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Turkmenistan: NA
Turks and Caicos Islands: NA
Tuvalu: none
Uganda: NA
Ukraine: NA
United Arab Emirates: NA
United Kingdom: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; Confederation of British Industry; National Farmers' Union; Trades Union Congress
United States: NA
Uruguay: NA
Uzbekistan: Birlik (Unity) Movement [Abdurakhim PULAT, chairman]; Erk (Freedom) Democratic Party [Muhammad SOLIH, chairman] was banned 9 December 1992; Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan [Abdumanob PULAT, chairman]; Independent Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan [Mikhail ARDZINOV, chairman]
Vanuatu: NA
Venezuela: FEDECAMARAS, a conservative business group; VECINOS groups; Venezuelan Confederation of Workers or CTV (labor organization dominated by the Democratic Action)
Vietnam: none
Virgin Islands: NA
Wallis and Futuna: NA
Western Sahara: none
Yemen: NA
Yugoslavia: Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [leader RAMUSH]; Group of 17 Independent Economists or G-17 [leader NA]; National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo or LKCK [Sabit GASHI]; Otpor Student Resistance Movement [leader NA]; Political Council for Presevo, Meveda and Bujanovac or PCPMB [leader NA]; The People's Movement for Kosovo or LPK [leader NA]
Zambia: NA
Zimbabwe: National Constitutional Assembly or NCA
Taiwan: Taiwan independence movement, various business and environmental groups
note: debate on Taiwan independence has become acceptable within the mainstream of domestic politics on Taiwan; political liberalization and the increased representation of opposition parties in Taiwan's legislature have opened public debate on the island's national identity; a broad popular consensus has developed that Taiwan currently enjoys de facto independence and - whatever the ultimate outcome regarding reunification or independence - that Taiwan's people must have the deciding voice; advocates of Taiwan independence oppose the stand that the island will eventually reunify with mainland China; goals of the Taiwan independence movement include establishing a sovereign nation on Taiwan and entering the UN; other organizations supporting Taiwan independence include the World United Formosans for Independence and the Organization for Taiwan Nation Building
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@Population
Afghanistan: 26,813,057 (July 2001 est.)
Albania: 3,510,484 (July 2001 est.)
Algeria: 31,736,053 (July 2001 est.)
American Samoa: 67,084 (July 2001 est.)
Andorra: 67,627 (July 2001 est.)
Angola: 10,366,031 (July 2001 est.)
Anguilla: 12,132 (July 2001 est.)
Antarctica: no indigenous inhabitants, but there are seasonally staffed research stations
note: approximately 29 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, send personnel to perform seasonal (summer) and year-round research on the continent and in its surrounding oceans; the population of persons doing and supporting science on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty) varies from approximately 4,000 in summer to 1,000 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research are present in the waters of the treaty region; Summer (January) population - 3,687 total; Argentina 302, Australia 201, Belgium 13, Brazil 80, Bulgaria 16, Chile 352, China 70, Finland 11, France 100, Germany 51, India 60, Italy 106, Japan 136, South Korea 14, Netherlands 10, NZ 60, Norway 40, Peru 28, Poland 70, Russia 254, South Africa 80, Spain 43, Sweden 20, UK 192, US 1,378 (1998-99); Winter (July) population - 964 total; Argentina 165, Australia 75, Brazil 12, Chile 129, China 33, France 33, Germany 9, India 25, Japan 40, South Korea 14, NZ 10, Poland 20, Russia 102, South Africa 10, UK 39, US 248 (1998-99); year-round stations - 42 total; Argentina 6, Australia 4, Brazil 1, Chile 4, China 2, Finland 1, France 1, Germany 1, India 1, Italy 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 6, South Africa 1, Spain 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 1 (1998-99); Summer-only stations - 32 total; Argentina 3, Australia 4, Bulgaria 1, Chile 7, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 3, NZ 1, Peru 1, Russia 3, Sweden 2, UK 5 (1998-99); in addition, during the austral summer some nations have numerous occupied locations such as tent camps, summer-long temporary facilities, and mobile traverses in support of research (July 2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: 66,970 (July 2001 est.)
Argentina: 37,384,816 (July 2001 est.)
Armenia: 3,336,100 (July 2001 est.)
Aruba: 70,007 (July 2001 est.)
Ashmore and Cartier Islands: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are only seasonal caretakers (July 2001 est.)
Australia: 19,357,594 (July 2001 est.)
Austria: 8,150,835 (July 2001 est.)
Azerbaijan: 7,771,092 (July 2001 est.)
Bahamas, The: 297,852
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Bahrain: 645,361
note: includes 228,424 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
Baker Island: uninhabited
note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; a cemetery and remnants of structures from early settlement are located near the middle of the west coast; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2001 est.)
Bangladesh: 131,269,860 (July 2001 est.)
Barbados: 275,330 (July 2001 est.)
Bassas da India: uninhabited (July 2001 est.)
Belarus: 10,350,194 (July 2001 est.)
Belgium: 10,258,762 (July 2001 est.)
Belize: 256,062 (July 2001 est.)
Benin: 6,590,782
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Bermuda: 63,503 (July 2001 est.)
Bhutan: 2,049,412 (July 2001 est.)
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000
Bolivia: 8,300,463 (July 2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3,922,205
note: all data dealing with population are subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing (July 2001 est.)
Botswana: 1,586,119
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Bouvet Island: uninhabited (July 2001 est.)
Brazil: 174,468,575
note: Brazil took an intercensal count in August 1996 which reported a population of 157,079,573; that figure was about 5% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, which is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
British Indian Ocean Territory: no indigenous inhabitants
note: approximately 1,200 former agricultural workers resident in the Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois, were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles around the time of the construction of UK-US military facilities; in 1995, there were approximately 1,700 UK and US military personnel and 1,500 civilian contractors living on the island of Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands: 20,812 (July 2001 est.)
Brunei: 343,653 (July 2001 est.)
Bulgaria: 7,707,495 (July 2001 est.)
Burkina Faso: 12,272,289
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Burma: 41,994,678
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Burundi: 6,223,897
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Cambodia: 12,491,501
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Cameroon: 15,803,220
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Canada: 31,592,805 (July 2001 est.)
Cape Verde: 405,163 (July 2001 est.)
Cayman Islands: 35,527 (July 2001 est.)
Central African Republic: 3,576,884
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Chad: 8,707,078 (July 2001 est.)
Chile: 15,328,467 (July 2001 est.)
China: 1,273,111,290 (July 2001 est.)
Christmas Island: 2,771 (July 2001 est.)
Clipperton Island: uninhabited (July 2001 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 633 (July 2001 est.)
Colombia: 40,349,388 (July 2001 est.)
Comoros: 596,202 (July 2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 53,624,718
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: 2,894,336
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Cook Islands: 20,611 (July 2001 est.)
Coral Sea Islands: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station (July 2001 est.)
Costa Rica: 3,773,057 (July 2001 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: 16,393,221
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Croatia: 4,334,142 (July 2001 est.)
Cuba: 11,184,023 (July 2001 est.)
Cyprus: 762,887 (July 2001 est.)
Czech Republic: 10,264,212 (July 2001 est.)
Denmark: 5,352,815 (July 2001 est.)
Djibouti: 460,700 (July 2001 est.)
Dominica: 70,786 (July 2001 est.)
Dominican Republic: 8,581,477 (July 2001 est.)
Ecuador: 13,183,978 (July 2001 est.)
Egypt: 69,536,644 (July 2001 est.)
El Salvador: 6,237,662 (July 2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: 486,060 (July 2001 est.)
Eritrea: 4,298,269 (July 2001 est.)
Estonia: 1,423,316 (July 2001 est.)
Ethiopia: 65,891,874
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Europa Island: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison (July 2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 2,895 (July 2001 est.)
Faroe Islands: 45,661 (July 2001 est.)
Fiji: 844,330 (July 2001 est.)
Finland: 5,175,783 (July 2001 est.)
France: 59,551,227 (July 2001 est.)
French Guiana: 177,562 (July 2001 est.)
French Polynesia: 253,506 (July 2001 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: no indigenous inhabitants (July 2001 est.)
note: in 1997, there were about 100 researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January)
Gabon: 1,221,175
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Gambia, The: 1,411,205 (July 2001 est.)
Gaza Strip: 1,178,119 (July 2001 est.)
note: in addition, there are some 6,900 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (August 2000 est.)
Georgia: 4,989,285 (July 2001 est.)
Germany: 83,029,536 (July 2001 est.)
Ghana: 19,894,014
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Gibraltar: 27,649 (July 2001 est.)
Glorioso Islands: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison (July 2001 est.)
Greece: 10,623,835 (July 2001 est.)
Greenland: 56,352 (July 2001 est.)
Grenada: 89,227 (July 2001 est.)
Guadeloupe: 431,170 (July 2001 est.)
Guam: 157,557 (July 2001 est.)
Guatemala: 12,974,361 (July 2001 est.)
Guernsey: 64,342 (July 2001 est.)
Guinea: 7,613,870 (July 2001 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: 1,315,822 (July 2001 est.)
Guyana: 697,181
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Haiti: 6,964,549
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: uninhabited (July 2001 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City): 890 (July 2001 est.)
Honduras: 6,406,052
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Hong Kong: 7,210,505 (July 2001 est.)
Howland Island: uninhabited
note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2001 est.)
Hungary: 10,106,017 (July 2001 est.)
Iceland: 277,906 (July 2001 est.)
India: 1,029,991,145 (July 2001 est.)
Indonesia: 228,437,870 (July 2001 est.)
Iran: 66,128,965 (July 2001 est.)
Iraq: 23,331,985 (July 2001 est.)
Ireland: 3,840,838 (July 2001 est.)
Israel: 5,938,093 (July 2001 est.)
note: includes about 176,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,900 in the Gaza Strip, and about 173,000 in East Jerusalem (August 2000 est.)
Italy: 57,679,825 (July 2001 est.)
Jamaica: 2,665,636 (July 2001 est.)
Jan Mayen: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are personnel who operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station (July 2001 est.)
Japan: 126,771,662 (July 2001 est.)
Jarvis Island: uninhabited
note: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2001 est.)
Jersey: 89,361 (July 2001 est.)
Johnston Atoll: no indigenous inhabitants
note: in previous years, there was an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel present; as of 1 October 2000, population decreased to approximately 970 when US Army Chemical Activity Pacific (USACAP) departed (January 2001 est.)
Jordan: 5,153,378 (July 2001 est.)
Juan de Nova Island: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison (July 2001 est.)
Kazakhstan: 16,731,303 (July 2001 est.)
Kenya: 30,765,916
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Kingman Reef: uninhabited (July 2001 est.)
Kiribati: 94,149 (July 2001 est.)
Korea, North: 21,968,228 (July 2001 est.)
Korea, South: 47,904,370 (July 2001 est.)
Kuwait: 2,041,961
note: includes 1,159,913 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan: 4,753,003 (July 2001 est.)
Laos: 5,635,967 (July 2001 est.)
Latvia: 2,385,231 (July 2001 est.)
Lebanon: 3,627,774 (July 2001 est.)
Lesotho: 2,177,062
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Liberia: 3,225,837 (July 2001 est.)
Libya: 5,240,599
note: includes 662,669 non-nationals, of which an estimated 500,000 or more are Africans living in Libya (July 2001 est.)
Liechtenstein: 32,528 (July 2001 est.)
Lithuania: 3,610,535 (July 2001 est.)
Luxembourg: 442,972 (July 2001 est.)
Macau: 453,733 (July 2001 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 2,046,209 (July 2001 est.)
Madagascar: 15,982,563 (July 2001 est.)
Malawi: 10,548,250
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Malaysia: 22,229,040 (July 2001 est.)
Maldives: 310,764 (July 2001 est.)
Mali: 11,008,518 (July 2001 est.)
Malta: 394,583 (July 2001 est.)
Man, Isle of: 73,489 (July 2001 est.)
Marshall Islands: 70,822 (July 2001 est.)
Martinique: 418,454 (July 2001 est.)
Mauritania: 2,747,312 (July 2001 est.)
Mauritius: 1,189,825 (July 2001 est.)
Mayotte: 163,366 (July 2001 est.)
Mexico: 101,879,171 (July 2001 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of: 134,597 (July 2001 est.)
Midway Islands: no indigenous inhabitants; approximately 150 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services cooperator living at the atoll (July 2001 est.)
Moldova: 4,431,570 (July 2001 est.)
Monaco: 31,842 (July 2001 est.)
Mongolia: 2,654,999 (July 2001 est.)
Montserrat: 7,574
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2001 est.)
Morocco: 30,645,305 (July 2001 est.)
Mozambique: 19,371,057
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2001 est.)
Namibia: 1,797,677
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Nauru: 12,088 (July 2001 est.)
Navassa Island: uninhabited
note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island (July 2001 est.)
Nepal: 25,284,463 (July 2001 est.)
Netherlands: 15,981,472 (July 2001 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: 212,226 (July 2001 est.)
New Caledonia: 204,863 (July 2001 est.)
New Zealand: 3,864,129 (July 2001 est.)
Nicaragua: 4,918,393 (July 2001 est.)
Niger: 10,355,156 (July 2001 est.)
Nigeria: 126,635,626
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Niue: 2,124 (July 2001 est.)
Norfolk Island: 1,879 (July 2001 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands: 74,612 (July 2001 est.)
Norway: 4,503,440 (July 2001 est.)
Oman: 2,622,198
note: includes 527,078 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
Pakistan: 144,616,639 (July 2001 est.)
Palau: 19,092 (July 2001 est.)
Palmyra Atoll: no indigenous inhabitants; 4 to 20 Nature Conservancy staff, US Fish and Wildlife staff (July 2001 est.)
Panama: 2,845,647 (July 2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 5,049,055 (July 2001 est.)
Paracel Islands: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2001 est.)
Paraguay: 5,734,139 (July 2001 est.)
Peru: 27,483,864 (July 2001 est.)
Philippines: 82,841,518 (July 2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: 47 (July 2001 est.)
Poland: 38,633,912 (July 2001 est.)
Portugal: 10,066,253 (July 2001 est.)
Puerto Rico: 3,937,316 (July 2001 est.)
Qatar: 769,152 (July 2001 est.)
Reunion: 732,570 (July 2001 est.)
Romania: 22,364,022 (July 2001 est.)
Russia: 145,470,197 (July 2001 est.)
Rwanda: 7,312,756
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Saint Helena: 7,266 (July 2001 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 38,756 (July 2001 est.)
Saint Lucia: 158,178 (July 2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 6,928 (July 2001 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 115,942 (July 2001 est.)
Samoa: 179,058 (July 2001 est.)
San Marino: 27,336 (July 2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: 165,034 (July 2001 est.)
Saudi Arabia: 22,757,092
note: includes 5,360,526 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
Senegal: 10,284,929 (July 2001 est.)
Seychelles: 79,715 (July 2001 est.)
Sierra Leone: 5,426,618 (July 2001 est.)
Singapore: 4,300,419 (July 2001 est.)
Slovakia: 5,414,937 (July 2001 est.)
Slovenia: 1,930,132 (July 2001 est.)
Solomon Islands: 480,442 (July 2001 est.)
Somalia: 7,488,773
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2001 est.)
South Africa: 43,586,097
note: South Africa took a census October 1996 which showed a population of 40,583,611 (after an official adjustment for a 6.8% underenumeration based on a postenumeration survey); estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: no indigenous inhabitants
note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001, to be replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited (July 2001 est.)
Spain: 40,037,995 (July 2001 est.)
Spratly Islands: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several claimant states (July 2001 est.)
Sri Lanka: 19,408,635 (July 2001 est.)
note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of mid-1999, approximately 66,000 were housed in 133 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West
Sudan: 36,080,373 (July 2001 est.)
Suriname: 433,998 (July 2001 est.)
Svalbard: 2,332 (July 2001 est.)
Swaziland: 1,104,343
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Sweden: 8,875,053 (July 2001 est.)
Switzerland: 7,283,274 (July 2001 est.)
Syria: 16,728,808
note: in addition, there are about 38,200 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 18,200 Arabs (16,500 Druze and 1,700 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2001 est.)
Tajikistan: 6,578,681 (July 2001 est.)
Tanzania: 36,232,074
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Thailand: 61,797,751
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Togo: 5,153,088
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Tokelau: 1,445 (July 2001 est.)
Tonga: 104,227 (July 2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: 1,169,682 (July 2001 est.)
Tromelin Island: uninhabited (July 2001 est.)
Tunisia: 9,705,102 (July 2001 est.)
Turkey: 66,493,970 (July 2001 est.)
Turkmenistan: 4,603,244 (July 2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 18,122 (July 2001 est.)
Tuvalu: 10,991 (July 2001 est.)
Uganda: 23,985,712
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Ukraine: 48,760,474 (July 2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates: 2,407,460
note: includes 1,576,472 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
United Kingdom: 59,647,790 (July 2001 est.)
United States: 278,058,881 (July 2001 est.)
Uruguay: 3,360,105 (July 2001 est.)
Uzbekistan: 25,155,064 (July 2001 est.)
Vanuatu: 192,910 (July 2001 est.)
Venezuela: 23,916,810 (July 2001 est.)
Vietnam: 79,939,014 (July 2001 est.)
Virgin Islands: 122,211 (July 2001 est.)
Wake Island: no indigenous inhabitants
note: US military personnel have left the island, but civilian personnel remain; as of December 2000, one US Army civilian and 123 civilian contractor personnel were present (January 2001 est.)
Wallis and Futuna: 15,435 (July 2001 est.)
West Bank: 2,090,713 (July 2001 est.)
note: in addition, there are some 176,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and about 173,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1999 est.)
Western Sahara: 250,559 (July 2001 est.)
World: 6,157,400,560 (July 2001 est.)
Yemen: 18,078,035 (July 2001 est.)
Yugoslavia: 10,677,290
note: all data dealing with population is subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing (July 2001 est.)
Zambia: 9,770,199
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Zimbabwe: 11,365,366
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Taiwan: 22,370,461 (July 2001 est.)
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@Population below poverty line
Afghanistan: NA%
Albania: 19.6% (1996 est.)
Algeria: 23% (1999 est.)
American Samoa: NA%
Andorra: NA%
Angola: NA%
Anguilla: NA%
Antigua and Barbuda: NA%
Argentina: 37% (1999 est.)
Armenia: 45% (1999 est.)
Aruba: NA%
Australia: NA%
Austria: NA%
Azerbaijan: 60% (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The: NA%
Bahrain: NA%
Bangladesh: 35.6% (FY95/96 est.)
Barbados: NA%
Belarus: 22% (1995 est.)
Belgium: 4%
Belize: 33% (1999 est.)
Benin: 37.2% (1999 est.)
Bermuda: NA%
Bhutan: NA%
Bolivia: 70% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: NA%
Botswana: 47% (2000 est.)
Brazil: 17.4% (1990 est.)
British Virgin Islands: NA%
Brunei: NA%
Bulgaria: 35% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso: NA%
Burma: 23% (1997 est.)
Burundi: 36.2% (1990 est.)
Cambodia: 36% (1997 est.)
Cameroon: 48% (2000 est.)
Canada: NA%
Cape Verde: NA%
Cayman Islands: NA%
Central African Republic: NA%
Chad: 64% (1995 est.)
Chile: 22% (1998 est.)
China: 10% (1999 est.)
Christmas Island: NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: NA%
Colombia: 55% (1999)
Comoros: NA%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: NA%
Congo, Republic of the: NA%
Cook Islands: NA%
Costa Rica: 20.6% (1999 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: NA%
Croatia: 4% (1999 est.)
Cuba: NA%
Cyprus: NA%
Czech Republic: NA%
Denmark: NA%
Djibouti: NA%
Dominica: NA%
Dominican Republic: 25% (1999 est.)
Ecuador: 50% (1999 est.)
Egypt: 22.9% (FY95/96 est.)
El Salvador: 48% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: NA%
Eritrea: NA%
Estonia: 8.9% (1995 est.)
Ethiopia: NA%
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): NA%
Faroe Islands: NA%
Fiji: NA%
Finland: NA%
France: NA%
French Guiana: NA%
French Polynesia: NA%
Gabon: NA%
Gambia, The: NA%
Gaza Strip: NA%
Georgia: 60% (1999 est.)
Germany: NA%
Ghana: 31.4% (1992 est.)
Gibraltar: NA%
Greece: NA%
Greenland: NA%
Grenada: NA%
Guadeloupe: NA%
Guam: NA%
Guatemala: 60% (2000 est.)
Guernsey: NA%
Guinea: 40% (1994 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: 50% (1991 est.)
Guyana: NA%
Haiti: 80% (1998 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City): NA%
Honduras: 53% (1993 est.)
Hong Kong: NA%
Hungary: 8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland: NA%
India: 35% (1994 est.)
Indonesia: 20% (1998)
Iran: 53% (1996 est.)
Iraq: NA%
Ireland: 10% (1997 est.)
Israel: NA%
Italy: NA%
Jamaica: 34.2% (1992 est.)
Japan: NA%
Jersey: NA%
Jordan: 30% (1998 est.)
Kazakhstan: 35% (1999 est.)
Kenya: 42% (1992 est.)
Kiribati: NA%
Korea, North: NA%
Korea, South: NA%
Kuwait: NA%
Kyrgyzstan: 51% (1997 est.)
Laos: 46.1% (1993 est.)
Latvia: NA%
Lebanon: 28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho: 49.2% (1999 est.)
Liberia: 80%
Libya: NA%
Liechtenstein: NA%
Lithuania: NA%
Luxembourg: NA%
Macau: NA%
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 25% (2000 est.)
Madagascar: 70% (1994 est.)
Malawi: 54% (FY90/91 est.)
Malaysia: 6.8% (1997 est.)
Maldives: NA%
Mali: NA%
Malta: NA%
Man, Isle of: NA%
Marshall Islands: NA%
Martinique: NA%
Mauritania: 50% (1996 est.)
Mauritius: 10.6% (1992 est.)
Mayotte: NA%
Mexico: 27% (1998 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of: NA%
Moldova: 75% (1999 est.)
Monaco: NA%
Mongolia: 40% (2000 est.)
Montserrat: NA%
Morocco: 19% (1999 est.)
Mozambique: 70% (2000 est.)
Namibia: NA%
Nauru: NA%
Nepal: 42% (FY95/96 est.)
Netherlands: NA%
Netherlands Antilles: NA%
New Caledonia: NA%
New Zealand: NA%
Nicaragua: 50% (2000 est.)
Niger: 63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria: 45% (2000 est.)
Niue: NA%
Norfolk Island: NA%
Northern Mariana Islands: NA%
Norway: NA%
Oman: NA%
Pakistan: 40% (2000 est.)
Palau: NA%
Panama: 37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 37%
Paraguay: 36% (2000 est.)
Peru: 49% (1994 est.)
Philippines: 41% (1997 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: NA%
Poland: 18.4% (2000 est.)
Portugal: NA%
Puerto Rico: NA%
Qatar: NA%
Reunion: NA%
Romania: 44.5% (2000)
Russia: 40% (1999 est.)
Rwanda: 70% (2000 est.)
Saint Helena: NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis: NA%
Saint Lucia: NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: NA%
Samoa: NA%
San Marino: NA%
Sao Tome and Principe: NA%
Saudi Arabia: NA%
Senegal: NA%
Seychelles: NA%
Sierra Leone: 68% (1989 est.)
Singapore: NA%
Slovakia: NA%
Slovenia: NA%
Solomon Islands: NA%
Somalia: NA%
South Africa: 50% (2000 est.)
Spain: NA%
Sri Lanka: 22% (1997 est.)
Sudan: NA%
Suriname: NA%
Svalbard: NA%
Swaziland: NA%
Sweden: NA%
Switzerland: NA%
Syria: 15%-25%
Tajikistan: 80% (2000 est.)
Tanzania: 51.1% (1991 est.)
Thailand: 12.5% (1998 est.)
Togo: 32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau: NA%
Tonga: NA%
Trinidad and Tobago: 21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia: 6% (2000 est.)
Turkey: NA%
Turkmenistan: 58% (1999 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: NA%
Tuvalu: NA%
Uganda: 55% (1993 est.)
Ukraine: 50% (1999 est.)
United Arab Emirates: NA%
United Kingdom: 17%
United States: 12.7% (1999 est.)
Uruguay: NA%
Uzbekistan: NA%
Vanuatu: NA%
Venezuela: 67% (1997 est.)
Vietnam: 37% (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands: NA%
Wallis and Futuna: NA%
West Bank: NA%
Western Sahara: NA%
Yemen: 19% (1992 est.)
Yugoslavia: NA%
Zambia: 86% (1993 est.)
Zimbabwe: 60% (1999 est.)
Taiwan: 1% (1999 est.)
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@Population growth rate
Afghanistan: 3.48% (2001 est.)
note: this rate reflects the continued return of refugees from Iran
Albania: 0.88% (2001 est.)
Algeria: 1.71% (2001 est.)
American Samoa: 2.42% (2001 est.)
Andorra: 1.17% (2001 est.)
Angola: 2.15% (2001 est.)
Anguilla: 2.68% (2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.74% (2001 est.)
Argentina: 1.15% (2001 est.)
Armenia: -0.21% (2001 est.)
Aruba: 0.64% (2001 est.)
Australia: 0.99% (2001 est.)
Austria: 0.24% (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan: 0.32% (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The: 0.93% (2001 est.)
Bahrain: 1.73% (2001 est.)
Bangladesh: 1.59% (2001 est.)
Barbados: 0.46% (2001 est.)
Belarus: -0.15% (2001 est.)
Belgium: 0.16% (2001 est.)
Belize: 2.7% (2001 est.)
Benin: 2.97% (2001 est.)
Bermuda: 0.74% (2001 est.)
Bhutan: 2.17% (2001 est.)
Bolivia: 1.76% (2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.38% (2001 est.)
Botswana: 0.47% (2001 est.)
Brazil: 0.91% (2001 est.)
British Virgin Islands: 2.22% (2001 est.)
Brunei: 2.11% (2001 est.)
Bulgaria: -1.14% (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso: 2.68% (2001 est.)
Burma: 0.6% (2001 est.)
Burundi: 2.38% (2001 est.)
Cambodia: 2.25% (2001 est.)
Cameroon: 2.41% (2001 est.)
Canada: 0.99% (2001 est.)
Cape Verde: 0.92% (2001 est.)
Cayman Islands: 2.12% (2001 est.)
Central African Republic: 1.85% (2001 est.)
Chad: 3.29% (2001 est.)
Chile: 1.13% (2001 est.)
China: 0.88% (2001 est.)
Christmas Island: 7.77% (2001 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: -0.21% (2001 est.)
Colombia: 1.64% (2001 est.)
Comoros: 3.02% (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 3.1% (2001 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: 2.2% (2001 est.)
Costa Rica: 1.65% (2001 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: 2.51% (2001 est.)
Croatia: 1.48% (2001 est.)
Cuba: 0.37% (2001 est.)
Cyprus: 0.59% (2001 est.)
Czech Republic: -0.07% (2001 est.)
Denmark: 0.3% (2001 est.)
Djibouti: 2.6% (2001 est.)
Dominica: -0.98% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic: 1.63% (2001 est.)
Ecuador: 2% (2001 est.)
Egypt: 1.69% (2001 est.)
El Salvador: 1.85% (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: 2.46% (2001 est.)
Eritrea: 3.84% (2001 est.)
Estonia: -0.55% (2001 est.)
Ethiopia: 2.7% (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 2.43% (2001 est.)
Faroe Islands: 0.78% (2001 est.)
Fiji: 1.41% (2001 est.)
Finland: 0.16% (2001 est.)
France: 0.37% (2001 est.)
French Guiana: 2.74% (2001 est.)
French Polynesia: 1.72% (2001 est.)
Gabon: 1.02% (2001 est.)
Gambia, The: 3.14% (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip: 4.01% (2001 est.)
Georgia: -0.59% (2001 est.)
Germany: 0.27% (2001 est.)
Ghana: 1.79% (2001 est.)
Gibraltar: 0.24% (2001 est.)
Greece: 0.21% (2001 est.)
Greenland: 0.06% (2001 est.)
Grenada: -0.06% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe: 1.07% (2001 est.)
Guam: 2.09% (2001 est.)
Guatemala: 2.6% (2001 est.)
Guernsey: 0.39% (2001 est.)
Guinea: 1.96% (2001 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: 2.23% (2001 est.)
Guyana: 0.07% (2001 est.)
Haiti: 1.4% (2001 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City): 1.15% (2001 est.)
Honduras: 2.43% (2001 est.)
Hong Kong: 1.3% (2001 est.)
Hungary: -0.32% (2001 est.)
Iceland: 0.54% (2001 est.)
India: 1.55% (2001 est.)
Indonesia: 1.6% (2001 est.)
Iran: 0.72% (2001 est.)
Iraq: 2.84% (2001 est.)
Ireland: 1.12% (2001 est.)
Israel: 1.58% (2001 est.)
Italy: 0.07% (2001 est.)
Jamaica: 0.51% (2001 est.)
Japan: 0.17% (2001 est.)
Jersey: 0.48% (2001 est.)
Johnston Atoll: -5.94% (2001 est.)
Jordan: 3% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan: 0.03% (2001 est.)
Kenya: 1.27% (2001 est.)
Kiribati: 2.31% (2001 est.)
Korea, North: 1.22% (2001 est.)
Korea, South: 0.89% (2001 est.)
Kuwait: 3.38% (2001 est.)
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates
Kyrgyzstan: 1.44% (2001 est.)
Laos: 2.48% (2001 est.)
Latvia: -0.81% (2001 est.)
Lebanon: 1.38% (2001 est.)
Lesotho: 1.49% (2001 est.)
Liberia: 1.92% (2001 est.)
Libya: 2.42% (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein: 0.98% (2001 est.)
Lithuania: -0.27% (2001 est.)
Luxembourg: 1.26% (2001 est.)
Macau: 1.79% (2001 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 0.43% (2001 est.)
Madagascar: 3.02% (2001 est.)
Malawi: 1.5% (2001 est.)
Malaysia: 1.96% (2001 est.)
Maldives: 3.01% (2001 est.)
Mali: 2.97% (2001 est.)
Malta: 0.74% (2001 est.)
Man, Isle of: 0.52% (2001 est.)
Marshall Islands: 3.88% (2001 est.)
Martinique: 0.93% (2001 est.)
Mauritania: 2.93% (2001 est.)
Mauritius: 0.88% (2001 est.)
Mayotte: 4.58% (2001 est.)
Mexico: 1.5% (2001 est.)
Moldova: 0.05% (2001 est.)
Monaco: 0.46% (2001 est.)
Mongolia: 1.47% (2001 est.)
Montserrat: 13.39% (2001 est.)
Morocco: 1.71% (2001 est.)
Mozambique: 1.3% (2001 est.)
Namibia: 1.38% (2001 est.)
Nauru: 2% (2001 est.)
Nepal: 2.32% (2001 est.)
Netherlands: 0.55% (2001 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: 0.97% (2001 est.)
New Caledonia: 1.48% (2001 est.)
New Zealand: 1.14% (2001 est.)
Nicaragua: 2.15% (2001 est.)
Niger: 2.72% (2001 est.)
Nigeria: 2.61% (2001 est.)
Niue: 0.5% (2001 est.)
Norfolk Island: -0.71% (2001 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands: 3.62% (2001 est.)
Norway: 0.49% (2001 est.)
Oman: 3.43% (2001 est.)
Pakistan: 2.11% (2001 est.)
Palau: 1.69% (2001 est.)
Panama: 1.3% (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 2.43% (2001 est.)
Paraguay: 2.6% (2001 est.)
Peru: 1.7% (2001 est.)
Philippines: 2.03% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: -2.08% (2001 est.)
Poland: -0.03% (2001 est.)
Portugal: 0.18% (2001 est.)
Puerto Rico: 0.54% (2001 est.)
Qatar: 3.18% (2001 est.)
Reunion: 1.57% (2001 est.)
Romania: -0.21% (2001 est.)
Russia: -0.35% (2001 est.)
Rwanda: 1.16% (2001 est.)
Saint Helena: 0.72% (2001 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: -0.11% (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia: 1.23% (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0.43% (2001 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.4% (2001 est.)
Samoa: -0.23% (2001 est.)
San Marino: 1.45% (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: 3.18% (2001 est.)
Saudi Arabia: 3.27% (2001 est.)
Senegal: 2.93% (2001 est.)
Seychelles: 0.49% (2001 est.)
Sierra Leone: 3.61% (2001 est.)
Singapore: 3.5% (2001 est.)
Slovakia: 0.13% (2001 est.)
Slovenia: 0.14% (2001 est.)
Solomon Islands: 2.98% (2001 est.)
Somalia: 3.48% (2001 est.)
South Africa: 0.26% (2001 est.)
Spain: 0.1% (2001 est.)
Sri Lanka: 0.87% (2001 est.)
Sudan: 2.79% (2001 est.)
Suriname: 0.6% (2001 est.)
Svalbard: -3.55% (2001 est.)
Swaziland: 1.83% (2001 est.)
Sweden: 0.02% (2001 est.)
Switzerland: 0.27% (2001 est.)
Syria: 2.54% (2001 est.)
Tajikistan: 2.12% (2001 est.)
Tanzania: 2.61% (2001 est.)
Thailand: 0.91% (2001 est.)
Togo: 2.6% (2001 est.)
Tokelau: -0.92% (2001 est.)
Tonga: 1.79% (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: -0.51% (2001 est.)
Tunisia: 1.15% (2001 est.)
Turkey: 1.24% (2001 est.)
Turkmenistan: 1.85% (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 3.41% (2001 est.)
Tuvalu: 1.4% (2001 est.)
Uganda: 2.93% (2001 est.)
Ukraine: -0.78% (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates: 1.59% (2001 est.)
United Kingdom: 0.23% (2001 est.)
United States: 0.9% (2001 est.)
Uruguay: 0.78% (2001 est.)
Uzbekistan: 1.6% (2001 est.)
Vanuatu: 1.7% (2001 est.)
Venezuela: 1.56% (2001 est.)
Vietnam: 1.45% (2001 est.)
Virgin Islands: 1.06% (2001 est.)
Wallis and Futuna: NA%
West Bank: 3.48% (2001 est.)
World: 1.25% (2001 est.)
Yemen: 3.38% (2001 est.)
Yugoslavia: -0.27% (2001 est.)
Zambia: 1.93% (2001 est.)
Zimbabwe: 0.15% (2001 est.)
Taiwan: 0.8% (2001 est.)
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@Ports and harbors
Afghanistan: Kheyrabad, Shir Khan
Albania: Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore
Algeria: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Beni Saf, Dellys, Djendjene, Ghazaouet, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda, Tenes
American Samoa: Aunu'u (new construction), Auasi, Faleosao, Ofu, Pago Pago, Ta'u
Andorra: none
Angola: Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Mocamedes, Namibe, Porto Amboim, Soyo
Anguilla: Blowing Point, Road Bay
Antarctica: there are no developed ports and harbors in Antarctica; most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies are transferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, and helicopters; a few stations have a basic wharf facility US coastal stations include McMurdo (77 51 S, 166 40 E), Palmer (64 43 S, 64 03 W); government use only except by permit (see Permit Office under "Legal System"); offshore anchorage is sparse and intermittent
Antigua and Barbuda: Saint John's
Arctic Ocean: Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)
Argentina: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia
Armenia: none
Aruba: Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas
Ashmore and Cartier Islands: none; offshore anchorage only
Atlantic Ocean: Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal (Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran (Algeria), Oslo (Norway), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)
Australia: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
Austria: Linz, Vienna, Enns, Krems
Azerbaijan: Baku (Baki)
Bahamas, The: Freeport, Matthew Town, Nassau
Bahrain: Manama, Mina' Salman, Sitrah
Baker Island: none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Bangladesh: Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port, Narayanganj (2001)
Barbados: Bridgetown, Speightstown (Port Charles Marina)
Bassas da India: none; offshore anchorage only
Belarus: Mazyr
Belgium: Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports), Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge
Belize: Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda
Benin: Cotonou, Porto-Novo
Bermuda: Hamilton, Saint George
Bhutan: none
Bolivia: none; however, Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje
Botswana: none
Bouvet Island: none; offshore anchorage only
Brazil: Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Imbituba, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos, Vitoria
British Indian Ocean Territory: Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands: Road Town
Brunei: Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait, Muara, Seria, Tutong
Bulgaria: Burgas, Lom, Nesebur, Ruse, Varna, Vidin
Burkina Faso: none
Burma: Bassein, Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Rangoon, Akyab (Sittwe), Tavoy
Burundi: Bujumbura
Cambodia: Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong Kaoh Kong, Phnom Penh
Cameroon: Bonaberi, Douala, Garoua, Kribi, Tiko
Canada: Becancour (Quebec), Churchill, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, New Westminster, Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick), St. John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Sydney, Trois-Rivieres, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor
Cape Verde: Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal
Cayman Islands: Cayman Brac, George Town
Central African Republic: Bangui, Nola
Chad: none
Chile: Antofagasta, Arica, Chanaral, Coquimbo, Iquique, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Talcahuano, Valparaiso
China: Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Huangpu, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shantou, Tianjin, Xiamen, Xingang, Yantai, Zhanjiang
Christmas Island: Flying Fish Cove
Clipperton Island: none; offshore anchorage only
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: none; lagoon anchorage only
Colombia: Bahia de Portete, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo
Comoros: Fomboni, Moroni, Moutsamoudou
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka
Congo, Republic of the: Brazzaville, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire
Cook Islands: Avarua, Avatiu
Coral Sea Islands: none; offshore anchorage only
Costa Rica: Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puerto Limon, Puerto Quepos, Puntarenas
Cote d'Ivoire: Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro
Croatia: Dubrovnik, Dugi Rat, Omisalj, Ploce, Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik, Split, Vukovar (inland waterway port on Danube), Zadar
Cuba: Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba
Cyprus: Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Vasilikos
Czech Republic: Decin, Prague, Usti nad Labem
Denmark: Abenra, Alborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Kolding, Odense, Roenne (Bornholm), Vejle
Djibouti: Djibouti
Dominica: Portsmouth, Roseau
Dominican Republic: Barahona, La Romana, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo
Ecuador: Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, San Lorenzo
Egypt: Alexandria, Al Ghardaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah, Damietta, Marsa Matruh, Port Said, Suez
El Salvador: Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El Triunfo
Equatorial Guinea: Bata, Luba, Malabo
Eritrea: Assab (Aseb), Massawa (Mits'iwa)
Estonia: Haapsalu, Kunda, Muuga, Paldiski, Parnu, Tallinn
Ethiopia: none; Ethiopia is landlocked and was by agreement with Eritrea using the ports of Assab and Massawa; since the border dispute with Eritrea flared, Ethiopia has used the port of Djibouti for nearly all of its imports
Europa Island: none; offshore anchorage only
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): Stanley
Faroe Islands: Torshavn, Klaksvik, Tvoroyri, Runavik, Fuglafjorour
Fiji: Lambasa, Lautoka, Levuka, Savusavu, Suva
Finland: Hamina, Helsinki, Kokkola, Kotka, Loviisa, Oulu, Pori, Rauma, Turku, Uusikaupunki, Varkaus
France: Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice, Le Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mullhouse, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Saint Nazaire, Saint Malo, Strasbourg
French Guiana: Cayenne, Degrad des Cannes, Saint-Laurent du Maroni
French Polynesia: Mataura, Papeete, Rikitea, Uturoa
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: none; offshore anchorage only
Gabon: Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene, Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo, Port-Gentil
Gambia, The: Banjul
Gaza Strip: Gaza
Georgia: Bat'umi, P'ot'i, Sokhumi
Germany: Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Luebeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart
Ghana: Takoradi, Tema
Gibraltar: Gibraltar
Glorioso Islands: none; offshore anchorage only
Greece: Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra, Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus), Thessaloniki, Volos
Greenland: Aasiaat (Egedesminde), Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Kangerlussuaq, Nanortalik, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk (Godthab), Qaqortoq (Julianehab), Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Tasiilaq (March 2001)
Grenada: Grenville, Saint George's
Guadeloupe: Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on Saint Barthelemy), Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre
Guam: Apra Harbor
Guatemala: Champerico, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, San Jose, Santo Tomas de Castilla
Guernsey: Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Guinea: Boke, Conakry, Kamsar
Guinea-Bissau: Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
Guyana: Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika
Haiti: Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Jeremie, Les Cayes, Miragoane, Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix, Saint-Marc
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: none; offshore anchorage only
Holy See (Vatican City): none
Honduras: La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela, Puerto Lempira
Hong Kong: Hong Kong
Howland Island: none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Hungary: Budapest, Dunaujvaros
Iceland: Akureyri, Hornafjordur, Isafjordhur, Keflavik, Raufarhofn, Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vestmannaeyjar
India: Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam
Indian Ocean: Chennai (Madras; India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India) Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay; India), Richards Bay (South Africa)
Indonesia: Cilacap, Cirebon, Jakarta, Kupang, Makassar, Palembang, Semarang, Surabaya
Iran: Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war), Ahvaz, Bandar 'Abbas, Bandar-e Anzali, Bushehr, Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e Mahshahr, Bandar-e Torkaman, Chabahar (Bandar Beheshti), Jazireh-ye Khark, Jazireh-ye Lavan, Jazireh-ye Sirri, Khorramshahr (limited operation since November 1992), Now Shahr
Iraq: Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited functionality
Ireland: Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Galway, Limerick, New Ross, Waterford
Israel: Ashdod, Ashqelon, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Italy: Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Gela, Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Milazzo, Naples, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres (Sardinia), Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice (2001)
Jamaica: Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, Rocky Point, Port Esquivel (Longswharf)
Jan Mayen: none; offshore anchorage only
Japan: Akita, Amagasaki, Chiba, Hachinohe, Hakodate, Higashi-Harima, Himeji, Hiroshima, Kawasaki, Kinuura, Kobe, Kushiro, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Sakai, Sakaide, Shimizu, Tokyo, Tomakomai
Jarvis Island: none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island
Jersey: Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Johnston Atoll: Johnston Island
Jordan: Al 'Aqabah
Juan de Nova Island: none; offshore anchorage only
Kazakhstan: Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Kenya: Kisumu, Lamu, Mombasa
Kingman Reef: none; offshore anchorage only
Kiribati: Banaba, Betio, English Harbor, Kanton
Korea, North: Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong, Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang, Wonsan
Korea, South: Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Pusan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu
Kuwait: Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud
Kyrgyzstan: Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)
Laos: none
Latvia: Daugavpils, Liepaja, Riga, Ventspils
Lebanon: Antilyas, Batroun, Beirut, Chekka, El Mina, Ez Zahrani, Jbail, Jounie, Naqoura, Sidon, Tripoli, Tyre
Lesotho: none
Liberia: Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia
Libya: Al Khums, Banghazi, Darnah, Marsa al Burayqah, Misratah, Ra's Lanuf, Tobruk, Tripoli, Zuwarah
Liechtenstein: none
Lithuania: Butinge, Kaunas, Klaipeda
Luxembourg: Mertert
Macau: Macau
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: none
Madagascar: Antsiranana, Antsohimbondrona, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
Malawi: Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Malaysia: Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, Pasir Gudang, Penang, Port Dickson, Port Kelang, Sandakan, Sibu, Tanjung Berhala, Tanjung Kidurong, Tawau
Maldives: Gan, Male
Mali: Koulikoro
Malta: Marsaxlokk, Valletta
Man, Isle of: Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey
Marshall Islands: Majuro
Martinique: Fort-de-France, La Trinite
Mauritania: Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso
Mauritius: Port Louis
Mayotte: Dzaoudzi
Mexico: Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz
Micronesia, Federated States of: Colonia (Yap), Kolonia (Pohnpei), Lele, Moen
Midway Islands: Sand Island
Moldova: none
Monaco: Monaco
Mongolia: none
Montserrat: Plymouth (abandoned), Little Bay (anchorages and ferry landing), Carr's Bay
Morocco: Agadir, El Jadida, Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra, Mohammedia, Nador, Rabat, Safi, Tangier; also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla
Mozambique: Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Nacala, Pemba, Quelimane
Namibia: Luderitz, Walvis Bay
Nauru: Nauru
Navassa Island: none; offshore anchorage only
Nepal: none
Netherlands: Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, Ijmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen
Netherlands Antilles: Kralendijk, Philipsburg, Willemstad
New Caledonia: Mueo, Noumea, Thio
New Zealand: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Tauranga, Wellington
Nicaragua: Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, San Juan del Sur
Niger: none
Nigeria: Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt, Sapele, Warri
Niue: none; offshore anchorage only
Norfolk Island: none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade
Northern Mariana Islands: Saipan, Tinian
Norway: Bergen, Drammen, Floro, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger, Tromso, Trondheim
Oman: Matrah, Mina' al Fahl, Mina' Raysut
Pacific Ocean: Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong, Kao-hsiung (Taiwan), Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US), Shanghai (China), Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia), Wellington (NZ), Yokohama (Japan)
Pakistan: Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim
Palau: Koror
Palmyra Atoll: West Lagoon
Panama: Balboa, Cristobal, Coco Solo, Manzanillo (part of Colon area), Vacamonte
Papua New Guinea: Kieta, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul
Paracel Islands: small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded
Paraguay: Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Peru: Callao, Chimbote, Ilo, Matarani, Paita, Puerto Maldonado, Salaverry, San Martin, Talara, Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries
Philippines: Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras Island, Iligan, Iloilo, Jolo, Legaspi, Manila, Masao, Puerto Princesa, San Fernando, Subic Bay, Zamboanga
Pitcairn Islands: Bounty Bay
Poland: Gdansk, Gdynia, Gliwice, Kolobrzeg, Szczecin, Swinoujscie, Ustka, Warsaw, Wroclaw
Portugal: Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores), Setubal, Viana do Castelo
Puerto Rico: Guanica, Guayanilla, Guayama, Playa de Ponce, San Juan
Qatar: Doha, Halul Island, Umm Sa'id (Musay'id)
Reunion: Le Port, Pointe des Galets
Romania: Braila, Constanta, Galati, Mangalia, Sulina, Tulcea
Russia: Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Kaliningrad, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Kholmsk, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Nevel'sk, Novorossiysk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Saint Petersburg, Rostov, Sochi, Tuapse, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Vostochnyy, Vyborg
Rwanda: Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
Saint Helena: Georgetown (on Ascension), Jamestown
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre, Charlestown
Saint Lucia: Castries, Vieux Fort
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Saint Pierre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown
Samoa: Apia, Asau, Mulifanua, Salelologa
San Marino: none
Sao Tome and Principe: Santo Antonio, Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia: Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji, Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
Senegal: Dakar, Kaolack, Matam, Podor, Richard Toll, Saint-Louis, Ziguinchor
Seychelles: Victoria
Sierra Leone: Bonthe, Freetown, Pepel
Singapore: Singapore
Slovakia: Bratislava, Komarno
Slovenia: Izola, Koper, Piran
Solomon Islands: Aola Bay, Honiara, Lofung, Noro, Viru Harbor, Yandina
Somalia: Bender Cassim (Boosaaso), Berbera, Chisimayu (Kismaayo), Merca, Mogadishu
South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mosselbaai, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Grytviken
Southern Ocean: McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica
note: few ports or harbors exist on the southern side of the Southern Ocean; ice conditions limit use of most of them to short periods in midsummer; even then some cannot be entered without icebreaker escort; most antarctic ports are operated by government research stations and, except in an emergency, are not open to commercial or private vessels; vessels in any port south of 60 degrees south are subject to inspection by Antarctic Treaty observers
Spain: Aviles, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Malaga, Melilla, Pasajes, Gijon, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands), Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo
Spratly Islands: none; offshore anchorage only
Sri Lanka: Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee
Sudan: Juba, Khartoum, Kusti, Malakal, Nimule, Port Sudan, Sawakin
Suriname: Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie, Paramaribo, Paranam, Wageningen
Svalbard: Barentsburg, Longyearbyen, Ny-Alesund, Pyramiden
Swaziland: none
Sweden: Gavle, Goteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Hudiksvall, Kalmar, Karlshamn, Malmo, Solvesborg, Stockholm, Sundsvall
Switzerland: Basel
Syria: Baniyas, Jablah, Latakia, Tartus
Tajikistan: none
Tanzania: Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar
Thailand: Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha, Songkhla
Togo: Kpeme, Lome
Tokelau: none; offshore anchorage only
Tonga: Neiafu, Nuku'alofa, Pangai
Trinidad and Tobago: Pointe-a-Pierre, Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain, Scarborough, Tembladora
Tromelin Island: none; offshore anchorage only
Tunisia: Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Zarzis
Turkey: Gemlik, Hopa, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Icel (Mersin), Samsun, Trabzon
Turkmenistan: Turkmenbashi
Turks and Caicos Islands: Grand Turk, Providenciales
Tuvalu: Funafuti, Nukufetau
Uganda: Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
Ukraine: Berdyans'k, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson, Kiev (Kyyiv), Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni, Sevastopol'
United Arab Emirates: 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Das Island, Khawr Fakkan, Mina' Jabal 'Ali, Mina' Khalid, Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina' Zayid, Umm al Qaywayn
United Kingdom: Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Scapa Flow, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne
United States: Anchorage, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Portland (Oregon), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Toledo
Uruguay: Fray Bentos, Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del Este, Colonia, Piriapolis
Uzbekistan: Termiz (Amu Darya river)
Vanuatu: Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)
Venezuela: Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon
Vietnam: Cam Ranh, Da Nang, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Long, Quy Nhon, Nha Trang, Vinh, Vung Tau
Virgin Islands: Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, Cruz Bay, Port Alucroix
Wake Island: none; two offshore anchorages for large ships
Wallis and Futuna: Leava, Mata-Utu
West Bank: none
Western Sahara: Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
World: Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki, Kobe, Marseille, Mina' al Ahmadi (Kuwait), New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama
Yemen: Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As Salif, Mocha, Nishtun
Yugoslavia: Bar, Belgrade, Kotor, Novi Sad, Pancevo, Tivat, Zelenika
Zambia: Mpulungu
Zimbabwe: Binga, Kariba
Taiwan: Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung
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@Radio broadcast stations
Afghanistan: AM 7 (6 are inactive; the active station is in Kabul), FM 1, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pushtu, Dari, Urdu, and English) (1999)
Albania: AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 2 (1999)
Algeria: AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)
American Samoa: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Andorra: AM 0, FM 15, shortwave 0 (1998)
Angola: AM 34, FM 7, shortwave 9 (1999)
Anguilla: AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)
Antarctica: AM NA, FM 2, shortwave 1
note: information for US bases only (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda: AM 4, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Argentina: AM 260 (including 10 inactive stations), FM NA (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998)
Armenia: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)
Aruba: AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)
Australia: AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
Austria: AM 1, FM 61 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
Azerbaijan: AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
Bahamas, The: AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Bahrain: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Bangladesh: AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)
Barbados: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Belarus: AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998)
Belgium: FM 79, AM 7, shortwave 1 (1998)
Belize: AM 1, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)
Benin: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998)
Bermuda: AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Bhutan: AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Bolivia: AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1 (1998)
Botswana: AM 7, FM 15, shortwave 5 (1998)
Brazil: AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999)
British Indian Ocean Territory: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
British Virgin Islands: AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Brunei: AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)
Bulgaria: AM 24, FM 93, shortwave 2 (1998)
Burkina Faso: AM 2, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
Burma: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1998)
Burundi: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Cambodia: AM 7, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1999)
Cameroon: AM 11, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)
Canada: AM 535, FM 53, shortwave 6 (1998)
Cape Verde: AM 0, FM 11 (and 14 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998)
Cayman Islands: AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)
Central African Republic: AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)
Chad: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 5 (1998)
Chile: AM 180 (eight inactive), FM 64, shortwave 17 (one inactive) (1998)
China: AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998)
Christmas Island: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Colombia: AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999)
Comoros: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: AM 3, FM 12, shortwave 1 (1999)
Congo, Republic of the: AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1999)
Cook Islands: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Costa Rica: AM 50, FM 43, shortwave 19 (1998)
Cote d'Ivoire: AM 2, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)
Croatia: AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)
Cuba: AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)
Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
Czech Republic: AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
Denmark: AM 2, FM 355, shortwave 0 (1998)
Djibouti: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Dominica: AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)
Dominican Republic: AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)
Ecuador: AM 392, FM 27, shortwave 29 (1998)
Egypt: AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)
El Salvador: AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
Equatorial Guinea: AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 4 (1998)
Eritrea: AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 2 (2000)
Estonia: AM 3 (all AM stations inactive since July 1998), FM 82, shortwave 1 (1998)
Ethiopia: AM 5, FM 0, shortwave 2 (1999)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): AM 1, FM 7, shortwave 0 (1998)
Faroe Islands: AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Fiji: AM 13, FM 40, shortwave 0 (1998)
Finland: AM 2, FM 186, shortwave 1 (1998)
France: AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
French Guiana: AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters), shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters) (1998)
French Polynesia: AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
Gabon: AM 6, FM 7, shortwave 6 (1998)
Gambia, The: AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2000)
Gaza Strip: AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Georgia: AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998)
Germany: AM 51, FM 767, shortwave 4 (1998)
Ghana: AM 0, FM 18, shortwave 3 (1999)
Gibraltar: AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)
Greece: AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)
Greenland: AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)
Grenada: AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guadeloupe: AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guam: AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guatemala: AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)
Guernsey: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guinea: AM 4, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)
Guinea-Bissau: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guyana: AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)
Haiti: AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0 (1999)
Holy See (Vatican City): AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 2 (1998)
Honduras: AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)
Hong Kong: AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Hungary: AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998)
Iceland: AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
India: AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998)
Indonesia: AM 678, FM 43, shortwave 82 (1998)
Iran: AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998)
Iraq: AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998)
Ireland: AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)
Israel: AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)
Italy: AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998)
Jamaica: AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Jan Mayen: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
note: there is one radio and meteorological station (1998)
Japan: AM 190, FM 88, shortwave 24 (1999)
Jersey: AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Johnston Atoll: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Jordan: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1999)
Kazakhstan: AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Kenya: AM 24, FM 8, shortwave 6 (1999)
Kiribati: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Korea, North: AM 16, FM 14, shortwave 12 (1999)
Korea, South: AM 106, FM 97, shortwave 6 (1999)
Kuwait: AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
Kyrgyzstan: AM 12 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
Laos: AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)
Latvia: AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998)
Lebanon: AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)
Lesotho: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Liberia: AM 0, FM 6, shortwave 4 (1999)
Libya: AM 17, FM 4, shortwave 3 (1998)
Liechtenstein: AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Lithuania: AM 3, FM 112, shortwave 1 (1998)
Luxembourg: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
Macau: AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: AM 29, FM 20, shortwave 0 (1998)
Madagascar: AM 2 (plus 8 repeater stations), FM 7, shortwave 5 (1998)
Malawi: AM 9, FM 4 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 3 (1998)
Malaysia: AM 56, FM 31 (plus 13 repeater stations), shortwave 5 (1999)
Maldives: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Mali: AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 7 (1998)
Malta: AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)
Man, Isle of: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Marshall Islands: AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Martinique: AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)
Mauritania: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Mauritius: AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1998)
Mayotte: AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Mexico: AM 865, FM about 500, shortwave 13 (1999)
Micronesia, Federated States of: AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Moldova: AM 7, FM 50, shortwave 3 (1998)
Monaco: AM 1, FM NA, shortwave 8 (1998)
Mongolia: AM 7, FM 9, shortwave 4 (2001)
Montserrat: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Morocco: AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998)
Mozambique: AM 13, FM 16, shortwave 12 (2000)
Namibia: AM 2, FM 34, shortwave 5 (1998)
Nauru: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Nepal: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (January 2000)
Netherlands: AM 4, FM 58, shortwave 3 (1998)
Netherlands Antilles: AM 9, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
New Caledonia: AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)
New Zealand: AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)
Nicaragua: AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)
Niger: AM 5, FM 5, shortwave 4 (1998)
Nigeria: AM 82, FM 35, shortwave 11 (1998)
Niue: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Norfolk Island: AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Northern Mariana Islands: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)
Norway: AM 5, FM at least 650, shortwave 1 (1998)
Oman: AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
Pakistan: AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998)
Palau: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 1 (1998)
Panama: AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0 (1998)
Papua New Guinea: AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998)
Paraguay: AM 46, FM 27, shortwave 6 (three inactive) (1998)
Peru: AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)
Philippines: AM 366, FM 290, shortwave 3 (1999)
Pitcairn Islands: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Poland: AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998)
Portugal: AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
Puerto Rico: AM 72, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998)
Qatar: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)
Reunion: AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (1998)
Romania: AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)
Russia: AM 420, FM 447, shortwave 56 (1998)
Rwanda: AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)
Saint Helena: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: AM 3, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Saint Lucia: AM 2, FM 7 (plus 3 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Samoa: AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
San Marino: AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe: AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Saudi Arabia: AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)
Senegal: AM 10, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)
Seychelles: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 2 (1998)
Sierra Leone: AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (1999)
Singapore: AM 0, FM 16, shortwave 2 (1998)
Slovakia: AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)
Slovenia: AM 17, FM 160, shortwave 0 (1998)
Solomon Islands: AM 3, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Somalia: AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 4 (1988)
South Africa: AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: none
Spain: AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998)
Sri Lanka: AM 26, FM 45, shortwave 1 (1998)
Sudan: AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Suriname: AM 4, FM 13, shortwave 1 (1998)
Svalbard: AM 1, FM 1 (plus 2 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998)
Swaziland: AM 7, FM 6 (2000)
Sweden: AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 (1998)
Switzerland: AM 4, FM 113 (plus many low power stations), shortwave 2 (1998)
Syria: AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Tajikistan: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 5 (1998)
Tanzania: AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)
Thailand: AM 204, FM 334, shortwave 6 (1999)
Togo: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998)
Tokelau: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
note: each atoll has a radio broadcast station of unknown type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports (1998)
Tonga: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago: AM 2, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)
Tunisia: AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998)
Turkey: AM 16, FM 72, shortwave 6 (1998)
Turkmenistan: AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands: AM 3 (one inactive), FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)
Tuvalu: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Uganda: AM 19, FM 4, shortwave 5 (1998)
Ukraine: AM 134, FM 289, shortwave 4 (1998)
United Arab Emirates: AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998)
United Kingdom: AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)
United States: AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (1998)
Uruguay: AM 94, FM 115, shortwave 14 (seven are inactive) (1998)
Uzbekistan: AM 20, FM 7, shortwave 10 (1998)
Vanuatu: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Venezuela: AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998)
Vietnam: AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)
Virgin Islands: AM 5, FM 11, shortwave 0 (1998)
Wake Island: AM 0, FM NA, shortwave NA
note: Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio service provided by satellite (1998)
Wallis and Futuna: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000)
West Bank: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
note: the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts from an AM station in Ramallah on 675 kHz; numerous local, private stations are reported to be in operation (2000)
Western Sahara: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
World: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Yemen: AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
Yugoslavia: AM 113, FM 194, shortwave 2 (1998)
Zambia: AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (1998)
Zimbabwe: AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)
Taiwan: AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50 (1999)
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@Radios
Afghanistan: 167,000 (1999)
Albania: 810,000 (1997)
Algeria: 7.1 million (1997)
American Samoa: 57,000 (1997)
Andorra: 16,000 (1997)
Angola: 630,000 (1997)
Anguilla: 3,000 (1997)
Antarctica: NA
Antigua and Barbuda: 36,000 (1997)
Argentina: 24.3 million (1997)
Armenia: 850,000 (1997)
Aruba: 50,000 (1997)
Australia: 25.5 million (1997)
Austria: 6.08 million (1997)
Azerbaijan: 175,000 (1997)
Bahamas, The: 215,000 (1997)
Bahrain: 338,000 (1997)
Bangladesh: 6.15 million (1997)
Barbados: 237,000 (1997)
Belarus: 3.02 million (1997)
Belgium: 8.075 million (1997)
Belize: 133,000 (1997)
Benin: 620,000 (1997)
Bermuda: 82,000 (1997)
Bhutan: 37,000 (1997)
Bolivia: 5.25 million (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 940,000 (1997)
Botswana: 237,000 (1997)
Brazil: 71 million (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory: NA
British Virgin Islands: 9,000 (1997)
Brunei: 329,000 (1998)
Bulgaria: 4.51 million (1997)
Burkina Faso: 370,000 (1997)
Burma: 4.2 million (1997)
Burundi: 440,000 (1997)
Cambodia: 1.34 million (1997)
Cameroon: 2.27 million (1997)
Canada: 32.3 million (1997)
Cape Verde: 73,000 (1997)
Cayman Islands: 36,000 (1997)
Central African Republic: 283,000 (1997)
Chad: 1.67 million (1997)
Chile: 5.18 million (1997)
China: 417 million (1997)
Christmas Island: 1,000 (1997)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 300 (1992)
Colombia: 21 million (1997)
Comoros: 90,000 (1997)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 18.03 million (1997)
Congo, Republic of the: 341,000 (1997)
Cook Islands: 14,000 (1997)
Costa Rica: 980,000 (1997)
Cote d'Ivoire: 2.26 million (1997)
Croatia: 1.51 million (1997)
Cuba: 3.9 million (1997)
Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: 310,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot area: 56,450 (1994)
Czech Republic: 3,159,134 (December 2000)
Denmark: 6.02 million (1997)
Djibouti: 52,000 (1997)
Dominica: 46,000 (1997)
Dominican Republic: 1.44 million (1997)
Ecuador: 4.15 million (1997)
Egypt: 20.5 million (1997)
El Salvador: 2.75 million (1997)
Equatorial Guinea: 180,000 (1997)
Eritrea: 345,000 (1997)
Estonia: 1.01 million (1997)
Ethiopia: 11.75 million (1997)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 1,000 (1997)
Faroe Islands: 26,000 (1997)
Fiji: 500,000 (1997)
Finland: 7.7 million (1997)
France: 55.3 million (1997)
French Guiana: 104,000 (1997)
French Polynesia: 128,000 (1997)
Gabon: 208,000 (1997)
Gambia, The: 196,000 (1997)
Gaza Strip: NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)
Georgia: 3.02 million (1997)
Germany: 77.8 million (1997)
Ghana: 4.4 million (1997)
Gibraltar: 37,000 (1997)
Greece: 5.02 million (1997)
Greenland: 30,000 (1998 est.)
Grenada: 57,000 (1997)
Guadeloupe: 113,000 (1997)
Guam: 221,000 (1997)
Guatemala: 835,000 (1997)
Guernsey: NA
Guinea: 357,000 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau: 49,000 (1997)
Guyana: 420,000 (1997)
Haiti: 415,000 (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City): NA
Honduras: 2.45 million (1997)
Hong Kong: 4.45 million (1997)
Hungary: 7.01 million (1997)
Iceland: 260,000 (1997)
India: 116 million (1997)
Indonesia: 31.5 million (1997)
Iran: 17 million (1997)
Iraq: 4.85 million (1997)
Ireland: 2.55 million (1997)
Israel: 3.07 million (1997)
Italy: 50.5 million (1997)
Jamaica: 1.215 million (1997)
Japan: 120.5 million (1997)
Jersey: NA
Jordan: 1.66 million (1997)
Kazakhstan: 6.47 million (1997)
Kenya: 3.07 million (1997)
Kiribati: 17,000 (1997)
Korea, North: 3.36 million (1997)
Korea, South: 47.5 million (1997)
Kuwait: 1.175 million (1997)
Kyrgyzstan: 520,000 (1997)
Laos: 730,000 (1997)
Latvia: 1.76 million (1997)
Lebanon: 2.85 million (1997)
Lesotho: 104,000 (1997)
Liberia: 790,000 (1997)
Libya: 1.35 million (1997)
Liechtenstein: 21,000 (1997)
Lithuania: 1.9 million (1997)
Luxembourg: 285,000 (1997)
Macau: 160,000 (1997)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 410,000 (1997)
Madagascar: 3.05 million (1997)
Malawi: 2.6 million (1997)
Malaysia: 10.9 million (1999)
Maldives: 35,000 (1999)
Mali: 570,000 (1997)
Malta: 255,000 (1997)
Man, Isle of: NA
Marshall Islands: NA
Martinique: 82,000 (1997)
Mauritania: 360,000 (1997)
Mauritius: 420,000 (1997)
Mayotte: NA
Mexico: 31 million (1997)
Micronesia, Federated States of: NA
Moldova: 3.22 million (1997)
Monaco: 34,000 (1997)
Mongolia: 155,900 (1999)
Montserrat: 7,000 (1997)
Morocco: 6.64 million (1997)
Mozambique: 730,000 (1997)
Namibia: 232,000 (1997)
Nauru: 7,000 (1997)
Nepal: 840,000 (1997)
Netherlands: 15.3 million (1996)
Netherlands Antilles: 217,000 (1997)
New Caledonia: 107,000 (1997)
New Zealand: 3.75 million (1997)
Nicaragua: 1.24 million (1997)
Niger: 680,000 (1997)
Nigeria: 23.5 million (1997)
Niue: 1,000 (1997)
Norfolk Island: 2,500 (1996)
Northern Mariana Islands: NA
Norway: 4.03 million (1997)
Oman: 1.4 million (1997)
Pakistan: 13.5 million (1997)
Palau: 12,000 (1997)
Panama: 815,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea: 410,000 (1997)
Paraguay: 925,000 (1997)
Peru: 6.65 million (1997)
Philippines: 11.5 million (1997)
Pitcairn Islands: NA
Poland: 20.2 million (1997)
Portugal: 3.02 million (1997)
Puerto Rico: 2.7 million (1997)
Qatar: 256,000 (1997)
Reunion: 173,000 (1997)
Romania: 7.2 million (1997)
Russia: 61.5 million (1997)
Rwanda: 601,000 (1997)
Saint Helena: 3,000 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 28,000 (1997)
Saint Lucia: 111,000 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 4,000 (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 77,000 (1997)
Samoa: 178,000 (1997)
San Marino: 16,000 (1997)
Sao Tome and Principe: 38,000 (1997)
Saudi Arabia: 6.25 million (1997)
Senegal: 1.24 million (1997)
Seychelles: 42,000 (1997)
Sierra Leone: 1.12 million (1997)
Singapore: 2.6 million (2000)
Slovakia: 3.12 million (1997)
Slovenia: 805,000 (1997)
Solomon Islands: 57,000 (1997)
Somalia: 470,000 (1997)
South Africa: 13.75 million (1997)
Spain: 13.1 million (1997)
Sri Lanka: 3.85 million (1997)
Sudan: 7.55 million (1997)
Suriname: 300,000 (1997)
Svalbard: NA
Swaziland: 155,000 (1997)
Sweden: 8.25 million (1997)
Switzerland: 7.1 million (1997)
Syria: 4.15 million (1997)
Tajikistan: 1.291 million (1991)
Tanzania: 8.8 million (1997)
Thailand: 13.96 million (1997)
Togo: 940,000 (1997)
Tokelau: 1,000 (1997)
Tonga: 61,000 (1997)
Trinidad and Tobago: 680,000 (1997)
Tunisia: 2.06 million (1997)
Turkey: 11.3 million (1997)
Turkmenistan: 1.225 million (1997)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 8,000 (1997)
Tuvalu: 4,000 (1997)
Uganda: 2.6 million (1997)
Ukraine: 45.05 million (1997)
United Arab Emirates: 820,000 (1997)
United Kingdom: 84.5 million (1997)
United States: 575 million (1997)
Uruguay: 1.97 million (1997)
Uzbekistan: 10.8 million (1997)
Vanuatu: 62,000 (1997)
Venezuela: 10.75 million (1997)
Vietnam: 8.2 million (1997)
Virgin Islands: 107,000 (1997)
Wallis and Futuna: NA
West Bank: NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)
Western Sahara: 56,000 (1997)
World: NA
Yemen: 1.05 million (1997)
Yugoslavia: 3.15 million (1997)
Zambia: 1.03 million (1997)
Zimbabwe: 1.14 million (1997)
Taiwan: 16 million (1994)
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@Railways
Afghanistan: total: 24.6 km
broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi; 15 km 1.524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya
Albania: total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2001)
Algeria: total: 4,820 km
standard gauge: 3,664 km 1.435-m gauge (301 km electrified; 215 km double track)
narrow gauge: 1,156 km 1.055-m gauge (1996)
American Samoa: 0 km
Andorra: 0 km
Angola: total: 2,771 km (inland, much of the track is unusable because of land mines still in place from the civil war)
narrow gauge: 2,648 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2000)
Anguilla: 0 km
Antigua and Barbuda: total: 77 km
narrow gauge: 64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almost exclusively for handling sugarcane)
Argentina: total: 33,744 km (167 km electrified)
broad gauge: 20,594 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)
standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 10,154 km 1.000-m gauge; 257 km 0.750-m gauge (2000)
Armenia: total: 852 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 852 km 1.520-m gauge (779 km electrified) (2001)
Aruba: 0 km
Australia: total: 33,819 km (2,540 km electrified)
broad gauge: 3,719 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 15,422 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 14,506 km 1.067-m gauge
dual gauge: 172 km NA gauges (1999)
Austria: total: 6,095.2 km (3,643.3 km electrified)
standard gauge: 5,564.2 km 1.435-m gauge (3,521.2 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 497.1 km (33.9 km 1.000-m gauge - 28.1 km electrified, 497.1 km 0.760-m gauge - 94 km electrified) (2001)
Azerbaijan: total: 2,125 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993)
Bahamas, The: 0 km
Bahrain: 0 km
Bangladesh: total: 2,745 km
broad gauge: 923 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2000)
Barbados: 0 km
Belarus: total: 5,523 km
broad gauge: 5,523 km 1.520-m gauge (875 km electrified) (2000)
Belgium: total: 3,437 km (2,446 km electrified; 2,563 km double track)
standard gauge: 3,437 km 1.435-m gauge (1998)
Belize: 0 km
Benin: total: 578 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2000)
Bermuda: 0 km
Bhutan: 0 km
Bolivia: total: 3,691 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge; 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 km electrified) (1995)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: total: 1,021 km (electrified 795 km; operating as diesel or steam until grids are repaired)
standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge; note - many segments still need repair and/or reconstruction (2000)
Botswana: total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2000)
Brazil: total: 30,539 km (2,129 km electrified); note - excludes urban rail
broad gauge: 5,679 km 1.600-m gauge (1199 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 24,666 km 1.000-m gauge (930 km electrified)
dual gauge: 336 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands: 0 km
Brunei: total: 13 km (private line)
narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge
Bulgaria: total: 4,294 km
standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified; 917 km double track)
narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (1998)
Burkina Faso: total: 622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the Cote d'Ivoire border and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya)
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
Burma: total: 3,991 km
narrow gauge: 3,991 km 1.000-m gauge
Burundi: 0 km
Cambodia: total: 603 km
narrow gauge: 603 km 1.000-m gauge
Cameroon: total: 1,104 km
narrow gauge: 1,104 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
Canada: total: 36,114 km; note - there are two major transcontinental freight railway systems: Canadian National (privatized November 1995) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passenger service provided by government-operated firm VIA, which has no trackage of its own
standard gauge: 36,114 km 1.435-m gauge (156 km electrified) (1998)
Cape Verde: 0 km
Cayman Islands: 0 km
Central African Republic: 0 km
Chad: 0 km
Chile: total: 6,701 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1317 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 117 km 1.067-m gauge (28 km electrified); 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2000)
China: total: 67,524 km (including 5,400 km of provincial "local" rails)
standard gauge: 63,924 km 1.435-m gauge (13,362 km electrified; 20,250 km double track)
narrow gauge: 3,600 km 0.750-m and 1.000-m gauge local industrial lines (1998 est.)
note: a new total of 68,000 km was estimated for early 1999 to take new construction programs into account (1999)
Christmas Island: 24 km to serve phosphate mines
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 0 km
Colombia: total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (connects Cerrejon coal mines to maritime port at Bahia de Portete)
narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (major sections not in use) (2000)
Comoros: 0 km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: total: 5,138 km (1995)
note: severely reduced route-distance in use because of damage to facilities by civil strife
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2000)
Congo, Republic of the: total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2000)
Cook Islands: 0 km
Costa Rica: total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire: total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double track
note: an additional 600 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso, ending at Kaya, north of Ouagadougou (2000)
Croatia: total: 2,296 km
standard gauge: 2,296 km 1.435-m gauge (983 km electrified) (2000)
Cuba: total: 11,969 km
standard gauge: 4,807 km 1.435-m gauge (147 km electrified)
note: in addition to the 4,807 km of standard gauge track in public use, 7,162 km of track is in private use by sugar plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000)
Cyprus: 0 km
Czech Republic: total: 9,444 km
standard gauge: 9,350 km 1.435-m standard gauge (2,843 km electrified; 1,929 km double track)
narrow gauge: 94 km 0.760-m narrow gauge (2000)
Denmark: total: 2,859 km (508 km privately owned and operated)
standard gauge: 2,859 km 1.435-m gauge (600 km electrified; 760 km double track) (1998)
Djibouti: total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge
note: Djibouti and Ethiopia plan to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals by 2003
Dominica: 0 km
Dominican Republic: total: 757 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad)
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominican Republic Government Railway)
note: 240 km operated by sugar companies in various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (2000)
Ecuador: total: 965 km
narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2000)
Egypt: total: 4,955 km
standard gauge: 4,955 km 1,435-m gauge (42 km electrified; 1,560 km double track) (2000)
El Salvador: total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of route which is operational is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintainance (2001)
Equatorial Guinea: total: 0 km
Eritrea: total: 317 km
narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge (1999)
note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way
Estonia: total: 1,018 km common carrier lines only; does not include dedicated industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,018 km 1.520-m gauge (132 km electrified) (1995)
Ethiopia: total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals; since May 1998 Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 0 km
Faroe Islands: 0 km
Fiji: total: 597 km; note - belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.610-m gauge (1995)
Finland: total: 5,865 km
broad gauge: 5,865 km 1.524-m gauge (2,192 km electrified; 480 km double or multiple track) (1998)
France: total: 31,939 km (31,939 km are operated by French National Railways (SNCF); 14,176 km of SNCF routes are electrified and 12,132 km are double- or multiple-tracked)
standard gauge: 31,840 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 99 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)
French Guiana: 0 km (1995)
French Polynesia: 0 km
Gabon: total: 649 km (Gabon State Railways or OCTRA)
standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994)
Gambia, The: 0 km
Gaza Strip: total: NA km; note - one line, abandoned and in disrepair, little trackage remains
Georgia: total: 1,583 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km 1.520-m gauge (1993)
Germany: total: 40,826 km including at least 14,253 km electrified and 14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)
note: since privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are 102 privately owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks
Ghana: total: 953 km (undergoing major rehabilitation)
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (32 km double track) (1997 est.)
Gibraltar: total: NA km; 1.000-m gauge system in dockyard area only
Greece: total: 2,548 km
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (36 km electrified; 23 km double track)
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge (a rack-type railway for steep grades)
Greenland: 0 km
Grenada: 0 km
Guadeloupe: total: NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines
Guam: 0 km
Guatemala: total: 884 km (102 km privately owned)
narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track)
Guernsey: 0 km
Guinea: total: 1,086 km
standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)
Guinea-Bissau: 0 km
Guyana: total: 187 km (all dedicated to ore transport)
standard gauge: 139 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge
Haiti: total: 40 km (single track; privately owned industrial line) - closed in early 1990s
narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge
Holy See (Vatican City): total: 862 m; note - a spur of the Italian Railways system, serving Rome's Saint Peter's station
standard gauge: 862 m 1.435-m gauge (1999)
Honduras: total: 595 km
narrow gauge: 349 km 1.067-m gauge; 246 km 0.914-m gauge (1999)
Hong Kong: total: 34 km
standard gauge: 34 km 1.435-m gauge (all electrified) (1996 est.)
Hungary: total: 7,606 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,394 km 1.435-m gauge (2,270 km electrified; 1,236 km double track)
narrow gauge: 176 km 0.760-m gauge (1998)
note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage the cross-border standard-gauge railway connecting Gyor, Sopron, and Ebenfurt (Gysev railroad) a distance of about 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria
Iceland: 0 km
India: total: 62,915 km (12,307 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)
broad gauge: 40,620 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 18,501 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,794 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1998 est.)
Indonesia: total: 6,458 km
narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (101 km electrified; 101 km double track); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (1995)
Iran: total: 5,600 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 5,506 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified)
note: broad gauge track is employed at the borders with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan which have broad-gauge rail systems (2001)
Iraq: total: 2,032 km
standard gauge: 2,032 km 1.435-m gauge
note: rail link between Iraq and Syria restored in 2000 after 19 years
Ireland: total: 1,947 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double track) (1998)
Israel: total: 610 km
standard gauge: 610 km 1.435-m gauge (1996)
Italy: total: 19,394 km
standard gauge: 18,071 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 112 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,211 km 0.950-m gauge (153 km electrified) (1998)
Jamaica: total: 370 km
standard gauge: 370 km 1.435-m gauge; note - 207 km belong to the Jamaica Railway Corporation in common carrier service, but are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and used to transport bauxite
Japan: total: 23,670.7 km
standard gauge: 2,893.1 km 1.435-m gauge (entirely electrified)
narrow gauge: 89.8 km 1.372-m gauge (89.8 km electrified); 20,656.8 km 1.067-m gauge (10,383.6 km electrified); 31 km 0.762-m gauge (3.6 km electrified) (1994)
Jersey: 0 km
Jordan: total: 677 km
narrow gauge: 677 km 1.050-m gauge (2000)
Juan de Nova Island: total: NA km; short line going to a jetty |
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