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Mozambique 10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city*; Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Maputo City*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia
Namibia 13 regions; Caprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Karas, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Okavango, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa
Nauru 14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baiti, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren
Nepal 14 zones (anchal, singular and plural); Bagmati, Bheri, Dhawalagiri, Gandaki, Janakpur, Karnali, Kosi, Lumbini, Mahakali, Mechi, Narayani, Rapti, Sagarmatha, Seti
Netherlands 12 provinces (provincies, singular - provincie); Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands Antilles none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) note: each island has its own government
New Caledonia none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 provinces named Iles Loyaute, Nord, and Sud
New Zealand 16 regions; Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Manawatu-Wanganui, Wellington, West Coast
Nicaragua 15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonomista); Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*, Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas
Niger 7 departments (departements, singular - departement) and 1 capital district* (capitale district); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder
Nigeria 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja Federal Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
Niue none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages at the second order
Norfolk Island none (territory of Australia)
Northern Mariana Islands none (commonwealth in political union with the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four municipalities at the second order; Northern Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian
Norway 19 provinces (fylker, singular - fylke); Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud, Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, More og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trondelag, Oppland, Oslo, Ostfold, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Sor-Trondelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
Oman 6 regions (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah) and 2 governorates* (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah) Ad Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah, Az Zahirah, Masqat, Musandam*, Zufar*; note - the US Embassy in Oman reports that Masqat is a governorate, but this has not been confirmed by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
Pakistan 4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1 capital territory**; Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas*, Islamabad Capital Territory**, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, Sindh note: the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas
Palau 16 states; Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Hatobohei, Kayangel, Koror, Melekeok, Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, Ngardmau, Ngatpang, Ngchesar, Ngeremlengui, Ngiwal, Peleliu, Sonsoral
Panama 9 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*, and Veraguas
Papua New Guinea 20 provinces; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain
Paraguay 17 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital city*; Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Asuncion*, Boqueron, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro
Peru 24 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 constitutional province* (provincia constitucional); Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao*, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali note: some reports indicate that the 24 departments and 1 constitutional province are now being referred to as regions; Peru is implementing a decentralization program whereby these 25 administrative divisions will begin to exercise greater governmental authority over their territories; in November 2002, voters chose their new regional presidents and other regional leaders; the authority that the regional government will exercise has not yet been clearly defined, but it will be devolved to the regions over the course of several years
Philippines 73 provinces and 61 chartered cities*; Abra, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Aklan, Albay, Angeles*, Antique, Aurora, Bacolod*, Bago*, Baguio*, Bais*, Basilan, Basilan City*, Bataan, Batanes, Batangas, Batangas City*, Benguet, Bohol, Bukidnon, Bulacan, Butuan*, Cabanatuan*, Cadiz*, Cagayan, Cagayan de Oro*, Calbayog*, Caloocan*, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Camiguin, Canlaon*, Capiz, Catanduanes, Cavite, Cavite City*, Cebu, Cebu City*, Cotabato*, Dagupan*, Danao*, Dapitan*, Davao City*, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Dipolog*, Dumaguete*, Eastern Samar, General Santos*, Gingoog*, Ifugao, Iligan*, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Iloilo, Iloilo City*, Iriga*, Isabela, Kalinga-Apayao, La Carlota*, Laguna, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Laoag*, Lapu-Lapu*, La Union, Legaspi*, Leyte, Lipa*, Lucena*, Maguindanao, Mandaue*, Manila*, Marawi*, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Mountain, Naga*, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, North Cotabato, Northern Samar, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Olongapo*, Ormoc*, Oroquieta*, Ozamis*, Pagadian*, Palawan, Palayan*, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Pasay*, Puerto Princesa*, Quezon, Quezon City*, Quirino, Rizal, Romblon, Roxas*, Samar, San Carlos* (in Negros Occidental), San Carlos* (in Pangasinan), San Jose*, San Pablo*, Silay*, Siquijor, Sorsogon, South Cotabato, Southern Leyte, Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Surigao*, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Tacloban*, Tagaytay*, Tagbilaran*, Tangub*, Tarlac, Tawi-Tawi, Toledo*, Trece Martires*, Zambales, Zamboanga*, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur
Pitcairn Islands none (overseas territory of the UK)
Poland 16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo); Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie
Portugal 18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu
Puerto Rico none (commonwealth associated with the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 78 municipalities (municipios, singular - municipio) at the second order; Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Anasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Canovanas, Carolina, Catano, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Comerio, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marias, Las Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon, Rio Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Sebastian, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco
Qatar 10 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ad Dawhah, Al Ghuwayriyah, Al Jumayliyah, Al Khawr, Al Wakrah, Ar Rayyan, Jarayan al Batinah, Madinat ash Shamal, Umm Sa'id, Umm Salal
Reunion none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 4 arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons
Romania 41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu); Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea
Russia 49 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics* (respublik, singular - respublika), 10 autonomous okrugs**(avtonomnykh okrugov, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 6 krays*** (krayev, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (singular - gorod)****, and 1 autonomous oblast*****(avtonomnaya oblast'); Adygeya (Maykop)*, Aginskiy Buryatskiy (Aginskoye)**, Altay (Gorno-Altaysk)*, Altayskiy (Barnaul)***, Amurskaya (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangel'skaya, Astrakhanskaya, Bashkortostan (Ufa)*, Belgorodskaya, Bryanskaya, Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude)*, Chechnya (Groznyy)*, Chelyabinskaya, Chitinskaya, Chukotskiy (Anadyr')**, Chuvashiya (Cheboksary)*, Dagestan (Makhachkala)*, Evenkiyskiy (Tura)**, Ingushetiya (Nazran')*, Irkutskaya, Ivanovskaya, Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik)*, Kaliningradskaya, Kalmykiya (Elista)*, Kaluzhskaya, Kamchatskaya (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk)*, Kareliya (Petrozavodsk)*, Kemerovskaya, Khabarovskiy***, Khakasiya (Abakan)*, Khanty-Mansiyskiy (Khanty-Mansiysk)**, Kirovskaya, Komi (Syktyvkar)*, Koryakskiy (Palana)**, Kostromskaya, Krasnodarskiy***, Krasnoyarskiy***, Kurganskaya, Kurskaya, Leningradskaya, Lipetskaya, Magadanskaya, Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola)*, Mordoviya (Saransk)*, Moskovskaya, Moskva (Moscow)****, Murmanskaya, Nenetskiy (Nar'yan-Mar)**, Nizhegorodskaya, Novgorodskaya, Novosibirskaya, Omskaya, Orenburgskaya, Orlovskaya (Orel), Penzenskaya, Permskaya, Komi-Permyatskiy (Kudymkar)**, Primorskiy (Vladivostok)***, Pskovskaya, Rostovskaya, Ryazanskaya, Sakha (Yakutiya)*, Sakhalinskaya (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samarskaya, Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg)****, Saratovskaya, Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya [North Ossetia] (Vladikavkaz)*, Smolenskaya, Stavropol'skiy***, Sverdlovskaya (Yekaterinburg), Tambovskaya, Tatarstan (Kazan')*, Taymyrskiy (Dudinka)**, Tomskaya, Tul'skaya, Tverskaya, Tyumenskaya, Tyva (Kyzyl)*, Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)*, Ul'yanovskaya, Ust'-Ordynskiy Buryatskiy (Ust'-Ordynskiy)**, Vladimirskaya, Volgogradskaya, Vologodskaya, Voronezhskaya, Yamalo-Nenetskiy (Salekhard)**, Yaroslavskaya, Yevreyskaya*****; note - when using a place name with an adjectival ending 'skaya' or 'skiy,' the word Oblast' or Avonomnyy Okrug or Kray should be added to the place name note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
Rwanda 12 prefectures (in French - prefectures, singular - prefecture; in Kinyarwanda - plural - NA, singular - prefegitura); Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Gisenyi, Gitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Kigali Rurale, Kigali-ville, Umutara, Ruhengeri
Saint Helena 1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha*
Saint Kitts and Nevis 14 parishes; Christ Church Nichola Town, Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint George Basseterre, Saint George Gingerland, Saint James Windward, Saint John Capesterre, Saint John Figtree, Saint Mary Cayon, Saint Paul Capesterre, Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Peter Basseterre, Saint Thomas Lowland, Saint Thomas Middle Island, Trinity Palmetto Point
Saint Lucia 11 quarters; Anse-la-Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros-Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux-Fort
Saint Pierre and Miquelon none (territorial collectivity of France); note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are two communes - Saint Pierre, Miquelon at the second order
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 parishes; Charlotte, Grenadines, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick
Samoa 11 districts; A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga, Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea, Tuamasaga, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Vaisigano
San Marino 9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello); Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Monte Giardino, San Marino, Serravalle
Sao Tome and Principe 2 provinces; Principe, Sao Tome note: Principe has had self-government since 29 April 1995
Saudi Arabia 13 provinces (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah); Al Bahah, Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah, Al Jawf, Al Madinah, Al Qasim, Ar Riyad, Ash Sharqiyah (Eastern Province), 'Asir, Ha'il, Jizan, Makkah, Najran, Tabuk
Senegal 10 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor note: there may be another region called Matam
Serbia and Montenegro 2 republics (republike, singular - republika); and 2 nominally autonomous provinces* (autonomn pokrajine, singular - autonomna pokrajina); Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina*
Seychelles 23 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau, Anse Etoile, Anse Louis, Anse Royale, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand' Anse (on Mahe), Grand' Anse (on Praslin), La Digue, La Riviere Anglaise, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe La Rue, Port Glaud, Saint Louis, Takamaka
Sierra Leone 3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western*
Singapore none
Slovakia 8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj); Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky, Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky, Zilinsky
Slovenia 182 municipalities (obcine, singular - obcina) and 11 urban municipalities* (mestne obcine , singular - mestna obcina ) Ajdovscina, Beltinci, Benedikt, Bistrica ob Sotli, Bled, Bloke, Bohinj, Borovnica, Bovec, Braslovce, Brda, Brezice, Brezovica, Cankova, Celje*, Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Cerknica, Cerkno, Cerkvenjak, Crensovci, Crna na Koroskem, Crnomelj, Destrnik, Divaca, Dobje, Dobrepolje, Dobrna, Dobrova-Horjul-Polhov Gradec, Dobrovnik-Dobronak, Dolenjske Toplice, Dol pri Ljubljani, Domzale, Dornava, Dravograd, Duplek, Gorenja Vas-Poljane, Gorisnica, Gornja Radgona, Gornji Grad, Gornji Petrovci, Grad, Grosuplje, Hajdina, Hoce-Slivnica, Hodos-Hodos, Horjul, Hrastnik, Hrpelje-Kozina, Idrija, Ig, Ilirska Bistrica, Ivancna Gorica, Izola-Isola, Jesenice, Jezersko, Jursinci, Kamnik, Kanal, Kidricevo, Kobarid, Kobilje, Kocevje, Komen, Komenda, Koper-Capodistria*, Kostel, Kozje, Kranj*, Kranjska Gora, Krizevci, Krsko, Kungota, Kuzma, Lasko, Lenart, Lendava-Lendva, Litija, Ljubljana*, Ljubno, Ljutomer, Logatec, Loska Dolina, Loski Potok, Lovrenc na Pohorju, Luce, Lukovica, Majsperk, Maribor*, Markovci, Medvode, Menges, Metlika, Mezica, Miklavz na Dravskem Polju, Miren-Kostanjevica, Mirna Pec, Mislinja, Moravce, Moravske Toplice, Mozirje, Murska Sobota*, Muta, Naklo, Nazarje, Nova Gorica*, Novo Mesto*, Odranci, Oplotnica, Ormoz, Osilnica, Pesnica, Piran-Pirano, Pivka, Podcetrtek, Podlehnik, Podvelka, Polzela, Postojna, Prebold, Preddvor, Prevalje, Ptuj*, Puconci, Race-Fram, Radece, Radenci, Radlje ob Dravi, Radovljica, Ravne na Koroskem, Razkrizje, Ribnica, Ribnica na Pohorju, Rogasovci, Rogaska Slatina, Rogatec, Ruse, Salovci, Selnica ob Dravi, Semic, Sempeter-Vrtojba, Sencur, Sentilj, Sentjernej, Sentjur pri Celju, Sevnica, Sezana, Skocjan, Skofja Loka, Skofljica, Slovenj Gradec*, Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenske Konjice, Smarje pri Jelsah, Smartno ob Paki, Smartno pri Litiji, Sodrazica, Solcava, Sostanj, Starse, Store, Sveta Ana, Sveti Andraz v Slovenskih Goricah, Sveti Jurij, Tabor, Tisina, Tolmin, Trbovlje, Trebnje, Trnovska Vas, Trzic, Trzin, Turnisce, Velenje*, Velika Polana, Velike Lasce, Verzej, Videm, Vipava, Vitanje, Vodice, Vojnik, Vransko, Vrhnika, Vuzenica, Zagorje ob Savi, Zalec, Zavrc, Zelezniki, Zetale, Ziri, Zirovnica, Zuzemberk, Zrece note: there may be 45 more municipalities
Solomon Islands 9 provinces and 1 capital territory*; Central, Choiseul (Lauru), Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira, Malaita, Rennell/Bellona, Temotu, Western
Somalia 18 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed
South Africa 9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West, Northern Cape, Western Cape
Spain 19 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Communidad Valencian, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country) note: three small Spanish possessions are located off the coast of Morocco: Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera; Ceuta and Melilla gained limited autonomous status in 1994
Sri Lanka 8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western; note - North Eastern province may have been divided in two - Northern and Eastern
Sudan 26 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); A'ali an Nil, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrat, Al Jazirah, Al Khartum, Al Qadarif, Al Wahdah, An Nil al Abyad, An Nil al Azraq, Ash Shamaliyah, Bahr al Jabal, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah, Gharb Bahr al Ghazal, Gharb Darfur, Gharb Kurdufan, Janub Darfur, Janub Kurdufan, Junqali, Kassala, Nahr an Nil, Shamal Bahr al Ghazal, Shamal Darfur, Shamal Kurdufan, Sharq al Istiwa'iyah, Sinnar, Warab
Suriname 10 districts (distrikten, singular - distrikt); Brokopondo, Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Para, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Sipaliwini, Wanica
Swaziland 4 districts; Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, Shiselweni
Sweden 21 counties (lan, singular and plural); Blekinge, Dalarnas, Gavleborgs, Gotlands, Hallands, Jamtlands, Jonkopings, Kalmar, Kronobergs, Norrbottens, Orebro, Ostergotlands, Skane, Sodermanlands, Stockholms, Uppsala, Varmlands, Vasterbottens, Vasternorrlands, Vastmanlands, Vastra Gotalands
Switzerland 26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French; cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; kantone, singular - kanton in German); Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich
Syria 14 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Hasakah, Al Ladhiqiyah, Al Qunaytirah, Ar Raqqah, As Suwayda', Dar'a, Dayr az Zawr, Dimashq, Halab, Hamah, Hims, Idlib, Rif Dimashq, Tartus
Taiwan the central administrative divisions include the provinces of Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province including Quemoy and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores islands); Taiwan is further subdivided into 16 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities* (shih, singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities** (chuan-shih, singular and plural); Chang-hua, Chia-i, Chia-i*, Chi-lung*, Hsin-chu, Hsin-chu*, Hua-lien, I-lan, Kao-hsiung, Kao-hsiung**, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou, P'eng-hu, P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung, T'ai-chung*, T'ai-nan, T'ai-nan*, T'ai-pei, T'ai-pei**, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan, and Yun-lin; the provincial capital is at Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un note: Taiwan uses the Wade-Giles system for romanization
Tajikistan 2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand) note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses
Tanzania 25 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kagera, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Singida, Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar Central/South, Zanzibar North, Zanzibar Urban/West
Thailand 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural); Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan, Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket, Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Sara Buri, Satun, Sing Buri, Sisaket, Songkhla, Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon
Togo 5 regions (regions, singular - region); De La Kara, Des Plateaux, Des Savanes, Centrale, Maritime
Tokelau none (territory of New Zealand)
Tonga 3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u
Trinidad and Tobago 8 counties, 3 municipalities*, and 1 ward**; Arima*, Caroni, Mayaro, Nariva, Port-of-Spain*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick, San Fernando*, Tobago**, Victoria
Tunisia 24 governorates; Ariana (Aryanah), Beja (Bajah), Ben Arous (Bin 'Arus), Bizerte (Banzart), Gabes (Qabis), Gafsa (Qafsah), Jendouba (Jundubah), Kairouan (Al Qayrawan), Kasserine (Al Qasrayn), Kebili (Qibili), Kef (Al Kaf), Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah), Manouba (Manubah), Medenine (Madanin), Monastir (Al Munastir), Nabeul (Nabul), Sfax (Safaqis), Sidi Bou Zid (Sidi Bu Zayd), Siliana (Silyanah), Sousse (Susah), Tataouine (Tatawin), Tozeur (Tawzar), Tunis, Zaghouan (Zaghwan)
Turkey 81 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak
Turkmenistan 5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat): Ahal Welayaty (Ashgabat), Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary Welayaty note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
Turks and Caicos Islands none (overseas territory of the UK)
Tuvalu none
Uganda 56 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe
Ukraine 24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtomnaya respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**; Cherkas'ka (Cherkasy), Chernihivs'ka (Chernihiv), Chernivets'ka (Chernivtsi), Dnipropetrovs'ka (Dnipropetrovs'k), Donets'ka (Donets'k), Ivano-Frankivs'ka (Ivano-Frankivs'k), Kharkivs'ka (Kharkiv), Khersons'ka (Kherson), Khmel'nyts'ka (Khmel'nyts'kyy), Kirovohrads'ka (Kirovohrad), Kyyiv**, Kyyivs'ka (Kiev), Luhans'ka (Luhans'k), L'vivs'ka (L'viv), Mykolayivs'ka (Mykolayiv), Odes'ka (Odesa), Poltavs'ka (Poltava), Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'), Rivnens'ka (Rivne), Sevastopol'**, Sums'ka (Sumy), Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil'), Vinnyts'ka (Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka (Luts'k), Zakarpats'ka (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr); note - when using a place name with an adjectival ending "s'ka" or "z'ka," the word Oblast' should be added to the place name note: oblasts have the administrative center name following in parentheses
United Arab Emirates 7 emirates (imarat, singular - imarah); Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi), 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah (Sharjah), Dubayy (Dubai), Ra's al Khaymah, Umm al Qaywayn
United Kingdom England - 47 boroughs, 36 counties*, 29 London boroughs**, 12 cities and boroughs***, 10 districts****, 12 cities*****, 3 royal boroughs******; Barking and Dagenham**, Barnet**, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset****, Bedfordshire*, Bexley**, Birmingham***, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Bradford***, Brent**, Brighton and Hove, City of Bristol*****, Bromley**, Buckinghamshire*, Bury, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire*, Camden**, Cheshire*, Cornwall*, Coventry***, Croydon**, Cumbria*, Darlington, Derby*****, Derbyshire*, Devon*, Doncaster, Dorset*, Dudley, Durham*, Ealing**, East Riding of Yorkshire****, East Sussex*, Enfield**, Essex*, Gateshead, Gloucestershire*, Greenwich**, Hackney**, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham**, Hampshire*, Haringey**, Harrow**, Hartlepool, Havering**, Herefordshire*, Hertfordshire*, Hillingdon**, Hounslow**, Isle of Wight*, Islington**, Kensington and Chelsea******, Kent*, City of Kingston upon Hull*****, Kingston upon Thames******, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lambeth**, Lancashire*, Leeds***, Leicester*****, Leicestershire*, Lewisham**, Lincolnshire*, Liverpool***, City of London*****, Luton, Manchester***, Medway, Merton**, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne***, Newham**, Norfolk*, Northamptonshire*, North East Lincolnshire****, North Lincolnshire****, North Somerset****, North Tyneside, Northumberland*, North Yorkshire*, Nottingham*****, Nottinghamshire*, Oldham, Oxfordshire*, Peterborough*****, Plymouth*****, Poole, Portsmouth*****, Reading, Redbridge**, Redcar and Cleveland, Richmond upon Thames**, Rochdale, Rotherham, Rutland****, Salford***, Shropshire*, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield***, Slough, Solihull, Somerset*, Southampton*****, Southend-on-Sea, South Gloucestershire****, South Tyneside, Southwark**, Staffordshire*, St. Helens, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent*****, Suffolk*, Sunderland***, Surrey*, Sutton**, Swindon, Tameside, Telford and Wrekin****, Thurrock, Torbay, Tower Hamlets**, Trafford, Wakefield***, Walsall, Waltham Forest**, Wandsworth**, Warrington, Warwickshire*, West Berkshire****, Westminster***, West Sussex*, Wigan, Wiltshire*, Windsor and Maidenhead******, Wirral, Wokingham****, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire*, York*****; Northern Ireland - 24 districts, 2 cities*, 6 counties**; Antrim, County Antrim**, Ards, Armagh, County Armagh**, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Banbridge, Belfast*, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Coleraine, Cookstown, Craigavon, Down, County Down**, Dungannon, Fermanagh, County Fermanagh**, Larne, Limavady, Lisburn, County Londonderry**, Derry*, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and Mourne, Newtownabbey, North Down, Omagh, Strabane, County Tyrone**; Scotland - 32 council areas; Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, The Scottish Borders, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, Eilean Siar (Western Isles), West Lothian; Wales - 11 county boroughs, 9 counties*, 2 cities and counties**; Isle of Anglesey*, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff**, Ceredigion*, Carmarthenshire*, Conwy, Denbighshire*, Flintshire*, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire*, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire*, Powys*, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea**, Torfaen, The Vale of Glamorgan*, Wrexham
United States 50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Uruguay 19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres
Uzbekistan 12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous republic* (respublika), and 1 city** (shahar); Andijon Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati, Farg'ona Viloyati, Jizzax Viloyati, Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi), Qaraqalpog'iston Respublikasi* (Nukus), Samarqand Viloyati, Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz), Toshkent Shahri**, Toshkent Viloyati, Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch) note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
Vanuatu 6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba
Venezuela 23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 federal district* (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**, Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands
Vietnam 58 provinces (tinh, singular and plural), and 3 municipalities* (thu do, singular and plural); An Giang, Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Bac Lieu, Bac Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan, Ca Mau, Can Tho, Cao Bang, Dac Lak, Da Nang, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Gia Lai, Ha Giang, Hai Duong, Hai Phong*, Ha Nam, Ha Noi*, Ha Tay, Ha Tinh, Hoa Binh, Ho Chi Minh*, Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kien Giang, Kon Tum, Lai Chau, Lam Dong, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Long An, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Ninh Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu Tho, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Ninh, Quang Tri, Soc Trang, Son La, Tay Ninh, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Long, Vinh Phuc, Yen Bai
Virgin Islands none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three islands at the second order; Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas
Wallis and Futuna none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three kingdoms at the second order named Alo, Sigave, Wallis
Western Sahara none (under de facto control of Morocco)
World 268 nations, dependent areas, other, and miscellaneous entries
Yemen 19 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan, Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah, Ta'izz note: there may be one additional governorate of the capital city of Sanaa
Zambia 9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western
Zimbabwe 8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands
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@2052 Agriculture - products
Afghanistan opium, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins
Albania wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets, grapes; meat, dairy products
Algeria wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle
American Samoa bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock
Andorra small quantities of rye, wheat, barley, oats, vegetables; sheep
Angola bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish
Anguilla small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising
Antigua and Barbuda cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock
Argentina sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock
Armenia fruit (especially grapes), vegetables; livestock
Aruba aloes; livestock; fish
Australia wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry
Austria grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber
Azerbaijan cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats
Bahamas, The citrus, vegetables; poultry
Bahrain fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish
Bangladesh rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
Barbados sugarcane, vegetables, cotton
Belarus grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk
Belgium sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal, pork, milk
Belize bananas, coca, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber; garments
Benin cotton, corn, cassava (tapioca), yams, beans, palm oil, peanuts, livestock (2001)
Bermuda bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products
Bhutan rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains; dairy products, eggs
Bolivia soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber
Bosnia and Herzegovina wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock
Botswana livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, groundnuts
Brazil coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
British Virgin Islands fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish
Brunei rice, vegetables, fruits, chickens, water buffalo
Bulgaria vegetables, fruits, tobacco, livestock, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets
Burkina Faso cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock
Burma rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish and fish products
Burundi coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides
Cambodia rice, rubber, corn, vegetables
Cameroon coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root starches; livestock; timber
Canada wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish
Cape Verde bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish
Cayman Islands vegetables, fruit; livestock, turtle farming
Central African Republic cotton, coffee, tobacco, manioc (tapioca), yams, millet, corn, bananas; timber
Chad cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca); cattle, sheep, goats, camels
Chile wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber
China rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Colombia coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp
Comoros vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products
Congo, Republic of the cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products
Cook Islands copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws, bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry
Costa Rica coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber
Cote d'Ivoire coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber
Croatia wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products
Cuba sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock
Cyprus potatoes, citrus, vegetables, barley, grapes, olives, vegetables
Czech Republic wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, poultry
Denmark barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish
Djibouti fruits, vegetables; goats, sheep, camels
Dominica bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited
Dominican Republic sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs
East Timor coffee, rice, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla
Ecuador bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp
Egypt cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats
El Salvador coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; shrimp; beef, dairy products
Equatorial Guinea coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber
Eritrea sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal; livestock, goats; fish
Estonia potatoes, vegetables; livestock and dairy products; fish
Ethiopia cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, potatoes, qat; hides, cattle, sheep, goats
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) fodder and vegetable crops; sheep, dairy products
Faroe Islands milk, potatoes, vegetables; sheep; salmon, other fish
Fiji sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish
Finland barley, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; fish
France wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish
French Guiana corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sugar, cocoa, vegetables, bananas; cattle, pigs, poultry
French Polynesia coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits; poultry, beef, dairy products, coffee
Gabon cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish
Gambia, The rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats
Gaza Strip olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Georgia citrus, grapes, tea, hazlenuts, vegetables; livestock
Germany potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry
Ghana cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber
Gibraltar none
Greece wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products
Greenland forage crops, garden and greenhouse vegetables; sheep, reindeer; fish
Grenada bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Guadeloupe bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats
Guam fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef
Guatemala sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens
Guernsey tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Guinea rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber
Guinea-Bissau rice, corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
Guyana sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish (shrimp)
Haiti coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood
Honduras bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp
Hong Kong fresh vegetables; poultry, fish, pork
Hungary wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs, cattle, poultry, dairy products
Iceland potatoes, green vegetables, chicken, pork, mutton; fish
India rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish
Indonesia rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs
Iran wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar
Iraq wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep
Ireland turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products
Israel citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Italy fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish
Jamaica sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, potatoes, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk
Japan rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish
Jersey potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products
Jordan wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives; sheep, goats, poultry
Kazakhstan grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock
Kenya tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs
Kiribati copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables; fish
Korea, North rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs
Korea, South rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish
Kuwait practically no crops; fish
Kyrgyzstan tobacco, cotton, potatoes, vegetables, grapes, fruits and berries; sheep, goats, cattle, wool
Laos sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton; tea, peanuts, rice; water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry
Latvia grain, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish
Lebanon citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco; sheep, goats
Lesotho corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock
Liberia rubber, coffee, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, sugarcane, bananas; sheep, goats; timber
Libya wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans; cattle
Liechtenstein wheat, barley, corn, potatoes; livestock, dairy products
Lithuania grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish
Luxembourg barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits, wine grapes; livestock products
Macau vegetables, livestock
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of rice, tobacco, wheat, corn, millet, cotton, sesame, mulberry leaves, citrus, vegetables; beef, pork, poultry, mutton
Madagascar coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products
Malawi tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (tapioca), sorghum, pulses; groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats
Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak - rubber, pepper; timber
Maldives coconuts, corn, sweet potatoes; fish
Mali cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
Malta potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs
Man, Isle of cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry
Marshall Islands coconuts, tomatoes, melons, taro, breadfruit, fruits; pigs, chickens
Martinique pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane
Mauritania dates, millet, sorghum, rice, corn, dates; cattle, sheep
Mauritius sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish
Mayotte vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra
Mexico corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products
Micronesia, Federated States of black pepper, tropical fruits and vegetables, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), betel nuts, sweet potatoes; pigs, chickens
Moldova vegetables, fruits, wine, grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, tobacco; beef, milk
Monaco none
Mongolia wheat, barley, potatoes, forage crops; sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses
Montserrat cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers; livestock products
Morocco barley, wheat, citrus, wine, vegetables, olives; livestock
Mozambique cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn, coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits, potatoes, sunflowers; beef, poultry
Namibia millet, sorghum, peanuts; livestock; fish
Nauru coconuts
Nepal rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat
Netherlands grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables; livestock
Netherlands Antilles aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit
New Caledonia vegetables; beef, deer, other livestock products
New Zealand wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, vegetables; wool, beef, dairy products; fish
Nicaragua coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products
Niger cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry
Nigeria cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
Niue coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Northern Mariana Islands coconuts, fruits, vegetables; cattle
Norway barley, wheat, potatoes; pork, beef, veal, milk; fish
Oman dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish
Pakistan cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs
Palau coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes
Panama bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp
Papua New Guinea coffee, cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, tea, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables; poultry, pork
Paraguay cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber
Peru coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, plantains, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products, wool; fish
Philippines rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish
Pitcairn Islands wide variety of fruits and vegetables, goats, chickens
Poland potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry, eggs, pork
Portugal grain, potatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats, poultry, beef, dairy products
Puerto Rico sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
Qatar fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish
Reunion sugarcane, vanilla, tobacco, tropical fruits, vegetables, corn
Romania wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, grapes; eggs, sheep
Russia grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk
Rwanda coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
Saint Helena corn, potatoes, vegetables; timber; fish, crawfish (on Tristan da Cunha)
Saint Kitts and Nevis sugarcane, rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fish
Saint Lucia bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus, root crops, cocoa
Saint Pierre and Miquelon vegetables; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices; small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats; fish
Samoa coconuts, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa
San Marino wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides
Sao Tome and Principe cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish
Saudi Arabia wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens, eggs, milk
Senegal peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish
Serbia and Montenegro cereals, fruits, vegetables, tobacco, olives; cattle, sheep, goats
Seychelles coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca), bananas; broiler chickens; tuna fish
Sierra Leone rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
Singapore rubber, copra, fruit, orchids, vegetables; poultry, eggs, fish, ornamental fish
Slovakia grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, cattle, poultry; forest products
Slovenia potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes; cattle, sheep, poultry
Solomon Islands cocoa beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs; timber; fish
Somalia cattle, sheep, goats; bananas, sorghum, corn, coconuts, rice, sugarcane, mangoes, sesame seeds, beans; fish
South Africa corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products
Spain grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish
Sri Lanka rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef
Sudan cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock
Suriname paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts; beef, chickens; forest products; shrimp
Swaziland sugarcane, cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, citrus, pineapples, sorghum, peanuts; cattle, goats, sheep
Sweden barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk
Switzerland grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs
Syria wheat, barley, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, olives, sugar beets; beef, mutton, eggs, poultry, milk
Taiwan rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish
Tajikistan cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Tanzania coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava (tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Thailand rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans
Togo coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish
Tokelau coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats
Tonga squash, coconuts, copra, bananas, vanilla beans, cocoa, coffee, ginger, black pepper; fish
Trinidad and Tobago cocoa, sugarcane, rice, citrus, coffee, vegetables; poultry
Tunisia olives, olive oil, grain, dairy products, tomatoes, citrus fruit, beef, sugar beets, dates, almonds
Turkey tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Turkmenistan cotton, grain; livestock
Turks and Caicos Islands corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), citrus fruits; fish
Tuvalu coconuts; fish
Uganda coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, cut flowers
Ukraine grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk
United Arab Emirates dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish
United Kingdom cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish
United States wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Uruguay rice, wheat, corn, barley; livestock; fish
Uzbekistan cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock
Vanuatu copra, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, taro, yams, coconuts, fruits, vegetables; fish, beef
Venezuela corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish
Vietnam paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas, sugar; poultry, pigs; fish
Virgin Islands fruit, vegetables, sorghum; Senepol cattle
Wallis and Futuna breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats
West Bank olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Western Sahara fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads)
Yemen grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
Zambia corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca); cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides; coffee
Zimbabwe corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
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@2053 Airports
Afghanistan 47 (2002)
Albania 12 (2002)
Algeria 136 (2002)
American Samoa 3 (2002)
Andorra none (2002)
Angola 243 (2002)
Anguilla 3 (2002)
Antarctica 30 note: 30 stations, operated by 16 national governments party to the Antarctic Treaty, have aircraft landing facilities for either helicopters and/or fixed-wing aircraft; commercial enterprises operate two additional aircraft landing facilities; helicopter pads are available at 27 stations; runways at 15 locations are gravel, sea-ice, blue-ice, or compacted snow suitable for landing wheeled, fixed-wing aircraft; of these, 1 is greater than 3 km in length, 6 are between 2 km and 3 km in length, 3 are between 1 km and 2 km in length, 3 are less than 1 km in length, and 2 are of unknown length; snow surface skiways, limited to use by ski-equipped, fixed-wing aircraft, are available at another 15 locations; of these, 4 are greater than 3 km in length, 3 are between 2 km and 3 km in length, 2 are between 1 km and 2 km in length, 2 are less than 1 km in length, and 4 are of unknown length; aircraft landing facilities generally subject to severe restrictions and limitations resulting from extreme seasonal and geographic conditions; aircraft landing facilities do not meet ICAO standards; advance approval from the respective governmental or nongovernmental operating organization required for landing; landed aircraft are subject to inspection in accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda 3 (2002)
Argentina 1,342 (2002)
Armenia 15 (2002)
Aruba 1 (2002)
Australia 444 (2002)
Austria 55 (2002)
Azerbaijan 71 (2002)
Bahamas, The 64 (2002)
Bahrain 4 (2002)
Baker Island 1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m, completely covered with vegetation and unusable (2002)
Bangladesh 18 (2002)
Barbados 1 (2002)
Belarus 124 (2002)
Belgium 42 (2002)
Belize 42 (2002)
Benin 5 (2002)
Bermuda 1 (2002)
Bhutan 2 (2002)
Bolivia 1,081 (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 32 (2002)
Botswana 86 (2002)
Brazil 3,590 (2002)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1 (2002)
British Virgin Islands 3 (2002)
Brunei 2 (2002)
Bulgaria 216 (2002)
Burkina Faso 33 (2002)
Burma 80 (2002)
Burundi 7 (2002)
Cambodia 21 (2002)
Cameroon 49 (2002)
Canada 1,389 (2002)
Cape Verde 9 note: 3 airports are reported to be nonoperational (2002)
Cayman Islands 3 (2002)
Central African Republic 50 (2002)
Chad 50 (2002)
Chile 363 (2002)
China 500 (2002)
Christmas Island 1 (2002)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 (2002)
Colombia 1,050 (2002)
Comoros 4 (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 229 (2002)
Congo, Republic of the 31 (2002)
Cook Islands 7 (2002)
Costa Rica 151 (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire 36 (2002)
Croatia 59 (2002)
Cuba 161 (2002)
Cyprus 16 (2002)
Czech Republic 144 (2002)
Denmark 104 (2002)
Djibouti 13 (2002)
Dominica 2 (2002)
Dominican Republic 30 (2002)
East Timor 8 (2002)
Ecuador 205 (2002)
Egypt 89 (2002)
El Salvador 82 (2002)
Equatorial Guinea 3 (2002)
Eritrea 18 (2002)
Estonia 38 (2002)
Ethiopia 83 (2002)
Europa Island 1 (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 5 (2002)
Faroe Islands 1 (2002)
Fiji 27 (2002)
Finland 150 (2002)
France 477 (2002)
French Guiana 11 (2002)
French Polynesia 45 (2002)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands none (2002)
Gabon 57 (2002)
Gambia, The 1 (2002)
Gaza Strip 2 (2001) note: includes Gaza International Airport (GIA), inaugurated on 24 November 1998 as part of agreements stipulated in the September 1995 Oslo II Accord and the 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum; GIA has been largely closed since October 2000 by Israeli orders and its runway was destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces in December 2001 (2002)
Georgia 40 (2002)
Germany 551 (2002)
Ghana 12 (2002)
Gibraltar 1 (2002)
Glorioso Islands 1 (2002)
Greece 79 (note - new Athens airport at Spata opened in March 2001) (2002)
Greenland 14 (2002)
Grenada 3 (2002)
Guadeloupe 9 (2002)
Guam 5 (2002)
Guatemala 466 (2002)
Guernsey 2 (2002)
Guinea 15 (2002)
Guinea-Bissau 28 (2002)
Guyana 51 (2002)
Haiti 12 (2002)
Holy See (Vatican City) none (2002)
Honduras 115 (2002)
Hong Kong 3 (2002)
Howland Island airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN - they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable (2002)
Hungary 49 (2002)
Iceland 86 (2002)
India 334 (2002)
Indonesia 631 (2002)
Iran 309 (2002)
Iraq 150 (2002); note - unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war
Ireland 36 (2002)
Israel 52 (2002)
Italy 134 (2002)
Jamaica 35 (2002)
Jan Mayen 1 (2002)
Japan 172 (2002)
Jersey 1 (2002)
Johnston Atoll 1 (2002)
Jordan 17 (2002)
Juan de Nova Island 1 (2002)
Kazakhstan 488 (2002)
Kenya 230 (2002)
Kingman Reef lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 (2002)
Kiribati 20 (2002)
Korea, North 72 (2002)
Korea, South 102 (2002)
Kuwait 6 (2002)
Kyrgyzstan 68 (2002)
Laos 51 (2002)
Latvia 38 (2002)
Lebanon 8 (2002)
Lesotho 28 (2002)
Liberia 47 (2002)
Libya 136 (2002)
Liechtenstein none (2002)
Lithuania 87 (2002)
Luxembourg 2 (2002)
Macau 1 (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 18 (2002)
Madagascar 121 (2002)
Malawi 43 (2002)
Malaysia 114 (2002)
Maldives 5 (2002)
Mali 26 (2002)
Malta 1 (2002)
Man, Isle of 1 (2002)
Marshall Islands 15 (2002)
Martinique 2 (2002)
Mauritania 26 (2002)
Mauritius 5 (2002)
Mayotte 1 (2002)
Mexico 1,823 (2002)
Micronesia, Federated States of 7 (2002)
Midway Islands 2 (2002)
Moldova 36 (2002)
Monaco none; linked to airport in Nice, France, by helicopter service (2002)
Mongolia 50 (2002)
Montserrat none; only airport was destroyed by volcanic activity; a helicopter service to Antigua is used (2002)
Morocco 63 (2002)
Mozambique 165 (2002)
Namibia 135 (2002)
Nauru 1 (2002)
Nepal 45 (2002)
Netherlands 28 (2002)
Netherlands Antilles 5 (2002)
New Caledonia 30 (2002)
New Zealand 113 (2002)
Nicaragua 176 (2002)
Niger 27 (2002)
Nigeria 70 (2002)
Niue 1 (2002)
Norfolk Island 1 (2002)
Northern Mariana Islands 6 (2002)
Norway 102 (2002)
Oman 139 (2002)
Pakistan 124 (2002)
Palau 3 (2002)
Palmyra Atoll 1 (2002)
Panama 103 (2002)
Papua New Guinea 491 (2002)
Paracel Islands 1 (2002)
Paraguay 879 (2002)
Peru 233 (2002)
Philippines 257 (2002)
Pitcairn Islands none (2002)
Poland 150 (2002)
Portugal 66 (2002)
Puerto Rico 31 (2002)
Qatar 4 (2002)
Reunion 2 (2002)
Romania 65 (2002)
Russia 2,743 (2002)
Rwanda 9 (2002)
Saint Helena 1 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 (2002)
Saint Lucia 2 (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 (2002)
Samoa 4 (2002)
San Marino none (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe 2 (2002)
Saudi Arabia 209 (2002)
Senegal 20 (2002)
Serbia and Montenegro 45 (2002)
Seychelles 14 (2002)
Sierra Leone 10 (2002)
Singapore 9 (2002)
Slovakia 37 (2002)
Slovenia 16 (2002)
Solomon Islands 32 (2002)
Somalia 60 (2002)
South Africa 727 (2002)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands none (2002)
Spain 152 (2002)
Spratly Islands 3 (2002)
Sri Lanka 15 (2002)
Sudan 63 (2002)
Suriname 46 (2002)
Svalbard 4 (2002)
Swaziland 18 (2002)
Sweden 245 (2002)
Switzerland 66 (2002)
Syria 92 (2002)
Taiwan 39 (2002)
Tajikistan 66 (2002)
Tanzania 123 (2002)
Thailand 111 (2002)
Togo 9 (2002)
Tokelau none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft (2002)
Tonga 6 (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago 6 (2002)
Tromelin Island 1 (2002)
Tunisia 30 (2002)
Turkey 120 (2002)
Turkmenistan 76 (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islands 8 (2002)
Tuvalu 1 (2002)
Uganda 27 (2002)
Ukraine 790 (2002)
United Arab Emirates 41 (2002)
United Kingdom 470 (2002)
United States 14,801 (2002)
Uruguay 64 (2002)
Uzbekistan 273 (2002)
Vanuatu 30 (2002)
Venezuela 373 (2002)
Vietnam 47 (2002)
Virgin Islands 2 (2002)
Wake Island 1 (2002)
Wallis and Futuna 2 (2002)
West Bank 3 (2002)
Western Sahara 11 (2002)
Yemen 44 (2002)
Zambia 109 (2002)
Zimbabwe 430 (2002)
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@2054 Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
Afghanistan 40.63 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Albania 18.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Algeria 21.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
American Samoa 23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Andorra 9.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Angola 45.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Anguilla 14.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 18.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Argentina 17.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Armenia 12.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Aruba 11.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Australia 12.55 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Austria 9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan 19.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The 18.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bahrain 19.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bangladesh 29.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Barbados 13.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belarus 10.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belgium 10.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belize 30.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Benin 43.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bermuda 12.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bhutan 34.82 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bolivia 25.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Botswana 25.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Brazil 17.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands 15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Brunei 19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bulgaria 8.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso 44.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burma 19.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burundi 39.72 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cambodia 27.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cameroon 35.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Canada 10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cape Verde 26.95 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands 13.33 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Central African Republic 35.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Chad 47.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Chile 16.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
China 12.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Christmas Island NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Colombia 21.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Comoros 38.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 45.12 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 29.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cook Islands NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Costa Rica 19.4 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 40.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Croatia 12.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cuba 11.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cyprus 12.77 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Czech Republic 9.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Denmark 11.52 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Djibouti 40.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Dominica 16.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic 23.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
East Timor 27.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ecuador 24.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Egypt 24.36 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
El Salvador 27.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 36.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Eritrea 39.44 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Estonia 9.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ethiopia 39.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA births/1,000 population
Faroe Islands 13.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Fiji 23.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Finland 10.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
France 12.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
French Guiana 21.33 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
French Polynesia 17.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gabon 36.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gambia, The 40.77 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip 41.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Georgia 11.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Germany 8.6 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ghana 25.84 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gibraltar 11.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Greece 9.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Greenland 16.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Grenada 22.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guadeloupe 16.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guam 23.19 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guatemala 35.05 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guernsey 9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guinea 42.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 38.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guyana 17.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Haiti 34.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Honduras 31.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Hong Kong 10.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Hungary 9.32 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iceland 14.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
India 23.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Indonesia 21.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iran 17.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iraq 33.66 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ireland 14.63 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Israel 18.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Italy 9.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jamaica 17.35 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Japan 9.61 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jersey 10.44 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jordan 23.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan 18.36 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kenya 28.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kiribati 31.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Korea, North 17.61 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Korea, South 12.6 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kuwait 21.83 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 26.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Laos 36.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Latvia 8.55 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lebanon 19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lesotho 27.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Liberia 45.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Libya 27.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein 10.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lithuania 10.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Luxembourg 11.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Macau 12.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 13.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Madagascar 42.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malawi 44.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malaysia 23.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Maldives 36.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mali 47.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malta 12.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Man, Isle of 11.38 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Marshall Islands 34.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Martinique 14.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mauritania 42.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mauritius 16.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mayotte 42.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mexico 21.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 26.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Moldova 14.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Monaco 9.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mongolia 21.39 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Montserrat 17.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Morocco 23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mozambique 38.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Namibia 34.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nauru 26.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nepal 32.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Netherlands 11.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 15.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
New Caledonia 19.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
New Zealand 14.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nicaragua 26.29 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Niger 49.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nigeria 38.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Niue NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Norfolk Island NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands 19.97 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Norway 12.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Oman 37.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Pakistan 29.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Palau 19.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Panama 20.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea 31.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Paraguay 30.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Peru 22.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Philippines 26.3 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Poland 10.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Portugal 11.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico 15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Qatar 15.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Reunion 20.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Romania 10.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Russia 10.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Rwanda 40.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Helena 12.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia 20.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 14.62 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Samoa 15.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
San Marino 10.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 41.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saudi Arabia 37.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Senegal 36.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Seychelles 16.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone 43.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Singapore 12.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Slovakia 10.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Slovenia 9.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Solomon Islands 32.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Somalia 46.42 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
South Africa 18.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Spain 10.08 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka 16.12 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sudan 36.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Suriname 19.4 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Svalbard NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Swaziland 29.37 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sweden 9.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Switzerland 9.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Syria 29.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Taiwan 12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tajikistan 32.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tanzania 39.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Thailand 16.37 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Togo 35.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tokelau NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tonga 24.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tunisia 16.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turkey 17.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan 28.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 23.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tuvalu 21.58 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uganda 46.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ukraine 9.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates 18.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United Kingdom 10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United States 14.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uruguay 17.19 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan 26.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Vanuatu 24.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Venezuela 19.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Vietnam 19.58 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands 15.8 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
West Bank 34.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Western Sahara NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
World 20.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Yemen 43.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Zambia 39.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe 30.34 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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@2055 Military branches
Afghanistan NA; note - the December 2001 Bonn Agreement called for all militia forces to come under the authority of the central government, but regional leaders have continued to retain their militias and the formation of a nation army will be a gradual process; Afghanistan's forces continue to be factionalized, largely along ethnic lines
Albania Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior Ministry Troops, Border Guards
Algeria People's National Army (ANP), Algerian National Navy (ANN), Air Force, Territorial Air Defense, National Gendarmerie
Andorra no regular military forces, but there is a police force
Angola Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Police Force
Antigua and Barbuda Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force (including the Coast Guard)
Argentina Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes naval aviation and Marines), Coast Guard, Argentine Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Aeronautical Police Force
Armenia Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Guards
Aruba no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and Marines, Coast Guard
Australia Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force
Austria Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
Azerbaijan Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces
Bahamas, The Royal Bahamas Defense Force (Coast Guard only), Royal Bahamas Police Force
Bahrain Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF) comprising Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Police Force, Amiri Guards, National Guard
Bangladesh Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, paramilitary forces (includes Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Village Defense Parties, Armed Police Battalions, National Cadet Corps)
Barbados Royal Barbados Defense Force (including Ground Forces and Coast Guard), Royal Barbados Police Force
Belarus Army, Air Force (including air defense), Interior Ministry Troops, Border Guards
Belgium Army, Navy, Air Components, Federal Police
Belize Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard)
Benin Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), National Gendarmerie
Bermuda no regular indigenous military forces; Bermuda Regiment, Bermuda Police Force, Bermuda Reserve Constabulary
Bhutan Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bodyguard, National Militia, Royal Bhutan Police, Forest Guards
Bolivia Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Navy (Fuerza Naval, includes Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana), National Police Force (Policia Nacional de Bolivia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army)
Botswana Botswana Defense Force (including Army and Air Wing), Botswana National Police
Brazil Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (includes naval air and marines), Brazilian Air Force, Federal Police (paramilitary)
Brunei Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei Police
Bulgaria Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Defense), Internal Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Interior), Civil Defense Forces (subordinate to the president)
Burkina Faso Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, People's Militia
Burma Army, Navy, Air Force
Burundi Army (including naval and air units), Gendarmerie
Cambodia Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF): Army, Navy, Air Force
Cameroon Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force, National Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard
Canada Canadian Armed Forces (comprising Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Communications Command, Training Command)
Cape Verde Army, Coast Guard
Cayman Islands no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (RCIPF)
Central African Republic Central African Armed Forces (FACA) (including Republican Guard, Ground Forces, Naval Forces, and Air Force), Presidential Security Guard, Gendarmerie, National Police
Chad Armed Forces (including National Army, Air Force, and Gendarmerie), Rapid Intervention Force, National and Nomadic Guard (GNNT), Presidential Security Guard, Police
Chile Army of the Nation, National Navy (including naval air, coast guard, and marines), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean Carabineros (National Police), Investigations Police
China People's Liberation Army (PLA): comprises ground forces, Navy (including naval infantry and naval aviation), Air Force, and II Artillery Corps (strategic missile force), People's Armed Police Force (internal security troops, nominally a state security body but included by the Chinese as part of the "armed forces" and considered to be an adjunct to the PLA), militia
Colombia Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, including Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana), National Police (Policia Nacional)
Comoros Comoran Security Force
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Security Battalion
Congo, Republic of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Gendarmerie, National Police
Costa Rica no regular indigenous military forces; Air Section, Ministry of Public Forces (Fuerza Publica)
Cote d'Ivoire Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard)
Croatia Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV), Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces
Cuba Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) including Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); note - the Border Guard Troops (TGF) are controlled by the Interior Ministry
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; including air and naval elements), Greek Cypriot Police Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)
Czech Republic Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Territorial Defense Force
Denmark Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard
Djibouti Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force)
Dominica Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Special Service Unit, Coast Guard)
Dominican Republic Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police
East Timor The East Timor Defense Force or FALINTIL-FDTL comprises a light-infantry Army and a small Naval component; note - plans are to develop a force of 1,500 active personnel and 1,500 reserve personnel over the next five years
Ecuador Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police
Egypt Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
El Salvador Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force
Equatorial Guinea Army, Navy, Air Force, Rapid Intervention Force, National Police
Eritrea Army, Navy, Air Force
Estonia Estonia Defense Forces (including Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force), Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops), Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit), Maritime Border Guard, Coast Guard note: Border Guards and Ministry of Internal Affairs become part of the Estonian Defense Forces in wartime; the Coast Guard is subordinate to the Ministry of Defense in peacetime and the Estonian Navy in wartime
Ethiopia Ethiopian National Defense Force (Ground Forces, Air Force, militia, police) note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) British Forces Falkland Islands no regular indigenous military forces; (includes Army, Royal Air Force, and Royal Navy), Police Force
Faroe Islands no regular indigenous military forces; small Police Force and Coast Guard are maintained
Fiji Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), includes ground forces, naval division
Finland Army, Navy, Air Force, Frontier Guard (including Sea Guard)
France Army (includes marines), Navy (includes naval air), Air Force (includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie
French Guiana no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces, Gendarmerie
French Polynesia no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
Gabon Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential (Republican) Guard (charged with protecting the president and other senior officials), National Gendarmerie, National Police
Gambia, The Gambian National Army (GNA) (includes marine unit), National Police, Presidential Guard
Gaza Strip in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are, however, a Public Security Force and a civil Police Force
Georgia Ground Forces (includes National Guard), combined Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Forces, Republic Security and Police Forces (internal and border troops)
Germany Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Medical Corps, Joint Support Service
Ghana Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police Force
Gibraltar no regular indigenous military forces; British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force
Greece Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force, Police, National Guard
Grenada Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard
Guadeloupe no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces, Gendarmerie
Guatemala Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force
Guinea Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard, paramilitary National Gendarmerie, National Police Force (Surete National)
Guinea-Bissau People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force
Guyana Guyana Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Corps), Guyana Police Force, Guyana People's Militia, Guyana National Service
Haiti Haitian National Police (HNP) note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are constitutionally abolished
Holy See (Vatican City) Swiss Guards Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera)
Honduras Army, Navy (including marines), Air Force
Hong Kong no regular indigenous military forces; Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) including elements of the PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA Air Force; these forces are under the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission in Beijing and under administrative control of the adjacent Guangzhou Military Region
Hungary Ground Forces, Air Forces
Iceland no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard
India Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Strategic Nuclear Command (SNC), Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary forces (including Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, Rashtriya Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Ladakh Scouts, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, Defense Security Corps, and Indian Reserve Battalions)
Indonesia Army, Navy (including marines and naval air arm), Air Force
Iran Islamic Republic of Iran regular forces (includes Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Command), Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) (includes Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy, Qods [special operations], and Basij [Popular Mobilization Army] forces), Law Enforcement Forces
Iraq Army, Republican Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Border Guard Force, Fedayeen Saddam; note - with the defeat of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, the data listed in the following entries for Iraq is invalid, but is retained here for historical purposes and until replaced by valid information related to the future Iraqi Government (April 2003)
Ireland Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps), National Police (Garda Siochana)
Israel Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (includes ground, naval, and air components with Air Defense Forces), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal); note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military services
Italy Army, Navy, Air Force, Carabinieri
Jamaica Jamaica Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Navy), Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force), Coast Guard
Jordan Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) (Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Naval Force, Royal Jordanian Air Force, and Special Operations Command or SOCOM); note - Public Security Directorate normally falls under Ministry of Interior but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis situations
Kazakhstan Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Force, Border Service, Republican Guard
Kenya Army, Navy, Air Force
Kiribati no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts are on all islands)
Korea, North Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil Security Forces
Korea, South Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (Coast Guard)
Kuwait Army, Navy, Air Force (including Air Defense Force), National Police Force, National Guard, Coast Guard
Kyrgyzstan Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces, Border Troops
Laos Lao People's Army (LPA; including Riverine Force), Air Force, National Police Department
Latvia Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Guard, National Guard
Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force)
Lesotho Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; including Army and Air Wing), Royal Lesotho Mounted Police
Liberia Army, Navy, Air Force
Libya Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy, Air and Air Defense Command (includes Air Force)
Lithuania Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force, National Volunteer Defense Forces (SKAT)
Luxembourg Army, Grand Ducal Police
Macau no regular indigenous military forces; responsibility for defense reverted to China on 20 December 1999; there is a local police force
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Army (ARM), Air and Air Defense Forces, Police Force
Madagascar People's Armed Forces (comprising Intervention Force, Development Force, Aeronaval [Navy and Air] Force), Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment
Malawi Army (including Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (including paramilitary Mobile Force Unit)
Malaysia Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force, Royal Malaysian Police Field Force, Marine Police, Sarawak Border Scouts
Maldives National Security Service
Mali Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, National Guard, National Police (Surete Nationale)
Malta Armed Forces (including land forces [with subordinate air squadron and maritime squadron] and the Revenue Security Corps), Maltese Police Force
Marshall Islands no regular military forces; Police Force
Martinique no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
Mauritania Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Guard, National Police, Presidential Guard
Mauritius National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF and National Coast Guard)
Mexico National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) (including Army and Air Force), Navy Secretariat (including Naval Air and Marines)
Moldova Ground Forces (includes Air and Air Defense Forces), Republic Security Forces (includes paramilitary Internal Troops and Border Troops)
Mongolia Mongolian Armed Forces (includes General Purpose Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Troops); note - Border Troops are under Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in peacetime
Montserrat no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
Morocco Royal Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie, Auxiliary Forces
Mozambique Army, Naval Command, Air and Air Defense Forces, Special Forces, Militia
Namibia National Defense Force (Army, including Air Wing), Police
Nauru no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force
Nepal Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air Service), Nepalese Police Force
Netherlands Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (including Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Constabulary
Netherlands Antilles no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Netherlands Navy, Marine Corps, Royal Netherlands Air Force, National Guard, Police Force
New Caledonia no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force
New Zealand New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force
Nicaragua Army, Navy, Air Force
Niger Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, National Intervention and Security Force
Nigeria Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
Niue no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
Norway Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (including Coast Artillery and Coast Guard), Royal Norwegian Air Force, Home Guard
Oman Royal Omani Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Royal Omani Police
Pakistan Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Armed Forces, National Guard
Palau NA
Panama an amendment to the Constitution abolished the armed forces, but there are security forces (Panamanian Public Forces or PPF includes the Panamanian National Police, National Maritime Service, and National Air Service)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Defense Force (includes Ground Force, Maritime Operations Element, and Air Operations Element)
Paraguay Army, Navy (includes Naval Air and Marines), Air Force
Peru Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru; includes Naval Air, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru; FAP), National Police (includes General Police, Security Police, and Technical Police)
Philippines Army, Navy (including Coast Guard and Marine Corps), Air Force, paramilitary units
Poland Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force
Portugal Army, Navy (PON) (includes Marines), Air Force, Republican Guard (includes Fiscal Guard)
Puerto Rico no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary National Guard, Police Force
Qatar Army, Navy, Air Force
Reunion no regular indigenous military forces; French forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie)
Romania Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (AMR), Paramilitary Forces, Civil Defense, Border Guards
Russia Ground Forces, Navy, Air Forces; Airborne troops, Strategic Rocket Forces, and Military Space Forces are classified as independent combat arms, not subordinate to any of the three branches
Rwanda Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (including Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force (including Special Service Unit)
Saint Lucia Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit and Coast Guard)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard
Samoa no regular armed services; Samoa Police Force
San Marino Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar), Gendarmerie; note - the Voluntary Military Force performs ceremonial duties and limited police assistance
Sao Tome and Principe Army, Navy, Security Police
Saudi Arabia Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)
Senegal Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police (Surete Nationale)
Serbia and Montenegro Army (VJ) (including ground forces with border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces)
Seychelles Army, Coast Guard (includes Air Wing), Presidential Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard), Police Force (includes Police Mobile Unit, a special weapons and tactics unit capable of assisting the Army in maintaining internal stability)
Sierra Leone Army (RSLAF)
Singapore Army, Navy, Air Force, People's Defense Force, Police Force
Slovakia Army (Ground Forces), Air and Air Defense Forces, Home Guards (Territorial Defense Forces), Civil Defense Force, Railway Armed Forces (subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation, Post, and Telecommunications)
Slovenia Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)
Solomon Islands no regular military forces; Solomon Islands National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)
Somalia A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces
South Africa South African National Defense Force (including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services), South African Police Service
Spain Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard, National Police, Coastal Civil Guard
Sri Lanka Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
Sudan Army, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Force Militia
Suriname National Army (including small Navy and Air Force elements), Civil Police
Swaziland Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army), Royal Swaziland Police Force
Sweden Army, Royal Navy (including Coast Artillery and Naval Helicopter Service), Air Force
Switzerland Army, Air Force, Frontier Guards, Fortification Guards
Syria Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force (includes Air Defense Forces), Police and Security Force
Taiwan Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command
Tajikistan Army, Air Force and Air Defense Force, Presidential National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)
Tanzania Tanzanian People's Defense Force (including Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary Police Field Force Unit (including Police Marine Unit and Police Air Wing), territorial militia
Thailand Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, paramilitary forces (includes the Border Patrol Police [including Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit], Thahan Phran, Special Action Forces, Police Aviation Division, Thai Marine Police, and the Volunteer Defense Corps)
Togo Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
Tonga Tonga Defense Services (made up of three operational command components and two support elements, including the Royal Marines, Royal Guards, Maritime Force, a support/logistics group, and a training group), Police; note - a new air wing that will be subordinate to the Ministry of Defense is being developed
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (including Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
Tunisia Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces, National Guard
Turkey Land Forces, Navy (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry), Air Force, Coast Guard, Gendarmerie
Turkmenistan Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air Defense, Navy, Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard |
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