15.54 2006 est. 143 Tunisia 15.52 2006 est. 144 Sri Lanka 15.51 2006 est. 145 Mauritius 15.43 2006 est. 146 Dominica 15.27 2006 est. 147 Chile 15.23 2006 est. 148 Albania 15.11 2006 est. 149 British Virgin Islands 14.89 2006 est. 150 Netherlands Antilles 14.78 2006 est. 151 Ireland 14.45 2006 est. 152 Anguilla 14.17 2006 est. 153 United States 14.14 2006 est. 154 Faroe Islands 14.05 2006 est. 155 Virgin Islands 13.96 2006 est. 156 Uruguay 13.91 2006 est. 157 Thailand 13.87 2006 est. 158 New Zealand 13.76 2006 est. 159 Iceland 13.64 2006 est. 160 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 13.52 2006 est. 161 China 13.25 2006 est. 162 Trinidad and Tobago 12.90 2006 est. 163 Puerto Rico 12.77 2006 est. 164 Cayman Islands 12.74 2006 est. 165 Barbados 12.71 2006 est. 166 Montenegro 12.60 2004 167 Cyprus 12.56 2006 est. 168 Taiwan 12.56 2006 est. 169 Australia 12.14 2006 est. 170 Saint Helena 12.13 2006 est. 171 Armenia 12.07 2006 est. 172 Macedonia 12.02 2006 est. 173 France 11.99 2006 est. 174 Luxembourg 11.94 2006 est. 175 Cuba 11.89 2006 est. 176 Norway 11.46 2006 est. 177 Bermuda 11.40 2006 est. 178 Belarus 11.16 2006 est. 179 Denmark 11.13 2006 est. 180 Isle of Man 11.05 2006 est. 181 Aruba 11.03 2006 est. 182 Netherlands 10.90 2006 est. 183 Canada 10.78 2006 est. 184 Gibraltar 10.74 2006 est. 185 Portugal 10.72 2006 est. 186 United Kingdom 10.71 2006 est. 187 Romania 10.70 2006 est. 188 Slovakia 10.65 2006 est. 189 Finland 10.45 2006 est. 190 Georgia 10.41 2006 est. 191 Belgium 10.38 2006 est. 192 Sweden 10.27 2006 est. 193 Malta 10.22 2006 est. 194 Liechtenstein 10.21 2006 est. 195 Spain 10.06 2006 est. 196 Estonia 10.04 2006 est. 197 San Marino 10.02 2006 est. 198 European Union 10.00 2006 est. 199 Korea, South 10.00 2006 est. 200 Russia 9.95 2006 est. 201 Poland 9.85 2006 est. 202 Hungary 9.72 2006 est. 203 Switzerland 9.71 2006 est. 204 Greece 9.68 2006 est. 205 Bulgaria 9.65 2006 est. 206 Croatia 9.61 2006 est. 207 Japan 9.37 2006 est. 208 Singapore 9.34 2006 est. 209 Jersey 9.30 2006 est. 210 Latvia 9.24 2006 est. 211 Monaco 9.19 2006 est. 212 Czech Republic 9.02 2006 est. 213 Slovenia 8.98 2006 est. 214 Ukraine 8.82 2006 est. 215 Guernsey 8.81 2006 est. 216 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.77 2006 est. 217 Lithuania 8.75 2006 est. 218 Austria 8.74 2006 est. 219 Italy 8.72 2006 est. 220 Andorra 8.71 2006 est. 221 Macau 8.48 2006 est. 222 Germany 8.25 2006 est. 223 Hong Kong 7.29 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2066
Rank Country Death rate(deaths/1,000 population) Date of Information
1 Swaziland 29.74 2006 est. 2 Botswana 29.50 2006 est. 3 Lesotho 28.71 2006 est. 4 Angola 24.20 2006 est. 5 Liberia 23.10 2006 est. 6 Sierra Leone 23.03 2006 est. 7 South Africa 22.00 2006 est. 8 Zimbabwe 21.84 2006 est. 9 Mozambique 21.35 2006 est. 10 Niger 20.91 2006 est. 11 Afghanistan 20.34 2006 est. 12 Zambia 19.93 2006 est. 13 Malawi 19.33 2006 est. 14 Djibouti 19.31 2006 est. 15 Namibia 18.86 2006 est. 16 Central African Republic 18.65 2006 est. 17 Nigeria 16.94 2006 est. 18 Mali 16.89 2006 est. 19 Somalia 16.63 2006 est. 20 Guinea-Bissau 16.53 2006 est. 21 Tanzania 16.39 2006 est. 22 Chad 16.38 2006 est. 23 Rwanda 16.09 2006 est. 24 Burkina Faso 15.60 2006 est. 25 Guinea 15.48 2006 est. 26 Equatorial Guinea 15.06 2006 est. 27 Ethiopia 14.86 2006 est. 28 Cote d'Ivoire 14.84 2006 est. 29 Russia 14.65 2006 est. 30 Ukraine 14.39 2006 est. 31 Bulgaria 14.27 2006 est. 32 Belarus 14.02 2006 est. 33 Kenya 14.02 2006 est. 34 Latvia 13.66 2006 est. 35 Cameroon 13.47 2006 est. 36 Burundi 13.46 2006 est. 37 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.27 2006 est. 38 Estonia 13.25 2006 est. 39 Hungary 13.11 2006 est. 40 Congo, Republic of the 12.93 2006 est. 41 Monaco 12.91 2006 est. 42 Bhutan 12.70 2006 est. 43 Moldova 12.64 2006 est. 44 Gambia, The 12.25 2006 est. 45 Gabon 12.25 2006 est. 46 Uganda 12.24 2006 est. 47 Benin 12.22 2006 est. 48 Haiti 12.17 2006 est. 49 Mauritania 12.16 2006 est. 50 Romania 11.77 2006 est. 51 Laos 11.55 2006 est. 52 Croatia 11.48 2006 est. 53 Isle of Man 11.19 2006 est. 54 Madagascar 11.11 2006 est. 55 Lithuania 10.98 2006 est. 56 Germany 10.62 2006 est. 57 Czech Republic 10.59 2006 est. 58 Trinidad and Tobago 10.57 2006 est. 59 Portugal 10.50 2006 est. 60 Italy 10.40 2006 est. 61 Denmark 10.36 2006 est. 62 Slovenia 10.31 2006 est. 63 Sweden 10.31 2006 est. 64 Belgium 10.27 2006 est. 65 Greece 10.24 2006 est. 66 United Kingdom 10.13 2006 est. 67 European Union 10.10 2006 est. 68 Guernsey 10.01 2006 est. 69 Poland 9.89 2006 est. 70 Finland 9.86 2006 est. 71 Burma 9.83 2006 est. 72 Togo 9.83 2006 est. 73 Austria 9.76 2006 est. 74 Azerbaijan 9.75 2006 est. 75 Ghana 9.72 2006 est. 76 Spain 9.72 2006 est. 77 Eritrea 9.60 2006 est. 78 Slovakia 9.45 2006 est. 79 Kazakhstan 9.42 2006 est. 80 Senegal 9.42 2006 est. 81 Norway 9.40 2006 est. 82 Gibraltar 9.31 2006 est. 83 Nepal 9.31 2006 est. 84 Jersey 9.28 2006 est. 85 Georgia 9.23 2006 est. 86 Montenegro 9.20 2004 87 Japan 9.16 2006 est. 88 France 9.14 2006 est. 89 Cambodia 9.06 2006 est. 90 Bahamas, The 9.05 2006 est. 91 Uruguay 9.05 2006 est. 92 Sudan 8.97 2006 est. 93 Macedonia 8.77 2006 est. 94 Faroe Islands 8.70 2006 est. 95 Netherlands 8.68 2006 est. 96 Barbados 8.67 2006 est. 97 World 8.67 2006 est. 98 Turkmenistan 8.60 2006 est. 99 Switzerland 8.49 2006 est. 100 Luxembourg 8.41 2006 est. 101 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.33 2006 est. 102 Yemen 8.30 2006 est. 103 Guyana 8.28 2006 est. 104 Bangladesh 8.27 2006 est. 105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.27 2006 est. 106 Kiribati 8.26 2006 est. 107 United States 8.26 2006 est. 108 Tajikistan 8.25 2006 est. 109 Armenia 8.23 2006 est. 110 Pakistan 8.23 2006 est. 111 Comoros 8.20 2006 est. 112 India 8.18 2006 est. 113 San Marino 8.17 2006 est. 114 Malta 8.10 2006 est. 115 Greenland 7.84 2006 est. 116 Uzbekistan 7.84 2006 est. 117 Ireland 7.82 2006 est. 118 Vanuatu 7.82 2006 est. 119 Canada 7.80 2006 est. 120 Bermuda 7.74 2006 est. 121 Mayotte 7.70 2006 est. 122 Cyprus 7.68 2006 est. 123 Puerto Rico 7.65 2006 est. 124 Argentina 7.55 2006 est. 125 Bolivia 7.53 2006 est. 126 New Zealand 7.53 2006 est. 127 Australia 7.51 2006 est. 128 Suriname 7.27 2006 est. 129 Papua New Guinea 7.25 2006 est. 130 Cuba 7.22 2006 est. 131 Liechtenstein 7.18 2006 est. 132 Korea, North 7.13 2006 est. 133 Tuvalu 7.11 2006 est. 134 Montserrat 7.10 2006 est. 135 Kyrgyzstan 7.08 2006 est. 136 Maldives 7.06 2006 est. 137 Thailand 7.04 2006 est. 138 China 6.97 2006 est. 139 Mongolia 6.95 2006 est. 140 Grenada 6.88 2006 est. 141 Mauritius 6.86 2006 est. 142 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6.83 2006 est. 143 Palau 6.80 2006 est. 144 Dominica 6.73 2006 est. 145 Iceland 6.72 2006 est. 146 Nauru 6.70 2006 est. 147 Aruba 6.68 2006 est. 148 Samoa 6.62 2006 est. 149 Cape Verde 6.55 2006 est. 150 Saint Helena 6.53 2006 est. 151 Sri Lanka 6.52 2006 est. 152 Jamaica 6.52 2006 est. 153 Taiwan 6.48 2006 est. 154 Sao Tome and Principe 6.47 2006 est. 155 Netherlands Antilles 6.45 2006 est. 156 Virgin Islands 6.43 2006 est. 157 Hong Kong 6.29 2006 est. 158 Seychelles 6.29 2006 est. 159 Andorra 6.25 2006 est. 160 Indonesia 6.25 2006 est. 161 East Timor 6.24 2006 est. 162 Peru 6.23 2006 est. 163 Vietnam 6.22 2006 est. 164 Lebanon 6.21 2006 est. 165 Israel 6.18 2006 est. 166 Brazil 6.17 2006 est. 167 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.98 2006 est. 168 Turkey 5.97 2006 est. 169 Korea, South 5.85 2006 est. 170 Chile 5.81 2006 est. 171 El Salvador 5.78 2006 est. 172 Dominican Republic 5.73 2006 est. 173 Belize 5.72 2006 est. 174 New Caledonia 5.69 2006 est. 175 Fiji 5.65 2006 est. 176 Colombia 5.58 2006 est. 177 Morocco 5.58 2006 est. 178 Iran 5.55 2006 est. 179 Philippines 5.41 2006 est. 180 Antigua and Barbuda 5.37 2006 est. 181 Iraq 5.37 2006 est. 182 Panama 5.36 2006 est. 183 Anguilla 5.34 2006 est. 184 Honduras 5.28 2006 est. 185 Tonga 5.28 2006 est. 186 Egypt 5.23 2006 est. 187 Albania 5.22 2006 est. 188 Guatemala 5.20 2006 est. 189 Tunisia 5.13 2006 est. 190 Saint Lucia 5.08 2006 est. 191 Malaysia 5.05 2006 est. 192 Venezuela 4.92 2006 est. 193 Cayman Islands 4.89 2006 est. 194 Syria 4.81 2006 est. 195 Marshall Islands 4.78 2006 est. 196 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.75 2006 est. 197 Mexico 4.74 2006 est. 198 Qatar 4.72 2006 est. 199 French Polynesia 4.69 2006 est. 200 Algeria 4.61 2006 est. 201 Paraguay 4.49 2006 est. 202 Guam 4.48 2006 est. 203 Macau 4.47 2006 est. 204 Nicaragua 4.45 2006 est. 205 British Virgin Islands 4.42 2006 est. 206 United Arab Emirates 4.40 2006 est. 207 Costa Rica 4.36 2006 est. 208 Singapore 4.28 2006 est. 209 Ecuador 4.23 2006 est. 210 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.21 2006 est. 211 Bahrain 4.14 2006 est. 212 Solomon Islands 3.92 2006 est. 213 West Bank 3.92 2006 est. 214 Oman 3.81 2006 est. 215 Gaza Strip 3.80 2006 est. 216 Libya 3.48 2006 est. 217 Brunei 3.45 2006 est. 218 American Samoa 3.27 2006 est. 219 Jordan 2.65 2006 est. 220 Saudi Arabia 2.58 2006 est. 221 Kuwait 2.41 2006 est. 222 Northern Mariana Islands 2.29 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2067
Rank Country Military expenditures - dollar figure Date of Information
1 United States $ 518,100,000,000 2005 est. 2 China $ 81,480,000,000 2005 est. 3 France $ 45,000,000,000 2005 4 Japan $ 44,310,000,000 2005 est. 5 United Kingdom $ 42,836,500,000 2003 6 Germany $ 35,063,000,000 2003 7 Italy $ 28,182,800,000 2003 8 Korea, South $ 21,060,000,000 2005 est. 9 India $ 19,040,000,000 2005 est. 10 Saudi Arabia $ 18,000,000,000 2002 11 Australia $ 17,840,000,000 2005 est. 12 Turkey $ 12,155,000,000 2003 13 Brazil $ 9,940,000,000 2005 est. 14 Spain $ 9,906,500,000 2003 15 Canada $ 9,801,700,000 2003 16 Israel $ 9,450,000,000 2005 est. 17 Netherlands $ 9,408,000,000 2004 18 Taiwan $ 7,930,000,000 2005 est. 19 Mexico $ 6,070,000,000 2005 est. 20 Greece $ 5,890,000,000 2004 21 Sweden $ 5,510,000,000 2005 est. 22 Svalbard $ 5,501,000,000 23 Korea, North $ 5,217,400,000 FY02 24 Singapore $ 4,470,000,000 25 Argentina $ 4,300,000,000 26 Iran $ 4,300,000,000 2003 est. 27 Pakistan $ 4,260,000,000 2005 est. 28 Norway $ 4,033,500,000 2003 29 Belgium $ 3,999,000,000 2003 30 Chile $ 3,910,000,000 2005 est. 31 South Africa $ 3,550,000,000 2005 est. 32 Poland $ 3,500,000,000 2002 33 Portugal $ 3,497,800,000 2003 34 Colombia $ 3,300,000,000 35 Denmark $ 3,271,600,000 2003 36 Kuwait $ 3,010,000,000 2005 est. 37 Algeria $ 3,000,000,000 2005 est. 38 Switzerland $ 2,548,000,000 FY01 39 Egypt $ 2,440,000,000 2003 40 Morocco $ 2,310,000,000 2003 est. 41 Montenegro $ 2,306,000,000 42 Czech Republic $ 2,170,000,000 2004 43 Angola $ 2,000,000,000 2005 est. 44 Finland $ 1,800,000,000 FY98/99 45 Thailand $ 1,775,000,000 46 Malaysia $ 1,690,000,000 47 Venezuela $ 1,610,000,000 2005 est. 48 United Arab Emirates $ 1,600,000,000 49 Austria $ 1,497,000,000 FY01/02 50 Jordan $ 1,400,000,000 2005 est. 51 Iraq $ 1,340,000,000 2005 est. 52 Indonesia $ 1,300,000,000 2004 53 Libya $ 1,300,000,000 54 New Zealand $ 1,147,000,000 FY03/04 55 Hungary $ 1,080,000,000 2002 est. 56 Bangladesh $ 1,010,000,000 2005 est. 57 Western Sahara $ 992,200,000 58 Yemen $ 992,200,000 2005 est. 59 Romania $ 985,000,000 2002 60 Syria $ 858,000,000 61 Philippines $ 836,900,000 2005 est. 62 Peru $ 829,300,000 2003 est. 63 Nigeria $ 737,600,000 2005 est. 64 Qatar $ 723,000,000 65 Ireland $ 700,000,000 FY00/01 66 Cuba $ 694,000,000 2005 est. 67 Ecuador $ 650,000,000 2005 est. 68 Vietnam $ 650,000,000 69 Bahrain $ 627,700,000 2005 est. 70 Croatia $ 620,000,000 2004 71 Ukraine $ 617,900,000 FY02 72 Sri Lanka $ 606,200,000 2005 est. 73 Sudan $ 587,000,000 2004 74 Lebanon $ 540,600,000 2004 75 Belarus $ 420,500,000 2006 76 Slovakia $ 406,000,000 2002 77 Cyprus $ 384,000,000 78 Uruguay $ 371,200,000 2005 est. 79 Slovenia $ 370,000,000 FY00 80 Bulgaria $ 356,000,000 FY02 81 Tunisia $ 356,000,000 82 Madagascar $ 329,000,000 2005 est. 83 Botswana $ 325,500,000 2005 est. 84 Ethiopia $ 295,900,000 2005 est. 85 Brunei $ 290,700,000 2003 est. 86 Kenya $ 280,500,000 2005 est. 87 Gabon $ 253,500,000 2005 est. 88 Oman $ 252,990,000 2004 89 Cote d'Ivoire $ 246,600,000 2005 est. 90 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 234,300,000 91 Luxembourg $ 231,600,000 2003 92 Lithuania $ 230,800,000 FY01 93 Cameroon $ 230,200,000 2005 est. 94 Kazakhstan $ 221,800,000 FY02 95 Eritrea $ 220,100,000 2005 est. 96 Macedonia $ 200,000,000 97 Uzbekistan $ 200,000,000 98 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 192,800,000 99 Uganda $ 192,800,000 2005 est. 100 Guatemala $ 169,800,000 2005 est. 101 El Salvador $ 161,700,000 2005 est. 102 Estonia $ 155,000,000 2002 est. 103 Equatorial Guinea $ 152,200,000 2005 est. 104 Panama $ 150,000,000 2005 est. 105 Namibia $ 149,500,000 2005 est. 106 Armenia $ 135,000,000 FY01 107 Bolivia $ 130,000,000 2005 est. 108 Zimbabwe $ 124,700,000 2005 est. 109 Afghanistan $ 122,400,000 2005 est. 110 Zambia $ 121,700,000 2005 est. 111 Azerbaijan $ 121,000,000 112 Guinea $ 119,700,000 2005 est. 113 Senegal $ 117,300,000 2005 est. 114 Cambodia $ 112,000,000 115 Mali $ 106,300,000 2005 est. 116 Nepal $ 104,900,000 2005 est. 117 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 103,700,000 2005 est. 118 Benin $ 100,900,000 2005 est. 119 Turkmenistan $ 90,000,000 120 Latvia $ 87,000,000 FY01 121 Congo, Republic of the $ 85,220,000 2005 est. 122 Ghana $ 83,650,000 2005 est. 123 Costa Rica $ 83,460,000 2005 est. 124 Mozambique $ 78,030,000 2005 est. 125 Burkina Faso $ 74,830,000 2005 est. 126 Chad $ 68,950,000 2005 est. 127 Liberia $ 67,400,000 2005 est. 128 Trinidad and Tobago $ 66,720,000 2003 est. 129 Tokelau $ 66,720,000 130 Albania $ 56,500,000 FY02 131 Rwanda $ 53,660,000 2005 est. 132 Paraguay $ 53,100,000 2003 est. 133 Honduras $ 52,800,000 2005 est. 134 Maldives $ 45,070,000 2005 est. 135 Niger $ 44,780,000 2005 est. 136 Burundi $ 43,900,000 2005 est. 137 Swaziland $ 41,600,000 2005 est. 138 Lesotho $ 41,100,000 2005 est. 139 Burma $ 39,000,000 140 Malta $ 38,168,000 2005 est. 141 Fiji $ 36,000,000 2004 142 Tajikistan $ 35,400,000 FY01 143 Nicaragua $ 32,270,000 2005 est. 144 Jamaica $ 31,170,000 2003 est. 145 Togo $ 29,980,000 2005 est. 146 Djibouti $ 29,050,000 2005 est. 147 Haiti $ 25,960,000 2003 est. 148 Mongolia $ 23,100,000 FY02 149 Georgia $ 23,000,000 150 Somalia $ 22,340,000 2005 est. 151 Tanzania $ 21,200,000 2005 est. 152 Mauritania $ 19,320,000 2005 est. 153 Kyrgyzstan $ 19,200,000 FY01 154 Belize $ 19,000,000 2005 est. 155 Papua New Guinea $ 16,900,000 2003 156 Central African Republic $ 16,370,000 2005 est. 157 Malawi $ 15,810,000 2005 est. 158 Serbia $ 14,850,000 159 Seychelles $ 14,850,000 2005 est. 160 Sierra Leone $ 14,250,000 2005 est. 161 Comoros $ 12,870,000 2005 est. 162 Mauritius $ 12,040,000 2005 est. 163 Laos $ 11,040,000 2005 est. 164 Guinea-Bissau $ 9,460,000 2005 est. 165 Moldova $ 8,700,000 2004 166 Bhutan $ 8,290,000 2005 est. 167 Suriname $ 7,500,000 2003 est. 168 Cape Verde $ 7,180,000 2005 est. 169 Guyana $ 6,480,000 2003 est. 170 East Timor $ 4,400,000 FY03 171 Bermuda $ 4,030,000 2001 172 Gambia, The $ 1,550,000 2005 est. 173 San Marino $ 700,000 FY00/01 174 Sao Tome and Principe $ 581,729 2005 est. 175 Dominican Republic $ 0 2002 est.
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Rank code: @2078
Rank Country Exports Date of Information
1 World $ 12,450,000,000,000 2004 est. 2 European Union $ 1,330,000,000,000 2005 3 Germany $ 1,133,000,000,000 2006 est. 4 United States $ 1,024,000,000,000 2006 est. 5 China $ 974,000,000,000 2006 est. 6 Hong Kong $ 611,600,000,000 2006 est. 7 Japan $ 590,300,000,000 2006 est. 8 France $ 490,000,000,000 2006 est. 9 United Kingdom $ 468,800,000,000 2006 est. 10 Italy $ 450,100,000,000 2006 est. 11 Netherlands $ 413,800,000,000 2006 est. 12 Canada $ 405,000,000,000 2006 est. 13 Belgium $ 335,300,000,000 2006 est. 14 Korea, South $ 327,900,000,000 2006 est. 15 Russia $ 317,600,000,000 2006 est. 16 Singapore $ 283,600,000,000 2006 est. 17 Mexico $ 248,800,000,000 2006 est. 18 Spain $ 222,100,000,000 2006 est. 19 Taiwan $ 215,000,000,000 2006 est. 20 Saudi Arabia $ 204,500,000,000 2006 est. 21 Sweden $ 173,900,000,000 2006 est. 22 Switzerland $ 166,300,000,000 2006 est. 23 Malaysia $ 158,700,000,000 2006 est. 24 Austria $ 144,400,000,000 2006 est. 25 Brazil $ 138,000,000,000 2006 est. 26 United Arab Emirates $ 137,100,000,000 2006 est. 27 Thailand $ 123,500,000,000 2006 est. 28 Norway $ 122,600,000,000 2006 est. 29 Ireland $ 119,800,000,000 2006 est. 30 Australia $ 117,000,000,000 2006 est. 31 India $ 112,000,000,000 2006 est. 32 Poland $ 110,700,000,000 2006 est. 33 Indonesia $ 102,300,000,000 2006 est. 34 Denmark $ 93,930,000,000 2006 est. 35 Czech Republic $ 89,340,000,000 2006 est. 36 Turkey $ 85,210,000,000 2006 est. 37 Finland $ 84,720,000,000 2006 est. 38 Venezuela $ 69,230,000,000 2006 est. 39 Hungary $ 67,990,000,000 2006 est. 40 Iran $ 63,180,000,000 2006 est. 41 South Africa $ 59,150,000,000 2006 est. 42 Nigeria $ 59,010,000,000 2006 est. 43 Chile $ 58,210,000,000 2006 est. 44 Kuwait $ 56,060,000,000 2006 est. 45 Algeria $ 55,600,000,000 2006 est. 46 Puerto Rico $ 46,900,000,000 2001 47 Portugal $ 46,770,000,000 2006 est. 48 Argentina $ 46,000,000,000 2006 est. 49 Philippines $ 44,200,000,000 2006 est. 50 Israel $ 42,860,000,000 2006 est. 51 Vietnam $ 39,920,000,000 2006 est. 52 Slovakia $ 39,640,000,000 2006 est. 53 Ukraine $ 39,120,000,000 2006 est. 54 Libya $ 37,020,000,000 2006 est. 55 Kazakhstan $ 35,550,000,000 2006 est. 56 Angola $ 35,530,000,000 2006 est. 57 Qatar $ 33,250,000,000 2006 est. 58 Romania $ 33,000,000,000 2006 est. 59 Iraq $ 32,190,000,000 2006 est. 60 Colombia $ 24,860,000,000 2006 est. 61 Oman $ 24,730,000,000 2006 est. 62 Greece $ 24,420,000,000 2006 est. 63 Egypt $ 24,220,000,000 2006 est. 64 New Zealand $ 23,690,000,000 2006 est. 65 Peru $ 22,690,000,000 2006 est. 66 Slovenia $ 21,850,000,000 2006 est. 67 Belarus $ 19,610,000,000 2006 est. 68 Luxembourg $ 19,550,000,000 2006 est. 69 Pakistan $ 19,240,000,000 2006 est. 70 Lithuania $ 14,640,000,000 2006 est. 71 Bulgaria $ 14,600,000,000 2006 est. 72 Bahrain $ 12,620,000,000 2006 est. 73 Ecuador $ 12,560,000,000 2006 est. 74 Azerbaijan $ 12,510,000,000 2006 est. 75 Trinidad and Tobago $ 12,500,000,000 2006 est. 76 Morocco $ 11,720,000,000 2006 est. 77 Tunisia $ 11,610,000,000 2006 est. 78 Bangladesh $ 11,170,000,000 2006 est. 79 Croatia $ 11,170,000,000 2006 est. 80 Estonia $ 9,680,000,000 2006 est. 81 Equatorial Guinea $ 8,961,000,000 2006 est. 82 Yemen $ 8,214,000,000 2006 est. 83 Panama $ 8,087,000,000 2006 est. 84 Costa Rica $ 7,931,000,000 2006 est. 85 Cote d'Ivoire $ 7,832,000,000 2006 est. 86 Sudan $ 7,505,000,000 2006 est. 87 Sri Lanka $ 7,076,000,000 2006 est. 88 Latvia $ 6,980,000,000 2006 est. 89 Syria $ 6,923,000,000 2006 est. 90 Gabon $ 6,677,000,000 2006 est. 91 Dominican Republic $ 6,495,000,000 2006 est. 92 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,996,000,000 2006 est. 93 Uzbekistan $ 5,510,000,000 2006 est. 94 Turkmenistan $ 5,421,000,000 2006 est. 95 Burma $ 5,289,000,000 2006 est. 96 Botswana $ 4,836,000,000 2006 est. 97 Jordan $ 4,798,000,000 2006 est. 98 Serbia $ 4,553,000,000 2005 est. 99 Brunei $ 4,514,000,000 2004 est. 100 Chad $ 4,342,000,000 2006 est. 101 Cameroon $ 4,318,000,000 2006 est. 102 Virgin Islands $ 4,234,000,000 2001 103 Guatemala $ 4,097,000,000 2006 est. 104 Papua New Guinea $ 4,096,000,000 2006 est. 105 Uruguay $ 3,993,000,000 2006 est. 106 Zambia $ 3,928,000,000 2006 est. 107 El Salvador $ 3,686,000,000 2006 est. 108 Bolivia $ 3,668,000,000 2006 est. 109 Kenya $ 3,614,000,000 2006 est. 110 Iceland $ 3,587,000,000 2006 est. 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 3,500,000,000 2006 est. 112 Cambodia $ 3,331,000,000 2006 est. 113 Ghana $ 3,286,000,000 2006 est. 114 Macau $ 3,156,000,000 2005 115 Cuba $ 2,956,000,000 2006 est. 116 Liechtenstein $ 2,470,000,000 1996 117 Mozambique $ 2,429,000,000 2006 est. 118 Malta $ 2,425,000,000 2006 est. 119 Macedonia $ 2,341,000,000 2006 est. 120 Namibia $ 2,321,000,000 2006 est. 121 Mauritius $ 2,318,000,000 2006 est. 122 Swaziland $ 2,201,000,000 2006 est. 123 Jamaica $ 2,087,000,000 2006 est. 124 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,076,000,000 2004 est. 125 Honduras $ 1,947,000,000 2006 est. 126 Lebanon $ 1,881,000,000 2005 est. 127 Tanzania $ 1,831,000,000 2006 est. 128 Zimbabwe $ 1,766,000,000 2006 est. 129 Georgia $ 1,761,000,000 2006 est. 130 Nicaragua $ 1,714,000,000 2006 est. 131 Paraguay $ 1,690,000,000 2005 est. 132 Senegal $ 1,478,000,000 2006 est. 133 Bermuda $ 1,469,000,000 2004 est. 134 Korea, North $ 1,400,000,000 2005 est. 135 Cyprus $ 1,340,000,000 2006 est. 136 Tajikistan $ 1,160,000,000 2006 est. 137 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 1,108,000,000 2004 est. 138 Ethiopia $ 1,085,000,000 2006 est. 139 Armenia $ 1,056,000,000 2006 est. 140 Moldova $ 1,020,000,000 2006 est. 141 New Caledonia $ 999,000,000 2004 est. 142 Madagascar $ 993,500,000 2006 est. 143 Uganda $ 961,700,000 2006 est. 144 Liberia $ 910,000,000 2004 est. 145 Suriname $ 881,000,000 2004 est. 146 Togo $ 868,400,000 2006 est. 147 Mongolia $ 852,000,000 2004 est. 148 Nepal $ 822,000,000 2005 est. 149 Mauritania $ 784,000,000 2004 est. 150 Lesotho $ 779,100,000 2006 est. 151 Albania $ 763,200,000 2006 est. 152 Fiji $ 719,600,000 2005 153 Kyrgyzstan $ 701,800,000 2006 est. 154 Monaco $ 656,500,000 2004 155 Guyana $ 621,600,000 2006 est. 156 Guinea $ 615,100,000 2006 est. 157 Laos $ 593,600,000 2006 est. 158 Benin $ 563,100,000 2006 est. 159 Burkina Faso $ 543,500,000 2006 est. 160 Faroe Islands $ 533,000,000 2004 est. 161 Malawi $ 513,100,000 2006 est. 162 Greenland $ 480,000,000 2004 est. 163 Afghanistan $ 471,000,000 2005 est. 164 Bahamas, The $ 469,300,000 2004 est. 165 American Samoa $ 445,600,000 FY04 est. 166 Haiti $ 443,700,000 2006 est. 167 Seychelles $ 365,100,000 2006 est. 168 Belize $ 359,500,000 2006 est. 169 Mali $ 323,000,000 2004 est. 170 Gaza Strip $ 313,000,000 2004 171 West Bank $ 313,000,000 2004 172 Gibraltar $ 271,000,000 2004 est. 173 Djibouti $ 250,000,000 2004 est. 174 Somalia $ 241,000,000 2004 est. 175 Niger $ 222,000,000 2004 est. 176 French Polynesia $ 211,000,000 2005 est. 177 Barbados $ 209,000,000 2004 est. 178 Sierra Leone $ 185,000,000 2004 est. 179 Montenegro $ 171,300,000 2003 180 Solomon Islands $ 171,000,000 2004 est. 181 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 169,200,000 2000 182 Bhutan $ 154,000,000 2000 est. 183 Andorra $ 145,000,000 2004 184 Rwanda $ 135,400,000 2006 est. 185 Central African Republic $ 131,000,000 2004 est. 186 Gambia, The $ 130,500,000 2006 est. 187 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 125,000,000 2004 est. 188 Maldives $ 123,000,000 2004 est. 189 Guinea-Bissau $ 116,000,000 2004 est. 190 Cape Verde $ 96,710,000 2006 est. 191 Samoa $ 94,000,000 2004 est. 192 Saint Lucia $ 82,000,000 2004 est. 193 Aruba $ 80,000,000 2004 est. 194 Dominica $ 74,000,000 2004 est. 195 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 70,000,000 2004 est. 196 Cyprus $ 69,000,000 2006 est. 197 Burundi $ 55,680,000 2006 est. 198 Antigua and Barbuda $ 46,810,000 2004 est. 199 Guam $ 45,000,000 2004 est. 200 Grenada $ 40,000,000 2004 est. 201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 37,000,000 2004 est. 202 Vanuatu $ 34,110,000 2004 est. 203 Comoros $ 34,000,000 2004 est. 204 Tonga $ 34,000,000 2004 est. 205 British Virgin Islands $ 25,300,000 2002 206 Saint Helena $ 19,000,000 2004 est. 207 Eritrea $ 17,650,000 2006 est. 208 Kiribati $ 17,000,000 2004 est. 209 Anguilla $ 14,560,000 2005 est. 210 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 14,000,000 2004 est. 211 East Timor $ 10,000,000 2005 est. 212 Sao Tome and Principe $ 9,773,000 2006 est. 213 Marshall Islands $ 9,100,000 2000 214 Palau $ 5,882,000 2004 est. 215 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 5,500,000 2005 est. 216 Cook Islands $ 5,222,000 2005 217 Mayotte $ 4,850,000 2004 218 Cayman Islands $ 2,520,000 2004 219 Norfolk Island $ 1,500,000 FY91/92 220 Tuvalu $ 1,000,000 2004 est. 221 Montserrat $ 700,000 2001 222 Niue $ 201,400 2004 223 Nauru $ 64,000 2005 est. 224 Wallis and Futuna $ 47,450 2004 225 Tokelau $ 0 2002
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Rank code: @2079
Rank Country Debt - external Date of Information
1 World $ 44,620,000,000,000 2004 est. 2 United States $ 10,040,000,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 3 United Kingdom $ 8,280,000,000,000 30 June 2006 4 Germany $ 3,904,000,000,000 30 June 2006 5 France $ 3,461,000,000,000 30 June 2006 6 Italy $ 1,957,000,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 7 Netherlands $ 1,899,000,000,000 30 June 2006 8 Spain $ 1,591,000,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 9 Japan $ 1,547,000,000,000 30 June 2006 10 Ireland $ 1,392,000,000,000 30 June 2006 11 Switzerland $ 1,077,000,000,000 30 June 2006 12 Belgium $ 1,053,000,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 13 Canada $ 684,700,000,000 30 June 2006 14 Sweden $ 598,200,000,000 30 June 2006 15 Austria $ 593,900,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 16 Australia $ 585,100,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 17 Hong Kong $ 472,900,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 18 Denmark $ 405,000,000,000 30 June 2006 19 Norway $ 350,300,000,000 30 June 2006 20 Portugal $ 310,800,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 21 China $ 305,600,000,000 2006 est. 22 Greece $ 301,900,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 23 Russia $ 287,400,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 24 Finland $ 251,900,000,000 30 June 2006 25 Korea, South $ 229,300,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 26 Turkey $ 193,600,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 27 Mexico $ 178,300,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 28 Brazil $ 177,700,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 29 Poland $ 147,300,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 30 India $ 132,100,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 31 Indonesia $ 130,400,000,000 2006 est. 32 Hungary $ 107,300,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 33 Argentina $ 106,800,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 34 Taiwan $ 93,060,000,000 2006 est. 35 Israel $ 81,980,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 36 Iraq $ 81,480,000,000 2006 est. 37 Philippines $ 61,490,000,000 2006 est. 38 Thailand $ 57,830,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 39 Malaysia $ 57,770,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 40 South Africa $ 55,470,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 41 Kazakhstan $ 53,890,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 42 Czech Republic $ 50,200,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 43 Chile $ 47,600,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 44 Saudi Arabia $ 47,390,000,000 2006 est. 45 New Zealand $ 47,000,000,000 2006 est. 46 Romania $ 42,760,000,000 2006 est. 47 Pakistan $ 42,380,000,000 2006 est. 48 Ukraine $ 41,570,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 49 United Arab Emirates $ 39,100,000,000 2006 est. 50 Colombia $ 37,210,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 51 Venezuela $ 35,630,000,000 2006 est. 52 Croatia $ 33,090,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 53 Slovakia $ 31,500,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 54 Lebanon $ 31,100,000,000 2006 est. 55 Sudan $ 29,690,000,000 2006 est. 56 Egypt $ 29,590,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 57 Peru $ 27,930,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 58 Slovenia $ 27,630,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 59 Qatar $ 25,700,000,000 2006 est. 60 Singapore $ 24,300,000,000 2006 est. 61 Bangladesh $ 22,550,000,000 2006 est. 62 Vietnam $ 21,860,000,000 2006 est. 63 Bulgaria $ 21,100,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 64 Kuwait $ 19,700,000,000 2006 est. 65 Latvia $ 18,900,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 66 Tunisia $ 18,370,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 67 Ecuador $ 18,100,000,000 2006 est. 68 Monaco $ 18,000,000,000 2000 est. 69 Morocco $ 17,900,000,000 2006 est. 70 Serbia $ 15,430,000,000 2005 est. 71 Cuba $ 15,150,000,000 2006 est. 72 Lithuania $ 15,120,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 73 Iran $ 14,800,000,000 2006 est. 74 Estonia $ 13,940,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 75 Cyprus $ 12,630,000,000 2006 est. 76 Sri Lanka $ 12,230,000,000 2006 est. 77 Korea, North $ 12,000,000,000 1996 est. 78 Cote d'Ivoire $ 11,960,000,000 2006 est. 79 Angola $ 11,240,000,000 2006 est. 80 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 10,600,000,000 2003 est. 81 Uruguay $ 10,370,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 82 Panama $ 9,993,000,000 2006 est. 83 Jordan $ 9,071,000,000 2006 est. 84 El Salvador $ 8,841,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 85 Dominican Republic $ 8,634,000,000 2006 est. 86 Syria $ 8,355,000,000 2006 est. 87 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004 88 Jamaica $ 7,384,000,000 2006 est. 89 Bahrain $ 7,267,000,000 2006 est. 90 Burma $ 7,162,000,000 2006 est. 91 Kenya $ 6,675,000,000 2006 est. 92 Costa Rica $ 6,420,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 93 Nigeria $ 6,278,000,000 2006 est. 94 Guatemala $ 6,169,000,000 2006 est. 95 Bolivia $ 5,916,000,000 2006 est. 96 Honduras $ 5,587,000,000 2006 est. 97 Belarus $ 5,498,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 98 Yemen $ 5,469,000,000 2006 est. 99 Zimbabwe $ 5,260,000,000 2006 est. 100 Algeria $ 5,000,000,000 2006 est. 101 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est. 102 Uzbekistan $ 4,713,000,000 2006 est. 103 Tanzania $ 4,610,000,000 2006 est. 104 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002 105 Libya $ 4,492,000,000 2006 est. 106 Zambia $ 4,397,000,000 2006 est. 107 Oman $ 4,259,000,000 2006 est. 108 Gabon $ 3,971,000,000 2006 est. 109 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 3,927,000,000 2006 est. 110 Nicaragua $ 3,763,000,000 2006 est. 111 Paraguay $ 3,722,000,000 2006 est. 112 Cambodia $ 3,664,000,000 2006 est. 113 Cameroon $ 3,657,000,000 2006 est. 114 Ghana $ 3,546,000,000 2006 est. 115 Guinea $ 3,460,000,000 2003 est. 116 Nepal $ 3,340,000,000 March 2005 117 Liberia $ 3,200,000,000 2005 est. 118 Macau $ 3,100,000,000 2004 119 Iceland $ 3,073,000,000 2002 120 Somalia $ 3,000,000,000 2001 est. 121 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,838,000,000 2006 est. 122 Mauritius $ 2,834,000,000 2006 est. 123 Mali $ 2,800,000,000 2002 124 Ethiopia $ 2,789,000,000 2006 est. 125 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,680,000,000 2004 126 Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000 127 Laos $ 2,490,000,000 2001 128 Azerbaijan $ 2,483,000,000 2006 est. 129 Kyrgyzstan $ 2,483,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 130 Turkmenistan $ 2,400,000,000 2001 est. 131 Mozambique $ 2,392,000,000 2006 est. 132 Moldova $ 2,142,000,000 30 June 2006 est. 133 Macedonia $ 2,138,000,000 2006 est. 134 Niger $ 2,100,000,000 2003 est. 135 Georgia $ 2,040,000,000 2004 136 Togo $ 2,000,000,000 2005 137 Armenia $ 1,936,000,000 30 June 2006 138 Burkina Faso $ 1,850,000,000 2003 139 Papua New Guinea $ 1,801,000,000 2006 est. 140 Senegal $ 1,628,000,000 2006 est. 141 Sierra Leone $ 1,610,000,000 2003 est. 142 Benin $ 1,600,000,000 2000 143 Albania $ 1,550,000,000 2004 144 Chad $ 1,500,000,000 2003 est. 145 Uganda $ 1,456,000,000 2006 est. 146 Rwanda $ 1,400,000,000 2004 est. 147 Belize $ 1,362,000,000 June 2004 est. 148 Mongolia $ 1,360,000,000 2004 149 Haiti $ 1,309,000,000 2006 est. 150 Burundi $ 1,200,000,000 2003 151 Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002 152 Central African Republic $ 1,060,000,000 2002 est. 153 Malawi $ 982,400,000 2006 est. 154 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est. 155 Namibia $ 887,000,000 2006 est. 156 Tajikistan $ 829,000,000 2006 est. 157 Lesotho $ 735,000,000 2002 158 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003 159 Gambia, The $ 628,800,000 2003 est. 160 Seychelles $ 616,700,000 2006 est. 161 Bhutan $ 593,000,000 2004 162 Botswana $ 520,000,000 2006 est. 163 Suriname $ 504,300,000 2005 est. 164 Aruba $ 478,600,000 2005 est. 165 Antigua and Barbuda $ 427,300,000 2000 166 Djibouti $ 394,000,000 2004 est. 167 Swaziland $ 357,000,000 2003 est. 168 Grenada $ 347,000,000 2004 169 Bahamas, The $ 342,600,000 2004 est. 170 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002 171 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002 172 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 314,000,000 2004 173 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est. 174 Maldives $ 304,000,000 2004 est. 175 Equatorial Guinea $ 289,000,000 2006 est. 176 Saint Lucia $ 257,000,000 2004 177 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est. 178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 223,000,000 2004 179 Dominica $ 213,000,000 2004 180 Malta $ 188,800,000 2005 181 Samoa $ 177,000,000 2004 182 Solomon Islands $ 166,000,000 2004 183 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00 184 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est. 185 Fiji $ 127,000,000 2004 est. 186 Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY99/00 est. 187 Vanuatu $ 81,200,000 2004 188 Tonga $ 80,700,000 2004 189 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est. 190 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996 191 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999 192 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 60,800,000 FY05 est. 193 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997 194 Nauru $ 33,300,000 2002 195 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999 196 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est. 197 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997 198 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998 199 Wallis and Futuna $ 3,670,000 2004 200 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est. 201 Brunei $ 0 202 Tokelau $ 0 203 East Timor $ 0 204 Palau $ 0 FY99/00 205 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001
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Rank code: @2085
Rank Country Roadways(km) Date of Information
1 World 32,345,165 2002 2 United States 6,430,366 2005 3 India 3,383,344 2002 4 European Union 2,294,641 2005 5 China 1,870,661 2004 6 Brazil 1,751,868 2004 7 Japan 1,183,000 2003 8 Canada 1,042,300 2005 9 France 956,303 2004 10 Russia 871,000 2004 11 Australia 810,641 2004 12 Spain 666,292 2003 13 Italy 484,688 2004 14 Turkey 426,906 2004 15 Sweden 424,947 2004 16 Poland 423,997 2004 17 United Kingdom 388,008 2005 18 Indonesia 368,360 2002 19 South Africa 362,099 2002 20 Pakistan 258,340 2004 21 Bangladesh 239,226 2003 22 Mexico 235,670 2004 23 Germany 231,581 2005 24 Argentina 229,144 2004 25 Vietnam 222,179 2004 26 Philippines 200,037 2003 27 Romania 198,817 2004 28 Nigeria 194,394 1999 29 Iran 179,388 2003 30 Ukraine 169,477 2004 31 Hungary 159,568 2005 32 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 153,497 2004 33 Saudi Arabia 152,044 2000 34 Belgium 150,567 2004 35 Netherlands 134,000 2004 36 Austria 133,718 2003 37 Czech Republic 127,747 2003 38 Greece 114,931 2004 39 Colombia 112,988 2004 40 Algeria 108,302 2004 41 Korea, South 100,279 2004 42 Malaysia 98,721 2004 43 Zimbabwe 97,440 2002 44 Sri Lanka 97,287 2003 45 Ireland 96,602 2003 46 Venezuela 96,155 1999 47 Syria 94,890 2004 48 Belarus 93,310 2004 49 New Zealand 92,931 2003 50 Norway 92,513 2005 51 Egypt 92,370 2004 52 Zambia 91,440 2001 53 Kazakhstan 90,018 2004 54 Libya 83,200 1999 55 Uzbekistan 81,600 1999 56 Cote d'Ivoire 80,000 2006 57 Chile 79,605 2001 58 Lithuania 79,497 2005 59 Tanzania 78,891 2003 60 Peru 78,829 2004 61 Portugal 78,470 2004 62 Finland 78,189 2006 63 Uruguay 77,732 2004 64 Denmark 72,257 2005 65 Yemen 71,300 2005 66 Switzerland 71,297 2004 67 Uganda 70,746 2003 68 Latvia 69,532 2004 69 Kenya 63,265 2004 70 Bolivia 62,479 2004 71 Cuba 60,858 1999 72 Azerbaijan 59,141 2004 73 Morocco 57,493 2004 74 Thailand 57,403 2000 75 Estonia 56,856 2004 76 Angola 51,429 2001 77 Cameroon 50,000 2004 78 Madagascar 49,827 1999 79 Mongolia 49,250 2002 80 Iraq 45,550 1999 81 Guinea 44,348 2003 82 Bulgaria 44,033 2004 83 Ecuador 43,197 2004 84 Slovakia 42,993 2004 85 Ghana 42,623 2004 86 Namibia 42,237 2002 87 Slovenia 38,451 2004 88 Cambodia 38,257 2004 89 Serbia 37,887 2002 90 Taiwan 37,299 2002 91 Ethiopia 36,469 2004 92 Costa Rica 35,330 2004 93 Oman 34,965 2001 94 Afghanistan 34,782 2004 95 Chad 33,400 1999 96 Laos 31,210 2003 97 Korea, North 31,200 1999 est. 98 Mozambique 30,400 1999 99 Paraguay 29,500 1999 100 Croatia 28,344 2004 101 Tajikistan 27,767 2000 102 Burma 27,000 2005 103 Puerto Rico 25,735 2005 104 Botswana 24,455 2004 105 Turkmenistan 24,000 1999 106 Central African Republic 23,810 1999 107 Somalia 22,100 1999 108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,846 2005 109 Jamaica 20,996 2004 110 Georgia 20,247 2004 111 Papua New Guinea 19,600 1999 112 Tunisia 19,232 2004 113 Nicaragua 19,036 2005 114 Mali 18,709 2004 115 Kyrgyzstan 18,500 1999 116 Albania 18,000 2002 117 Israel 17,446 2004 118 Nepal 17,380 2004 119 Congo, Republic of the 17,289 2004 120 Benin 16,000 2005 121 Malawi 15,451 2003 122 Burkina Faso 15,272 2004 123 Niger 14,565 2004 124 Cyprus 14,496 2005/1996 est. 125 Guatemala 14,095 1999 126 Rwanda 14,008 2004 127 Honduras 13,603 1999 128 Senegal 13,576 2003 129 Iceland 13,028 2005 130 Moldova 12,733 2004 131 Dominican Republic 12,600 1999 132 Burundi 12,322 2004 133 Sudan 11,900 1999 134 Panama 11,643 2000 135 Sierra Leone 11,300 2002 136 Liberia 10,600 1999 137 El Salvador 10,029 1999 138 Gabon 9,170 2004 139 Macedonia 8,684 1999 140 Trinidad and Tobago 8,320 1999 141 Bhutan 8,050 2003 142 Guyana 7,970 1999 143 Mauritania 7,660 1999 144 Armenia 7,633 2003 145 Togo 7,520 1999 146 Jordan 7,500 2004 147 Montenegro 7,353 2005 148 Lebanon 7,300 1999 149 Lesotho 5,940 1999 150 Kuwait 5,749 2004 151 New Caledonia 5,432 2000 152 Luxembourg 5,227 2004 153 East Timor 5,000 2005 154 West Bank 4,996 2004 155 Suriname 4,304 2003 156 Haiti 4,160 1999 157 Eritrea 4,010 1999 158 Gambia, The 3,742 2004 159 Swaziland 3,594 2002 160 Bahrain 3,498 2003 161 Guinea-Bissau 3,455 2002 162 Fiji 3,440 1999 163 Singapore 3,234 2005 164 Djibouti 2,890 1999 165 Equatorial Guinea 2,880 1999 166 Belize 2,872 1999 167 Bahamas, The 2,693 1999 168 French Polynesia 2,590 1999 169 Brunei 2,525 2000 170 Samoa 2,337 2004 171 Malta 2,227 2004 172 Mauritius 2,020 2005 173 Hong Kong 1,955 2005 174 Barbados 1,600 2004 175 Solomon Islands 1,360 1999 176 Cape Verde 1,350 2000 177 Virgin Islands 1,257 2004 178 Qatar 1,230 1999 179 Antigua and Barbuda 1,165 2002 180 Grenada 1,127 1999 181 United Arab Emirates 1,088 1999 182 Vanuatu 1,070 1999 183 Guam 977 2004 184 Saint Lucia 910 2000 185 Comoros 880 1999 186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 829 2003 187 Isle of Man 800 1999 188 Cayman Islands 785 2002 189 Dominica 780 1999 190 Tonga 680 1999 191 Kiribati 670 1999 192 Northern Mariana Islands 536 2004 193 Faroe Islands 458 2003 194 Seychelles 458 2003 195 Bermuda 447 2002 196 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 440 2003 197 Macau 368 2005 198 Cook Islands 320 2003 199 Sao Tome and Principe 320 1999 200 Saint Kitts and Nevis 320 1999 est 201 Andorra 269 202 Micronesia, Federated States of 240 1999 203 Niue 234 2001 204 Montserrat 227 2003 205 Saint Helena 198 2002 206 American Samoa 185 2004 207 British Virgin Islands 177 2002 208 Anguilla 175 2004 209 Christmas Island 142 2006 210 Turks and Caicos Islands 121 2003 211 San Marino 104 2003 212 Maldives 88 2006 213 Norfolk Island 80 2002 214 Marshall Islands 65 2002 215 Monaco 50 1999 216 Gibraltar 29 2002 217 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 22 2006 218 Tuvalu 8 2002
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Rank code: @2087
Rank Country Imports Date of Information
1 World $ 12,080,000,000,000 2004 est. 2 United States $ 1,869,000,000,000 2006 est. 3 European Union $ 1,466,000,000,000 2005 4 Germany $ 916,400,000,000 2006 est. 5 China $ 777,900,000,000 2006 est. 6 United Kingdom $ 603,000,000,000 2006 est. 7 France $ 529,100,000,000 2006 est. 8 Japan $ 524,100,000,000 2006 est. 9 Italy $ 445,600,000,000 2006 est. 10 Netherlands $ 373,800,000,000 2006 est. 11 Canada $ 353,200,000,000 2006 est. 12 Belgium $ 333,500,000,000 2006 est. 13 Hong Kong $ 329,800,000,000 2006 est. 14 Spain $ 324,400,000,000 2006 est. 15 Korea, South $ 300,400,000,000 2006 est. 16 Mexico $ 253,100,000,000 2006 est. 17 Singapore $ 246,100,000,000 2006 est. 18 Taiwan $ 205,300,000,000 2006 est. 19 India $ 187,900,000,000 2006 est. 20 Russia $ 171,500,000,000 2006 est. 21 Switzerland $ 162,300,000,000 2006 est. 22 Sweden $ 151,800,000,000 2006 est. 23 Austria $ 138,600,000,000 2006 est. 24 Australia $ 127,700,000,000 2006 est. 25 Malaysia $ 127,300,000,000 2006 est. 26 Turkey $ 120,900,000,000 2006 est. 27 Thailand $ 119,300,000,000 2006 est. 28 Poland $ 113,200,000,000 2006 est. 29 Brazil $ 95,830,000,000 2006 est. 30 Denmark $ 89,320,000,000 2006 est. 31 United Arab Emirates $ 88,890,000,000 2006 est. 32 Czech Republic $ 87,700,000,000 2006 est. 33 Ireland $ 87,360,000,000 2006 est. 34 Indonesia $ 77,730,000,000 2006 est. 35 Finland $ 71,690,000,000 2006 est. 36 Hungary $ 69,750,000,000 2006 est. 37 Portugal $ 67,740,000,000 2006 est. 38 Saudi Arabia $ 64,160,000,000 2006 est. 39 South Africa $ 61,530,000,000 2006 est. 40 Norway $ 59,900,000,000 2006 est. 41 Greece $ 59,120,000,000 2006 est. 42 Philippines $ 48,760,000,000 2006 est. 43 Israel $ 47,800,000,000 2006 est. 44 Romania $ 46,480,000,000 2006 est. 45 Iran $ 45,480,000,000 2006 est. 46 Ukraine $ 44,810,000,000 2006 est. 47 Slovakia $ 41,840,000,000 2006 est. 48 Vietnam $ 39,160,000,000 2006 est. 49 Egypt $ 35,860,000,000 2006 est. 50 Chile $ 35,370,000,000 2006 est. 51 Argentina $ 31,690,000,000 2006 est. 52 Puerto Rico $ 29,100,000,000 2001 53 Venezuela $ 28,810,000,000 2006 est. 54 Algeria $ 27,600,000,000 2006 est. 55 Pakistan $ 26,790,000,000 2006 est. 56 New Zealand $ 25,230,000,000 2006 est. 57 Nigeria $ 25,100,000,000 2006 est. 58 Colombia $ 24,330,000,000 2006 est. 59 Luxembourg $ 24,220,000,000 2006 est. 60 Slovenia $ 23,590,000,000 2006 est. 61 Kazakhstan $ 22,000,000,000 2006 est. 62 Croatia $ 21,790,000,000 2006 est. 63 Morocco $ 21,220,000,000 2006 est. 64 Belarus $ 21,120,000,000 2006 est. 65 Iraq $ 20,760,000,000 2006 est. 66 Bulgaria $ 20,690,000,000 2006 est. 67 Kuwait $ 19,120,000,000 2006 est. 68 Lithuania $ 18,250,000,000 2006 est. 69 Peru $ 15,380,000,000 2006 est. 70 Libya $ 14,470,000,000 2006 est. 71 Tunisia $ 13,890,000,000 2006 est. 72 Bangladesh $ 13,770,000,000 2006 est. 73 Qatar $ 12,360,000,000 2006 est. 74 Estonia $ 12,030,000,000 2006 est. 75 Dominican Republic $ 11,390,000,000 2006 est. 76 Costa Rica $ 10,880,000,000 2006 est. 77 Ecuador $ 10,810,000,000 2006 est. 78 Serbia $ 10,580,000,000 2005 est. 79 Jordan $ 10,420,000,000 2006 est. 80 Latvia $ 10,330,000,000 2006 est. 81 Oman $ 10,290,000,000 2006 est. 82 Angola $ 10,210,000,000 2006 est. 83 Sri Lanka $ 9,655,000,000 2006 est. 84 Cuba $ 9,510,000,000 2006 est. 85 Panama $ 9,365,000,000 2006 est. 86 Lebanon $ 9,340,000,000 2005 est. 87 Guatemala $ 9,118,000,000 2006 est. 88 Bahrain $ 9,036,000,000 2006 est. 89 Trinidad and Tobago $ 8,798,000,000 2006 est. 90 Sudan $ 8,693,000,000 2006 est. 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 8,250,000,000 2006 est. 92 El Salvador $ 7,326,000,000 2006 est. 93 Syria $ 6,634,000,000 2006 est. 94 Kenya $ 6,602,000,000 2006 est. 95 Cyprus $ 5,800,000,000 2006 est. 96 Ghana $ 5,666,000,000 2006 est. 97 Cote d'Ivoire $ 5,548,000,000 2006 est. 98 Iceland $ 5,189,000,000 2006 est. 99 Azerbaijan $ 5,176,000,000 2006 est. 100 Yemen $ 5,042,000,000 2006 est. 101 Honduras $ 4,860,000,000 2006 est. 102 Liberia $ 4,839,000,000 2004 est. 103 Jamaica $ 4,682,000,000 2006 est. 104 Virgin Islands $ 4,609,000,000 2001 105 Uruguay $ 4,532,000,000 2006 est. 106 Paraguay $ 4,500,000,000 2006 est. 107 Cambodia $ 4,477,000,000 2006 est. 108 Netherlands Antilles $ 4,383,000,000 2004 est. 109 Ethiopia $ 4,105,000,000 2006 est. 110 Malta $ 4,077,000,000 2006 est. 111 Uzbekistan $ 3,990,000,000 2006 est. 112 Turkmenistan $ 3,936,000,000 2006 est. 113 Macau $ 3,912,000,000 2005 114 Afghanistan $ 3,870,000,000 2005 est. 115 Macedonia $ 3,631,000,000 2006 est. 116 Mauritius $ 3,391,000,000 2006 est. 117 Georgia $ 3,320,000,000 2006 est. 118 Nicaragua $ 3,202,000,000 2006 est. 119 Tanzania $ 3,180,000,000 2006 est. 120 Zambia $ 3,092,000,000 2006 est. 121 Cameroon $ 3,083,000,000 2006 est. 122 Botswana $ 3,034,000,000 2006 est. 123 Senegal $ 2,980,000,000 2006 est. 124 Gibraltar $ 2,967,000,000 2004 est. 125 Bolivia $ 2,934,000,000 2006 est. 126 Albania $ 2,901,000,000 2006 est. 127 Mozambique $ 2,815,000,000 2006 est. 128 Moldova $ 2,650,000,000 2006 est. 129 Korea, North $ 2,600,000,000 2005 est. 130 Equatorial Guinea $ 2,543,000,000 2006 est. 131 Namibia $ 2,456,000,000 2006 est. 132 West Bank $ 2,370,000,000 2004 133 Swaziland $ 2,274,000,000 2006 est. 134 Zimbabwe $ 2,055,000,000 2006 est. 135 Burma $ 2,049,000,000 2006 est. 136 Nepal $ 2,000,000,000 2005 est. 137 Congo, Republic of the $ 1,964,000,000 2006 est. 138 Uganda $ 1,945,000,000 2006 est. 139 Mali $ 1,858,000,000 2004 est. 140 Bahamas, The $ 1,820,000,000 2004 est. 141 Haiti $ 1,721,000,000 2006 est. 142 French Polynesia $ 1,706,000,000 2005 est. 143 Papua New Guinea $ 1,686,000,000 2006 est. 144 Armenia $ 1,684,000,000 2006 est. 145 Brunei $ 1,641,000,000 2004 est. 146 New Caledonia $ 1,636,000,000 2004 est. 147 Gabon $ 1,607,000,000 2006 est. 148 Madagascar $ 1,544,000,000 2006 est. 149 Tajikistan $ 1,513,000,000 2006 est. 150 Barbados $ 1,476,000,000 2004 est. 151 Fiji $ 1,462,000,000 2005 152 Lesotho $ 1,401,000,000 2006 est. 153 Gaza Strip $ 1,370,000,000 2004 154 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 1,319,000,000 2004 est. 155 Togo $ 1,208,000,000 2006 est. 156 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,177,000,000 2006 est. 157 Mauritania $ 1,124,000,000 2004 est. 158 Laos $ 1,092,000,000 2006 est. 159 Andorra $ 1,077,000,000 1998 160 Burkina Faso $ 1,016,000,000 2006 est. 161 Mongolia $ 1,011,000,000 2004 est. 162 Djibouti $ 987,000,000 2004 est. 163 Bermuda $ 982,000,000 2004 est. 164 Benin $ 927,300,000 2006 est. 165 Liechtenstein $ 917,300,000 1996 166 Aruba $ 875,000,000 2004 est. 167 Cayman Islands $ 866,900,000 2004 168 Chad $ 823,100,000 2006 est. 169 Malawi $ 767,900,000 2006 est. 170 Suriname $ 750,000,000 2004 est. 171 Guinea $ 730,000,000 2006 est. 172 Guyana $ 706,900,000 2006 est. 173 Eritrea $ 701,800,000 2006 est. 174 Guam $ 701,000,000 2004 est. 175 Faroe Islands $ 639,000,000 2004 est. 176 Monaco $ 636,600,000 2004 177 Montenegro $ 601,700,000 2003 178 Greenland $ 601,000,000 2004 est. 179 Niger $ 588,000,000 2004 est. 180 Somalia $ 576,000,000 2004 est. 181 Seychelles $ 570,600,000 2006 est. 182 Maldives $ 567,000,000 2004 est. 183 Belize $ 543,000,000 2006 est. 184 Sierra Leone $ 531,000,000 2004 est. 185 Cape Verde $ 495,100,000 2006 est. 186 Cyprus $ 415,200,000 2006 est. 187 Saint Lucia $ 410,000,000 2004 est. 188 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 405,000,000 2004 est. 189 Rwanda $ 390,400,000 2006 est. 190 Antigua and Barbuda $ 378,000,000 2004 est. 191 American Samoa $ 308,800,000 FY04 est. 192 Samoa $ 285,000,000 2004 est. 193 Grenada $ 276,000,000 2004 est. 194 Mayotte $ 256,700,000 2004 195 Dominica $ 234,000,000 2004 est. 196 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 225,000,000 2004 est. 197 Northern Mariana Islands $ 214,400,000 2001 198 Gambia, The $ 212,200,000 2006 est. 199 Burundi $ 207,300,000 2006 est. 200 Central African Republic $ 203,000,000 2004 est. 201 East Timor $ 202,000,000 2004 est. 202 Bhutan $ 196,000,000 2000 est. 203 British Virgin Islands $ 187,000,000 2002 est. 204 Guinea-Bissau $ 176,000,000 2004 est. 205 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 175,600,000 2000 206 Solomon Islands $ 159,000,000 2004 est. 207 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 132,700,000 2004 208 Anguilla $ 129,900,000 2005 est. 209 Tonga $ 122,000,000 2004 est. 210 Vanuatu $ 117,100,000 2004 est. 211 Comoros $ 115,000,000 2004 est. 212 Palau $ 107,300,000 2004 est. 213 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 90,000,000 2004 est. 214 Cook Islands $ 81,040,000 2005 215 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 68,200,000 2005 est. 216 Kiribati $ 62,000,000 2004 est. 217 Wallis and Futuna $ 61,170,000 2004 218 Marshall Islands $ 54,700,000 2000 219 Sao Tome and Principe $ 48,870,000 2006 est. 220 Saint Helena $ 45,000,000 2004 est. 221 Nauru $ 20,000,000 2004 est. 222 Norfolk Island $ 17,900,000 FY91/92 223 Montserrat $ 17,000,000 2001 224 Tuvalu $ 9,186,000 2004 est. 225 Niue $ 9,038,000 2004 226 Tokelau $ 969,200 2002
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Rank code: @2089
Rank Country Industrial production growth rate(%) Date of Information
1 Azerbaijan 50.00 2006 est. 2 Equatorial Guinea 30.00 2002 est. 3 China 22.90 2006 est. 4 Cambodia 22.00 2002 est. 5 Turkmenistan 22.00 2003 est. 6 Burundi 18.00 2001 7 Cuba 17.60 2006 est. 8 Moldova 17.00 2003 est. 9 Trinidad and Tobago 17.00 2006 est. 10 Belarus 15.60 2005 est. 11 Lesotho 15.50 1999 12 Cote d'Ivoire 15.00 1998 est. 13 Burkina Faso 14.00 2001 est. 14 Angola 13.50 2004 15 Kuwait 13.10 2005 est. 16 Laos 13.00 2005 est. 17 Singapore 12.60 2006 est. 18 Uruguay 12.60 2006 est. 19 Vietnam 11.30 2006 est. 20 Poland 10.20 2006 est. 21 Zambia 10.10 2006 est. 22 Algeria 10.00 2006 est. 23 Qatar 10.00 2003 est. 24 Korea, South 10.00 2006 est. 25 Czech Republic 9.50 2006 est. 26 Hungary 9.50 2006 est. 27 Bhutan 9.30 1996 est. 28 Latvia 8.50 2006 est. 29 Sudan 8.50 1999 est. 30 East Timor 8.50 31 Costa Rica 8.40 2006 est. 32 Tanzania 8.40 1999 est. 33 Benin 8.30 2001 est. 34 Argentina 8.20 2006 est. 35 Tajikistan 8.20 2002 est. 36 Estonia 8.00 2006 est. 37 Mauritius 8.00 2000 est. 38 Faroe Islands 8.00 1999 est. 39 Slovakia 7.80 2006 est. 40 Honduras 7.70 2003 est. 41 Uzbekistan 7.70 2005 est. 42 Kazakhstan 7.70 2006 est. 43 Armenia 7.50 2005 est. 44 India 7.50 2006 est. 45 Brunei 7.30 2003 est. 46 Bangladesh 7.20 2006 est. 47 Sri Lanka 7.10 2006 est. 48 South Africa 7.10 2006 est. 49 Lithuania 7.00 2006 est. 50 Venezuela 7.00 2006 est. 51 Peru 7.00 2006 est. 52 Rwanda 7.00 2001 est. 53 Ethiopia 6.70 2001 est. 54 Suriname 6.50 1994 est. 55 Switzerland 6.50 2006 est. 56 Taiwan 6.50 2006 est. 57 Malawi 6.40 2006 est. 58 Botswana 6.30 2006 est. 59 Ukraine 6.30 2006 est. 60 Kenya 6.30 2006 est. 61 Jordan 6.00 2006 est. 62 Pakistan 6.00 2006 est. 63 Slovenia 6.00 2006 est. 64 Thailand 6.00 2006 est. 65 San Marino 6.00 1997 est. 66 Oman 5.90 2006 est. 67 Colombia 5.80 2006 est. 68 Malaysia 5.80 2006 est. 69 Austria 5.70 2006 est. 70 Bolivia 5.70 2004 est. 71 Romania 5.70 2006 est. 72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.50 2003 est. 73 Turkey 5.50 2006 est. 74 Uganda 5.20 2006 est. 75 Egypt 5.10 2006 est. 76 Niger 5.10 2003 est. 77 Bulgaria 5.00 2006 est. 78 Ecuador 5.00 2006 est. 79 Iceland 5.00 2006 est. 80 Croatia 5.00 2006 est. 81 Ireland 5.00 2006 est. 82 Chile 5.00 2006 est. 83 Chad 5.00 1995 84 Russia 4.80 2006 est. 85 Israel 4.70 2006 est. 86 Tunisia 4.70 2006 est. 87 Guinea-Bissau 4.70 2003 est. 88 Belize 4.60 1999 89 Germany 4.40 2006 est. 90 Luxembourg 4.30 2006 est. 91 Sweden 4.30 2006 est. 92 Cameroon 4.20 1999 est. 93 United States 4.20 2006 est. 94 Guatemala 4.10 1999 95 Mongolia 4.10 2002 est. 96 United Arab Emirates 4.00 2000 97 Morocco 4.00 2004 est. 98 Hong Kong 4.00 2006 est. 99 Ghana 3.80 2000 est. 100 Nepal 3.80 FY04/05 101 Swaziland 3.70 FY95/96 102 Mexico 3.60 2006 est. 103 Macedonia 3.50 2006 est. 104 Brazil 3.40 2006 est. 105 Mozambique 3.40 2000 106 Japan 3.30 2006 est. 107 Isle of Man 3.20 FY96/97 108 Iran 3.20 2006 est. 109 Senegal 3.20 2006 est. 110 Albania 3.10 2004 est. 111 Anguilla 3.10 1997 est. 112 Belgium 3.00 2006 est. 113 Yemen 3.00 2003 est. 114 World 3.00 2003 est. 115 Panama 3.00 2006 est. 116 Madagascar 3.00 2000 est. 117 Georgia 3.00 2000 118 Finland 3.00 2006 est. 119 Central African Republic 3.00 2002 120 Djibouti 3.00 1996 est. 121 European Union 2.80 2006 est. 122 Samoa 2.80 2000 123 Indonesia 2.60 2006 est. 124 Denmark 2.50 2006 est. 125 Cyprus 2.40 2006 est. 126 Nicaragua 2.40 2005 est. 127 West Bank 2.40 128 Gaza Strip 2.40 129 Netherlands 2.30 2006 est. 130 Bahrain 2.00 2000 est. 131 Philippines 2.00 2006 est. 132 Mauritania 2.00 2000 est. 133 Greece 2.00 2006 est. 134 El Salvador 2.00 2006 est. 135 Dominican Republic 2.00 2001 est. 136 Saudi Arabia 1.90 2006 est. 137 Norway 1.80 2006 est. 138 Gabon 1.60 2002 est. 139 France 1.50 2006 est. 140 Italy 1.50 2006 est. 141 Syria 1.50 2005 142 Serbia 1.40 2006 est. 143 New Zealand 1.20 2006 est. 144 Cook Islands 1.00 2002 145 Vanuatu 1.00 1997 est. 146 Tonga 1.00 2003 est. 147 Portugal 0.90 2006 est. 148 Canada 0.70 2006 est. 149 Kiribati 0.70 1991 est. 150 Grenada 0.70 1997 est. 151 Spain 0.60 2006 est. 152 Congo, Republic of the 0.00 2002 est. 153 United Kingdom 0.00 2006 est. 154 Paraguay 0.00 2000 est. 155 Cyprus -0.30 2006 est. 156 New Caledonia -0.60 1996 157 Maldives -0.90 2004 est. 158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.90 1997 est. 159 Nigeria -1.60 2006 est. 160 Zimbabwe -1.80 2006 est. 161 Comoros -2.00 1999 est. 162 Jamaica -2.00 2000 est. 163 Barbados -3.20 2000 est. 164 Australia -3.50 2006 est. 165 Kyrgyzstan -4.50 2006 est. 166 Saint Lucia -8.90 1997 est. 167 Dominica -10.00 1997 est.
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Rank code: @2091
Rank Country Infant mortality rate(deaths/1,000 live births) Date of Information
1 Angola 185.36 2006 est. 2 Sierra Leone 160.39 2006 est. 3 Afghanistan 160.23 2006 est. 4 Liberia 155.76 2006 est. 5 Mozambique 129.24 2006 est. 6 Niger 118.25 2006 est. 7 Somalia 114.89 2006 est. 8 Mali 107.58 2006 est. 9 Tajikistan 106.49 2006 est. 10 Guinea-Bissau 105.21 2006 est. 11 Djibouti 102.44 2006 est. 12 Bhutan 98.41 2006 est. 13 Nigeria 97.14 2006 est. 14 Tanzania 96.48 2006 est. 15 Malawi 94.37 2006 est. 16 Ethiopia 93.62 2006 est. 17 Chad 91.45 2006 est. 18 Burkina Faso 91.35 2006 est. 19 Guinea 90.00 2006 est. 20 Rwanda 89.61 2006 est. 21 Equatorial Guinea 89.21 2006 est. 22 Cote d'Ivoire 89.11 2006 est. 23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 88.62 2006 est. 24 Lesotho 87.24 2006 est. 25 Zambia 86.84 2006 est. 26 Central African Republic 85.63 2006 est. 27 Congo, Republic of the 85.29 2006 est. 28 Laos 83.31 2006 est. 29 Benin 79.56 2006 est. 30 Azerbaijan 79.00 2006 est. 31 Madagascar 75.21 2006 est. 32 Comoros 72.85 2006 est. 33 Turkmenistan 72.56 2006 est. 34 Swaziland 71.85 2006 est. 35 Haiti 71.65 2006 est. 36 Gambia, The 71.58 2006 est. 37 Pakistan 70.45 2006 est. 38 Uzbekistan 69.99 2006 est. 39 Mauritania 69.48 2006 est. 40 Cambodia 68.78 2006 est. 41 Uganda 66.15 2006 est. 42 Nepal 65.32 2006 est. 43 Cameroon 63.52 2006 est. 44 Burundi 63.13 2006 est. 45 Burma 61.85 2006 est. 46 Sudan 61.05 2006 est. 47 Bangladesh 60.83 2006 est. 48 Mayotte 60.76 2006 est. 49 South Africa 60.66 2006 est. 50 Togo 60.63 2006 est. 51 Yemen 59.88 2006 est. 52 Kenya 59.26 2006 est. 53 Ghana 55.02 2006 est. 54 Maldives 54.89 2006 est. 55 India 54.63 2006 est. 56 Gabon 54.51 2006 est. 57 Vanuatu 53.80 2006 est. 58 Botswana 53.70 2006 est. 59 Senegal 52.94 2006 est. 60 Mongolia 52.12 2006 est. 61 Bolivia 51.77 2006 est. 62 Zimbabwe 51.71 2006 est. 63 Papua New Guinea 49.96 2006 est. 64 World 48.87 2006 est. 65 Iraq 48.64 2006 est. 66 Namibia 48.10 2006 est. 67 Kiribati 47.27 2006 est. 68 Cape Verde 46.52 2006 est. 69 Eritrea 46.30 2006 est. 70 East Timor 45.89 2006 est. 71 Sao Tome and Principe 41.83 2006 est. 72 Iran 40.30 2006 est. 73 Morocco 40.24 2006 est. 74 Turkey 39.69 2006 est. 75 Moldova 38.38 2006 est. 76 Kyrgyzstan 34.49 2006 est. 77 Indonesia 34.39 2006 est. 78 Guyana 32.19 2006 est. 79 Egypt 31.33 2006 est. 80 Guatemala 30.94 2006 est. 81 Peru 30.94 2006 est. 82 Algeria 29.87 2006 est. 83 Micronesia, Federated States of 29.16 2006 est. 84 Syria 28.61 2006 est. 85 Brazil 28.60 2006 est. 86 Marshall Islands 28.43 2006 est. 87 Kazakhstan 28.30 2006 est. 88 Dominican Republic 28.25 2006 est. 89 Nicaragua 28.11 2006 est. 90 Samoa 26.85 2006 est. 91 Honduras 25.82 2006 est. 92 Romania 25.50 2006 est. 93 Vietnam 25.14 2006 est. 94 Trinidad and Tobago 25.05 2006 est. 95 Belize 24.89 2006 est. 96 Paraguay 24.78 2006 est. 97 Bahamas, The 24.68 2006 est. 98 El Salvador 24.39 2006 est. 99 Tunisia 23.84 2006 est. 100 Lebanon 23.72 2006 est. 101 Libya 23.71 2006 est. 102 Korea, North 23.29 2006 est. 103 China 23.12 2006 est. 104 Suriname 23.02 2006 est. 105 Ecuador 22.87 2006 est. 106 Philippines 22.81 2006 est. 107 Armenia 22.47 2006 est. 108 Gaza Strip 22.40 2006 est. 109 Venezuela 21.54 2006 est. 110 Albania 20.75 2006 est. 111 Solomon Islands 20.63 2006 est. 112 Colombia 20.35 2006 est. 113 Anguilla 20.32 2006 est. 114 Mexico 20.26 2006 est. 115 Bulgaria 19.85 2006 est. 116 Thailand 19.49 2006 est. 117 Tuvalu 19.47 2006 est. 118 West Bank 19.15 2006 est. 119 Oman 18.89 2006 est. 120 Antigua and Barbuda 18.86 2006 est. 121 Saint Helena 18.34 2006 est. 122 Qatar 18.04 2006 est. 123 Georgia 17.97 2006 est. 124 Malaysia 17.16 2006 est. 125 Bahrain 16.80 2006 est. 126 Jordan 16.76 2006 est. 127 British Virgin Islands 16.72 2006 est. 128 Panama 16.37 2006 est. 129 Jamaica 15.98 2006 est. 130 Greenland 15.40 2006 est. 131 Turks and Caicos Islands 15.18 2006 est. 132 Seychelles 15.14 2006 est. 133 Russia 15.13 2006 est. 134 Argentina 14.73 2006 est. 135 Mauritius 14.59 2006 est. 136 Palau 14.46 2006 est. 137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.40 2006 est. 138 Grenada 14.27 2006 est. 139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.12 2006 est. 140 United Arab Emirates 14.09 2006 est. 141 Sri Lanka 13.97 2006 est. 142 Dominica 13.71 2006 est. 143 Saint Lucia 13.17 2006 est. 144 Belarus 13.00 2006 est. 145 Saudi Arabia 12.81 2006 est. 146 Fiji 12.30 2006 est. 147 Tonga 12.30 2006 est. 148 Brunei 12.25 2006 est. 149 Barbados 11.77 2006 est. 150 Uruguay 11.61 2006 est. 151 Ukraine 9.90 2006 est. 152 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.82 2006 est. 153 Macedonia 9.81 2006 est. 154 Nauru 9.78 2006 est. 155 Netherlands Antilles 9.76 2006 est. 156 Kuwait 9.71 2006 est. 157 Costa Rica 9.70 2006 est. 158 Latvia 9.35 2006 est. 159 Puerto Rico 9.14 2006 est. 160 American Samoa 9.07 2006 est. 161 Chile 8.58 2006 est. 162 Hungary 8.39 2006 est. 163 Bermuda 8.30 2006 est. 164 French Polynesia 8.29 2006 est. 165 Cayman Islands 8.00 2006 est. 166 Virgin Islands 7.86 2006 est. 167 Estonia 7.73 2006 est. 168 New Caledonia 7.57 2006 est. 169 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7.38 2006 est. 170 Slovakia 7.26 2006 est. 171 Poland 7.22 2006 est. 172 Montserrat 7.19 2006 est. 173 Cyprus 7.04 2006 est. 174 Northern Mariana Islands 6.98 2006 est. 175 Israel 6.89 2006 est. 176 Guam 6.81 2006 est. 177 Lithuania 6.78 2006 est. 178 Croatia 6.72 2006 est. 179 United States 6.43 2006 est. 180 Taiwan 6.29 2006 est. 181 Cuba 6.22 2006 est. 182 Korea, South 6.16 2006 est. 183 Faroe Islands 6.12 2006 est. 184 Italy 5.83 2006 est. 185 Isle of Man 5.82 2006 est. 186 Aruba 5.79 2006 est. 187 New Zealand 5.76 2006 est. 188 San Marino 5.63 2006 est. 189 Greece 5.43 2006 est. 190 Monaco 5.35 2006 est. 191 Ireland 5.31 2006 est. 192 Jersey 5.16 2006 est. 193 European Union 5.10 2006 est. 194 United Kingdom 5.08 2006 est. 195 Gibraltar 5.06 2006 est. 196 Portugal 4.98 2006 est. 197 Netherlands 4.96 2006 est. 198 Luxembourg 4.74 2006 est. 199 Canada 4.69 2006 est. 200 Guernsey 4.65 2006 est. 201 Liechtenstein 4.64 2006 est. 202 Australia 4.63 2006 est. 203 Belgium 4.62 2006 est. 204 Austria 4.60 2006 est. 205 Denmark 4.51 2006 est. 206 Slovenia 4.40 2006 est. 207 Spain 4.37 2006 est. 208 Macau 4.35 2006 est. 209 Switzerland 4.34 2006 est. 210 France 4.21 2006 est. 211 Germany 4.12 2006 est. 212 Andorra 4.04 2006 est. 213 Czech Republic 3.89 2006 est. 214 Malta 3.86 2006 est. 215 Norway 3.67 2006 est. 216 Finland 3.55 2006 est. 217 Iceland 3.29 2006 est. 218 Japan 3.24 2006 est. 219 Hong Kong 2.95 2006 est. 220 Sweden 2.76 2006 est. 221 Singapore 2.29 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2092
Rank Country Inflation rate (consumer prices)(%) Date of Information
1 Nauru -3.60 1993 2 San Marino -1.70 2001 3 Vanuatu -1.60 2005 est. 4 Northern Mariana Islands -0.80 2000 5 New Caledonia -0.60 2000 est. 6 Barbados -0.50 2003 est. 7 Dominica -0.10 2005 est. 8 Niger 0.20 2004 est. 9 Japan 0.40 2006 est. 10 Kiribati 0.50 2005 est. 11 Seychelles 0.70 2006 est. 12 Antigua and Barbuda 0.90 2005 est. 13 Brunei 0.90 2004 14 Liechtenstein 1.00 2001 15 Sierra Leone 1.00 2002 est. 16 Singapore 1.00 2006 est. 17 Taiwan 1.00 2006 est. 18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.00 2005 est. 19 Armenia 1.10 2006 est. 20 French Polynesia 1.10 2006 est. 21 Bahamas, The 1.20 2004 22 Switzerland 1.20 2006 est. 23 Gaza Strip 1.20 2005 24 Poland 1.30 2006 est. 25 Netherlands 1.40 2006 est. 26 Sweden 1.40 2006 est. 27 East Timor 1.40 2005 28 China 1.50 2006 est. 29 Gibraltar 1.50 1998 30 Austria 1.60 2006 est. 31 Greenland 1.60 1999 est. 32 Finland 1.70 2006 est. 33 Germany 1.70 2006 est. 34 Denmark 1.80 2006 est. 35 Israel 1.90 2006 est. 36 Saudi Arabia 1.90 2006 est. 37 Monaco 1.90 2000 38 Canada 2.00 2006 est. 39 France 2.00 2006 est. 40 Senegal 2.00 2006 est. 41 British Virgin Islands 2.00 2005 42 Oman 2.00 2006 est. 43 Belgium 2.10 2006 est. 44 Cook Islands 2.10 2005 est. 45 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.10 1991-96 average 46 Peru 2.10 2006 est. 47 Netherlands Antilles 2.10 2003 est. 48 Chile 2.10 2006 est. 49 European Union 2.20 2006 est. 50 Gabon 2.20 2006 est. 51 Hong Kong 2.20 2006 est. 52 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.20 2005 53 Virgin Islands 2.20 2003 54 Italy 2.30 2006 est. 55 United Kingdom 2.30 2006 est. 56 Norway 2.30 2006 est. 57 Cameroon 2.40 2006 est. 58 Slovenia 2.40 2006 est. 59 Guam 2.50 2005 est. 60 United States 2.50 2006 est. 61 Papua New Guinea 2.50 2006 est. 62 Congo, Republic of the 2.60 2006 est. 63 Panama 2.60 2006 est. 64 Montserrat 2.60 2002 est. 65 Luxembourg 2.60 2006 est. 66 Czech Republic 2.70 2006 est. 67 Isle of Man 2.70 2003 est. 68 Palau 2.70 2005 est. 69 Portugal 2.70 2006 est. 70 Albania 2.80 2006 est. 71 Wallis and Futuna 2.80 2005 72 Togo 2.80 2006 est. 73 Morocco 2.80 2006 est. 74 Bermuda 2.80 November 2005 75 Cyprus 2.80 76 Saint Lucia 2.90 2005 est. 77 West Bank 2.90 2005 78 Algeria 3.00 2006 est. 79 Belize 3.00 2006 est. 80 Fiji 3.00 2005 81 Grenada 3.00 2005 est. 82 Marshall Islands 3.00 2005 est. 83 Macedonia 3.00 2006 est. 84 Kuwait 3.00 2006 est. 85 Korea, South 3.00 2006 est. 86 Djibouti 3.00 2005 est. 87 Comoros 3.00 2005 est. 88 Benin 3.00 2006 est. 89 Libya 3.10 2006 est. 90 Cote d'Ivoire 3.20 2006 est. 91 Saint Helena 3.20 1997 est. 92 Greece 3.30 2006 est. 93 Samoa 3.30 2005 94 Malta 3.30 2006 est. 95 Aruba 3.40 2005 96 Andorra 3.40 2004 97 Mexico 3.40 2006 est. 98 Guernsey 3.40 June 2006 99 Montenegro 3.40 2004 100 Croatia 3.40 2006 est. 101 Ecuador 3.40 2006 est. 102 Bahrain 3.50 2006 est. 103 Spain 3.50 2006 est. 104 Central African Republic 3.60 2001 est. 105 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.60 1998 106 Lithuania 3.60 2006 est. 107 Hungary 3.70 2006 est. 108 Australia 3.80 2006 est. 109 New Zealand 3.80 2006 est. 110 Malaysia 3.80 2006 est. 111 Ireland 3.90 2006 est. 112 Tuvalu 3.90 2005 est. 113 Chad 4.00 2006 est. 114 Guinea-Bissau 4.00 2002 est. 115 Burkina Faso 4.00 2006 est. 116 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.00 1995 117 Niue 4.00 2005 118 Brazil 4.20 2006 est. 119 Bolivia 4.30 2006 est. 120 Colombia 4.30 2006 est. 121 El Salvador 4.30 2006 est. 122 Cayman Islands 4.40 2004 123 Estonia 4.40 2006 est. 124 Macau 4.40 2005 125 Slovakia 4.40 2006 est. 126 Mali 4.50 2002 est. 127 Jordan 4.60 2006 est. 128 Tunisia 4.60 2006 est. 129 Cape Verde 4.70 2006 est. 130 Lebanon 4.80 2006 est. 131 Cambodia 5.00 2006 est. 132 Namibia 5.00 2006 est. 133 South Africa 5.00 2006 est. 134 Lesotho 5.00 2006 est. 135 Cuba 5.00 2006 est. 136 Faroe Islands 5.10 1999 137 Thailand 5.10 2006 est. 138 Swaziland 5.10 2006 est. 139 Equatorial Guinea 5.20 2006 est. 140 Anguilla 5.30 2006 est. 141 Jersey 5.30 2004 142 India 5.30 2006 est. 143 Honduras 5.70 2006 est. 144 Laos 5.90 2006 est. 145 Tanzania 5.90 2006 est. 146 Guyana 6.00 2006 est. 147 Maldives 6.00 2005 est. 148 Uganda 6.00 2006 est. 149 Latvia 6.30 2006 est. 150 Kyrgyzstan 6.40 2006 est. 151 Egypt 6.50 2006 est. 152 Uruguay 6.50 2006 est. 153 Puerto Rico 6.50 2003 est. 154 Solomon Islands 6.60 2005 est. 155 Philippines 6.60 2006 est. 156 Guatemala 6.60 2006 est. 157 Rwanda 6.70 2006 est. 158 Iceland 6.80 2006 est. 159 Romania 6.80 2006 est. 160 Bhutan 7.00 2005 est. 161 Syria 7.00 2006 est. 162 Mauritania 7.00 2003 est. 163 Bangladesh 7.20 2006 est. 164 Bulgaria 7.20 2006 est. 165 Qatar 7.20 2006 est. 166 Tajikistan 7.50 2006 est. 167 Vietnam 7.50 2006 est. 168 Uzbekistan 7.60 2006 est. 169 Nepal 7.80 October 2005 est. 170 Pakistan 7.90 2006 est. 171 Azerbaijan 8.00 2006 est. 172 Trinidad and Tobago 8.00 2006 est. 173 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.20 2006 est. 174 Dominican Republic 8.20 2006 est. 175 Ukraine 8.50 2006 est. 176 Kazakhstan 8.60 2006 est. 177 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.70 2005 est. 178 Zambia 8.80 2006 est. 179 Mauritius 8.90 2006 est. 180 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9.00 2004 est. 181 Sudan 9.00 2006 est. 182 Paraguay 9.00 2006 est. 183 Cyprus 9.10 184 Jamaica 9.10 2006 est. 185 Nicaragua 9.40 2006 est. 186 Belarus 9.50 2006 est. 187 Mongolia 9.50 2005 est. 188 Suriname 9.50 2005 est. 189 Russia 9.80 2006 est. 190 Turkey 9.80 2006 est. 191 United Arab Emirates 10.00 2006 est. 192 Argentina 10.00 November 2006 est. 193 Georgia 10.00 2006 est. 194 Ethiopia 10.50 2006 est. 195 Kenya 10.50 2006 est. 196 Nigeria 10.50 2006 est. 197 Ghana 10.90 2006 est. 198 Burundi 11.00 2006 est. 199 Turkmenistan 11.00 2006 est. 200 Tonga 11.10 2005 est. 201 Botswana 11.40 2006 est. 202 Madagascar 12.00 2006 est. 203 Sri Lanka 12.10 2006 est. 204 Costa Rica 12.10 2006 est. 205 Moldova 12.80 2006 est. 206 Mozambique 12.80 2006 est. 207 Angola 13.20 2006 est. 208 Indonesia 13.20 2006 est. 209 Eritrea 14.00 2006 est. 210 Gambia, The 14.00 2006 est. 211 Haiti 14.40 2006 est. 212 Yemen 14.80 2006 est. 213 Liberia 15.00 2003 est. 214 Sao Tome and Principe 15.00 2006 est. 215 Malawi 15.10 2006 est. 216 Serbia 15.50 2005 est. 217 Iran 15.80 2006 est. 218 Venezuela 15.80 2006 est. 219 Afghanistan 16.30 2005 est. 220 Burma 21.40 2006 est. 221 Guinea 27.00 2006 est. 222 Iraq 50.00 2006 est. 223 Zimbabwe 976.40 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2093
Rank Country Waterways(km) Date of Information
1 World 671,886 2004 2 China 123,964 2003 3 Russia 102,000 2005 4 European Union 52,332 2006 5 Brazil 50,000 2005 6 United States 41,009 2004 7 Indonesia 21,579 2005 8 Colombia 18,000 2005 9 Vietnam 17,702 2005 10 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 2005 11 India 14,500 2005 12 Burma 12,800 2005 13 Argentina 11,000 2005 14 Papua New Guinea 10,940 2003 15 Bolivia 10,000 2005 16 Peru 8,808 2005 17 Nigeria 8,600 2005 18 France 8,500 2000 19 Bangladesh 8,372 2005 20 Finland 7,842 2005 21 Germany 7,467 2005 22 Malaysia 7,200 2005 23 Venezuela 7,100 2005 24 Netherlands 6,183 2005 25 Iraq 5,279 2004 26 Laos 4,600 2005 27 Congo, Republic of the 4,385 2005 28 Sudan 4,068 2005 29 Kazakhstan 4,000 2005 30 Thailand 4,000 2005 31 Poland 3,997 2005 32 France 3,760 2000 33 Egypt 3,500 2005 34 Philippines 3,219 2005 35 United Kingdom 3,200 2003 36 Paraguay 3,100 2005 37 Mexico 2,900 2005 38 Central African Republic 2,800 2005 39 Belarus 2,500 2003 40 Cambodia 2,400 2005 41 Italy 2,400 2004 42 Ukraine 2,253 2006 43 Korea, North 2,250 2006 44 Zambia 2,250 2005 45 Nicaragua 2,220 2005 46 Sweden 2,052 2005 47 Belgium 2,043 2003 48 Australia 2,000 2002 49 Mali 1,815 2005 50 Japan 1,770 2006 51 Romania 1,731 2005 52 Hungary 1,622 2006 53 Korea, South 1,608 2006 54 Gabon 1,600 2005 55 Uruguay 1,600 2005 56 Norway 1,577 2002 57 Ecuador 1,500 2005 58 Angola 1,300 2005 59 Turkmenistan 1,300 2006 60 Guinea 1,300 2005 61 Ghana 1,293 2005 62 Afghanistan 1,200 2005 63 Turkey 1,200 2005 64 Suriname 1,200 2005 65 Uzbekistan 1,100 2006 66 Senegal 1,000 2005 67 Spain 1,000 2003 68 Guatemala 990 2004 69 Cote d'Ivoire 980 2005 70 Syria 900 2005 71 Iran 850 2006 72 Belize 825 2005 73 Panama 800 2005 74 Sierra Leone 800 2005 75 Croatia 785 2006 76 Ireland 753 2005 77 Costa Rica 730 2005 78 Malawi 700 2006 79 Czech Republic 664 2005 80 Canada 631 2003 81 Kyrgyzstan 600 2006 82 Madagascar 600 2005 83 Serbia 587 2005 84 Mongolia 580 2004 85 Estonia 500 2005 86 Bulgaria 470 2006 87 Honduras 465 2005 88 Mozambique 460 2002 89 Lithuania 425 2005 90 Moldova 424 2005 91 Denmark 400 2001 92 Gambia, The 390 2004 93 Austria 358 2003 94 Latvia 300 2005 95 Niger 300 2005 96 Cuba 240 2005 97 Portugal 210 2003 98 Brunei 209 2005 99 Fiji 203 2004 100 Tajikistan 200 2006 101 Slovakia 172 2005 102 Sri Lanka 160 2005 103 Benin 150 2005 104 Switzerland 65 2003 105 Togo 50 2005 106 Albania 43 2006 107 Luxembourg 37 2003 108 Liechtenstein 28 2005 109 Greece 6 2006 110 Kiribati 5 2003
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Rank code: @2095
Rank Country Labor force Date of Information
1 World 3,001,000,000 2005 est. 2 China 798,000,000 2006 est. 3 India 509,300,000 2006 est. 4 European Union 221,500,000 2005 est. 5 United States 151,400,000 2006 6 Indonesia 108,200,000 2006 est. 7 Brazil 96,340,000 2006 est. 8 Russia 73,880,000 2006 est. 9 Bangladesh 68,000,000 2006 est. 10 Japan 66,440,000 2006 est. 11 Nigeria 48,990,000 2006 est. 12 Pakistan 48,290,000 2006 est. 13 Vietnam 44,580,000 2006 est. 14 Germany 43,660,000 2006 est. 15 Mexico 38,090,000 2006 est. 16 Philippines 36,650,000 2006 est. 17 Thailand 36,410,000 2006 est. 18 United Kingdom 30,400,000 2006 est. 19 Burma 28,490,000 2006 est. 20 France 27,880,000 2006 est. 21 Ethiopia 27,270,000 1999 22 Turkey 24,800,000 2006 est. 23 Italy 24,630,000 2006 est. 24 Iran 24,360,000 2006 est. 25 Korea, South 23,880,000 2006 est. 26 Egypt 21,800,000 2006 est. 27 Spain 21,770,000 2006 est. 28 Ukraine 21,690,000 2006 est. 29 Colombia 20,810,000 2006 est. 30 Tanzania 19,350,000 2006 est. 31 Canada 17,590,000 2006 est. 32 Poland 17,260,000 2006 est. 33 South Africa 16,090,000 2006 est. 34 Argentina 15,350,000 2006 est. 35 Afghanistan 15,000,000 2004 est. 36 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est. 37 Uzbekistan 14,440,000 2006 est. 38 Uganda 13,760,000 2006 est. 39 Venezuela 12,500,000 November 2006 est. 40 Morocco 11,250,000 2006 est. 41 Ghana 10,870,000 2006 est. 42 Malaysia 10,730,000 2006 est. 43 Australia 10,660,000 2006 est. 44 Taiwan 10,460,000 2006 est. 45 Nepal 10,400,000 2004 est. 46 Korea, North 9,600,000 47 Mozambique 9,400,000 2006 est. 48 Romania 9,330,000 2006 est. 49 Algeria 9,310,000 2006 est. 50 Peru 9,210,000 2006 est. 51 Sri Lanka 8,214,000 2006 est. 52 Kazakhstan 7,834,000 2006 est. 53 Netherlands 7,600,000 2006 est. 54 Sudan 7,415,000 1996 est. 55 Iraq 7,400,000 2004 est. 56 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000 57 Saudi Arabia 7,125,000 2006 est. 58 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est. 59 Chile 6,940,000 2006 est. 60 Cote d'Ivoire 6,738,000 2006 est. 61 Cameroon 6,394,000 2006 est. 62 Angola 6,393,000 2006 est. 63 Yemen 5,759,000 2006 est. 64 Portugal 5,570,000 2006 est. 65 Syria 5,505,000 2006 est. 66 Czech Republic 5,310,000 2006 est. 67 Azerbaijan 5,191,000 2006 est. 68 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003 69 Zambia 4,903,000 2006 est. 70 Belgium 4,890,000 2006 est. 71 Greece 4,880,000 2006 est. 72 Cuba 4,820,000 2006 est. 73 Senegal 4,749,000 2006 est. 74 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000 75 Sweden 4,590,000 2006 est. 76 Ecuador 4,570,000 2006 est. 77 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est. 78 Bolivia 4,300,000 2006 est. 79 Belarus 4,300,000 31 December 2005 80 Hungary 4,200,000 2006 est. 81 Zimbabwe 3,958,000 2006 est. 82 Mali 3,930,000 2001 est. 83 Dominican Republic 3,896,000 2006 est. 84 Guatemala 3,850,000 2006 est. 85 Switzerland 3,810,000 2006 est. 86 Somalia 3,700,000 87 Tajikistan 3,700,000 2003 88 Hong Kong 3,630,000 2006 est. 89 Haiti 3,600,000 1995 90 Austria 3,520,000 2006 est. 91 Tunisia 3,502,000 2006 est. 92 Papua New Guinea 3,477,000 2006 est. 93 Bulgaria 3,450,000 2006 est. 94 Benin 3,211,000 1996 95 Guinea 3,000,000 1999 96 Burundi 2,990,000 2002 97 United Arab Emirates 2,968,000 2006 est. 98 Serbia 2,961,000 2002 est. 99 Denmark 2,910,000 2006 est. 100 El Salvador 2,856,000 2006 est. 101 Laos 2,800,000 2002 est. 102 Paraguay 2,742,000 2006 est. 103 Chad 2,719,000 1993 104 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000 105 Slovakia 2,629,000 2006 est. 106 Finland 2,620,000 2006 est. 107 Israel 2,600,000 2006 est. 108 Honduras 2,589,000 2006 est. 109 Norway 2,420,000 2006 est. 110 Singapore 2,400,000 2006 est. 111 Turkmenistan 2,320,000 2003 est. 112 Nicaragua 2,261,000 2006 est. 113 New Zealand 2,180,000 2006 est. 114 Ireland 2,120,000 2006 est. 115 Georgia 2,040,000 2004 est. 116 Kenya 1,955,000 2006 est. 117 Costa Rica 1,866,000 2006 est. 118 Libya 1,787,000 2006 est. 119 Croatia 1,720,000 2006 est. 120 Lithuania 1,617,000 2006 est. 121 Jordan 1,512,000 2006 est. 122 Lebanon 1,500,000 2005 est. 123 Mongolia 1,488,000 2003 124 Panama 1,441,000 2006 est. 125 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est. 126 Moldova 1,339,000 2006 est. 127 Togo 1,302,000 1998 128 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000 129 Uruguay 1,270,000 2006 est. 130 Armenia 1,200,000 2005 131 Jamaica 1,197,000 2006 est. 132 Kuwait 1,136,000 2006 est. 133 Latvia 1,136,000 2006 est. 134 Albania 1,090,000 2004 est. 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001 136 Oman 920,000 2002 est. 137 Slovenia 914,000 2006 est. 138 Macedonia 880,000 2006 est. 139 Lesotho 838,000 2000 140 Mauritania 786,000 2001 141 Estonia 673,000 2006 est. 142 Namibia 653,000 2006 est. 143 Trinidad and Tobago 618,000 2006 est. 144 Gabon 581,000 2006 est. 145 West Bank 568,000 2005 146 Mauritius 555,000 2006 est. 147 Qatar 508,000 2006 est. 148 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999 149 Guyana 418,000 2001 est. 150 Gambia, The 400,000 1996 151 Cyprus 380,000 2006 est. 152 Bahrain 352,000 2006 est. 153 Botswana 288,400 2004 154 Djibouti 282,000 2000 155 Montenegro 259,100 2004 156 Gaza Strip 259,000 2005 157 Solomon Islands 249,200 1999 158 Macau 248,000 2005 159 Luxembourg 203,000 2006 est. 160 Bahamas, The 176,300 2004 161 Iceland 173,000 2006 est. 162 Malta 160,000 2005 est. 163 Suriname 156,700 2004 164 Swaziland 155,700 2003 165 Brunei 146,300 2003 est. 166 Comoros 144,500 1996 est. 167 Fiji 137,000 1999 168 Barbados 128,500 2001 est. 169 Cape Verde 120,600 1990 170 Cyprus 95,025 2006 est. 171 Belize 90,000 2001 est. 172 Samoa 90,000 2000 est. 173 Maldives 88,000 2000 174 Netherlands Antilles 83,600 2005 175 New Caledonia 78,990 2004 176 Vanuatu 76,410 1999 177 Niger 70,000 2002 est. 178 French Polynesia 65,870 December 2005 179 Guam 62,050 2002 est. 180 Jersey 52,790 2004 181 Andorra 48,740 2004 182 Mayotte 44,560 2002 183 Northern Mariana Islands 44,470 2000 184 Virgin Islands 43,980 2004 est. 185 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est. 186 Grenada 42,300 1996 187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41,680 1991 est. 188 Aruba 41,500 2004 est. 189 Monaco 41,110 2004 190 Isle of Man 39,690 2001 191 Bermuda 38,360 2004 192 Micronesia, Federated States of 37,410 2000 193 Sao Tome and Principe 35,050 1991 194 Tonga 33,910 2003 195 Guernsey 31,470 March 2006 196 Seychelles 30,900 1996 197 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 198 Liechtenstein 29,500 31 December 2001 199 Dominica 25,000 1999 est. 200 Greenland 24,500 1999 est. 201 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000 202 Cayman Islands 23,450 2004 203 San Marino 19,970 2003 204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995 205 American Samoa 17,630 2005 206 Marshall Islands 14,680 2000 207 British Virgin Islands 12,770 2004 208 Gibraltar 12,690 2001 209 Western Sahara 12,000 210 Palau 9,777 2005 211 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est. 212 Cook Islands 6,820 2001 213 Anguilla 6,049 2001 214 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est. 215 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est. 216 Tuvalu 3,615 2004 est. 217 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999 218 Wallis and Futuna 3,104 2003 219 Saint Helena 2,486 1998 est. 220 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 1996 221 Norfolk Island 1,345 222 Niue 663 2001 223 Tokelau 440 2001 224 Pitcairn Islands 15 2004
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Rank code: @2102
Rank Country Life expectancy at birth(years) Date of Information
1 Andorra 83.51 2006 est. 2 Macau 82.19 2006 est. 3 San Marino 81.71 2006 est. 4 Singapore 81.71 2006 est. 5 Hong Kong 81.59 2006 est. 6 Japan 81.25 2006 est. 7 Sweden 80.51 2006 est. 8 Switzerland 80.51 2006 est. 9 Australia 80.50 2006 est. 10 Guernsey 80.42 2006 est. 11 Iceland 80.31 2006 est. 12 Canada 80.22 2006 est. 13 Cayman Islands 80.07 2006 est. 14 Italy 79.81 2006 est. 15 Gibraltar 79.80 2006 est. 16 France 79.73 2006 est. 17 Monaco 79.69 2006 est. 18 Liechtenstein 79.68 2006 est. 19 Spain 79.65 2006 est. 20 Norway 79.54 2006 est. 21 Israel 79.46 2006 est. 22 Jersey 79.38 2006 est. 23 Faroe Islands 79.35 2006 est. 24 Aruba 79.28 2006 est. 25 Greece 79.24 2006 est. 26 Austria 79.07 2006 est. 27 Virgin Islands 79.05 2006 est. 28 Malta 79.01 2006 est. 29 Netherlands 78.96 2006 est. 30 Luxembourg 78.89 2006 est. 31 Montserrat 78.85 2006 est. 32 New Zealand 78.81 2006 est. 33 Germany 78.80 2006 est. 34 Belgium 78.77 2006 est. 35 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 78.61 2006 est. 36 Guam 78.58 2006 est. 37 United Kingdom 78.54 2006 est. 38 Finland 78.50 2006 est. 39 Isle of Man 78.49 2006 est. 40 Jordan 78.40 2006 est. 41 Puerto Rico 78.40 2006 est. 42 European Union 78.30 2006 est. 43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.00 2006 est. 44 Bermuda 77.96 2006 est. 45 Saint Helena 77.93 2006 est. 46 United States 77.85 2006 est. 47 Cyprus 77.82 2006 est. 48 Denmark 77.79 2006 est. 49 Ireland 77.73 2006 est. 50 Portugal 77.70 2006 est. 51 Albania 77.43 2006 est. 52 Taiwan 77.43 2006 est. 53 Cuba 77.41 2006 est. 54 Anguilla 77.28 2006 est. 55 Kuwait 77.20 2006 est. 56 Korea, South 77.04 2006 est. 57 Costa Rica 77.02 2006 est. 58 Chile 76.77 2006 est. 59 Libya 76.69 2006 est. 60 British Virgin Islands 76.68 2006 est. 61 Ecuador 76.42 2006 est. 62 Slovenia 76.33 2006 est. 63 Uruguay 76.33 2006 est. 64 Czech Republic 76.22 2006 est. 65 Argentina 76.12 2006 est. 66 French Polynesia 76.10 2006 est. 67 Northern Mariana Islands 76.09 2006 est. 68 Georgia 76.09 2006 est. 69 American Samoa 76.05 2006 est. 70 Netherlands Antilles 76.03 2006 est. 71 Saudi Arabia 75.67 2006 est. 72 United Arab Emirates 75.44 2006 est. 73 Mexico 75.41 2006 est. 74 Panama 75.22 2006 est. 75 Tunisia 75.12 2006 est. 76 Paraguay 75.10 2006 est. 77 Brunei 75.01 2006 est. 78 Poland 74.97 2006 est. 79 Dominica 74.87 2006 est. 80 Slovakia 74.73 2006 est. 81 Turks and Caicos Islands 74.73 2006 est. 82 Croatia 74.68 2006 est. 83 Venezuela 74.54 2006 est. 84 Bahrain 74.45 2006 est. 85 New Caledonia 74.27 2006 est. 86 Lithuania 74.20 2006 est. 87 Serbia 74.00 88 Macedonia 73.97 2006 est. 89 Qatar 73.90 2006 est. 90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.85 2006 est. 91 Saint Lucia 73.84 2006 est. 92 Sri Lanka 73.41 2006 est. 93 Oman 73.37 2006 est. 94 West Bank 73.27 2006 est. 95 Algeria 73.26 2006 est. 96 Jamaica 73.24 2006 est. 97 Solomon Islands 72.91 2006 est. 98 Lebanon 72.88 2006 est. 99 Barbados 72.79 2006 est. 100 Hungary 72.66 2006 est. 101 Mauritius 72.63 2006 est. 102 Turkey 72.62 2006 est. 103 China 72.58 2006 est. 104 Malaysia 72.50 2006 est. 105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.40 2006 est. 106 Bulgaria 72.30 2006 est. 107 Thailand 72.25 2006 est. 108 Antigua and Barbuda 72.16 2006 est. 109 Seychelles 72.08 2006 est. 110 Estonia 72.04 2006 est. 111 Colombia 71.99 2006 est. 112 Brazil 71.97 2006 est. 113 Gaza Strip 71.97 2006 est. 114 Armenia 71.84 2006 est. 115 Dominican Republic 71.73 2006 est. 116 Korea, North 71.65 2006 est. 117 Romania 71.63 2006 est. 118 El Salvador 71.49 2006 est. 119 Latvia 71.33 2006 est. 120 Egypt 71.29 2006 est. 121 Samoa 71.00 2006 est. 122 Morocco 70.94 2006 est. 123 Vietnam 70.85 2006 est. 124 Cape Verde 70.73 2006 est. 125 Nicaragua 70.63 2006 est. 126 Palau 70.42 2006 est. 127 Syria 70.32 2006 est. 128 Marshall Islands 70.31 2006 est. 129 Iran 70.26 2006 est. 130 Philippines 70.21 2006 est. 131 Micronesia, Federated States of 70.05 2006 est. 132 Ukraine 69.98 2006 est. 133 Greenland 69.94 2006 est. 134 Indonesia 69.87 2006 est. 135 Peru 69.84 2006 est. 136 Fiji 69.82 2006 est. 137 Tonga 69.82 2006 est. 138 Guatemala 69.38 2006 est. 139 Honduras 69.33 2006 est. 140 Belarus 69.08 2006 est. 141 Iraq 69.01 2006 est. 142 Suriname 69.01 2006 est. 143 Kyrgyzstan 68.49 2006 est. 144 Tuvalu 68.32 2006 est. 145 Belize 68.30 2006 est. 146 Sao Tome and Principe 67.31 2006 est. 147 Russia 67.08 2006 est. 148 Kazakhstan 66.89 2006 est. 149 Trinidad and Tobago 66.76 2006 est. 150 East Timor 66.26 2006 est. 151 Guyana 65.86 2006 est. 152 Bolivia 65.84 2006 est. 153 Moldova 65.65 2006 est. 154 Bahamas, The 65.60 2006 est. 155 Papua New Guinea 65.28 2006 est. 156 Tajikistan 64.94 2006 est. 157 Mongolia 64.89 2006 est. 158 Grenada 64.87 2006 est. 159 World 64.77 2006 est. 160 India 64.71 2006 est. 161 Uzbekistan 64.58 2006 est. 162 Maldives 64.41 2006 est. 163 Azerbaijan 63.85 2006 est. 164 Pakistan 63.39 2006 est. 165 Nauru 63.08 2006 est. 166 Vanuatu 62.85 2006 est. 167 Bangladesh 62.46 2006 est. 168 Comoros 62.33 2006 est. 169 Yemen 62.12 2006 est. 170 Kiribati 62.08 2006 est. 171 Turkmenistan 61.83 2006 est. 172 Mayotte 61.76 2006 est. 173 Burma 60.97 2006 est. 174 Nepal 60.18 2006 est. 175 Cambodia 59.29 2006 est. 176 Senegal 59.25 2006 est. 177 Eritrea 59.03 2006 est. 178 Sudan 58.92 2006 est. 179 Ghana 58.87 2006 est. 180 Togo 57.42 2006 est. 181 Madagascar 57.34 2006 est. 182 Laos 55.49 2006 est. 183 Bhutan 54.78 2006 est. 184 Gabon 54.49 2006 est. 185 Gambia, The 54.14 2006 est. 186 Haiti 53.23 2006 est. 187 Mauritania 53.12 2006 est. 188 Benin 53.04 2006 est. 189 Congo, Republic of the 52.80 2006 est. 190 Uganda 52.67 2006 est. 191 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 51.46 2006 est. 192 Cameroon 51.16 2006 est. 193 Burundi 50.81 2006 est. 194 Equatorial Guinea 49.54 2006 est. 195 Guinea 49.50 2006 est. 196 Ethiopia 49.03 2006 est. 197 Mali 49.00 2006 est. 198 Kenya 48.93 2006 est. 199 Burkina Faso 48.85 2006 est. 200 Cote d'Ivoire 48.82 2006 est. 201 Somalia 48.47 2006 est. 202 Chad 47.52 2006 est. 203 Rwanda 47.30 2006 est. 204 Nigeria 47.08 2006 est. 205 Guinea-Bissau 46.87 2006 est. 206 Tanzania 45.64 2006 est. 207 Niger 43.76 2006 est. 208 Central African Republic 43.54 2006 est. 209 Namibia 43.39 2006 est. 210 Afghanistan 43.34 2006 est. 211 Djibouti 43.17 2006 est. 212 South Africa 42.73 2006 est. 213 Malawi 41.70 2006 est. 214 Sierra Leone 40.22 2006 est. 215 Zambia 40.03 2006 est. 216 Mozambique 39.82 2006 est. 217 Liberia 39.65 2006 est. 218 Zimbabwe 39.29 2006 est. 219 Angola 38.62 2006 est. 220 Lesotho 34.40 2006 est. 221 Botswana 33.74 2006 est. 222 Swaziland 32.62 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2108
Rank Country Merchant marine Date of Information
1 World 33,222 2006 2 Panama 5,473 2006 3 China 1,723 2006 4 Liberia 1,687 2006 5 Malta 1,220 2006 6 Russia 1,178 2006 7 Bahamas, The 1,177 2006 8 Singapore 1,063 2006 9 Antigua and Barbuda 1,011 2006 10 Hong Kong 924 2006 11 Cyprus 884 2006 12 Indonesia 824 2006 13 Greece 817 2006 14 Marshall Islands 795 2006 15 Norway 724 2006 16 Japan 683 2006 17 Korea, South 669 2006 18 Italy 591 2006 19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 589 2006 20 Netherlands 558 2006 21 Turkey 545 2006 22 Cambodia 544 2006 23 United States 465 2006 24 United Kingdom 449 2006 25 Philippines 403 2006 26 Thailand 400 2006 27 Germany 394 2006 28 India 316 2006 29 Malaysia 312 2006 30 Isle of Man 305 2006 31 Denmark 293 2006 32 Belize 285 2006 33 Vietnam 267 2006 34 Korea, North 232 2006 35 Georgia 222 2006 36 Ukraine 202 2006 37 Sweden 198 2006 38 Gibraltar 180 2006 39 Canada 173 2006 40 Spain 169 2006 41 Netherlands Antilles 152 2006 42 Iran 141 2006 43 Brazil 137 2006 44 Honduras 136 2006 45 Bermuda 132 2006 46 Cayman Islands 132 2006 47 Comoros 121 2006 48 Taiwan 112 2006 49 Portugal 111 2006 50 Syria 108 2006 51 Finland 87 2006 52 Azerbaijan 84 2006 53 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 77 2006 54 Monaco 77 2006 55 Egypt 76 2006 56 Bulgaria 75 2006 57 Croatia 72 2006 58 Belgium 66 2006 59 France 61 2006 60 Mongolia 61 2006 61 Saudi Arabia 60 2006 62 United Arab Emirates 58 2006 63 Barbados 58 2006 64 Mexico 56 2006 65 Venezuela 56 2006 66 Sierra Leone 54 2006 67 Australia 53 2006 68 Nigeria 52 2006 69 Tuvalu 52 2006 70 Vanuatu 51 2006 71 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2006 72 Lithuania 49 2006 73 Dominica 48 2006 74 Chile 46 2006 75 Slovakia 43 2006 76 Bangladesh 42 2006 77 Luxembourg 42 2006 78 Algeria 41 2006 79 Argentina 41 2006 80 Morocco 41 2006 81 Lebanon 39 2006 82 Kuwait 38 2006 83 Estonia 35 2006 84 Burma 34 2006 85 Ecuador 31 2006 86 Switzerland 27 2006 87 Slovenia 26 2006 88 Jordan 25 2006 89 Albania 24 2006 90 Bolivia 24 2006 91 Papua New Guinea 24 2006 92 Ireland 23 2006 93 Romania 23 2006 94 Qatar 23 2006 95 Sri Lanka 22 2006 96 Latvia 21 2006 97 Paraguay 21 2006 98 Faroe Islands 18 2006 99 Israel 18 2006 100 Libya 18 2006 101 Colombia 17 2006 102 Maldives 17 2006 103 Pakistan 16 2006 104 Tonga 16 2006 105 French Polynesia 13 2006 106 Uruguay 13 2006 107 New Zealand 13 2006 108 Iraq 13 2006 109 Cuba 11 2006 110 Poland 11 2006 111 Jamaica 10 2006 112 Madagascar 9 2006 113 Tunisia 9 2006 114 Tanzania 9 2006 115 Austria 8 2006 116 Wallis and Futuna 8 2006 117 Turkmenistan 8 2006 118 Sao Tome and Principe 8 2006 119 Trinidad and Tobago 8 2006 120 Ethiopia 8 2006 121 Bahrain 8 2006 122 Brunei 8 2006 123 Cape Verde 7 2006 124 Fiji 7 2006 125 Moldova 7 2006 126 Guyana 7 2006 127 Cook Islands 6 2006 128 Mauritius 6 2006 129 Kazakhstan 6 2006 130 Eritrea 6 2006 131 Gambia, The 5 2006 132 Seychelles 5 2006 133 Angola 4 2006 134 Peru 4 2006 135 Yemen 4 2006 136 Montenegro 4 2006 137 Ghana 4 2006 138 Greenland 3 2006 139 South Africa 3 2006 140 Kenya 3 2006 141 Puerto Rico 3 2006 142 Costa Rica 2 2006 143 Togo 2 2006 144 Sudan 2 2006 145 New Caledonia 2 2006 146 Mozambique 2 2006 147 Kiribati 2 2006 148 Gabon 2 2006 149 Micronesia, Federated States of 2 2006 150 Anguilla 1 2006 151 Cameroon 1 2006 152 Djibouti 1 2006 153 Laos 1 2006 154 Samoa 1 2006 155 Namibia 1 2006 156 British Virgin Islands 1 2006 157 Somalia 1 2006 158 Suriname 1 2006 159 Oman 1 2006 160 Iceland 1 2006 161 Dominican Republic 1 2006 162 Czech Republic 1 2006 163 Equatorial Guinea 1 2006 164 Congo, Republic of the 1 2006 165 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1 2006
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Rank code: @2119
Rank Country Population Date of Information
1 World 6,525,170,264 July 2006 est. 2 China 1,313,973,713 July 2006 est. 3 India 1,095,351,995 July 2006 est. 4 European Union 486,642,177 July 2006 est. 5 United States 298,444,215 July 2006 est. 6 Indonesia 245,452,739 July 2006 est. 7 Brazil 188,078,227 July 2006 est. 8 Pakistan 165,803,560 July 2006 est. 9 Bangladesh 147,365,352 July 2006 est. 10 Russia 142,893,540 July 2006 est. 11 Nigeria 131,859,731 July 2006 est. 12 Japan 127,463,611 July 2006 est. 13 Mexico 107,449,525 July 2006 est. 14 Philippines 89,468,677 July 2006 est. 15 Vietnam 84,402,966 July 2006 est. 16 Germany 82,422,299 July 2006 est. 17 Egypt 78,887,007 July 2006 est. 18 Ethiopia 74,777,981 July 2006 est. 19 Turkey 70,413,958 July 2006 est. 20 Iran 68,688,433 July 2006 est. 21 Thailand 64,631,595 July 2006 est. 22 France 62,752,136 July 2006 est. 23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 62,660,551 July 2006 est. 24 United Kingdom 60,609,153 July 2006 est. 25 Italy 58,133,509 July 2006 est. 26 Korea, South 48,846,823 July 2006 est. 27 Burma 47,382,633 July 2006 est. 28 Ukraine 46,710,816 July 2006 est. 29 South Africa 44,187,637 July 2006 est. 30 Colombia 43,593,035 July 2006 est. 31 Sudan 41,236,378 July 2006 est. 32 Spain 40,397,842 July 2006 est. 33 Argentina 39,921,833 July 2006 est. 34 Poland 38,536,869 July 2006 est. 35 Tanzania 37,445,392 July 2006 est. 36 Kenya 34,707,817 July 2006 est. 37 Morocco 33,241,259 July 2006 est. 38 Canada 33,098,932 July 2006 est. 39 Algeria 32,930,091 July 2006 est. 40 Afghanistan 31,056,997 July 2006 est. 41 Peru 28,302,603 July 2006 est. 42 Nepal 28,287,147 July 2006 est. 43 Uganda 28,195,754 July 2006 est. 44 Uzbekistan 27,307,134 July 2006 est. 45 Saudi Arabia 27,019,731 July 2006 est. 46 Iraq 26,783,383 July 2006 est. 47 Venezuela 25,730,435 July 2006 est. 48 Malaysia 24,385,858 July 2006 est. 49 Korea, North 23,113,019 July 2006 est. 50 Taiwan 23,036,087 July 2006 est. 51 Ghana 22,409,572 July 2006 est. 52 Romania 22,303,552 July 2006 est. 53 Yemen 21,456,188 July 2006 est. 54 Australia 20,264,082 July 2006 est. 55 Sri Lanka 20,222,240 July 2006 est. 56 Mozambique 19,686,505 July 2006 est. 57 Syria 18,881,361 July 2006 est. 58 Madagascar 18,595,469 July 2006 est. 59 Cote d'Ivoire 17,654,843 July 2006 est. 60 Cameroon 17,340,702 July 2006 est. 61 Netherlands 16,491,461 July 2006 est. 62 Chile 16,134,219 July 2006 est. 63 Kazakhstan 15,233,244 July 2006 est. 64 Burkina Faso 13,902,972 July 2006 est. 65 Cambodia 13,881,427 July 2006 est. 66 Ecuador 13,547,510 July 2006 est. 67 Malawi 13,013,926 July 2006 est. 68 Niger 12,525,094 July 2006 est. 69 Guatemala 12,293,545 July 2006 est. 70 Zimbabwe 12,236,805 July 2006 est. 71 Angola 12,127,071 July 2006 est. 72 Senegal 11,987,121 July 2006 est. 73 Mali 11,716,829 July 2006 est. 74 Zambia 11,502,010 July 2006 est. 75 Cuba 11,382,820 July 2006 est. 76 Greece 10,688,058 July 2006 est. 77 Portugal 10,605,870 July 2006 est. 78 Belgium 10,379,067 July 2006 est. 79 Belarus 10,293,011 July 2006 est. 80 Czech Republic 10,235,455 July 2006 est. 81 Tunisia 10,175,014 July 2006 est. 82 Hungary 9,981,334 July 2006 est. 83 Chad 9,944,201 July 2006 est. 84 Guinea 9,690,222 July 2006 est. 85 Serbia 9,396,411 2002 census 86 Dominican Republic 9,183,984 July 2006 est. 87 Sweden 9,016,596 July 2006 est. 88 Bolivia 8,989,046 July 2006 est. 89 Somalia 8,863,338 July 2006 est. 90 Rwanda 8,648,248 July 2006 est. 91 Haiti 8,308,504 July 2006 est. 92 Austria 8,192,880 July 2006 est. 93 Burundi 8,090,068 July 2006 est. 94 Azerbaijan 7,961,619 July 2006 est. 95 Benin 7,862,944 July 2006 est. 96 Switzerland 7,523,934 July 2006 est. 97 Bulgaria 7,385,367 July 2006 est. 98 Honduras 7,326,496 July 2006 est. 99 Tajikistan 7,320,815 July 2006 est. 100 Hong Kong 6,940,432 July 2006 est. 101 El Salvador 6,822,378 July 2006 est. 102 Paraguay 6,506,464 July 2006 est. 103 Laos 6,368,481 July 2006 est. 104 Israel 6,352,117 July 2006 est. 105 Sierra Leone 6,005,250 July 2006 est. 106 Jordan 5,906,760 July 2006 est. 107 Libya 5,900,754 July 2006 est. 108 Papua New Guinea 5,670,544 July 2006 est. 109 Nicaragua 5,570,129 July 2006 est. 110 Togo 5,548,702 July 2006 est. 111 Denmark 5,450,661 July 2006 est. 112 Slovakia 5,439,448 July 2006 est. 113 Finland 5,231,372 July 2006 est. 114 Kyrgyzstan 5,213,898 July 2006 est. 115 Turkmenistan 5,042,920 July 2006 est. 116 Eritrea 4,786,994 July 2006 est. 117 Georgia 4,661,473 July 2006 est. 118 Norway 4,610,820 July 2006 est. 119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,498,976 July 2006 est. 120 Croatia 4,494,749 July 2006 est. 121 Singapore 4,492,150 July 2006 est. 122 Moldova 4,466,706 July 2006 est. 123 Central African Republic 4,303,356 July 2006 est. 124 New Zealand 4,076,140 July 2006 est. 125 Costa Rica 4,075,261 July 2006 est. 126 Ireland 4,062,235 July 2006 est. 127 Puerto Rico 3,927,188 July 2006 est. 128 Lebanon 3,874,050 July 2006 est. 129 Congo, Republic of the 3,702,314 July 2006 est. 130 Lithuania 3,585,906 July 2006 est. 131 Albania 3,581,655 July 2006 est. 132 Uruguay 3,431,932 July 2006 est. 133 Panama 3,191,319 July 2006 est. 134 Mauritania 3,177,388 July 2006 est. 135 Oman 3,102,229 July 2006 est. 136 Liberia 3,042,004 July 2006 est. 137 Armenia 2,976,372 July 2006 est. 138 Mongolia 2,832,224 July 2006 est. 139 Jamaica 2,758,124 July 2006 est. 140 United Arab Emirates 2,602,713 July 2006 est. 141 West Bank 2,460,492 142 Kuwait 2,418,393 July 2006 est. 143 Bhutan 2,279,723 July 2006 est. 144 Latvia 2,274,735 July 2006 est. 145 Macedonia 2,050,554 July 2006 est. 146 Namibia 2,044,147 July 2006 est. 147 Lesotho 2,022,331 July 2006 est. 148 Slovenia 2,010,347 July 2006 est. 149 Gambia, The 1,641,564 July 2006 est. 150 Botswana 1,639,833 July 2006 est. 151 Guinea-Bissau 1,442,029 July 2006 est. 152 Gaza Strip 1,428,757 July 2006 est. 153 Gabon 1,424,906 July 2006 est. 154 Estonia 1,324,333 July 2006 est. 155 Mauritius 1,240,827 July 2006 est. 156 Swaziland 1,136,334 July 2006 est. 157 Trinidad and Tobago 1,065,842 July 2006 est. 158 East Timor 1,062,777 July 2006 est. 159 Fiji 905,949 July 2006 est. 160 Qatar 885,359 July 2006 est. 161 Cyprus 784,301 July 2006 est. 162 Guyana 767,245 July 2006 est. 163 Bahrain 698,585 July 2006 est. 164 Comoros 690,948 July 2006 est. 165 Montenegro 630,548 2004 166 Solomon Islands 552,438 July 2006 est. 167 Equatorial Guinea 540,109 July 2006 est. 168 Djibouti 486,530 July 2006 est. 169 Luxembourg 474,413 July 2006 est. 170 Macau 453,125 July 2006 est. 171 Suriname 439,117 July 2006 est. 172 Cape Verde 420,979 July 2006 est. 173 Malta 400,214 July 2006 est. 174 Brunei 379,444 July 2006 est. 175 Maldives 359,008 July 2006 est. 176 Bahamas, The 303,770 July 2006 est. 177 Iceland 299,388 July 2006 est. 178 Belize 287,730 July 2006 est. 179 Barbados 279,912 July 2006 est. 180 French Polynesia 274,578 July 2006 est. 181 Western Sahara 273,008 July 2006 est. 182 Netherlands Antilles 221,736 July 2006 est. 183 New Caledonia 219,246 July 2006 est. 184 Vanuatu 208,869 July 2006 est. 185 Mayotte 201,234 July 2006 est. 186 Sao Tome and Principe 193,413 July 2006 est. 187 Samoa 176,908 July 2006 est. 188 Guam 171,019 July 2006 est. 189 Saint Lucia 168,458 July 2006 est. 190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,848 July 2006 est. 191 Tonga 114,689 July 2006 est. 192 Virgin Islands 108,605 July 2006 est. 193 Micronesia, Federated States of 108,004 July 2006 est. 194 Kiribati 105,432 July 2006 est. 195 Jersey 91,084 July 2006 est. 196 Grenada 89,703 July 2006 est. 197 Northern Mariana Islands 82,459 July 2006 est. 198 Seychelles 81,541 July 2006 est. 199 Isle of Man 75,441 July 2006 est. 200 Aruba 71,891 July 2006 est. 201 Andorra 71,201 July 2006 est. 202 Antigua and Barbuda 69,108 July 2006 est. 203 Dominica 68,910 July 2006 est. 204 Bermuda 65,773 July 2006 est. 205 Guernsey 65,409 July 2006 est. 206 Marshall Islands 60,422 July 2006 est. 207 American Samoa 57,794 July 2006 est. 208 Greenland 56,361 July 2006 est. 209 Faroe Islands 47,246 July 2006 est. 210 Cayman Islands 45,436 July 2006 est. 211 Saint Kitts and Nevis 39,129 July 2006 est. 212 Liechtenstein 33,987 July 2006 est. 213 Monaco 32,543 July 2006 est. 214 San Marino 29,251 July 2006 est. 215 Gibraltar 27,928 July 2006 est. 216 British Virgin Islands 23,098 July 2006 est. 217 Cook Islands 21,388 July 2006 est. 218 Turks and Caicos Islands 21,152 July 2006 est. 219 Palau 20,579 July 2006 est. 220 Wallis and Futuna 16,025 July 2006 est. 221 Anguilla 13,477 July 2006 est. 222 Nauru 13,287 July 2006 est. 223 Tuvalu 11,810 July 2006 est. 224 Montserrat 9,439 July 2006 est. 225 Saint Helena 7,502 July 2006 est. 226 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,026 July 2006 est. 227 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,967 July 2006 est. 228 Svalbard 2,701 July 2006 est. 229 Niue 2,166 July 2006 est. 230 Norfolk Island 1,828 July 2006 est. 231 Christmas Island 1,493 232 Tokelau 1,392 July 2006 est. 233 Holy See (Vatican City) 932 July 2006 est. 234 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 574 July 2006 est. 235 Pitcairn Islands 45 July 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2121
Rank Country Railways(km) Date of Information
1 World 1,115,205 2003 2 European Union 235,199 2005 3 United States 226,605 2004 4 Russia 87,157 2005 5 China 74,408 2004 6 India 63,230 2005 7 Canada 48,467 2005 8 Australia 47,738 2005 9 Germany 47,201 2005 10 Argentina 31,902 2005 11 Brazil 29,252 2005 12 France 29,085 2005 13 Japan 23,556 2005 14 Poland 23,072 2005 15 Ukraine 22,473 2005 16 South Africa 20,872 2005 17 Italy 19,459 2005 18 Mexico 17,562 2005 19 United Kingdom 17,156 2005 20 Spain 14,873 2005 21 Kazakhstan 13,700 2005 22 Sweden 11,481 2005 23 Romania 11,385 2005 24 Czech Republic 9,572 2005 25 Turkey 8,697 2005 26 Pakistan 8,163 2004 27 Hungary 7,937 2005 28 Iran 7,256 2005 29 Chile 6,585 2005 30 Indonesia 6,458 2005 31 Austria 6,011 2005 32 Sudan 5,978 2005 33 Finland 5,741 2005 34 Belarus 5,512 2005 35 Korea, North 5,214 2005 36 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5,138 2005 37 Egypt 5,063 2005 38 Switzerland 4,583 2005 39 Bulgaria 4,294 2005 40 Cuba 4,226 2005 41 Serbia 4,135 2005 42 New Zealand 4,128 2005 43 Norway 4,077 2005 44 Thailand 4,071 2005 45 Algeria 3,973 2005 46 Burma 3,955 2005 47 Uzbekistan 3,950 2005 48 Tanzania 3,690 2005 49 Slovakia 3,662 2005 50 Belgium 3,521 2005 51 Bolivia 3,519 2005 52 Nigeria 3,505 2005 53 Korea, South 3,472 2005 54 Peru 3,462 2005 55 Ireland 3,312 2005 56 Colombia 3,304 2005 57 Mozambique 3,123 2005 58 Zimbabwe 3,077 2005 59 Azerbaijan 2,957 2005 60 Portugal 2,850 2005 61 Netherlands 2,808 2005 62 Kenya 2,778 2005 63 Bangladesh 2,768 2005 64 Angola 2,761 2005 65 Croatia 2,726 2005 66 Syria 2,711 2005 67 Denmark 2,673 2005 68 Vietnam 2,600 2005 69 Greece 2,571 2005 70 Taiwan 2,497 2005 71 Turkmenistan 2,440 2005 72 Namibia 2,382 2005 73 Latvia 2,303 2005 74 Iraq 2,200 2005 75 Zambia 2,173 2005 76 Tunisia 2,153 2005 77 Uruguay 2,073 2005 78 Morocco 1,907 2005 79 Malaysia 1,890 2005 80 Mongolia 1,810 2005 81 Lithuania 1,771 2005 82 Georgia 1,612 2005 83 Sri Lanka 1,449 2005 84 Saudi Arabia 1,392 2005 85 Uganda 1,244 2005 86 Slovenia 1,229 2005 87 Moldova 1,138 2005 88 Cameroon 987 2005 89 Ecuador 966 2005 90 Estonia 958 2005 91 Ghana 953 2005 92 Senegal 906 2005 93 Philippines 897 2005 94 Congo, Republic of the 894 2005 95 Botswana 888 2005 96 Guatemala 886 2005 97 Madagascar 854 2005 98 Israel 853 2005 99 Armenia 845 2005 100 Guinea 837 2005 101 Gabon 814 2005 102 Malawi 797 2005 103 Mali 729 2005 104 Honduras 699 2005 105 Macedonia 699 2005 106 Venezuela 682 2005 107 Ethiopia 681 2005 108 Cote d'Ivoire 660 2005 109 Burkina Faso 622 2005 110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 608 2005 111 Cambodia 602 2005 112 Fiji 597 2005 113 Benin 578 2005 114 Togo 568 2005 115 Dominican Republic 517 2005 116 Jordan 505 2005 117 Liberia 490 2005 118 Tajikistan 482 2005 119 Kyrgyzstan 470 2005 120 Albania 447 2005 121 Lebanon 401 2006 122 Panama 355 2005 123 Eritrea 306 2005 124 Swaziland 301 2005 125 El Salvador 283 2005 126 Costa Rica 278 2005 127 Luxembourg 274 2005 128 Jamaica 272 2003 129 Montenegro 250 2005 130 Guyana 187 2001 est. 131 Djibouti 100 2005 132 Puerto Rico 96 2005 133 Isle of Man 65 2006 134 Nepal 59 2005 135 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2005 136 Paraguay 36 2005 137 Nicaragua 6 2005
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Rank code: @2127
Rank Country Total fertility rate(children born/woman) Date of Information
1 Niger 7.46 2006 est. 2 Mali 7.42 2006 est. 3 Somalia 6.76 2006 est. 4 Uganda 6.71 2006 est. 5 Afghanistan 6.69 2006 est. 6 Yemen 6.58 2006 est. 7 Burundi 6.55 2006 est. 8 Burkina Faso 6.47 2006 est. 9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.45 2006 est. 10 Angola 6.35 2006 est. 11 Chad 6.25 2006 est. 12 Sierra Leone 6.08 2006 est. 13 Congo, Republic of the 6.07 2006 est. 14 Liberia 6.02 2006 est. 15 Malawi 5.92 2006 est. 16 Mauritania 5.86 2006 est. 17 Guinea 5.79 2006 est. 18 Mayotte 5.79 2006 est. 19 Gaza Strip 5.78 2006 est. 20 Oman 5.77 2006 est. 21 Madagascar 5.62 2006 est. 22 Sao Tome and Principe 5.62 2006 est. 23 Nigeria 5.49 2006 est. 24 Rwanda 5.43 2006 est. 25 Zambia 5.39 2006 est. 26 Djibouti 5.31 2006 est. 27 Gambia, The 5.30 2006 est. 28 Ethiopia 5.22 2006 est. 29 Benin 5.20 2006 est. 30 Eritrea 5.08 2006 est. 31 Comoros 5.03 2006 est. 32 Tanzania 4.97 2006 est. 33 Togo 4.96 2006 est. 34 Haiti 4.94 2006 est. 35 Kenya 4.91 2006 est. 36 Maldives 4.90 2006 est. 37 Guinea-Bissau 4.86 2006 est. 38 Bhutan 4.74 2006 est. 39 Gabon 4.74 2006 est. 40 Sudan 4.72 2006 est. 41 Laos 4.68 2006 est. 42 Mozambique 4.62 2006 est. 43 Equatorial Guinea 4.55 2006 est. 44 Cote d'Ivoire 4.50 2006 est. 45 Central African Republic 4.41 2006 est. 46 Cameroon 4.39 2006 est. 47 Senegal 4.38 2006 est. 48 West Bank 4.28 2006 est. 49 Iraq 4.18 2006 est. 50 Kiribati 4.16 2006 est. 51 Nepal 4.10 2006 est. 52 Pakistan 4.00 2006 est. 53 Saudi Arabia 4.00 2006 est. 54 Tajikistan 4.00 2006 est. 55 Ghana 3.99 2006 est. 56 Solomon Islands 3.91 2006 est. 57 Paraguay 3.89 2006 est. 58 Papua New Guinea 3.88 2006 est. 59 Marshall Islands 3.85 2006 est. 60 Guatemala 3.82 2006 est. 61 Belize 3.60 2006 est. 62 Honduras 3.59 2006 est. 63 East Timor 3.53 2006 est. 64 Swaziland 3.53 2006 est. 65 Syria 3.40 2006 est. 66 Cape Verde 3.38 2006 est. 67 Cambodia 3.37 2006 est. 68 Turkmenistan 3.37 2006 est. 69 Lesotho 3.28 2006 est. 70 Libya 3.28 2006 est. 71 American Samoa 3.16 2006 est. 72 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.16 2006 est. 73 Zimbabwe 3.13 2006 est. 74 El Salvador 3.12 2006 est. 75 Bangladesh 3.11 2006 est. 76 Nauru 3.11 2006 est. 77 Philippines 3.11 2006 est. 78 Namibia 3.06 2006 est. 79 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.05 2006 est. 80 Malaysia 3.04 2006 est. 81 Tonga 3.00 2006 est. 82 Tuvalu 2.98 2006 est. 83 Samoa 2.94 2006 est. 84 Kuwait 2.91 2006 est. 85 Uzbekistan 2.91 2006 est. 86 United Arab Emirates 2.88 2006 est. 87 Bolivia 2.85 2006 est. 88 Dominican Republic 2.83 2006 est. 89 Egypt 2.83 2006 est. 90 Qatar 2.81 2006 est. 91 Botswana 2.79 2006 est. 92 Nicaragua 2.75 2006 est. 93 Fiji 2.73 2006 est. 94 India 2.73 2006 est. 95 Vanuatu 2.70 2006 est. 96 Kyrgyzstan 2.69 2006 est. 97 Ecuador 2.68 2006 est. 98 Morocco 2.68 2006 est. 99 Panama 2.68 2006 est. 100 Jordan 2.63 2006 est. 101 Bahrain 2.60 2006 est. 102 World 2.59 2006 est. 103 Guam 2.58 2006 est. 104 Colombia 2.54 2006 est. 105 Peru 2.51 2006 est. 106 Azerbaijan 2.46 2006 est. 107 Palau 2.46 2006 est. 108 Mexico 2.42 2006 est. 109 Israel 2.41 2006 est. 110 Jamaica 2.41 2006 est. 111 Greenland 2.40 2006 est. 112 Indonesia 2.40 2006 est. 113 Grenada 2.34 2006 est. 114 Suriname 2.32 2006 est. 115 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.31 2006 est. 116 Brunei 2.28 2006 est. 117 New Caledonia 2.28 2006 est. 118 Mongolia 2.25 2006 est. 119 Antigua and Barbuda 2.24 2006 est. 120 Costa Rica 2.24 2006 est. 121 Venezuela 2.23 2006 est. 122 South Africa 2.20 2006 est. 123 Bahamas, The 2.18 2006 est. 124 Saint Lucia 2.18 2006 est. 125 Faroe Islands 2.17 2006 est. 126 Virgin Islands 2.17 2006 est. 127 Argentina 2.16 2006 est. 128 Korea, North 2.10 2006 est. 129 United States 2.09 2006 est. 130 Guyana 2.04 2006 est. 131 Albania 2.03 2006 est. 132 French Polynesia 2.01 2006 est. 133 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.01 2006 est. 134 Chile 2.00 2006 est. 135 Netherlands Antilles 1.99 2006 est. 136 Burma 1.98 2006 est. 137 Mauritius 1.95 2006 est. 138 Dominica 1.94 2006 est. 139 Iceland 1.92 2006 est. 140 Turkey 1.92 2006 est. 141 Brazil 1.91 2006 est. 142 Vietnam 1.91 2006 est. 143 Cayman Islands 1.90 2006 est. 144 Lebanon 1.90 2006 est. 145 Algeria 1.89 2006 est. 146 Kazakhstan 1.89 2006 est. 147 Uruguay 1.89 2006 est. 148 Bermuda 1.89 2006 est. 149 Ireland 1.86 2006 est. 150 Moldova 1.85 2006 est. 151 Sri Lanka 1.84 2006 est. 152 France 1.84 2006 est. 153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.83 2006 est. 154 Cyprus 1.82 2006 est. 155 Iran 1.80 2006 est. 156 Aruba 1.79 2006 est. 157 New Zealand 1.79 2006 est. 158 Luxembourg 1.78 2006 est. 159 Norway 1.78 2006 est. 160 Serbia 1.78 2006 est. 161 Montserrat 1.77 2006 est. 162 Australia 1.76 2006 est. 163 Monaco 1.76 2006 est. 164 Puerto Rico 1.75 2006 est. 165 Denmark 1.74 2006 est. 166 Tunisia 1.74 2006 est. 167 Seychelles 1.74 2006 est. 168 Trinidad and Tobago 1.74 2006 est. 169 Anguilla 1.73 2006 est. 170 China 1.73 2006 est. 171 Finland 1.73 2006 est. 172 British Virgin Islands 1.72 2006 est. 173 Cuba 1.66 2006 est. 174 United Kingdom 1.66 2006 est. 175 Sweden 1.66 2006 est. 176 Netherlands 1.66 2006 est. 177 Barbados 1.65 2006 est. 178 Isle of Man 1.65 2006 est. 179 Gibraltar 1.65 2006 est. 180 Belgium 1.64 2006 est. 181 Thailand 1.64 2006 est. 182 Canada 1.61 2006 est. 183 Jersey 1.58 2006 est. 184 Macedonia 1.57 2006 est. 185 Taiwan 1.57 2006 est. 186 Saint Helena 1.55 2006 est. 187 Liechtenstein 1.51 2006 est. 188 Malta 1.50 2006 est. 189 European Union 1.47 2006 est. 190 Portugal 1.47 2006 est. 191 Belarus 1.43 2006 est. 192 Switzerland 1.43 2006 est. 193 Georgia 1.42 2006 est. 194 Estonia 1.40 2006 est. 195 Japan 1.40 2006 est. 196 Croatia 1.40 2006 est. 197 Guernsey 1.39 2006 est. 198 Germany 1.39 2006 est. 199 Bulgaria 1.38 2006 est. 200 Romania 1.37 2006 est. 201 Austria 1.36 2006 est. 202 Greece 1.34 2006 est. 203 San Marino 1.34 2006 est. 204 Armenia 1.33 2006 est. 205 Slovakia 1.33 2006 est. 206 Hungary 1.32 2006 est. 207 Andorra 1.30 2006 est. 208 Italy 1.28 2006 est. 209 Spain 1.28 2006 est. 210 Russia 1.28 2006 est. 211 Korea, South 1.27 2006 est. 212 Latvia 1.27 2006 est. 213 Poland 1.25 2006 est. 214 Slovenia 1.25 2006 est. 215 Northern Mariana Islands 1.24 2006 est. 216 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.22 2006 est. 217 Czech Republic 1.21 2006 est. 218 Lithuania 1.20 2006 est. 219 Ukraine 1.17 2006 est. 220 Singapore 1.06 2006 est. 221 Macau 1.02 2006 est. 222 Hong Kong 0.95 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2129
Rank Country Unemployment rate(%) Date of Information
1 Andorra 0.00 1996 est. 2 Norfolk Island 0.00 3 Isle of Man 0.60 2004 est. 4 Uzbekistan 0.80 2006 est. 5 Guernsey 0.90 March 2006 est. 6 Jersey 0.90 2004 est. 7 Faroe Islands 1.00 October 2000 8 Azerbaijan 1.20 2006 est. 9 Iceland 1.30 2006 est. 10 Liechtenstein 1.30 September 2002 11 Belarus 1.60 2005 12 Vanuatu 1.70 1999 13 Cuba 1.90 2006 est. 14 Gibraltar 2.00 2001 est. 15 Kiribati 2.00 1992 est. 16 Vietnam 2.00 2006 est. 17 Papua New Guinea 2.00 2004 18 Bermuda 2.10 2004 est. 19 Thailand 2.10 2006 est. 20 Kuwait 2.20 2004 est. 21 United Arab Emirates 2.40 2001 22 Laos 2.40 2005 est. 23 Bangladesh 2.50 2006 est. 24 Cambodia 2.50 2000 est. 25 San Marino 2.60 2001 26 Ukraine 2.90 2006 est. 27 Singapore 3.10 2006 est. 28 Mexico 3.20 2006 est. 29 Qatar 3.20 2006 est. 30 Switzerland 3.30 2006 est. 31 Malaysia 3.50 2006 est. 32 Norway 3.50 2006 est. 33 Korea, South 3.60 2006 est. 34 British Virgin Islands 3.60 1997 35 Nicaragua 3.80 2006 est. 36 Northern Mariana Islands 3.90 2001 37 Taiwan 3.90 2006 est. 38 Japan 4.10 2006 est. 39 Macau 4.10 2005 40 Luxembourg 4.10 2006 est. 41 China 4.20 42 Palau 4.20 2005 est. 43 Ireland 4.30 2006 est. 44 Cayman Islands 4.40 2004 45 Denmark 4.50 2006 est. 46 Lithuania 4.50 2006 est. 47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.50 1997 48 United States 4.60 2006 49 Brunei 4.80 2004 50 Australia 4.90 2006 est. 51 Austria 4.90 2006 est. 52 Hong Kong 4.90 2006 est. 53 Namibia 5.30 2006 est. 54 United Kingdom 5.40 2006 est. 55 Cyprus 5.50 56 Netherlands 5.50 2006 est. 57 Cyprus 5.60 58 Sweden 5.60 2006 est. 59 Estonia 5.80 2006 est. 60 Nigeria 5.80 2006 est. 61 El Salvador 6.00 2006 est. 62 Montserrat 6.00 1998 est. 63 Romania 6.10 2006 est. 64 Virgin Islands 6.20 2004 65 Canada 6.40 2006 est. 66 Pakistan 6.50 2006 est. 67 Costa Rica 6.60 2006 est. 68 Russia 6.60 2006 est. 69 Latvia 6.70 2006 est. 70 Mongolia 6.70 2003 71 Aruba 6.90 2005 est. 72 Finland 7.00 2006 est. 73 Trinidad and Tobago 7.00 2006 est. 74 Italy 7.00 2006 est. 75 Germany 7.10 2006 est. 76 Peru 7.20 2006 est. 77 Hungary 7.40 2006 est. 78 Kazakhstan 7.40 2006 est. 79 Guatemala 7.50 2003 est. 80 Portugal 7.50 2006 est. 81 Armenia 7.60 2004 est. 82 Sri Lanka 7.60 2006 est. 83 Fiji 7.60 1999 84 Morocco 7.70 2006 est. 85 Bolivia 7.80 2006 est. 86 Malta 7.80 2005 est. 87 India 7.80 2006 est. 88 Anguilla 8.00 2002 89 Central African Republic 8.00 2001 est. 90 Moldova 8.00 2002 est. 91 Syria 8.00 2005 est. 92 Belgium 8.10 2006 est. 93 Chile 8.30 2006 est. 94 New Zealand 8.30 2006 est. 95 Czech Republic 8.40 2006 est. 96 Philippines 8.40 2006 est. 97 Israel 8.50 2006 est. 98 Spain 8.70 2006 est. 99 European Union 8.80 2005 est. 100 Panama 8.80 2006 est. 101 Venezuela 8.90 October 2006 est. 102 France 9.10 2006 est. 103 Greece 9.20 2006 est. 104 Mauritius 9.40 2006 est. 105 Paraguay 9.40 2005 est. 106 Suriname 9.50 2004 107 Brazil 9.60 2006 est. 108 Slovenia 9.60 2006 est. 109 Bulgaria 9.60 2006 est. 110 Greenland 10.00 2000 est. 111 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.00 1997 est. 112 Argentina 10.20 3rd quarter 113 Turkey 10.20 2006 est. 114 Slovakia 10.20 2006 est. 115 Burma 10.20 2006 est. 116 Bahamas, The 10.20 2005 est. 117 Egypt 10.30 2006 est. 118 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.30 1999 119 Uruguay 10.50 2006 est. 120 Ecuador 10.60 2006 est. 121 Barbados 10.70 2003 est. 122 Antigua and Barbuda 11.00 2001 est. 123 Jamaica 11.00 2006 est. 124 Colombia 11.10 2006 est. 125 Iran 11.20 2004 est. 126 Guam 11.40 2002 est. 127 French Polynesia 11.80 128 Niue 12.00 2001 129 Tajikistan 12.00 2004 est. 130 Puerto Rico 12.00 2002 131 Grenada 12.50 2000 132 Indonesia 12.50 2006 est. 133 Georgia 12.60 2004 est. 134 Belize 12.90 2003 135 Cote d'Ivoire 13.00 1998 136 Tonga 13.00 FY03/04 est. 137 Saudi Arabia 13.00 2004 est. 138 Cook Islands 13.10 2005 139 Tunisia 13.90 2006 est. 140 Saint Helena 14.00 1998 est. 141 Albania 14.30 2005 est. 142 Mali 14.60 2001 est. 143 Poland 14.90 November 2006 est. 144 Bahrain 15.00 2005 est. 145 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.00 2001 est. 146 Jordan 15.00 2006 est. 147 Oman 15.00 2004 est. 148 Wallis and Futuna 15.20 2003 149 Algeria 15.70 2006 est. 150 Dominican Republic 16.00 2006 est. 151 Netherlands Antilles 17.00 2002 est. 152 New Caledonia 17.10 2004 153 Croatia 17.20 2006 est. 154 Kyrgyzstan 18.00 2004 est. 155 Sudan 18.70 2002 est. 156 Comoros 20.00 1996 est. 157 Ghana 20.00 1997 est. 158 Lebanon 20.00 2006 est. 159 Saint Lucia 20.00 2003 est. 160 Mauritania 20.00 2004 est. 161 West Bank 20.30 2005 162 Cape Verde 21.00 2000 est. 163 Mozambique 21.00 1997 est. 164 Gabon 21.00 1997 est. 165 Micronesia, Federated States of 22.00 2000 est. 166 Monaco 22.00 1999 167 Dominica 23.00 2000 est. 168 Botswana 23.80 2004 169 Iraq 25.00 2005 est. 170 South Africa 25.50 2006 est. 171 Montenegro 27.70 2005 172 Honduras 27.90 2006 est. 173 American Samoa 29.80 2005 174 Cameroon 30.00 2001 est. 175 World 30.00 176 Equatorial Guinea 30.00 1998 est. 177 Libya 30.00 2004 est. 178 Marshall Islands 30.90 2000 est. 179 Gaza Strip 31.00 January-September 2005 avg. 180 Serbia 31.60 2005 est. 181 Mayotte 32.80 2003 182 Macedonia 35.00 2006 est. 183 Yemen 35.00 2003 est. 184 Afghanistan 40.00 2005 est. 185 Kenya 40.00 2001 est. 186 Swaziland 40.00 2005 est. 187 Nepal 42.00 2004 est. 188 Lesotho 45.00 2002 189 Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.50 31 December 2004 est. 190 Senegal 48.00 2001 est. 191 Djibouti 50.00 2004 est. 192 Zambia 50.00 2000 est. 193 East Timor 50.00 2001 est. 194 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60.00 2000 est. 195 Turkmenistan 60.00 2004 est. 196 Zimbabwe 80.00 2005 est. 197 Liberia 85.00 2003 est. 198 Nauru 90.00 2004 est.
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Rank code: @2147
Rank Country Area(sq km) Date of Information
1 World 510,072,000 2 Pacific Ocean 155,557,000 3 Atlantic Ocean 76,762,000 4 Indian Ocean 68,556,000 5 Southern Ocean 20,327,000 6 Russia 17,075,200 7 Arctic Ocean 14,056,000 8 Antarctica 14,000,000 9 Canada 9,984,670 10 United States 9,826,630 11 China 9,596,960 12 Brazil 8,511,965 13 Australia 7,686,850 14 European Union 4,324,782 15 India 3,287,590 16 Argentina 2,766,890 17 Kazakhstan 2,717,300 18 Sudan 2,505,810 19 Algeria 2,381,740 20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,345,410 21 Greenland 2,166,086 22 Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 23 Mexico 1,972,550 24 Indonesia 1,919,440 25 Libya 1,759,540 26 Iran 1,648,000 27 Mongolia 1,564,116 28 Peru 1,285,220 29 Chad 1,284,000 30 Niger 1,267,000 31 Angola 1,246,700 32 Mali 1,240,000 33 South Africa 1,219,912 34 Colombia 1,138,910 35 Ethiopia 1,127,127 36 Bolivia 1,098,580 37 Mauritania 1,030,700 38 Egypt 1,001,450 39 Tanzania 945,087 40 Nigeria 923,768 41 Venezuela 912,050 42 Namibia 825,418 43 Pakistan 803,940 44 Mozambique 801,590 45 Turkey 780,580 46 Chile 756,950 47 Zambia 752,614 48 Burma 678,500 49 Afghanistan 647,500 50 France 643,427 51 Somalia 637,657 52 Central African Republic 622,984 53 Ukraine 603,700 54 Botswana 600,370 55 Madagascar 587,040 56 Kenya 582,650 57 Yemen 527,970 58 Thailand 514,000 59 Spain 504,782 60 Turkmenistan 488,100 61 Cameroon 475,440 62 Papua New Guinea 462,840 63 Sweden 449,964 64 Uzbekistan 447,400 65 Morocco 446,550 66 Iraq 437,072 67 Paraguay 406,750 68 Zimbabwe 390,580 69 Japan 377,835 70 Germany 357,021 71 Congo, Republic of the 342,000 72 Finland 338,145 73 Malaysia 329,750 74 Vietnam 329,560 75 Norway 323,802 76 Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 77 Poland 312,685 78 Italy 301,230 79 Philippines 300,000 80 Ecuador 283,560 81 Burkina Faso 274,200 82 New Zealand 268,680 83 Gabon 267,667 84 Western Sahara 266,000 85 Guinea 245,857 86 United Kingdom 244,820 87 Ghana 239,460 88 Romania 237,500 89 Laos 236,800 90 Uganda 236,040 91 Guyana 214,970 92 Oman 212,460 93 Belarus 207,600 94 Kyrgyzstan 198,500 95 Senegal 196,190 96 Syria 185,180 97 Cambodia 181,040 98 Uruguay 176,220 99 Tunisia 163,610 100 Suriname 163,270 101 Nepal 147,181 102 Bangladesh 144,000 103 Tajikistan 143,100 104 Greece 131,940 105 Nicaragua 129,494 106 Eritrea 121,320 107 Korea, North 120,540 108 Malawi 118,480 109 Benin 112,620 110 Honduras 112,090 111 Liberia 111,370 112 Bulgaria 110,910 113 Cuba 110,860 114 Guatemala 108,890 115 Iceland 103,000 116 Korea, South 98,480 117 Hungary 93,030 118 Portugal 92,391 119 Jordan 92,300 120 Serbia 88,361 121 Azerbaijan 86,600 122 Austria 83,870 123 United Arab Emirates 83,600 124 Czech Republic 78,866 125 Panama 78,200 126 Sierra Leone 71,740 127 Ireland 70,280 128 Georgia 69,700 129 Sri Lanka 65,610 130 Lithuania 65,200 131 Latvia 64,589 132 Svalbard 61,020 133 Togo 56,785 134 Croatia 56,542 135 British Indian Ocean Territory 54,400 136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 137 Costa Rica 51,100 138 Slovakia 48,845 139 Dominican Republic 48,730 140 Bhutan 47,000 141 Estonia 45,226 142 Denmark 43,094 143 Netherlands 41,526 144 Switzerland 41,290 145 Guinea-Bissau 36,120 146 Taiwan 35,980 147 Moldova 33,843 148 Belgium 30,528 149 Lesotho 30,355 150 Armenia 29,800 151 Albania 28,748 152 Solomon Islands 28,450 153 Equatorial Guinea 28,051 154 Burundi 27,830 155 Haiti 27,750 156 Rwanda 26,338 157 Macedonia 25,333 158 Djibouti 23,000 159 Belize 22,966 160 El Salvador 21,040 161 Israel 20,770 162 Slovenia 20,273 163 New Caledonia 19,060 164 Fiji 18,270 165 Kuwait 17,820 166 Swaziland 17,363 167 East Timor 15,007 168 Montenegro 14,026 169 Bahamas, The 13,940 170 Puerto Rico 13,790 171 Vanuatu 12,200 172 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173 173 Marshall Islands 11,854 174 Qatar 11,437 175 Gambia, The 11,300 176 Jamaica 10,991 177 Lebanon 10,400 178 Cyprus 9,250 179 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 7,829 180 West Bank 5,860 181 Brunei 5,770 182 Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 183 French Polynesia 4,167 184 Cape Verde 4,033 185 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3,903 186 Samoa 2,944 187 Luxembourg 2,586 188 Comoros 2,170 189 Mauritius 2,040 190 Virgin Islands 1,910 191 Faroe Islands 1,399 192 Hong Kong 1,092 193 Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 194 Netherlands Antilles 960 195 Kiribati 811 196 Dominica 754 197 Tonga 748 198 Micronesia, Federated States of 702 199 Singapore 693 200 Bahrain 665 201 Saint Lucia 616 202 Isle of Man 572 203 Guam 541 204 Northern Mariana Islands 477 205 Andorra 468 206 Palau 458 207 Seychelles 455 208 Antigua and Barbuda 443 209 Barbados 431 210 Turks and Caicos Islands 430 211 Saint Helena 413 212 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412 213 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 214 Jan Mayen 377 215 Mayotte 374 216 Gaza Strip 360 217 Grenada 344 218 Malta 316 219 Maldives 300 220 Wallis and Futuna 274 221 Cayman Islands 262 222 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 223 Niue 260 224 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 225 Cook Islands 237 226 American Samoa 199 227 Aruba 193 228 Liechtenstein 160 229 British Virgin Islands 153 230 Christmas Island 135 231 Dhekelia 131 232 Akrotiri 123 233 Jersey 116 234 Anguilla 102 235 Montserrat 102 236 Iles Eparses 80 237 Guernsey 78 238 San Marino 61 239 Bermuda 53 240 Bouvet Island 49 241 Pitcairn Islands 47 242 Norfolk Island 35 243 Macau 28 244 Europa Island 28 245 Tuvalu 26 246 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges 22 247 Nauru 21 248 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 249 Palmyra Atoll 12 250 Tokelau 10 251 Gibraltar 7 252 Wake Island 7 253 Midway Islands 6 254 Clipperton Island 6 255 Navassa Island 5 256 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 257 Glorioso Islands 5 258 Spratly Islands 5 259 Jarvis Island 5 260 Juan de Nova Island 4 261 Coral Sea Islands 3 262 Johnston Atoll 3 263 Monaco 2 264 Howland Island 2 265 Baker Island 1 266 Kingman Reef 1 267 Tromelin Island 1 268 Holy See (Vatican City) 0 269 Bassas da India 0
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Rank code: @2150
Rank Country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information
1 World 1,263,367,600 2005 2 China 350,433,000 2005 3 United States 268,000,000 2003 4 European Union 238,000,000 2005 5 Japan 58,780,000 2005 6 Germany 55,046,000 2005 7 India 49,750,000 2005 8 Brazil 42,382,000 2004 9 Russia 40,100,000 2005 10 France 38,433,000 2005 11 France 35,700,000 2005 12 United Kingdom 32,943,000 2005 13 Italy 25,049,000 2005 14 Korea, South 23,745,000 2005 15 Mexico 19,512,000 2005 16 Iran 18,986,000 2005 17 Turkey 18,978,000 2005 18 Spain 18,322,000 2005 19 Canada 18,276,000 2005 20 Vietnam 15,845,000 2005 21 Taiwan 13,615,000 2005 22 Indonesia 12,772,000 2005 23 Ukraine 12,142,000 2004 24 Poland 11,803,000 2005 25 Australia 11,460,000 2005 26 Egypt 10,396,100 2005 27 Argentina 8,800,000 2005 28 Colombia 7,678,800 2005 29 Netherlands 7,600,000 2005 30 Thailand 7,035,000 2005 31 Sweden 6,447,000 2004 32 Greece 6,303,000 2005 33 Pakistan 5,162,798 2006 34 Switzerland 5,123,000 2005 35 Belgium 4,801,000 2004 36 South Africa 4,729,000 2005 37 Saudi Arabia 4,500,000 2006 38 Romania 4,391,000 2005 39 Malaysia 4,366,000 2005 40 Portugal 4,234,000 2005 41 Hong Kong 3,794,600 2005 42 Austria 3,705,000 2005 43 Venezuela 3,605,500 2005 44 Philippines 3,437,500 2004 45 Chile 3,435,900 2005 46 Hungary 3,356,000 2005 47 Denmark 3,350,000 2005 48 Belarus 3,284,300 2005 49 Czech Republic 3,217,300 2005 50 Israel 2,936,300 2005 51 Syria 2,903,000 2005 52 Serbia 2,685,400 2004 53 Algeria 2,572,000 2005 54 Kazakhstan 2,500,000 2004 55 Bulgaria 2,483,500 2005 56 Peru 2,250,500 2005 57 Norway 2,129,000 2005 58 Finland 2,120,000 2005 59 Ireland 2,033,000 2005 60 Croatia 1,889,500 2005 61 Singapore 1,848,000 2005 62 New Zealand 1,800,500 2004 63 Uzbekistan 1,717,100 2003 64 Ecuador 1,701,500 2005 65 Iraq 1,547,000 2005 66 Sri Lanka 1,509,913 2006 67 Costa Rica 1,388,500 2005 68 Morocco 1,341,200 2005 69 Tunisia 1,257,500 2005 70 United Arab Emirates 1,237,000 2005 71 Nigeria 1,223,300 2005 72 Slovakia 1,197,000 2005 73 Guatemala 1,132,100 2004 74 Puerto Rico 1,111,900 2004 75 Azerbaijan 1,091,400 2005 76 Bangladesh 1,070,000 2005 77 Uruguay 1,000,000 2004 78 Lebanon 990,000 2005 79 Korea, North 980,000 2003 80 El Salvador 971,500 2005 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 968,900 2005 82 Moldova 929,400 2005 83 Yemen 900,000 2006 84 Dominican Republic 894,500 2005 85 Cuba 849,900 2005 86 Slovenia 816,400 2005 87 Lithuania 801,100 2005 88 Libya 750,000 2003 89 Latvia 731,000 2005 90 Georgia 683,200 2004 91 Sudan 670,000 2005 92 Bolivia 646,300 2005 93 Jordan 628,200 2005 94 Ethiopia 610,300 2005 95 Armenia 582,500 2004 96 Macedonia 533,200 2005 97 Kuwait 510,300 2005 98 Turkmenistan 495,000 2006 99 Honduras 494,400 2005 100 Burma 476,200 2005 101 Nepal 448,600 2005 102 Estonia 442,000 2005 103 Panama 440,100 2005 104 Kyrgyzstan 438,200 2005 105 Cyprus 420,000 106 Mauritius 359,000 2005 107 West Bank 357,300 2004 108 Gaza Strip 349,000 2005 109 Jamaica 342,000 2005 110 Zimbabwe 328,000 2005 111 Trinidad and Tobago 323,500 2005 112 Ghana 321,500 2005 113 Paraguay 320,300 2005 114 Kenya 281,800 2005 115 Afghanistan 280,000 2005 116 Senegal 266,600 2005 117 Oman 265,200 2005 118 Cote d'Ivoire 257,900 2004 119 Albania 255,000 2003 120 Tajikistan 245,200 2004 121 Luxembourg 244,500 2005 122 Nicaragua 220,900 2005 123 Qatar 205,400 2005 124 Malta 202,100 2005 125 Bahrain 196,500 2005 126 Iceland 193,900 2005 127 Montenegro 177,663 2005 128 Macau 174,400 2005 129 Mongolia 156,000 2005 130 Tanzania 148,400 2004 131 Haiti 140,000 2004 132 Bahamas, The 139,900 2004 133 Barbados 134,900 2005 134 Botswana 132,000 2005 135 Namibia 127,900 2004 136 Guyana 110,100 2005 137 Malawi 102,700 2005 138 Fiji 102,000 2003 139 Uganda 100,800 2005 140 Somalia 100,000 2005 141 Cameroon 99,400 2004 142 Burkina Faso 97,400 2005 143 Zambia 94,700 2005 144 Angola 94,300 2005 145 Laos 90,067 2006 146 Brunei 90,000 2002 147 Cyprus 86,228 148 Guam 84,134 2001 149 Suriname 81,100 2004 150 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001 151 Benin 76,300 2005 152 Mali 75,000 2005 153 Jersey 73,900 2001 154 Cape Verde 71,400 2005 155 Virgin Islands 70,900 2004 156 Mozambique 69,700 2004 157 Madagascar 66,900 2005 158 Papua New Guinea 62,000 2002 159 Togo 58,600 2005 160 Bermuda 56,000 2002 161 New Caledonia 55,300 2005 162 Guernsey 55,100 2004 163 French Polynesia 53,400 2005 164 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002 165 Isle of Man 51,000 1999 166 Lesotho 48,000 2005 167 Gambia, The 44,000 2005 168 Mauritania 41,000 2005 169 Gabon 39,100 2005 170 Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 2004 171 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002 172 Eritrea 37,700 2005 173 Aruba 37,100 2002 174 Cambodia 36,400 2003 175 Andorra 35,400 2005 176 Swaziland 35,000 2005 177 Monaco 33,700 2002 178 Belize 33,300 2005 179 Bhutan 32,700 2005 180 Grenada 32,700 2004 181 Maldives 32,181 2006 182 Burundi 27,700 2004 183 Guinea 26,200 2003 184 Greenland 25,300 2002 185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004 186 Gibraltar 24,512 2002 187 Niger 24,000 2005 188 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002 189 Faroe Islands 23,800 2005 190 Rwanda 23,000 2004 191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,500 2005 192 Seychelles 21,400 2005 193 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000 194 Dominica 21,000 2004 195 San Marino 20,600 2002 196 Liechtenstein 19,900 2002 197 Comoros 16,900 2005 198 American Samoa 15,000 2001 199 Congo, Republic of the 13,800 2004 200 Samoa 13,300 2003 201 Chad 13,000 2004 202 Micronesia, Federated States of 12,400 2005 203 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002 204 Tonga 11,200 2002 205 Djibouti 11,100 2004 206 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,600 2005 207 Guinea-Bissau 10,600 2003 208 Central African Republic 10,000 2004 209 Mayotte 10,000 2002 210 Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005 211 Solomon Islands 7,400 2005 212 Sao Tome and Principe 7,000 2004 213 Liberia 6,900 2002 214 Vanuatu 6,800 2004 215 Palau 6,700 2002 216 Anguilla 6,200 2002 217 Cook Islands 6,200 2002 218 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002 219 Marshall Islands 5,510 2004 220 Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005 221 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002 222 Kiribati 4,500 2002 223 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004 224 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002 225 Saint Helena 2,200 2002 226 Nauru 1,900 2002 227 Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002 228 Niue 1,100 2002 229 Tuvalu 700 2002 230 Tokelau 300 2002 231 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992 232 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004 233 Antarctica 0 2001
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Rank code: @2151
Rank Country Telephones - mobile cellular Date of Information
1 World 2,168,433,600 2005 2 European Union 466,000,000 2005 3 China 437,480,000 2006 4 United States 219,400,000 2005 5 Russia 120,000,000 2005 6 Japan 94,745,000 2005 7 Brazil 86,210,000 2005 8 Germany 79,200,000 2005 9 Italy 72,200,000 2005 10 India 69,193,321 2006 11 United Kingdom 61,091,000 2004 12 France 49,369,800 2005 13 Pakistan 48,289,136 2006 14 France 48,058,000 2005 15 Mexico 47,462,000 2005 16 Indonesia 46,910,000 2005 17 Turkey 43,609,000 2005 18 Spain 41,328,000 2005 19 Korea, South 38,342,000 2005 20 South Africa 33,960,000 2005 21 Philippines 32,810,000 2005 22 Poland 29,166,400 2005 23 Thailand 27,379,000 2005 24 Taiwan 22,170,000 2005 25 Argentina 22,100,000 2005 26 Colombia 21,850,000 2005 27 Nigeria 21,571,131 2006 28 Malaysia 19,545,000 2005 29 Australia 18,420,000 2005 30 Ukraine 17,214,000 2005 31 Canada 16,600,000 2005 32 Netherlands 15,834,000 2005 33 Egypt 14,045,134 2005 34 Algeria 13,661,000 2005 35 Romania 13,354,000 2005 36 Saudi Arabia 13,300,000 2005 37 Venezuela 12,496,000 2005 38 Morocco 12,393,000 2005 39 Czech Republic 11,776,000 2005 40 Portugal 11,448,000 2005 41 Chile 10,570,000 2005 42 Greece 10,043,000 2005 43 Vietnam 9,593,000 2005 44 Belgium 9,460,000 2005 45 Hungary 9,320,000 2005 46 Bangladesh 9,000,000 2005 47 Iraq 8,700,000 2006 48 Hong Kong 8,693,000 2005 49 Iran 8,500,000 2005 50 Sweden 8,436,000 2005 51 Austria 8,160,000 2005 52 Israel 7,757,000 2005 53 Switzerland 6,847,000 2005 54 Kenya 6,500,000 2006 55 Ecuador 6,246,000 2005 56 Bulgaria 6,245,000 2005 57 Tunisia 5,681,000 2005 58 Peru 5,583,000 2005 59 Denmark 5,469,000 2005 60 Finland 5,231,000 2005 61 Serbia 5,229,000 2005 62 Kazakhstan 4,955,000 2005 63 Norway 4,755,000 2005 64 Slovakia 4,540,000 2005 65 United Arab Emirates 4,535,000 2005 66 Singapore 4,385,000 2005 67 Lithuania 4,353,000 2005 68 Sri Lanka 4,284,256 2006 69 Ireland 4,210,000 2005 70 Belarus 4,098,000 2005 71 Dominican Republic 3,623,000 2005 72 New Zealand 3,530,000 2005 73 Guatemala 3,168,300 2004 74 Syria 3,128,470 2005 75 Jordan 3,012,800 2005 76 Croatia 2,984,000 2005 77 Ghana 2,842,000 2005 78 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,746,000 2005 79 Jamaica 2,700,000 2005 80 Puerto Rico 2,682,000 2004 81 Kuwait 2,536,000 2006 82 Bolivia 2,421,000 2005 83 El Salvador 2,412,000 2005 84 Cameroon 2,259,000 2005 85 Azerbaijan 2,242,000 2005 86 Cote d'Ivoire 2,190,000 2005 87 Yemen 2,074,846 2006 88 Tanzania 1,942,000 2005 89 Paraguay 1,887,000 2005 90 Latvia 1,872,000 2005 91 Sudan 1,828,000 2005 92 Slovenia 1,759,000 2005 93 Senegal 1,730,000 2005 94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,594,000 2005 95 Uganda 1,525,000 2005 96 Georgia 1,459,000 2005 97 Estonia 1,445,000 2005 98 Afghanistan 1,400,000 2005 99 Panama 1,352,000 2005 100 Oman 1,333,000 2005 101 Honduras 1,282,000 2005 102 Macedonia 1,261,000 2005 103 Albania 1,259,000 2004 104 Mozambique 1,220,000 2005 105 Lebanon 1,178,000 2005 106 Nicaragua 1,119,000 2005 107 Costa Rica 1,101,000 2005 108 Uzbekistan 1,100,000 2005 109 Gaza Strip 1,095,000 2005 110 West Bank 1,095,000 2005 111 Angola 1,094,100 2005 112 Moldova 1,090,000 2005 113 Cambodia 1,062,000 2005 114 Zambia 946,600 2005 115 Mali 869,600 2005 116 Qatar 854,900 2006 117 Botswana 823,100 2005 118 Trinidad and Tobago 800,000 2005 119 Bahrain 748,700 2005 120 Mauritania 745,600 2005 121 Luxembourg 720,000 2005 122 Cyprus 718,800 123 Mauritius 713,300 2005 124 Zimbabwe 699,000 2005 125 Gabon 649,800 2005 126 Uruguay 600,000 2004 127 Burkina Faso 572,200 2005 128 Mongolia 557,200 2005 129 Montenegro 543,220 2005 130 Kyrgyzstan 541,700 2005 131 Macau 532,800 2005 132 Laos 520,546 2006 133 Madagascar 504,700 2005 134 Somalia 500,000 2005 135 Namibia 495,000 2005 136 Congo, Republic of the 490,000 2005 137 Togo 443,600 2005 138 Malawi 429,300 2005 139 Ethiopia 410,600 2005 140 Haiti 400,000 2004 141 Benin 386,700 2005 142 Malta 324,000 2005 143 Armenia 320,000 2005 144 Iceland 304,000 2005 145 Niger 299,900 2005 146 Rwanda 290,000 2005 147 Guyana 281,400 2005 148 Maldives 271,053 2006 149 Tajikistan 265,000 2005 150 Nepal 248,800 2005 151 Gambia, The 247,500 2005 152 Lesotho 245,100 2005 153 Libya 234,800 2004 154 Suriname 232,800 2005 155 Chad 210,000 2005 156 Barbados 206,200 2005 157 Brunei 205,900 2004 158 Netherlands Antilles 200,000 2004 159 Swaziland 200,000 2005 160 Guinea 189,000 2005 161 Bahamas, The 186,000 2004 162 Burma 183,400 2005 163 Liberia 160,000 2005 164 Burundi 153,000 2005 165 Cyprus 143,178 166 Fiji 142,200 2004 167 Cuba 134,500 2005 168 New Caledonia 134,300 2005 169 Sierra Leone 113,200 2003 170 Aruba 98,400 2004 171 Guam 98,000 2004 172 Equatorial Guinea 96,900 2005 173 Belize 93,100 2005 174 Saint Lucia 93,000 2004 175 French Polynesia 87,000 2005 176 Jersey 83,900 2004 177 Cape Verde 81,700 2005 178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70,600 2005 179 Guinea-Bissau 67,000 2005 180 Andorra 64,600 2005 181 Virgin Islands 64,200 2004 182 Central African Republic 60,000 2004 183 Eritrea 58,000 2006 184 Seychelles 57,000 2005 185 Antigua and Barbuda 54,000 2004 186 Turkmenistan 52,000 2004 187 Bermuda 49,000 2004 188 Mayotte 48,100 2004 189 Guernsey 43,800 2004 190 Grenada 43,300 2004 191 Faroe Islands 42,500 2005 192 Dominica 41,800 2004 193 Bhutan 37,800 2005 194 Djibouti 34,500 2004 195 Greenland 32,200 2004 196 Papua New Guinea 26,000 2005 197 Samoa 24,000 2005 198 Northern Mariana Islands 20,500 2004 199 Monaco 19,300 2002 200 Cayman Islands 17,000 2002 201 San Marino 16,800 2002 202 Tonga 16,400 2004 203 Comoros 16,100 2005 204 Micronesia, Federated States of 14,100 2005 205 Vanuatu 12,700 2005 206 Sao Tome and Principe 12,000 2005 207 Liechtenstein 11,400 2002 208 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,000 2004 209 Gibraltar 9,797 2002 210 British Virgin Islands 8,000 2002 211 Solomon Islands 6,000 2005 212 American Samoa 2,377 1999 213 Anguilla 1,800 2002 214 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,700 1999 215 Cook Islands 1,500 2002 216 Nauru 1,500 2002 217 Marshall Islands 1,198 2004 218 Palau 1,000 2002 219 Kiribati 600 2004 220 Niue 400 2002 221 Montserrat 70 1994 222 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2001 223 Western Sahara 0 1999 224 Wallis and Futuna 0 1994 225 Norfolk Island 0 2002 226 Tuvalu 0 2004 227 Tokelau 0 2001
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Rank code: @2153
Rank Country Internet users Date of Information
1 World 1,018,057,389 2005 2 European Union 247,000,000 2006 3 United States 205,326,680 2005 4 China 123,000,000 2006 5 Japan 86,300,000 2005 6 India 60,000,000 2005 7 Germany 50,616,000 2006 8 United Kingdom 37,600,000 2005 9 Korea, South 33,900,000 2005 10 France 29,945,000 2006 11 France 29,521,000 2006 12 Italy 28,870,000 2005 13 Brazil 25,900,000 2005 14 Russia 23,700,000 2005 15 Canada 21,900,000 2005 16 Spain 19,204,771 2006 17 Mexico 18,622,500 2005 18 Indonesia 16,000,000 2005 19 Turkey 16,000,000 2005 20 Australia 14,663,622 2006 21 Taiwan 13,210,000 2005 22 Vietnam 13,100,000 2006 23 Malaysia 11,016,000 2005 24 Netherlands 10,806,328 2004 25 Poland 10,600,000 2005 26 Pakistan 10,500,000 2005 27 Argentina 10,000,000 2005 28 Thailand 8,420,000 2005 29 Philippines 7,820,000 2005 30 Portugal 7,782,700 2006 31 Iran 7,500,000 2005 32 Sweden 6,800,000 2005 33 Chile 6,700,000 2005 34 Ukraine 5,278,100 2005 35 Belgium 5,100,000 2005 36 South Africa 5,100,000 2005 37 Czech Republic 5,100,000 2005 38 Switzerland 5,097,822 2005 39 Egypt 5,000,000 2005 40 Nigeria 5,000,000 2005 41 Romania 4,940,000 2005 42 Hong Kong 4,878,713 2005 43 Colombia 4,739,000 2005 44 Austria 4,650,000 2005 45 Morocco 4,600,000 2005 46 Peru 4,600,000 2005 47 Greece 3,800,000 2005 48 Denmark 3,762,500 2005 49 Israel 3,700,000 2006 50 Belarus 3,394,400 2005 51 Finland 3,286,000 2005 52 New Zealand 3,200,000 2005 53 Saudi Arabia 3,200,000 2006 54 Norway 3,140,000 2005 55 Hungary 3,050,000 2005 56 Venezuela 3,040,000 2005 57 Sudan 2,800,000 2005 58 Slovakia 2,500,000 2005 59 Singapore 2,421,800 2005 60 Bulgaria 2,200,000 2005 61 Ireland 2,060,000 2005 62 Algeria 1,920,000 2005 63 Croatia 1,451,100 2005 64 Serbia 1,400,000 2006 65 United Arab Emirates 1,397,200 2005 66 Lithuania 1,221,700 2005 67 Syria 1,100,000 2005 68 Slovenia 1,090,000 2005 69 Jamaica 1,067,000 2005 70 Kenya 1,054,900 2005 71 Latvia 1,030,000 2005 72 Costa Rica 1,000,000 2005 73 Zimbabwe 1,000,000 2005 74 Puerto Rico 1,000,000 2005 75 Tunisia 953,800 2005 76 Dominican Republic 938,300 2005 77 Uzbekistan 880,000 2005 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 806,400 2005 79 Guatemala 756,000 2005 80 Kuwait 700,000 2005 81 Lebanon 700,000 2005 82 Estonia 690,000 2005 83 Uruguay 680,000 2005 84 Azerbaijan 678,800 2005 85 El Salvador 637,100 2005 86 Jordan 629,500 2005 87 Ecuador 616,000 2005 88 Senegal 540,000 2005 89 Haiti 500,000 2005 90 Uganda 500,000 2005 91 Bolivia 480,000 2005 92 Benin 425,000 2005 93 Moldova 406,000 2005 94 Ghana 401,300 2005 95 Kazakhstan 400,000 2005 96 Macedonia 392,671 2005 97 Tanzania 333,000 2005 98 Luxembourg 315,000 2005 99 Bangladesh 300,000 2005 100 Panama 300,000 2005 101 Togo 300,000 2005 102 Cyprus 298,000 2005 103 Sri Lanka 280,000 2005 104 Kyrgyzstan 280,000 2005 105 Mongolia 268,300 2005 106 Iceland 258,000 2005 107 Oman 245,000 2005 108 Gaza Strip 243,000 2005 109 West Bank 243,000 2005 110 Zambia 231,000 2005 111 Honduras 223,000 2005 112 Yemen 220,000 2005 113 Qatar 219,000 2005 114 Libya 205,000 2005 115 Macau 201,000 2004 116 Paraguay 200,000 2005 117 Cuba 190,000 2005 118 Mauritius 180,000 2005 119 Georgia 175,600 2005 120 Nepal 175,000 2005 121 Angola 172,000 2005 122 Papua New Guinea 170,000 2005 123 Cameroon 167,000 2005 124 Barbados 160,000 2005 125 Guyana 160,000 2005 126 Trinidad and Tobago 160,000 2005 127 Cote d'Ivoire 160,000 2005 128 Bahrain 152,700 2005 129 Armenia 150,000 2005 130 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 140,600 2005 131 Nicaragua 140,000 2005 132 Mozambique 138,000 2005 133 Malta 127,200 2005 134 Ethiopia 113,000 2005 135 Bahamas, The 93,000 2005 136 Madagascar 90,000 2005 137 Somalia 90,000 2005 138 Guam 79,000 2004 139 Burma 78,000 2005 140 New Caledonia 76,000 2005 141 Albania 75,000 2005 142 Namibia 75,000 2005 143 Eritrea 70,000 2005 144 Gabon 67,000 2005 145 Burkina Faso 64,600 2005 146 Fiji 61,000 2004 147 Botswana 60,000 2002 148 Mali 60,000 2005 149 Brunei 56,000 2005 150 French Polynesia 55,000 2005 151 Saint Lucia 55,000 2005 152 Malawi 52,500 2005 153 Montenegro 50,000 2004 154 Gambia, The 49,000 2005 155 Guinea 46,000 2005 156 Lesotho 43,000 2005 157 Cambodia 41,000 2005 158 Bermuda 39,000 2005 159 Greenland 38,000 2005 160 Rwanda 38,000 2005 161 Congo, Republic of the 36,000 2005 162 Guernsey 36,000 2005 163 Turkmenistan 36,000 2005 164 Swaziland 36,000 2005 165 Iraq 36,000 2005 166 Belize 35,000 2005 167 Chad 35,000 2005 168 Faroe Islands 33,000 2005 169 Afghanistan 30,000 2005 170 Virgin Islands 30,000 2002 171 Suriname 30,000 2005 172 Jersey 27,000 2005 173 Guinea-Bissau 26,000 2005 174 Bhutan 25,000 2005 175 Laos 25,000 2005 176 Cape Verde 25,000 2005 177 Burundi 25,000 2005 178 Aruba 24,000 2002 179 Niger 24,000 2005 180 Andorra 21,900 2005 181 Dominica 20,500 2005 182 Antigua and Barbuda 20,000 2005 183 Sao Tome and Principe 20,000 2005 184 Seychelles 20,000 2005 185 Liechtenstein 20,000 2002 186 Comoros 20,000 2005 187 Grenada 19,000 2005 188 Maldives 19,000 2005 189 Monaco 16,000 2002 190 San Marino 14,300 2002 191 Micronesia, Federated States of 14,000 2005 192 Mauritania 14,000 2005 193 Northern Mariana Islands 10,000 2003 194 Sierra Leone 10,000 2005 195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,000 2002 196 Cayman Islands 9,909 2003 197 Central African Republic 9,000 2005 198 Djibouti 9,000 2005 199 Solomon Islands 8,400 2005 200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8,000 2005 201 Vanuatu 7,500 2004 202 Gibraltar 6,200 2002 203 Samoa 6,000 2004 204 Equatorial Guinea 5,000 2005 205 Tajikistan 5,000 2005 206 British Virgin Islands 4,000 2002 207 Cook Islands 3,600 2002 208 Anguilla 3,000 2002 209 Tonga 3,000 2004 210 Kiribati 2,000 2004 211 Netherlands Antilles 2,000 2000 212 Marshall Islands 2,000 2005 213 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,900 2002 214 Tuvalu 1,300 2002 215 Liberia 1,000 2002 216 East Timor 1,000 2004 217 Saint Helena 1,000 2003 218 Niue 900 2002 219 Wallis and Futuna 900 2002 220 Norfolk Island 700 221 Christmas Island 464 2001 222 Nauru 300 2002 223 Holy See (Vatican City) 93 2000
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Rank code: @2155
Rank Country HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate(%) Date of Information
1 Swaziland 38.80 2003 est. 2 Botswana 37.30 2003 est. 3 Lesotho 28.90 2003 est. 4 Zimbabwe 24.60 2001 est. 5 South Africa 21.50 2003 est. 6 Namibia 21.30 2003 est. 7 Zambia 16.50 2003 est. 8 Malawi 14.20 2003 est. 9 Central African Republic 13.50 2003 est. 10 Mozambique 12.20 2003 est. 11 Guinea-Bissau 10.00 2003 est. 12 Tanzania 8.80 2003 est. 13 Gabon 8.10 2003 est. 14 Cote d'Ivoire 7.00 2003 est. 15 Sierra Leone 7.00 2001 est. 16 Cameroon 6.90 2003 est. 17 Kenya 6.70 2003 est. 18 Burundi 6.00 2003 est. 19 Liberia 5.90 2003 est. 20 Haiti 5.60 2003 est. 21 Nigeria 5.40 2003 est. 22 Rwanda 5.10 2003 est. 23 Congo, Republic of the 4.90 2003 est. 24 Chad 4.80 2003 est. 25 Ethiopia 4.40 2003 est. 26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.20 2003 est. 27 Burkina Faso 4.20 2003 est. 28 Togo 4.10 2003 est. 29 Uganda 4.10 2003 est. 30 Angola 3.90 2003 est. 31 Equatorial Guinea 3.40 2001 est. 32 Guinea 3.20 2003 est. 33 Trinidad and Tobago 3.20 2003 est. 34 Ghana 3.10 2003 est. 35 Bahamas, The 3.00 2003 est. 36 Djibouti 2.90 2003 est. 37 Eritrea 2.70 2003 est. 38 Cambodia 2.60 2003 est. 39 Guyana 2.50 2003 est. 40 Belize 2.40 2003 est. 41 Sudan 2.30 2001 est. 42 Benin 1.90 2003 est. 43 Mali 1.90 2003 est. 44 Honduras 1.80 2003 est. 45 Dominican Republic 1.70 2003 est. 46 Madagascar 1.70 2003 est. 47 Suriname 1.70 2001 est. 48 Barbados 1.50 2003 est. 49 Thailand 1.50 2003 est. 50 Ukraine 1.40 2003 est. 51 Burma 1.20 2003 est. 52 Niger 1.20 2003 est. 53 Jamaica 1.20 2003 est. 54 Gambia, The 1.20 2003 est. 55 Estonia 1.10 2001 est. 56 Russia 1.10 2001 est. 57 Guatemala 1.10 2003 est. 58 Somalia 1.00 2001 est. 59 India 0.90 2001 est. 60 Panama 0.90 2003 est. 61 Senegal 0.80 2003 est. 62 Argentina 0.70 2001 est. 63 Brazil 0.70 2003 est. 64 Venezuela 0.70 2001 est. 65 Spain 0.70 2001 est. 66 El Salvador 0.70 2003 est. 67 Colombia 0.70 2003 est. 68 Costa Rica 0.60 2003 est. 69 Mauritania 0.60 2003 est. 70 Latvia 0.60 2001 est. 71 United States 0.60 2003 est. 72 Papua New Guinea 0.60 2003 est. 73 Italy 0.50 2001 est. 74 Paraguay 0.50 2003 est. 75 Peru 0.50 2003 est. 76 Nepal 0.50 2001 est. 77 France 0.40 2003 est. 78 Vietnam 0.40 2003 est. 79 Switzerland 0.40 2001 est. 80 Portugal 0.40 2001 est. 81 Malaysia 0.40 2003 est. 82 Austria 0.30 2003 est. 83 Ecuador 0.30 2003 est. 84 Belarus 0.30 2001 est. 85 Uruguay 0.30 2001 est. 86 Chile 0.30 2003 est. 87 Mexico 0.30 2003 est. 88 Libya 0.30 2001 est. 89 Canada 0.30 2003 est. 90 Bermuda 0.30 2005 91 Bahrain 0.20 2001 est. 92 Belgium 0.20 2003 est. 93 United Kingdom 0.20 2001 est. 94 Singapore 0.20 2003 est. 95 Nicaragua 0.20 2003 est. 96 Netherlands 0.20 2001 est. 97 Malta 0.20 2001 est. 98 Moldova 0.20 2001 est. 99 Luxembourg 0.20 2001 est. 100 Kazakhstan 0.20 2001 est. 101 Iceland 0.20 2001 est. 102 Greece 0.20 2001 est. 103 Denmark 0.20 2003 est. 104 United Arab Emirates 0.18 2001 est. 105 Comoros 0.12 2001 est. 106 Kuwait 0.12 2001 est. 107 Algeria 0.10 2001 est. 108 Australia 0.10 2003 est. 109 Bangladesh 0.10 2001 est. 110 Bolivia 0.10 2003 est. 111 Bulgaria 0.10 2001 est. 112 Sri Lanka 0.10 2001 est. 113 Maldives 0.10 2001 est. 114 Oman 0.10 2001 est. 115 Mauritius 0.10 2001 est. 116 Morocco 0.10 2001 est. 117 Macedonia 0.10 2001 est. 118 Georgia 0.10 2001 est. 119 Fiji 0.10 2003 est. 120 Finland 0.10 2003 est. 121 Czech Republic 0.10 2001 est. 122 Ireland 0.10 2001 est. 123 Egypt 0.10 2001 est. 124 Cyprus 0.10 2003 est. 125 Cuba 0.10 2003 est. 126 China 0.10 2003 est. 127 Tajikistan 0.10 2001 est. 128 Syria 0.10 2001 est. 129 Sweden 0.10 2001 est. 130 Slovenia 0.10 2001 est. 131 Philippines 0.10 2003 est. 132 Romania 0.10 2001 est. 133 Poland 0.10 2001 est. 134 Pakistan 0.10 2001 est. 135 Mongolia 0.10 2003 est. 136 Yemen 0.10 2001 est. 137 Uzbekistan 0.10 2001 est. 138 Turkmenistan 0.10 2004 est. 139 Turkey 0.10 2001 est. 140 Tunisia 0.10 2005 est. 141 Slovakia 0.10 2001 est. 142 Lithuania 0.10 2001 est. 143 Lebanon 0.10 2001 est. 144 Laos 0.10 2003 est. 145 Korea, South 0.10 2003 est. 146 Kyrgyzstan 0.10 2001 est. 147 Jordan 0.10 2001 est. 148 Japan 0.10 2003 est. 149 New Zealand 0.10 2003 est. 150 Norway 0.10 2001 est. 151 Iraq 0.10 2001 est. 152 Israel 0.10 2001 est. 153 Iran 0.10 2001 est. 154 Indonesia 0.10 2003 est. 155 Hungary 0.10 2001 est. 156 Croatia 0.10 2001 est. 157 Hong Kong 0.10 2003 est. 158 Germany 0.10 2001 est. 159 Brunei 0.10 2003 est. 160 Bhutan 0.10 2001 est. 161 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.10 2001 est. 162 Azerbaijan 0.10 2003 est. 163 Armenia 0.10 2003 est. 164 Qatar 0.09 2001 est. 165 Cape Verde 0.04 166 Afghanistan 0.01 2001 est. 167 Saudi Arabia 0.01 2001 est. 168 Svalbard 0.00 2001
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Rank code: @2156
Rank Country HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS Date of Information
1 South Africa 5,300,000 2003 est. 2 India 5,100,000 2001 est. 3 Nigeria 3,600,000 2003 est. 4 Zimbabwe 1,800,000 2001 est. 5 Tanzania 1,600,000 2003 est. 6 Ethiopia 1,500,000 2003 est. 7 Mozambique 1,300,000 2003 est. 8 Kenya 1,200,000 2003 est. 9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,100,000 2003 est. 10 United States 950,000 2003 est. 11 Zambia 920,000 2003 est. 12 Malawi 900,000 2003 est. 13 Russia 860,000 2001 est. 14 China 840,000 2003 est. 15 Brazil 660,000 2003 est. 16 Cote d'Ivoire 570,000 2003 est. 17 Thailand 570,000 2003 est. 18 Cameroon 560,000 2003 est. 19 Uganda 530,000 2001 est. 20 Sudan 400,000 2001 est. 21 Ukraine 360,000 2001 est. 22 Botswana 350,000 2003 est. 23 Ghana 350,000 2003 est. 24 Burma 330,000 2003 est. 25 Lesotho 320,000 2003 est. 26 Burkina Faso 300,000 2003 est. 27 Haiti 280,000 2003 est. 28 Central African Republic 260,000 2003 est. 29 Burundi 250,000 2003 est. 30 Rwanda 250,000 2003 est. 31 Angola 240,000 2003 est. 32 Vietnam 220,000 2003 est. 33 Swaziland 220,000 2003 est. 34 Namibia 210,000 2001 est. 35 Chad 200,000 2003 est. 36 Colombia 190,000 2003 est. 37 Cambodia 170,000 2003 est. 38 Sierra Leone 170,000 2001 est. 39 Mexico 160,000 2003 est. 40 Guinea 140,000 2003 est. 41 Madagascar 140,000 2003 est. 42 Italy 140,000 2001 est. 43 Mali 140,000 2003 est. 44 Spain 140,000 2001 est. 45 Argentina 130,000 2001 est. 46 France 120,000 2003 est. 47 Indonesia 110,000 2003 est. 48 Togo 110,000 2003 est. 49 Venezuela 110,000 1999 est. 50 Liberia 100,000 2003 est. 51 Congo, Republic of the 90,000 2003 est. 52 Dominican Republic 88,000 2003 est. 53 Peru 82,000 2003 est. 54 Guatemala 78,000 2003 est. 55 Pakistan 74,000 2001 est. 56 Niger 70,000 2003 est. 57 Benin 68,000 2003 est. 58 Honduras 63,000 2003 est. 59 Nepal 61,000 2001 est. 60 Eritrea 60,000 2003 est. 61 Canada 56,000 2003 est. 62 Malaysia 52,000 2003 est. 63 United Kingdom 51,000 2001 est. 64 Gabon 48,000 2003 est. 65 Senegal 44,000 2003 est. 66 Germany 43,000 2001 est. 67 Somalia 43,000 2001 est. 68 Iran 31,000 2001 est. 69 El Salvador 29,000 2003 est. 70 Trinidad and Tobago 29,000 2003 est. 71 Chile 26,000 2003 est. 72 Jamaica 22,000 2003 est. 73 Portugal 22,000 2001 est. 74 Ecuador 21,000 2003 est. 75 Netherlands 19,000 2001 est. 76 Guinea-Bissau 17,000 2001 est. 77 Kazakhstan 16,500 2001 est. 78 Panama 16,000 2003 est. 79 Papua New Guinea 16,000 2003 est. 80 Belarus 15,000 2001 est. 81 Morocco 15,000 2001 est. 82 Paraguay 15,000 1999 est. 83 Australia 14,000 2003 est. 84 Poland 14,000 2003 est. 85 Bangladesh 13,000 2001 est. 86 Switzerland 13,000 2001 est. 87 Costa Rica 12,000 2003 est. 88 Yemen 12,000 2001 est. 89 Japan 12,000 2003 est. 90 Egypt 12,000 2001 est. 91 Guyana 11,000 2003 est. 92 Uzbekistan 11,000 2003 est. 93 Austria 10,000 2003 est. 94 Belgium 10,000 2003 est. 95 Libya 10,000 2001 est. 96 Mauritania 9,500 2003 est. 97 Algeria 9,100 2003 est. 98 Greece 9,100 2001 est. 99 Djibouti 9,100 2003 est. 100 Philippines 9,000 2003 est. 101 Korea, South 8,300 2003 est. 102 Estonia 7,800 2003 est. 103 Latvia 7,600 2001 est. 104 Puerto Rico 7,397 105 Gambia, The 6,800 2003 est. 106 Romania 6,500 2001 est. 107 Nicaragua 6,400 2003 est. 108 Uruguay 6,000 2001 est. 109 Equatorial Guinea 5,900 2001 est. 110 Bahamas, The 5,600 2003 est. 111 Moldova 5,500 2001 est. 112 Suriname 5,200 2001 est. 113 Denmark 5,000 2003 est. 114 Bolivia 4,900 2003 est. 115 Singapore 4,100 2003 est. 116 Kyrgyzstan 3,900 2003 est. 117 Belize 3,600 2003 est. 118 Sweden 3,600 2001 est. 119 Sri Lanka 3,500 2001 est. 120 Cuba 3,300 2003 est. 121 Georgia 3,000 2003 est. 122 Israel 3,000 1999 est. 123 Ireland 2,800 2001 est. 124 Lebanon 2,800 2003 est. 125 Hungary 2,800 2001 est. 126 Armenia 2,600 2003 est. 127 Hong Kong 2,600 2003 est. 128 Barbados 2,500 2003 est. 129 Czech Republic 2,500 2001 est. 130 Norway 2,100 2001 est. 131 Laos 1,700 2003 est. 132 Finland 1,500 2003 est. 133 Azerbaijan 1,400 2003 est. 134 New Zealand 1,400 2003 est. 135 Lithuania 1,300 2003 est. 136 Oman 1,300 2001 est. 137 Cyprus 1,000 1999 est. 138 Tunisia 1,000 2003 est. 139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 900 2003 est. 140 Cape Verde 775 141 Mauritius 700 2001 est. 142 Bahrain 600 2003 est. 143 Jordan 600 2003 est. 144 Fiji 600 2003 est. 145 Iraq 500 2003 est. 146 Mongolia 500 2003 est 147 Syria 500 2003 est. 148 Malta 500 2003 est. 149 Luxembourg 500 2003 est. 150 Bulgaria 346 2001 est. 151 Slovenia 280 2001 est. 152 Iceland 220 2001 est. 153 Brunei 200 2003 est. 154 Slovakia 200 2003 est. 155 Croatia 200 2001 est. 156 Macedonia 200 2003 est. 157 Turkmenistan 200 2003 est. 158 Tajikistan 200 2003 est. 159 Bermuda 163 2005 160 Bhutan 100 1999 est. 161 Maldives 100 2001 est. 162 Greenland 100 163 Samoa 12 164 Svalbard 0 2001
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Rank code: @2157
Rank Country HIV/AIDS - deaths Date of Information
1 South Africa 370,000 2003 est. 2 India 310,000 2001 est. 3 Nigeria 310,000 2003 est. 4 Zimbabwe 170,000 2003 est. 5 Tanzania 160,000 2003 est. 6 Kenya 150,000 2003 est. 7 Ethiopia 120,000 2003 est. 8 Mozambique 110,000 2003 est. 9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 100,000 2003 est. 10 Zambia 89,000 2003 est. 11 Malawi 84,000 2003 est. 12 Uganda 78,000 2003 est. 13 Thailand 58,000 2003 est. 14 Cameroon 49,000 2003 est. 15 Cote d'Ivoire 47,000 2003 est. 16 China 44,000 2003 est. 17 Botswana 33,000 2003 est. 18 Ghana 30,000 2003 est. 19 Lesotho 29,000 2003 est. 20 Burkina Faso 29,000 2003 est. 21 Burundi 25,000 2003 est. 22 Haiti 24,000 2003 est. 23 Central African Republic 23,000 2003 est. 24 Sudan 23,000 2003 est. 25 Rwanda 22,000 2003 est. 26 Angola 21,000 2003 est. 27 Burma 20,000 2003 est. 28 Ukraine 20,000 2003 est. 29 Chad 18,000 2003 est. 30 Swaziland 17,000 2003 est. 31 Namibia 16,000 2003 est. 32 Brazil 15,000 2003 est. 33 Cambodia 15,000 2003 est. 34 United States 14,000 2003 est. 35 Mali 12,000 2003 est. 36 Sierra Leone 11,000 2001 est. 37 Togo 10,000 2003 est. 38 Congo, Republic of the 9,700 2003 est. 39 Guinea 9,000 2003 est. 40 Russia 9,000 2001 est. 41 Vietnam 9,000 2003 est. 42 Dominican Republic 7,900 2003 est. 43 Madagascar 7,500 2003 est. 44 Liberia 7,200 2003 est. 45 Eritrea 6,300 2003 est. 46 Benin 5,800 2003 est. 47 Guatemala 5,800 2003 est. 48 Mexico 5,000 2003 est. 49 Pakistan 4,900 2003 est. 50 Niger 4,800 2003 est. 51 Peru 4,200 2003 est. 52 Honduras 4,100 2003 est. 53 Venezuela 4,100 2003 est. 54 Colombia 3,600 2003 est. 55 Senegal 3,500 2003 est. 56 Nepal 3,100 2003 est. 57 Gabon 3,000 2003 est. 58 Indonesia 2,400 2003 est. 59 El Salvador 2,200 2003 est. 60 Malaysia 2,000 2003 est. 61 Trinidad and Tobago 1,900 2003 est. 62 Ecuador 1,700 2003 est. 63 Argentina 1,500 2003 est. 64 Canada 1,500 2003 est. 65 Chile 1,400 2003 est. 66 Guinea-Bissau 1,200 2001 est. 67 Guyana 1,100 2003 est. 68 Belarus 1,000 2001 est. 69 Spain 1,000 2003 est. 70 Portugal 1,000 2003 est. 71 Italy 1,000 2003 est. 72 Germany 1,000 2003 est. 73 France 1,000 2003 est. 74 Costa Rica 900 2003 est. 75 Jamaica 900 2003 est. 76 Iran 800 2003 est. 77 Egypt 700 2003 est. 78 Djibouti 690 2003 est. 79 Bangladesh 650 2001 est. 80 Gambia, The 600 2003 est. 81 Paraguay 600 2003 est. 82 Papua New Guinea 600 2003 est. 83 Algeria 500 2003 est. 84 Japan 500 2003 est. 85 Latvia 500 2003 est. 86 Philippines 500 2003 est. 87 Uzbekistan 500 2003 est. 88 Uruguay 500 2003 est. 89 United Kingdom 500 2003 est. 90 Suriname 500 2003 est. 91 Jordan 500 2003 est. 92 Bermuda 392 2005 93 Equatorial Guinea 370 2001 est. 94 Romania 350 2001 est. 95 Moldova 300 2001 est. 96 Cape Verde 225 97 Armenia 200 2003 est. 98 Lithuania 200 2003 est. 99 Lebanon 200 2003 est. 100 Laos 200 2003 est. 101 Kazakhstan 200 2003 est. 102 Korea, South 200 2003 est. 103 Kyrgyzstan 200 2003 est. 104 Hong Kong 200 2003 est. 105 Georgia 200 2003 est. 106 Fiji 200 2003 est. 107 Tunisia 200 2003 est. 108 Syria 200 2003 est. 109 Singapore 200 2003 est. 110 New Zealand 200 2003 est. 111 Oman 200 2003 est. 112 Mongolia 200 2003 est. 113 Estonia 200 2003 est. 114 Cuba 200 2003 est. 115 Sri Lanka 200 2003 est. 116 Brunei 200 2003 est. 117 Bahamas, The 200 2003 est. 118 Barbados 200 2003 est. 119 Bahrain 200 2003 est. 120 Azerbaijan 100 2001 est. 121 Turkmenistan 100 2004 est. 122 Tajikistan 100 2001 est. 123 Switzerland 100 2003 est. 124 Sweden 100 2003 est. 125 Slovenia 100 2003 est. 126 Poland 100 2001 est. 127 Norway 100 2003 est. 128 Netherlands 100 2003 est. 129 Malta 100 2003 est. 130 Mauritius 100 2001 est. 131 Macedonia 100 2003 est. 132 Luxembourg 100 2003 est. 133 Slovakia 100 2001 est. 134 Israel 100 2001 est. 135 Iceland 100 2003 est. 136 Hungary 100 2001 est. 137 Greece 100 2003 est. 138 Finland 100 2003 est. 139 Bulgaria 100 2001 est. 140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 2001 est. 141 Denmark 100 2003 est. 142 Ireland 100 2003 est. 143 Belgium 100 2003 est. 144 Austria 100 2003 est. 145 Czech Republic 10 2001 est. 146 Croatia 10 2001 est. 147 Samoa 3 148 Svalbard 0 2001
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Rank code: @2173
Rank Country Oil - production(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 World 83,000,000 2004 est. 2 Saudi Arabia 9,475,000 2005 est. 3 Russia 9,400,000 2005 est. 4 United States 7,610,000 2005 est. 5 Iran 3,979,000 2005 est. 6 China 3,631,000 2005 7 Mexico 3,420,000 2005 est. 8 Norway 3,220,000 2005 est. 9 European Union 3,172,000 2004 10 Canada 3,135,000 2004 11 Venezuela 3,081,000 2005 est. 12 Nigeria 2,451,000 2005 est. 13 Kuwait 2,418,000 2005 est. 14 United Arab Emirates 2,396,000 2005 est. 15 Iraq 2,093,000 2005 est. 16 Brazil 2,090,000 2006 est. 17 United Kingdom 2,075,000 2004 est. 18 Libya 1,720,000 2006 est. 19 Angola 1,600,000 2005 est. 20 Algeria 1,373,000 2005 est. 21 Kazakhstan 1,300,000 2005 est. 22 Indonesia 1,061,000 2005 est. 23 Qatar 790,500 2005 est. 24 India 785,000 2005 est. 25 Malaysia 770,000 2005 est. 26 Oman 769,000 2005 est. 27 Argentina 745,000 2005 est. 28 Egypt 700,000 2005 est. 29 Australia 530,000 2005 est. 30 Colombia 512,400 2005 est. 31 Ecuador 493,200 2005 est. 32 Azerbaijan 477,000 2005 est. 33 Equatorial Guinea 420,000 2005 est. 34 Syria 420,000 2005 est. 35 Vietnam 400,000 2005 est. 36 Denmark 391,400 2004 37 Yemen 387,500 2005 est. 38 Sudan 344,700 2004 est. 39 Gabon 268,900 2005 est. 40 Congo, Republic of the 267,100 2005 est. 41 Thailand 230,000 2005 est. 42 South Africa 229,900 2004 est. 43 Chad 225,000 2005 est. 44 Turkmenistan 213,700 2004 est. 45 Brunei 200,800 2005 46 Bahrain 188,300 2005 est. 47 Germany 167,400 2004 48 Trinidad and Tobago 150,000 2005 est. 49 Italy 145,100 2004 est. 50 Uzbekistan 142,000 2004 51 Japan 120,600 2004 est. 52 Peru 120,000 2005 est. 53 Romania 119,000 2005 est. 54 Netherlands 95,800 2004 55 Ukraine 85,090 2004 56 Cameroon 82,300 2005 est. 57 Tunisia 81,530 2004 est. 58 France 77,690 2004 est. 59 Mauritania 75,000 2006 est. 60 Cuba 72,000 2005 est. 61 Pakistan 63,000 2005 est. 62 Papua New Guinea 50,000 January 2006 est. 63 Turkey 50,000 2005 est. 64 Hungary 47,530 2004 est. 65 Bolivia 42,000 2005 est. 66 Poland 35,880 2004 est. 67 Belarus 34,260 2004 est. 68 Cote d'Ivoire 32,900 2005 est. 69 Spain 31,250 2004 est. 70 New Zealand 27,860 2004 est. 71 Austria 25,360 2004 72 Philippines 25,320 2004 est. 73 Guatemala 22,300 2005 est. 74 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21,090 2004 75 Croatia 20,500 2005 est. 76 Burma 18,500 2005 est. 77 Virgin Islands 17,110 2004 est. 78 Czech Republic 15,240 2005 79 Chile 15,100 2006 est. 80 Serbia 14,660 2003 81 Nicaragua 14,300 2005 est. 82 Lithuania 14,000 2004 est. 83 Slovakia 11,480 2005 est. 84 Belgium 10,690 2004 85 Singapore 9,701 2004 est. 86 Suriname 9,462 2004 est. 87 Finland 9,105 2004 est. 88 Taiwan 7,755 2004 est. 89 Ghana 7,477 2004 est. 90 Korea, South 7,378 2004 91 Estonia 6,819 2004 est. 92 Bangladesh 6,813 2004 93 Greece 5,401 2004 est. 94 Portugal 3,849 2004 est. 95 Albania 3,600 2005 est. 96 Israel 3,209 2004 est. 97 Sweden 3,208 2004 est. 98 Bulgaria 3,000 2005 est. 99 Aruba 2,363 2004 100 Switzerland 2,241 2004 est. 101 Georgia 1,981 2004 102 Kyrgyzstan 1,378 2004 103 Barbados 1,000 2004 104 Puerto Rico 722 2004 est. 105 Mongolia 549 2005 est. 106 Uruguay 514 2004 est. 107 Cyprus 300 2005 est. 108 Morocco 300 2005 est. 109 Tajikistan 253 2004 est. 110 Zambia 140 2004 est. 111 Korea, North 139 2004 est. 112 Madagascar 91 2004 est. 113 Dominican Republic 12 2004 114 Slovenia 8 2004 est. 115 Sierra Leone 4 2004 est. 116 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2004 117 Botswana 0 2004 118 Bahamas, The 0 2004 119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2004 120 Solomon Islands 0 2004 est. 121 Panama 0 2004 est. 122 Paraguay 0 2004 est. 123 Netherlands Antilles 0 2004 est. 124 Nauru 0 2004 est. 125 Nepal 0 2004 est. 126 Vanuatu 0 2004 est. 127 Niger 0 2004 est. 128 Niue 0 2004 est. 129 New Caledonia 0 2004 est. 130 Mozambique 0 2004 est. 131 Maldives 0 2004 est. 132 Malta 0 2004 est. 133 Mauritius 0 2004 est. 134 Moldova 0 2004 est. 135 Macau 0 2005 est. 136 Luxembourg 0 2004 est. 137 Lesotho 0 2004 est. 138 Liberia 0 2004 est. 139 Latvia 0 2004 est. 140 Lebanon 0 2004 est. 141 Laos 0 2004 est. 142 Kiribati 0 2004 est. 143 Mali 0 2004 est. 144 Macedonia 0 2005 est. 145 Montenegro 0 146 Malawi 0 2004 est. 147 Montserrat 0 2003 est. 148 Kenya 0 2004 est. 149 Jordan 0 2004 est. 150 Jamaica 0 2004 est. 151 Iceland 0 2004 est. 152 Ireland 0 2004 est. 153 Dominica 0 2004 154 Djibouti 0 2004 155 Cook Islands 0 2004 156 Saint Lucia 0 2004 est. 157 Somalia 0 2004 est. 158 Saint Helena 0 2004 est. 159 Senegal 0 2004 est. 160 Seychelles 0 2004 est. 161 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2004 est. 162 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2004 est. 163 Rwanda 0 2004 est. 164 Guinea-Bissau 0 2004 est. 165 Zimbabwe 0 2004 est. 166 Swaziland 0 2004 est. 167 Samoa 0 2004 est. 168 Western Sahara 0 2004 est. 169 Namibia 0 2004 est. 170 British Virgin Islands 0 2004 171 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2004 est. 172 Burkina Faso 0 2004 173 Uganda 0 2004 est. 174 Tanzania 0 2004 est. 175 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2004 est. 176 Togo 0 2004 est. 177 Tonga 0 2004 est. 178 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2004 est. 179 Cape Verde 0 2004 180 Central African Republic 0 2004 181 Costa Rica 0 2004 182 Comoros 0 2004 183 Cayman Islands 0 2004 184 Sri Lanka 0 2004 est. 185 Cambodia 0 2004 186 Burundi 0 2004 187 Honduras 0 2004 est. 188 Hong Kong 0 2005 est. 189 Haiti 0 2004 est. 190 Guyana 0 2004 est. 191 Guinea 0 2004 est. 192 Guam 0 2004 est. 193 Greenland 0 2004 est. 194 Grenada 0 2004 est. 195 Gibraltar 0 2004 est. 196 Gambia, The 0 2004 est. 197 French Polynesia 0 2004 est. 198 Faroe Islands 0 2004 est. 199 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2004 est. 200 Fiji 0 2004 est. 201 Ethiopia 0 2004 est. 202 El Salvador 0 2004 est. 203 Eritrea 0 2004 est. 204 Bhutan 0 2004 205 Benin 0 2004 206 Belize 0 2004 207 Bermuda 0 2004 208 Armenia 0 2005 209 American Samoa 0 2004 210 Afghanistan 0 2004
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Rank code: @2174
Rank Country Oil - consumption(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 World 82,590,000 2004 est. 2 United States 20,730,000 2004 est. 3 European Union 14,700,000 2004 4 China 6,534,000 2005 5 Japan 5,353,000 2004 est. 6 Germany 2,650,000 2004 7 Russia 2,500,000 2005 est. 8 India 2,450,000 2004 est. 9 Canada 2,294,000 2004 10 Brazil 2,194,000 2005 est. 11 Korea, South 2,149,000 2004 12 France 1,977,000 2004 est. 13 Mexico 1,970,000 2004 est. 14 Italy 1,881,000 2004 est. 15 Saudi Arabia 1,845,000 2004 16 United Kingdom 1,827,000 2004 est. 17 Spain 1,573,000 2004 est. 18 Iran 1,510,000 2004 est. 19 Indonesia 1,084,000 2005 est. 20 Taiwan 965,000 2004 est. 21 Netherlands 946,700 2004 est. 22 Thailand 900,000 2004 est. 23 Australia 877,300 2004 est. 24 Singapore 800,000 2005 est. 25 Turkey 715,100 2005 est. 26 Belgium 641,000 2004 est. 27 Egypt 590,000 2004 est. 28 Venezuela 560,000 2004 est. 29 Malaysia 515,000 2004 est. 30 South Africa 502,000 2004 est. 31 Argentina 470,000 2004 est. 32 Poland 445,700 2004 est. 33 Greece 435,700 2005 est. 34 United Arab Emirates 400,000 2004 est. 35 Ukraine 370,000 2004 36 Sweden 362,400 2004 est. 37 Iraq 351,500 2005 est. 38 Philippines 342,000 2004 est. 39 Kuwait 335,000 2004 est. 40 Portugal 332,000 2004 est. 41 Pakistan 324,000 2004 est. 42 Nigeria 290,000 2004 est. 43 Hong Kong 285,000 2005 est. 44 Austria 282,000 2004 est. 45 Colombia 269,000 2004 est. 46 Switzerland 268,100 2004 est. 47 Syria 265,000 2004 est. 48 Israel 248,000 2004 est. 49 Norway 244,300 2004 est. 50 Chile 238,000 2006 est. 51 Libya 237,000 2004 est. 52 Puerto Rico 234,000 2004 est. 53 Algeria 233,000 2004 est. 54 Vietnam 230,000 2004 est. 55 Finland 220,400 2004 est. 56 Kazakhstan 220,000 2004 est. 57 Romania 212,000 2004 est. 58 Cuba 204,000 2004 est. 59 Czech Republic 203,100 2004 est. 60 Denmark 185,300 2004 est. 61 Ireland 182,400 2004 est. 62 Morocco 170,000 2004 est. 63 Belarus 165,000 2004 est. 64 Peru 156,000 2004 est. 65 New Zealand 150,600 2004 est. 66 Ecuador 148,000 2004 est. 67 Uzbekistan 148,000 2004 68 Hungary 132,000 2004 est. 69 Dominican Republic 127,000 2004 est. 70 Azerbaijan 120,000 2004 est. 71 Virgin Islands 115,000 2004 est. 72 Bulgaria 109,000 2005 est. 73 Jordan 107,000 2005 est. 74 Lebanon 107,000 2004 est. 75 Turkmenistan 95,000 2004 est. 76 Croatia 93,000 2004 est. 77 Tunisia 89,000 2004 est. 78 Bangladesh 85,000 2004 est. 79 Yemen 85,000 2004 est. 80 Serbia 85,000 2003 est. 81 Sri Lanka 80,000 2004 est. 82 Qatar 80,000 2004 est. 83 Panama 79,000 2004 est. 84 Slovakia 74,000 2004 est. 85 Jamaica 71,000 2004 est. 86 Netherlands Antilles 70,000 2004 est. 87 Guatemala 67,000 2004 est. 88 Sudan 66,000 2004 est. 89 Luxembourg 62,420 2004 est. 90 Estonia 60,000 2004 est. 91 Oman 60,000 2004 est. 92 Lithuania 56,000 2004 est. 93 Kenya 55,000 2004 est. 94 Cyprus 53,000 2004 est. 95 Slovenia 53,000 2004 est. 96 Angola 48,000 2004 est. 97 Bolivia 47,000 2004 est. 98 Latvia 47,000 2004 est. 99 Costa Rica 44,000 2004 est. 100 Ghana 44,000 2004 est. 101 El Salvador 43,000 2004 est. 102 Armenia 41,000 2004 est. 103 Uruguay 38,100 2004 est. 104 Burma 37,000 2004 est. 105 Honduras 37,000 2004 est. 106 Trinidad and Tobago 34,000 2004 est. 107 Senegal 31,000 2004 est. 108 Ethiopia 29,000 2004 est. 109 Tajikistan 28,000 2004 est. 110 Bahrain 27,000 2004 est. 111 Paraguay 27,000 2004 est. 112 Bahamas, The 27,000 2004 est. 113 Albania 25,200 2005 est. 114 Nicaragua 25,200 2005 est. 115 Korea, North 25,000 2004 116 Mauritania 24,200 2004 est. 117 Cameroon 24,000 2004 est. 118 Gibraltar 24,000 2004 est. 119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,000 2004 est. 120 Macedonia 23,000 2005 est. 121 Tanzania 23,000 2004 est. 122 Cote d'Ivoire 23,000 2004 est. 123 Zimbabwe 22,500 2004 est. 124 Mauritius 21,500 2004 est. 125 Iceland 20,560 2004 est. 126 Malta 19,000 2004 est. 127 Papua New Guinea 18,000 January 2006 est. 128 Namibia 18,000 2004 est. 129 Guam 16,000 2004 est. 130 Madagascar 14,500 2004 est. 131 Benin 14,000 2004 est. 132 Togo 14,000 2004 est. 133 Moldova 14,000 2004 est. 134 Gabon 13,000 2004 est. 135 Zambia 13,000 2004 est. 136 Georgia 13,000 2004 est. 137 Macau 12,360 2005 est. 138 Nepal 11,980 2005 est. 139 Djibouti 11,900 2004 est. 140 Haiti 11,600 2004 est. 141 Botswana 11,500 2004 est. 142 Mozambique 11,500 2004 est. 143 Mongolia 11,220 2005 est. 144 Guyana 11,200 2004 est. 145 Suriname 11,200 2004 est. 146 Barbados 11,000 2004 est. 147 Uganda 10,890 2004 est. 148 Brunei 10,770 2005 est. 149 Fiji 10,000 2004 est. 150 Kyrgyzstan 10,000 2004 est. 151 New Caledonia 10,000 2004 est. 152 Guinea 8,440 2004 est. 153 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8,200 2004 est. 154 Burkina Faso 8,200 2004 est. 155 Maldives 7,200 2004 est. 156 Aruba 7,000 2004 est. 157 Sierra Leone 6,600 2004 est. 158 Belize 6,400 2004 est. 159 Congo, Republic of the 6,000 2004 est. 160 French Polynesia 6,000 2004 est. 161 Seychelles 5,600 2004 est. 162 Malawi 5,500 2004 est. 163 Niger 5,500 2004 est. 164 Rwanda 5,400 2004 est. 165 Eritrea 5,300 2004 est. 166 Somalia 5,000 2004 est. 167 Bermuda 4,658 2005 est. 168 Faroe Islands 4,550 2004 est. 169 Afghanistan 4,500 2004 est. 170 Mali 4,300 2004 est. 171 American Samoa 3,900 2004 est. 172 Greenland 3,860 2004 est. 173 Antigua and Barbuda 3,800 2004 est. 174 Cambodia 3,750 2004 est. 175 Liberia 3,500 2004 est. 176 Swaziland 3,500 2004 est. 177 Burundi 3,100 2004 est. 178 Laos 3,000 2004 est. 179 Saint Lucia 2,800 2004 est. 180 Cayman Islands 2,600 2004 est. 181 Guinea-Bissau 2,500 2004 est. 182 Central African Republic 2,420 2004 est. 183 Gambia, The 2,000 2004 est. 184 Grenada 1,800 2004 est. 185 Western Sahara 1,800 2004 est. 186 Chad 1,460 2004 est. 187 Lesotho 1,400 2004 188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,400 2004 est. 189 Solomon Islands 1,280 2004 est. 190 Equatorial Guinea 1,220 2004 est. 191 Bhutan 1,160 2004 est. 192 Cape Verde 1,150 2004 est. 193 Nauru 1,000 2004 est. 194 Samoa 1,000 2004 est. 195 Dominica 900 2004 est. 196 Tonga 900 2004 est. 197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 800 2004 est. 198 Comoros 720 2004 est. 199 Sao Tome and Principe 660 2004 est. 200 Vanuatu 620 2004 est. 201 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 500 2004 est. 202 British Virgin Islands 480 2004 est. 203 Montenegro 450 204 Cook Islands 420 2004 est. 205 Montserrat 380 2003 est. 206 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 230 2004 est. 207 Kiribati 200 2004 est. 208 Saint Helena 100 2004 est. 209 Turks and Caicos Islands 80 2004 est. 210 Niue 20 2004 est.
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Rank code: @2175
Rank Country Oil - imports(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 European Union 15,740,000 2 United States 13,150,000 2004 3 Japan 5,449,000 2001 4 China 3,181,000 2005 5 Netherlands 2,284,000 2001 6 France 2,281,000 2001 7 Korea, South 2,263,000 2004 8 Italy 2,158,000 2001 9 Germany 2,135,000 2003 10 India 2,090,000 2005 est. 11 Spain 1,582,000 2001 12 United Kingdom 1,084,000 2003 13 Belgium 1,042,000 2001 14 Canada 963,000 2004 15 Turkey 616,500 2001 16 Brazil 572,600 2001 17 Sweden 553,100 2001 18 Australia 530,800 2001 19 Greece 468,300 2001 20 Ukraine 444,600 2004 21 Poland 413,700 2001 22 South Africa 398,000 2006 23 Belarus 360,000 2004 est. 24 Portugal 357,300 2001 25 Indonesia 345,700 2005 est. 26 Finland 318,300 2001 27 Philippines 312,000 2003 28 Switzerland 289,500 2001 29 Chile 222,900 2006 est. 30 Mexico 205,000 2004 31 Denmark 195,000 2001 32 Czech Republic 182,000 2004 33 Ireland 178,600 2001 34 Romania 163,000 2004 35 Bulgaria 157,000 2005 est. 36 Austria 152,600 2004 37 Morocco 147,800 2000 est. 38 Dominican Republic 129,900 2003 39 New Zealand 119,700 2001 40 Jordan 100,000 2004 est. 41 Russia 100,000 2005 42 Hungary 94,000 2004 43 Lithuania 93,000 2004 44 Norway 88,870 2001 45 Slovakia 59,000 2004 46 Estonia 54,000 2004 47 Luxembourg 50,700 2001 48 Burma 49,230 2003 49 Kazakhstan 47,000 2003 50 Argentina 39,000 2003 51 Hong Kong 25,000 52 Zimbabwe 23,000 2004 est. 53 Korea, North 22,000 2004 est. 54 Albania 21,600 2005 est. 55 Botswana 16,000 2001 56 Nicaragua 15,560 2005 est. 57 Iceland 15,470 2001 58 Macau 12,840 2005 59 Namibia 12,770 2003 60 Nepal 11,760 2001 est. 61 Mongolia 11,210 2005 est. 62 Suriname 1,644 2003 63 United Arab Emirates 0 2004 64 Saudi Arabia 0 2003 65 Taiwan 0 2005 66 Sudan 0 2004 67 Latvia 0 2004 68 Libya 0 2004 69 Algeria 0 2004 est.
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Rank code: @2176
Rank Country Oil - exports(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 Saudi Arabia 7,920,000 2003 2 Russia 7,000,000 2005 3 European Union 5,318,000 4 Norway 3,466,000 2001 5 United Arab Emirates 2,500,000 2004 est. 6 Iran 2,500,000 2004 est. 7 Venezuela 2,100,000 2004 est. 8 Kuwait 1,970,000 2003 9 Mexico 1,863,000 2004 10 Canada 1,600,000 2004 11 United Kingdom 1,498,000 2001 12 Iraq 1,420,000 2005 est. 13 Netherlands 1,418,000 2001 14 Libya 1,340,000 2004 15 Algeria 1,127,000 2004 est. 16 United States 1,048,000 2004 17 Kazakhstan 890,000 2003 18 Oman 721,000 2004 19 Korea, South 645,200 2004 20 Australia 523,400 2001 21 Argentina 470,000 2003 22 Italy 456,600 2001 23 Belgium 450,000 2001 24 China 443,300 2005 25 Indonesia 431,500 2004 est. 26 France 409,600 2001 27 Ecuador 387,000 2004 est. 28 Yemen 370,300 2003 29 India 350,000 2005 est. 30 Denmark 332,100 2001 31 Syria 285,000 2004 32 Sudan 275,000 2004 33 Brazil 241,700 2004 34 Malaysia 230,200 2003 35 Sweden 203,700 2001 36 Brunei 192,700 2005 37 Spain 135,100 2001 38 Egypt 134,000 2004 est. 39 Finland 101,000 2001 40 Japan 93,360 2001 41 Greece 84,720 2001 42 Poland 53,000 2001 43 Bulgaria 51,000 2005 est. 44 Peru 49,000 2004 est. 45 Hungary 47,180 2001 46 Turkey 46,110 2001 47 New Zealand 30,220 2001 48 Austria 30,140 2004 49 Bahamas, The 29,000 2003 50 Portugal 28,830 2001 51 Ireland 27,450 2001 52 Czech Republic 26,670 2001 53 Belarus 14,500 2003 est. 54 Germany 12,990 2003 55 Switzerland 10,420 2001 56 Ukraine 8,891 2004 57 Burma 3,356 2003 58 Guatemala 3,104 2003 59 Slovakia 2,160 2004 60 Suriname 1,370 2003 61 Nicaragua 759 2004 62 Luxembourg 634 2001 63 Mongolia 515 2005 est. 64 Macau 21 2005 65 Albania 0 2005 est. 66 Jordan 0 2004 est. 67 Zimbabwe 0 2004 est. 68 Taiwan 0 2005 69 Philippines 0 2001 70 Morocco 0 2000 est. 71 Lithuania 0 2004 72 Latvia 0 2004 73 Iceland 0 2001 74 Estonia 0 2001 75 Chile 0 2006 76 Hong Kong 0 77 Bermuda 0 2005
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Rank code: @2178
Rank Country Oil - proved reserves(bbl) Date of Information
1 World 1,326,000,000,000 1 January 2002 est. 2 Saudi Arabia 262,700,000,000 2006 est. 3 Canada 178,900,000,000 2004 est. 4 Iran 132,500,000,000 2006 est. 5 Iraq 112,500,000,000 2006 est. 6 United Arab Emirates 97,800,000,000 2006 est. 7 Kuwait 96,500,000,000 2006 est. 8 Venezuela 75,270,000,000 2006 est. 9 Russia 74,400,000,000 2005 est. 10 Libya 42,000,000,000 2006 est. 11 Nigeria 36,250,000,000 2006 est. 12 Kazakhstan 26,000,000,000 1 January 2004 13 Angola 25,000,000,000 2006 est. 14 United States 22,450,000,000 1 January 2002 15 China 16,100,000,000 2006 est. 16 Qatar 15,200,000,000 2006 est. 17 Mexico 12,490,000,000 2006 est. 18 Brazil 12,220,000,000 2006 est. 19 Algeria 11,000,000,000 2006 est. 20 Norway 9,859,000,000 1 January 2002 21 European Union 7,335,000,000 1 January 2002 22 India 5,600,000,000 2006 est. 23 Ecuador 5,115,000,000 2006 est. 24 Indonesia 4,850,000,000 2006 est. 25 Oman 4,700,000,000 2006 est. 26 United Kingdom 4,500,000,000 31 December 2004 27 Yemen 3,720,000,000 2006 est. 28 Australia 3,664,000,000 1 January 2002 29 Malaysia 3,100,000,000 2006 est. 30 Egypt 2,600,000,000 2006 est. 31 Syria 2,500,000,000 2006 est. 32 Vietnam 2,500,000,000 2006 est. 33 Argentina 2,116,000,000 2006 est. 34 Chad 2,000,000,000 2005 35 Gabon 1,827,000,000 2006 est. 36 Tunisia 1,700,000,000 2006 est. 37 Sudan 1,600,000,000 2006 est. 38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,538,000,000 1 January 2002 39 Colombia 1,282,000,000 2006 est. 40 Brunei 1,255,000,000 1 January 2002 41 Denmark 1,230,000,000 1 January 2002 42 Burma 1,000,000,000 2005 43 Mauritania 1,000,000,000 2005 44 Trinidad and Tobago 990,000,000 1 January 2004 45 Uzbekistan 600,000,000 1 January 2005 46 Azerbaijan 589,000,000 1 January 2002 47 Italy 586,600,000 1 January 2002 48 Thailand 583,000,000 November 2003 49 Equatorial Guinea 563,500,000 1 January 2002 50 Romania 500,000,000 yearend 2004 51 Bolivia 458,800,000 1 January 2002 52 Germany 395,800,000 1 January 2004 53 Ukraine 395,000,000 9 November 2004 54 Peru 370,000,000 2006 est. 55 Pakistan 358,900,000 2006 est. 56 Turkey 288,400,000 1 January 2002 57 Turkmenistan 273,000,000 1 January 2002 58 Guatemala 263,000,000 1 January 2002 59 Cuba 259,000,000 2006 est. 60 Cote d'Ivoire 220,000,000 2006 est. 61 Albania 185,500,000 1 January 2002 62 Papua New Guinea 170,000,000 2006 est. 63 Philippines 152,000,000 1 January 2004 64 Chile 150,000,000 1 January 2006 65 Suriname 150,000,000 2005 66 France 144,300,000 1 January 2002 67 Poland 142,400,000 December 2004 68 Bahrain 121,000,000 2006 est. 69 Hungary 110,700,000 1 January 2002 70 Morocco 100,000,000 2006 est. 71 Croatia 93,600,000 1 January 2002 72 Congo, Republic of the 93,500,000 1 January 2002 73 Cameroon 90,000,000 2006 est. 74 New Zealand 89,620,000 1 January 2002 75 Netherlands 88,060,000 1 January 2002 76 Austria 84,300,000 2004 77 Serbia 38,750,000 1 January 2002 78 Japan 29,290,000 1 January 2002 79 Bangladesh 28,450,000 1 January 2002 80 Czech Republic 17,250,000 1 January 2002 81 Bulgaria 15,000,000 1 January 2006 82 Spain 10,500,000 1 January 2002 83 Slovakia 9,000,000 1 January 2006 84 Ghana 8,255,000 1 January 2002 85 South Africa 7,840,000 1 January 2002 86 Greece 4,500,000 1 January 2002 87 Benin 4,105,000 1 January 2002 88 Taiwan 3,000,000 2006 est. 89 Israel 1,920,000 1 January 2002 90 Barbados 1,254,000 1 January 2002 91 Jordan 445,000 1 January 2002 92 Ethiopia 214,000 1 January 2002 93 Afghanistan 0 1 January 2002 94 Rwanda 0 1 January 2002 95 Tanzania 0 1 January 2002 96 Namibia 0 1 January 2002 97 Somalia 0 1 January 2002 98 Mozambique 0 1 January 2002 99 Ireland 0 1 January 2002 100 Madagascar 0 1 January 2002
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Rank code: @2179
Rank Country Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 172,200,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 2 Russia 47,570,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 3 Iran 26,620,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 4 Qatar 25,770,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 5 Saudi Arabia 6,654,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 6 United Arab Emirates 6,006,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 7 United States 5,451,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 8 Nigeria 4,984,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 9 Algeria 4,545,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 10 Venezuela 4,276,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 11 European Union 3,219,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 12 Iraq 3,115,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 13 Indonesia 2,557,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 14 China 2,350,000,000,000 2005 est. 15 Malaysia 2,124,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 16 Norway 2,085,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 17 Turkmenistan 2,010,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 18 Uzbekistan 1,875,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 19 Kazakhstan 1,841,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 20 Netherlands 1,756,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 21 Egypt 1,657,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 22 Canada 1,603,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 23 Kuwait 1,572,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 24 Libya 1,472,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 25 Ukraine 1,121,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 26 India 853,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 27 Azerbaijan 849,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 28 Oman 829,100,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 29 Australia 821,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 30 Pakistan 759,700,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 31 Trinidad and Tobago 733,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 32 Bolivia 679,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 33 Argentina 612,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 34 United Kingdom 589,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 35 Yemen 478,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 36 Mexico 420,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 37 Brunei 390,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 38 Thailand 377,700,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 39 Papua New Guinea 345,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 40 Bangladesh 300,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 41 Romania 300,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 42 Burma 283,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 43 Germany 279,100,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 44 Brazil 250,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 45 Peru 246,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 46 Syria 240,700,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 47 Italy 226,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 48 Vietnam 192,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 49 Poland 164,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 50 Mozambique 127,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 51 Colombia 114,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 52 Cameroon 110,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 53 Philippines 106,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 54 Denmark 99,990,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 55 Afghanistan 99,960,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 56 Chile 97,980,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 57 Bahrain 92,030,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 58 Congo, Republic of the 90,610,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 59 Sudan 84,950,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 60 Tunisia 77,870,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 61 Taiwan 76,460,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 62 Cuba 70,790,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 63 Namibia 62,300,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 64 Rwanda 56,630,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 65 Serbia 48,140,000,000 1 January 2005 66 Angola 45,870,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 67 Japan 39,640,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 68 Israel 38,940,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 69 Equatorial Guinea 36,810,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 70 Hungary 34,260,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 71 Gabon 33,980,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 72 New Zealand 33,360,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 73 Cote d'Ivoire 28,320,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 74 Ethiopia 24,920,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 75 Croatia 24,640,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 76 Ghana 23,790,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 77 Tanzania 22,650,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 78 Ireland 19,820,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 79 Austria 15,010,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 80 Slovakia 15,010,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 81 France 12,770,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 82 Ecuador 9,769,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 83 Turkey 8,495,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 84 Jordan 6,230,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 85 Bulgaria 5,947,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 86 Somalia 5,663,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 87 Czech Republic 3,964,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 88 Guatemala 3,087,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 89 Albania 2,832,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 90 Spain 2,549,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 91 Morocco 1,218,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 92 Benin 1,133,000,000 1 January 2005 est. 93 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 991,100,000 1 January 2005 est. 94 Greece 991,100,000 1 January 2005 est. 95 Barbados 141,600,000 1 January 2005 est. 96 South Africa 28,320,000 1 January 2005 est. 97 Madagascar 0 1 January 2005 est. 98 Mauritania 0 1 January 2005 est. 99 Suriname 0 1 January 2005 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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Rank code: @2180
Rank Country Natural gas - production(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 2,824,000,000,000 2004 est. 2 Russia 641,000,000,000 2005 est. 3 United States 531,100,000,000 2004 est. 4 European Union 238,100,000,000 2004 5 Canada 183,600,000,000 2004 est. 6 United Kingdom 95,970,000,000 2004 est. 7 Netherlands 85,980,000,000 2004 est. 8 Iran 83,900,000,000 2004 est. 9 Norway 83,490,000,000 2004 est. 10 Indonesia 83,400,000,000 2005 est. 11 Algeria 80,150,000,000 2004 est. 12 Saudi Arabia 65,680,000,000 2004 est. 13 Malaysia 62,430,000,000 2004 est. 14 Uzbekistan 59,860,000,000 2004 15 Turkmenistan 58,570,000,000 2004 est. 16 China 52,880,000,000 2005 17 United Arab Emirates 46,290,000,000 2004 est. 18 Argentina 44,880,000,000 2004 est. 19 Mexico 41,470,000,000 2004 est. 20 Qatar 39,170,000,000 2004 est. 21 Australia 37,030,000,000 2004 est. 22 Egypt 32,560,000,000 2004 est. 23 India 28,200,000,000 2004 est. 24 Trinidad and Tobago 28,090,000,000 2004 est. 25 Pakistan 27,400,000,000 2004 est. 26 Venezuela 27,200,000,000 2004 est. 27 Thailand 22,360,000,000 2004 est. 28 Nigeria 21,800,000,000 2004 est. 29 Kazakhstan 20,490,000,000 2004 est. 30 Germany 19,900,000,000 2005 est. 31 Ukraine 19,200,000,000 2004 32 Oman 17,200,000,000 2004 est. 33 Bangladesh 13,100,000,000 2004 est. 34 Italy 12,960,000,000 2004 est. 35 Romania 11,800,000,000 2004 est. 36 Brunei 11,500,000,000 2004 est. 37 Burma 10,200,000,000 2004 est. 38 Bolivia 10,050,000,000 2004 est. 39 Bahrain 9,750,000,000 2004 est. 40 Kuwait 9,700,000,000 2004 est. 41 Brazil 9,660,000,000 2004 est. 42 Denmark 9,430,000,000 2004 est. 43 Libya 8,060,000,000 2004 est. 44 Syria 7,100,000,000 2004 est. 45 Vietnam 6,342,000,000 2005 est. 46 Colombia 6,180,000,000 2004 est. 47 Poland 5,957,000,000 2004 48 Azerbaijan 5,010,000,000 2004 est. 49 New Zealand 4,350,000,000 2004 est. 50 Hungary 2,963,000,000 2004 est. 51 Japan 2,957,000,000 2004 est. 52 Philippines 2,900,000,000 2004 est. 53 Tunisia 2,400,000,000 2004 est. 54 South Africa 2,230,000,000 2004 est. 55 Austria 1,963,000,000 2004 56 Iraq 1,750,000,000 2004 est. 57 Croatia 1,640,000,000 2004 est. 58 France 1,400,000,000 2004 est. 59 Cote d'Ivoire 1,300,000,000 2004 est. 60 Taiwan 1,100,000,000 2005 est. 61 Chile 1,090,000,000 2004 est. 62 Peru 860,000,000 2004 est. 63 Ireland 855,000,000 2004 est. 64 Israel 780,000,000 2004 est. 65 Angola 750,000,000 2004 est. 66 Cuba 704,000,000 2004 67 Turkey 688,000,000 2004 est. 68 Serbia 650,000,000 2003 est. 69 Spain 339,000,000 2004 est. 70 Jordan 310,000,000 2004 est. 71 Czech Republic 216,000,000 2004 est. 72 Belarus 180,000,000 2004 est. 73 Ecuador 170,000,000 2004 est. 74 Slovakia 165,000,000 2004 est. 75 Papua New Guinea 140,000,000 2004 est. 76 Equatorial Guinea 100,000,000 2004 est. 77 Gabon 100,000,000 2004 est. 78 Mozambique 80,000,000 2004 est. 79 Morocco 50,000,000 2004 est. 80 Senegal 50,000,000 2004 est. 81 Tajikistan 39,000,000 2004 est. 82 Albania 30,000,000 2004 est. 83 Barbados 29,170,000 2004 est. 84 Kyrgyzstan 29,000,000 2004 est. 85 Greece 23,000,000 2004 est. 86 Afghanistan 20,000,000 2004 est. 87 Georgia 20,000,000 2004 est. 88 Bulgaria 1,000,000 2004 est. 89 Aruba 0 2004 est. 90 Botswana 0 2004 est. 91 Belgium 0 2004 est. 92 Belize 0 2004 est. 93 Benin 0 2004 est. 94 Bhutan 0 2004 est. 95 Guinea 0 2004 est. 96 Guatemala 0 2004 est. 97 Guam 0 2004 est. 98 Greenland 0 2004 est. 99 Grenada 0 2004 est. 100 Gibraltar 0 2004 est. 101 Ghana 0 2004 est. 102 Gambia, The 0 2004 est. 103 Faroe Islands 0 2004 est. 104 Luxembourg 0 2004 est. 105 Lesotho 0 2004 est. 106 Liberia 0 2004 est. 107 Lithuania 0 2004 108 Latvia 0 2004 est. 109 Lebanon 0 2004 est. 110 Laos 0 2004 est. 111 Korea, South 0 2004 est. 112 Kiribati 0 2004 est. 113 Zimbabwe 0 2004 est. 114 Zambia 0 2004 est. 115 Yemen 0 2004 est. 116 Swaziland 0 2004 est. 117 Samoa 0 2004 est. 118 Western Sahara 0 2004 est. 119 Namibia 0 2004 est. 120 Virgin Islands 0 2004 est. 121 British Virgin Islands 0 2004 est. 122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2004 est. 123 Uruguay 0 2004 est. 124 Burkina Faso 0 2004 est. 125 Uganda 0 2004 est. 126 Tanzania 0 2004 est. 127 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2004 est. 128 Togo 0 2004 est. 129 Tonga 0 2004 est. 130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2004 est. 131 Switzerland 0 2004 est. 132 Sweden 0 2004 est. 133 Sudan 0 2004 est. 134 Saint Lucia 0 2004 est. 135 Somalia 0 2004 est. 136 Singapore 0 2004 est. 137 Sierra Leone 0 2004 est. 138 Slovenia 0 2004 est. 139 Saint Helena 0 2004 est. 140 Seychelles 0 2004 est. 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2004 est. 142 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2004 est. 143 Rwanda 0 2004 est. 144 Puerto Rico 0 2004 est. 145 Guinea-Bissau 0 2004 est. 146 Portugal 0 2004 est. 147 Panama 0 2004 est. 148 Paraguay 0 2004 est. 149 Nicaragua 0 2004 est. 150 Netherlands Antilles 0 2004 est. 151 Suriname 0 2004 est. 152 Nauru 0 2004 est. 153 Nepal 0 2004 est. 154 Vanuatu 0 2004 est. 155 Niger 0 2004 est. 156 Niue 0 2004 est. 157 New Caledonia 0 2004 est. 158 Maldives 0 2004 est. 159 Malta 0 2004 est. 160 Mauritania 0 2004 est. 161 Mauritius 0 2004 est. 162 Mali 0 2004 est. 163 Macedonia 0 2004 est. 164 Malawi 0 2004 est. 165 Montserrat 0 2004 est. 166 Mongolia 0 2004 est. 167 Moldova 0 2004 est. 168 Macau 0 2005 est. 169 Madagascar 0 2004 est. 170 Korea, North 0 2004 est. 171 Kenya 0 2004 est. 172 Jamaica 0 2004 est. 173 Iceland 0 2004 est. 174 Honduras 0 2004 est. 175 Hong Kong 0 2005 est. 176 Haiti 0 2004 est. 177 Guyana 0 2004 est. 178 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2004 est. 179 Fiji 0 2004 est. 180 Finland 0 2004 est. 181 Ethiopia 0 2004 est. 182 El Salvador 0 2004 est. 183 Eritrea 0 2004 est. 184 Estonia 0 2004 est. 185 Dominican Republic 0 2004 est. 186 French Polynesia 0 2004 est. 187 Dominica 0 2004 est. 188 Djibouti 0 2004 est. 189 Cyprus 0 2004 est. 190 Cook Islands 0 2004 est. 191 Cape Verde 0 2004 est. 192 Central African Republic 0 2004 est. 193 Costa Rica 0 2004 est. 194 Comoros 0 2004 est. 195 Cameroon 0 2004 est. 196 Cayman Islands 0 2004 est. 197 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2004 est. 198 Congo, Republic of the 0 2004 est. 199 Sri Lanka 0 2004 est. 200 Chad 0 2004 est. 201 Cambodia 0 2004 est. 202 Burundi 0 2004 est. 203 Solomon Islands 0 2004 est. 204 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2004 est. 205 Bahamas, The 0 2004 est. 206 Bermuda 0 2004 est. 207 Armenia 0 2004 est. 208 American Samoa 0 2004 est. 209 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2004 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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Rank code: @2181
Rank Country Natural gas - consumption(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 2,820,000,000,000 2004 est. 2 United States 635,100,000,000 2004 est. 3 European Union 507,400,000,000 2004 4 Russia 445,100,000,000 2005 est. 5 Germany 102,000,000,000 2005 est. 6 United Kingdom 98,470,000,000 2004 est. 7 Canada 95,850,000,000 2004 est. 8 Ukraine 86,400,000,000 2004 9 Iran 85,540,000,000 2004 est. 10 Japan 83,550,000,000 2004 est. 11 Italy 80,610,000,000 2004 est. 12 Saudi Arabia 65,680,000,000 2004 est. 13 Netherlands 51,300,000,000 2004 est. 14 Mexico 50,450,000,000 2004 est. 15 Uzbekistan 50,200,000,000 2004 16 China 47,910,000,000 2005 17 France 45,410,000,000 2004 est. 18 United Arab Emirates 40,310,000,000 2004 est. 19 Argentina 37,850,000,000 2004 est. 20 Malaysia 32,970,000,000 2004 est. 21 Egypt 31,460,000,000 2004 est. 22 India 30,830,000,000 2004 est. 23 Thailand 29,860,000,000 2004 est. 24 Korea, South 27,840,000,000 2004 est. 25 Pakistan 27,400,000,000 2004 est. 26 Venezuela 27,200,000,000 2004 est. 27 Spain 27,010,000,000 2004 est. 28 Australia 26,370,000,000 2004 est. 29 Turkey 22,600,000,000 2005 est. 30 Indonesia 22,500,000,000 2005 est. 31 Belarus 20,500,000,000 2005 est. 32 Algeria 19,280,000,000 2004 est. 33 Romania 18,000,000,000 2004 est. 34 Brazil 17,280,000,000 2004 est. 35 Belgium 17,060,000,000 2004 est. 36 Turkmenistan 16,570,000,000 2004 est. 37 Kazakhstan 15,750,000,000 2004 est. 38 Poland 15,670,000,000 2004 est. 39 Qatar 15,110,000,000 2004 est. 40 Hungary 14,460,000,000 2004 est. 41 Trinidad and Tobago 14,150,000,000 2004 est. 42 Bangladesh 13,100,000,000 2004 est. 43 Taiwan 10,700,000,000 2005 est. 44 Azerbaijan 9,940,000,000 2004 est. 45 Bahrain 9,750,000,000 2004 est. 46 Kuwait 9,700,000,000 2004 est. 47 Czech Republic 9,600,000,000 2004 est. 48 Nigeria 9,210,000,000 2004 est. 49 Austria 8,981,000,000 2004 50 Chile 8,290,000,000 2004 est. 51 Norway 8,090,000,000 2004 est. 52 Syria 7,100,000,000 2004 est. 53 Oman 6,770,000,000 2004 est. 54 Slovakia 6,719,000,000 2004 est. 55 Singapore 6,610,000,000 2004 est. 56 Vietnam 6,342,000,000 2005 est. 57 Colombia 6,180,000,000 2004 est. 58 Libya 5,930,000,000 2004 est. 59 Bulgaria 5,301,000,000 2004 est. 60 Denmark 5,171,000,000 2004 est. 61 Finland 4,860,000,000 2004 est. 62 New Zealand 4,349,000,000 2004 est. 63 Ireland 4,295,000,000 2004 est. 64 Portugal 3,737,000,000 2004 est. 65 Tunisia 3,700,000,000 2004 est. 66 Switzerland 3,311,000,000 2004 est. 67 Lithuania 2,920,000,000 2004 est. 68 Philippines 2,900,000,000 2004 est. 69 Croatia 2,750,000,000 2004 est. 70 Burma 2,700,000,000 2004 est. 71 Serbia 2,550,000,000 2003 est. 72 Greece 2,340,000,000 2005 est. 73 South Africa 2,230,000,000 2004 est. 74 Hong Kong 2,200,000,000 2005 est. 75 Moldova 2,170,000,000 2004 est. 76 Bolivia 2,140,000,000 2004 est. 77 Brunei 2,000,000,000 2004 est. 78 Latvia 1,910,000,000 2004 est. 79 Iraq 1,750,000,000 2004 est. 80 Georgia 1,500,000,000 2005 est. 81 Estonia 1,440,000,000 2004 est. 82 Jordan 1,410,000,000 2004 est. 83 Tajikistan 1,389,000,000 2004 est. 84 Luxembourg 1,361,000,000 2004 est. 85 Armenia 1,330,000,000 2004 est. 86 Cote d'Ivoire 1,300,000,000 2004 est. 87 Slovenia 1,100,000,000 2004 est. 88 Sweden 979,000,000 2004 est. 89 Kyrgyzstan 919,000,000 2004 est. 90 Peru 860,000,000 2004 est. 91 Israel 780,000,000 2004 est. 92 Angola 750,000,000 2004 est. 93 Cuba 704,000,000 2004 94 Puerto Rico 680,000,000 2004 est. 95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300,000,000 2004 est. 96 Ecuador 170,000,000 2004 est. 97 Papua New Guinea 140,000,000 2004 est. 98 Dominican Republic 130,000,000 2004 est. 99 Uruguay 120,000,000 2004 est. 100 Equatorial Guinea 100,000,000 2004 est. 101 Macedonia 100,000,000 2004 est. 102 Gabon 100,000,000 2004 est. 103 Mozambique 80,000,000 2004 est. 104 Morocco 50,000,000 2004 est. 105 Senegal 50,000,000 2004 est. 106 Macau 43,960,000 2005 est. 107 Albania 30,000,000 2004 est. 108 Barbados 29,170,000 2004 est. 109 Afghanistan 20,000,000 2004 est. 110 Aruba 0 2004 est. 111 Bahamas, The 0 2004 est. 112 Solomon Islands 0 2004 est. 113 Burundi 0 2004 est. 114 Zimbabwe 0 2004 est. 115 Zambia 0 2004 est. 116 Yemen 0 2004 est. 117 Swaziland 0 2004 est. 118 Samoa 0 2004 est. 119 Western Sahara 0 2004 est. 120 Namibia 0 2004 est. 121 Virgin Islands 0 2004 est. 122 British Virgin Islands 0 2004 est. 123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2004 est. 124 Burkina Faso 0 2004 est. 125 Uganda 0 2004 est. 126 Tanzania 0 2004 est. 127 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2004 est. 128 Togo 0 2004 est. 129 Tonga 0 2004 est. 130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2004 est. 131 Sudan 0 2004 est. 132 Saint Lucia 0 2004 est. 133 Somalia 0 2004 est. 134 Sierra Leone 0 2004 est. 135 Saint Helena 0 2004 est. 136 Seychelles 0 2004 est. 137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2004 est. 138 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2004 est. 139 Rwanda 0 2004 est. 140 Guinea-Bissau 0 2004 est. 141 Panama 0 2004 est. 142 Nicaragua 0 2004 est. 143 Netherlands Antilles 0 2004 est. 144 Suriname 0 2004 est. 145 Nauru 0 2004 est. 146 Nepal 0 2004 est. 147 Vanuatu 0 2004 est. 148 Niger 0 2004 est. 149 Niue 0 2004 est. 150 New Caledonia 0 2004 est. 151 Paraguay 0 2004 est. 152 Maldives 0 2004 est. 153 Malta 0 2004 est. 154 Mauritania 0 2004 est. 155 Mauritius 0 2004 est. 156 Mali 0 2004 est. 157 Malawi 0 2004 est. 158 Montserrat 0 2004 est. 159 Mongolia 0 2004 est. 160 Madagascar 0 2004 est. 161 Lesotho 0 2004 est. 162 Liberia 0 2004 est. 163 Lebanon 0 2004 est. 164 Laos 0 2004 est. 165 Kiribati 0 2004 est. 166 Korea, North 0 2004 est. 167 Kenya 0 2004 est. 168 Jamaica 0 2004 est. 169 Iceland 0 2004 est. 170 Honduras 0 2004 est. 171 Haiti 0 2004 est. 172 Guyana 0 2004 est. 173 Guinea 0 2004 est. 174 Guatemala 0 2004 est. 175 Gibraltar 0 2004 est. 176 Ghana 0 2004 est. 177 Gambia, The 0 2004 est. 178 French Polynesia 0 2004 est. 179 Faroe Islands 0 2004 est. 180 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2004 est. 181 Fiji 0 2004 est. 182 Ethiopia 0 2004 est. 183 El Salvador 0 2004 est. 184 Guam 0 2004 est. 185 Greenland 0 2004 est. 186 Grenada 0 2004 est. 187 Eritrea 0 2004 est. 188 Dominica 0 2004 est. 189 Djibouti 0 2004 est. 190 Cyprus 0 2004 est. 191 Cook Islands 0 2004 est. 192 Cape Verde 0 2004 est. 193 Central African Republic 0 2004 est. 194 Costa Rica 0 2004 est. 195 Comoros 0 2004 est. 196 Cameroon 0 2004 est. 197 Cayman Islands 0 2004 est. 198 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2004 est. 199 Congo, Republic of the 0 2004 est. 200 Sri Lanka 0 2004 est. 201 Chad 0 2004 est. 202 Cambodia 0 2004 est. 203 Bhutan 0 2004 est. 204 Benin 0 2004 est. 205 Belize 0 2004 est. 206 Bermuda 0 2004 est. 207 American Samoa 0 2004 est. 208 Botswana 0 2004 est. 209 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2004 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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Rank code: @2182
Rank Country Natural gas - imports(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 828,000,000,000 2004 est. 2 European Union 347,700,000,000 3 United States 120,600,000,000 2004 est. 4 Germany 90,110,000,000 2004 est. 5 Japan 81,230,000,000 2004 est. 6 Italy 67,910,000,000 2004 est. 7 Ukraine 67,200,000,000 2004 est. 8 France 44,780,000,000 2004 est. 9 Russia 36,600,000,000 2004 est. 10 Korea, South 28,930,000,000 2004 est. 11 Spain 26,950,000,000 2004 est. 12 Turkey 21,730,000,000 2004 est. 13 Netherlands 18,850,000,000 2004 est. 14 Belgium 16,880,000,000 2004 est. 15 Belarus 16,220,000,000 2004 est. 16 United Kingdom 12,300,000,000 2004 est. 17 Hungary 11,420,000,000 2004 est. 18 Canada 10,860,000,000 2004 est. 19 Poland 9,963,000,000 2004 est. 20 Mexico 9,831,000,000 2004 est. 21 Taiwan 9,600,000,000 2005 est. 22 Czech Republic 8,815,000,000 2004 est. 23 Austria 8,407,000,000 2004 est. 24 Brazil 7,620,000,000 2004 est. 25 Thailand 7,500,000,000 2004 est. 26 Chile 7,200,000,000 2004 est. 27 Slovakia 6,948,000,000 2004 est. 28 Singapore 6,610,000,000 2004 est. 29 Romania 6,200,000,000 2004 est. 30 Bulgaria 5,300,000,000 2004 est. 31 Iran 5,200,000,000 2004 est. 32 Azerbaijan 4,930,000,000 2004 est. 33 Finland 4,866,000,000 2004 est. 34 Portugal 3,760,000,000 2004 est. 35 Ireland 3,440,000,000 2004 est. 36 Switzerland 3,311,000,000 2004 est. 37 Lithuania 2,920,000,000 2004 est. 38 Greece 2,641,000,000 2004 est. 39 India 2,630,000,000 2004 est. 40 Hong Kong 2,524,000,000 2004 est. 41 Kazakhstan 2,270,000,000 42 Moldova 2,170,000,000 2004 est. 43 Serbia 2,100,000,000 2004 44 Latvia 1,910,000,000 2004 est. 45 Georgia 1,500,000,000 2005 est. 46 Estonia 1,440,000,000 2004 est. 47 Luxembourg 1,361,000,000 2004 est. 48 Tajikistan 1,350,000,000 2004 est. 49 Armenia 1,330,000,000 2004 est. 50 Tunisia 1,300,000,000 2004 est. 51 United Arab Emirates 1,200,000,000 2004 est. 52 Croatia 1,110,000,000 2004 est. 53 Jordan 1,100,000,000 2004 est. 54 Slovenia 1,100,000,000 2004 est. 55 Sweden 979,000,000 2004 est. 56 Kyrgyzstan 890,000,000 2004 est. 57 Argentina 800,000,000 2004 est. 58 Puerto Rico 680,000,000 2004 est. 59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300,000,000 2004 est. 60 Dominican Republic 130,000,000 61 Uruguay 120,000,000 2004 est. 62 Macedonia 100,000,000 2004 est. 63 Afghanistan 0 2004 est. 64 Bolivia 0 2004 est. 65 Yemen 0 2004 est. 66 Vietnam 0 67 Venezuela 0 2004 est. 68 Uzbekistan 0 2004 est. 69 Turkmenistan 0 2004 est. 70 Syria 0 2004 est. 71 Senegal 0 2004 est. 72 South Africa 0 2004 est. 73 Saudi Arabia 0 2004 est. 74 Philippines 0 2004 est. 75 Qatar 0 2004 est. 76 Papua New Guinea 0 2004 est. 77 Pakistan 0 2004 est. 78 Peru 0 2004 est. 79 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2004 est. 80 New Zealand 0 2004 est. 81 Kuwait 0 2004 est. 82 Iraq 0 2004 est. 83 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2004 est. 84 Israel 0 2004 est. 85 Indonesia 0 2005 est. 86 Gabon 0 2004 est. 87 Ecuador 0 2004 est. 88 Denmark 0 2004 est. 89 Cuba 0 2004 est. 90 Colombia 0 2004 est. 91 Cameroon 0 2004 est. 92 China 0 2005 93 Congo, Republic of the 0 2004 est. 94 Brunei 0 2004 est. 95 Burma 0 2004 est. 96 Norway 0 2004 est. 97 Nigeria 0 2004 est. 98 Mozambique 0 2004 est. 99 Malaysia 0 2004 est. 100 Oman 0 2004 est. 101 Morocco 0 102 Libya 0 2004 est. 103 Equatorial Guinea 0 2004 est. 104 Egypt 0 2004 est. 105 Bangladesh 0 2004 est. 106 Barbados 0 2004 est. 107 Bahrain 0 2004 est. 108 Australia 0 2004 est. 109 Angola 0 2004 est. 110 Albania 0 2004 est. 111 Algeria 0 2004 est.
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Rank code: @2183
Rank Country Natural gas - exports(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 810,900,000,000 2004 est. 2 Russia 216,800,000,000 2004 est. 3 Canada 104,000,000,000 2004 est. 4 European Union 78,890,000,000 5 Norway 75,400,000,000 2004 est. 6 Algeria 60,870,000,000 2004 est. 7 Netherlands 53,560,000,000 2004 est. 8 Turkmenistan 42,000,000,000 2004 est. 9 Indonesia 37,500,000,000 2005 est. 10 Malaysia 29,460,000,000 2004 est. 11 United States 24,180,000,000 2004 est. 12 Qatar 24,060,000,000 2004 est. 13 Trinidad and Tobago 13,940,000,000 2004 est. 14 Nigeria 12,590,000,000 2004 est. 15 Australia 10,660,000,000 2004 est. 16 Oman 10,430,000,000 2004 est. 17 United Kingdom 9,800,000,000 2004 est. 18 Uzbekistan 9,700,000,000 2004 est. 19 Brunei 9,500,000,000 2004 est. 20 Germany 8,810,000,000 2004 est. 21 Bolivia 7,910,000,000 2004 est. 22 Argentina 7,830,000,000 2004 est. 23 Burma 7,500,000,000 2004 est. 24 United Arab Emirates 7,180,000,000 2004 est. 25 Kazakhstan 7,010,000,000 2004 est. 26 Denmark 4,099,000,000 2004 est. 27 Ukraine 3,900,000,000 2004 28 Iran 3,560,000,000 2004 est. 29 China 2,790,000,000 2005 30 Libya 2,130,000,000 2004 est. 31 Austria 1,324,000,000 2004 est. 32 Egypt 1,100,000,000 2004 est. 33 France 770,000,000 2004 est. 34 Italy 396,000,000 2004 est. 35 Czech Republic 88,000,000 2004 est. 36 Poland 46,000,000 2004 est. 37 Chile 7,200,000 2004 est. 38 Slovakia 1,000,000 2004 est. 39 Afghanistan 0 2004 est. 40 Barbados 0 2004 est. 41 Bangladesh 0 2004 est. 42 Israel 0 2004 est. 43 India 0 2004 est. 44 Hungary 0 2004 est. 45 Croatia 0 2004 est. 46 Hong Kong 0 2004 est. 47 Greece 0 2004 est. 48 Gabon 0 2004 est. 49 Finland 0 2004 est. 50 Ireland 0 2004 est. 51 Yemen 0 2004 est. 52 Vietnam 0 2005 est. 53 Venezuela 0 2004 est. 54 Uruguay 0 2004 est. 55 Syria 0 2004 est. 56 Sweden 0 2004 est. 57 Spain 0 2004 est. 58 Singapore 0 2004 est. 59 Slovenia 0 2004 est. 60 Senegal 0 2004 est. 61 South Africa 0 2004 est. 62 Saudi Arabia 0 2004 est. 63 Peru 0 2004 est. 64 Taiwan 0 2005 65 Turkey 0 2004 est. 66 Tunisia 0 2004 est. 67 Tajikistan 0 2004 est. 68 Thailand 0 2004 est. 69 Switzerland 0 2004 est. 70 New Zealand 0 2004 est. 71 Mozambique 0 2004 est. 72 Mexico 0 2004 est. 73 Morocco 0 74 Macedonia 0 2004 est. 75 Moldova 0 2004 est. 76 Luxembourg 0 2004 est. 77 Lithuania 0 2004 est. 78 Puerto Rico 0 2004 est. 79 Philippines 0 2004 est. 80 Romania 0 2004 est. 81 Serbia 0 2004 est. 82 Papua New Guinea 0 2004 est. 83 Portugal 0 2004 est. 84 Pakistan 0 2004 est. 85 Latvia 0 2004 est. 86 Kuwait 0 2004 est. 87 Korea, South 0 2004 est. 88 Kyrgyzstan 0 2004 est. 89 Jordan 0 2004 est. 90 Japan 0 2004 est. 91 Iraq 0 2004 est. 92 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2004 est. 93 Ecuador 0 2004 est. 94 Cuba 0 2004 est. 95 Colombia 0 2004 est. 96 Cameroon 0 2004 est. 97 Congo, Republic of the 0 2004 est. 98 Bulgaria 0 2004 est. 99 Brazil 0 2004 est. 100 Belarus 0 2004 est. 101 Estonia 0 2004 est. 102 Equatorial Guinea 0 2004 est. 103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2004 est. 104 Belgium 0 2004 est. 105 Bahrain 0 2004 est. 106 Azerbaijan 0 2004 est. 107 Albania 0 2004 est. 108 Armenia 0 2004 est. 109 Angola 0 2004 est.
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Rank code: @2184
Rank Country Internet hosts Date of Information
1 United States 195,138,696 2005 2 European Union 50,500,000 3 Japan 28,321,846 2006 4 Germany 11,859,131 2006 5 Netherlands 8,363,158 2006 6 Australia 7,772,888 2006 7 Brazil 6,508,431 2006 8 United Kingdom 6,064,860 2006 9 Korea, South 5,433,591 2005 10 Taiwan 4,320,310 2006 11 Canada 3,934,223 2006 12 Mexico 3,426,680 2006 13 France 3,149,008 2006 14 France 3,148,379 2006 15 Sweden 2,958,435 2006 16 Belgium 2,870,770 2006 17 Spain 2,520,711 2006 18 Switzerland 2,442,659 2006 19 Denmark 2,415,530 2006 20 Austria 2,062,035 2006 21 Russia 1,979,924 2006 22 Italy 1,731,165 2006 23 Finland 1,633,614 2006 24 Argentina 1,612,423 2006 25 India 1,543,289 2006 26 Norway 1,364,448 2006 27 Turkey 1,313,135 2006 28 Czech Republic 1,267,265 2006 29 Israel 1,251,881 2006 30 New Zealand 1,050,197 2006 31 Thailand 938,784 2006 32 Singapore 898,762 2006 33 Portugal 845,980 2005 34 Hong Kong 800,834 2006 35 South Africa 645,179 2006 36 Hungary 608,085 2006 37 Greece 587,717 2006 38 Colombia 581,877 2006 39 Chile 506,055 2006 40 Poland 358,476 2006 41 United Arab Emirates 337,092 2006 42 Peru 269,981 2006 43 Ireland 238,191 2006 44 China 232,780 2006 45 Ukraine 229,110 2006 46 Iceland 212,897 2006 47 Slovakia 210,758 2006 48 Bulgaria 184,975 2006 49 Indonesia 170,834 2006 50 Malaysia 158,650 2006 51 Lithuania 148,675 2006 52 Uruguay 145,774 2006 53 Philippines 111,262 2006 54 Dominican Republic 91,895 2006 55 Luxembourg 88,661 2006 56 Pakistan 72,765 2006 57 Cyprus 67,589 2006 58 Latvia 65,858 2006 59 Slovenia 61,735 2006 60 Moldova 58,886 2006 61 Romania 57,470 2006 62 Estonia 52,241 2006 63 Venezuela 51,968 2006 64 Guatemala 49,026 2006 65 Belarus 33,641 2006 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31,490 2006 67 Trinidad and Tobago 30,732 2006 68 Nicaragua 24,452 2006 69 Kazakhstan 21,187 2006 70 Bolivia 20,085 2006 71 Netherlands Antilles 19,204 2006 72 Ecuador 19,027 2006 73 Kyrgyzstan 18,928 2006 74 Croatia 18,825 2006 75 Tonga 18,775 2006 76 Nepal 17,789 2006 77 Andorra 14,944 2006 78 French Polynesia 14,047 2006 79 Malta 14,025 2006 80 New Caledonia 13,962 2006 81 Kenya 13,274 2006 82 Paraguay 13,178 2006 83 Costa Rica 12,751 2006 84 Monaco 12,720 2006 85 Vietnam 12,114 2006 86 Aruba 11,548 2006 87 Saudi Arabia 10,931 2006 88 Georgia 10,752 2006 89 Samoa 10,680 2006 90 Uzbekistan 9,058 2006 91 Fiji 8,987 2006 92 Greenland 8,851 2006 93 Cayman Islands 8,611 2006 94 Tanzania 8,609 2006 95 Armenia 8,163 2006 96 Bermuda 8,114 2006 97 Zimbabwe 7,954 2006 98 Antarctica 7,757 2006 99 Bhutan 7,567 2006 100 Panama 7,149 2006 101 Mozambique 6,985 2006 102 Faroe Islands 6,915 2006 103 Sri Lanka 6,526 2006 104 Botswana 5,499 2006 105 Iran 5,242 2006 106 Mauritius 4,997 2006 107 Liechtenstein 4,697 2006 108 El Salvador 4,682 2006 109 Honduras 3,973 2006 110 Belize 3,905 2006 111 Virgin Islands 3,855 2006 112 Macedonia 3,716 2006 113 Oman 3,555 2006 114 Namibia 3,527 2006 115 Jordan 3,441 2006 116 Lebanon 3,307 2006 117 Zambia 3,227 2006 118 Morocco 3,218 2006 119 San Marino 3,140 2006 120 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,735 2006 121 Solomon Islands 2,658 2006 122 Cote d'Ivoire 2,534 2006 123 Angola 2,525 2006 124 Swaziland 2,472 2006 125 Christmas Island 2,368 2006 126 Kuwait 2,310 2006 127 Egypt 2,254 2006 128 Cuba 2,234 2006 129 Antigua and Barbuda 2,231 2006 130 Bahrain 2,165 2006 131 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,778 2006 132 Rwanda 1,590 2006 133 Papua New Guinea 1,573 2006 134 Nigeria 1,549 2006 135 Djibouti 1,540 2006 136 Madagascar 1,504 2006 137 American Samoa 1,456 2006 138 Cook Islands 1,456 2006 139 Jamaica 1,402 2006 140 Cambodia 1,378 2006 141 Uganda 1,365 2006 142 Maldives 1,357 2006 143 Guernsey 1,245 2006 144 Jersey 1,240 2006 145 Algeria 1,202 2006 146 Laos 1,108 2006 147 Eritrea 1,088 2006 148 Guyana 1,046 2006 149 Azerbaijan 880 2006 150 Benin 867 2006 151 Sao Tome and Principe 735 2006 152 Gibraltar 641 2006 153 Bahamas, The 591 2006 154 Turkmenistan 585 2006 155 Micronesia, Federated States of 550 2006 156 British Virgin Islands 525 2006 157 Togo 520 2006 158 Bangladesh 469 2006 159 Albania 430 2006 160 Tunisia 428 2006 161 Vanuatu 413 2006 162 Senegal 412 2006 163 Puerto Rico 404 2006 164 Anguilla 403 2006 165 Burkina Faso 399 2006 166 Montserrat 386 2006 167 Ghana 380 2006 168 Malawi 377 2006 169 Guinea 367 2006 170 Saint Helena 329 2006 171 Gabon 322 2006 172 Qatar 301 2006 173 Tokelau 298 2006 174 Isle of Man 290 2006 175 Barbados 282 2006 176 Mali 278 2006 177 Mongolia 272 2006 178 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 271 2006 179 Dominica 263 2006 180 Cape Verde 234 2006 181 Niger 189 2006 182 Yemen 171 2006 183 Lesotho 168 2006 184 Burundi 160 2006 185 Suriname 126 2006 186 Macau 108 2006 187 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 103 2006 188 Norfolk Island 100 2006 189 Tajikistan 98 2006 190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94 2006 191 Ethiopia 88 2006 192 Guam 76 2006 193 Seychelles 72 2006 194 East Timor 68 2006 195 Syria 66 2006 196 British Indian Ocean Territory 65 2006 197 Nauru 52 2006 198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2006 199 Congo, Republic of the 46 2004 200 Holy See (Vatican City) 45 2006 201 Burma 42 2006 202 Kiribati 42 2006 203 Cameroon 39 2006 204 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 38 2006 205 Mauritania 32 2006 206 Libya 31 2006 207 Brunei 27 2005 208 Afghanistan 22 2006 209 Saint Lucia 21 2006 210 Northern Mariana Islands 20 2005 211 Sierra Leone 20 2006 212 Equatorial Guinea 19 2006 213 Grenada 17 2006 214 Sudan 16 2006 215 Gambia, The 14 2006 216 Central African Republic 10 2006 217 Chad 9 2006 218 Liberia 8 2006 219 Pitcairn Islands 8 2006 220 Bouvet Island 6 2006 221 Marshall Islands 6 2006 222 Haiti 6 2006 223 Comoros 5 2006 224 Iraq 5 2006 225 Guinea-Bissau 5 2006 226 Palau 3 2006 227 Somalia 3 2006 228 Mayotte 1 2006 229 Wallis and Futuna 1 2006 230 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2006
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Rank code: @2185
Rank Country Investment (gross fixed)(% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Azerbaijan 44.90 2006 est. 2 China 44.30 2006 est. 3 Seychelles 44.20 2006 est. 4 Senegal 41.00 2006 est. 5 Sao Tome and Principe 35.20 2006 est. 6 Equatorial Guinea 34.10 2006 est. 7 Qatar 33.20 2006 est. 8 Vietnam 32.60 2006 est. 9 Estonia 32.40 2006 est. 10 Lesotho 32.00 2006 est. 11 Guyana 31.50 2006 est. 12 Iceland 31.40 2006 est. 13 Latvia 31.40 2006 est. 14 Jamaica 30.80 2006 est. 15 Georgia 30.00 2006 est. 16 Iran 30.00 2006 est. 17 Nicaragua 29.80 2006 est. 18 Spain 29.40 2006 est. 19 India 29.20 2006 est. 20 Korea, South 29.10 2006 est. 21 Ghana 29.00 2006 est. 22 Turkmenistan 28.80 2006 est. 23 Thailand 28.70 2006 est. 24 Croatia 28.50 2006 est. 25 Sri Lanka 28.20 2006 est. 26 Ireland 28.00 2006 est. 27 Slovakia 27.60 2006 est. 28 Haiti 27.40 2004 est. 29 Congo, Republic of the 27.20 2006 est. 30 Kazakhstan 27.00 2006 est. 31 Australia 26.80 2006 est. 32 Zambia 26.50 2006 est. 33 Kuwait 26.40 2006 est. 34 Nigeria 26.40 2006 est. 35 Madagascar 26.30 2006 est. 36 Czech Republic 26.20 2006 est. 37 Belarus 25.90 2006 est. 38 Greece 25.90 2006 est. 39 Cape Verde 25.50 2006 est. 40 Sudan 25.30 2006 est. 41 Malta 25.10 2006 est. 42 Romania 25.00 2006 est. 43 Slovenia 25.00 2006 est. 44 Namibia 25.00 2006 est. 45 Bangladesh 24.90 2006 est. 46 Bulgaria 24.80 2006 est. 47 Moldova 24.80 2006 est. 48 Jordan 24.80 2006 est. 49 Albania 24.50 2006 est. 50 Eritrea 24.50 2006 est. 51 United Arab Emirates 24.30 2006 est. 52 Honduras 23.70 2006 est. 53 Japan 23.70 2006 est. 54 Mauritius 23.60 2006 est. 55 Uganda 23.50 2006 est. 56 Algeria 23.40 2006 est. 57 Hungary 23.40 2006 est. 58 Lithuania 23.00 2006 est. 59 Colombia 22.80 2006 est. 60 Ukraine 22.70 2006 est. 61 Argentina 22.60 2006 est. 62 Ecuador 22.60 2006 est. 63 Gabon 22.40 2006 est. 64 Togo 22.40 2006 est. 65 Tunisia 22.30 2006 est. 66 Denmark 22.20 2006 est. 67 Syria 22.10 2006 est. 68 New Zealand 22.00 2006 est. 69 Botswana 21.80 2006 est. 70 Switzerland 21.80 2006 est. 71 Singapore 21.80 2006 est. 72 Morocco 21.70 2006 est. 73 Mozambique 21.50 2006 est. 74 Canada 21.30 2006 est. 75 Ethiopia 21.30 2006 est. 76 Cyprus 21.20 2006 est. 77 Bahrain 21.10 2006 est. 78 Hong Kong 21.10 2006 est. 79 Austria 21.00 2006 est. 80 Chile 21.00 2006 est. 81 Armenia 20.90 2006 est. 82 Portugal 20.90 2006 est. 83 Italy 20.80 2006 est. 84 Burkina Faso 20.50 2006 est. 85 European Union 20.40 2006 est. 86 Gambia, The 20.30 2006 est. 87 Indonesia 20.30 2006 est. 88 Peru 20.30 2006 est. 89 Brazil 20.20 2006 est. 90 Turkey 20.10 2006 est. 91 France 20.00 2006 est. 92 Mexico 20.00 2006 est. 93 Malaysia 19.90 2006 est. 94 Tajikistan 19.90 2006 est. 95 Rwanda 19.80 2006 est. 96 Venezuela 19.80 2006 est. 97 Belgium 19.40 2006 est. 98 Costa Rica 19.40 2006 est. 99 Netherlands 19.30 2006 est. 100 Paraguay 19.30 2006 est. 101 Egypt 19.20 2006 est. 102 Poland 19.20 2006 est. 103 Kenya 19.20 2006 est. 104 Papua New Guinea 19.20 2006 est. 105 Benin 19.10 2006 est. 106 Norway 19.10 2006 est. 107 Trinidad and Tobago 19.10 2006 est. 108 Tanzania 19.00 2006 est. 109 Finland 18.90 2006 est. 110 Macedonia 18.80 2006 est. 111 Cambodia 18.70 2006 est. 112 Taiwan 18.40 2006 est. 113 Luxembourg 18.30 2006 est. 114 Belize 18.20 2006 est. 115 Russia 18.20 2006 est. 116 Lebanon 17.80 2006 est. 117 Guinea 17.60 2006 est. 118 Sweden 17.60 2006 est. 119 Panama 17.50 2006 est. 120 Germany 17.30 2006 est. 121 Israel 17.30 2006 est. 122 United Kingdom 17.20 2006 est. 123 South Africa 17.10 2006 est. 124 Cameroon 16.80 2006 est. 125 United States 16.60 2006 est. 126 El Salvador 16.20 2006 est. 127 Saudi Arabia 16.20 2006 est. 128 Zimbabwe 16.10 2006 est. 129 Yemen 15.70 2006 est. 130 Pakistan 15.60 2006 est. 131 Dominican Republic 15.50 2006 est. 132 Guatemala 15.50 2006 est. 133 Swaziland 15.50 2006 est. 134 Kyrgyzstan 15.50 2006 est. 135 Angola 14.60 2006 est. 136 Philippines 14.30 2006 est. 137 Oman 14.20 2006 est. 138 Serbia 14.20 2005 est. 139 Uruguay 13.60 2006 est. 140 Bolivia 12.40 2006 est. 141 Burundi 11.90 2006 est. 142 Cuba 11.90 2006 est. 143 Burma 11.80 2006 est. 144 Cote d'Ivoire 11.80 2006 est. 145 Chad 9.20 2006 est. 146 Malawi 9.20 2006 est. 147 Libya 7.40 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2186
Rank Country Public debt(% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Lebanon 209.00 2006 est. 2 Japan 175.50 2006 est. 3 Seychelles 166.10 2006 est. 4 Jamaica 129.70 2006 est. 5 Zimbabwe 108.40 2006 est. 6 Italy 107.80 2006 est. 7 Greece 104.60 2006 est. 8 Egypt 102.90 2006 est. 9 Singapore 100.60 2006 est. 10 Israel 91.00 2006 est. 11 Sri Lanka 90.60 2006 est. 12 Belgium 90.30 2006 est. 13 Moldova 84.50 2006 est. 14 Nicaragua 82.70 2006 est. 15 Bhutan 81.40 2004 16 Jordan 79.90 2006 est. 17 Ethiopia 78.10 2006 est. 18 Morocco 70.90 2006 est. 19 Uruguay 70.60 2006 est. 20 Philippines 69.60 2006 est. 21 Cote d'Ivoire 69.40 2006 est. 22 Hungary 68.60 2006 est. 23 Cyprus 68.40 2006 est. 24 Malawi 68.40 2006 est. 25 Honduras 67.10 2006 est. 26 Germany 66.80 2006 est. 27 Portugal 65.70 2006 est. 28 Zambia 65.70 2006 est. 29 Canada 65.40 2006 est. 30 France 64.70 2006 est. 31 Turkey 64.70 2006 est. 32 United States 64.70 2005 est. 33 Austria 63.00 2006 est. 34 Argentina 62.20 2006 est. 35 Panama 61.30 2006 est. 36 Sudan 59.60 2006 est. 37 Mauritius 57.90 2006 est. 38 Tunisia 57.30 2006 est. 39 Croatia 56.20 2006 est. 40 Pakistan 55.00 2006 est. 41 Papua New Guinea 53.70 2006 est. 42 Costa Rica 53.40 2006 est. 43 Serbia 53.10 2005 est. 44 India 52.80 2006 est. 45 Switzerland 51.00 2006 est. 46 Netherlands 50.80 2006 est. 47 Brazil 50.70 2006 est. 48 Kenya 50.50 2006 est. 49 Poland 49.00 2006 est. 50 Vietnam 47.50 2006 est. 51 Bangladesh 46.70 2006 est. 52 Malaysia 46.70 2006 est. 53 Sweden 46.40 2006 est. 54 Aruba 46.30 2005 55 Dominican Republic 45.60 2006 est. 56 Colombia 45.30 2006 est. 57 Norway 44.80 2006 est. 58 El Salvador 44.20 2006 est. 59 Indonesia 43.80 2006 est. 60 Thailand 43.50 2006 est. 61 United Kingdom 42.20 2006 est. 62 Spain 39.90 2006 est. 63 Ghana 38.60 2006 est. 64 Syria 38.00 2006 est. 65 Finland 37.70 2006 est. 66 Trinidad and Tobago 36.60 2006 est. 67 Slovakia 36.10 2006 est. 68 Ecuador 36.00 2006 est. 69 Taiwan 34.60 2006 est. 70 Bahrain 34.20 2006 est. 71 Peru 33.80 2006 est. 72 South Africa 32.90 2006 est. 73 Angola 32.70 2006 est. 74 Saudi Arabia 32.50 2006 est. 75 Namibia 31.60 2006 est. 76 Paraguay 30.90 2006 est. 77 Tanzania 30.50 2006 est. 78 Yemen 30.00 2006 est. 79 Uzbekistan 29.70 2006 est. 80 Uganda 29.30 2006 est. 81 Czech Republic 29.10 2006 est. 82 Slovenia 29.00 2006 est. 83 Denmark 28.60 2006 est. 84 Gabon 28.60 2006 est. 85 Cameroon 28.40 2006 est. 86 Venezuela 28.40 2006 est. 87 Macedonia 27.50 2006 est. 88 Guatemala 25.90 2006 est. 89 Iran 25.30 2006 est. 90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.50 2006 est. 91 Bulgaria 23.80 2006 est. 92 Qatar 23.60 2006 est. 93 Iceland 23.50 2006 est. 94 Mozambique 23.20 2006 est. 95 Ireland 22.80 2006 est. 96 China 22.10 2006 est. 97 Korea, South 21.40 2006 est. 98 Romania 21.40 2006 est. 99 Mexico 20.70 2006 est. 100 New Zealand 19.90 2006 est. 101 Algeria 18.60 2006 est. 102 Lithuania 18.00 2006 est. 103 Senegal 17.80 2006 est. 104 United Arab Emirates 17.70 2006 est. 105 Ukraine 17.30 2006 est. 106 Australia 14.10 2006 est. 107 Kazakhstan 11.00 2006 est. 108 Latvia 11.00 2006 est. 109 Azerbaijan 10.40 2006 est. 110 Nigeria 10.40 2006 est. 111 Kuwait 8.10 2006 est. 112 Russia 8.00 2006 est. 113 Botswana 7.10 2006 est. 114 Libya 5.60 2006 est. 115 Wallis and Futuna 5.60 2004 est. 116 Equatorial Guinea 4.70 2006 est. 117 Oman 4.50 2006 est. 118 Chile 3.90 2006 est. 119 Estonia 3.60 2006 est. 120 Hong Kong 1.00 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2187
Rank Country Current account balance Date of Information
1 China $ 179,100,000,000 2006 est. 2 Japan $ 174,400,000,000 2006 est. 3 Germany $ 134,800,000,000 2006 est. 4 Russia $ 105,300,000,000 2006 est. 5 Saudi Arabia $ 103,800,000,000 2006 est. 6 Norway $ 63,330,000,000 2006 est. 7 Switzerland $ 50,440,000,000 2006 est. 8 Netherlands $ 50,170,000,000 2006 est. 9 Kuwait $ 40,750,000,000 2006 est. 10 Singapore $ 35,580,000,000 2006 est. 11 Venezuela $ 31,820,000,000 2006 est. 12 Sweden $ 28,610,000,000 2006 est. 13 United Arab Emirates $ 26,890,000,000 2006 est. 14 Algeria $ 25,800,000,000 2006 est. 15 Hong Kong $ 20,900,000,000 2006 est. 16 Canada $ 20,560,000,000 2006 est. 17 Malaysia $ 17,860,000,000 2006 est. 18 Libya $ 14,500,000,000 2006 est. 19 Iran $ 13,130,000,000 2006 est. 20 Nigeria $ 12,590,000,000 2006 est. 21 Qatar $ 12,510,000,000 2006 est. 22 Taiwan $ 9,700,000,000 2006 est. 23 Finland $ 8,749,000,000 2006 est. 24 Iraq $ 8,134,000,000 2006 est. 25 Angola $ 7,700,000,000 2006 est. 26 Oman $ 7,097,000,000 2006 est. 27 Belgium $ 6,925,000,000 2006 est. 28 Korea, South $ 6,741,000,000 2006 est. 29 Austria $ 5,913,000,000 2006 est. 30 Argentina $ 5,810,000,000 2006 est. 31 Brazil $ 5,810,000,000 2006 est. 32 Philippines $ 5,355,000,000 2006 est. 33 Chile $ 5,063,000,000 2006 est. 34 Denmark $ 4,941,000,000 2006 est. 35 Luxembourg $ 4,630,000,000 2006 est. 36 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,259,000,000 2006 est. 37 Azerbaijan $ 2,737,000,000 2006 est. 38 Egypt $ 2,697,000,000 2006 est. 39 Bahrain $ 1,999,000,000 2006 est. 40 Gabon $ 1,807,000,000 2006 est. 41 Botswana $ 1,698,000,000 2006 est. 42 Yemen $ 1,690,000,000 2006 est. 43 Indonesia $ 1,636,000,000 2006 est. 44 Peru $ 1,515,000,000 2006 est. 45 Israel $ 1,463,000,000 2006 est. 46 Uzbekistan $ 1,410,000,000 2006 est. 47 Burma $ 1,247,000,000 2006 est. 48 Congo, Republic of the $ 1,215,000,000 2006 est. 49 Vietnam $ 1,029,000,000 2006 est. 50 Ecuador $ 727,000,000 2006 est. 51 Bolivia $ 688,000,000 2006 est. 52 Papua New Guinea $ 661,000,000 2006 est. 53 Namibia $ 572,000,000 2006 est. 54 Cote d'Ivoire $ 460,000,000 2006 est. 55 Cameroon $ 419,000,000 2006 est. 56 Morocco $ 389,000,000 2006 est. 57 Bangladesh $ 339,000,000 2006 est. 58 Turkmenistan $ 321,200,000 2006 est. 59 Equatorial Guinea $ 175,000,000 2006 est. 60 British Virgin Islands $ 134,300,000 1999 61 Kazakhstan $ 133,000,000 2006 est. 62 Cook Islands $ 26,670,000 2005 63 Palau $ 15,090,000 FY03/04 64 Tuvalu $ 2,323,000 1998 65 Samoa $ -2,428,000 FY03/04 66 Tonga $ -4,321,000 FY04/05 67 Comoros $ -17,000,000 2005 est. 68 Kiribati $ -19,870,000 2004 69 Swaziland $ -23,130,000 2006 est. 70 Sao Tome and Principe $ -24,400,000 2006 est. 71 Vanuatu $ -28,350,000 2003 72 Micronesia, Federated States of $ -34,300,000 FY05 est. 73 Anguilla $ -42,870,000 2003 est. 74 Cape Verde $ -44,430,000 2006 est. 75 Gambia, The $ -54,610,000 2006 est. 76 Burundi $ -57,840,000 2006 est. 77 Haiti $ -58,720,000 2006 est. 78 Tajikistan $ -73,950,000 2006 est. 79 Lesotho $ -75,440,000 2006 est. 80 Seychelles $ -78,590,000 2006 est. 81 Antigua and Barbuda $ -83,400,000 2004 82 Guyana $ -84,300,000 2006 est. 83 Rwanda $ -104,100,000 2006 est. 84 Honduras $ -160,000,000 2006 est. 85 Zambia $ -165,400,000 2006 est. 86 Macedonia $ -167,000,000 2006 est. 87 Belize $ -173,400,000 2006 est. 88 Malawi $ -186,000,000 2006 est. 89 Ghana $ -219,000,000 2006 est. 90 Armenia $ -229,500,000 2006 est. 91 Togo $ -261,900,000 2006 est. 92 Zimbabwe $ -264,600,000 2006 est. 93 Kyrgyzstan $ -287,300,000 2006 est. 94 Paraguay $ -300,000,000 2006 est. 95 Chad $ -324,100,000 2006 est. 96 Benin $ -342,700,000 2006 est. 97 Guinea $ -344,000,000 2006 est. 98 Laos $ -381,700,000 2006 est. 99 Mexico $ -400,100,000 2006 est. 100 Cambodia $ -412,000,000 2006 est. 101 Uganda $ -423,000,000 2006 est. 102 Eritrea $ -440,500,000 2006 est. 103 Mozambique $ -444,400,000 2006 est. 104 Fiji $ -465,800,000 105 Panama $ -467,000,000 2006 est. 106 Madagascar $ -504,000,000 2006 est. 107 Belarus $ -511,800,000 2006 est. 108 Moldova $ -561,000,000 2006 est. 109 Uruguay $ -600,000,000 2006 est. 110 Burkina Faso $ -604,600,000 2006 est. 111 Mauritius $ -651,000,000 2006 est. 112 Albania $ -679,900,000 2006 est. 113 Georgia $ -735,000,000 2006 est. 114 Tunisia $ -760,000,000 2006 est. 115 Slovenia $ -789,200,000 2006 est. 116 Nicaragua $ -883,000,000 2006 est. 117 Senegal $ -895,200,000 2006 est. 118 Thailand $ -899,400,000 2006 est. 119 Tanzania $ -906,000,000 2006 est. 120 Malta $ -966,200,000 2006 est. 121 Jamaica $ -970,000,000 2006 est. 122 Cyprus $ -1,051,000,000 2006 est. 123 El Salvador $ -1,059,000,000 2006 est. 124 Syria $ -1,065,000,000 2005 est. 125 Sri Lanka $ -1,118,000,000 2006 est. 126 Kenya $ -1,119,000,000 2006 est. 127 Dominican Republic $ -1,124,000,000 2006 est. 128 Costa Rica $ -1,176,000,000 2006 est. 129 Cuba $ -1,218,000,000 2006 est. 130 Ethiopia $ -1,340,000,000 2006 est. 131 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ -1,730,000,000 2006 est. 132 Estonia $ -1,919,000,000 2006 est. 133 Ukraine $ -1,933,000,000 2006 est. 134 Guatemala $ -2,028,000,000 2006 est. 135 Colombia $ -2,219,000,000 2006 est. 136 Serbia $ -2,451,000,000 2005 est. 137 Latvia $ -2,538,000,000 2006 est. 138 Lithuania $ -2,572,000,000 2006 est. 139 Jordan $ -2,834,000,000 2006 est. 140 Croatia $ -2,892,000,000 2006 est. 141 Iceland $ -2,932,000,000 2006 est. 142 Slovakia $ -3,781,000,000 2006 est. 143 Bulgaria $ -4,130,000,000 2006 est. 144 Czech Republic $ -4,352,000,000 2006 est. 145 Sudan $ -4,510,000,000 2006 est. 146 Poland $ -4,548,000,000 2006 est. 147 Lebanon $ -5,339,000,000 October 2006 148 Pakistan $ -5,486,000,000 2006 est. 149 New Zealand $ -7,944,000,000 2006 est. 150 Hungary $ -8,392,000,000 2006 est. 151 Ireland $ -9,450,000,000 2006 est. 152 Romania $ -12,450,000,000 2006 est. 153 South Africa $ -12,690,000,000 2006 est. 154 Portugal $ -16,750,000,000 2006 est. 155 Greece $ -21,370,000,000 2006 est. 156 Italy $ -23,730,000,000 2006 est. 157 Turkey $ -25,990,000,000 2006 est. 158 India $ -26,400,000,000 2006 est. 159 France $ -35,360,000,000 2006 est. 160 Australia $ -41,620,000,000 2006 est. 161 United Kingdom $ -57,680,000,000 2006 est. 162 Spain $ -98,600,000,000 2006 est. 163 United States $ -862,300,000,000 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2188
Rank Country Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Date of Information
1 China $ 1,034,000,000,000 2006 est. 2 Japan $ 864,700,000,000 August 2006 est. 3 Russia $ 314,500,000,000 2006 est. 4 Taiwan $ 280,600,000,000 2006 est. 5 Korea, South $ 235,000,000,000 2006 est. 6 India $ 165,000,000,000 2006 est. 7 Singapore $ 134,600,000,000 2006 est. 8 Hong Kong $ 132,000,000,000 November 2006 est. 9 Mexico $ 85,010,000,000 2006 est. 10 Malaysia $ 82,300,000,000 2006 est. 11 Brazil $ 77,270,000,000 2006 est. 12 Algeria $ 71,960,000,000 2006 est. 13 Italy $ 70,500,000,000 2006 est. 14 United States $ 69,190,000,000 August 2006 est. 15 Thailand $ 59,060,000,000 2006 est. 16 Iran $ 58,460,000,000 2006 est. 17 Libya $ 57,480,000,000 2006 est. 18 Turkey $ 53,420,000,000 2006 est. 19 Poland $ 49,690,000,000 2006 est. 20 Norway $ 49,620,000,000 August 2006 est. 21 Germany $ 48,760,000,000 August 2006 est. 22 Australia $ 48,250,000,000 2006 est. 23 Indonesia $ 43,040,000,000 2006 est. 24 Nigeria $ 42,970,000,000 2006 est. 25 France $ 39,980,000,000 August 2006 est. 26 United Kingdom $ 38,830,000,000 August 2006 est. 27 Switzerland $ 38,290,000,000 August 2006 est. 28 Venezuela $ 35,950,000,000 2006 est. 29 Canada $ 35,790,000,000 August 2006 est. 30 Saudi Arabia $ 31,630,000,000 2006 est. 31 Czech Republic $ 30,990,000,000 2006 est. 32 Denmark $ 30,380,000,000 August 2006 est. 33 Argentina $ 30,240,000,000 November 2006 est. 34 Israel $ 28,200,000,000 2006 est. 35 Romania $ 27,880,000,000 2006 est. 36 Egypt $ 26,300,000,000 2006 est. 37 United Arab Emirates $ 25,510,000,000 2006 est. 38 South Africa $ 23,740,000,000 2006 est. 39 Sweden $ 22,260,000,000 August 2006 est. 40 Hungary $ 21,050,000,000 2006 est. 41 Ukraine $ 20,690,000,000 2006 est. 42 Philippines $ 20,570,000,000 2006 est. 43 Morocco $ 18,210,000,000 2006 est. 44 Chile $ 17,160,000,000 November 2006 est. 45 Peru $ 17,040,000,000 2006 est. 46 Spain $ 17,000,000,000 2006 est. 47 Lebanon $ 16,780,000,000 2006 est. 48 Colombia $ 16,500,000,000 2006 est. 49 Slovakia $ 15,750,000,000 2006 est. 50 Iraq $ 15,650,000,000 2006 est. 51 Kazakhstan $ 15,260,000,000 2006 est. 52 Pakistan $ 13,290,000,000 2006 est. 53 Vietnam $ 11,920,000,000 2006 est. 54 Kuwait $ 11,080,000,000 2006 est. 55 Croatia $ 11,070,000,000 2006 est. 56 Portugal $ 10,700,000,000 2006 est. 57 Bulgaria $ 10,580,000,000 2006 est. 58 Netherlands $ 10,240,000,000 August 2006 est. 59 New Zealand $ 10,000,000,000 2006 est. 60 Belgium $ 9,626,000,000 August 2006 est. 61 Slovenia $ 8,761,000,000 2006 est. 62 Austria $ 8,413,000,000 August 2006 est. 63 Botswana $ 7,445,000,000 2006 est. 64 Trinidad and Tobago $ 6,888,000,000 2006 est. 65 Angola $ 6,750,000,000 2006 est. 66 Yemen $ 6,735,000,000 2006 est. 67 Tunisia $ 6,646,000,000 2006 est. 68 Finland $ 6,561,000,000 August 2006 est. 69 Qatar $ 5,755,000,000 2006 est. 70 Jordan $ 5,550,000,000 2006 est. 71 Syria $ 5,500,000,000 2006 est. 72 Serbia $ 5,350,000,000 2005 est. 73 Lithuania $ 5,220,000,000 2006 est. 74 Oman $ 4,908,000,000 2006 est. 75 Cyprus $ 4,613,000,000 2006 est. 76 Guatemala $ 3,959,000,000 2006 est. 77 Uruguay $ 3,594,000,000 2006 est. 78 Sudan $ 3,552,000,000 2006 est. 79 Turkmenistan $ 3,518,000,000 2006 est. 80 Bolivia $ 3,303,000,000 2006 est. 81 Bangladesh $ 3,278,000,000 2006 est. 82 Equatorial Guinea $ 3,235,000,000 2006 est. 83 Malta $ 3,065,000,000 2006 est. 84 Uzbekistan $ 2,986,000,000 2006 est. 85 Bahrain $ 2,918,000,000 2006 est. 86 Sri Lanka $ 2,810,000,000 2006 est. 87 Honduras $ 2,778,000,000 2006 est. 88 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 2,700,000,000 2006 est. 89 Cuba $ 2,618,000,000 2006 est. 90 Latvia $ 2,610,000,000 2006 est. 91 Ecuador $ 2,514,000,000 2006 est. 92 Costa Rica $ 2,500,000,000 2006 est. 93 Greece $ 2,500,000,000 2006 est. 94 Tanzania $ 2,375,000,000 2006 est. 95 Kenya $ 2,350,000,000 2006 est. 96 Estonia $ 2,344,000,000 2006 est. 97 Jamaica $ 2,150,000,000 2006 est. 98 Dominican Republic $ 2,106,000,000 2006 est. 99 Ghana $ 2,098,000,000 2006 est. 100 El Salvador $ 1,951,000,000 2006 est. 101 Macedonia $ 1,845,000,000 2006 est. 102 Azerbaijan $ 1,800,000,000 2006 est. 103 Albania $ 1,621,000,000 2006 est. 104 Paraguay $ 1,543,000,000 2006 est. 105 Cote d'Ivoire $ 1,400,000,000 2006 est. 106 Uganda $ 1,400,000,000 2006 est. 107 Cambodia $ 1,385,000,000 2006 est. 108 Mauritius $ 1,358,000,000 2006 est. 109 Mozambique $ 1,353,000,000 2006 est. 110 Cameroon $ 1,336,000,000 2006 est. 111 Belarus $ 1,329,000,000 2006 est. 112 Burkina Faso $ 1,328,000,000 2006 est. 113 Panama $ 1,236,000,000 2006 est. 114 Ethiopia $ 1,186,000,000 2006 est. 115 Senegal $ 1,180,000,000 2006 est. 116 Papua New Guinea $ 1,099,000,000 2006 est. 117 Zambia $ 1,050,000,000 2006 est. 118 Iceland $ 1,018,000,000 August 2006 est. 119 Burma $ 932,000,000 2006 est. 120 Ireland $ 842,500,000 August 2006 est. 121 Gabon $ 835,000,000 2006 est. 122 Armenia $ 761,000,000 2006 est. 123 Nicaragua $ 723,000,000 2006 est. 124 Moldova $ 680,000,000 2006 est. 125 Kyrgyzstan $ 621,200,000 2006 est. 126 Benin $ 607,300,000 2006 est. 127 Madagascar $ 563,000,000 2006 est. 128 Congo, Republic of the $ 547,000,000 2006 est. 129 Lesotho $ 528,200,000 2006 est. 130 Georgia $ 492,000,000 2006 est. 131 Namibia $ 480,000,000 2006 est. 132 Rwanda $ 422,800,000 2006 est. 133 Chad $ 352,800,000 2006 est. 134 Togo $ 333,900,000 2006 est. 135 Laos $ 316,900,000 2006 est. 136 Guyana $ 294,900,000 2006 est. 137 Luxembourg $ 232,200,000 August 2006 est. 138 Swaziland $ 228,500,000 2006 est. 139 Tajikistan $ 209,200,000 2006 est. 140 Malawi $ 175,500,000 2006 est. 141 Cape Verde $ 166,400,000 2006 est. 142 Zimbabwe $ 140,000,000 2006 est. 143 Haiti $ 123,400,000 2006 est. 144 Gambia, The $ 88,110,000 2006 est. 145 Burundi $ 87,690,000 2006 est. 146 Belize $ 78,960,000 2006 est. 147 Samoa $ 70,150,000 FY03/04 148 Guinea $ 59,600,000 2006 est. 149 Seychelles $ 44,780,000 2006 est. 150 Tonga $ 40,830,000 yearend 151 Vanuatu $ 40,540,000 2003 152 Eritrea $ 30,600,000 2006 est. 153 Sao Tome and Principe $ 25,470,000 2006 est.
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Appendix A - Abbreviations
ABEDA: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACCT: Agency for the French-Speaking Community (see International Organization of the French-speaking World)
ACP Group: African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
AfDB: African Development Bank
AFESD: Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Air Pollution: Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long- Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30%
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long- Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes
AMF: Arab Monetary Fund
AMU: Arab Maghreb Union
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Antarctic Marine Living Resources: Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Antarctic Seals: Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
ANZUS: Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Arabsat: Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ARF: ASEAN Regional Forum
AsDB: Asian Development Bank
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU: African Union
Autodin: Automatic Digital Network
BA: Baltic Assembly
bbl/day: barrels per day
BCIE: Central American Bank for Economic Integration
BDEAC: Central African States Development Bank
Benelux: Benelux Economic Union
BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Iniative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Biodiversity: Convention on Biological Diversity
BGN: United States Board on Geographic Names
BIS: Bank for International Settlements
BSEC: Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C: Commonwealth
c.i.f.: cost, insurance, and freight
CACM: Central American Common Market
CAEU: Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAN: Andean Community of Nations
Caricom: Caribbean Community and Common Market
CB: citizen's band mobile radio communications
CBSS: Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC: Customs Cooperation Council
CDB: Caribbean Development Bank
CE: Council of Europe
CEI: Central European Initiative
CEMAC: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGL: Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research
CEPT: Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES: see Endangered Species
Climate Change: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
COCOM: Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
Comsat: Communications Satellite Corporation
COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CTBTO: Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
CY: calendar year
CP: Colombo Plan
DC: developed country
Desertification: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
DDT: dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
DIA: United States Defense Intelligence Agency
DSN: Defense Switched Network
DST: daylight savings time
DWT: deadweight ton
EADB: East African Development Bank
EAEC: Eurasian Economic Community
EAPC: Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC: European Community
ECA: Economic Commission for Africa
ECE: Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECO: Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC: Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States
ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community
EEC: European Economic Community
EFTA: European Free Trade Association
EEZ: exclusive economic zone
EIB: European Investment Bank
EMU: European Monetary Union
Endangered Species: Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Entente: Council of the Entente
Environmental Modification: Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
ESA: European Space Agency
ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
est.: estimate
EU: European Union
Euratom: European Atomic Energy Community
Eutelsat: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Ex-Im: Export-Import Bank of the United States
f.o.b.: free on board
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
FAX: facsimile
FLS: Front Line States
FOC: flags of convenience
FSU: former Soviet Union
FY: fiscal year
FZ: Franc Zone
G-2: Group of 2
G-3: Group of 3
G-5: Group of 5
G-6: Group of 6
G-7: Group of 7
G-8: Group of 8
G-9: Group of 9
G-10: Group of 10
G-15: Group of 15
G-11: Group of 11
G-24: Group of 24
G-77: Group of 77
GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
GCTU: General Confederation of Trade Unions
GDP: gross domestic product
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNP: gross national product
GRT: gross register ton
GSM: global system for mobile cellular communications
GUAM: Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
GWP: gross world product
Hazardous Wastes: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
HF: high-frequency
HIV/AIDS: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
ICCt: International Criminal Court
ICJ: International Court of Justice (World Court)
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRM: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ICSID: International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
ICTR: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
IDA: International Development Association
IDB: Islamic Development Bank
IDP: internally displaced person
IEA: International Energy Agency
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC: International Finance Corporation
IFRCS: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IHO: International Hydrographic Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IMO: International Maritime Organization
Inmarsat: International Maritime Satellite Organization
InOC: Indian Ocean Commission
INSTRAW: International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
Intelsat: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Interpol: International Criminal Police Organization
Intersputnik: International Organization of Space Communications
IOC: International Olympic Committee
IOM: International Organization for Migration
IPU: Inter-parliamentary Union
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
ITUC: International Trade Union Confederation (the successor to ICFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World Confederation of Labor)
kHz: kilohertz
km: kilometer
kW: kilowatt
kWh: kilowatt-hour
LAES: Latin American Economic System
LAIA: Latin American Integration Association
LAS: League of Arab States
Law of the Sea: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
LDC: less developed country
LLDC: least developed country
London Convention: see Marine Dumping
LOS: see Law of the Sea
m: meter
Marecs: Maritime European Communications Satellite
Marine Dumping: Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter
Marine Life Conservation: Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
MARPOL: see Ship Pollution
Medarabtel: Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union
Mercosur: Southern Cone Common Market
MHz: megahertz
MICAH: International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
MINURSO: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MIGA: Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency
MINUSTAH: United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
MONUC: United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NA: not available
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
NAM: Nonaligned Movement
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NC: Nordic Council
NEA: Nuclear Energy Agency
NEGL: negligible
NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NIB: Nordic Investment Bank
NIC: newly industrializing country
NIE: newly industrializing economy
NIS: new independent states
nm: nautical mile
NMT: Nordic Mobile Telephone
NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group
Nuclear Test Ban: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
NZ: New Zealand
OAPEC: Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS: Organization of American States
OAU: Organization of African Unity; see African Union
ODA: official development assistance
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIC: Organization of the Islamic Conference
OIF: International Organization of the French-speaking World
ONUB: United Nations Operation in Burundi
OOF: other official flows
OPANAL: Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
OPCW: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Ozone Layer Protection: Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
PCA: Permanent Court of Arbitration
PFP: Partnership for Peace
PIF: Pacific Islands Forum
PPP: purchasing power parity
Ramsar: see Wetlands
RG: Rio Group
SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACU: Southern African Customs Union
SACEP: South Asia Co-opeative Environment Programme
SADC: Southern African Development Community
SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SAFE: South African Far East Cable
SECI: Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
SHF: super-high-frequency
Ship Pollution: Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)
Sparteca: South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
SPC: Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
SPF: South Pacific Forum
sq km: square kilometer
sq mi: square mile
TAT: Trans-Atlantic Telephone
Tropical Timber 83: International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94: International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
UAE: United Arab Emirates
UDEAC: Central African Customs and Economic Union
UHF: ultra-high-frequency
UK: United Kingdom
UN: United Nations
UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNCLOS: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as LOS
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDCP: United Nations Drug Control Program
UNDOF: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP: United Nations Development Program
UNEP: United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNFICYP: United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
UNICRI: United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
UNIDIR: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMEE: United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UNMIK: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMIL: United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIT: United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
UNMOGIP: United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNMOVIC: United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission
UNOCI: United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
UNOMIG: United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
UNOPS: United Nations Office of Project Services
UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNSC: United Nations Security Council
UNSSC: Untied Nations System Staff College
UNTSO: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU: United Nations University
UNWTO: World Tourism Organization
UPU: Universal Postal Union
US: United States
USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time
UV: ultra violet
VHF: very-high-frequency
VSAT: very small aperture terminal
WADB: West African Development Bank
WAEMU: West African Economic and Monetary Union
WCL: World Confederation of Labor
WCO: World Customs Organization
Wetlands: Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
WEU: Western European Union
WFP: World Food Program
WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions
Whaling: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
WHO: World Health Organization
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO: World Meteorological Organization
WP: Warsaw Pact
WTO: World Trade Organization
ZC: Zangger Committee
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Appendix B - International Organizations and Groups
advanced developing countries: another term for those less developed countries (LDCs) with particularly rapid industrial development; see newly industrializing economies (NIEs)
advanced economies: a term used by the International Monetary FUND (IMF) for the top group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition, and developing countries; it includes the following 28 advanced economies: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, US; note - this group would presumably also cover the following seven smaller countries of Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino that are included in the more comprehensive group of "developed countries"
African Development Bank (AfDB): note - its predecessor was Organization of African Unity (OAU)
established - 9 September 1999
aim - to promote economic and social development
regional members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
nonregional members - (24) Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
African Union (AU): note - replaces Organization of African Unity (OAU)
established - 8 July 2001
aim - to achieve greater unity among African States; to defend states' integrity and independence; to accelerate political, social, and economic integration; to encourage international cooperation; to promote democratic principles and institutions
members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group): established - 6 June 1975
aim - to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU
members - (79) Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL): note - acronym from Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL)
established - 14 February 1967 under the Treaty of Tlatelolco; effective - 25 April 1969 on the 11th ratification
aim - to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons
members - (33) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Andean Community of Nations (CAN): note - formerly known as the Andean Group (AG), the Andean Parliament, and most recently as the Andean Common Market (Ancom)
established - 26 May 1969; present name established 1 October 1992; effective - 16 October 1969
aim - to promote harmonious development through economic integration
members - (5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
associate members - (5) Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
observers - (2) Mexico, Panama
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA): note - also known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique (BADEA)
established - 18 February 1974; effective - 16 September 1974
aim - to promote economic development
members - (17 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Palestine Liberation Organization; note - these are all the members of the Arab League excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD): established - 16 May 1968
aim - to promote economic and social development
members - (20 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq (suspended 1993), Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia (suspended 1993), Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU): established - 17 February 1989
aim - to promote cooperation and integration among the Arab states of northern Africa
members - (5) Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF): established - 27 April 1976; effective - 2 February 1977
aim - to promote Arab cooperation, development, and integration in monetary and economic affairs
members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Arctic Council: established - 18 September 1996
aim - to address the common concerns and challenges faced by Arctic governments and the people of the Arctic; to protect the Arctic environment
members - (8) Canada, Denmark (Greenland, Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, US
permanent participants - (6) Aleut International Association, Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gurch'in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Russian Association of Indigenous People of the North, Saami Council
observers - (5) France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, UK
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF): established - 25 July 1994
aim - to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern
members - (26) Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, China, East Timor, EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, US, Vietnam
Asian Development Bank (AsDB): established - 19 December 1966
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation
members - (47) Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam
nonregional members - (19) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): established - 7 November 1989
aim - to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin
members - (21) Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, US, Vietnam
observers - (3) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): established - 8 August 1967
aim - to encourage regional economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the non-Communist countries of Southeast Asia
members - (10) Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
dialogue partners - (12) Australia, Canada, China, EU, India, Japan, South Korea, NZ, Pakistan, Russia, US, UNDP
observers - (1) Papua New Guinea
Australia Group: established - June 1985
aim - to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons
members - (40) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty (ANZUS): established - 1 September 1951; effective - 29 April 1952
aim - to implement a trilateral mutual security agreement, although the US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986; Australia and the US continue to hold annual meetings
members - (3) Australia, NZ, US
Baltic Assembly (BA): established - 12 May 1990
aim - to thoroughly discuss various cooperation issues between Baltic states
members - (3) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Bay of Bengal Iniative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Coopertion (BIMSTEC): established - June 1997
aim - to foster socio-economic cooperation among members
members - (7) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Bank for International Settlements (BIS): established - 20 January 1930; effective - 17 March 1930
aim - to promote cooperation among central banks in international financial settlements
members - (55) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Central Bank, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US; note - Serbia and Montenegro have separate central banks; their links with BIS are currently under review
Benelux Economic Union (Benelux): note - acronym from Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
established - 3 February 1958; effective - 1 November 1960
aim - to develop closer economic cooperation and integration
members - (3) Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Big Seven: note - membership is the same as the Group of 7
established - 1975
aim - to discuss and coordinate major economic policies
members - (7) Big Six (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK) plus the US
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC): established - 25 June 1992
aim - to enhance regional stability through economic cooperation
members - (12) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine; note - Macedonia is in the process of joining
observers - (16) Austria, Belarus, Black Sea Commission, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Energy Charter Secretariat, France, Germany, International Black Sea Club, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Tunisia, US; note - Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia have applied for observer status
Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom): established - 4 July 1973; effective - 1 August 1973
aim - to promote economic integration and development, especially among the less developed countries
members - (15) Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
associate members - (5) Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB): established - 18 October 1969; effective - 26 January 1970
aim - to promote economic development and cooperation
regional members - (20) Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela
nonregional members - (5) Canada, China, Germany, Italy, UK
Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC): see Monetary and Economic Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)
Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC): note - acronym from Banque de Developpement des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
established - 3 December 1975
aim - to provide loans for economic development
members - (10) African Development Bank (AfDB), Cameroon, Central African States Bank (BEAC), Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Kuwait
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE): note - acronym from Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico
established - 13 December 1960 signature of Articles of Agreement; 31 May 1961 began operations
aim - to promote economic integration and development
members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
nonregional members - (5) Argentina, China, Colombia, Mexico, Spain
Central American Common Market (CACM): established - 13 December 1960, collapsed in 1969, reinstated in 1991
aim - to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market
members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua; note - Panama, although not a member, pursues full regional cooperation
Central European Initiative (CEI): note - evolved from the Quadrilateral Initiative and the Hexagonal Initiative
established - 11 November 1989 as the Quadrilateral Initiative, 27 July 1991 became the Hexagonal Initiative, July 1992 its present name was adopted
aim - to form an economic and political cooperation group for the region between the Adriatic and the Baltic Seas
members - (18) Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
centrally planned economies: a term applied mainly to the traditionally Communist states that looked to the former USSR for leadership; most are now evolving toward more democratic and market- oriented systems; also known formerly as the Second World or as as the Communist countries; through the 1980s, this group included Albania, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, North Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, USSR, Vietnam
Colombo Plan (CP): established - May 1950 proposal was adopted; 1 July 1951 commenced full operations
aim - to promote economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific
members - (25) Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, US, Vietnam
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): note - formerly known as Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA)
established - 5 November 1993
aim - recognizing, promoting and protecting fundamental human rights, commitment to the principles of liberty and rule of law, maintaining peace and stability through the promotion and strengthening of good neighborliness, commitment to peaceful settlement of disputes among member states
members - (20) Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Commonwealth (C): note - also known as Commonwealth of Nations
established - 31 December 1931
aim - to foster multinational cooperation and assistance, as a voluntary association that evolved from the British Empire
members - (53) Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, NZ, Nigeria, Pakistan (suspended), Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Zambia; note - on 7 December 2003 Zimbabwe withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): established - 8 December 1991; effective - 21 December 1991
aim - to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR
members - (12) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Communist countries: traditionally the Marxist-Leninist states with authoritarian governments and command economies based on the Soviet model; most of the original and the successor states are no longer Communist; see centrally planned economies
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (COCOM): established in 1949 to control the export of strategic products and technical data from member countries to proscribed destinations; members were: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, US; abolished 31 March 1994; COCOM members established a new organization, the Wassenaar Arrangement, with expanded membership on 12 July 1996 that focuses on nonproliferation export controls as opposed to East- West control of advanced technology
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA): note - also known as CMEA or Comecon
established 25 January 1949 to promote the development of socialist economies and abolished 1 January 1991; members included Afghanistan (observer), Albania (had not participated since 1961 break with USSR), Angola (observer), Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia (observer), GDR, Hungary, Laos (observer), Mongolia, Mozambique (observer), Nicaragua (observer), Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam, Yemen (observer), Yugoslavia (associate)
Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU): established - 3 June 1957; effective - 30 May 1964
aim - to promote economic integration among Arab nations
members - (10 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Council of Europe (CE): established - 5 May 1949; effective - 3 August 1949
aim - to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe
members - (46) Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK
observers - (5) Canada, Holy See, Japan, Mexico, US
Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS): established - 6 March 1992
aim - to promote cooperation among the Baltic Sea states in the areas of aid to new democratic institutions, economic development, humanitarian aid, energy and the environment, cultural programs and education, and transportation and communication
members - (12) Denmark, Estonia, EC, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden
observers - (7) France, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine, UK, US
Council of the Entente (Entente): established - 29 May 1959
aim - to promote economic, social, and political coordination
members - (5) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo
countries in transition: a term used by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the middle group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition, and developing countries; IMF statistics include the following 28 countries in transition: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan; note - this group is identical to the group traditionally referred to as the "former USSR/Eastern Europe" except for the addition of Mongolia
Customs Cooperation Council (CCC): note - see World Customs Organization (WCO)
developed countries (DCs): the top group in the hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); includes the market-oriented economies of the mainly democratic nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Bermuda, Israel, South Africa, and the European ministates; also known as the First World, high-income countries, the North, industrial countries; generally have a per capita GDP in excess of $10,000 although four OECD countries and South Africa have figures well under $10,000 and two of the excluded OPEC countries have figures of more than $10,000; the 34 DCs are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US; note - similar to the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) term "advanced economies" that adds Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan but drops Malta, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey
developing countries: a term used by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the bottom group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition, and developing countries; IMF statistics include the following 126 developing countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - this category would presumably also cover the following 46 other countries that are traditionally included in the more comprehensive group of "less developed countries": American Samoa, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Cuba, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gaza Strip, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, North Korea, Macau, Martinique, Mayotte, Montserrat, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara
East African Development Bank (EADB): established - 6 June 1967; effective - 1 December 1967
aim - to promote economic development
members - (3) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
East Asia Summit (EAS): established - 14 December 2005
aim - to promote cooperation in political and security issues; to promote development, financial stability, energy security, economic integration and growth; to eradicate poverty and narrow the development gap in East Asia, and to promote deeper cultural understanding
members - (16) Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, NZ, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC): note - was formerly the Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
established - 8 December 1964; effective - 1 January 1966
aim - to promote the establishment of a Central African Common Market
members - (6) Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU): note - an integral part of the European Union; also known as the European Economic and Monetary Union
established - 1-2 December 1969 (proposed at summit conference of heads of government; 7 February 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed)
aim - to promote a single market by creating a single currency, the euro; timetable - 2 May 1998: European exchange rates fixed for 1 January 1999; 1 January 1999: all banks and stock exchanges begin using euros; 1 January 2002: the euro goes into circulation; 1 July 2002 local currencies no longer accepted
members - (12) Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945
aim - to coordinate the economic and social work of the UN; includes five regional commissions (Economic Commission for Africa, Economic Commission for Europe, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) and nine functional commissions (Commission for Social Development, Commission on Human Rights, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Commission on the Status of Women, Commission on Population and Development, Statistical Commission, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Commission on Sustainable Development, and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice)
members - (54) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL): note - acronym from Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs
established - 20 September 1976
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation and integration
members - (3) Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda; note - organization collapsed because of fighting in 1998; reactivated in 2006
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): established - 28 May 1975
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation
members - (15) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO): established - 27-29 January 1985
aim - to promote regional cooperation in trade, transportation, communications, tourism, cultural affairs, and economic development
members - (10) Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC): note - began as the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC); an extension of NATO
established - 8 November 1991; effective - 20 December 1991
aim - to discuss cooperation on mutual political and security issues
members - (46) Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan
Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC): established - May 2001
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): established - 8-9 January 1990 (proposals made); 15 April 1991 (bank inaugurated)
aim - to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned economies in Europe (Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, former USSR, and former Yugoslavia) to market economies by committing 60% of its loans to privatization
members - (63) Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, EC, European Investment Bank (EIB), Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan
European Community (or European Communities, EC): established 8 April 1965 to integrate the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market), and to establish a completely integrated common market and an eventual federation of Europe; merged into the European Union (EU) on 7 February 1992; member states at the time of merger were Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK
European Free Trade Association (EFTA): established - 4 January 1960; effective - 3 May 1960
aim - to promote expansion of free trade
members - (4) Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
European Investment Bank (EIB): established - 25 March 1957; effective - 1 January 1958
aim - to promote economic development of the EU and its predecessors, the EEC and the EC
members - (25) Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN): note - acronym retained from the predecessor organization Conseil Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire
established - 1 July 1953; effective - 29 September 1954
aim - to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only
members - (20) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
observers - (8) European Commission, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Turkey, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), US
European Space Agency (ESA): established - 31 May 1975
aim - to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology
members - (17) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
cooperating states - (4) Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania
European Union (EU): note - see European Union entry at the end of the "country" listings
First World: another term for countries with advanced, industrialized economies; this term is fading from use; see developed countries (DCs)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): established - 16 October 1945
aim - to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products; a UN specialized agency
members - (190) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Brunei, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, and Singapore (187 total); plus Cook Islands, EC, and Niue
former Soviet Union (FSU): former term often used to identify as a group the successor nations to the Soviet Union or USSR; this group of 15 countries consists of: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE): the middle group in the hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); these countries are in political and economic transition and may well be grouped differently in the near future; this group of 27 countries consists of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia; this group is identical to the IMF group "countries in transition" except for the IMF's inclusion of Mongolia
Four Dragons: the four small Asian less developed countries (LDCs) that have experienced unusually rapid economic growth; also known as the Four Tigers; this group consists of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan; these countries are included in the IMF's "advanced economies" group
Franc Zone (FZ): note - also known as Conference des Ministres des Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc
established - 1964
aim - to form a monetary union among countries whose currencies were0000000 linked to the French franc
members - (16) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
Front Line States (FLS): established to achieve black majority rule in South Africa; has since gone out of existence; members included Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): see the World Trade Organization (WTO)
General Confederation of Trade Unions (GFTU): established - 16 April 1992
aim - to consolidate trade union actions to protect citizens' social and labor rights and interests, to help secure trade unions' rights and guarantees, and to strengthen international trade union solidarity
members - (11) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Group of 2 (G-2): informal term that came into use about 1986; to facilitate bilateral economic cooperation between the two most powerful economic giants; members were Japan, US
Group of 3 (G-3): established - September 1990
aim - mechanism for policy coordination
members - (3) Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela
Group of 5 (G-5): established - 22 September 1985
aim - to coordinate the economic policies of five major noncommunist economic powers
members - (5) France, Germany, Japan, UK, US
Group of 6 (G-6): note - also known as Groupe des Six Sur le Desarmement; not to be confused with the Big Six
established - 22 May 1984
aim - to achieve nuclear disarmament
members - (6) Argentina, Greece, India, Mexico, Sweden, Tanzania
Group of 7 (G-7): note - membership is the same as the Big Seven
established - 22 September 1985
aim - to facilitate economic cooperation among the seven major noncommunist economic powers
members - (7) Group of 5 (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) plus Canada and Italy
Group of 8 (G-8): established - October 1975
aim - to facilitate economic cooperation among the developed countries (DCs) that participated in the Conference on International Economic Cooperation (CIEC), held in several sessions between December 1975 and 3 June 1977
members - (8) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, US
Group of 9 (G-9): established - NA
aim - to discuss matters of mutual interest on an informal basis
members - (9) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Sweden
Group of 10 (G-10): note - also known as the Paris Club; includes the wealthiest members of the IMF who provide most of the money to be loaned and act as the informal steering committee; name persists despite increased membership
established - October 1962
aim - to coordinate credit policy
members - (11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
observers - (4) BIS, EU, IMF, OECD
Group of 11 (G-11): note - also known as the Cartagena Group
established in 21-22 June 1984, in Cartagena, Colombia, aim was to provide a forum for largest debtor nations in Latin America; members were: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Group of 15 (G-15): note - byproduct of the Nonaligned Movement; name persists despite increased membership
established - September 1989
aim - to promote economic cooperation among developing nations; to act as the main political organ for the Nonaligned Movement
members - (19) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Group of 24 (G-24): established - 1 August 1989
aim - to promote the interests of developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America within the IMF
members - (24) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
observers - (1) China
Group of 77 (G-77): established - 15 June1964; October 1967 first ministerial meeting
aim - to promote economic cooperation among developing countries; name persists in spite of increased membership
members - (130 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): note - also known as the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
established - 25 May 1981
aim - to promote regional cooperation in economic, social, political, and military affairs
members - (6) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM): note- acronym standing for the member countries, Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova; formerly known as GUUAM before Uzbekistan withdrew in 5 May 2005
established - 7 June 2001
aim - commits the countries to cooperation and assistance in social and economic development, the strengthening and broadening of trade and economic relations, and the development and effective use of transport and communications, highways, and related infrastructure crossing the boundaries of the member states
members - (4) Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
high income countries: another term for the industrialized countries with high per capita GDPs; see developed countries (DCs)
Indian Ocean Commission (InOC): established - 21 December 1982
aim - to organize and promote regional cooperation in all sectors, especially economic
members - (5) Comoros, France (for Reunion), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
industrial countries: another term for the developed countries; see developed countries (DCs)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB): note - also known as Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)
established - 8 April 1959; effective - 30 December 1959
aim - to promote economic and social development in Latin America
members - (47) Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD): note - formerly known as Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD)
established - 15-16 January 1986 as the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development; revitalized - 21 March 1996 as the Inter- Governmental Authority on Development
aim - to promote a social, economic, and scientific community among its members
members - (7) Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU): established - 1889
aim - fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions
members - (148) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazahstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
associate members - (7) Andean Parliament, Central American Parliament, Community Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, East African Legislative Assembly, European Parliament, Latin American Parliament, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): established - 26 October 1956; effective - 29 July 1957
aim - to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy
members - (145) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD): note - also known as the World Bank
established - 22 July 1944; effective - 27 December 1945
aim - to provide economic development loans; a UN specialized agency
members - (185) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Cuba, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Nauru, and Tuvalu
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): established - 1919
aim - to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels
members - (91 national committees) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): established - 7 December 1944; effective - 4 April 1947
aim - to promote international cooperation in civil aviation; a UN specialized agency
members - (189) includes all UN member countries except Dominica, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, and Tuvalu (188 total); plus Cook Islands
International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti (MICAH): established 17 December 1999 to promote respect for human rights; members included Argentina, Benin, Canada, France, India, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, US; closed 2001
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): established - 17 February 1863
aim - to provide humanitarian aid in wartime
members - (15-25 individuals) all Swiss nationals
International Court of Justice (ICJ): note - also known as the World Court
established - 3 February 1946 superseded Permanent Court of International Justice
aim - primary judicial organ of the UN
members - (15 judges) elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council to represent all principal legal systems
International Criminal Court (ICCt): established - 11 April 2002
aim - to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct; to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards; to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice
members (countries that have ratified the treaty) - (104) Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia; note - Comoros and Saint Kitts and Nevis became full members on 1 November 2006
signatory states (countries that have signed, but not ratified, the treaty) - (39) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iran, Jamaica, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Oman, Philippines, Russia, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Ukraine, UAE, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol): established - September 1923 set up as the International Criminal Police Commission; 13 June 1956 constitution modified and present name adopted
aim - to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime
members - (186) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
subbureaus - (11) American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Macau, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands
International Development Association (IDA): established - 26 January 1960; effective - 24 September 1960
aim - to provide economic loans for low-income countries; UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
members - (166)
Part I - (27 developed countries) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK, US
Part II - (139 less developed countries) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
International Energy Agency (IEA): established - 15 November 1974
aim - to promote cooperation on energy matters, especially emergency oil sharing and relations between oil consumers and oil producers; established by the OECD
members - (27) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS): note - formerly known as League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (LORCS)
established - 5 May 1919
aim - to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions; to promote humanitarian activities; to represent and encourage the development of National Societies; to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people; to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs
members - (185 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
observers - (2) Eritrea and Tuvalu
International Finance Corporation (IFC): established - 25 May 1955; effective - 24 July 1956
aim - to support private enterprise in international economic development; a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
members - (177) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Brunei, Cuba, Guinea, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Qatar, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Suriname, Tuvalu
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): established - November 1974
aim - to promote agricultural development; a UN specialized agency
members - (165)
Category I - (23 industrialized aid contributors) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
Category II - (12 petroleum-exporting aid contributors) Algeria, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela
Category III - (130 aid recipients) Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia (suspended since 1992), Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO): note - name changed from International Hydrographic Bureau on 22 September 1970
established - June 1919; effective - June 1921
aim - to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays; to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography; to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanograrphy
members - (76) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Chile, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (suspended), Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic (suspended), Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname (suspended), Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
International Labor Organization (ILO): established - 28 June 1919 set up as part of Treaty of Versailles; 11 April 1919 became operative; 14 December 1946 affiliated with the UN
aim - to deal with world labor issues; a UN specialized agency
members - (179) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Bhutan, Brunei, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, and Tuvalu; note - includes the following dependencies: Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba)
International Maritime Organization (IMO): note - name changed from Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) on 22 May 1982
established - 6 March 1948 set up as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; effective - 17 March 1958
aim - to deal with international maritime affairs; a UN specialized agency
members - (167) includes all UN member countries except Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Montenegro, Nauru, Niger, Palau, Rwanda, Tajikistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia
associate members - (3) Faroe Islands, Hong Kong, Macau
International Monetary Fund (IMF): established - 22 July 1944; effective - 27 December 1945
aim - to promote world monetary stability and economic development; a UN specialized agency
members - (184) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Cuba, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu; note - includes the following dependencies or areas of special interest: China (Hong Kong and Macau), Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba)
International Olympic Committee (IOC): established - 23 June 1894
aim - to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy; 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada; 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK
National Olympic Committees - (201 and the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
International Organization for Migration (IOM): note - established as Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe; renamed Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) on 15 November 1952; renamed Intergovernmental Committee for Migration (ICM) in November 1980; current name adopted 14 November 1989
established - 5 December 1951
aim - to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration
members - (120) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
observers - (19) Bhutan, Burundi, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Guyana, Holy See, India, Indonesia, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Russia, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Turkmenistan, Vietnam
International Organization for Standardization (ISO): established - February 1947
aim - to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity
members - (103 national standards organizations) Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
correspondent members - (43 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Swaziland, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Palestine Liberation Organization
subscriber members - (9) Antigua and Barbuda, Burundi, Cambodia, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Lesotho, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
International Organization of the French-speaking World (OIF): note - name changed from Agency of Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT) in 1997
established - 20 March 1970
aim - founded around a common language to promote and spread the cultures of its members and to reinforce cultural and technical cooperation between them
members - (55) Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Canada - New Brunswick, Canada - Quebec, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Community of Belgium, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam
observers - (13) Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM): established - 1928
aim - to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS; formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
National Societies - (182 countries); note - same as membership for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU): established - 17 May 1865 set up as the International Telegraph Union; 9 December 1932 adopted present name; effective - 1 January 1934; affiliated with the UN - 15 November 1947
aim - to deal with world telecommunications issues; a UN specialized agency
members - (191) includes all UN member countries except East Timor, Palau (190 total); plus Holy See
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC): note - its predecessors were the Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labor (WCL)
established - 3 November 2006
aim - to promote the trade union movement
members - (306 affiliated organizations in the following 153 countries) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Islamic Development Bank (IDB): established - 15 December 1973 by declaration of intent; effective - 12 August 1974
aim - to promote Islamic economic aid and social development
members - (55 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Latin American Economic System (LAES): note - also known as Sistema Economico Latinoamericana (SELA)
established - 17 October 1975
aim - to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation
members - (27) Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA): note - also known as Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion (ALADI)
established - 12 August 1980; effective - 18 March 1981
aim - to promote freer regional trade
members - (12) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
observers - (26) China, Corporacion Andina de Fomento, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, EC, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Inter- American Development Bank, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latin America Economic System, Nicaragua, Organization of American States, Panama, Pan-American Health Organization, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Nations Development Program, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
League of Arab States (LAS): note - also known as Arab League (AL)
established - 22 March 1945
aim - aim - to promote economic, social, political, and military cooperation
members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
least developed countries (LLDCs): that subgroup of the less developed countries (LDCs) initially identified by the UN General Assembly in 1971 as having no significant economic growth, per capita GDPs normally less than $1,000, and low literacy rates; also known as the undeveloped countries; the 42 LLDCs are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen
less developed countries (LDCs): the bottom group in the hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); mainly countries and dependent areas with low levels of output, living standards, and technology; per capita GDPs are generally below $5,000 and often less than $1,500; however, the group also includes a number of countries with high per capita incomes, areas of advanced technology, and rapid rates of growth; includes the advanced developing countries, developing countries, Four Dragons (Four Tigers), least developed countries (LLDCs), low-income countries, middle-income countries, newly industrializing economies (NIEs), the South, Third World, underdeveloped countries, undeveloped countries; the 172 LDCs are: Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia, Gaza Strip, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Palau, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - similar to the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) term "developing countries" which adds Malta, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey but omits in its recently published statistics American Samoa, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Cuba, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gaza Strip, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, North Korea, Macau, Martinique, Mayotte, Montserrat, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara
low-income countries: another term for those less developed countries with below-average per capita GDPs; see less developed countries (LDCs)
middle-income countries: another term for those less developed countries with above-average per capita GDPs; see less developed countries (LDCs)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA): established - 12 April 1988
aim - encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance; a UN specialized agency
members - (168) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Iraq, Kirabati, North Korea, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, NZ, Niger, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Tonga, Tuvalu
Near Abroad: Russian term for the 14 non-Russian successor states of the USSR, in which 25 million ethnic Russians live and in which Moscow has expressed a strong national security interest; the 14 countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
new independent states (NIS): a term referring to all the countries of the FSU except the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
newly industrializing countries (NICs): former term for the newly industrializing economies; see newly industrializing economies (NIEs)
newly industrializing economies (NIEs): that subgroup of the less developed countries (LDCs) that has experienced particularly rapid industrialization of their economies; formerly known as the newly industrializing countries (NICs); also known as advanced developing countries; usually includes the Four Dragons (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan), and Brazil
Nonaligned Movement (NAM): established - 1-6 September 1961
aim - to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs
members - (116 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, North Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
observers - (15) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvadore, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Paraguay, Serbia, Ukraine, Uruguay
guests - (23) Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Nordic Council (NC): established - 16 March 1952; effective - 12 February 1953
aim - to promote regional economic, cultural, and environmental cooperation
members - (5) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland (including Aland Islands), Iceland, Norway, Sweden
observers - (3) the Sami (Lapp) local parliaments of Finland, Norway, and Sweden
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB): established - 4 December 1975; effective - 1 June 1976
aim - to promote economic cooperation and development
members - (8) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Estonia, Finland (including Aland Islands), Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden
North: a popular term for the rich industrialized countries generally located in the northern portion of the Northern Hemisphere; the counterpart of the South; see developed countries (DCs)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): established - 17 December 1992
aim - to eliminate trade barriers, promote fair competition, increase investment opportunities, provide protection of intellectual property rights, and create procedures to settle disputes
members - (3) Canada, Mexico, US
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): established - 4 April 1949
aim - to promote mutual defense and cooperation
members - (26) Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, UK, US
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA): note - also known as OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
established - 1 February 1958
aim - to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; associated with OECD
members - (28) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG): note - also known as the London Suppliers Group or the London Group
established - 1974; effective - 1975
aim - to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability
members - (45) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US
observer - (1) European Commission (a policy-planning body for the EU)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): established - 14 December 1960; effective - 30 September 1961
aim - to promote economic cooperation and development
members - (30) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
special member - (1) EC
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE): note - formerly the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) established 3 July 1975
established - 1 January 1995
aim - to foster the implementation of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law; to act as an instrument of early warning, conflict prevention, and crisis management; and to serve as a framework for conventional arms control and confidence building measures
members - (56) Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan
partners for cooperation - (11) Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Thailand, Tunisia
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): established - 29 April 1997
aim - to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction; to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention
members (countries that have ratified the Convention) - (181) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Djibouti, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
signatory states (countries that have signed, but not ratified, the Convention) - (6) The Bahamas, Burma, Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Israel
Organization of African Unity (OAU): see African Union
Organization of American States (OAS): established - 14 April 1890 as the International Union of American Republics; 30 April 1948 adopted present charter; effective - 13 December 1951
aim - to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development
members - (35) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba (excluded from formal participation since 1962), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
observers - (60) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, Yemen
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC): established - 9 January 1968
aim - to promote cooperation in the petroleum industry
members - (11) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia (suspended), UAE
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS): established - 18 June 1981; effective - 4 July 1981
aim - to promote political, economic, and defense cooperation
members - (7) Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
associate member - (2) Anguilla, British Virgin Islands
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): established - 14 September 1960
aim - to coordinate petroleum policies
members - (11) Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC): established - 22-25 September 1969
aim - to promote Islamic solidarity in economic, social, cultural, and political affairs
members - (56 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
observers - (11) AU, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, ECO, LAS, Moro National Liberation Front, NAM, Russia, Thailand, Turkish Muslim Community of Kibris, UN
Pacific Community (SPC): note - formerly known as the South Pacific Commission (SPC)
established - 6 February 1947; effective - 29 July 1948
aim - to promote regional cooperation in economic and social matters
members - (26) American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, NZ, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, US, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna; note - UK withdrew in January 2005
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF): note - formerly known as South Pacific Forum (SPF)
established - 5 August 1971
aim - to promote regional cooperation in political matters
members - (16) Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, NZ, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
observers - (4) East Timor, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Tokelau
Paris Club: established - 1956
aim - to provide a forum for debtor countries to negotiate rescheduling of debt service payments or loans extended by governments or official agencies of participating countries; to help restore normal trade and project finance to debtor countries
members - (19) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
Partnership for Peace (PFP): established - 10-11 January 1994
aim - to expand and intensify political and military cooperation throughout Europe, increase stability, diminish threats to peace, and build relationships by promoting the spirit of practical cooperation and commitment to democratic principles that underpin NATO; program under the auspices of NATO
members - (23) Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan; note - a nation that becomes a member of NATO is no longer a member of PFP
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA): established - 29 July 1899
aim - to facilitate the settlement of international disputes
members - (105) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Rio Group (RG): note - formerly known as Grupo de los Ocho, established NA December 1986; composed of the Contadora Group and the Lima Group
established - 1988
aim - to consult on regional Latin American issues
members - (20) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, CARICOM, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Second World: another term for the traditionally Marxist-Leninist states of the USSR and Eastern Europe, with authoritarian governments and command economies based on the Soviet model; the term is fading from use; see centrally planned economies
Secretariat of the Pacific Communities (SPC): established - 6 February 1947
aim - to serve island development in 22 Pacific countries; to develop technical assistance and professional, scientific, and research support; to build planning and management capability
members - (26) America Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, NZ, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, US, Wallis and Futuna
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): established - 15 June 2001
aim - to combat terrorism, extremism, and separatism; to safeguard regional security through mutual trust, disarmament, and cooperative security; and to increase cooperation in political, trade, economic, scientific and technological, cultural, and educational fields
members - (6) China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
observer - (4) India, Iran, Mongolia, Pakistan
socialist countries: in general, countries in which the government owns and plans the use of the major factors of production; note - the term is sometimes used incorrectly as a synonym for Communist countries
South: a popular term for the poorer, less industrialized countries generally located south of the developed countries; the counterpart of the North; see less developed countries (LDCs)
South American Community of Nations (CSN): established - 9 December 2004
aim - to coordinate common policies regarding multilateral organizations, to integrate physical infrastructure, and to consolidate the merger of CAN and Mercosur
members - (12) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela
observers - (2) Mexico, Panama
South Asia Co-operative Environment Program (SACEP): established - January 1983
aim - to promote regional cooperation in South Asia in the field of environment, both natural and human, and on issues of economic and social development; to support conservation and management of natural resources of the region
members - (7) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): established - 8 December 1985
aim - to promote economic, social, and cultural cooperation
members - (7) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
observers - (5) China, EC, Japan, South Korea, US
South Pacific Forum (SPF): note - see Pacific Island Forum
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (Sparteca): established - 1981
aim - to redress unequal trade relationships of Australia and New Zealand with small island economies in the Pacific region
members - (16) Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, NZ, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI): established - 6 December 1996
aim - to encourage cooperation among participating states and to facilitate their integration into European structures
members - (12) Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey
observers - (15) Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, UK, US
Southern African Customs Union (SACU): established - 11 December 1969
aim - to promote free trade and cooperation in customs matters
members - (5) Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland
Southern African Development Community (SADC): note - evolved from the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)
established - 17 August 1992
aim - to promote regional economic development and integration
members - (14) Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) or Southern Common Market: note - also known as Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (Mercosur)
established - 26 March 1991
aim - to increase regional economic cooperation
members - (5) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela
associate members - (5) Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru; note - Mexico is to become an associate member by the end of 2006
Third World: another term for the less developed countries; the term is obsolescent; see less developed countries (LDCs)
underdeveloped countries: refers to those less developed countries with the potential for above-average economic growth; see less developed countries (LDCs)
undeveloped countries: refers to those extremely poor less developed countries (LDCs) with little prospect for economic growth; see least developed countries (LLDCs)
United Nations (UN): established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945
aim - to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
constituent organizations - the UN is composed of six principal organs and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows:
1) Secretariat
2) General Assembly: Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UN AIDS), International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Preparation Commission for the Nuclear-Ban- Treaty Operation ((CTBTU), United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC), United Nations University (UNU), World Food Program (WFP)
3) Security Council: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), United Nations Compensation Commission, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor- Leste (UNMIT), United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB), United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI), United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission (UNMOVIC), United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG), United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), United Nations Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
4) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): Commission for Social Development, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Commission on Narcotics Drugs, Commission on Population and Development, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Commission on Sustainable Development, Commission on the Status of Women, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes (ICSID), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labor Organization (ILO), International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency (MIGA), Statistical Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Forum on Forests, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Universal Postal Union (UPU), World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), World Tourism Organization (WToO), and World Trade Organization (WTO)
5) Trusteeship Council (inactive; no trusteeships at this time)
6) International Court of Justice (ICJ)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): note - acronym retained from the predecessor organization, UN International Children's Emergency Fund
established - 11 December 1946
aim - to help establish child health and welfare services
members - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): established - 30 December 1964
aim - to promote international trade
members - (193) all UN members plus Holy See
United Nations Development Program (UNDP): established - 22 November 1965
aim - to provide technical assistance to stimulate economic and social development
members (executive board) - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF): established - 31 May 1974
aim - to observe the 1973 Arab-Israeli cease-fire; established by the UN Security Council
members - (7) Austria, Canada, India, Japan, Nepal, Poland, Slovakia
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): established - 16 November 1945; effective - 4 November 1946
aim - to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
members - (191) includes all UN member countries except Liechtenstein, Montenegro, and Singapore (188 total); plus Cook Islands and Niue
associate members - (6) Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Macau, Netherlands Antilles, Tokelau
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP): established - 15 December 1972
aim - to promote international cooperation on all environmental matters
members - (58) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
United Nations General Assembly: established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945
aim - to function as the primary deliberative organ of the UN
members - (192) all UN members are represented in the General Assembly
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): established - 3 December 1949; effective - 1 January 1951
aim - to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent solutions to refugee problems
members (executive committee) - (70) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Holy See, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO): established - 17 November 1966; effective - 1 January 1967
aim - UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members
members - (172) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Estonia, Iceland, Kiribati, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, US
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR): established - 11 December 1963 adoption of the resolution establishing the Institute; effective - 24 March 1965
aim - to help the UN become more effective through training and research
members (Board of Trustees) - (18) Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Ghana, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, US; note - the UN Secretary General can appoint up to 30 members
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK): established - 10 June 1999
aim - to promote the establishment of substantial autonomy and self- government in Kosovo; to perform basic civilian administrative functions; to support the reconstruction of key infrastructure and humanitarian and disaster relief
note - gives civilian support only; works closely with NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR)
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL): established - 19 March 1978
aim - to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and assist in reestablishing Lebanese authority in southern Lebanon; established by the UN Security Council
members - (11) Belgium, China, Finland, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP): established - 24 January 1949
aim - to observe the 1949 India-Pakistan cease-fire; established by the UN Security Council
members - (8) Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Uruguay
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO): established - 29 April 1991
aim - to supervise the cease-fire and conduct a referendum in Western Sahara; established by the UN Security Council
members - (25) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, El Slavador, France, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, Uruguay
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE): established - 31 July 2000
aim - to monitor the cessation of hostilities
members - (39) Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, India, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, US, Uruguay, Zambia
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL): established - 19 September 2003
aim - to support the cease-fire agreement and peace process, protect UN facilities and people, support humanitarian activities, and assist in national security reform
Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Sweden, Togo, Ukraine, UK, US, Zambia
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL): established on 22 October 1999; aim was to to cooperate with the Government of Sierra Leone and the other parties to the Peace Agreement in the implementation of the agreement; to monitor the military and security situation in Sierra Leone; to monitor the disarmament and demobilization of combatants and members of the Civil Defense Forces (CFD); to assist in monitoring respect for international humanitarian law; mandate ended 31 December 2005; members were Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Zambia
United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS): established - March 2005
aim - to support implementation of the comprehensive Peace Agreement by Monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Cease Fire Agreement, by observing and monitoring movements of armed groups, and by helping disarm, demobilizing and reintegrating armed bands
members - (59) Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherland, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET): established on 17 May 2002 to provide assistance to structures critical to public security and to assist in the development of law enforcement agencies; to contribute to extenal security; members were Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Denmark, Fiji, Jordan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Sweden; completed its mandate 20 May 2005
United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC): note - formerly known as United Nations Special Commission for the Elimination of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (UNSCOM)
established - December 1999
aim - to identify, account for, and eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the capacity to produce them
commissioners - (16) Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Senegal, Ukraine, UK, US
United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB): established - 21 May 2004
aim - to support and help implement the efforts undertaken by Burundians to restore lasting peace and bring about national reconciliation
members - (30) Algeria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Malawi, Mali, Nambia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Yemen
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG): established - 24 August 1993
aim - to verify compliance with the cease-fire agreement, to monitor weapons exclusion zone, and to supervise CIS peacekeeping force for Abkhazia; established by the UN Security Council
members - (26) Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC): established - 30 November 1999
aim - to establish contacts with the signatories to the cease-fire agreement and to plan for the observation of the cease-fire and disengagement of forces
members - (51) Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Zambia
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI): established - 27 February 2004
aim - to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003
members - (41) Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Chad, China, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, The Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Yemen
United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP): established - 4 March 1964
aim - to serve as a peacekeeping force between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus; established by the UN Security Council
members - (7) Argentina, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, UK, Uruguay
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): note - acronym retained from predecessor organization UN Fund for Population Activities
established - July 1967
aim - to assist both developed and developing countries to deal with their population problems
members (executive board ) - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA): established - 8 December 1949
aim - to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees
members (advisory commission) - (22) Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, EC, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, UK, US
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD): established - 1963
aim - to conduct research into the problems of economic development during different phases of economic growth
members - no country members, but a Board of Directors consisting of a chairman appointed by the UN secretary general and 10 individual members
United Nations Secretariat: established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945
aim - to serve as the primary administrative organ of the UN; a Secretary General is appointed for a five-year term by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council
members - the UN Secretary General and staff
United Nations Security Council (UNSC): established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945
aim - to maintain international peace and security
permanent members - (5) China, France, Russia, UK, US
nonpermanent members - (10) elected for two-year terms by the UN General Assembly; Belgium (2007-08), Republic of the Congo (2006-07), Ghana (2006-07), Indonesia (2007-08), Italy (2007-08), Panama (2007- 08), Peru (2006-07), Qatar (2006-07), Slovakia (2006-07), South Africa (2007-08)
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH): established - 30 April 2004
aim - to stabilize Haiti in many areas for at least six months
members - (19) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, US, Uruguay
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO): established - June 1948
aim - to supervise the 1948 Arab-Israeli cease-fire; currently supports timely deployment of reinforcements to other peacekeeping operations in the region as needed; initially established by the UN Security Council
members - (23) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, US
United Nations Trusteeship Council: established on 26 June 1945, effective on 24 October 1945, to supervise the administration of the 11 UN trust territories; members were China, France, Russia, UK, US; it formally suspended operations 1 November 1995 after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau) became the Republic of Palau, a constitutional government in free association with the US; the Trusteeship Council was not dissolved
United Nations University (UNU): established - 3 December 1973
aim - to conduct research in development, welfare, and human survival and to train scholars
members - (24 members of UNU Council and the Rector are appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Director General of UNESCO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU): established - 9 October 1874, affiliated with the UN 15 November 1947; effective - 1 July 1948
aim - to promote international postal cooperation; a UN specialized agency
members - (189) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau (188 total); plus Holy See; note - includes the following dependencies or areas of special interest: Australia (Norfolk Island), China (Hong Kong, Macau), Denmark (Faroe Islands, Greenland), France (French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Iles Eparses, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna), Netherlands (Aruba, Netherlands Antilles), NZ (Cook Island, Niue, Tokelau), UK (Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey; Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos), US (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Virgin Islands)
Warsaw Pact (WP): established 14 May 1955 to promote mutual defense; members met 1 July 1991 to dissolve the alliance; member states at the time of dissolution were: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the USSR; earlier members included German Democratic Republic (GDR) and Albania
West African Development Bank (WADB): note - also known as Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement (BOAD); is a financial institution of WAEMU
established - 14 November 1973
aim - to promote regional economic development and integration
regional members - (9) Central Bank of West African States, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
international/nonregional members - (6) African Development Bank, Belgium, European Investment Bank, France, Germany, People's Bank of China
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU): note - also known as Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)
established - 1 August 1994
aim - to increase competitiveness of members' economic markets; to create a common market
members - (8) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
Western European Union (WEU): established - 23 October 1954; effective - 6 May 1955
aim - to provide mutual defense and to move toward political unification
members - (10) Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK
associate members - (6) Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Turkey
associate partners - (7) Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
observers - (5) Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden
World Bank Group: includes International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
World Confederation of Labor (WCL): established - 19 June 1920 as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU), renamed 4 October 1968
aim - to promote the trade union movement
members - (105 national organizations) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, French Guiana, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
World Customs Organization (WCO): note - began as the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC)
established - 15 December 1950
aim - to promote international cooperation in customs matters
members - (171) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU): established - 3 October 1945
aim - to promote the trade union movement
members - (125 and the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, The Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, NZ, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
World Food Program (WFP): established - 24 November 1961
aim - to provide food aid in support of economic development or disaster relief; an ECOSOC organization
members - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
World Health Organization (WHO): established - 22 July 1946; effective - 7 April 1948
aim - to deal with health matters worldwide; a UN specialized agency
members - (193) includes all UN member countries except Liechtenstein (191 total); plus Cook Islands and Niue
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): established - 14 July 1967; effective - 26 April 1970
aim - to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works; a UN specialized agency
members - (184) includes all UN member countries except East Timor, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu (182 total); plus Holy See
World Meteorological Organization (WMO): established - 11 October 1947; effective - 4 April 1951
aim - to sponsor meteorological cooperation; a UN specialized agency
members - (188) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Tuvalu (179 total); plus Aruba, British Caribbean Territories, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, Macau, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, and Niue
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO): established - 2 January 1975
aim - to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace
members - (150) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
associate members - (7) Aruba, Flanders, Hong Kong, Macau, Madeira Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico
observers - (1 plus Palestine Liberation Organization) Holy See, Palestine Liberation Organization
World Trade Organization (WTO): note - succeeded General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT)
established - 15 April 1994; effective - 1 January 1995
aim - to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers
members - (150) Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, EC, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
observers - (31) Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Holy See, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Montenegro, Russia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tonga, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen; note - with the exception of the Holy See, an observer must start accession negotiations within five years of becoming observers; Montenegro and Serbia each sent observers
Zangger Committee (ZC): established - early 1970s
aim - to establish guidelines for the export control provisions of the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT)
members - (36) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US
observers - (1) EC
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Appendix C - Selected International Environmental Agreements
Air Pollution
see Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides
see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85
see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30%
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94
see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes
Antarctic - Environmental Protocol
see Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Antarctic Treaty
opened for signature - 1 December 1959
entered into force - 23 June 1961
objective - to ensure that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes only (such as international cooperation in scientific research); to defer the question of territorial claims asserted by some nations and not recognized by others; to provide an international forum for management of the region; applies to land and ice shelves south of 60 degrees south latitude
parties - (45) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal note - abbreviated as Hazardous Wastes
opened for signature - 22 March 1989
entered into force - 5 May 1992
objective - to reduce transboundary movements of wastes subject to the Convention to a minimum consistent with the environmentally sound and efficient management of such wastes; to minimize the amount and toxicity of wastes generated and ensure their environmentally sound management as closely as possible to the source of generation; and to assist LDCs in environmentally sound management of the hazardous and other wastes they generate
parties - (149) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Finland, France, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (3) Afghanistan, Haiti, US
Biodiversity
see Convention on Biological Diversity
Climate Change
see United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
see Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals note - abbreviated as Antarctic Seals
opened for signature - 1 June 1972
entered into force - 11 March 1978
objective - to promote and achieve the protection, scientific study, and rational use of Antarctic seals, and to maintain a satisfactory balance within the ecological system of Antarctica
parties - (16) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Africa, UK, US
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (1) NZ
Convention on Biological Diversity note - abbreviated as Biodiversity
opened for signature - 5 June 1992
entered into force - 29 December 1993
objective - to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
parties - (182) Albania, Algeria, Andora, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (6) Afghanistan, Kuwait, Serbia, Thailand, Tuvalu, US
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas note - abbreviated as Marine Life Conservation
opened for signature - 29 April 1958
entered into force - 20 March 1966
objective - to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited
parties - (37) Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (21) Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ghana, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Panama, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution note - abbreviated as Air Pollution
opened for signature - 13 November 1979
entered into force - 16 March 1983
objective - to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution
parties - (48) Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (2) Holy See, San Marino
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar) note - abbreviated as Wetlands
opened for signature - 2 February 1971
entered into force - 21 December 1975
objective - to stem the progressive encroachment on and loss of wetlands now and in the future, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational value
parties - (125) Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nieria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources no te - abbreviated as Antarctic-Marine Living Resources
opened for signature - 5 May 1980
entered into force - 7 April 1982
objective - to safeguard the environment and protect the integrity of the ecosystem of the seas surrounding Antarctica, and to conserve Antarctic marine living resources
parties - (31) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mauritius, Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) note - abbreviated as Endangered Species
opened for signature - 3 March 1973
entered into force - 1 July 1975
objective - to protect certain endangered species from overexploitation by means of a system of import/export permits
parties - (156) Afghanistan, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) note - abbreviated as Marine Dumping
opened for signature - 29 December 1972
entered into force - 30 August 1975
objective - to control pollution of the sea by dumping and to encourage regional agreements supplementary to the Convention; the London Convention came into force in 1996
parties - (78) Afghanistan, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong (associate member), Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Vanuatu
associate members to the London Convention - (2) Faroe Islands, Macau
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques note - abbreviated as Environmental Modification
opened for signature - 10 December 1976
entered into force - 5 October 1978
objective - to prohibit the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques in order to further world peace and trust among nations
parties - (66) Afghanistan, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Malawi, Mauritius, Mongolia, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (17) Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Holy See, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nicaragua, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Turkey, Uganda
Desertification
see United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
Endangered Species
see Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Environmental Modification
see Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Hazardous Wastes
see Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling note - abbreviated as Whaling
opened for signature - 2 December 1946
entered into force - 10 November 1948
objective - to protect all species of whales from overhunting; to establish a system of international regulation for the whale fisheries to ensure proper conservation and development of whale stocks; and to safeguard for future generations the great natural resources represented by whale stocks
parties - (42) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France, Germany, Grenada, Guinea, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 83
opened for signature - 18 November 1983
entered into force - 1 April 1985; this agreement expired when the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994, went into force
objective - to provide an effective framework for cooperation between tropical timber producers and consumers and to encourage the development of national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical forests and their genetic resources
parties - (54) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Venezuela
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 94
opened for signature - 26 January 1994
entered into force - 1 January 1997
objective - to ensure that by the year 2000 exports of tropical timber originate from sustainably managed sources; to establish a fund to assist tropical timber producers in obtaining the resources necessary to reach this objective
parties - (58) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (1) Ireland
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change note - abbreviated as Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
opened for signature - 16 March 1998
entered into force - 23 February 2005
objective - to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions by enhancing the national programs of developed countries aimed at this goal and by establishing percentage reduction targets for the developed countries
parties - (144) Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Island, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (6) Australia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Monaco, US, Zambia
Law of the Sea
see United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
Marine Dumping
see Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention)
Marine Life Conservation
see Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer note - abbreviated as Ozone Layer Protection
opened for signature - 16 September 1987
entered into force - 1 January 1989
objective - to protect the ozone layer by controlling emissions of substances that deplete it
parties - (183) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nuclear Test Ban
see Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
Ozone Layer Protection
see Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) note - abbreviated as Ship Pollution
opened for signature - 17 February 1978
entered into force - 2 October 1983
objective - to preserve the marine environment through the complete elimination of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances
parties - (119) Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty note - abbreviated as Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
opened for signature - 4 October 1991
entered into force - 14 January 1998
objective - to provide for comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems; applies to the area covered by the Antarctic Treaty
consultative parties - (27) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, UK, US, Uruguay
non consultative parties - (16) Austria, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides
opened for signature - 31 October 1988
entered into force - 14 February 1991
objective - to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes
parties - (28) Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, US
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (1) Poland
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
opened for signature - 18 November 1991
entered into force - 29 September 1997
objective - to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects
parties - (21) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (6) Canada, EU, Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, US
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulphur 94
opened for signature - 14 June 1994
entered into force - 5 August 1998
objective - to provide for a further reduction in sulfur emissions or transboundary fluxes
parties - (23) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (5) Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
opened for signature - 24 June 1998
entered into force - 23 October 2003
objective - to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of persistent organic pollutants in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects
parties - (22) Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (14) Armenia, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, UK, US
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30% note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulphur 85
opened for signature - 8 July 1985
entered into force - 2 September 1987
objective - to provide for a 30% reduction in sulfur emissions or transboundary fluxes by 1993
parties - (22) Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
Ship Pollution
see Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water note - abbreviated as Nuclear Test Ban
opened for signature - 5 August 1963
entered into force - 10 October 1963
objective - to obtain an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict international control in accordance with the objectives of the United Nations; to put an end to the armaments race and eliminate incentives for the production and testing of all kinds of weapons, including nuclear weapons
parties - (113) Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela, Zambia
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (17) Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Ethiopia, Haiti, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, Paraguay, Portugal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen
Tropical Timber 83
see International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94
see International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS) note - abbreviated as Law of the Sea
opened for signature - 10 December 1982
entered into force - 16 November 1994
objective - to set up a comprehensive new legal regime for the sea and oceans; to include rules concerning environmental standards as well as enforcement provisions dealing with pollution of the marine environment
parties - (148) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (29) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Iran, North Korea, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Niue, Rwanda, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, UAE
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa note - abbreviated as Desertification
opened for signature - 14 October 1994
entered into force - 26 December 1996
objective - to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements
parties - (178) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change note - abbreviated as Climate Change
opened for signature - 9 May 1992
entered into force - 21 March 1994
objective - to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a low enough level to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system
parties - (189) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Wetlands
see Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)
Whaling
see International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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Appendix D - Cross-Reference list of Country Data Codes
FIPS 10: Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (FIPS 10) is maintained by the Office of Targeting and Transnational Issues, National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency, and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce). FIPS 10 codes are intended for general use throughout the US Government, especially in activities associated with the mission of the Department of State and national defense programs.
ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries (ISO 3166) is prepared by the International Organization for Standardization. ISO 3166 includes two- and three-character alphabetic codes and three-digit numeric codes that may be needed for activities involving exchange of data with international organizations that have adopted that standard. Except for the numeric codes, ISO 3166 codes have been adopted in the US as FIPS 104-1: American National Standard Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries, Dependencies, and Areas of Special Sovereignty for Information Interchange.
Internet: The Internet country code is the two-letter digraph maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Entity FIPS 10 | ISO 3166 | Internet Comment
Afghanistan AF AF AFG 004 .af Albania AL AL ALB 008 .al Algeria AG DZ DZA 012 .dz American Samoa AQ AS ASM 016 .as Andorra AN AD AND 020 .ad Angola AO AO AGO 024 .ao Anguilla AV AI AIA 660 .ai Antarctica AY AQ ATA 010 .aq ISO defines as the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude
Antigua and Barbuda AC AG ATG 028 .ag Argentina AR AR ARG 032 .ar Armenia AM AM ARM 051 .am Aruba AA AW ABW 533 .aw Ashmore and Cartier Islands AT - - - ISO includes with Australia
Australia AS AU AUS 036 .au ISO includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands
Austria AU AT AUT 040 .at Azerbaijan AJ AZ AZE 031 .az Bahamas, The BF BS BHS 044 .bs Bahrain BA BH BHR 048 .bh Baker Island FQ - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Bangladesh BG BD BGD 050 .bd Barbados BB BB BRB 052 .bb Bassas da India BS - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Belarus BO BY BLR 112 .by Belgium BE BE BEL 056 .be Belize BH BZ BLZ 084 .bz Benin BN BJ BEN 204 .bj Bermuda BD BM BMU 060 .bm Bhutan BT BT BTN 064 .bt Bolivia BL BO BOL 068 .bo Bosnia and Herzegovina BK BA BIH 070 .ba Botswana BC BW BWA 072 .bw Bouvet Island BV BV BVT 074 .bv Brazil BR BR BRA 076 .br British Indian Ocean Territory IO IO IOT 086 .io British Virgin Islands VI VG VGB 092 .vg Brunei BX BN BRN 096 .bn Bulgaria BU BG BGR 100 .bg Burkina Faso UV BF BFA 854 .bf Burma BM MM MMR 104 .mm ISO uses the name Myanmar
Burundi BY BI BDI 108 .bi Cambodia CB KH KHM 116 .kh Cameroon CM CM CMR 120 .cm Canada CA CA CAN 124 .ca Cape Verde CV CV CPV 132 .cv Cayman Islands CJ KY CYM 136 .ky Central African Republic CT CF CAF 140 .cf Chad CD TD TCD 148 .td Chile CI CL CHL 152 .cl China CH CN CHN 156 .cn see also Taiwan
Christmas Island KT CX CXR 162 .cx Clipperton Island IP - - - ISO includes with French Polynesia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands CK CC CCK 166 .cc Colombia CO CO COL 170 .co Comoros CN KM COM 174 .km Congo, Democratic Republic of the CG CD COD 180 .cd formerly Zaire
Congo, Republic of the CF CG COG 178 .cg Cook Islands CW CK COK 184 .ck Coral Sea Islands CR - - - ISO includes with Australia
Costa Rica CS CR CRI 188 .cr Cote d'Ivoire IV CI CIV 384 .ci Croatia HR HR HRV 191 .hr Cuba CU CU CUB 192 .cu Cyprus CY CY CYP 196 .cy Czech Republic EZ CZ CZE 203 .cz Denmark DA DK DNK 208 .dk Djibouti DJ DJ DJI 262 .dj Dominica DO DM DMA 212 .dm Dominican Republic DR DO DOM 214 .do East Timor TT TL TLS 626 .tl Ecuador EC EC ECU 218 .ec Egypt EG EG EGY 818 .eg El Salvador ES SV SLV 222 .sv Equatorial Guinea EK GQ GNQ 226 .gq Eritrea ER ER ERI 232 .er Estonia EN EE EST 233 .ee Ethiopia ET ET ETH 231 .et Europa Island EU - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) FK FK FLK 238 .fk Faroe Islands FO FO FRO 234 .fo Fiji FJ FJ FJI 242 .fj Finland FI FI FIN 246 .fi France FR FR FRA 250 .fr France, Metropolitan - FX FXX 249 .fx ISO limits to the European part of France, excluding French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna
French Guiana FG GF GUF 254 .gf French Polynesia FP PF PYF 258 .pf ISO includes Clipperton Island
French Southern and Antarctic Lands FS TF ATF 260 .tf FIPS 10-4 does not include the French-claimed portion of Antarctica (Terre Adelie)
Gabon GB GA GAB 266 .ga Gambia, The GA GM GMB 270 .gm Gaza Strip GZ PS PSE 275 .ps ISO identifies as Occupied Palestinian Territory
Georgia GG GE GEO 268 .ge Germany GM DE DEU 276 .de Ghana GH GH GHA 288 .gh Gibraltar GI GI GIB 292 .gi Glorioso Islands GO - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Greece GR GR GRC 300 .gr Greenland GL GL GRL 304 .gl Grenada GJ GD GRD 308 .gd Guadeloupe GP GP GLP 312 .gp Guam GQ GU GUM 316 .gu Guatemala GT GT GTM 320 .gt Guernsey GK GG GGY 831 .gg Guinea GV GN GIN 324 .gn Guinea-Bissau PU GW GNB 624 .gw Guyana GY GY GUY 328 .gy Haiti HA HT HTI 332 .ht Heard Island and McDonald Islands HM HM HMD 334 .hm Holy See (Vatican City) VT VA VAT 336 .va Honduras HO HN HND 340 .hn Hong Kong HK HK HKG 344 .hk Howland Island HQ - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Hungary HU HU HUN 348 .hu Iceland IC IS ISL 352 .is India IN IN IND 356 .in Indonesia ID ID IDN 360 .id Iran IR IR IRN 364 .ir Iraq IZ IQ IRQ 368 .iq Ireland EI IE IRL 372 .ie Isle of Man IM IM IMN 833 .im Israel IS IL ISR 376 .il Italy IT IT ITA 380 .it Jamaica JM JM JAM 388 .jm Jan Mayen JN - - - ISO includes with Svalbard
Japan JA JP JPN 392 .jp Jarvis Island DQ - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Jersey JE JE JEY 832 .je Johnston Atoll JQ - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Jordan JO JO JOR 400 .jo Juan de Nova Island JU - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Kazakhstan KZ KZ KAZ 398 .kz Kenya KE KE KEN 404 .ke Kingman Reef KQ - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Kiribati KR KI KIR 296 .ki Korea, North KN KP PRK 408 .kp Korea, South KS KR KOR 410 .kr Kuwait KU KW KWT 414 .kw Kyrgyzstan KG KG KGZ 417 .kg Laos LA LA LAO 418 .la Latvia LG LV LVA 428 .lv Lebanon LE LB LBN 422 .lb Lesotho LT LS LSO 426 .ls Liberia LI LR LBR 430 .lr Libya LY LY LBY 434 .ly Liechtenstein LS LI LIE 438 .li Lithuania LH LT LTU 440 .lt Luxembourg LU LU LUX 442 .lu Macau MC MO MAC 446 .mo Macedonia MK MK MKD 807 .mk Madagascar MA MG MDG 450 .mg Malawi MI MW MWI 454 .mw Malaysia MY MY MYS 458 .my Maldives MV MV MDV 462 .mv Mali ML ML MLI 466 .ml Malta MT MT MLT 470 .mt Marshall Islands RM MH MHL 584 .mh Martinique MB MQ MTQ 474 .mq Mauritania MR MR MRT 478 .mr Mauritius MP MU MUS 480 .mu Mayotte MF YT MYT 175 .yt Mexico MX MX MEX 484 .mx Micronesia, Federated States of FM FM FSM 583 .fm Midway Islands MQ - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Moldova MD MD MDA 498 .md Monaco MN MC MCO 492 .mc Mongolia MG MN MNG 496 .mn Montenegro MJ ME MNE 499 .me Montserrat MH MS MSR 500 .ms Morocco MO MA MAR 504 .ma Mozambique MZ MZ MOZ 508 .mz Myanmar - - - - see Burma
Namibia WA NA NAM 516 .na Nauru NR NR NRU 520 .nr Navassa Island BQ - - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Nepal NP NP NPL 524 .np Netherlands NL NL NLD 528 .nl Netherlands Antilles NT AN ANT 530 .an New Caledonia NC NC NCL 540 .nc New Zealand NZ NZ NZL 554 .nz Nicaragua NU NI NIC 558 .ni Niger NG NE NER 562 .ne Nigeria NI NG NGA 566 .ng Niue NE NU NIU 570 .nu Norfolk Island NF NF NFK 574 .nf Northern Mariana Islands CQ MP MNP 580 .mp Norway NO NO NOR 578 .no Oman MU OM OMN 512 .om Pakistan PK PK PAK 586 .pk Palau PS PW PLW 585 .pw Palmyra Atoll LQ - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Panama PM PA PAN 591 .pa Papua New Guinea PP PG PNG 598 .pg Paracel Islands PF - - - Paraguay PA PY PRY 600 .py Peru PE PE PER 604 .pe Philippines RP PH PHL 608 .ph Pitcairn Islands PC PN PCN 612 .pn Poland PL PL POL 616 .pl Portugal PO PT PRT 620 .pt Puerto Rico RQ PR PRI 630 .pr Qatar QA QA QAT 634 .qa Reunion RE RE REU 638 .re Romania RO RO ROU 642 .ro Russia RS RU RUS 643 .ru Rwanda RW RW RWA 646 .rw Saint Helena SH SH SHN 654 .sh Saint Kitts and Nevis SC KN KNA 659 .kn Saint Lucia ST LC LCA 662 .lc Saint Pierre and Miquelon SB PM SPM 666 .pm Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC VC VCT 670 .vc Samoa WS WS WSM 882 .ws San Marino SM SM SMR 674 .sm Sao Tome and Principe TP ST STP 678 .st Saudi Arabia SA SA SAU 682 .sa Senegal SG SN SEN 686 .sn Serbia RB RS SRB 688 .rs Seychelles SE SC SYC 690 .sc Sierra Leone SL SL SLE 694 .sl Singapore SN SG SGP 702 .sg Slovakia LO SK SVK 703 .sk Slovenia SI SI SVN 705 .si Solomon Islands BP SB SLB 090 .sb Somalia SO SO SOM 706 .so South Africa SF ZA ZAF 710 .za South Georgia and the Islands SX GS SGS 239 .gs Spain SP ES ESP 724 .es Spratly Islands PG - - - Sri Lanka CE LK LKA 144 .lk Sudan SU SD SDN 736 .sd Suriname NS SR SUR 740 .sr Svalbard SV SJ SJM 744 .sj ISO includes Jan Mayen
Swaziland WZ SZ SWZ 748 .sz Sweden SW SE SWE 752 .se Switzerland SZ CH CHE 756 .ch Syria SY SY SYR 760 .sy Taiwan TW TW TWN 158 .tw Tajikistan TI TJ TJK 762 .tj Tanzania TZ TZ TZA 834 .tz Thailand TH TH THA 764 .th Togo TO TG TGO 768 .tg Tokelau TL TK TKL 772 .tk Tonga TN TO TON 776 .to Trinidad and Tobago TD TT TTO 780 .tt Tromelin Island TE - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Tunisia TS TN TUN 788 .tn Turkey TU TR TUR 792 .tr Turkmenistan TX TM TKM 795 .tm Turks and Caicos Islands TK TC TCA 796 .tc Tuvalu TV TV TUV 798 .tv Uganda UG UG UGA 800 .ug Ukraine UP UA UKR 804 .ua United Arab Emirates AE AE ARE 784 .ae United Kingdom UK GB GBR 826 .uk United States US US USA 840 .us United States Minor Outlying Islands - UM UMI 581 .um ISO includes Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island
Uruguay UY UY URY 858 .uy Uzbekistan UZ UZ UZB 860 .uz Vanuatu NH VU VUT 548 .vu Venezuela VE VE VEN 862 .ve Vietnam VM VN VNM 704 .vn Virgin Islands VQ VI VIR 850 .vi Virgin Islands (UK) - - - .vg see British Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands (US) - - - .vi see Virgin Islands
Wake Island WQ - - - - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Wallis and Futuna WF WF WLF 876 .wf West Bank WE PS PSE 275 .ps ISO identifies as Occupied Palestinian Territory
Western Sahara WI EH ESH 732 .eh Western Samoa - - - .ws see Samoa
World - - - - the Factbook uses the W data code from DIAM 65-18 Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, Data Standard No. 3, December 1994, published by the Defense Intelligence Agency
Yemen YM YE YEM 887 .ye Zaire - - - - see Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia ZA ZM ZMB 894 .zm Zimbabwe ZI ZW ZWE 716 .zw
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Appendix E - Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic Data Codes
IHO 23-4th: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, Draft 4th Edition 1986, published by the International Hydrographic Bureau of the International Hydrographic Organization; note - this document has not yet been ratified and only the 3rd Edition (1953) remains in force
IHO 23-3rd: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, 3rd Edition 1953, published by the International Hydrographic Organization
ACIC M 49-1: Chart of Limits of Seas and Oceans, revised January 1958, published by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (ACIC), United States Air Force; note - ACIC is now part of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
DIAM 65-18: Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, Data Standard No. 4, Defense Intelligence Agency Manual 65-18, December 1994, published by the Defense Intelligence Agency
The US Government has not yet adopted a standard for hydrographic codes similar to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 10-4 country codes. The names and limits of the following oceans and seas are not always directly comparable because of differences in the customers, needs, and requirements of the individual organizations. Even the number of principal water bodies varies from organization to organization. Factbook users, for example, find the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean entries useful, but none of the following standards include those oceans in their entirety. Nor is there any provision for combining codes or overcodes to aggregate water bodies. The recently delimited Southern Ocean is not included.
Principal Oceans and Seas of the World With Hydrographic Codes by Institution
IHO 23-4th IHO 23-3rd* ACIC M 49-1 DIAM 65-18 Arctic Ocean 9 17 A 5A Atlantic Ocean - - - - Baltic Sea 2 1 B26 7B Eastern Mediterranean 3.1.2 28 B - 8E Indian Ocean 5 45 F 6A Mediterranean Sea 3.1 28 B11 - North Atlantic Ocean 1 23 B 1A North Pacific Ocean 7 57 D 3A Pacific Ocean - - - - South Atlantic Ocean 4 32 C 2A South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas 6 49, 48 D18 plus 3U plus others others South Pacific Ocean 8 61 E 4A Western Mediterranean 3.1.1 28 A - 8W
*The letters after the numbers are subdivisions, not footnotes.
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Appendix F - Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
Name Entry in The World Latitude Longitude Factbook (deg min) (deg min)
Abidjan (capital) Cote d'Ivoire 5 19 N 4 02 W Abkhazia (region) Georgia 43 00 N 41 00 E Abu Dhabi (capital) United Arab 24 28 N 54 22 E Emirates Abu Musa (island) Iran 25 52 N 55 03 E Abuja (capital) Nigeria 9 12 N 7 11 E Abyssinia (former name Ethiopia 8 00 N 38 00 E for Ethiopia) Acapulco (city) Mexico 16 51 N 99 55 W Accra (capital) Ghana 5 33 N 0 13 W Adamstown (capital) Pitcairn Islands 25 04 S 130 05 W Addis Ababa (capital) Ethiopia 9 02 N 38 42 E Adelie Land (claimed by Antarctica 66 30 S 139 00 E France; also Terre Adelie) Aden (city) Yemen 12 46 N 45 01 E Aden, Gulf of Indian Ocean 12 30 N 48 00 E Admiralty Island United States 57 44 N 134 20 W (Alaska) Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea 2 10 S 147 00 E Adriatic Sea Atlantic Ocean 42 30 N 16 00 E Adygey (region) Russia 44 30 N 40 10 E Aegean Islands Greece 38 00 N 25 00 E Aegean Sea Atlantic Ocean 38 30 N 25 00 E Afars and Issas, French Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E Territory of the (or FTAI; former name for Djibouti) Afghanestan (local name Afghanistan 33 00 N 65 00 E for Afghanistan) Agalega Islands Mauritius 10 25 S 56 40 E Agana (city; former name Guam 13 28 N 144 45 E for Hagatna) Ajaccio (city) France (Corsica) 41 55 N 8 44 E Ajaria (region) Georgia 41 45 N 42 10 E Akmola (city; former name Kazakhstan 51 10 N 71 30 E for Astana) Aksai Chin (region) China (de facto), 35 00 N 79 00 E India (claimed) Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah Saudi Arabia 25 00 N 45 00 E (local name for Saudi Arabia) Al Bahrayn (local name Bahrain 26 00 N 50 33 E for Bahrain) Al Imarat al Arabiyah al United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E Muttahidah (local name Emirates for the United Arab Emirates) Al Iraq (local name for Iraq 33 00 N 44 00 E Iraq) Al Jaza'ir (local name Algeria 28 00 N 3 00 E for Algeria) Al Kuwayt (local name for Kuwait 29 30 N 45 45 E Kuwait) Al Maghrib (local name Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 W for Morocco) Al Urdun (local name for Jordan 31 00 N 36 00 E Jordan) Al Yaman (local name for Yemen 15 00 N 48 00 E Yemen) Aland Islands Finland 60 15 N 20 00 E Alaska (state) United States 65 00 N 153 00 W Alaska, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 58 00 N 145 00 W Alboran Sea Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 2 30 W Aldabra Islands (Groupe Seychelles 9 25 S 46 22 E d'Aldabra) Alderney (island) Guernsey 49 43 N 2 12 W Aleutian Islands United States 52 00 N 176 00 W (Alaska) Alexander Archipelago United States 57 00 N 134 00 W (island group) (Alaska) Alexander Island Antarctica 71 00 S 70 00 W Alexandretta (region; Turkey 36 34 N 36 08 E former name for Iskenderun) Alexandria (city) Egypt 31 12 N 29 54 E Algiers (capital) Algeria 36 47 N 2 03 E Alhucemas, Penon de Spain 35 13 N 3 53 W (island group) Alma-Ata (city; former Kazakhstan 43 15 N 76 57 E name for Almaty) Almaty (former capital) Kazakhstan 43 15 N 76 57 E Alofi (capital) Niue 19 01 S 169 55 W Alphonse Island Seychelles 7 01 S 52 45 E Alsace (region) France 48 30 N 7 20 E Amami Strait Pacific Ocean 28 40 N 129 30 E Amindivi Islands (former India 11 30 N 72 30 E name for Laccadive Islands) Amirante Isles (island Seychelles 6 00 S 53 10 E group; also Les Amirantes) Amman (capital) Jordan 31 57 N 35 56 E Amsterdam (capital) Netherlands 52 23 N 4 54 E Amsterdam Island (Ile French Southern and 37 52 S 77 32 E Amsterdam) Antarctic Lands Amundsen Sea Southern Ocean 72 30 S 112 00 W Amur River China, Russia 52 56 N 141 10 E Amurskiy Liman (strait) Pacific Ocean 53 00 N 141 30 E Anadyrskiy Zaliv (gulf) Pacific Ocean 64 00 N 177 00 E Anatolia (region) Turkey 39 00 N 35 00 E Andaman Islands India 12 00 N 92 45 E Andaman Sea Indian Ocean 10 00 N 95 00 E Andorra la Vella Andorra 42 30 N 1 30 E (capital) Andros (island) Greece 37 45 N 24 42 E Andros Island The Bahamas 24 26 N 77 57 W Anegada Passage Atlantic Ocean 18 30 N 63 40 W Angkor Wat (ruins) Cambodia 13 26 N 103 50 E Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Sudan 15 00 N 30 00 E (former name for Sudan) Anjouan (island) Comoros 12 15 S 44 25 E Ankara (capital) Turkey 39 56 N 32 52 E Annobon (island) Equatorial Guinea 1 25 S 5 36 E Antananarivo (capital) Madagascar 18 52 S 47 30 E Antigua (island) Antigua and Barbuda 14 34 N 90 44 W Antipodes Islands New Zealand 49 41 S 178 43 E Antwerp (city) Belgium 51 13 N 4 25 E Aomen (local Chinese Macau 22 10 N 113 33 E short-form name for Macau) Aozou Strip (region) Chad 22 00 N 18 00 E Apia (capital) Samoa 13 50 S 171 45W Aqaba, Gulf of Indian Ocean 29 00 N 34 30 E Arab, Shatt al (river) Iran, Iraq 29 57 N 48 34 E Arabian Sea Indian Ocean 15 00 N 65 00 E Arafura Sea Pacific Ocean 9 00 S 133 00 E Aral Sea Kazakhstan, 45 00 N 60 00 E Uzbekistan Argun River China, Russia 53 20 N 121 28 E Aru Sea Pacific Ocean 6 15 S 135 00 E As-Sudan (local name for Sudan 15 00 N 30 00 E Sudan) Ascension Island Saint Helena 7 57 S 14 22 W Ashgabat, Ashkhabad Turkmenistan 37 57 N 58 23 E (capital) Asmara, Asmera (capital) Eritrea 15 20 N 38 53 E Assumption Island Seychelles 9 46 S 46 34 E Astana (capital; formerly Kazakhstan 51 10 N 71 30 E Akmola) Asuncion (capital) Paraguay 25 16 S 57 40 W Asuncion Island Northern Mariana 19 40 N 145 24 E Islands Atacama (desert) Chile 23 00 S 70 10 W Atacama (region) Chile 24 30 S 69 15 W Athens (capital) Greece 37 59 N 23 44 E Attu Island United States 52 55 N 172 57 E Auckland (city) New Zealand 36 52 S 174 46 E Auckland Islands New Zealand 51 00 S 166 30 E Australes, Iles (island French Polynesia 23 20 S 151 00 W group; also Iles Tubuai) Avarua (capital) Cook Islands 21 12 S 159 46 W Axel Heiberg Island Canada 79 30 N 90 00 W Azad Kashmir (region) Pakistan 34 30 N 74 00 E Azarbaycan, Azerbaidzhan Azerbaijan 40 30 N 47 30 E (local name for Azerbaijan) Azores (islands) Portugal 38 30 N 28 00 W Azov, Sea of Atlantic Ocean 49 00 N 36 00 E Bab el Mandeb (strait) Indian Ocean 12 40 N 43 20 E Babuyan Channel Pacific Ocean 18 44 N 121 40 E Babuyan Islands Philippines 19 10 N 121 40 E Baffin Bay Arctic Ocean 73 00 N 66 00 W Baffin Island Canada 68 00 N 70 00 W Baghdad (capital) Iraq 33 21 N 44 25 E Baku (capital; also Baki, Azerbaijan 40 23 N 49 51 E Baky) Balabac Strait Pacific Ocean 7 35 N 117 00 E Balearic Islands Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E Balearic Sea (Iberian Atlantic Ocean 40 30 N 2 00 E Sea) Bali (island) Indonesia 8 20 S 115 00 E Bali Sea Indian Ocean 7 45 S 115 30 E Balintang Channel Pacific Ocean 19 49 N 121 40 E Balintang Islands Philippines 19 55 N 122 10 E Balkan Peninsula Albania, Bosnia and 42 00 N 23 00 E Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part) Balleny Islands Antarctica 67 00 S 163 00 E Balochistan (region) Pakistan 28 00 N 63 00 E Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean 57 00 N 19 00 E Bamako (capital) Mali 12 39 N 8 00 W Banaba (Ocean Island) Kiribati 0 52 S 169 35 E Banat (region) Hungary, Romania, 45 30 N 21 00 E Serbia Banda Sea Pacific Ocean 5 00 S 128 00 E Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei 4 52 S 114 55 E (capital) Bangka (island) Indonesia 2 30 S 106 00 E Bangkok (capital) Thailand 13 45 N 100 31 E Bangui (capital) Central African 4 22 N 18 35 E Republic Banjul (capital) The Gambia 13 28 N 16 39 W Banks Island Australia 10 12 S 142 16 E Banks Island Canada 75 15 N 121 30 W Banks Islands (Iles Vanuatu 14 00 S 167 30 E Banks) Barbuda (island) Antigua and Barbuda 17 38 N 61 48 W Barcelona (city) Spain 41 25 N 2 13 E Barents Sea Arctic Ocean 74 00 N 36 00 E Barranquilla (city) Colombia 10 59 N 74 48 W Bashi Channel Pacific Ocean 22 00 N 121 00 E Basilan Strait Pacific Ocean 6 49 N 122 05 E Basque Provinces Spain 43 00 N 2 30 W Bass Strait Pacific Ocean 39 20 S 145 30 E Basse-Terre (capital) Guadeloupe 16 00 N 61 44 W Basseterre (capital) Saint Kitts and 17 18 N 62 43 W Nevis Bastia (city) France (Corsica) 42 42 N 9 27 E Basutoland (former name Lesotho 29 30 S 28 30 E for Lesotho) Batan Islands Philippines 20 30 N 121 50 E Bavaria (region; also Germany 48 30 N 11 30 E Bayern) Beagle Channel Atlantic Ocean 54 53 S 68 10 W Bear Island (see Svalbard 74 26 N 19 05 E Bjornoya) Beaufort Sea Arctic Ocean 73 00 N 140 00 W Bechuanaland (former name Botswana 22 00 S 24 00 E for Botswana) Beijing (capital) China 39 56 N 116 24 E Beirut (capital) Lebanon 33 53 N 35 30 E Bekaa Valley Lebanon 34 00 N 36 05 E Belau (Palau Islands) Palau 7 30 N 134 30 E Belep Islands (Iles New Caledonia 19 45 S 163 40 E Belep) Belfast (city) United Kingdom 54 36 N 5 55 W Belgian Congo (former Democratic Republic 0 00 N 25 00 E name for Democratic of the Congo Republic of the Congo) Belgie, Belgique (local Belgium 50 50 N 4 00 E name for Belgium) Belgrade (capital) Serbia 44 50 N 20 30 E Belize City Belize 17 30 N 88 12 W Belle Isle, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 51 35 N 56 30 W Bellingshausen Sea Southern Ocean 71 00 S 85 00 W Belmopan (capital) Belize 17 15 N 88 46 W Belorussia (former name Belarus 53 00 N 28 00 E for Belarus) Benadir (region; former Somalia 4 00 N 46 00 E name of Italian Somaliland) Bengal, Bay of Indian Ocean 15 00 N 90 00 E Berau, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 2 30 S 132 30 E Bering Island Russia 55 00 N 166 30 E Bering Sea Pacific Ocean 60 00 N 175 00 W Bering Strait Pacific Ocean 65 30 N 169 00 W Berkner Island Antarctica 79 30 S 49 30 W Berlin (capital) Germany 52 31 N 13 24 E Berlin, East (former name Germany 52 30 N 13 33 E for eastern sector of Berlin) Berlin, West (former name Germany 52 30 N 13 20 E for western sector of Berlin) Bern (capital) Switzerland 46 57 N 7 26 E Bessarabia (region) Moldova, Romania, 47 00 N 28 30 E Ukraine Bharat (local name for India 20 00 N 77 00 E India) Bhopal (city) India 23 16 N 77 24 E Biafra (region) Nigeria 5 30 N 7 30 E Big Diomede Island Russia 65 46 N 169 06 W Bijagos, Arquipelago dos Guinea-Bissau 11 25 N 16 20 W (island group) Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands 11 35 N 165 23 E Bilbao (city) Spain 43 15 N 2 58 W Bioko (island) Equatorial Guinea 3 30 N 8 42 E Biscay, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 44 00 N 4 00 W Bishkek (capital) Kyrgyzstan 42 54 N 74 36 E Bishop Rock United Kingdom 49 52 N 6 27 W Bismarck Archipelago Papua New Guinea 5 00 S 150 00 E (island group) Bismarck Sea Pacific Ocean 4 00 S 148 00 E Bissau (capital) Guinea-Bissau 11 51 N 15 35 W Bjornoya (Bear Island) Svalbard 74 26 N 19 05 E Black Forest (region) Germany 48 00 N 8 15 E Black Rock (island) South Georgia and 53 39 S 41 48 W the South Sandwich Islands Black Sea Atlantic Ocean 43 00 N 35 00 E Bloemfontein (judicial South Africa 29 12 S 26 07 E capital) Bo Hai (gulf) Pacific Ocean 38 00 N 120 00 E Boa Vista (island) Cape Verde 16 05 N 22 50 W Bogota (capital) Colombia 4 36 N 74 05 W Bohemia (region) Czech Republic 50 00 N 14 30 E Bombay (city; see Mumbai) India 18 58 N 72 50 E Bonaire (island) Netherlands 12 10 N 68 15 W Antilles Bonifacio, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 41 01 N 14 00 E Bonin Islands Japan 27 00 N 142 10 E Bonn (former capital) Germany 50 44 N 7 05 E Bophuthatswana (region; South Africa 26 30 S 25 30 E enclave) Bora-Bora (island) French Polynesia 16 30 S 151 45 W Bordeaux (city) France 44 50 N 0 34 W Borneo (island) Brunei, Indonesia, 0 30 N 114 00 E Malaysia Bornholm (island) Denmark 55 10 N 15 00 E Bosna i Hercegovina Bosnia and 44 00 N 18 00 E (local name for Bosnia Herzegovina and Herzegovina) Bosnia (political region) Bosnia and 44 00 N 18 00 E Herzegovina Bosporus (strait) Atlantic Ocean 41 00 N 29 00 E Bothnia, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 63 00 N 20 00 E Bougainville (island) Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 155 00 E Bougainville Strait Pacific Ocean 6 40 S 156 10 E Bounty Islands New Zealand 47 43 S 174 00 E Bourbon Island (former Reunion 21 06 S 55 36 E name of Reunion) Brasilia (capital) Brazil 15 47 S 47 55 W Bratislava (capital) Slovakia 48 09 N 17 07 E Brazzaville (capital) Republic of the 4 16 S 15 17 E Congo Bridgetown (capital) Barbados 13 06 N 59 37 W Brisbane (city) Australia 27 28 S 153 02 E Bristol Bay Pacific Ocean 57 00 N 160 00 W Bristol Channel Atlantic Ocean 51 18 N 3 30 W Britain (see Great United Kingdom 54 00 N 2 00 W Britain) British Bechuanaland South Africa 27 30 S 23 30 E (region; former name for northwest South Africa) British Central African Malawi 13 30 S 34 00 E Protectorate (former name of Nyasaland) British East Africa Kenya, Tanzania, 1 00 N 38 00 E (former name for British Uganda possessions in eastern Africa) British Guiana (former Guyana 5 00 N 59 00 W name for Guyana) British Honduras (former Belize 17 15 N 88 45 W name for Belize) British Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 8 00 S 159 00 E (former name for Solomon Islands) British Somaliland Somalia 10 00 N 49 00 E (former name for northern Somalia) Brussels (capital) Belgium 50 50 N 4 20 E Bubiyan (island) Kuwait 29 47 N 48 10 E Bucharest (capital) Romania 44 26 N 26 06 E Budapest (capital) Hungary 47 30 N 19 05 E Buenos Aires (capital) Argentina 34 36 S 58 27 W Bujumbura (capital) Burundi 3 23 S 29 22 E Bukovina (region) Romania, Ukraine 48 00 N 26 00 E Byelarus (local name for Belarus 53 00 N 28 00 E Belarus) Byelorussia (former name Belarus 53 00 N 28 00 E for Belarus) Cabinda (province) Angola 5 33 S 12 12 E Cabo Verde (local name Cape Verde 16 00 N 24 00 W for Cape Verde) Cabot Strait Atlantic Ocean 47 20 N 59 30 W Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos 21 56 N 71 58 W Islands Cairo (capital) Egypt 30 03 N 31 15 E Calcutta (city) India 22 32 N 88 21 E Calgary (city) Canada 51 02 N 114 04 W California, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 28 00 N 112 00 W Cameroun (local name for Cameroon 6 00 N 12 00 E Cameroon) Campbell Island New Zealand 52 33 S 169 09 E Campeche, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 20 00 N 94 00 W Canal Zone (former name Panama 9 00 N 79 45 W for US possessions in Panama) Canarias Sea Atlantic Ocean 28 00 N 16 00 W Canary Islands Spain 28 00 N 15 30 W Canberra (capital) Australia 35 17 S 149 08 E Cancun (city) Mexico 21 10 N 86 50 W Canton (city; now China 23 06 N 113 16 E Guangzhou) Canton Island (Kanton Kiribati 2 49 S 171 40 W Island) Cape Juby (region; former Morocco 27 53 N 12 58 W name for Southern Morocco) Cape Province (region; South Africa 31 30 S 22 30 E former name for Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa) Cape Town (legislative South Africa 33 57 S 18 25 E capital) Cape of Good Hope (cape; South Africa 34 15 S 18 20 E also alternate name for Cape Province of South Africa) Caracas (capital) Venezuela 10 30 N 66 56 W Cargados Carajos Shoals Mauritius 16 25 S 59 38 E Caribbean Sea Atlantic Ocean 15 00 N 73 00 W Caroline Islands Federated States of 7 30 N 148 00 E Micronesia, Palau Carpatho-Ukraine (region; Ukraine 48 22 N 23 32 E former name for Zakarpats'ka oblast') Carpentaria, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 14 00 S 139 00 E Casablanca (city) Morocco 33 35 N 7 34 W Castries (capital) Saint Lucia 14 01 N 61 00 W Catalonia (region) Spain 42 00 N 2 00 E Cato Island Australia 23 15 S 155 32 E Caucasus (region) Russia 42 00 N 45 00 E Cayenne (capital) French Guiana 4 56 N 52 20 W Celebes (island) Indonesia 2 00 S 121 00 E Celebes Sea Pacific Ocean 3 00 N 122 00 E Celtic Sea Atlantic Ocean 51 00 N 6 30 W Central African Empire Central African 7 00 N 21 00 E (former name for Central Republic African Republic) Ceram (Seram) Sea Pacific Ocean 2 30 S 129 30 E Ceska Republika (local Czech Republic 49 45 N 15 30 E name for Czech Republic) Ceskoslovensko (former Czech Republic, 49 00 N 17 30 E local name for Slovakia Czechoslovakia) Cetinje (capital city) Montenegro 42 24 N 18 55 E Ceuta (city) Spain 35 53 N 5 19 W Ceylon (former name for Sri Lanka 7 00 N 81 00 E Sri Lanka) Chafarinas, Islas Spain 35 12 N 2 26 W (island) Chagos Archipelago (Oil British Indian 6 00 S 71 30 E Islands) Ocean Territory Challenger Deep (Mariana Pacific Ocean 11 22 N 142 36 E Trench) Channel Islands Guernsey, Jersey 49 20 N 2 20 W Charlotte Amalie Virgin Islands 18 21 N 64 56 W (capital) Chatham Islands New Zealand 44 00 S 176 30 W Chechnya (region; also Russia 43 15 N 45 40 E Chechnia) Cheju Strait Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 126 30 E Cheju-do (island) Korea, South 33 20 N 126 30 E Chengdu (city) China 30 43 N 104 04 E Chennai (city; also India 13 04 N 80 16 E Madras) Chesterfield Islands New Caledonia 19 52 S 158 15 E (Iles Chesterfield) Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Pacific Ocean 38 30 N 120 00 E Hai) Chiloe (island) Chile 42 50 S 74 00 W China, People's Republic China 35 00 N 105 00 E of China, Republic of Taiwan 23 30 N 121 00 E Chisinau (capital; also Moldova 47 00 N 28 50 E Kishinev) Choiseul (island) Solomon Islands 7 05 S 121 00 E Choson (local name for North Korea 40 00 N 127 00 E North Korea) Christmas Island (Indian Australia 10 25 S 105 39 E Ocean) Christmas Island (Pacific Kiribati 1 52 N 157 20 W Ocean; also Kiritimati) Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean 69 00 N 171 00 W Chuuk Islands (Truk Federated States of 7 25 N 151 47 W Islands) Micronesia Cilicia (region) Turkey 36 50 N 34 30 E Ciskei (enclave) South Africa 33 00 S 27 00 E Citta del Vaticano (local Holy See 41 54 N 12 27 E name for Vatican City) Cochin China (region) Vietnam 11 00 N 107 00 E Coco, Isla del (island) Costa Rica 5 32 N 87 04 W Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) 12 30 S 96 50 E Islands Colombo (capital) Sri Lanka 6 56 N 79 51 E Colon, Archipielago de Ecuador 0 00 N 90 30 W (Galapagos Islands) Commander Islands Russia 55 00 N 167 00 E (Komandorskiye Ostrova) Comores (local name for Comoros 12 10 S 44 15 E Comoros) Con Son (islands) Vietnam 8 43 N 106 36 E Conakry (capital) Guinea 9 31 N 13 43 W Confederatio Helvetica Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 E (local name for Switzerland) Congo (Brazzaville) Republic of the 1 00 S 15 00 E (former name for Republic Congo of the Congo) Congo (Leopoldville) Democratic Republic 0 00 N 25 00 E (former name for the of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo) Constantinople (city; Turkey 41 01 N 28 58 E former name for Istanbul) Cook Strait Pacific Ocean 41 15 S 174 30 E Copenhagen (capital) Denmark 55 40 N 12 35 E Coral Sea Pacific Ocean 15 00 S 150 00 E Corfu (island) Greece 39 40 N 19 45 E Corinth (region) Greece 37 56 N 22 56 E Corisco (island) Equatorial Guinea 0 55 N 9 19 E Corn Islands (Islas del Nicaragua 12 15 N 83 00 W Maiz) Corocoro Island Guyana, Venezuela 3 38 N 66 50 W Corsica (island; also France 42 00 N 9 00 E Corse) Cosmoledo Group (island Seychelles 9 43 S 47 35 E group; also Atoll de Cosmoledo) Cotonou (former capital) Benin 6 21 N 2 26 E Cotopaxi (volcano) Ecuador 0 39 S 78 26 W Courantyne River Guyana, Suriname 5 57 N 57 06 W Cozumel (island) Mexico 20 30 N 86 55 W Crete (island) Greece 35 15 N 24 45 E Crimea (region) Ukraine 45 00 N 34 00 E Crimean Peninsula Ukraine 45 00 N 34 00 E Crooked Island Passage Atlantic Ocean 22 55 N 74 35 W Crozet Islands (Iles French Southern and 46 30 S 51 00 E Crozet) Antarctic Lands Cyclades (island group) Greece 37 00 N 25 10 E Cyrenaica (region) Libya 31 00 N 22 00 E Czechoslovakia (former Czech Republic, 49 00 N 18 00 E name for the entity that Slovakia subsequently split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) D'Entrecasteaux Islands Papua New Guinea 9 30 S 150 40 E Dagestan (region) Russia 43 00 N 47 00 E Dahomey (former name for Benin 9 30 N 2 15 E Benin) Daito Islands Japan 43 00 N 17 00 E Dakar (capital) Senegal 14 40 N 17 26 W Dalmatia (region) Croatia 43 00 N 17 00 E Daman (city; also Damao) India 20 10 N 73 00 E Damascus (capital) Syria 33 30 N 36 18 E Danger Islands (see Cook Islands 10 53 S 165 49 W Pukapuka Atoll) Danish Straits Atlantic Ocean 58 00 N 11 00 E Danish West Indies Virgin Islands 18 20 N 64 50 W (former name for the Virgin Islands) Danmark (local name) Denmark 56 00 N 10 00 E Danzig (city; former name Poland 54 23 N 18 40 E for Gdansk) Dao Bach Long Vi (island) Vietnam 20 08 N 107 44 E Dar es Salaam (capital) Tanzania 6 48 S 39 17 E Dardanelles (strait) Atlantic Ocean 40 15 N 26 25 E Davis Strait Atlantic Ocean 67 00 N 57 00 W Dead Sea Israel, Jordan, 32 30 N 35 30 E West Bank Deception Island Antarctica 62 56 S 60 34 W Denmark Strait Atlantic Ocean 67 00 N 24 00 W Desolation Islands (Isles French Southern and 49 30 S 69 30 E Kerguelen) Antarctic Lands Deutschland (local name Germany 51 00 N 9 00 E for Germany) Devils Island (Ile du French Guiana 5 17 N 52 35 W Diable) Devon Island Canada 76 00 N 87 00 W Dhaka (capital) Bangladesh 23 43 N 90 25 E Dhivehi Raajje (local Maldives 3 15 N 73 00 E name for Maldives) Dhofar (region) Oman 17 00 N 54 10 E Diego Garcia (island) British Indian 7 20 S 72 25 E Ocean Territory Diego Ramirez (islands) Chile 56 30 S 68 43 W Dili (capital) East Timor 8 35 S 125 36 E Dilmun (former name for Bahrain 7 00 N 81 00 E Bahrain) Diomede Islands Russia (Big 65 47 N 169 00 W Diomede), United States (Little Diomede) Diu (region) India 20 42 N 70 59 E Djibouti (capital) Djibouti 11 30 N 43 15 E Dnieper (river) Belarus, Russia, 46 30 N 32 18 E Ukraine (Dnyapro, Dnepr, Dnipro) Dniester (river) Moldova, Ukraine 46 18 N 30 17 E (Nistru, Dnister) Dobruja (region) Bulgaria, Romania 43 30 N 28 00 E Dodecanese (island group) Greece 36 00 N 27 05 E Dodoma (city) Tanzania 6 11 S 35 45 E Doha (capital) Qatar 25 17 N 51 32 E Donets Basin Russia, Ukraine 48 15 N 38 30 E Douala (city) Cameroon 4 03 N 9 42 E Douglas (capital) Man, Isle of 54 09 N 4 28 W Dover, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 51 00 N 1 30 E Drake Passage Atlantic Ocean, 60 00 S 60 00 W Southern Ocean Druk Yul (local name for Bhutan 27 30 N 90 30 E Bhutan) Dubai, Dubayy (city) United Arab 25 18 N 55 18 E Emirates Dublin (capital) Ireland 53 20 N 6 15 W Duesseldorf (city) Germany 51 13 N 6 47 E Durban (city) South Africa 29 51 S 31 02 E Dushanbe (capital) Tajikistan 38 35 N 68 48 E Dutch Antilles (former Netherlands 12 10 N 68 30 W name for the Netherlands Antilles Antilles) Dutch East Indies (former Indonesia 5 00 S 120 00 E name for Indonesia) Dutch Guiana (former name Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 W for Suriname) Dutch West Indies (former Netherlands 12 10 N 68 30 W name for the Netherlands Antilles Antilles) Dzungarian Gate (valley) China, Kazakhstan 45 25 N 82 25 E East China Sea Pacific Ocean 30 00 N 126 00 E East Frisian Islands Germany 53 44 N 7 25 E East Germany (German Germany 52 00 N 13 00 E Democratic Republic; former name for eastern portion of Germany) East Korea Strait Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 E (Eastern Channel or Tsushima Strait) East Pakistan (former Bangladesh 24 00 N 90 00 E name for Bangladesh) East Siberian Sea Arctic Ocean 74 00 N 166 00 E Easter Island (Isla de Chile 27 07 S 109 22 W Pascua) Eastern Channel (East Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 E Korea Strait or Tsushima Strait) Eastern Samoa (former American Samoa 14 20 S 170 00 W name for American Samoa) Edinburgh (city) United Kingdom 55 57 N 3 11 W Eesti (local name for Estonia 59 00 N 26 00 E Estonia) Eire (local name for Ireland 53 00 N 8 00 W Ireland) Elba (island) Italy 42 46 N 10 17 E Elemi Triangle (region) Ethiopia (claimed), 5 00 N 35 30 E Kenya (de facto), Sudan (claimed) Ellada, Ellas (local name Greece 39 00 N 22 00 E for Greece) Ellef Ringnes Island Canada 78 00 N 103 00 W Ellesmere Island Canada 81 00 N 80 00 W Ellice Islands Tuvalu 8 00 S 178 00 E Ellsworth Land (region) Antarctica 75 00 S 92 00 W Elobey, Islas de (island Equatorial Guinea 0 59 N 9 33 E group) Enderbury Island Kiribati 3 08 S 171 05 W Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 E Atoll) England (region) United Kingdom 52 30 N 1 30 W English Channel Atlantic Ocean 50 20 N 1 00 W Eniwetok Atoll (see Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 E Enewetak Atoll) Eolie, Isole (island Italy 38 30 N 15 00 E group) Epirus, Northern (region) Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 E Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri, Dhekelia 34 40 N 32 51 E (capital) Ertra (local name for Eritrea 15 00 N 39 00 E Eritrea) Espana Spain 40 00 N 4 00 W Essequibo (region; Guyana 6 59 N 58 23 W claimed by Venezuela) Etorofu (island; also Russia (de facto) 44 55 N 147 40 E Iturup) Farquhar Group (island Seychelles 10 10 S 51 10 E group; also Atoll de Farquhar) Fergana Valley Kyrgyzstan, 41 00 N 72 00 E Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Fernando Po (island; see Equatorial Guinea 3 30 N 8 42 E Bioko) Fernando de Noronha Brazil 3 51 S 32 25 W (island group) Filipinas (local name for Philippines 13 00 N 122 00 E the Philippines; also Pilipinas) Finland, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 27 00 E Florence (city) Italy 43 46 N 11 16 E Flores (island) Indonesia 8 45 S 121 00 E Flores Sea Pacific Ocean 7 40 S 119 45 E Florida, Straits of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 79 45 W Fongafale (largest island Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E of Funafuti) Former Soviet Union (FSU) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Formosa (island) Taiwan 23 30 N 121 00 E Formosa Strait (see Pacific Ocean 24 00 N 119 00 E Taiwan Strait) Foroyar (local name for Faroe Islands 62 00 N 7 00 W Faroe Islands) Fort-de-France (capital) Martinique 14 36 N 61 05 W Frankfurt am Main (city) Germany 50 07 N 8 41 E Franz Josef Land (island Russia 81 00 N 55 00 E group) Freetown (capital) Sierra Leone 8 30 N 13 15 W French Cameroon (former Cameroon 6 00 N 12 00 E name for Cameroon) French Guinea (former Guinea 11 00 N 10 00 W name for Guinea) French Indochina (former Cambodia, Laos, 15 00 N 107 00 E name for French Vietnam possessions in southeast Asia) French Morocco (former Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 W name for Morocco) French Somaliland (former Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E name for Djibouti) French Sudan (former name Mali 17 00 N 4 00 W for Mali) French Territory of the Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E Afars and Issas (or FTAI; former name for Djibouti) French Togoland (former Togo 8 00 N 1 10 E name for Togo) French West Indies Guadeloupe, 16 30 N 62 00 W (former name for French Martinique possessions in the West Indies) Friendly Islands Tonga 20 00 S 175 00 W Frisian Islands Denmark, Germany, 53 35 N 6 40 E Netherlands Frunze (city; former name Kyrgyzstan 42 54 N 74 36 E for Bishkek) Funafuti (capital, atoll) Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E Fundy, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 45 00 N 66 00 W Futuna Islands (Hoorn Wallis and Futuna 14 19 S 178 05 W Islands/Iles de Horne) Fyn (island) Denmark 55 20 N 10 25 E Gaborone (capital) Botswana 24 45 S 25 55 E Galapagos Islands Ecuador 0 00 N 90 30 W (Archipielago de Colon) Galicia (region) Poland, Ukraine 49 30 N 23 00 E Galicia (region) Spain 42 45 N 8 10 E Galilee (region) Israel 32 54 N 35 20 E Galleons Passage Atlantic Ocean 11 00 N 60 55 W Gambier Islands (Iles French Polynesia 23 09 S 134 58 W Gambier) Gaspar Strait Pacific Ocean 3 00 S 107 00 E Gdansk (city; formerly Poland 54 23 N 18 40 E Danzig) Geneva (city) Switzerland 46 12 N 6 10 E Genoa (city) Italy 44 25 N 8 57 E George Town (capital) Cayman Islands 19 20 N 81 23 W George Town (city) Malaysia 5 26 N 100 16 E George Town (city) The Bahamas 23 30 N 75 46 W Georgetown (capital) Guyana 6 48 N 58 10 W Georgetown (city) The Gambia 13 30 N 14 47 W German Democratic Germany 52 00 N 13 00 E Republic (East Germany; former name for eastern portion of Germany) German Southwest Africa Namibia 22 00 S 17 00 E (former name for Namibia) Germany, Federal Republic Germany 51 00 N 9 00 E of Gibraltar (city, Gibraltar 36 11 N 5 22 W peninsula) Gibraltar, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 35 57 N 5 36 W Gidi Pass Egypt 30 13 N 33 09 E Gilbert Islands Kiribati 1 25 N 173 00 E Goa (state) India 15 20 N 74 00 E Gobi (desert) China, Mongolia 42 30 N 107 00 E Godthab (capital; also Greenland 64 11 N 51 44 W Nuuk) Golan Heights (region) Syria 33 00 N 35 45 E Gold Coast (former name Ghana 8 00 N 2 00 W for Ghana) Golfo San Jorge (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 46 00 S 66 00 W Golfo San Matias (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 41 30 S 64 00 W Good Hope, Cape of South Africa 34 24 S 18 30 E Goteborg (city) Sweden 57 43 N 11 58 E Gotland (island) Sweden 57 30 N 18 33 E Gough Island Saint Helena 40 20 S 9 55 W Graham Land (region) Antarctica 65 00 S 64 00 W Gran Chaco (region) Argentina, Paraguay 24 00 S 60 00 W Grand Bahama (island) The Bahamas 26 40 N 78 35 W Grand Banks (fishing Atlantic Ocean 47 06 N 55 48 W ground) Grand Cayman (island) Cayman Islands 19 20 N 81 20 W Grand Turk (capital; also Turks and Caicos 21 28 N 71 08 W Cockburn Town) Islands Great Australian Bight Indian Ocean 35 00 S 130 00 E Great Belt (strait; also Atlantic Ocean 55 30 N 11 00 E Store Baelt) Great Bitter Lake Egypt 30 20 N 32 23 E Great Britain (island) United Kingdom 54 00 N 2 00 W Great Channel Indian Ocean 6 25 N 94 20 E Great Inagua (island) The Bahamas 21 00 N 73 20 W Great Rift Valley Ethiopia, Kenya 0 30 N 36 00 E Greater Sunda Islands Brunei, Indonesia, 2 00 S 110 00 E Malaysia Green Islands Papua New Guinea 4 30 S 154 10 E Greenland Sea Arctic Ocean 79 00 N 5 00 W Grenadines, Northern Saint Vincent and 13 15 N 61 12 W (island group) the Grenadines Grenadines, Southern Grenada 12 07 N 61 40 W (island group) Grytviken (town; on South South Georgia and 54 15 S 36 45 W Georgia) the South Sandwich Islands Guadalahara (city) Mexico 20 40 N 103 24 W Guadalcanal (island) Solomon Islands 9 32 S 160 12 E Guadalupe, Isla de Mexico 29 11 N 118 17 W (island) Guangzhou (city; also China 23 09 N 113 21 E Canton) Guantanamo Bay (US Naval Cuba 20 00 N 75 08 W Base) Guatemala (capital) Guatemala 14 38 N 90 31 W Guine-Bissau (local name Guinea-Bissau 12 00 N 15 00 W for Guinea-Bissau) Guinea Ecuatorial (local Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 E name for Equatorial Guinea) Guinea, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 3 00 N 2 30 E Guinee (local name for Guinea 11 00 N 10 00 W Guinea) Guyane Francaise (local French Guiana 4 00 N 53 00 W name for French Guiana) Ha'apai Group (island Tonga 19 42 S 174 29 W group) Habomai Islands Russia (de facto) 43 30 N 146 10 E Hadhramaut (region) Yemen 15 00 N 50 00 E Hagatna (capital; Guam 13 28 N 144 45 E formerly Agana) Hague, The (seat of Netherlands 52 05 N 4 18 E government) Haifa (city) Israel 32 50 N 35 00 E Hainan Dao (island) China 19 00 N 109 30 E Haiphong (city) Vietnam 20 52 N 106 41 E Hala'ib Triangle (region) Egypt (claimed), 22 30 N 35 00 E Sudan (de facto) Halifax (city) Canada 44 39 N 63 36 W Halmahera (island) Indonesia 1 00 N 128 00 E Halmahera Sea Pacific Ocean 0 30 S 129 00 E Hamburg (city) Germany 53 34 N 9 59 E Hamilton (capital) Bermuda 32 17 N 64 46 W Han-guk (local name for South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 E South Korea Hanoi (capital) Vietnam 21 02 N 105 51 E Harare (capital) Zimbabwe 17 50 S 31 03 E Harvey Islands (former Cook Islands 21 14 S 159 46 W name for Cook Islands) Hatay (province) Turkey 36 30 N 36 15 E Havana (capital) Cuba 23 08 N 82 22 W Hawaii (island) United States 19 45 N 155 45 W Hawaiian Islands United States 21 00 N 157 45 W Hawar (island) Bahrain 25 40 N 50 47 E Hayastan (local name for Armenia 40 00 N 45 00 E Armenia) Heard Island Heard Island and 53 06 S 73 30 E McDonald Islands Hejaz (region) Saudi Arabia 24 30 N 38 30 E Helsinki (capital) Finland 60 10 N 24 58 E Herzegovina (political Bosnia and 44 00 N 18 00 E region) Herzegovina Hiiumaa (island) Estonia 58 50 N 22 30 E Hispaniola (island) Dominican Republic, 18 45 N 71 00 W Haiti Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 10 45 N 106 40 E (formerly Saigon) Hokkaido (island) Japan 44 00 N 143 00 E Holland (region) Netherlands 52 30 N 5 45 E Hong Kong (special Hong Kong 22 15 N 114 10 E administrative region) Honiara (capital) Solomon Islands 9 26 S 159 57 E Honshu (island) Japan 36 00 N 138 00 E Hormuz, Strait of Indian Ocean 26 34 N 56 15 E Horn of Africa (region) Djibouti, Eritrea, 8 00 N 48 00 E Ethiopia, Somalia Horn, Cape (Cabo de Chile 55 59 S 67 16 W Hornos) Horne, Iles de (island Wallis and Futuna 14 19 S 178 05 W group) Hrvatska (local name for Croatia 45 10 N 15 30 E Croatia) Hudson Bay Arctic Ocean 60 00 N 86 00 W Hudson Strait Arctic Ocean 62 00 N 71 00 W Hunter Island New Caledonia, 22 24 S 172 06 E Vanuatu Iberian Peninsula Portugal, Spain 40 00 N 5 00 W Iceland Sea Arctic Ocean 68 00 N 20 00 W Ifni (region; former name Morocco 29 22 N 10 09 W of part of Spanish West Africa) Inaccessible Island Saint Helena 37 17 S 12 40 W Indochina (region) Cambodia, Laos, 15 00 N 107 00 E Vietnam Ingushetia (region) Russia 43 15 N 45 00 E Inhambane (region) Mozambique 22 30 S 34 30 E Inini (former name for French Guiana 4 00 N 53 00 W French Guiana) Inland Sea Japan 34 20 N 133 30 E Inner Hebrides (islands) United Kingdom 56 30 N 6 20 W Inner Mongolia (region; China 42 00 N 113 00 E also Nei Mongol) Ionian Islands Greece 38 30 N 20 30 E Ionian Sea Atlantic Ocean 38 30 N 18 00 E Irian Jaya (province) Indonesia 5 00 S 138 00 E Irish Sea Atlantic Ocean 53 30 N 5 20 W Iron Gate (river gorge) Romania, Serbia and 44 41 N 22 31 E Montenegro Iskenderun (region; Turkey 36 34 N 36 08 E formerly Alexandretta) Islamabad (capital) Pakistan 33 42 N 73 10 E Island (local name for Iceland 65 00 N 18 00 W Iceland) Islas Malvinas (island Falkland Islands 51 45 S 59 00 W group) (Islas Malvinas) Istanbul (city) Turkey 41 01 N 28 58 E Istrian Peninsula Croatia, Slovenia 45 00 N 14 00 E Italia (local name for Italy 42 50 N 12 50 E Italy) Italian East Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, 8 00 N 38 00 E (former name for Italian Somalia possessions in eastern Africa) Italian Somaliland Somalia 10 00 N 49 00 E (former name for southern Somalia) Ittihad al-Imarat al- United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E Arabiyah (local name for Emirates the United Arab Emirates) Iturup (island; see Russia (de facto) 44 55 N 147 40 E Etorofu) Ityop'iya (local name for Ethiopia 8 00 N 38 00 E Ethiopia) Ivory Coast (former name Cote d'Ivoire 8 00 N 5 00 W for Cote d'Ivoire) Iwo Jima (island) Japan 24 47 N 141 20 E Izmir (region) Turkey 38 25 N 27 10 E Jakarta (capital) Indonesia 6 10 S 106 48 E James Bay Arctic Ocean 54 00 N 80 00 W Jamestown (capital) Saint Helena 15 56 S 5 44 W Jammu (city) India 32 42 N 74 52 E Jammu and Kashmir India, Pakistan 34 00 N 76 00 E (region) Japan, Sea of Pacific Ocean 40 00 N 135 00 E Jars, Plain of Laos 19 27 N 103 10 E Java (island) Indonesia 7 30 S 110 00 E Java Sea Pacific Ocean 5 00 S 110 00 E Jerusalem (capital, Israel, West Bank 31 47 N 35 14 E proclaimed) Jiddah, Jeddah (city) Saudi Arabia 21 30 N 39 12 E Johannesburg (city) South Africa 26 15 S 28 00 E Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Pacific Ocean 14 00 S 128 45 E Juan Fernandez, Islas de Chile 33 00 S 80 00 W (island group) Juan de Fuca, Strait of Pacific Ocean 48 18 N 124 00 W Jubal, Strait of Indian Ocean 27 40 N 33 55 E Judaea (region) Israel, West Bank 31 35 N 35 00 E Jugoslavia, Jugoslavija Bosnia and 43 00 N 21 00 E (local names for Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, a former Croatia, Macedonia, Balkan federation) Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia Jutland (region) Denmark 56 00 N 9 15 E Juventud, Isla de la Cuba 21 40 N 82 50 W (Isle of Youth) Kabardino-Balkaria Russia 43 30 N 43 30 E (region) Kabul (capital) Afghanistan 34 31 N 69 12 E Kaduna (city) Nigeria 10 33 N 7 27 E Kailas Range China, India 30 00 N 82 00 E Kalaallit Nunaat (local Greenland 72 00 N 40 00 W name for Greenland) Kalahari (desert) Botswana, Namibia 24 30 S 21 00 E Kalimantan (region) Indonesia 0 00 N 115 00 E Kaliningrad (region; Russia 54 30 N 21 00 E formerly part of East Prussia) Kamaran (island) Yemen 15 21 N 42 34 E Kamchatka Peninsula Russia 56 00 N 160 00 E (Poluostrov Kamchatka) Kampala (capital) Uganda 0 19 N 32 25 E Kampuchea (former name Cambodia 13 00 N 105 00 E for Cambodia) Kane Basin (portion of Arctic Ocean 79 30 N 68 00 W channel) Kanton Island Kiribati 2 49 S 171 40 W Kara Sea Arctic Ocean 76 00 N 80 00 E Karachevo-Cherkessia Russia 43 40 N 41 50 E (region) Karachi (city) Pakistan 24 51 N 67 03 E Karafuto (island; former Russia 50 00 N 143 00 E name for southern Sakhalin Island) Karakoram Pass China, India 35 30 N 77 50 E Karelia, Kareliya Finland, Russia 63 15 N 30 48 E (region) Karelian Isthmus Russia 60 25 N 30 00 E Karimata Strait Pacific Ocean 2 05 S 108 40 E Kashmir (region) India, Pakistan 34 00 N 76 00 E Katanga (region) Democratic Republic 10 00 S 26 00 E of the Congo Kathmandu (capital) Nepal 27 43 N 85 19 E Kattegat (strait) Atlantic Ocean 57 00 N 11 00 E Kauai Channel Pacific Ocean 21 45 N 158 50 W Kazakstan (former name Kazakhstan 48 00 N 68 00 E for Kazakhstan) Keeling Islands Cocos (Keeling) 12 30 S 96 50 E Islands Kerguelen, Iles (island French Southern and 49 30 S 69 30 E group) Antarctic Lands Kermadec Islands New Zealand 29 50 S 178 15 W Kerulen River China, Mongolia 48 48 N 117 00 E Khabarovsk (city) Russia 48 27 N 135 06 E Khanka, Lake China, Russia 45 00 N 132 24 E Khartoum (capital) Sudan 15 36 N 32 32 E Khios (island) Greece 38 22 N 26 04 E Khmer Republic (former Cambodia 13 00 N 105 00 E name for Cambodia) Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman 17 30 N 56 00 E (Kuria Muria Islands) Khyber Pass Afghanistan, 34 05 N 71 10 E Pakistan Kibris (Turkish local Cyprus 35 00 N 33 00 E name for Cyprus) Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Atlantic Ocean 53 53 N 9 08 E Kanal) Kiev (capital) Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 E Kigali (capital) Rwanda 1 57 S 30 04 E Kingston (capital) Jamaica 18 00 N 76 48 W Kingston (capital) Norfolk Island 29 03 S 167 58 E Kingstown (capital) Saint Vincent and 13 09 N 61 14 W the Grenadines Kinshasa (capital) Democratic Republic 4 18 S 15 18 E of the Congo Kipros (Greek local name Cyprus 35 00 N 33 00 E for Cyprus) Kirghiziya, Kirgizia Kyrgyzstan 41 00 N 75 00 E (former name for Kyrgyzstan) Kirguizstan (local name Kyrgyzstan 41 00 N 75 00 E for Kyrgyzstan) Kiritimati (Christmas Kiribati 1 52 N 157 20 W Island) Kishinev (see Chisinau) Moldova 47 00 N 28 50 E Kithira Strait Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 23 00 E Kobe (city) Japan 34 41 N 135 10 E Kodiak Island United States 57 49 N 152 23 W Kola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Russia 67 20 N 37 00 E Poluostrov) Kolonia (town; former Federated States of 6 58 N 158 13 E capital; changed to Micronesia Palikir) Korea Bay Pacific Ocean 39 00 N 124 00 E Korea Strait Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 E Korea, Democratic North Korea 40 00 N 127 00 E People's Republic of Korea, Republic of South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 E Koror (capital) Palau 7 20 N 134 29 E Kosovo (region) Serbia 42 30 N 21 00 E Kosrae (island) Federated States of 5 20 N 163 00 E Micronesia Kowloon (city) Hong Kong 22 18 N 114 10 E Kra, Isthmus of Burma, Thailand 10 20 N 99 00 E Krakatoa (volcano) Indonesia 6 07 S 105 24 E Krakow (city) Poland 50 03 N 19 56 E Kuala Lumpur (capital) Malaysia 3 10 N 101 42 E Kunashiri (island; also Russia (de facto) 44 20 N 146 00 E Kunashir) Kunlun Mountains China 36 00 N 84 00 E Kuril Islands Russia (de facto) 46 10 N 152 00 E Kuwait (capital) Kuwait 29 20 N 47 59 E Kuznetsk Basin Russia 54 00 N 86 00 E Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands 9 05 N 167 20 E Kyiv, Kyyiv (see Kiev) Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 E Kyushu (island) Japan 33 00 N 131 00 E La Paz (administrative Bolivia 16 30 S 68 09 W capital) La Perouse Strait Pacific Ocean 45 45 N 142 00 E Labrador (peninsula, Canada 54 00 N 62 00 W region) Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 55 00 W Laccadive Islands India 10 00 N 73 00 E Laccadive Sea Indian Ocean 7 00 N 76 00 E Lagos (former capital) Nigeria 6 27 N 3 24 E Lahore (city) Pakistan 31 33 N 74 23 E Lake Erie Atlantic Ocean 42 30 N 81 00 W Lake Huron Atlantic Ocean 45 00 N 83 00 W Lake Michigan Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 87 30 W Lake Ontario Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 78 00 W Lake Superior Atlantic Ocean 48 00 N 88 00 W Lakshadweep (Laccadive India 10 00 N 73 00 E Islands) Lantau Island Hong Kong 22 15 N 113 55 E Lao (local name for Laos) Laos 18 00 N 105 00 E Laptev Sea Arctic Ocean 76 00 N 126 00 E Las Palmas (city) Spain (Canary 28 06 N 15 24 W Islands) Latakia (region) Syria 36 00 N 35 50 E Latvija (local name for Latvia 57 00 N 25 00 E Latvia) Lau Group (island group) Fiji 18 20 S 178 30 E Lefkosa (see Nicosia) Cyprus 35 10 N 33 22 E Leipzig (city) Germany 51 21 N 12 23 E Lemnos (island) Greece 39 54 N 25 21 E Leningrad (city; former Russia 59 55 N 30 15 E name for Saint Petersburg) Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesia 9 00 S 120 00 E Lesvos (island) Greece 39 15 N 26 15 E Leyte (island) Philippines 10 50 N 124 50 E Liancourt Rocks (claimed South Korea 37 15 N 131 50 E by Japan) Liaodong Wan (gulf) Pacific Ocean 40 30 N 121 20 E Liban (local name for Lebanon 33 50 N 36 50 E Lebanon) Libreville (capital) Gabon 0 23 N 9 27 E Lietuva (local name for Lithuania 56 00 N 24 00 E Lithuania) Ligurian Sea Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 9 00 E Lilongwe (capital) Malawi 13 59 S 33 44 E Lima (capital) Peru 12 03 S 77 03 W Lincoln Sea Arctic Ocean 83 00 N 56 00 W Line Islands Jarvis Island, 0 05 N 157 00 W Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Palmyra Atoll Lion, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 43 20 N 4 00 E Lisbon (capital) Portugal 38 43 N 9 08 W Little Belt (strait; also Atlantic Ocean 55 05 N 9 55 E Lille Baelt) Ljubljana (capital) Slovenia 46 03 N 14 31 E Llanos (region) Venezuela 8 00 N 68 00 W Lobamba (city) Swaziland 26 27 S 31 12 E Lombok (island) Indonesia 8 28 S 116 40 E Lombok Strait Indian Ocean 8 30 S 115 50 E Lome (capital) Togo 6 08 N 1 13 E London (capital) United Kingdom 51 30 N 0 10 W Longyearbyen (capital) Svalbard 78 13 N 15 33 E Lord Howe Island Australia 31 30 S 159 00 E Lorraine (region) France 48 42 N 6 11 E Louisiade Archipelago Papua New Guinea 11 00 S 153 00 E Lourenco Marques (city; Mozambique 25 56 S 32 34 E former name for Maputo) Loyalty Islands (Iles New Caledonia 21 00 S 167 00 E Loyaute) Luanda (capital) Angola 8 48 S 13 14 E Lubnan (local name for Lebanon 33 50 N 36 50 E Lebanon) Lubumbashi (city) Democratic Republic 11 40 S 27 28 E of the Congo Lusaka (capital) Zambia 15 25 S 28 17 E Luxembourg (capital) Luxembourg 49 45 N 6 10 E Luzon (island) Philippines 16 00 N 121 00 E Luzon Strait Pacific Ocean 20 30 N 121 00 E Lyakhov Islands Russia 73 45 N 138 00 E Macao Macau 22 10 N 113 33 E Macau (special China 22 10 N 113 33 E administrative region) Macquarie Island Australia 54 36 S 158 54 E Madagasikara (local name Madagascar 20 00 S 47 00 E for Madagascar) Maddalena, Isola Italy 41 13 N 09 24 E Madeira Islands Portugal 32 40 N 16 45 W Madras (city; see India 13 04 N 80 16 E Chennai) Madrid (capital) Spain 40 24 N 3 41 W Magellan, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 54 00 S 71 00 W Maghreb (region) Algeria, Libya, 34 00 N 3 00 E Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia Magreb (local name for Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 W Morocco) Magyarorszag (local name Hungary 47 00 N 20 00 E for Hungary) Mahe Island Seychelles 4 41 S 55 30 E Maiz, Islas del (Corn Nicaragua 12 15 N 83 00 W Islands) Majorca Island (Isla de Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E Mallorca) Majuro (capital) Marshall Islands 7 05 N 171 08 E Makassar Strait Pacific Ocean 2 00 S 117 30 E Makedonija (local name Macedonia 41 50 N 22 00 E for Macedonia) Malabo (capital) Equatorial Guinea 3 45 N 8 47 E Malacca, Strait of Indian Ocean 2 30 N 101 20 E Malagasy Republic Madagascar 20 00 S 47 00 E Malay Archipelago Brunei, Indonesia, 2 30 N 120 00 E Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines Malay Peninsula Malaysia, Thailand 7 10 N 100 35 E Male (capital) Maldives 4 10 N 73 31 E Mallorca, Isla de Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E (island; also Majorca) Malmady (region) Belgium 50 26 N 6 02 E Malpelo, Isla de (island) Colombia 4 00 N 90 30 W Malta Channel Atlantic Ocean 56 44 N 26 53 E Malvinas, Islas (island Falkland Islands 51 45 S 59 00 W group) (Islas Malvinas) Mamoutzou (capital) Mayotte 12 47 S 45 14 E Managua (capital) Nicaragua 12 09 N 86 17 W Manama (capital) Bahrain 26 13 N 50 35 E Manchukuo (former state) China 44 00 N 124 00 E Manchuria (region) China 44 00 N 124 00 E Manila (capital) Philippines 14 35 N 121 00 E Manipa Strait Pacific Ocean 3 20 S 127 23 E Mannar, Gulf of Indian Ocean 8 30 N 79 00 E Manua Islands American Samoa 14 13 S 169 35 W Maputo (capital) Mozambique 25 58 S 32 35 E Marcus Island (Minami- Japan 24 16 N 154 00 E tori-shima) Margarita, Isla (island) Venezuela 10 00 N 64 00 W Mariana Islands Guam, Northern 16 00 N 145 30 E Mariana Islands Marie Byrd Land (region) Antarctica 77 00 S 130 00 W Marion Island South Africa 46 51 S 37 52 E Marmara, Sea of Atlantic Ocean 40 40 N 28 15 E Marquesas Islands (Iles French Polynesia 9 00 S 139 30 W Marquises) Marseille (city) France 43 18 N 5 23 E Martin Vaz, Ilhas (island Brazil 20 30 S 28 51 W group) Mas a Tierra (Robinson Chile 33 38 S 78 52 W Crusoe Island) Mascarene Islands Mauritius, Reunion 21 00 S 57 00 E Maseru (capital) Lesotho 29 28 S 27 30 E Mata-Utu (capital) Wallis and Futuna 13 57 S 171 56 W Matsu (island) Taiwan 26 13 N 119 56 E Matthew Island New Caledonia, 22 20 S 171 20 E Vanuatu Mauritanie (local name Mauritania 20 00 N 12 00 W for Mauritania) Mazatlan (city) Mexico 23 13 N 106 25 W Mbabane (capital) Swaziland 26 18 S 31 06 E McDonald Islands Heard Island and 53 06 S 73 30 E McDonald Islands Mecca (city) Saudi Arabia 21 27 N 39 49 E Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 15 00 E Melbourne (city) Australia 37 49 S 144 58 E Melilla (exclave) Spain 35 19 N 2 58 W Memel (region) Lithuania 55 43 N 21 30 E Mesopotamia (region) Iraq 33 00 N 44 00 E Messina, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 38 15 N 15 35 E Mexico City (capital) Mexico 19 24 N 99 09 W Mexico, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 90 00 W Middle Congo (former name Republic of the 1 00 S 15 00 E for Republic of the Congo Congo) Milan (city) Italy 45 28 N 9 11 E Milwaukee Deep (Puerto Atlantic Ocean 19 55 N 65 27 W Rico Trench) Minami-tori-shima (Marcus Japan 24 16 N 154 00 E Island) Mindanao (island) Philippines 8 00 N 125 00 E Mindanao Sea Pacific Ocean 9 15 N 124 30 E Mindoro (island) Philippines 12 50 N 121 05 E Mindoro Strait Pacific Ocean 12 20 N 120 40 E Mingrelia (region) Georgia 42 30 N 41 52 E Minicoy Island India 8 17 N 73 02 E Minorca Island (Isla de Spain 40 00 N 4 00 E Menorca) Minsk (capital) Belarus 53 54 N 27 34 E Misr (local name for Egypt 27 00 N 30 00 E Egypt) Mitla Pass Egypt 30 02 N 32 54 E Mocambique (local name Mozambique 18 15 S 35 00 E for Mozambique) Mogadishu (capital) Somalia 2 04 N 45 22 E Moldavia (region) Moldova, Romania 47 00 N 29 00 E Molucca Sea Pacific Ocean 2 00 N 127 00 E Moluccas (Spice Islands) Indonesia 2 00 S 128 00 E Mombasa (city) Kenya 4 03 S 39 40 E Mona Passage Atlantic Ocean 18 30 N 67 45 W Monaco (capital) Monaco 43 44 N 7 25 E Mongol Uls (local name Mongolia 46 00 N 105 00 E for Mongolia) Monrovia (capital) Liberia 6 18 N 10 47 W Monterrey (city) Mexico 25 40 N 100 19 W Montevideo (capital) Uruguay 34 53 S 56 11 W Montreal (city) Canada 45 31 N 73 34 W Moravia (region) Czech Republic 49 30 N 17 00 E Moravian Gate (pass) Czech Republic 49 35 N 17 50 E Moroni (capital) Comoros 11 41 S 43 16 E Mortlock Islands (Nomoi Federated States of 5 30 N 153 40 E Islands) Micronesia Moscow (capital) Russia 55 45 N 37 35 E Mount Pinatubo (volcano) Philippines 15 08 N 120 21 E Mozambique Channel Indian Ocean 19 00 S 41 00 E Mumbai (city; also India 18 58 N 72 50 E Bombay) Munich, Muenchen (city) Germany 48 08 N 11 35 E Muritaniyah (local name Mauritania 20 00 N 12 00 W for Mauritania) Musandam Peninsula Oman, United Arab 26 18 N 56 24 E Emirates Muscat (capital) Oman 23 37 N 58 35 E Muscat and Oman (former Oman 21 00 N 57 00 E name for Oman) Myanma, Myanmar Burma 22 00 N 98 00 E N'Djamena (capital) Chad 12 07 N 15 03 E Nagorno-Karabakh (region) Azerbaijan 40 00 N 46 40 E Nairobi (capital) Kenya 1 17 S 36 49 E Namib (desert) Namibia 24 00 S 15 00 E Nampo-shoto (island Japan 30 00 N 140 00 E group) Nan Madol (ruins) Federated States of 6 85 N 158 35 E Micronesia Naples (city) Italy 40 51 N 14 15 E Nassau (capital) The Bahamas 25 05 N 77 21 W Natal (region) South Africa 29 00 S 30 25 E Natuna Besar Islands Indonesia 3 30 N 102 30 E Natuna Sea Pacific Ocean 3 30 N 108 00 E Naxcivan (region) Azerbaijan 39 20 N 45 20 E Naxos (island) Greece 37 05 N 25 30 E Nederland (local name for Netherlands 52 30 N 5 45 E the Netherlands) Nederlandse Antillen Netherlands 12 15 N 68 45 W (local name for the Antilles Netherlands Antilles) Negev (region) Israel 30 30 N 34 55 E Negros (island) Philippines 10 00 N 123 00 E Nejd (region) Saudi Arabia 24 05 N 45 15 E Netherlands East Indies Indonesia 5 00 S 120 00 E (former name for Indonesia) Netherlands Guiana Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 W (former name for Suriname) Nevis (island) Saint Kitts and 17 09 N 62 35 W Nevis New Britain (island) Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 150 00 E New Delhi (capital) India 28 36 N 77 12 E New Guinea (island) Indonesia, Papua 5 00 S 140 00 E New Guinea New Hebrides (island Vanuatu 16 00 S 167 00 E group) New Ireland (island) Papua New Guinea 3 20 N 152 00 E New Siberian Islands Russia 75 00 N 142 00 E New Territories (mainland Hong Kong 22 24 N 114 10 E region) Newfoundland (island, Canada 52 00 N 56 00 W with mainland area, and a province) Niamey (capital) Niger 13 31 N 2 07 E Nicobar Islands India 8 00 N 93 30 E Nicosia (capital; also Cyprus 35 10 N 33 22 E Lefkosia) Nightingale Island Saint Helena 37 25 S 12 30 W Nihon, Nippon (local name Japan 36 00 N 138 00 E for Japan) Nomoi Islands (Mortlock Federated States of 5 30 N 153 40 E Islands) Micronesia Norge (local name for Norway 62 00 N 10 00 E Norway) Norman Isles (Channel Guernsey, Jersey 49 20 N 2 20 W Islands) North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 30 00 N 45 00 W North Channel Atlantic Ocean 55 10 N 5 40 W North Frisian Islands Denmark, Germany 54 50 N 8 12 E North Greenland Sea Arctic Ocean 78 00 N 5 00 W North Island New Zealand 39 00 S 176 00 E North Ossetia (region) Russia 43 00 N 44 10 E North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean 30 00 N 165 00 W North Sea Atlantic Ocean 56 00 N 4 00 E North Vietnam (former Vietnam 23 00 N 106 00 E name for northern portion of Vietnam) North Yemen (Yemen Arab Yemen 15 00 N 44 00 E Republic; now part of Yemen) Northeast Providence Atlantic Ocean 25 40 N 77 09 W Channel Northern Areas Pakistan 36 0 N 75 0 E Northern Cyprus (region) Cyprus 35 15 N 33 44 E Northern Epirus (region) Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 E Northern Grenadines Saint Vincent and 12 45 N 61 15 W (political region) the Grenadines Northern Ireland United Kingdom 54 40 N 6 45 W Northern Rhodesia (former Zambia 15 00 S 30 00 E name for Zambia) Northwest Passages Arctic Ocean 74 40 N 100 00 W Norwegian Sea Atlantic Ocean 66 00 N 6 00 E Nouakchott (capital) Mauritania 18 06 N 15 57 W Noumea (capital) New Caledonia 22 16 S 166 27 E Nouvelle-Caledonie (local New Caledonia 21 30 S 165 30 E name for New Caledonia) Nouvelles Hebrides Vanuatu 16 00 S 167 00 E (former name for Vanuatu) Novaya Zemlya (islands) Russia 74 00 N 57 00 E Nubia (region) Egypt, Sudan 20 30 N 33 00 E Nuku'alofa (capital) Tonga 21 08 S 175 12 W Nunavut (region) Canada 72 00 N 90 00 W Nuuk (capital; also Greenland 64 11 N 51 44 W Godthab) Nyasaland (former name Malawi 13 30 S 34 00 E for Malawi) Nyassa (region) Mozambique 13 30 S 37 00 E Oahu (island) United States 21 30 N 158 00 W (Hawaii) Ocean Island (Banaba) Kiribati 0 52 S 169 35 E Ocean Island (Kure United States 28 25 N 178 20 W Island) Oesterreich (local name Austria 47 20 N 13 20 E for Austria) Ogaden (region) Ethiopia, Somalia 7 00 N 46 00 E Oil Islands (Chagos British Indian 6 00 S 71 30 E Archipelago) Ocean Territory Okhotsk, Sea of Pacific Ocean 53 00 N 150 00 E Okinawa (island group) Japan 26 30 N 128 00 E Oland (island) Sweden 56 45 N 16 40 E Oman, Gulf of Indian Ocean 24 30 N 58 30 E Ombai Strait Pacific Ocean 8 30 S 125 00 E Oran (city) Algeria 35 43 N 0 43 W Orange River Colony South Africa 28 20 S 26 40 E (region; former name of Free State Province of South Africa) Oranjestad (capital) Aruba 12 33 N 70 06 W Oresund (The Sound) Atlantic Ocean 55 50 N 12 40 E (strait) Orkney Islands United Kingdom 59 00 N 3 00 W Osaka (city) Japan 34 42 N 135 30 E Oslo (capital) Norway 59 55 N 10 45 E Osumi Strait (Van Diemen Pacific Ocean 31 00 N 131 00 E Strait) Otranto, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 40 00 N 19 00 E Ottawa (capital) Canada 45 25 N 75 40 W Ouagadougou (capital) Burkina Faso 12 22 N 1 31 W Outer Hebrides (islands) United Kingdom 57 45 N 7 00 W Outer Mongolia (region) Mongolia 46 00 N 105 00 E P'yongyang (capital) North Korea 39 01 N 125 45 E Pacific Islands, Trust Marshall Islands, 10 00 N 155 00 E Territory of the (former Federated States of name of a large area of Micronesia, the western North Pacific Northern Mariana Ocean) Islands, Palau Pagan (island) Northern Mariana 18 08 N 145 47 E Islands Pago Pago (capital) American Samoa 14 16 S 170 42 W Palawan (island) Philippines 9 30 N 118 30 E Palermo (city) Italy 38 07 N 13 21 E Palestine (region) Israel, West Bank 32 00 N 35 15 E Palikir (capital) Federated States of 6 55 N 158 08 E Micronesia Palk Strait Indian Ocean 10 00 N 79 45 E Pamirs (mountains) China, Tajikistan 38 00 N 73 00 E Pampas (region) Argentina 35 00 S 63 00 W Panama (capital) Panama 8 58 N 79 32 W Panama Canal Panama 9 00 N 79 45 W Panama, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 8 00 N 79 30 W Panay (island) Philippines 11 15 N 122 30 E Pantelleria, Isola di Italy 36 47 N 12 00 E (island) Papeete (capital) French Polynesia 17 32 S 149 34 W Paramaribo (capital) Suriname 5 50 N 55 10 W Parece Vela (island) Japan 20 20 N 136 00 E Paris (capital) France 48 52 N 2 20 E Pascua, Isla de (Easter Chile 27 07 S 109 22 W Island) Pashtunistan (region) Afghanistan, 32 00 N 69 00 E Pakistan Passion, Ile de la Clipperton Island 10 17 N 109 13 W (island) Patagonia (region) Argentina 48 00 S 61 00 W Peking (see Beijing) China 39 56 N 116 24 E Pelagian Islands (Isole Italy 35 40 N 12 40 E Pelagie) Peleliu (Beliliou) Palau 7 01 N 134 15 E (island) Peloponnese (peninsula) Greece 37 30 N 22 25 E Pemba Island Tanzania 5 20 S 39 45 E Penang Island Malaysia 5 23 N 100 15 E Pentland Firth (channel) Atlantic Ocean 58 44 N 3 13 W Perim (island) Yemen 12 39 N 43 25 E Perouse Strait, La Pacific Ocean 44 45 N 142 00 E Persia (former name for Iran 32 00 N 53 00 E Iran) Persian Gulf Indian Ocean 27 00 N 51 00 E Perth (city) Australia 31 56 S 115 50 E Pescadores (islands) Taiwan 23 30 N 119 30 E Peshawar (city) Pakistan 34 01 N 71 40 E Peter I Island Antarctica 68 48 S 90 35 W Petrograd (city; former Russia 59 55 N 30 15 E name for Saint Petersburg) Philip Island Norfolk Island 29 08 S 167 57 E Philippine Sea Pacific Ocean 20 00 N 134 00 E Phnom Penh (capital) Cambodia 11 33 N 104 55 E Phoenix Islands Kiribati 3 30 S 172 00 W Pinatubo, Mount (volcano) Philippines 15 08 N 120 21 E Pines, Isle of (island; Cuba 21 40 N 82 50 W former name for Isla de la Juventud) Pleasant Island Nauru 0 32 S 166 55 E Plymouth (capital) Montserrat 16 44 N 62 14 W Podgorica (administrative Montenegro 42 26 N 19 16 E capital) Polska (local name) Poland 52 00 N 20 00 E Polynesie Francaise French Polynesia 15 00 S 140 00 W (local name for French Polynesia) Pomerania (region) Germany, Poland 53 40 N 15 35 E Ponape (Pohnpei) (island) Federated States of 6 55 N 158 15 E Micronesia Port Louis (capital) Mauritius 20 10 S 57 30 E Port Moresby (capital) Papua New Guinea 9 30 S 147 10 E Port-Vila (capital) Vanuatu 17 44 S 168 19 E Port-au-Prince (capital) Haiti 18 32 N 72 20 W Port-of-Spain (capital) Trinidad and Tobago 10 39 N 61 31 W Porto-Novo (capital) Benin 6 29 N 2 37 E Portuguese East Africa Mozambique 18 15 S 35 00 E (former name for Mozambique) Portuguese Guinea (former Guinea-Bissau 12 00 N 15 00 W name for Guinea-Bissau) Portuguese Timor (former East Timor 9 00 S 126 00 E name for East Timor) Poznan (city) Poland 52 25 N 16 55 E Prague (capital) Czech Republic 40 55 N 21 00 E Praia (capital) Cape Verde 14 55 N 23 31 W Prathet Thai (local name Thailand 15 00 N 100 00 E for Thailand) Pretoria (administrative South Africa 25 45 S 28 10 E capital) Prevlaka peninsula Croatia 42 24 N 18 31 E Pribilof Islands United States 57 00 N 170 00 W Prince Edward Island Canada 46 20 N 63 20 W Prince Edward Islands South Africa 46 35 S 38 00 E Prince Patrick Island Canada 76 30 N 119 00 W Principe (island) Sao Tome and 1 38 N 7 25 E Principe Prussia (region) Germany, Poland, 53 00 N 14 00 E Russia Pukapuka Atoll Cook Islands 10 53 S 165 49 W Punjab (region) India, Pakistan 30 50 N 73 30 E Puntland (region) Somalia 8 21 N 49 08 E Qazaqstan (local name for Kazakhstan 48 00 N 68 00 E Kazakhstan) Qita Ghazzah (local name Gaza Strip 31 25 N 34 20 E Gaza Strip) Quebec (city) Canada 46 48 N 71 15 W Queen Charlotte Islands Canada 53 00 N 132 00 W Queen Elizabeth Islands Canada 78 00 N 95 00 W Queen Maud Land (claimed Antarctica 73 30 S 12 00 E by Norway) Quemoy (island) Taiwan 24 27 N 118 23 E Quito (capital) Ecuador 0 13 S 78 30 W Rabat (capital) Morocco 34 02 N 6 51 W Ralik Chain (island Marshall Islands 8 00 N 167 00 E group) Rangoon (capital; also Burma 16 47 N 96 10 E Yangon) Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Chile 27 07 S 109 22 W Ratak Chain (island Marshall Islands 9 00 N 171 00 E group) Red Sea Indian Ocean 20 00 N 38 00 E Redonda (island) Antigua and Barbuda 16 55 N 62 19 W Republica Dominicana Dominican Republic 19 00 N 70 40 W (local name for Dominican Republic) Republique Centrafricain Central African 7 00 N 21 00 E (local name for Central Republic African Republic) Republique Francaise France 46 00 N 2 00 E (local name for France) Republique Gabonaise Gabon 1 00 S 11 45 E (local name for Gabon) Republique Rwandaise Rwanda 2 00 S 30 00 E (local name for Rwanda) Republique Togolaise Togo 8 00 N 1 10 E (local name for Togo) Revillagigedo Island United States 55 35 N 131 06 W (Alaska) Revillagigedo Islands Mexico 19 00 N 112 45 W Reykjavik (capital) Iceland 64 09 N 21 57 W Rhodes (island) Greece 36 10 N 28 00 E Rhodesia, Northern Zambia 15 00 S 30 00 E (former name for Zambia) Rhodesia, Southern Zimbabwe 20 00 S 30 00 E (former name for Zimbabwe) Riga (capital) Latvia 56 57 N 24 06 E Riga, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 57 30 N 23 30 E Rio Muni (mainland Equatorial Guinea 1 30 N 10 00 E region) Rio de Janiero (city) Brazil 22 55 S 43 17 W Rio de Oro (region) Western Sahara 23 45 N 15 45 W Rio de la Plata (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 35 00 S 59 00 W Riyadh (capital) Saudi Arabia 24 38 N 46 43 E Road Town (capital) British Virgin 18 27 N 64 37 W Islands Robinson Crusoe Island Chile 33 38 S 78 52 W (Mas a Tierra) Rocas, Atol das (island) Brazil 3 51 S 33 49 W Rockall (island) United Kingdom 57 35 N 13 48 W Rodrigues (island) Mauritius 19 42 S 63 25 E Rome (capital) Italy 41 54 N 12 29 E Roncador Cay (island) Colombia 13 32 N 80 03 W Roosevelt Island Antarctica 79 30 S 162 00 W Roseau (capital) Dominica 15 18 N 61 24 W Ross Dependency (claimed Antarctica 80 00 S 180 00 E by New Zealand) Ross Island Antarctica 81 30 S 175 00 W Ross Sea Antarctica, 76 00 S 175 00 W Southern Ocean Rossiya (local name for Russia 60 00 N 100 00 E Russia) Rota (island) Northern Mariana 14 10 N 145 12 E Islands Rotuma (island) Fiji 12 30 S 177 05 E Ruanda (former name for Rwanda 2 00 S 30 00 E Rwanda) Rub al Khali (desert) Saudi Arabia 19 30 N 49 00 E Rumelia (region) Albania, Bulgaria, 42 00 N 22 30 E Macedonia Ruthenia (region; former Ukraine 48 22 N 23 32 E name for Carpatho- Ukraine) Ryukyu Islands Japan 26 30 N 128 00 E Saar (region) Germany 49 25 N 7 00 E Saaremaa (island) Estonia 58 25 N 22 30 E Saba (island) Netherlands 17 38 N 63 10 W Antilles Sabah (state) Malaysia 5 20 N 117 10 E Sable Island Canada 43 55 N 59 50 W Safety Islands (Iles du French Guiana 5 20 N 52 37 W Salut) Sahara Occidental (former Western Sahara 24 30 N 13 00 W name for Western Sahara) Sahel (region) Burkina Faso, Chad, 15 00 N 8 00 W The Gambia, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal Saigon (city; former name Vietnam 10 45 N 106 40 E for Ho Chi Minh City) Saint Barthelemy (island; Guadeloupe 17 55 N 62 52 W also Saint Bart's) Saint Brandon (Cargados Mauritius 16 25 S 59 38 E Carajos Shoals) Saint Christopher Saint Kitts and 17 20 N 62 45 W (island) Nevis Saint Christopher and Saint Kitts and 17 20 N 62 45 W Nevis Nevis Saint Eustatius (island) Netherlands 17 30 N 63 00 W Antilles Saint George's (capital) Grenada 12 03 N 61 45 W Saint George's Channel Atlantic Ocean 52 00 N 6 00 W Saint Helena Island Saint Helena 15 57 S 5 42 W Saint Helens, Mount United States 46 15 N 122 12 W (volcano) Saint Helier (capital) Jersey 49 12 N 2 07 W Saint John (city) Canada (New 45 16 N 66 04 W Brunswick) Saint John's (capital) Antigua and Barbuda 17 06 N 61 51 W Saint Lawrence Island United States 49 30 N 67 00 W Saint Lawrence Seaway Atlantic Ocean 49 15 N 67 00 W Saint Lawrence, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 48 00 N 62 00 W Saint Paul Island Canada 47 12 N 60 09 W Saint Paul Island United States 57 11 N 170 16 W Saint Paul Island (Ile French Southern and 38 43 S 77 29 E Saint-Paul) Antarctic Lands Saint Peter Port Guernsey 49 27 N 2 32 W (capital) Saint Peter and Saint Brazil 0 23 N 29 23 W Paul Rocks (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo) Saint Petersburg (city; Russia 59 55 N 30 15 E former capital) Saint Thomas (island) Virgin Islands 18 21 N 64 55 W Saint Vincent Passage Atlantic Ocean 13 30 N 61 00 W Saint-Denis (capital) Reunion 20 52 S 55 28 E Saint-Martin (island; Guadeloupe 18 04 N 63 04 W also Sint Maarten) Saint-Pierre (capital) Saint Pierre and 46 46 N 56 11 W Miquelon Saipan (island) Northern Mariana 15 12 N 145 45 E Islands Sak'art'velo (local name Georgia 42 00 N 43 30 E for Georgia) Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Russia 51 00 N 143 00 E Sakhalin) Sakishima Islands Japan 24 30 N 124 00 E Sala y Gomez, Isla Chile 26 28 S 105 00 W (island) Salisbury (city; former Zimbabwe 17 50 S 105 00 W name for Harare) Salzburg (city) Austria 47 48 N 13 02 E Samar (island) Philippines 12 00 N 125 00 E Samaria (region) West Bank 32 15 N 35 10 E Samoa Islands American Samoa, 14 00 S 171 00 W Samoa Samos (island) Greece 37 48 N 26 44 E San Ambrosio, Isla Chile 26 21 S 79 52 W (island) San Andres y Providencia, Colombia 13 00 N 81 30 W Archipielago (island group) San Bernardino Strait Pacific Ocean 12 32 N 124 10 E San Felix, Isla (island) Chile 26 17 S 80 05 W San Jose (capital) Costa Rica 9 56 N 84 05 W San Juan (capital) Puerto Rico 18 28 N 66 07 W San Marino (capital) San Marino 43 56 N 12 25 E San Salvador (capital) El Salvador 13 42 N 89 12 W Sanaa (capital) Yemen 15 21 N 44 12 E Sandzak (region) Montenegro, Serbia 43 05 N 19 45 E Santa Cruz (city) Bolivia 17 48 S 63 10 W Santa Cruz Islands Solomon Islands 11 00 S 166 15 E Santa Sede (local name Holy See 41 54 N 12 27 E for the Holy See) Santiago (capital) Chile 33 27 S 70 40 W Santo Antao (island) Cape Verde 17 05 N 25 10 W Santo Domingo (capital) Dominican Republic 18 28 N 69 54 W Sao Paulo (city) Brazil 23 35 S 46 43 W Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Brazil 0 23 N 29 23 W Penedos de (rocks) Sao Tiago (island) Cape Verde 15 05 N 23 40 W Sao Tome (island) Sao Tome and 0 12 N 6 39 E Principe Sapporo (city) Japan 43 04 N 141 20 E Sapudi Strait Pacific Ocean 7 05 S 114 10 E Sarajevo (capital) Bosnia and 43 52 N 18 25 E Herzegovina Sarawak (state) Malaysia 2 30 N 113 30 E Sardinia (island) Italy 40 00 N 9 00 E Sargasso Sea (region) Atlantic Ocean 30 00 N 55 00 W Sark (island) Guernsey 49 26 N 2 21 W Savage Island (former Niue 19 02 S 169 52 W name for Niue) Savu Sea Pacific Ocean 9 30 S 122 00 E Saxony (region) Germany 51 00 N 13 00 E Schleswig-Holstein Germany 54 31 N 9 33 E (region) Schweiz (local German Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 E name for Switzerland) Scopus, Mount Israel, West Bank 31 48 N 35 14 E Scotia Sea Atlantic Ocean, 56 00 S 40 00 W Southern Ocean Scotland (region) United Kingdom 57 00 N 4 00 W Scott Island Antarctica 67 24 S 179 55 W Senegambia (region; The Gambia, Senegal 13 50 N 15 25 W former name of confederation of Senegal and The Gambia) Senyavin Islands Federated States of 6 55 N 158 00 E Micronesia Seoul (capital) South Korea 37 34 N 127 00 E Serendib (former name for Sri Lanka 7 00 N 81 00 E Sri Lanka) Serrana Bank (shoal) Colombia 14 25 N 80 16 W Serranilla Bank (shoal) Colombia 15 51 N 79 46 W Settlement, The (capital) Christmas Island 18 44 N 64 19 W Severnaya Zemlya (island Russia 79 30 N 98 00 E group; also Northland) Shaba (region) Democratic Republic 8 00 S 27 00 E of the Congo Shag Island Heard Island and 53 00 S 72 30 E McDonald Islands Shag Rocks South Georgia and 53 33 S 42 02 W the South Sandwich Islands Shanghai (city) China 31 14 N 121 30 E Shenyang (city; also China 41 46 N 123 24 E Mukden) Shetland Islands United Kingdom 60 30 N 1 30 W Shikoku (island) Japan 33 45 N 133 30 E Shikotan (island) Russia (de facto) 43 47 N 146 45 E Shqiperia (local name for Albania 41 00 N 20 00 E Albania) Siam (former name for Thailand 15 00 N 100 00 E Thailand) Siberia (region) Russia 60 00 N 100 00 E Sibutu Passage Pacific Ocean 4 50 N 119 35 E Sicily (island) Italy 37 30 N 14 00 E Sicily, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 37 20 N 11 20 E Sidra, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 31 30 N 18 00 E Sikkim (state) India 27 50 N 88 30 E Silesia (region) Czech Republic, 51 00 N 17 00 E Germany, Poland Sinai Peninsula Egypt 29 30 N 34 00 E Singapore (capital) Singapore 1 17 N 103 51 E Singapore Strait Pacific Ocean 1 15 N 104 00 E Sinkiang (autonomous China 42 00 N 86 00 E region; also Xinjiang) Sint Eustatius (island) Netherlands 17 29 N 62 58 W Antilles Sint Maarten (island; Netherlands 18 04 N 63 04 W also Saint-Martin) Antilles Sjaelland (island) Denmark 55 30 N 12 00 E Skagerrak (strait) Atlantic Ocean 57 45 N 9 00 E Skopje (capital) Macedonia 41 59 N 21 26 E Slavonia (region) Croatia 45 27 N 18 00 E Slovenija (local name for Slovenia 46 00 N 15 00 E Slovenia) Slovensko (local name for Slovakia 48 40 N 19 30 E Slovakia) Smyrna (region; former Turkey 38 25 N 27 10 E name for Izmir) Society Islands (Iles de French Polynesia 17 00 S 150 00 W la Societe) Socotra (island) Yemen 12 30 N 54 00 E Sofia (capital) Bulgaria 42 41 N 23 19 E Solomon Islands, northern Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 155 00 E Solomon Islands, southern Solomon Islands 8 00 S 159 00 E Solomon Sea Pacific Ocean 8 00 S 153 00 E Somaliland (region) Somalia 9 30 N 46 00 E Somers Islands (former Bermuda 32 20 N 64 45 W name for Bermuda) Songkhla (city) Thailand 7 12 N 100 36 E Sound, The (strait; also Atlantic Ocean 55 50 N 12 40 E Oresund) South Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 30 00 S 15 00 W South China Sea Pacific Ocean 10 00 N 113 00 E South Georgia (island) South Georgia and 54 15 S 36 45 W the South Sandwich Islands South Island New Zealand 43 00 S 171 00 E South Korea South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 E South Orkney Islands Antarctica 61 00 S 45 00 W South Ossetia (region) Georgia 42 20 N 44 00 E South Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean 30 00 S 130 00 W South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and 57 45 S 26 30 W the South Sandwich Islands South Shetland Islands Antarctica 62 00 S 59 00 W South Tyrol (region) Italy 46 30 N 10 30 E South Vietnam (former Vietnam 12 00 N 108 00 E name for the southern portion of Vietnam) South Yemen (People's Yemen 14 00 N 48 00 E Democratic Republic of Yemen; now part of Yemen) South-West Africa (former Namibia 22 00 S 17 00 E name for Namibia) Southern Grenadines Grenada 12 20 N 61 30 W (island group) Southern Rhodesia (former Zimbabwe 20 00 S 30 00 E name for Zimbabwe) Soviet Union (former name Armenia, of a large Eurasian Azerbaijan, empire, roughly coequal Belarus, Estonia, with the former Russian Georgia, Empire) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Spanish Guinea (former Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 E name for Equatorial Guinea) Spanish Morocco (former Morocco 32 00 N 7 00 W name for northern Morocco) Spanish North Africa Spain (Ceuta, Islas 35 15 N 4 00 W (exclaves) Chafarinas, Melilla, Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera) Spanish Sahara (former Western Sahara 24 30 N 13 00 W name) Spanish West Africa Morocco, Western 25 00 N 13 00 W (former name for Ifni and Sahara Spanish Sahara) Spice Islands (Moluccas) Indonesia 2 00 S 28 00 E Spitsbergen (island) Svalbard 78 00 N 20 00 E St. John's (city) Canada 47 34 N 52 43 W (Newfoundland) Stanley (capital) Falkland Islands 51 42 S 57 41 W (Islas Malvinas) Stockholm (capital) Sweden 59 20 N 18 03 E Strasbourg (city) France 48 35 N 7 44 E Stuttgart (city) Germany 48 46 N 9 11 E Sucre (constitutional Bolivia 19 02 S 65 17 W capital) Suez Canal Egypt 29 55 N 32 33 E Suez, Gulf of Indian Ocean 28 10 N 33 27 E Suisse (local French name Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 E for Switzerland) Sulawesi (island; Indonesia 2 00 S 121 00 E Celebes) Sulawesi Sea Pacific Ocean 3 00 N 122 00 E Sulu Archipelago (island Philippines 6 00 N 121 00 E group) Sulu Sea Pacific Ocean 8 00 N 120 00 E Sumatra (island) Indonesia 0 00 N 102 00 E Sumba (island) Indonesia 10 00 S 120 00 E Sumba Strait Pacific Ocean 9 10 S 120 00 E Sumbawa (island) Indonesia 8 30 S 118 00 E Sunda Islands (Soenda Indonesia, Malaysia 2 00 S 110 00 E Isles) Sunda Strait Indian Ocean 6 00 S 105 45 E Suomi (local name for Finland 64 00 N 26 00 E Finland) Surabaya (city) Indonesia 7 13 S 112 45 E Surigao Strait Pacific Ocean 10 15 N 125 23 E Surinam (former name for Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 W Suriname) Suriyah (local name for Syria 35 00 N 38 00 E Syria) Surtsey (volcanic island) Iceland 63 17 N 20 40 W Suva (capital) Fiji 18 08 S 178 25 E Sverdlovsk (city; also Russia 56 50 N 60 39 E Yekaterinburg) Sverige (local name for Sweden 62 00 N 15 00 E Sweden) Svizzera (local Italian Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 E name for Switzerland) Swains Island American Samoa 11 03 S 171 15 W Swan Islands Honduras 17 25 S 83 56 W Sydney (city) Australia 33 53 S 151 13 E T'bilisi (capital) Georgia 41 43 N 44 49 E Tadzhikistan (former name Tajikistan 39 00 N 71 00 E for Tajikistan) Tahiti (island) French Polynesia 17 37 S 149 27 W Taipei (capital) Taiwan 25 03 N 121 30 E Taiwan Strait Pacific Ocean 24 00 N 119 00 E Tallinn (capital) Estonia 59 25 N 24 45 E Tanganyika (former name Tanzania 6 00 S 35 00 E for the mainland portion of Tanzania) Tangier (city) Morocco 35 48 N 5 45 W Tannu-Tuva (region) Russia 51 25 N 94 45 E Tarawa (island) Kiribati 1 25 N 173 00 E Tartary, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 50 00 N 141 00 E Tashkent (capital) Uzbekistan 41 20 N 69 18 E Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean 4 30 S 168 00 E Tasmania (island) Australia 43 00 S 147 00 E Tatar Strait Pacific Ocean 50 00 N 141 00 E Taymyr Peninsula Russia 76 00 N 104 00 E (Poluostrov Taymyr) Tchad (local name for Chad 15 00 N 19 00 E Chad) Tegucigalpa (capital) Honduras 14 06 N 87 13 W Tehran (capital) Iran 35 40 N 51 26 E Tel Aviv (capital, de Israel 32 05 N 34 48 E facto) Teluk Bone (gulf) Pacific Ocean 4 00 S 120 45 E Teluk Tomini (gulf) Pacific Ocean 0 30 S 121 00 E Terre Adelie (claimed by Antarctica 66 30 S 139 00 E France; also Adelie Land) Terres Australes et French Southern and 43 00 S 67 00 E Antarctiques Francaises Antarctic Lands (local name for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands) Thailand, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 10 00 N 101 00 E The Former Yugoslav Macedonia 41 50 N 22 00 E Republic of Macedonia Thessaloniki (city; also Greece 40 38 N 22 57 E Salonika) Thimphu (capital) Bhutan 27 28 N 89 39 E Thuringia (region) Germany 51 00 N 11 00 E Thurston Island Antarctica 72 20 S 99 00 W Tiberias, Lake Israel 32 48 N 35 35 E Tibet (autonomous region; China 32 00 N 90 00 E also Xizang) Tibilisi (see T'bilisi) Georgia 41 43 N 44 49 E Tien Shan (mountains) China, Kyrgyzstan 42 00 N 80 00 E Tierra del Fuego (island, Argentina, Chile 54 00 S 69 00 W island group) Timor (island) East Timor, 9 00 S 125 00 E Indonesia Timor Sea Pacific Ocean 11 00 S 128 00 E Timor-Leste, Timor East Timor 9 00 N 126 00 E Lorosa'e (local names for East Timor) Tinian (island) Northern Mariana 15 00 N 145 38 E Islands Tiran, Strait of Indian Ocean 28 00 N 34 27 E Tirana, Tirane (capital) Albania 41 20 N 19 50 E Tirol, Tyrol (region) Austria, Italy 47 00 N 11 00 E Tobago (island) Trinidad and Tobago 11 15 N 60 40 W Tokyo (capital) Japan 35 42 N 139 46 E Tonkin, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 20 00 N 108 00 E Toronto (city) Canada 43 40 N 79 23 W Torres Strait Pacific Ocean 10 25 S 142 10 E Torshavn (capital) Faroe Islands 62 01 N 6 46 W Toshkent (see Tashkent) Uzbekistan 41 20 N 69 18 E Transcarpathia (region; Ukraine 48 22 N 23 32 E alternate name for Carpatho-Ukraine) Transjordan (former name Jordan 31 00 N 36 00 E for Jordan) Transkei (enclave) South Africa 32 15 S 28 15 E Transvaal (region; former South Africa 25 10 S 29 25 E name for northeastern South Africa) Transylvania (region) Romania 46 30 N 24 00 E Trindade, Ilha de Brazil 20 31 S 29 20 W (island) Trinidad (island) Trinidad and Tobago 10 22 N 61 15 W Tripoli (capital) Libya 32 54 N 13 11 E Tripoli (city) Lebanon 34 26 N 35 51 E Tripolitania (region) Libya 31 00 N 14 00 E Tristan da Cunha Group Saint Helena 37 15 S 12 30 W (island group) Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea 8 38 S 151 04 E Trucial Coast (former United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E name for the United Arab Emirates Emirates) Trucial Oman (former name United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E for the United Arab Emirates Emirates) Trucial States (former United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E name for the United Arab Emirates Emirates) Truk Islands (former name Federated States of 7 25 N 151 47 E for the Chuuk Islands) Micronesia Tsugaru Strait Pacific Ocean 41 35 N 141 00 E Tuamotu Islands (Iles French Polynesia 19 00 S 142 00 W Tuamotu) Tubuai Islands (Iles French Polynesia 23 00 S 150 00 W Tubuai) Tunb al Kubra (island) Iran 26 14 N 55 19 E Tunb as Sughra (island) Iran 26 14 N 55 09 E Tunis (capital) Tunisia 36 48 N 10 11 E Turin (city) Italy 45 04 N 7 40 E Turkish Straits (see Atlantic Ocean 40 40 N 28 00 E Bosporus and Dardenelles) Turkiye (local name for Turkey 39 00 N 35 00 E Turkey) Turkmenia, Turkmeniya Turkmenistan 40 00 N 60 00 E (former name for Turkmenistan) Turks Island Passage Atlantic Ocean 21 40 N 71 00 W Tuscany (region) Italy 43 25 N 11 00 E Tutuila (island) American Samoa 14 18 S 170 42 W Tyrrhenian Sea Atlantic Ocean 40 00 N 12 00 E Ubangi-Shari (former name Central African 6 38 N 20 33 E for the Central African Republic Republic Ukrayina (local name for Ukraine 49 00 N 32 00 E Ukraine) Ulaanbaatar (capital) Mongolia 47 55 N 106 53 E Ullung-do (island) South Korea 37 29 N 130 52 E Ulster (region) Ireland, United 54 35 N 7 00 W Kingdom Uman (local name for Oman 21 00 N 57 00 E Oman) Unimak Pass (strait) Pacific Ocean 54 20 N 164 50 W Union of Soviet Socialist Armenia, Republics or USSR (former Azerbaijan, name of a large Eurasian Belarus, Estonia, empire, roughly coequal Georgia, with the former Russian Kazakhstan, Empire) Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan United Arab Republic or Egypt, Syria UAR (former name for a federation between Egypt and Syria) Upper Volta (former name Burkina Faso 13 00 N 2 00 W for Burkina Faso) Ural Mountains Kazakhstan, Russia 60 00 N 60 00 E Urdunn (local name for Jordan 31 00 N 36 00 E Jordan) Urundi (former name for Burundi 3 30 S 30 00 E Burundi) Ussuri River China, Russia 48 28 N 135 02 E Vaduz (capital) Liechtenstein 47 09 N 9 31 E Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor) Afghanistan 37 00 N 73 00 E Valletta (capital) Malta 35 54 N 14 31 E Valley, The (capital) Anguilla 18 13 N 63 04 W Van Diemen Strait (Osumi Pacific Ocean 31 00 N 131 00 E Strait) Vancouver (city) Canada 49 16 N 123 08 W Vancouver Island Canada 49 45 N 126 00 W Vatican City (capital) Holy See 41 54 N 12 27 E Velez de la Gomera, Penon Spain 35 11 N 4 18 W de (island) Venda (enclave) South Africa 23 00 S 31 00 E Verde Island Passage Pacific Ocean 13 34 N 120 51 E Victoria (capital) Seychelles 4 38 S 55 27 E Victoria (island) Canada 71 00 N 110 00 W Victoria Land (region) Antarctica 72 00 S 155 00 E Vienna (capital) Austria 48 12 N 16 22 E Vientiane (capital) Laos 17 58 N 102 36 E Vilnius (capital) Lithuania 54 41 N 25 19 E Viti Levu (island) Fiji 18 00 S 178 00 E Vladivostok (city) Russia 43 10 N 131 56 E Vojvodina (region) Serbia 45 35 N 20 00 E Volcano Islands Japan 25 00 N 141 00 E Vostok Island Kiribati 10 06 S 152 23 W Wake Atoll Wake Island 19 17 N 166 39 E Wakhan Corridor (see Afghanistan 37 00 N 73 00 E Vakhan) Walachia (region) Romania 44 45 N 26 05 E Wales (region) United Kingdom 52 30 N 3 30 W Wallis Islands Wallis and Futuna 13 17 S 176 10 W Walvis Bay (city; former Namibia 22 59 S 14 31 E exclave) Warsaw (capital) Poland 52 15 N 21 00 E Washington, DC (capital) United States 38 53 N 77 02 W Weddell Sea Southern Ocean 72 00 S 45 00 W Wellington (capital) New Zealand 41 28 S 174 51 E West Frisian Islands Netherlands 53 26 N 5 30 E West Germany (Federal Germany 53 22 N 5 20 E Republic of Germany; former name for western portion of Germany) West Island (capital) Cocos (Keeling) 12 10 S 96 55 E Islands West Korea Strait Pacific Ocean 34 40 N 129 00 E (Western Channel) West Pakistan (former Pakistan 30 00 N 70 00 E name for present-day Pakistan) West Siberian Plain Russia 60 00 N 75 00 E Western Channel (West Pacific Ocean 34 40 N 129 00 E Korea Strait) Western Samoa (former Samoa 13 35 S 172 20 W name for Samoa) Wetar Strait Pacific Ocean 8 20 S 126 30 E White Sea Arctic Ocean 65 30 N 38 00 E Wilkes Land (region) Antarctica 71 00 S 120 00 E Willemstad (capital) Netherlands 12 06 N 68 56 W Antilles Windhoek (capital) Namibia 22 34 S 17 06 E Windward Passage Atlantic Ocean 20 00 N 73 50 W Winnipeg (city) Canada 49 53 N 97 10 W Wrangel Island (Ostrov Russia 71 14 N 179 36 W Vrangelya) Xianggang (local name for Hong Kong 22 15 N 114 10 E Hong Kong) Y'israel (local name for Israel 31 30 N 34 45 E Israel) Yaitopya (local name for Ethiopia 8 00 N 38 00 E Ethiopia) Yalu River China, North Korea 39 55 N 124 20 E Yamoussoukro (capital) Cote d'Ivoire 6 49 N 5 17 W Yangon (see Rangoon) Burma 16 47 N 96 10 E Yaounde (capital) Cameroon 3 52 N 11 31 E Yap Islands Federated States of 9 30 N 138 00 E Micronesia Yaren (governmental Nauru 0 32 S 166 55 E center) Yekaterinburg (city; Russia 56 50 N 60 39 E formerly Sverdlovsk) Yellow Sea Pacific Ocean 36 00 N 123 00 E Yemen Arab Republic (also Yemen 15 00 N 44 00 E Yemen (Sanaa); former name for northern portion of Yemen) Yemen, People's Yemen 14 00 N 46 00 E Democratic Republic of (also Yemen (Aden); former name for southern portion of Yemen) Yerevan (capital) Armenia 40 11 N 44 30 E Yokohama (city) Japan 35 26 N 139 37 E Youth, Isle of (Isla de Cuba 21 40 N 82 50 W la Juventud) Yucatan Channel Atlantic Ocean 21 45 N 85 45 W Yucatan Peninsula Mexico 19 30 N 89 00 W Yugoslavia (former name Montenegro, Serbia 43 00 N 21 00 E for a federation of Serbia and Montenegro) Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Bosnia and 43 00 N 19 00 E (former name for a Balkan Herzegovina, federation) Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia Yugoslavia, Socialist Bosnia and 43 00 N 19 00 E Federal Republic of Herzegovina, (former name for a Balkan Croatia, Macedonia, federation) Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia Zagreb (capital) Croatia 45 48 N 15 58 E Zaire (former name for Democratic Republic 15 00 S 30 00 E the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the Congo) Zakhalinskiy Zaliv (bay) Pacific Ocean 54 00 N 142 00 E Zaliv Shelikhova (bay) Pacific Ocean 60 00 N 157 30 E Zambezia (region) Mozambique 16 00 S 37 00 E Zanzibar (island) Tanzania 6 10 S 39 11 E Zhong Guo, Zhonghua China 35 00 N 105 00 E (local name for China) Zion, Mount (locale in Israel, West Bank 31 46 N 35 14 E Jerusalem) Zurich (city) Switzerland 47 23 N 8 32 E
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Appendix G - Weights and Measures
Note: At this time, only three countries - Burma, Liberia, and the US - have not adopted the International System of Units (SI, or metric system) as their official system of weights and measures. Although use of the metric system has been sanctioned by law in the US since 1866, it has been slow in displacing the American adaptation of the British Imperial System known as the US Customary System. The US is the only industrialized nation that does not mainly use the metric system in its commercial and standards activities, but there is increasing acceptance in science, medicine, government, and many sectors of industry.
Mathematical Notation
Mathematical Power Name
10^18 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 one quintillion 10^15 or 1,000,000,000,000,000 one quadrillion 10^12 or 1,000,000,000,000 one trillion 10^9 or 1,000,000,000 one billion 10^6 or 1,000,000 one million 10^3 or 1,000 one thousand 10^2 or 100 one hundred 10^1 or 10 ten 10^0 or 1 one 10^-1 or 0.1 one-tenth 10^-2 or 0.01 one-hundredth 10^-3 or 0.001 one-thousandth 10^-6 or 0.000 001 one-millionth 10^-9 or 0.000 000 001 one-billionth 10^-12 or 0.000 000 000 001 one-trillionth 10^-15 or 0.000 000 000 000 001 one-quadrillionth 10^-18 or 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 one-quintillionth
Metric Interrelationships
Prefix Symbol Length, weight, Area Volume or capacity
exa E 10^18 10^36 10^54 peta P 10^15 10^30 10^45 tera T 10^12 10^24 10^36 giga G 10^9 10^18 10^27 mega M 10^6 10^12 10^18 hectokilo hk 10^5 10^10^ 10^15 myria ma 10^4 10^8 10^12 kilo k 10^3 10^6 10^9 hecto h 10^2 10^4 10^6 basic unit - 1 meter, 1 gram, 1 meter^2 1 meter^3 1 liter deci d 10^-1 10^-2 10^-3 centi c 10^-2 10^-4 10^-6 milli m 10^-3 10^-6 10^-9 decimilli dm 10^-4 10^-8 10^-12 centimilli cm 10^-5 10^-10^ 10^-15 micro u 10^-6 10^-12 10^-18 nano n 10^-9 10^-18 10^-27 pico p 10^-12 10^-24 10^-36 femto f 10^-15 10^-30 10^-45 atto a 10^-18 10^-36 10^-54
Conversion Factors
To Convert From To Multiply By
acres ares 40.468 564 224 acres hectares 0.404 685 642 24 acres square feet 43,560 acres square kilometers 0.004 046 856 422 4 acres square meters 4,046.856 422 4 acres square miles (statute) 0.001 562 50 acres square yards 4,840 ares square meters 100 ares square yards 119.599 barrels, US beer gallons 31 barrels, US beer liters 117.347 77 barrels, US petroleum gallons (British) 34.97 barrels, US petroleum gallons (US) 42 barrels, US petroleum liters 158.987 29 barrels, US proof spirits gallons 40 barrels, US proof spirits liters 151.416 47 bushels (US) bushels (British) 0.968 9 bushels (US) cubic feet 1.244 456 bushels (US) cubic inches 2,150.42 bushels (US) cubic meters 0.035 239 07 bushels (US) cubic yards 0.046 090 96 bushels (US) dekaliters 3.523 907 bushels (US) dry pints 64 bushels (US) dry quarts 32 bushels (US) liters 35.239 070 17 bushels (US) pecks 4 cables fathoms 120 cables meters 219.456 cables yards 240 carat milligrams 200 centimeters feet 0.032 808 40 centimeters inches 0.393 700 8 centimeters meters 0.01 centimeters yards 0.010 936 13 centimeters, cubic cubic inches 0.061 023 744 centimeters, square square feet 0.001 076 39 centimeters, square square inches 0.155 000 31 centimeters, square square meters 0.000 1 centimeters, square square yards 0.000 119 599 chains, square surveyor's ares 4.046 86 chains, square surveyor's square feet 4,356 chains, surveyor's feet 66 chains, surveyor's meters 20.116 8 chains, surveyor's rods 4 cords of wood cubic feet 128 cords of wood cubic meters 3.624 556 cords of wood cubic yards 4.740 7 cups liquid ounces (US) 8 cups liters 0.236 588 2 degrees Celsius degrees Fahrenheit multiply by 1.8 and add 32 degrees Fahrenheit degrees Celsius subtract 32 and divide by 1.8 dekaliters bushels 0.283 775 9 dekaliters cubic feet 0.353 146 7 dekaliters cubic inches 610.237 4 dekaliters dry pints 18.161 66 dekaliters dry quarts 9.080 829 8 dekaliters liters 10 dekaliters pecks 1.135 104 drams, avoirdupois avoirdupois ounces 0.062 55 drams, avoirdupois grains 27.344 drams, avoirdupois grams 1.771 845 2 drams, troy grains 60 drams, troy grams 3.887 934 6 drams, troy scruples 3 drams, troy troy ounces 0.125 drams, liquid (US) cubic inches 0.226 drams, liquid (US) liquid drams (British) 1.041 drams, liquid (US) liquid ounces 0.125 drams, liquid (US) milliliters 3.696 69 drams, liquid (US) minims 60 fathoms feet 6 fathoms meters 1.828 8 feet centimeters 30.48 feet inches 12 feet kilometers 0.000 304 8 feet meters 0.304 8 feet statute miles 0.000 189 39 feet yards 0.333 333 3 feet, cubic bushels 0.803 563 95 feet, cubic cubic decimeters 28.316 847 feet, cubic cubic inches 1,728 feet, cubic cubic meters 0.028 316 846 592 feet, cubic cubic yards 0.037 037 04 feet, cubic dry pints 51.428 09 feet, cubic dry quarts 25.714 05 feet, cubic gallons 7.480 519 feet, cubic gills 239.376 6 feet, cubic liquid ounces 957.506 5 feet, cubic liquid pints 59.844 16 feet, cubic liquid quarts 29.922 08 feet, cubic liters 28.316 846 592 feet, cubic pecks 3.214 256 feet, square acres 0.000 022 956 8 feet, square square centimeters 929.030 4 feet, square square decimeters 9.290 304 feet, square square inches 144 feet, square square meters 0.092 903 04 feet, square square yards 0.111 111 1 furlongs feet 660 furlongs inches 7,920 furlongs meters 201.168 furlongs statute miles 0.125 furlongs yards 220 gallons, liquid (US) cubic feet 0.133 680 6 gallons, liquid (US) cubic inches 231 gallons, liquid (US) cubic meters 0.003 785 411 784 gallons, liquid (US) cubic yards 0.004 951 13 gallons, liquid (US) gills (US) 32 gallons, liquid (US) liquid gallons (British) 0.832 67 gallons, liquid (US) liquid ounces 128 gallons, liquid (US) liquid pints 8 gallons, liquid (US) liquid quarts 4 gallons, liquid (US) liters 3.785 411 784 gallons, liquid (US) milliliters 3,785.411 784 gallons, liquid (US) minims 61,440 gills (US) centiliters 11.829 4 gills (US) cubic feet 0.004 177 517 gills (US) cubic inches 7.218 75 gills (US) gallons 0.031 25 gills (US) gills (British) 0.832 67 gills (US) liquid ounces 4 gills (US) liquid pints 0.25 gills (US) liquid quarts 0.125 gills (US) liters 0.118 294 118 25 gills (US) milliliters 118.294 118 25 gills (US) minims 1,920 grains avoirdupois drams 0.036 571 43 grains avoirdupois ounces 0.002 285 71 grains avoirdupois pounds 0.000 142 86 grains grams 0.064 798 91 grains kilograms 0.000 064 798 91 grains milligrams 64.798 910 grains pennyweights 0.042 grains scruples 0.05 grains troy drams 0.016 6 grains troy ounces 0.002 083 33 grains troy pounds 0.000 173 61 grams avoirdupois drams 0.564 383 39 grams avoirdupois ounces 0.035 273 961 grams avoirdupois pounds 0.002 204 622 6 grams grains 15.432 361 grams kilograms 0.001 grams milligrams 1,000 grams troy ounces 0.032 150 746 6 grams troy pounds 0.002 679 23 hands (height of horse) centimeters 10.16 hands (height of horse) inches 4 hectares acres 2.471 053 8 hectares square feet 107,639.1 hectares square kilometers 0.01 hectares square meters 10,000 hectares square miles 0.003 861 02 hectares square yards 11,959.90 hundredweights, long avoirdupois pounds 112 hundredweights, long kilograms 50.802 345 hundredweights, long long tons 0.05 hundredweights, long metric tons 0.050 802 345 hundredweights, long short tons 0.056 hundredweights, short avoirdupois pounds 100 hundredweights, short kilograms 45.359 237 hundredweights, short long tons 0.044 642 86 hundredweights, short metric tons 0.045 359 237 hundredweights, short short tons 0.05 inches centimeters 2.54 inches feet 0.083 333 33 inches meters 0.025 4 inches millimeters 25.4 inches yards 0.027 777 78 inches, cubic bushels 0.000 465 025 inches, cubic cubic centimeters 16.387 064 inches, cubic cubic feet 0.000 578 703 7 inches, cubic cubic meters 0.000 016 387 064 inches, cubic cubic yards 0.000 021 433 47 inches, cubic dry pints 0.029 761 6 inches, cubic dry quarts 0.014 880 8 inches, cubic gallons 0.004 329 0 inches, cubic gills 0.138 528 1 inches, cubic liquid ounces 0.554 112 6 inches, cubic liquid pints 0.034 632 03 inches, cubic liquid quarts 0.017 316 02 inches, cubic liters 0.016 387 064 inches, cubic milliliters 16.387 064 inches, cubic minims (US) 265.974 0 inches, cubic pecks 0.001 860 10 inches, square square centimeters 6.451 600 inches, square square feet 0.006 944 44 inches, square square meters 0.000 645 16 inches, square square yards 0.000 771 605 kilograms avoirdupois drams 564.383 4 kilograms avoirdupois ounces 35.273 962 kilograms avoirdupois pounds 2.204 622 622 kilograms grains 15,432.36 kilograms grams 1,000 kilograms long tons 0.000 984 2 kilograms metric tons 0.001 kilograms short hundredweights 0.022 046 23 kilograms short tons 0.001 102 31 kilograms troy ounces 32.150 75 kilograms troy pounds 2.679 229 kilometers meters 1,000 kilometers statute miles 0.621 371 192 kilometers, square acres 247.105 38 kilometers, square hectares 100 kilometers, square square meters 1,000,000 kilometers, square statute miles 0.386 102 16 knots (nautical mi/hr) kilometers/hour 1.852 knots (nautical mi/hr) statute miles/hour 1.151 leagues, nautical kilometers 5.556 leagues, nautical nautical miles 3 leagues, statute kilometers 4.828 032 leagues, statute statute miles 3 links, square surveyor's square centimeters 404.686 links, square surveyor's square inches 62.726 4 links, surveyor's centimeters 20.116 8 links, surveyor's chains 0.01 links, surveyor's inches 7.92 liters bushels 0.028 377 59 liters cubic feet 0.035 314 67 liters cubic inches 61.023 74 liters cubic meters 0.001 liters cubic yards 0.001 307 95 liters dekaliters 0.1 liters dry pints 1.816 166 liters dry quarts 0.908 082 98 liters gallons 0.264 172 052 liters gills (US) 8.453 506 liters liquid ounces 33.814 02 liters liquid pints 2.113 376 liters liquid quarts 1.056 688 2 liters milliliters 1,000 liters pecks 0.113 510 4 meters centimeters 100 meters feet 3.280 839 895 meters inches 39.370 079 meters kilometers 0.001 meters millimeters 1,000 meters statute miles 0.000 621 371 meters yards 1.093 613 298 meters, cubic bushels 28.377 59 meters, cubic cubic feet 35.314 666 7 meters, cubic cubic inches 61,023.744 meters, cubic cubic yards 1.307 950 619 meters, cubic gallons 264.172 05 meters, cubic liters 1,000 meters, cubic pecks 113.510 4 meters, square acres 0.000 247 105 38 meters, square hectares 0.000 1 meters, square square centimeters 10,000 meters, square square feet 10.763 910 4 meters, square square inches 1,550.003 1 meters, square square yards 1.195 990 046 microns meters 0.000 001 microns inches 0.000 039 4 mils inches 0.001 mils millimeters 0.025 4 miles, nautical kilometers 1.852 0 miles, nautical statute miles 1.150 779 4 miles, statute centimeters 160,934.4 miles, statute feet 5,280 miles, statute furlongs 8 miles, statute inches 63,360 miles, statute kilometers 1.609 344 miles, statute meters 1,609.344 miles, statute rods 320 miles, statute yards 1,760 miles, square nautical square kilometers 3.429 904 miles, square nautical square statute miles 1.325 miles, square statute acres 640 miles, square statute hectares 258.998 811 033 6 miles, square statute sections 1 miles, square statute square kilometers 2.589 988 110 336 miles, square statute square nautical miles 0.755 miles miles, square statute square rods 102,400 milligrams grains 0.015 432 358 35 milliliters cubic inches 0.061 023 744 milliliters gallons 0.000 264 17 milliliters gills (US) 0.008 453 5 milliliters liquid ounces 0.033 814 02 milliliters liquid pints 0.002 113 4 milliliters liquid quarts 0.001 056 7 milliliters liters 0.001 milliliters minims 16.230 73 millimeters inches 0.039 370 078 7 minims (US) cubic inches 0.003 759 77 minims (US) gills (US) 0.000 520 83 minims (US) liquid ounces 0.002 083 33 minims (US) milliliters 0.061 611 52 minims (US) minims (British) 1.041 ounces, avoirdupois avoirdupois drams 16 ounces, avoirdupois avoirdupois pounds 0.062 5 ounces, avoirdupois grains 437.5 ounces, avoirdupois grams 28.349 523 125 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473.176 473 pints, liquid (US) minims 7,680 points (typographical) inches 0.013 837 points (typographical) millimeters 0.351 459 8 pounds, avoirdupois avoirdupois drams 256 pounds, avoirdupois avoirdupois ounces 16 pounds, avoirdupois grains 7,000 pounds, avoirdupois grams 453.592 37 pounds, avoirdupois kilograms 0.453 592 37 pounds, avoirdupois long tons 0.000 446 428 6 pounds, avoirdupois metric tons 0.000 453 592 37 pounds, avoirdupois quintals 0.004 535 92 pounds, avoirdupois short tons 0.000 5 pounds, avoirdupois troy ounces 14.583 33 pounds, avoirdupois troy pounds 1.215 278 pounds, troy avoirdupois drams 210.651 4 pounds, troy avoirdupois ounces 13.165 71 pounds, troy avoirdupois pounds 0.822 857 1 pounds, troy grains 5,760 pounds, troy grams 373.241 721 6 pounds, troy kilograms 0.373 241 721 6 pounds, troy pennyweights 240 pounds, troy troy ounces 12 quarts, dry (US) bushels 0.031 25 quarts, dry (US) cubic feet 0.038 889 25 quarts, dry (US) cubic inches 67.200 625 quarts, dry 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metric short hundredweights 22.046 23 tons, metric short tons 1.102 311 3 tons, metric troy ounces 32,150.75 tons, net register cubic feet of permanently 100 enclosed space for cargo and passengers tons, net register cubic meters of 2.831 684 7 permanently enclosed space for cargo and passengers tons, shipping cubic feet of permanently 42 enclosed cargo space tons, shipping cubic meters of 1.189 307 574 permanently enclosed cargo space tons, short avoirdupois pounds 2,000 tons, short kilograms 907.184 74 tons, short long hundredweights 17.857 14 tons, short long tons 0.892 857 1 tons, short metric tons 0.907 184 74 tons, short short hundredweights 20 townships (US) sections 36 townships (US) square kilometers 93.239 572 townships (US) square statute miles 36 miles, square statute acres 640 miles, square statute hectares 258.998 811 033 6 miles, square statute square feet 27,878,400 miles, square statute square meters 2,589,988.110 336 miles, square statute square yards 3,097,600 yards 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