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Sao Tome and Principe unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held on 26 March 2006 (next to be held in March 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - MDFM-PCD 37.2%, MLSTP 28.9%, ADI 20.0%, NR 4.7%, others 9.2%; seats by party - MDFM-PCD 23, MLSTP 19, ADI 12, NR 1
Saudi Arabia Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (150 members and a chairman appointed by the monarch for four-year terms); note - though the Council of Ministers announced in October 2003 its intent to introduce elections for half of the members of local and provincial assemblies and a third of the members of the national Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura, incrementally over a period of four to five years, to date no such elections have been held or announced
Senegal bicameral Parliament consisting of the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (150 seats; 90 members elected by direct popular vote with the remaining members elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms) and the Senate reinstituted in 2007 (100 seats; 35 indirectly elected with the remaining 65 members to be appointed by the president) elections: National Assembly - last held on 3 June 2007 (next to be held 2012); note - the National Assembly in December 2005 voted to postpone legislative elections originally scheduled for 2006; legislative elections were first rescheduled to coincide with the 25 February 2007 presidential elections and later rescheduled for 3 June 2007; the June election was boycotted by 12 opposition parties, including the former ruling Socialist Party, that resulted in a record-low, 35-percent voter turnout; Senate - last held 19 August 2007 (next to be held - NA) election results: National Assembly results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SOPI Coalition 131, other 19; Senate results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDS 34, AJ/PADS 1, 65 appointed by the president
Serbia unicameral National Assembly (250 seats; deputies elected by direct vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held on 11 May 2008 (next to be held in May 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - For a European Serbia coalition 38.4%, SRS 29.5%, DSS-NS 11.6%, coalition led by the SPS 7.6%, LPD 5.2%, other 7.7%; seats by party - For a European Serbia 102, SRS 78, DSS-NS 30, coalition led by the SPS 20, LDP 13, other 7; note - the seat allocation for the SNS is uncertain because of an ongoing dispute with the SRS
Seychelles unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (34 seats; 25 members elected by popular vote, 9 allocated on a proportional basis to parties winning at least 10% of the vote; to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 10-12 May 2007 (next to be held in 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - SPPF 56.2%, SNP 43.8%; seats by party - SPPF 23, SNP 11
Sierra Leone unicameral Parliament (124 seats; 112 members elected by popular vote, 12 filled by paramount chiefs elected in separate elections; to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 11 August 2007 (next to be held in 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - APC 59, SLPP 43, PMDC 10
Singapore unicameral Parliament (84 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - in addition, there are up to nine nominated members; up to three losing opposition candidates who came closest to winning seats may be appointed as "nonconstituency" members elections: last held on 6 May 2006 (next to be held by 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - PAP 66.6%, WP 16.3%, SDA 13%, SDP 4.1%; seats by party - PAP 82, WP 1, SDA 1
Slovakia unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic or Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky (150 seats; members are elected on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 17 June 2006 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - Smer 29.1%, SDKU 18.4%, SMK 11.7%, SNS 11.7%, LS-HZDS 8.8%, KDH 8.3%, other 12%; seats by party - Smer 50, SDKU 31, SMK 20, SNS 19, LS-HZDS 16, KDH 14
Slovenia bicameral Parliament consists of a National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats; 40 members are directly elected and 50 are elected on a proportional basis; note - the number of directly elected and proportionally elected seats varies with each election; the constitution mandates 1 seat each for Slovenia's Hungarian and Italian minorities; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the National Council or Drzavni Svet (40 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve five-year terms; note - this is primarily an advisory body with limited legislative powers; it may propose laws, ask to review any National Assembly decision, and call national referenda) elections: National Assembly - last held 21 September 2008 (next to be held 8 October 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - SD 30.5%, SDS 29.3%, ZARES 9.4%, DeSUS 7.5%, SNS 5.5%, SLSSMS 5.2%, LDS 5.2%, other 7.4%; seats by party - SD 29, SDS 28, ZARES 9, DeSUS 7, SNS 5, SLSSMS 5, LDS 5, Hungarian minority 1, Italian minority 1
Solomon Islands unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; members elected from single-member constituencies by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held on 5 April 2006 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - National Party 6.9%, PAP 6.3%, SIPRA 6.3%, Liberal 5%, Democratic 4.9%, SOCRED 4.3%, LAFARI 2.8%, independents 60.3%; seats by party - National Party 4, SIPRA 4, Democratic 3, PAP 3, LAFARI 2, Liberal 2, SOCRED 2, independents 30
Somalia unicameral National Assembly note: unicameral Transitional Federal Assembly (TFA) (275 seats; 244 members appointed by the four major clans (61 for each clan), 31 seats allocated to smaller clans and subclans)
South Africa bicameral Parliament consisting of the National Assembly (400 seats; members are elected by popular vote under a system of proportional representation to serve five-year terms) and the National Council of Provinces (90 seats, 10 members elected by each of the nine provincial legislatures for five-year terms; has special powers to protect regional interests, including the safeguarding of cultural and linguistic traditions among ethnic minorities); note - following the implementation of the new constitution on 4 February 1997, the former Senate was disbanded and replaced by the National Council of Provinces with essentially no change in membership and party affiliations, although the new institution's responsibilities have been changed somewhat by the new constitution elections: National Assembly and National Council of Provinces - last held on 14 April 2004 (next to be held in 2009) election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - ANC 69.7%, DA 12.4%, IFP 7%, UDM 2.3%, NNP 1.7%, ACDP 1.6%, other 5.3%; seats by party - ANC 279, DA 50, IFP 28, UDM 9, NNP 7, ACDP 6, other 21; National Council of Provinces - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA
Spain bicameral; General Courts or National Assembly or Las Cortes Generales consists of the Senate or Senado (264 seats as of 2008; 208 members directly elected by popular vote and the other 56 - as of 2008 - appointed by the regional legislatures; to serve four-year terms) and the Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; each of the 50 electoral provinces fills a minimum of two seats and the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla fill one seat each with members serving a four-year term; the other 248 members are determined by proportional representation based on popular vote on block lists who serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held on 9 March 2008 (next to be held in March 2012); Congress of Deputies - last held on 9 March 2008 (next to be held in March 2012) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PP 101, PSOE 88, Entesa Catalona de Progress 12, CiU 4, PNV 2, CC 1, members appointed by regional legislatures 56; Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSOE 43.6%, PP 40.1%, CiU 3.1%, PNV 1.2%, ERC 1.2%, other 10.8%; seats by party - PSOE 169, PP 154, CiU 10, PNV 6, ERC 3, other 8
Sri Lanka unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members elected by popular vote on the basis of an open-list, proportional representation system by electoral district to serve six-year terms) elections: last held on 2 April 2004 (next to be held by 2010) election results: percent of vote by party or electoral alliance - SLFP and JVP (no longer in formal UPFA alliance) 45.6%, UNP 37.8%, TNA 6.8%, JHU 6%, SLMC 2%, UPF 0.5%, EPDP 0.3%, other 1%; seats by party - UNP 68, SLFP 57, JVP 39, TNA 22, CWC 8, JHU 7, SLMC 6, SLMC dissidents 4, Communist Party 2, JHU dissidents 2, LSSP 2, MEP 2, NUA 2, UPF 2, EPDP 1, UNP dissident 1
Sudan bicameral National Legislature consists of a Council of States (50 seats; members indirectly elected by state legislatures to serve six-year terms) and a National Assembly (450 seats; members presently appointed, but in the future 75% of members to be directly elected and 25% elected in special or indirect elections; to serve six-year terms) elections: last held 13-22 December 2000 (next to be held 2009) election results: NCP 355, others 5; note - replaced by appointments under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Suriname unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 25 May 2005 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - NF 39.7%, NDP 22.2%, VVV 13.8%, A-Com 7.2%, A-1 5.9%, other 11.2%; seats by party - NF 23, NDP 15, VVV 5, A-Com 5, A-1 3
Swaziland bicameral Parliament or Libandla consists of the Senate (30 seats; 10 members appointed by the House of Assembly and 20 appointed by the monarch; to serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (65 seats; 10 members appointed by the monarch and 55 elected by popular vote; to serve five-year terms) elections: House of Assembly - last held 19 September 2008 (next to be held in 2013) election results: House of Assembly - balloting is done on a nonparty basis; candidates for election are nominated by the local council of each constituency and for each constituency the three candidates with the most votes in the first round of voting are narrowed to a single winner by a second round
Sweden unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; members are elected by popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms) elections: last held on 17 September 2006 (next to be held in September 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - Social Democrats 37.2%, Moderates 27.8%, Center Party 8.3%, Liberal People's Party 8.0%, Christian Democrats 6.9%, Left Party 6.3%, Greens 5.4%; seats by party - Social Democrats 130, Moderates 97, Center Party 29, Liberal People's Party 28, Christian Democrats 24, Left Party 22, Greens 19
Switzerland bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblee Federale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of the Council of States or Standerat (in German), Conseil des Etats (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats; membership consists of 2 representatives from each canton and 1 from each half canton; to serve four-year terms) and the National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: Council of States - last held in most cantons on 19 October 2003 (each canton determines when the next election will be held); National Council - last held on 21 October 2007 (next to be held in October 2011) election results: Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CVP 15, FDP 14, SVP 8, SPS 6, other 3; National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 29%, SPS 19.5%, FDP 15.6%, CVP 14.6%, Greens 9.6%, other 11.7%; seats by party - SVP 62, SPS 43, FDP 31, CVP 31, Green Party 20, other small parties 13; note - seating for the Council of States as of December 2007 is CVP 16, FDP 12, SVP 7, SPS 9, other 2
Syria unicameral People's Council or Majlis al-Shaab (250 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held on 22-23 April 2007 (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NPF 172, independents 78
Taiwan unicameral Legislative Yuan (113 seats - 73 district members elected by popular vote, 34 at-large members elected on basis of proportion of islandwide votes received by participating political parties, 6 elected by popular vote among aboriginal populations; to serve four-year terms); parties must receive 5% of vote to qualify for at-large seats elections: Legislative Yuan - last held 12 January 2008 (next to be held in January 2012) election results: Legislative Yuan - percent of vote by party - KMT 53.5%, DPP 38.2%, NPSU 2.4%, PFP 0.3%, others 1.6%, independents 4%; seats by party - KMT 81, DPP 27, NPSU 3, PFP 1, independent 1
Tajikistan bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of the National Assembly (upper chamber) or Majlisi Milliy (34 seats; 25 members selected by local deputies, 8 appointed by the president; 1 seat reserved for the former president; to serve five-year terms) and the Assembly of Representatives (lower chamber) or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: National Assembly - last held 25 March 2005 (next to be held in February 2010); Assembly of Representatives 27 February and 13 March 2005 (next to be held in February 2010) election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDPT 29, CPT 2, independents 3; Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 74.9%, CPT 13.6%, Islamic Revival Party 8.9%, other 2.5%; seats by party - PDPT 51, CPT 5, Islamic Revival Party 2, independents 5
Tanzania unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (274 seats; 232 members elected by popular vote, 37 allocated to women nominated by the president, 5 to members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives; to serve five-year terms); note - in addition to enacting laws that apply to the entire United Republic of Tanzania, the Assembly enacts laws that apply only to the mainland; Zanzibar has its own House of Representatives to make laws especially for Zanzibar (the Zanzibar House of Representatives has 50 seats elected by universal suffrage to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 14 December 2005 (next to be held in December 2010) election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CCM 206, CUF 19, CHADEMA 5, other 2, women appointed by the president 37, Zanzibar representatives 5 Zanzibar House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CCM 30, CUF 19; 1 seat was nullified with a rerun to take place soon
Thailand bicameral National Assembly or Rathasapha consisted of the Senate or Wuthisapha (150 seats; 76 members elected by popular vote representing 76 provinces, 74 appointed by judges and independent government bodies; all serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon (480 seats; 400 members elected from 157 multi-seat constituencies and 80 elected on proportional party-list basis of 10 per eight zones or groupings of provinces; all serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held on 2 March 2008 (next to be held in March 2014); House of Representatives - last election held on 23 December 2007 (next to be held in December 2011) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPP 233, DP 164, TNP 34, Motherland 24, Middle Way 11, Unity 9, Royalist People's 5 note: 74 senators were appointed on 19 February 2008 by a seven-member committee headed by the chief of the Constitutional Court; 76 senators were elected on 2 March 2008; elections to the Senate are non-partisan; registered political party members are disqualified from being senators
Timor-Leste unicameral National Parliament (number of seats can vary from 52 to 65; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 30 June 2007 (next elections due by June 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - FRETILIN 29%, CNRT 24.1%, ASDT-PSD 15.8%, PD 11.3%, PUN 4.5%, KOTA-PPT (Democratic Alliance) 3.2%, UNTERDIM 3.2%, others 8.9%; seats by party - FRETILIN 21, CNRT 18, ASDT-PSD 11, PD 8, PUN 3, KOTA-PPT 2, UNDERTIM 2
Togo unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 14 October 2007 (next to be held in 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - RPT 39.4%, UFC 37.0%, CAR 8.2%, independents 2.5%, other 12.9%; seats by party - RPT 50, UFC 27, CAR 4
Tokelau unicameral General Fono (20 seats; based upon proportional representation from the three islands elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; Atafu has seven seats, Fakaofo has seven seats, Nukunonu has six seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono elections: last held 17-19 January 2008 (next to be held in 2011) election results: independents 20
Tonga unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (32 seats - 14 reserved for cabinet ministers sitting ex officio, nine for nobles selected by the country's 33 nobles, and nine elected by popular vote; members serve three-year terms) elections: last held on 23-24 April 2008 (next to be held in 2011) election results: Peoples Representatives: percent of vote - independents 54%, THRDM 28%, PDP 14%; seats - THRDM 4, independents 3, PDP 2
Trinidad and Tobago bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (31 seats; 16 members appointed by the ruling party, nine by the President, six by the opposition party to serve a maximum term of five years) and the House of Representatives (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: House of Representatives - last held on 5 November 2007 (next to be held in 2012) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote - PNM 46%, UNC 29.7%; seats by party - PNM 26, UNC 15 note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly with 12 members serving four-year terms; last election held in January 2005; seats by party - PNM 11, DAC 1
Tunisia bicameral system consists of the Chamber of Deputies or Majlis al-Nuwaab (189 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Advisors (126 seats; 85 members elected by municipal counselors, deputies, mayors, and professional associations and trade unions; 41 members are presidential appointees; members serve six-year terms) elections: Chamber of Deputies - last held on 24 October 2004 (next to be held in October 2009); Chamber of Advisors - last held on 3 July 2005 (next to be held in July 2011) election results: Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RCD 152, MDS 14, PUP 11, UDU 7, Al-Tajdid 3, PSL 2; Chamber of Advisors - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RCD 71 (14 trade union seats vacant (due to boycott))
Turkey unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 22 July 2007 (next to be held on November 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - AKP 46.7%, CHP 20.8%, MHP 14.3%, independents 5.2%, and other 13.0%; seats by party - AKP 341, CHP 112, MHP 71, independents 26; note - seats by party as of 17 December 2007 - AKP 340, CHP 87, MHP 70, DTP 20, DSP 13, independents 6, other 12, vacant 2 (DTP entered parliament as independents; DSP entered parliament on CHP's party list); only parties surpassing the 10% threshold are entitled to parliamentary seats
Turkmenistan two parliamentary bodies, a People's Council or Halk Maslahaty (supreme legislative body of about 2,500 delegates, some elected by popular vote and some appointed; meets at least yearly) and a National Assembly or Mejlis (50 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: People's Council - last held in April 2003 (next to be held in December 2008); National Assembly - last held 19 December 2004 (next to be held in December 2008) election results: People's Council - percent of vote by party - DPT 100%; seats by party - DPT 2,507; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - DPT 100%; seats by party - DPT 50; note - all elected officials are members of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and are preapproved by the president note: in late 2003, a law was adopted reducing the powers of the National Assembly and making the People's Council the supreme legislative organ; the People's Council can now legally dissolve the National Assembly, and the president is now able to participate in the National Assembly as its supreme leader; the National Assembly can no longer adopt or amend the constitution or announce referendums or its elections; since the president is both the chairman of the People's Council and the supreme leader of the National Assembly, the 2003 law has the effect of making him the sole authority of both the executive and legislative branches of government
Turks and Caicos Islands unicameral House of Assembly (21 seats of which 15 are popularly elected; members serve four-year terms) elections: last held 9 February 2007 (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - PNP 60%, PDM 40%; seats by party - PNP 13, PDM 2
Tuvalu unicameral Parliament or Fale I Fono, also called House of Assembly (15 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 3 August 2006 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 15
Uganda unicameral National Assembly (332 seats; 215 members elected by popular vote, 104 nominated by legally established special interest groups [women 79, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5], 13 ex officio members; to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 23 February 2006 (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 191, FDC 37, UPC 9, DP 8, CP 1, JEEMA 1, independents 36, other 49
Ukraine unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; members allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that gain 3% or more of the national electoral vote; to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 30 September 2007 (next to be held in 2012) election results: percent of vote by party/bloc - Party of Regions 34.4%, Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc 30.7%, Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense 14.2%, CPU 5.4%, Lytvyn bloc 4%, other parties 11.3%; seats by party/bloc - Party of Regions 175, Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc 156, Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense 72, CPU 27, Lytvyn bloc 20
United Arab Emirates unicameral Federal National Council (FNC) or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members appointed by the rulers of the constituent states, 20 members elected to serve two-year terms) elections: elections for one half of the FNC (the other half remains appointed) held in the UAE on 18-20 December 2006; the new electoral college - a body of 6,689 Emiratis (including 1,189 women) appointed by the rulers of the seven emirates - were the only eligible voters and candidates; 456 candidates including 65 women ran for 20 contested FNC seats; one female from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi won a seat note: reviews legislation but cannot change or veto
United Kingdom bicameral Parliament consists of House of Lords (618 seats; consisting of approximately 500 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 clergy) and House of Commons (646 seats since 2005 elections; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier) elections: House of Lords - no elections (note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain there; elections are held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise); House of Commons - last held 5 May 2005 (next to be held by May 2010) election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Labor 35.2%, Conservative 32.3%, Liberal Democrats 22%, other 10.5%; seats by party - Labor 355, Conservative 198, Liberal Democrat 62, other 31; seats by party in the House of Commons as of 4 June 2008 - Labor 351, Conservative 192, Liberal Democrat 63, Scottish National Party/Plaid Cymru 9, Democratic Unionist 9, Sinn Fein 5, other 17 note: in 1998 elections were held for a Northern Ireland Assembly (because of unresolved disputes among existing parties, the transfer of power from London to Northern Ireland came only at the end of 1999 and has been suspended four times, the latest occurring in October 2002 and lasting until 8 May 2007); in 1999, the UK held the first elections for a Scottish Parliament and a Welsh Assembly, the most recent of which were held in May 2007
United States bicameral Congress consists of the Senate (100 seats, 2 members are elected from each state by popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third are elected every two years) and the House of Representatives (435 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held November 2008); House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held November 2008) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 49, Republican Party 49, independent 2; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 233, Republican Party 202
Uruguay bicameral General Assembly or Asamblea General consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (30 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; vice president has one vote in the Senate) and Chamber of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (99 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: Chamber of Senators - last held 31 October 2004 (next to be held October 2009); Chamber of Representatives - last held 31 October 2004 (next to be held October 2009) election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - EP-FA 16, Blanco 11, Colorado Party 3; Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - EP-FA 52, Blanco 36, Colorado Party 10, Independent Party 1
Uzbekistan bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of an upper house or Senate (100 seats; 84 members are elected by regional governing councils and 16 appointed by the president; to serve five-year terms) and a lower house or Legislative Chamber (120 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 26 December 2004 and 9 January 2005 (next to be held December 2009) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDPU 41, NDP 32, Fidokorlar 17, MTP 11, Adolat 9, unaffiliated 10 note: all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President KARIMOV
Vanuatu unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 2 September 2008 (next to be held 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - VP 11, NUP 8, UMP 7, VRP 7, PPP 4, GC 2, MPP 1, NA 1, NAG 1, PAP 1, Shepherds Alliance 1, VFFP 1, VLP 1, VNP 1, VPRFP 1, and independent 4; note - political party associations are fluid note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of culture and language
Venezuela unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (167 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; three seats reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela) elections: last held 4 December 2005 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - pro-government 167 (MVR 114, PODEMOS 15, PPT 11, indigenous 2, other 25), opposition 0; total seats by party as of 1 January 2008 - pro-government 152 (PSUV 114, PPT 11, indigenous 2, other 25), PODEMOS 15
Vietnam unicameral National Assembly or Quoc Hoi (500 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 20 May 2007 (next to be held in May 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CPV 450, non-party CPV-approved 42, self-nominated 1; note - 493 candidates were elected; CPV and non-party CPV-approved delegates were members of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front
Virgin Islands unicameral Senate (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms) elections: last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held November 2008) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 8, ICM 4, independent 3 note: the Virgin Islands elects one non-voting representative to the US House of Representatives; election last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held November 2008)
Wallis and Futuna unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale (20 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 11 March 2002 (next to be held 22 April 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR and affiliates 13, Socialists and affiliates 7 note: Wallis and Futuna elects one senator to the French Senate and one deputy to the French National Assembly; French Senate - elections last held 26 September 2004 (next to be held by September 2010); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR (now UMP) 1; French National Assembly - elections last held 17 June 2007 (next to be held by 2012); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - PS 1
Yemen a bicameral legislature consisting of a Shura Council (111 seats; members appointed by the president) and a House of Representatives (301 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) elections: last held on 27 April 2003 (next to be held in April 2009) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - GPC 228, Islah 47, YSP 7, Nasserite Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'th Party 2, independents 14
Zambia unicameral National Assembly (158 seats; 150 members are elected by popular vote, 8 members are appointed by the president, to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 28 September 2006 (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MMD 72, PF 44, UDA 27, ULP 2, NDF 1, independents 2; seats not determined 2
Zimbabwe bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate (93 seats - 60 elected by popular vote for a five-year term, 10 provincial governors nominated by the president, 16 traditional chiefs elected by the Council of Chiefs, 2 held by the president and deputy president of the Council of Chiefs, and 5 appointed by the president) and a House of Assembly (210 seats - all elected by popular vote for five-year terms) elections: last held 28 March 2008 (next to be held in 2013) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - MDC 51.6%, ZANU-PF 45.8%, other 2.6%; seats by party - MDC 30, ZANU-PF 30; House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - MDC 51.3%, ZANU-PF 45.8%, other 2.9%; seats by party - MDC 109, ZANU-PF 97, other 4
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@2102 Life expectancy at birth (years)
Afghanistan total population: 44.21 years male: 44.04 years female: 44.39 years (2008 est.)
Albania total population: 77.78 years male: 75.12 years female: 80.71 years (2008 est.)
Algeria total population: 73.77 years male: 72.13 years female: 75.49 years (2008 est.)
American Samoa total population: 73.47 years male: 70.55 years female: 76.56 years (2008 est.)
Andorra total population: 82.67 years male: 80.35 years female: 85.14 years (2008 est.)
Angola total population: 37.92 years male: 36.99 years female: 38.9 years (2008 est.)
Anguilla total population: 80.53 years male: 78.01 years female: 83.12 years (2008 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 74.25 years male: 72.33 years female: 76.26 years (2008 est.)
Argentina total population: 76.36 years male: 73.11 years female: 79.77 years (2008 est.)
Armenia total population: 72.4 years male: 68.79 years female: 76.55 years (2008 est.)
Aruba total population: 75.06 years male: 72.03 years female: 78.14 years (2008 est.)
Australia total population: 81.53 years male: 79.16 years female: 84.02 years (2008 est.)
Austria total population: 79.36 years male: 76.46 years female: 82.41 years (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 66.31 years male: 62.2 years female: 71 years (2008 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 65.72 years male: 62.5 years female: 69 years (2008 est.)
Bahrain total population: 74.92 years male: 72.41 years female: 77.5 years (2008 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 63.21 years male: 63.14 years female: 63.28 years (2008 est.)
Barbados total population: 73.21 years male: 71.2 years female: 75.24 years (2008 est.)
Belarus total population: 70.34 years male: 64.63 years female: 76.4 years (2008 est.)
Belgium total population: 79.07 years male: 75.9 years female: 82.38 years (2008 est.)
Belize total population: 68.19 years male: 66.39 years female: 70.08 years (2008 est.)
Benin total population: 58.56 years male: 57.42 years female: 59.76 years (2008 est.)
Bermuda total population: 78.3 years male: 76.15 years female: 80.48 years (2008 est.)
Bhutan total population: 65.53 years male: 64.75 years female: 66.35 years (2008 est.)
Bolivia total population: 66.53 years male: 63.86 years female: 69.33 years (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 78.33 years male: 74.74 years female: 82.19 years (2008 est.)
Botswana total population: 50.16 years male: 51.28 years female: 49.02 years (2008 est.)
Brazil total population: 71.71 years male: 68.15 years female: 75.45 years (2008 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 77.07 years male: 75.88 years female: 78.32 years (2008 est.)
Brunei total population: 75.52 years male: 73.32 years female: 77.83 years (2008 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 72.83 years male: 69.22 years female: 76.66 years (2008 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 52.55 years male: 50.67 years female: 54.49 years (2008 est.)
Burma total population: 62.94 years male: 60.73 years female: 65.28 years (2008 est.)
Burundi total population: 51.71 years male: 50.86 years female: 52.6 years (2008 est.)
Cambodia total population: 61.69 years male: 59.65 years female: 63.83 years (2008 est.)
Cameroon total population: 53.3 years male: 52.54 years female: 54.08 years (2008 est.)
Canada total population: 81.16 years male: 78.65 years female: 83.81 years (2008 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 71.33 years male: 67.99 years female: 74.76 years (2008 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 80.32 years male: 77.68 years female: 83 years (2008 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 44.22 years male: 44.14 years female: 44.29 years (2008 est.)
Chad total population: 47.43 years male: 46.4 years female: 48.5 years (2008 est.)
Chile total population: 77.15 years male: 73.88 years female: 80.59 years (2008 est.)
China total population: 73.18 years male: 71.37 years female: 75.18 years (2008 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Colombia total population: 72.54 years male: 68.71 years female: 76.5 years (2008 est.)
Comoros total population: 63.1 years male: 60.72 years female: 65.55 years (2008 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 53.98 years male: 52.22 years female: 55.8 years (2008 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 53.74 years male: 52.52 years female: 55 years (2008 est.)
Cook Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Costa Rica total population: 77.4 years male: 74.79 years female: 80.14 years (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 54.64 years male: 53.95 years female: 55.35 years (2008 est.)
Croatia total population: 75.13 years male: 71.49 years female: 78.97 years (2008 est.)
Cuba total population: 77.27 years male: 75.02 years female: 79.64 years (2008 est.)
Cyprus total population: 78.15 years male: 75.75 years female: 80.67 years (2008 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 76.62 years male: 73.34 years female: 80.08 years (2008 est.)
Denmark total population: 78.13 years male: 75.8 years female: 80.59 years (2008 est.)
Djibouti total population: 43.31 years male: 41.89 years female: 44.77 years (2008 est.)
Dominica total population: 75.33 years male: 72.39 years female: 78.41 years (2008 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 73.39 years male: 71.61 years female: 75.24 years (2008 est.)
Ecuador total population: 76.81 years male: 73.94 years female: 79.84 years (2008 est.)
Egypt total population: 71.85 years male: 69.3 years female: 74.52 years (2008 est.)
El Salvador total population: 72.06 years male: 68.45 years female: 75.84 years (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 61.23 years male: 60.36 years female: 62.13 years (2008 est.)
Eritrea total population: 61.38 years male: 59.35 years female: 63.46 years (2008 est.)
Estonia total population: 72.56 years male: 67.16 years female: 78.3 years (2008 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 54.99 years male: 52.54 years female: 57.51 years (2008 est.)
European Union total population: 77.32 years male: 74 years female: 80.84 years (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Faroe Islands total population: 79.29 years male: 76.86 years female: 81.89 years (2008 est.)
Fiji total population: 70.44 years male: 67.9 years female: 73.1 years (2008 est.)
Finland total population: 78.82 years male: 75.31 years female: 82.46 years (2008 est.)
France total population: 80.87 years male: 77.68 years female: 84.23 years (2008 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 76.51 years male: 74.07 years female: 79.08 years (2008 est.)
Gabon total population: 53.52 years male: 52.5 years female: 54.57 years (2008 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 54.95 years male: 53.06 years female: 56.9 years (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 73.16 years male: 71.6 years female: 74.83 years (2008 est.)
Georgia total population: 76.51 years male: 73.21 years female: 80.26 years (2008 est.)
Germany total population: 79.1 years male: 76.11 years female: 82.26 years (2008 est.)
Ghana total population: 59.49 years male: 58.65 years female: 60.35 years (2008 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 80.06 years male: 77.17 years female: 83.09 years (2008 est.)
Greece total population: 79.52 years male: 76.98 years female: 82.21 years (2008 est.)
Greenland total population: 69.46 years male: 66.81 years female: 72.25 years (2008 est.)
Grenada total population: 65.6 years male: 63.74 years female: 67.47 years (2008 est.)
Guam total population: 78.93 years male: 75.86 years female: 82.19 years (2008 est.)
Guatemala total population: 69.99 years male: 68.22 years female: 71.86 years (2008 est.)
Guernsey total population: 80.65 years male: 77.64 years female: 83.76 years (2008 est.)
Guinea total population: 56.58 years male: 55.12 years female: 58.08 years (2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 47.52 years male: 45.71 years female: 49.39 years (2008 est.)
Guyana total population: 66.43 years male: 63.81 years female: 69.18 years (2008 est.)
Haiti total population: 57.56 years male: 55.83 years female: 59.35 years (2008 est.)
Honduras total population: 69.37 years male: 67.81 years female: 71.01 years (2008 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 81.77 years male: 79.07 years female: 84.69 years (2008 est.)
Hungary total population: 73.18 years male: 69 years female: 77.62 years (2008 est.)
Iceland total population: 80.55 years male: 78.43 years female: 82.76 years (2008 est.)
India total population: 69.25 years male: 66.87 years female: 71.9 years (2008 est.)
Indonesia total population: 70.46 years male: 67.98 years female: 73.07 years (2008 est.)
Iran total population: 70.86 years male: 69.39 years female: 72.4 years (2008 est.)
Iraq total population: 69.62 years male: 68.32 years female: 70.99 years (2008 est.)
Ireland total population: 78.07 years male: 75.44 years female: 80.88 years (2008 est.)
Isle of Man total population: 78.8 years male: 75.46 years female: 82.32 years (2008 est.)
Israel total population: 80.61 years male: 78.54 years female: 82.79 years (2008 est.)
Italy total population: 80.07 years male: 77.13 years female: 83.2 years (2008 est.)
Jamaica total population: 73.59 years male: 71.88 years female: 75.38 years (2008 est.)
Japan total population: 82.07 years male: 78.73 years female: 85.59 years (2008 est.)
Jersey total population: 79.65 years male: 77.15 years female: 82.35 years (2008 est.)
Jordan total population: 78.71 years male: 76.19 years female: 81.39 years (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 67.55 years male: 62.24 years female: 73.16 years (2008 est.)
Kenya total population: 56.64 years male: 56.42 years female: 56.87 years (2008 est.)
Kiribati total population: 62.85 years male: 59.79 years female: 66.06 years (2008 est.)
Korea, North total population: 72.2 years male: 69.45 years female: 75.08 years (2008 est.)
Korea, South total population: 78.64 years male: 75.34 years female: 82.17 years (2008 est.)
Kuwait total population: 77.53 years male: 76.38 years female: 78.73 years (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 69.12 years male: 65.12 years female: 73.33 years (2008 est.)
Laos total population: 56.29 years male: 54.19 years female: 58.47 years (2008 est.)
Latvia total population: 71.88 years male: 66.68 years female: 77.35 years (2008 est.)
Lebanon total population: 73.41 years male: 70.91 years female: 76.04 years (2008 est.)
Lesotho total population: 40.17 years male: 40.97 years female: 39.34 years (2008 est.)
Liberia total population: 41.13 years male: 39.85 years female: 42.46 years (2008 est.)
Libya total population: 77.07 years male: 74.81 years female: 79.44 years (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 79.95 years male: 76.38 years female: 83.52 years (2008 est.)
Lithuania total population: 74.67 years male: 69.72 years female: 79.89 years (2008 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 79.18 years male: 75.91 years female: 82.67 years (2008 est.)
Macau total population: 84.33 years male: 81.36 years female: 87.45 years (2008 est.)
Macedonia total population: 74.45 years male: 71.95 years female: 77.13 years (2008 est.)
Madagascar total population: 62.52 years male: 60.58 years female: 64.51 years (2008 est.)
Malawi total population: 43.45 years male: 43.74 years female: 43.15 years (2008 est.)
Malaysia total population: 73.03 years male: 70.32 years female: 75.94 years (2008 est.)
Maldives total population: 73.72 years male: 71.55 years female: 76.01 years (2008 est.)
Mali total population: 49.94 years male: 48 years female: 51.94 years (2008 est.)
Malta total population: 79.3 years male: 77.08 years female: 81.64 years (2008 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 70.9 years male: 68.88 years female: 73.03 years (2008 est.)
Mauritania total population: 53.91 years male: 51.61 years female: 56.28 years (2008 est.)
Mauritius total population: 73.75 years male: 70.28 years female: 77.4 years (2008 est.)
Mayotte total population: 62.54 years male: 60.3 years female: 64.85 years (2008 est.)
Mexico total population: 75.84 years male: 73.05 years female: 78.78 years (2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 70.65 years male: 68.79 years female: 72.61 years (2008 est.)
Moldova total population: 70.5 years male: 66.81 years female: 74.41 years (2008 est.)
Monaco total population: 79.96 years male: 76.14 years female: 83.97 years (2008 est.)
Mongolia total population: 67.32 years male: 64.92 years female: 69.84 years (2008 est.)
Montserrat total population: 72.6 years male: 74.66 years female: 70.44 years (2008 est.)
Morocco total population: 71.52 years male: 69.16 years female: 74 years (2008 est.)
Mozambique total population: 41.04 years male: 41.62 years female: 40.44 years (2008 est.)
Namibia total population: 49.89 years male: 50.39 years female: 49.38 years (2008 est.)
Nauru total population: 63.81 years male: 60.2 years female: 67.6 years (2008 est.)
Nepal total population: 60.94 years male: 61.12 years female: 60.75 years (2008 est.)
Netherlands total population: 79.25 years male: 76.66 years female: 81.98 years (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 76.45 years male: 74.15 years female: 78.87 years (2008 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 74.75 years male: 71.76 years female: 77.88 years (2008 est.)
New Zealand total population: 80.24 years male: 78.33 years female: 82.25 years (2008 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 71.21 years male: 69.08 years female: 73.44 years (2008 est.)
Niger total population: 44.28 years male: 44.3 years female: 44.26 years (2008 est.)
Nigeria total population: 46.53 years male: 45.78 years female: 47.32 years (2008 est.)
Niue total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Norfolk Island total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 76.5 years male: 73.89 years female: 79.26 years (2008 est.)
Norway total population: 79.81 years male: 77.16 years female: 82.6 years (2008 est.)
Oman total population: 73.91 years male: 71.64 years female: 76.29 years (2008 est.)
Pakistan total population: 64.13 years male: 63.07 years female: 65.25 years (2008 est.)
Palau total population: 71 years male: 67.82 years female: 74.36 years (2008 est.)
Panama total population: 76.88 years male: 74.08 years female: 79.81 years (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 66 years male: 63.76 years female: 68.35 years (2008 est.)
Paraguay total population: 75.56 years male: 72.99 years female: 78.26 years (2008 est.)
Peru total population: 70.44 years male: 68.61 years female: 72.37 years (2008 est.)
Philippines total population: 70.8 years male: 67.89 years female: 73.85 years (2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Poland total population: 75.41 years male: 71.42 years female: 79.65 years (2008 est.)
Portugal total population: 78.04 years male: 74.78 years female: 81.53 years (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 78.58 years male: 74.64 years female: 82.73 years (2008 est.)
Qatar total population: 75.19 years male: 73.5 years female: 76.98 years (2008 est.)
Romania total population: 72.18 years male: 68.69 years female: 75.89 years (2008 est.)
Russia total population: 65.94 years male: 59.19 years female: 73.1 years (2008 est.)
Rwanda total population: 49.76 years male: 48.56 years female: 51 years (2008 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 78.27 years male: 75.36 years female: 81.33 years (2008 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 72.94 years male: 70.08 years female: 75.98 years (2008 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 76.25 years male: 73.59 years female: 79.05 years (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 78.91 years male: 76.55 years female: 81.4 years (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 74.34 years male: 72.42 years female: 76.31 years (2008 est.)
Samoa total population: 71.58 years male: 68.76 years female: 74.55 years (2008 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.88 years male: 78.43 years female: 85.64 years (2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 68 years male: 66.35 years female: 69.69 years (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 76.09 years male: 74.04 years female: 78.25 years (2008 est.)
Senegal total population: 57.08 years male: 55.7 years female: 58.5 years (2008 est.)
Serbia total population: 75.29 years male: 72.7 years female: 78.09 years (2008 est.)
Seychelles total population: 72.6 years male: 67.27 years female: 78.1 years (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 40.93 years male: 38.64 years female: 43.28 years (2008 est.)
Singapore total population: 81.89 years male: 79.29 years female: 84.68 years (2008 est.)
Slovakia total population: 75.17 years male: 71.23 years female: 79.32 years (2008 est.)
Slovenia total population: 76.73 years male: 73.04 years female: 80.66 years (2008 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 73.44 years male: 70.9 years female: 76.1 years (2008 est.)
Somalia total population: 49.25 years male: 47.43 years female: 51.12 years (2008 est.)
South Africa total population: 48.89 years male: 49.63 years female: 48.15 years (2008 est.)
Spain total population: 79.92 years male: 76.6 years female: 83.45 years (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 74.97 years male: 72.95 years female: 77.08 years (2008 est.)
Sudan total population: 50.28 years male: 49.38 years female: 51.23 years (2008 est.)
Suriname total population: 73.48 years male: 70.76 years female: 76.39 years (2008 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Swaziland total population: 31.99 years male: 31.69 years female: 32.3 years (2008 est.)
Sweden total population: 80.74 years male: 78.49 years female: 83.13 years (2008 est.)
Switzerland total population: 80.74 years male: 77.91 years female: 83.71 years (2008 est.)
Syria total population: 70.9 years male: 69.53 years female: 72.35 years (2008 est.)
Taiwan total population: 77.76 years male: 74.89 years female: 80.89 years (2008 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 64.97 years male: 61.95 years female: 68.15 years (2008 est.)
Tanzania total population: 51.45 years male: 50.06 years female: 52.88 years (2008 est.)
Thailand total population: 72.83 years male: 70.51 years female: 75.27 years (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste total population: 66.94 years male: 64.6 years female: 69.39 years (2008 est.)
Togo total population: 58.28 years male: 56.2 years female: 60.43 years (2008 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Tonga total population: 70.44 years male: 67.9 years female: 73.1 years (2008 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 67 years male: 66.07 years female: 67.98 years (2008 est.)
Tunisia total population: 75.56 years male: 73.79 years female: 77.46 years (2008 est.)
Turkey total population: 73.14 years male: 70.67 years female: 75.73 years (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 68.6 years male: 65.53 years female: 71.82 years (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 75.19 years male: 72.91 years female: 77.59 years (2008 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 68.97 years male: 66.7 years female: 71.36 years (2008 est.)
Uganda total population: 52.34 years male: 51.31 years female: 53.4 years (2008 est.)
Ukraine total population: 68.06 years male: 62.24 years female: 74.24 years (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 75.89 years male: 73.35 years female: 78.56 years (2008 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 78.85 years male: 76.37 years female: 81.46 years (2008 est.)
United States total population: 78.14 years male: 75.29 years female: 81.13 years (2008 est.)
Uruguay total population: 76.14 years male: 72.89 years female: 79.51 years (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 71.69 years male: 68.69 years female: 74.87 years (2008 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 63.61 years male: 62.04 years female: 65.27 years (2008 est.)
Venezuela total population: 73.45 years male: 70.4 years female: 76.65 years (2008 est.)
Vietnam total population: 71.33 years male: 68.52 years female: 74.33 years (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 78.92 years male: 75.9 years female: 82.11 years (2008 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
West Bank total population: 74.29 years male: 72.32 years female: 76.38 years (2008 est.)
Western Sahara total population: 53.92 years NA male: 51.64 years NA female: 56.31 years NA (2008 est.)
World total population: 66.26 years male: 64.3 years female: 68.35 years (2008 est.)
Yemen total population: 62.9 years male: 60.96 years female: 64.94 years (2008 est.)
Zambia total population: 38.59 years male: 38.49 years female: 38.7 years (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 44.28 years male: 45.08 years female: 43.46 years (2008 est.)
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@2103 Literacy (%)
Afghanistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 28.1% male: 43.1% female: 12.6% (2000 est.)
Albania definition: age 9 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.2% female: 98.3% (2001 census)
Algeria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.9% male: 79.6% female: 60.1% (2002 est.)
American Samoa definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 97% (1980 est.)
Andorra definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Angola definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.4% male: 82.9% female: 54.2% (2001 est.)
Anguilla definition: age 12 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95% (1984 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 85.8% male: NA% female: NA% (2003 est.)
Argentina definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 97.2% female: 97.2% (2001 census)
Armenia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census)
Aruba definition: NA total population: 97.3% male: 97.5% female: 97.1% (2000 census)
Australia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Austria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: NA female: NA
Azerbaijan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.2% (1999 census)
Bahamas, The definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.6% male: 94.7% female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
Bahrain definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.5% male: 88.6% female: 83.6% (2001 census)
Bangladesh definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 43.1% male: 53.9% female: 31.8% (2003 est.)
Barbados definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2002 est.)
Belarus definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.8% female: 99.4% (1999 census)
Belgium definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Belize definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.9% male: 76.7% female: 77.1% (2000 census)
Benin definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 34.7% male: 47.9% female: 23.3% (2002 census)
Bermuda definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 99% (2005 est.)
Bhutan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47% male: 60% female: 34% (2003 est.)
Bolivia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.7% male: 93.1% female: 80.7% (2001 census)
Bosnia and Herzegovina definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.7% male: 99% female: 94.4% (2000 est.)
Botswana definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.2% male: 80.4% female: 81.8% (2003 est.)
Brazil definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% (1991 est.) male: NA% female: NA%
Brunei definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.7% male: 95.2% female: 90.2% (2001 census)
Bulgaria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.7% female: 97.7% (2001 census)
Burkina Faso definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 21.8% male: 29.4% female: 15.2% (2003 est.)
Burma definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.9% male: 93.9% female: 86.4% (2006 est.)
Burundi definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.3% male: 67.3% female: 52.2% (2000 est.)
Cambodia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.6% male: 84.7% female: 64.1% (2004 est.)
Cameroon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.9% male: 77% female: 59.8% (2001 est.)
Canada definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Cape Verde definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.6% male: 85.8% female: 69.2% (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)
Central African Republic definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.6% male: 64.8% female: 33.5% (2000 est.)
Chad definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic total population: 25.7% male: 40.8% female: 12.8% (2000 est.)
Chile definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)
China definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.9% male: 95.1% female: 86.5% (2000 census)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.8% male: 92.9% female: 92.7% (2004 est.)
Comoros definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 56.5% male: 63.6% female: 49.3% (2003 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba total population: 67.2% male: 80.9% female: 54.1% (2001 est.)
Congo, Republic of the definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 83.8% male: 89.6% female: 78.4% (2003 est.)
Cook Islands definition: NA total population: 95% male: NA% female: NA%
Costa Rica definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.9% male: 94.7% female: 95.1% (2000 census)
Cote d'Ivoire definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.7% male: 60.8% female: 38.6% (2000 est.)
Croatia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 99.3% female: 97.1% (2001 census)
Cuba definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2002 census)
Cyprus definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.6% male: 98.9% female: 96.3% (2001 census)
Czech Republic definition: NA total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Denmark definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Djibouti definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.9% male: 78% female: 58.4% (2003 est.)
Dominica definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 94% male: 94% female: 94% (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87% male: 86.8% female: 87.2% (2002 census)
Ecuador definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92.3% female: 89.7% (2001 census)
Egypt definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 71.4% male: 83% female: 59.4% (2005 est.)
El Salvador definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 80.2% male: 82.8% female: 77.7% (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87% male: 93.4% female: 80.5% (2000 est.)
Eritrea definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.6% male: 69.9% female: 47.6% (2003 est.)
Estonia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2000 census)
Ethiopia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 42.7% male: 50.3% female: 35.1% (2003 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands NA; note - probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper
Fiji definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.7% male: 95.5% female: 91.9% (2003 est.)
Finland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.)
France definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
French Polynesia definition: age 14 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1977 est.)
Gabon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 63.2% male: 73.7% female: 53.3% (1995 est.)
Gambia, The definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 40.1% male: 47.8% female: 32.8% (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.4% male: 96.7% female: 88% (2004 est.)
Georgia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2004 est.)
Germany definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Ghana definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.9% male: 66.4% female: 49.8% (2000 census)
Gibraltar definition: NA total population: above 80% male: NA female: NA
Greece definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 97.8% female: 94.2% (2001 census)
Greenland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2001 est.)
Grenada definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: NA female: NA (2003 est.)
Guam definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1990 est.)
Guatemala definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.1% male: 75.4% female: 63.3% (2002 census)
Guernsey NA
Guinea definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 29.5% male: 42.6% female: 18.1% (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 42.4% male: 58.1% female: 27.4% (2003 est.)
Guyana definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98.8% male: 99.1% female: 98.5% (2003 est.)
Haiti definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 52.9% male: 54.8% female: 51.2% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Honduras definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 80% male: 79.8% female: 80.2% (2001 census)
Hong Kong definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 93.5% male: 96.9% female: 89.6% (2002)
Hungary definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.5% female: 99.3% (2003 est.)
Iceland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
India definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61% male: 73.4% female: 47.8% (2001 census)
Indonesia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.4% male: 94% female: 86.8% (2004 est.)
Iran definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77% male: 83.5% female: 70.4% (2002 est.)
Iraq definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.1% male: 84.1% female: 64.2% (2000 est.)
Ireland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Isle of Man NA
Israel definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.1% male: 98.5% female: 95.9% (2004 est.)
Italy definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 98.8% female: 98% (2001 census)
Jamaica definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 87.9% male: 84.1% female: 91.6% (2003 est.)
Japan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2002)
Jersey NA
Jordan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.9% male: 95.1% female: 84.7% (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.8% female: 99.3% (1999 est.)
Kenya definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7% (2003 est.)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99%
Korea, South definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.9% male: 99.2% female: 96.6% (2002)
Kuwait definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.3% male: 94.4% female: 91% (2005 census)
Kyrgyzstan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.3% female: 98.1% (1999 census)
Laos definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68.7% male: 77% female: 60.9% (2001 est.)
Latvia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2000 census)
Lebanon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.4% male: 93.1% female: 82.2% (2003 est.)
Lesotho definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.8% male: 74.5% female: 94.5% (2003 est.)
Liberia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.5% male: 73.3% female: 41.6% (2003 est.)
Libya definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82.6% male: 92.4% female: 72% (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Lithuania definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.6% female: 99.6% (2001 census)
Luxembourg definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.)
Macau definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.3% male: 95.3% female: 87.8% (2001 census)
Macedonia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: 98.2% female: 94.1% (2002 census)
Madagascar definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68.9% male: 75.5% female: 62.5% (2003 est.)
Malawi definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 62.7% male: 76.1% female: 49.8% (2003 est.)
Malaysia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.7% male: 92% female: 85.4% (2000 census)
Maldives definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.3% male: 96.2% female: 96.4% (2000 census)
Mali definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 46.4% male: 53.5% female: 39.6% (2003 est.)
Malta definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 92.8% male: 92% female: 93.6% (2003 est.)
Marshall Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.7% male: 93.6% female: 93.7% (1999)
Mauritania definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51.2% male: 59.5% female: 43.4% (2000 census)
Mauritius definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.4% male: 88.4% female: 80.5% (2000 census)
Mayotte NA
Mexico definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92.4% female: 89.6% (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89% male: 91% female: 88% (1980 est.)
Moldova definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99.7% female: 98.6% (2005 est.)
Monaco definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Mongolia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 98% female: 97.5% (2000 census)
Montserrat definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 97% male: 97% female: 97% (1970 est.)
Morocco definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 52.3% male: 65.7% female: 39.6% (2004 census)
Mozambique definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47.8% male: 63.5% female: 32.7% (2003 est.)
Namibia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85% male: 86.8% female: 83.5% (2001 census)
Nauru NA
Nepal definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.6% male: 62.7% female: 34.9% (2001 census)
Netherlands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.7% male: 96.7% female: 96.8% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 96.8% female: 95.5% (1996 census)
New Zealand definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Nicaragua definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.5% male: 67.2% female: 67.8% (2003 est.)
Niger definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 28.7% male: 42.9% female: 15.1% (2005 est.)
Nigeria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68% male: 75.7% female: 60.6% (2003 est.)
Niue definition: NA total population: 95% male: NA female: NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97% female: 96% (1980 est.)
Norway definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Oman definition: NA total population: 81.4% male: 86.8% female: 73.5% (2003 census)
Pakistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 49.9% male: 63% female: 36% (2005 est.)
Palau definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92% male: 93% female: 90% (1980 est.)
Panama definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 92.5% female: 91.2% (2000 census)
Papua New Guinea definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.3% male: 63.4% female: 50.9% (2000 census)
Paraguay definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94% male: 94.9% female: 93% (2003 est.)
Peru definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.7% male: 93.5% female: 82.1% (2004 est.)
Philippines definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.6% male: 92.5% female: 92.7% (2000 census)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
Portugal definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.3% male: 95.5% female: 91.3% (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.1% male: 93.9% female: 94.4% (2002 est.)
Qatar definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89% male: 89.1% female: 88.6% (2004 census)
Romania definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.3% male: 98.4% female: 96.3% (2002 census)
Russia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2002 census)
Rwanda definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.4% male: 76.3% female: 64.7% (2003 est.)
Saint Helena definition: age 20 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97% female: 98% (1987 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 97.8% male: NA% female: NA% (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 90.1% male: 89.5% female: 90.6% (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1982 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 96% male: 96% female: 96% (1970 est.)
Samoa definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.6% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
San Marino definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 97% female: 95%
Sao Tome and Principe definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.9% male: 92.2% female: 77.9% (2001 census)
Saudi Arabia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 78.8% male: 84.7% female: 70.8% (2003 est.)
Senegal definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 39.3% male: 51.1% female: 29.2% (2002 est.)
Serbia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.4% male: 98.9% female: 94.1% (2003 census) note: includes Montenegro
Seychelles definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.8% male: 91.4% female: 92.3% (2002 census)
Sierra Leone definition: age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic total population: 35.1% male: 46.9% female: 24.4% (2004 est.)
Singapore definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.5% male: 96.6% female: 88.6% (2000 census)
Slovakia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2001 est.)
Slovenia definition: NA total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.6%
Solomon Islands NA
Somalia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 37.8% male: 49.7% female: 25.8% (2001 est.)
South Africa definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.4% male: 87% female: 85.7% (2003 est.)
Spain definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.9% male: 98.7% female: 97.2% (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.7% male: 92.3% female: 89.1% (2001 census)
Sudan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.1% male: 71.8% female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
Suriname definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.6% male: 92% female: 87.2% (2004 census)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.6% male: 82.6% female: 80.8% (2003 est.)
Sweden definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Switzerland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Syria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.6% male: 86% female: 73.6% (2004 census)
Taiwan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: NA female: NA (2003)
Tajikistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2000 census)
Tanzania definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic total population: 69.4% male: 77.5% female: 62.2% (2002 census)
Thailand definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.6% male: 94.9% female: 90.5% (2000 census)
Timor-Leste definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.6% male: NA female: NA (2002)
Togo definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 60.9% male: 75.4% female: 46.9% (2003 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 98.9% male: 98.8% female: 99% (1999 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 99.1% female: 98% (2003 est.)
Tunisia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.3% male: 83.4% female: 65.3% (2004 census)
Turkey definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.4% male: 95.3% female: 79.6% (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.3% female: 98.3% (1999 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98% male: 99% female: 98% (1970 est.)
Tuvalu NA
Uganda definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.8% male: 76.8% female: 57.7% (2002 census)
Ukraine definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census)
United Arab Emirates definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77.9% male: 76.1% female: 81.7% (2003 est.)
United Kingdom definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
United States definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Uruguay definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 97.6% female: 98.4% (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.3% male: 99.6% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Vanuatu definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74% male: NA female: NA (1999 census)
Venezuela definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93% male: 93.3% female: 92.7% (2001 census)
Vietnam definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.3% male: 93.9% female: 86.9% (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90-95% est. male: NA% female: NA% (2005 est.)
Wallis and Futuna definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50% male: 50% female: 50% (1969 est.)
West Bank definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.4% male: 96.7% female: 88% (2004 est.)
Western Sahara NA
World definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82% male: 87% female: 77% note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Egypt); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, South and West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)
Yemen definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50.2% male: 70.5% female: 30% (2003 est.)
Zambia definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 80.6% male: 86.8% female: 74.8% (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 90.7% male: 94.2% female: 87.2% (2003 est.)
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Afghanistan males age 16-49: 7,431,147 females age 16-49: 7,004,819 (2008 est.)
Albania males age 16-49: 944,592 females age 16-49: 908,527 (2008 est.)
Algeria males age 16-49: 9,736,757 females age 16-49: 9,590,978 (2008 est.)
Andorra males age 16-49: 18,685 (2008 est.)
Angola males age 16-49: 2,856,492 females age 16-49: 2,755,864 (2008 est.)
Anguilla males age 16-49: 3,538 (2008 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda males age 16-49: 19,560 females age 16-49: 18,977 (2008 est.)
Argentina males age 16-49: 10,029,488 females age 16-49: 9,889,002 (2008 est.)
Armenia males age 16-49: 809,576 females age 16-49: 870,864 (2008 est.)
Aruba males age 16-49: 24,585 females age 16-49: 25,742 (2008 est.)
Australia males age 16-49: 4,999,988 females age 16-49: 4,870,043 (2008 est.)
Austria males age 16-49: 1,986,411 females age 16-49: 1,944,834 (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan males age 16-49: 2,278,888 females age 16-49: 2,291,770 (2008 est.)
Bahamas, The males age 16-49: 80,200 (2008 est.)
Bahrain males age 16-49: 210,938 females age 16-49: 170,471 (2008 est.)
Bangladesh males age 16-49: 41,199,340 (2008 est.)
Barbados males age 16-49: 75,265 females age 16-49: 75,389 (2008 est.)
Belarus males age 16-49: 2,491,643 females age 16-49: 2,528,779 (2008 est.)
Belgium males age 16-49: 2,407,128 females age 16-49: 2,340,039 (2008 est.)
Belize males age 16-49: 74,605 females age 16-49: 72,926 (2008 est.)
Benin males age 16-49: 1,908,457 females age 16-49: 1,882,421 (2008 est.)
Bermuda males age 16-49: 15,623 (2008 est.)
Bhutan males age 16-49: 190,104 females age 16-49: 167,289 (2008 est.)
Bolivia males age 16-49: 2,295,746 females age 16-49: 2,366,828 (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina males age 16-49: 1,212,007 females age 16-49: 1,170,645 (2008 est.)
Botswana males age 16-49: 487,853 females age 16-49: 464,278 (2008 est.)
Brazil males age 16-49: 52,449,957 females age 16-49: 52,375,921 (2008 est.)
British Virgin Islands males age 16-49: 7,101 (2008 est.)
Brunei males age 16-49: 108,356 females age 16-49: 110,153 (2008 est.)
Bulgaria males age 16-49: 1,701,979 females age 16-49: 1,691,092 (2008 est.)
Burkina Faso males age 16-49: 3,364,288 (2008 est.)
Burma males age 16-49: 13,402,788 females age 16-49: 13,437,042 (2008 est.)
Burundi males age 16-49: 1,878,544 females age 16-49: 1,851,676 (2008 est.)
Cambodia males age 16-49: 3,759,034 females age 16-49: 3,784,333 (2008 est.)
Cameroon males age 16-49: 4,321,175 females age 16-49: 4,228,625 (2008 est.)
Canada males age 16-49: 8,072,010 females age 16-49: 7,813,462 (2008 est.)
Cape Verde males age 16-49: 103,650 females age 16-49: 103,553 (2008 est.)
Cayman Islands males age 16-49: 11,790 (2008 est.)
Central African Republic males age 16-49: 1,032,828 females age 16-49: 999,330 (2008 est.)
Chad males age 16-49: 1,906,545 females age 16-49: 2,258,758 (2008 est.)
Chile males age 16-49: 4,242,912 females age 16-49: 4,182,509 (2008 est.)
China males age 16-49: 375,009,345 females age 16-49: 354,314,328 (2008 est.)
Colombia males age 16-49: 11,478,109 females age 16-49: 11,809,279 (2008 est.)
Comoros males age 16-49: 167,850 females age 16-49: 167,362 (2008 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the males age 16-49: 14,101,263 (2008 est.)
Congo, Republic of the males age 16-49: 842,771 females age 16-49: 833,624 (2008 est.)
Costa Rica males age 16-49: 1,134,205 females age 16-49: 1,095,763 (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire males age 16-49: 4,369,735 females age 16-49: 4,287,042 (2008 est.)
Croatia males age 16-49: 1,035,712 females age 16-49: 1,037,896 (2008 est.)
Cuba males age 16-49: 3,094,388 females age 16-49: 3,024,876 (2008 est.)
Cyprus Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG): males age 16-49: 199,767 females age 16-49: 190,665 (2008 est.)
Czech Republic males age 16-49: 2,522,383 females age 16-49: 2,425,095 (2008 est.)
Denmark males age 16-49: 1,235,067 females age 16-49: 1,215,418 (2008 est.)
Djibouti males age 16-49: 111,274 females age 16-49: 105,168 (2008 est.)
Dominica males age 16-49: 18,584 (2008 est.)
Dominican Republic males age 16-49: 2,440,203 females age 16-49: 2,326,694 (2008 est.)
Ecuador males age 16-49: 3,536,602 females age 16-49: 3,559,188 (2008 est.)
Egypt males age 16-49: 21,247,777 females age 16-49: 20,406,408 (2008 est.)
El Salvador males age 16-49: 1,634,816 females age 16-49: 1,775,474 (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea males age 16-49: 136,725 females age 16-49: 138,018 (2008 est.)
Eritrea males age 16-49: 1,108,836 females age 16-49: 1,096,120 (2008 est.)
Estonia males age 16-49: 306,273 females age 16-49: 317,852 (2008 est.)
Ethiopia males age 16-49: 17,666,967 females age 16-49: 17,530,211 (2008 est.)
Faroe Islands males age 16-49: 11,725 (2008 est.)
Fiji males age 16-49: 242,567 females age 16-49: 238,556 (2008 est.)
Finland males age 16-49: 1,169,910 females age 16-49: 1,121,187 (2008 est.)
France males age 16-49: 14,646,427 females age 16-49: 14,379,630 (2008 est.)
French Polynesia males age 16-49: 79,540 (2008 est.)
Gabon males age 16-49: 331,181 females age 16-49: 332,498 (2008 est.)
Gambia, The males age 16-49: 379,668 females age 16-49: 384,438 (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip males age 16-49: 337,670 (2008 est.)
Georgia males age 16-49: 1,113,251 females age 16-49: 1,168,021 (2008 est.)
Germany males age 16-49: 19,594,118 females age 16-49: 18,543,955 (2008 est.)
Ghana males age 16-49: 5,802,096 females age 16-49: 5,729,939 (2008 est.)
Gibraltar males age 16-49: 6,308 (2008 est.)
Greece males age 16-49: 2,535,174 females age 16-49: 2,517,273 (2008 est.)
Greenland males age 16-49: 15,221 (2008 est.)
Grenada males age 16-49: 27,309 (2008 est.)
Guatemala males age 16-49: 2,861,696 females age 16-49: 3,062,967 (2008 est.)
Guinea males age 16-49: 2,230,049 females age 16-49: 2,193,236 (2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau males age 16-49: 344,087 females age 16-49: 347,886 (2008 est.)
Guyana males age 16-49: 220,797 (2008 est.)
Haiti males age 16-49: 2,047,083 females age 16-49: 2,047,953 (2008 est.)
Honduras males age 16-49: 1,868,940 females age 16-49: 1,825,770 (2008 est.)
Hong Kong males age 16-49: 1,772,820 females age 16-49: 1,941,448 (2008 est.)
Hungary males age 16-49: 2,391,400 females age 16-49: 2,337,240 (2008 est.)
Iceland males age 16-49: 74,896 (2008 est.)
India males age 16-49: 301,094,084 females age 16-49: 283,047,141 (2008 est.)
Indonesia males age 16-49: 63,800,825 females age 16-49: 61,729,717 (2008 est.)
Iran males age 16-49: 20,212,275 females age 16-49: 19,638,751 (2008 est.)
Iraq males age 16-49: 7,086,200 females age 16-49: 6,808,954 (2008 est.)
Ireland males age 16-49: 1,024,635 females age 16-49: 1,024,276 (2008 est.)
Israel males age 16-49: 1,717,362 females age 16-49: 1,636,574 (2008 est.)
Italy males age 16-49: 13,884,079 females age 16-49: 13,158,378 (2008 est.)
Jamaica males age 16-49: 688,480 females age 16-49: 709,548 (2008 est.)
Japan males age 16-49: 27,819,804 females age 16-49: 26,863,794 (2008 est.)
Jordan males age 16-49: 1,812,551 females age 16-49: 1,559,155 (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan males age 16-49: 4,176,731 females age 16-49: 4,219,636 (2008 est.)
Kenya males age 16-49: 9,044,685 females age 16-49: 8,805,736 (2008 est.)
Kiribati males age 16-49: 26,377 (2008 est.)
Korea, North males age 16-49: 6,225,747 females age 16-49: 6,188,270 (2008 est.)
Korea, South males age 16-49: 13,691,809 females age 16-49: 13,029,859 (2008 est.)
Kuwait males age 16-49: 1,032,408 females age 16-49: 568,657 (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan males age 16-49: 1,398,878 females age 16-49: 1,419,374 (2008 est.)
Laos males age 16-49: 1,549,774 females age 16-49: 1,570,702 (2008 est.)
Latvia males age 16-49: 568,683 females age 16-49: 565,826 (2008 est.)
Lebanon males age 16-49: 1,106,879 females age 16-49: 1,122,595 (2008 est.)
Lesotho males age 16-49: 525,203 females age 16-49: 522,485 (2008 est.)
Liberia males age 16-49: 729,813 females age 16-49: 741,223 (2008 est.)
Libya males age 16-49: 1,682,183 females age 16-49: 1,611,001 (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein males age 16-49: 8,102 (2008 est.)
Lithuania males age 16-49: 915,187 females age 16-49: 906,097 (2008 est.)
Luxembourg males age 16-49: 116,305 females age 16-49: 114,566 (2008 est.)
Macau males age 16-49: 121,825 (2008 est.)
Macedonia males age 16-49: 532,856 females age 16-49: 513,684 (2008 est.)
Madagascar males age 16-49: 4,443,341 females age 16-49: 4,441,124 (2008 est.)
Malawi males age 16-49: 3,050,444 (2008 est.)
Malaysia males age 16-49: 6,440,338 females age 16-49: 6,280,826 (2008 est.)
Maldives males age 16-49: 89,505 females age 16-49: 85,745 (2008 est.)
Mali males age 16-49: 2,603,700 females age 16-49: 2,441,776 (2008 est.)
Malta males age 16-49: 96,309 females age 16-49: 92,242 (2008 est.) |
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