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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.)

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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

Tuvalu no regular military forces; Police Force (includes Maritime Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance operations)

Uganda Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (including Army, Marine unit, Air Wing)

Ukraine Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Interior Troops, Border Troops

United Arab Emirates Army, Navy (including Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force, Air Defense, paramilitary forces (includes Federal Police Force)

United Kingdom Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), Royal Air Force

United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard (Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy)

Uruguay Army, Navy (including Naval Air Arm, Coast Guard, Marines), Air Force, Police (Coracero Guard, Grenadier Guard)

Uzbekistan Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard, Security Forces (internal security and border troops)

Vanuatu no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF; including the paramilitary Mobile Force or VMF)

Venezuela National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN) includes Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada - including marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation or National Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or Guardia Nacional)

Vietnam People's Army of Vietnam (includes Ground Forces, People's Navy Command [including Naval Infantry], Air and Air Defense Force, Coast Guard)

Yemen Army (includes Special Forces, established in 1999), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard

Zambia Army, Air Force, Police, paramilitary forces

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)

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Afghanistan revenues: $200 million expenditures: $550 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 plan est.)

Albania revenues: $697 million expenditures: $1.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $368 million (2002 est.)

Algeria revenues: $20.3 billion expenditures: $18.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.8 billion (2001 est.)

American Samoa revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants) expenditures: $127 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97)

Andorra revenues: $385 million expenditures: $342 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)

Angola revenues: $928 million expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $963 million (1992 est.)

Anguilla revenues: $22.8 million expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda revenues: $123.7 million expenditures: $145.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Argentina revenues: $44 billion expenditures: $48 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Armenia revenues: $402 million expenditures: $482 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Aruba revenues: $135.81 million expenditures: $147 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)

Australia revenues: $86.8 billion expenditures: $84.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)

Austria revenues: $53 billion expenditures: $54 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan revenues: $786 million expenditures: $807 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Bahamas, The revenues: $918.5 million expenditures: $956.5 million, including capital expenditures of $106.7 million (FY 99/00)

Bahrain revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $700 million (2002 est.)

Bangladesh revenues: $4.9 billion expenditures: $6.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99/00 est.)

Barbados revenues: $847 million (including grants) expenditures: $886 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Belarus revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $180 million (1997 est.)

Belgium revenues: $113.4 billion expenditures: $106 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.17 billion (2000)

Belize revenues: $224 million expenditures: $209 million, including capital expenditures of $70 million (2002 est.)

Benin revenues: $377.4 million expenditures: $561.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)

Bermuda revenues: $609.5 million expenditures: $574.6 million, including capital expenditures of $54.8 million (FY 00/01)

Bhutan revenues: $146 million expenditures: $152 million, including capital expenditures of NA note: the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of Bhutan's budget expenditures (FY95/96 est.)

Bolivia revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)

Botswana revenues: $2.3 billion expenditures: $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 01/02)

Brazil revenues: $100.6 billion expenditures: $91.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)

British Virgin Islands revenues: $121.5 million expenditures: $115.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)

Brunei revenues: $2.5 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.35 billion (1997 est.)

Bulgaria revenues: $5.57 billion expenditures: $5.68 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Burkina Faso revenues: $316 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)

Burma revenues: $7.9 billion expenditures: $12.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.7 billion (FY96/97)

Burundi revenues: $125 million expenditures: $176 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Cambodia revenues: $396 million expenditures: $607 million, including capital expenditures of $254 million (2001 est.)

Cameroon revenues: $2.2 billion expenditures: $2.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)

Canada revenues: $178.6 billion expenditures: $161.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)

Cape Verde revenues: $112 million expenditures: $198 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)

Cayman Islands revenues: $265.2 million expenditures: $248.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)

Central African Republic revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Chad revenues: $198 million expenditures: $218 million, including capital expenditures of $146 million (1998 est.)

Chile revenues: $17 billion expenditures: $17 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

China revenues: $224.8 billion expenditures: $267.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)

Christmas Island revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Colombia revenues: $24 billion expenditures: $25.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Comoros revenues: $27.6 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the revenues: $269 million expenditures: $244 million, including capital expenditures of $24 million (1996 est.)

Congo, Republic of the revenues: $870 million expenditures: $970 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)

Cook Islands revenues: $28 million expenditures: $27 million, including capital expenditures of $3.3 million (FY 00/01 est.)

Costa Rica revenues: $1.91 billion expenditures: $2.35 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire revenues: $1.72 billion expenditures: $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $420 million (2001 est.)

Croatia revenues: $8.6 billion expenditures: $9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Cuba revenues: $14.9 billion expenditures: $15.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Cyprus revenues: Greek Cypriot area - $4.4 billion, Turkish Cypriot area - $231.3 million (2002 est.) expenditures: $3.7 billion, Greek Cypriot area - $539 million, including capital expenditures of $539 million, Turkish Cypriot area - $432.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Czech Republic revenues: $16.7 billion expenditures: $18 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Denmark revenues: $52.9 billion expenditures: $51.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $500 million (2001 est.)

Djibouti revenues: $135 million expenditures: $182 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)

Dominica revenues: $73.9 million expenditures: $84.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)

Dominican Republic revenues: $2.9 billion expenditures: $3.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2001 est.)

East Timor revenues: $36 million expenditures: $97 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)

Ecuador revenues: $5.6 billion expenditures: planned $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Egypt revenues: $21.5 billion expenditures: $26.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.9 billion (2001)

El Salvador revenues: $2.1 billion expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea revenues: $200 million expenditures: $158 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Eritrea revenues: $206.4 million expenditures: $615.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Estonia revenues: $1.89 billion expenditures: $1.89 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Ethiopia revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $600 million (2002 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) revenues: $66.2 million expenditures: $67.9 million, including capital expenditures of $23.2 million (FY98/99 est.)

Faroe Islands revenues: $488 million expenditures: $484 million, including capital expenditures of $21 million (1999)

Fiji revenues: $427.9 million expenditures: $531.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Finland revenues: $36.1 billion expenditures: $31 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

France revenues: $286 billion expenditures: $330 billion, including capital expenditures of $23 billion (2002 est.)

French Guiana revenues: $225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)

French Polynesia revenues: $1 billion expenditures: $900 million, including capital expenditures of $185 million (1996)

Gabon revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $1.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $310 million (2002 est.)

Gambia, The revenues: $90.5 million expenditures: $80.9 million, including capital expenditures of $4.1 million (2001 est.)

Gaza Strip revenues: $930 million expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $15 million (includes West Bank) (2000 est.)

Georgia revenues: $499 million expenditures: $554 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Germany revenues: $802 billion expenditures: $825 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Ghana revenues: $1.603 billion expenditures: $1.975 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Gibraltar revenues: $307 million expenditures: $284 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)

Greece revenues: $45 billion expenditures: $47.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Greenland revenues: $646 million expenditures: $629 million, including capital expenditures of $85 million (1999)

Grenada revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)

Guadeloupe revenues: $225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)

Guam revenues: $340 million expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Guatemala revenues: $2.3 billion expenditures: $2.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $750 million (2002 est.)

Guernsey revenues: $381.3 million expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Guinea revenues: $395.7 million expenditures: $472.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA million (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Guyana revenues: $227 million expenditures: $235.2 million, including capital expenditures of $93.4 million (2000)

Haiti revenues: $273 million expenditures: $361 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City) revenues: $173.5 million expenditures: $176.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)

Honduras revenues: $607 million expenditures: $411.9 million, including capital expenditures of $106 million (1999 est.)

Hong Kong revenues: $22.8 billion expenditures: $30.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY02/03)

Hungary revenues: $13 billion expenditures: $14.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Iceland revenues: $3.5 billion expenditures: $3.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $467 million (1999)

India revenues: $48.3 billion expenditures: $78.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $14 (FY01/02 est.)

Indonesia revenues: $26 billion expenditures: $30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Iran revenues: $29.5 billion expenditures: $31.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Iraq revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Ireland revenues: $30.7 billion expenditures: $30.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2002)

Israel revenues: $38.5 billion expenditures: $45.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Italy revenues: $504 billion expenditures: $517 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Jamaica revenues: $2.23 billion expenditures: $2.56 billion, including capital expenditures of $232.5 million (FY 99/00 est.)

Japan revenues: $441 billion expenditures: $718 billion, including capital expenditures (public works only) of about $0 NA (FY 01/02 est.)

Jersey revenues: $601 million expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98 million (2000 est.)

Jordan revenues: $2.7 billion expenditures: $3 billion, including capital expenditures of $614 million (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan revenues: $4.2 billion expenditures: $5.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Kenya revenues: $2.91 billion expenditures: $2.97 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Kiribati revenues: $28.4 million expenditures: $37.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Korea, North revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Korea, South revenues: $118.1 billion expenditures: $95.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $22.6 billion (2000)

Kuwait revenues: $11 billion expenditures: $17.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 02/03)

Kyrgyzstan revenues: $207.4 million expenditures: $238.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)

Laos revenues: $211 million expenditures: $462 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est. est.)

Latvia revenues: $2.4 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Lebanon revenues: $3.1 billion expenditures: $5.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Lesotho revenues: $76 million expenditures: $80 million, including capital expenditures of $15 million (FY 99/00 est.)

Liberia revenues: $85.4 million expenditures: $90.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Libya revenues: $13.7 billion expenditures: $8.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Liechtenstein revenues: $424.2 million expenditures: $414.1 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Lithuania revenues: $1.59 billion expenditures: $1.77 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Luxembourg revenues: $5.5 billion expenditures: $5.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $760 million (2002 est.)

Macau revenues: $1.41 billion expenditures: $1.19 billion, including capital expenditures of $194 million (2002)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of revenues: $1.13 billion expenditures: $1.02 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Madagascar revenues: $553 million expenditures: $735 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Malawi revenues: $490 million expenditures: $523 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 99/00 est.)

Malaysia revenues: $20.3 billion expenditures: $27.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $9.4 billion (2001 est.)

Maldives revenues: $224 million (excluding foreign grants) expenditures: $282 million, including capital expenditures of $80 million (2002 est.)

Mali revenues: $764 million expenditures: $828 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Malta revenues: $1.5 billion expenditures: $1.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)

Man, Isle of revenues: $485 million expenditures: $463 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.)

Marshall Islands revenues: $42 million expenditures: $40 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999)

Martinique revenues: $900 million expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $140 million (1996)

Mauritania revenues: $421 million expenditures: $378 million, including capital expenditures of $154 million (2002 est.)

Mauritius revenues: $1.1 billion expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)

Mayotte revenues: $NA expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1991 est.)

Mexico revenues: $136 billion expenditures: $140 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of revenues: $161 million ($69 million less grants) expenditures: $160 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Moldova revenues: $536 million expenditures: $594 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Monaco revenues: $518 million expenditures: $531 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995)

Mongolia revenues: $386 million expenditures: $427 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Montserrat revenues: $31.4 million expenditures: $31.6 million, including capital expenditures of $8.4 million (1997 est.)

Morocco revenues: $13.8 billion expenditures: $14.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.1 billion (2001 est.)

Mozambique revenues: $393.1 million expenditures: $1.025 billion, including capital expenditures of $479.4 million (2001 est.)

Namibia revenues: $883 million expenditures: $950 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)

Nauru revenues: $23.4 million expenditures: $64.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 95/96)

Nepal revenues: $665 million expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 99/00 est.)

Netherlands revenues: $134 billion expenditures: $134 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles revenues: $710.8 million expenditures: $741.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)

New Caledonia revenues: $861.3 million expenditures: $735.3 million, including capital expenditures of $52 million (1996 est.)

New Zealand revenues: $29.2 billion expenditures: $31.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002)

Nicaragua revenues: $726 million expenditures: $908 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Niger revenues: $320 million - including $134 million from foreign sources expenditures: $320 million, including capital expenditures of $178 million (2002 est.)

Nigeria revenues: $3.4 billion expenditures: $3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Niue revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Norfolk Island revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 92/93)

Northern Mariana Islands revenues: $193 million expenditures: $223 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY 01/02 est.)

Norway revenues: $71.7 billion expenditures: $57.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Oman revenues: $9.2 billion expenditures: $6.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Pakistan revenues: $12.6 billion expenditures: $14.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY02/03 est.)

Palau revenues: $57.7 million expenditures: $80.8 million, including capital expenditures of $17.1 million (FY 98/99 est.)

Panama revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $471 million (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea revenues: $894 million expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $344 million (2000 est.)

Paraguay revenues: $1.3 billion expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $700 million (1999 est.)

Peru revenues: $10.4 billion expenditures: $10.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Philippines revenues: $10.9 billion expenditures: $15 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Pitcairn Islands revenues: $729,884 expenditures: $878,119, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 94/95 est.)

Poland revenues: $49.6 billion expenditures: $52.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999)

Portugal revenues: $45 billion expenditures: $48 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico revenues: $6.7 billion expenditures: $9.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 99/00)

Qatar revenues: $5 billion expenditures: $5.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.2 billion (FY 02/03 est.)

Reunion revenues: $1.26 billion expenditures: $2.62 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)

Romania revenues: $11.7 billion expenditures: $12.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)

Russia revenues: $70 billion expenditures: $62 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Rwanda revenues: $199.3 million expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Saint Helena revenues: $11.2 million expenditures: $11 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92)

Saint Kitts and Nevis revenues: $89.7 million expenditures: $128.2 million, including capital expenditures of $19.5 million (2003 est.)

Saint Lucia revenues: $141.2 million expenditures: $146.7 million, including capital expenditures of $25.1 million (2000 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon revenues: $70 million expenditures: $60 million, including capital expenditures of $24 million (1996 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines revenues: $94.6 million expenditures: $85.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Samoa revenues: $105 million expenditures: $119 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001/2002)

San Marino revenues: $400 million expenditures: $400 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe revenues: $58 million expenditures: $114 million, including capital expenditures of $54 million (1993 est.)

Saudi Arabia revenues: $46 billion expenditures: $56.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)

Senegal revenues: $1.373 billion expenditures: $1.373 billion, including capital expenditures of $357 million (2002 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro revenues: $3.9 billion expenditures: $4.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Seychelles revenues: $249 million expenditures: $262 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Sierra Leone revenues: $96 million expenditures: $351 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Singapore revenues: $27.9 billion expenditures: $19.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.4 billion (FY 00/01 est.)

Slovakia revenues: $5.2 billion expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999)

Slovenia revenues: $8.11 billion expenditures: $8.32 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)

Solomon Islands revenues: $38 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)

Somalia revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

South Africa revenues: $22.6 billion expenditures: $24.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA billion (FY 02/03)

Spain revenues: $105 billion expenditures: $109 billion, including capital expenditures of $12.8 billion (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka revenues: $2.8 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Sudan revenues: $1.6 billion expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Suriname revenues: $393 million expenditures: $403 million, including capital expenditures of $34 million (1997 est.)

Svalbard revenues: $11.5 million expenditures: $11.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Swaziland revenues: $448 million expenditures: $506.9 million, including capital expenditures of $147 million (FY 01/02)

Sweden revenues: $119 billion expenditures: $110 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Switzerland revenues: $30 billion expenditures: $30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Syria revenues: $6 billion expenditures: $7 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.6 billion (2002 est.)

Taiwan revenues: $36 billion expenditures: $36.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Tajikistan revenues: $502 million expenditures: $520 million, including capital expenditures of $86 million (2002 est.)

Tanzania revenues: $1.01 billion expenditures: $1.38 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)

Thailand revenues: $19 billion expenditures: $21 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Togo revenues: $232 million expenditures: $252 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)

Tokelau revenues: $430,830 expenditures: $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.)

Tonga revenues: $39.9 million expenditures: $52.4 million, including capital expenditures of $1.9 million (FY 99/00 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago revenues: $1.54 billion expenditures: $1.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $117.3 million (1998)

Tunisia revenues: $5.2 billion expenditures: $5.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2002 est.)

Turkey revenues: $42.4 billion expenditures: $69.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)

Turkmenistan revenues: $588.6 million expenditures: $658.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands revenues: $47 million expenditures: $33.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997-98 est.)

Tuvalu revenues: $22.5 million expenditures: $11.2 million, including capital expenditures of $4.2 million (2000 est.)

Uganda revenues: $959 million expenditures: $1.04 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.)

Ukraine revenues: $10.2 billion expenditures: $11.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

United Arab Emirates revenues: $20 billion expenditures: $22 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

United Kingdom revenues: $565 billion expenditures: $540 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 01)

United States revenues: $1.946 trillion expenditures: $2.052 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.)

Uruguay revenues: $3.7 billion expenditures: $4.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $500 million (2000)

Uzbekistan revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)

Vanuatu revenues: $94.4 million expenditures: $99.8 million, including capital expenditures of $30.4 million (1996 est.)

Venezuela revenues: $21.5 billion expenditures: $27 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Vietnam revenues: $5.3 billion expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.8 billion (1999 est.)

Virgin Islands revenues: $364.4 million expenditures: $364.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1990 est.)

Wallis and Futuna revenues: $20 million expenditures: $17 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

West Bank revenues: $930 million expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $15 million note: includes Gaza Strip (2000 est.)

Western Sahara revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Yemen revenues: $3 billion expenditures: $3.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2001 est.)

Zambia revenues: $1.2 billion expenditures: $1.25 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

Zimbabwe revenues: $2.5 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)

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Afghanistan Kabul

Albania Tirana

Algeria Algiers

American Samoa Pago Pago

Andorra Andorra la Vella

Angola Luanda

Anguilla The Valley

Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's

Argentina Buenos Aires

Armenia Yerevan

Aruba Oranjestad

Australia Canberra

Austria Vienna

Azerbaijan Baku (Baki)

Bahamas, The Nassau

Bahrain Manama

Bangladesh Dhaka

Barbados Bridgetown

Belarus Minsk

Belgium Brussels

Belize Belmopan

Benin Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government

Bermuda Hamilton

Bhutan Thimphu

Bolivia La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo

Botswana Gaborone

Brazil Brasilia

British Virgin Islands Road Town

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria Sofia

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou

Burma Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)

Burundi Bujumbura

Cambodia Phnom Penh

Cameroon Yaounde

Canada Ottawa

Cape Verde Praia

Cayman Islands George Town

Central African Republic Bangui

Chad N'Djamena

Chile Santiago

China Beijing

Christmas Island The Settlement

Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island

Colombia Bogota

Comoros Moroni

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa

Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville

Cook Islands Avarua

Costa Rica San Jose

Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan

Croatia Zagreb

Cuba Havana

Cyprus Nicosia

Czech Republic Prague

Denmark Copenhagen

Djibouti Djibouti

Dominica Roseau

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo

East Timor Dili

Ecuador Quito

Egypt Cairo

El Salvador San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea Malabo

Eritrea Asmara (formerly Asmera)

Estonia Tallinn

Ethiopia Addis Ababa

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Stanley

Faroe Islands Torshavn

Fiji Suva

Finland Helsinki

France Paris

French Guiana Cayenne

French Polynesia Papeete

Gabon Libreville

Gambia, The Banjul

Georgia T'bilisi

Germany Berlin

Ghana Accra

Gibraltar Gibraltar

Greece Athens

Greenland Nuuk (Godthab)

Grenada Saint George's

Guadeloupe Basse-Terre

Guam Hagatna (Agana)

Guatemala Guatemala

Guernsey Saint Peter Port

Guinea Conakry

Guinea-Bissau Bissau

Guyana Georgetown

Haiti Port-au-Prince

Holy See (Vatican City) Vatican City

Honduras Tegucigalpa

Hungary Budapest

Iceland Reykjavik

India New Delhi

Indonesia Jakarta

Iran Tehran

Iraq Baghdad

Ireland Dublin

Israel Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv

Italy Rome

Jamaica Kingston

Japan Tokyo

Jersey Saint Helier

Jordan 'Amman

Kazakhstan Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998

Kenya Nairobi

Kiribati Tarawa

Korea, North Pyongyang

Korea, South Seoul

Kuwait Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek

Laos Vientiane

Latvia Riga

Lebanon Beirut

Lesotho Maseru

Liberia Monrovia

Libya Tripoli

Liechtenstein Vaduz

Lithuania Vilnius

Luxembourg Luxembourg

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Skopje

Madagascar Antananarivo

Malawi Lilongwe

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur

Maldives Male

Mali Bamako

Malta Valletta

Man, Isle of Douglas

Marshall Islands Majuro

Martinique Fort-de-France

Mauritania Nouakchott

Mauritius Port Louis

Mayotte Mamoutzou

Mexico Mexico (Distrito Federal)

Micronesia, Federated States of Palikir

Moldova Chisinau

Monaco Monaco

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar

Montserrat Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat)

Morocco Rabat

Mozambique Maputo

Namibia Windhoek

Nauru no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Nepal Kathmandu

Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government

Netherlands Antilles Willemstad

New Caledonia Noumea

New Zealand Wellington

Nicaragua Managua

Niger Niamey

Nigeria Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja

Niue Alofi

Norfolk Island Kingston

Northern Mariana Islands Saipan

Norway Oslo

Oman Muscat

Pakistan Islamabad

Palau Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror

Panama Panama

Papua New Guinea Port Moresby

Paraguay Asuncion

Peru Lima

Philippines Manila

Pitcairn Islands Adamstown

Poland Warsaw

Portugal Lisbon

Puerto Rico San Juan

Qatar Doha

Reunion Saint-Denis

Romania Bucharest

Russia Moscow

Rwanda Kigali

Saint Helena Jamestown

Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre

Saint Lucia Castries

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown

Samoa Apia

San Marino San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia Riyadh

Senegal Dakar

Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade; note - Podgorica is the judicial capital

Seychelles Victoria

Sierra Leone Freetown

Singapore Singapore

Slovakia Bratislava

Slovenia Ljubljana

Solomon Islands Honiara

Somalia Mogadishu

South Africa Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center

Spain Madrid

Sri Lanka Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital

Sudan Khartoum

Suriname Paramaribo

Svalbard Longyearbyen

Swaziland Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital

Sweden Stockholm

Switzerland Bern

Syria Damascus

Taiwan Taipei

Tajikistan Dushanbe

Tanzania Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis

Thailand Bangkok

Togo Lome

Tokelau none; each atoll has its own administrative center

Tonga Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain

Tunisia Tunis

Turkey Ankara

Turkmenistan Ashgabat

Turks and Caicos Islands Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)

Tuvalu Funafuti

Uganda Kampala

Ukraine Kiev (Kyyiv)

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom London

United States Washington, DC

Uruguay Montevideo

Uzbekistan Tashkent (Toshkent)

Vanuatu Port-Vila

Venezuela Caracas

Vietnam Hanoi

Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie

Wallis and Futuna Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)

Western Sahara none

Yemen Sanaa

Zambia Lusaka

Zimbabwe Harare

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@2058 Imports - commodities

Afghanistan capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products

Albania machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals

Algeria capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

American Samoa materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6%

Andorra consumer goods, food, electricity

Angola machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods

Anguilla fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles

Antigua and Barbuda food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil

Argentina machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics

Armenia natural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs, diamonds

Aruba machinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs

Australia machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products

Austria machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs

Azerbaijan machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals

Bahamas, The machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals

Bahrain crude oil, machinery, chemicals

Bangladesh machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement (2000)

Barbados consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components

Belarus mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals

Belgium machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals and metal products, foodstuffs

Belize machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco

Benin foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products

Bermuda machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals

Bhutan fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice

Bolivia capital goods, raw materials and semi-manufactures, chemicals, petroleum, food

Bosnia and Herzegovina machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs

Botswana foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products

Brazil machinery, electrical, and transport equipment, chemical products, oil

British Virgin Islands building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery

Brunei machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals

Bulgaria fuels, minerals, and raw materials; machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; food, textiles

Burkina Faso capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum

Burma machinery, transport equipment, construction materials, crude oil; food products

Burundi capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs

Cambodia petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles

Cameroon machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food

Canada machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods

Cape Verde foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels

Cayman Islands foodstuffs, manufactured goods

Central African Republic food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals

Chad machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs, textiles

Chile consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food

China machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals

Christmas Island consumer goods

Cocos (Keeling) Islands foodstuffs

Colombia industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity

Comoros rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods; petroleum products, cement, transport equipment

Congo, Democratic Republic of the foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels

Congo, Republic of the capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs

Cook Islands foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods

Costa Rica raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum

Cote d'Ivoire fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs

Croatia machinery, transport and electrical equipment, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, foodstuffs

Cuba petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, intermediate goods, machinery, transport equipment; Turkish Cypriot area: food, minerals, chemicals, machinery

Czech Republic machinery and transport equipment 40%, intermediate manufactures 21%, raw materials and fuels 13%, chemicals 11% (2000)

Denmark machinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods

Djibouti foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products

Dominica manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals

Dominican Republic foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals

East Timor mainly food (2001)

Ecuador machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw materials, fuels; consumer goods

Egypt machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels

El Salvador raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity

Equatorial Guinea petroleum sector equipment, other equipment

Eritrea machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods (2000)

Estonia machinery and equipment 33.5%, chemical products 11.6%, textiles 10.3%, foodstuffs 9.4%, transportation equipment 8.9% (2001)

Ethiopia food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) fuel, food and drink, building materials, clothing

Faroe Islands machinery and transport equipment 29%, consumer goods 36%, raw materials and semi-manufactures 32%, fuels, fish and salt (1999)

Fiji manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals

Finland foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains (1999)

France machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals

French Guiana food (grains, processed meat), machinery and transport equipment, fuels and chemicals

French Polynesia fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment

Gabon machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials

Gambia, The foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment

Gaza Strip food, consumer goods, construction materials

Georgia fuels, machinery and parts, transport equipment, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals

Germany machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals

Ghana capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs

Gibraltar fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs

Greece machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals

Greenland machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, petroleum products

Grenada food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel

Guadeloupe foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials

Guam petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods

Guatemala fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity

Guernsey coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment

Guinea petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs

Guinea-Bissau foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products

Guyana manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food

Haiti food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials

Honduras machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs (2000)

Hong Kong foodstuffs, transport equipment, raw materials, semimanufactures, petroleum, plastics, machinery, electrical equipment; a large share is reexported

Hungary machinery and equipment 51.6%, other manufactures 35.3%, fuels and electricity 8.2%, food products 2.9%, raw materials 2.0% (2001)

Iceland machinery and equipment, petroleum products; foodstuffs, textiles

India crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals

Indonesia machinery and equipment; chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs

Iran industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies

Iraq food, medicine, manufactures

Ireland data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals; petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing

Israel raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods

Italy engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages and tobacco

Jamaica machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, fuel, food, chemicals, fertilizers

Japan machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials (2001)

Jersey machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals

Jordan crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, food, live animals, manufactured goods

Kazakhstan machinery and equipment 41%, metal products 28%, foodstuffs 8% (2001)

Kenya machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics

Kiribati foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel

Korea, North petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment; textiles, grain

Korea, South machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains

Kuwait food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing

Kyrgyzstan oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs

Laos machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods

Latvia machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, vehicles

Lebanon foodstuffs, electrical products, vehicles, minerals, chemicals, textiles, fuels

Lesotho food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products (2000)

Liberia fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; foodstuffs

Libya machinery, transport equipment, food, manufactured goods (1999)

Liechtenstein agricultural products, raw materials, machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles

Lithuania mineral products 21%, machinery and equipment 17%, transport equipment 11%, chemicals 9%, textiles and clothing 9%, metals 5% (2001)

Luxembourg minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods

Macau clothing, textiles, yarn, foodstuffs, fuel, automobiles, capital goods

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; food products

Madagascar capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food

Malawi food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment

Malaysia electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals (2000)

Maldives consumer goods, intermediate and capital goods, petroleum products

Mali petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles

Malta machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, and tobacco

Man, Isle of timber, fertilizers, fish

Marshall Islands foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels, beverages and tobacco

Martinique petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods

Mauritania machinery and equipment, petroleum products, capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

Mauritius manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

Mayotte food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals, chemicals

Mexico metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts

Micronesia, Federated States of food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages

Moldova mineral products and fuel 32%, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles (2000)

Mongolia machinery and equipment, fuels, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea

Montserrat machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials

Morocco crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics

Mozambique machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles

Namibia foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Nauru food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery

Nepal gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer

Netherlands machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs, clothing

Netherlands Antilles crude petroleum, food, manufactures

New Caledonia machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs

New Zealand machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics

Nicaragua machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products, consumer goods

Niger foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals

Nigeria machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals

Niue food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs

Norfolk Island NA

Northern Mariana Islands food, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products

Norway machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs

Oman machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants

Pakistan petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, chemicals, transportation equipment, edible oils, pulses, iron an steel, tea

Palau machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs

Panama capital goods, crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals (1999)

Papua New Guinea machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals

Paraguay road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery

Peru machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals

Philippines raw materials, machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals

Pitcairn Islands fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs

Poland machinery and transport equipment 38.2%, intermediate manufactured goods 20.8%, chemicals 14.3%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 9.5% (1999)

Portugal machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, textiles, agricultural products

Puerto Rico chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products

Qatar machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals

Reunion manufactured goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products

Romania machinery and equipment 23%, fuels and minerals 12%, chemicals 9%, textile and products 19% (1999)

Russia machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, sugar, semifinished metal products

Rwanda foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material

Saint Helena food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts

Saint Kitts and Nevis machinery, manufactures, food, fuels

Saint Lucia food 23%, manufactured goods 21%, machinery and transportation equipment 19%, chemicals, fuels

Saint Pierre and Miquelon meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels

Samoa machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs

San Marino wide variety of consumer manufactures, food

Sao Tome and Principe machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products

Saudi Arabia machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles

Senegal foods and beverages, capital goods, fuels

Serbia and Montenegro machinery and transport equipment, fuels and lubricants, manufactured goods, chemicals, food and live animals, raw materials

Seychelles machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

Sierra Leone foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals (1995)

Singapore machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs

Slovakia machinery and transport equipment 37.7%, intermediate manufactured goods 18%, fuels 13%, chemicals 11%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 9.5% (1999)

Slovenia machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food

Solomon Islands food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals

Somalia manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat

South Africa machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs (2000 est.)

Spain machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods; foodstuffs, consumer goods (1997)

Sri Lanka textiles, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment

Sudan foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat

Suriname capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods

Swaziland motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

Sweden machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing

Switzerland machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles

Syria machinery and transport equipment 21%, food and livestock 18%, metal and metal products 15%, chemicals and chemical products 10% (2000 est.)

Taiwan machinery and electrical equipment 44.5%, minerals, precision instruments (2002)

Tajikistan electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs

Tanzania consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil

Thailand capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuels (2000)

Togo machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products

Tokelau foodstuffs, building materials, fuel

Tonga foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals

Trinidad and Tobago machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals

Tunisia textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, food

Turkey machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment

Turkmenistan machinery and equipment 60%, foodstuffs 15% (1999)

Turks and Caicos Islands food and beverages, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials

Tuvalu food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods

Uganda capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals

Ukraine energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals

United Arab Emirates machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food

United Kingdom manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs

United States crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages

Uruguay machinery, chemicals, road vehicles, crude petroleum

Uzbekistan machinery and equipment 49.8%, foodstuffs 16.4%, chemicals, metals (1998 est.)

Vanuatu machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels

Venezuela raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials

Vietnam machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles

Virgin Islands crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials

Wallis and Futuna chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods

West Bank food, consumer goods, construction materials

Western Sahara fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs

World the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services

Yemen food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Zambia machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing

Zimbabwe machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels

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@2059 Climate

Afghanistan arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Albania mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter

Algeria arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer

American Samoa tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation

Andorra temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

Angola semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)

Anguilla tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds

Antarctica severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in January along the coast and average slightly below freezing

Antigua and Barbuda tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

Arctic Ocean polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow

Argentina mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest

Armenia highland continental, hot summers, cold winters

Aruba tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

Ashmore and Cartier Islands tropical

Atlantic Ocean tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November

Australia generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north

Austria temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain in lowlands and snow in mountains; cool summers with occasional showers

Azerbaijan dry, semiarid steppe

Bahamas, The tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

Bahrain arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers

Baker Island equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Bangladesh tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)

Barbados tropical; rainy season (June to October)

Bassas da India tropical

Belarus cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime

Belgium temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy

Belize tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)

Benin tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Bermuda subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter

Bhutan varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas

Bolivia varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid

Bosnia and Herzegovina hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast

Botswana semiarid; warm winters and hot summers

Bouvet Island antarctic

Brazil mostly tropical, but temperate in south

British Indian Ocean Territory tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds

British Virgin Islands subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds

Brunei tropical; hot, humid, rainy

Bulgaria temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers

Burkina Faso tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers

Burma tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

Burundi equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; wet seasons from February to May and September to November, and dry seasons from June to August and December to January

Cambodia tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

Cameroon varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north

Canada varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north

Cape Verde temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic

Cayman Islands tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April)

Central African Republic tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers

Chad tropical in south, desert in north

Chile temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south

China extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north

Christmas Island tropical; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds

Clipperton Island tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees C, rains May-October

Cocos (Keeling) Islands tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year

Colombia tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands

Comoros tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March, dry season April to October

Congo, Republic of the tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); constantly high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator

Cook Islands tropical; moderated by trade winds

Coral Sea Islands tropical

Costa Rica tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands

Cote d'Ivoire tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)

Croatia Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast

Cuba tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)

Cyprus temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

Czech Republic temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

Denmark temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

Djibouti desert; torrid, dry

Dominica tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall

Dominican Republic tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall

East Timor tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons

Ecuador tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands

Egypt desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters

El Salvador tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands

Equatorial Guinea tropical; always hot, humid

Eritrea hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills and lowlands; rainfall heaviest during June-September except in coastal desert

Estonia maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers

Ethiopia tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation

Europa Island tropical

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) cold marine; strong westerly winds, cloudy, humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; average annual rainfall is 24 inches in Stanley; occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but does not accumulate

Faroe Islands mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy

Fiji tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation

Finland cold temperate; potentially subarctic, but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes

France generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral

French Guiana tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation

French Polynesia tropical, but moderate

French Southern and Antarctic Lands antarctic

Gabon tropical; always hot, humid

Gambia, The tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season (November to May)

Gaza Strip temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers

Georgia warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast

Germany temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm foehn wind

Ghana tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north

Gibraltar Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers

Glorioso Islands tropical

Greece temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers

Greenland arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters

Grenada tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Guadeloupe subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity

Guam tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation

Guatemala tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands

Guernsey temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast

Guinea generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

Guinea-Bissau tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

Guyana tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)

Haiti tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds

Heard Island and McDonald Islands antarctic

Holy See (Vatican City) temperate; mild, rainy winters (September to mid-May) with hot, dry summers (May to September)

Honduras subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

Hong Kong tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall

Howland Island equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Hungary temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers

Iceland temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers

India varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north

Indian Ocean northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean

Indonesia tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Iran mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast

Iraq mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq

Ireland temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time

Israel temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas

Italy predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south

Jamaica tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior

Jan Mayen arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog

Japan varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north

Jarvis Island tropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Jersey temperate; mild winters and cool summers

Johnston Atoll tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation

Jordan mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)

Juan de Nova Island tropical

Kazakhstan continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid

Kenya varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior

Kingman Reef tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds

Kiribati tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds

Korea, North temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer

Korea, South temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter

Kuwait dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters

Kyrgyzstan dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone

Laos tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)

Latvia maritime; wet, moderate winters

Lebanon Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows

Lesotho temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers

Liberia tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers

Libya Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior

Liechtenstein continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers

Lithuania transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers

Luxembourg modified continental with mild winters, cool summers

Macau subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of warm, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall

Madagascar tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south

Malawi sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)

Malaysia tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons

Maldives tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)

Mali subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February

Malta Mediterranean with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers

Man, Isle of temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time

Marshall Islands wet season from May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt

Martinique tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid

Mauritania desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty

Mauritius tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)

Mayotte tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)

Mexico varies from tropical to desert

Micronesia, Federated States of tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage

Midway Islands subtropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds

Moldova moderate winters, warm summers

Monaco Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers

Mongolia desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)

Montserrat tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation

Morocco Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior

Mozambique tropical to subtropical

Namibia desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic

Nauru tropical; monsoonal; rainy season (November to February)

Navassa Island marine, tropical

Nepal varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south

Netherlands temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters

Netherlands Antilles tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds

New Caledonia tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid

New Zealand temperate with sharp regional contrasts

Nicaragua tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands

Niger desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south

Nigeria varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north

Niue tropical; modified by southeast trade winds

Norfolk Island subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation

Northern Mariana Islands tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season July to October

Norway temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast

Oman dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south

Pacific Ocean planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December

Pakistan mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north

Palau wet season May to November; hot and humid

Palmyra Atoll equatorial, hot, and very rainy

Panama tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)

Papua New Guinea tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation

Paracel Islands tropical

Paraguay subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

Peru varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes

Philippines tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)

Pitcairn Islands tropical, hot, humid; modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March)

Poland temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers

Portugal maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south

Puerto Rico tropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperature variation

Qatar arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers

Reunion tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry from May to November, hot and rainy from November to April

Romania temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms

Russia ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast

Rwanda temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible

Saint Helena Saint Helena - tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds; Tristan da Cunha - temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)

Saint Kitts and Nevis tropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Saint Lucia tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to April, rainy season from May to August

Saint Pierre and Miquelon cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Samoa tropical; rainy season (October to March), dry season (May to October)

San Marino Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers

Sao Tome and Principe tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)

Saudi Arabia harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes

Senegal tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

Serbia and Montenegro in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion, continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland

Seychelles tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)

Sierra Leone tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)

Singapore tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon from December to March and Southwestern monsoon from June to September; inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms

Slovakia temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters

Slovenia Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east

Solomon Islands tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather

Somalia principally desert; December to February - northeast monsoon, moderate temperatures in north and very hot in south; May to October - southwest monsoon, torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons

South Africa mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow

Southern Ocean sea temperatures vary from about 10 degrees Celsius to -2 degrees Celsius; cyclonic storms travel eastward around the continent and frequently are intense because of the temperature contrast between ice and open ocean; the ocean area from about latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest average winds found anywhere on Earth; in winter the ocean freezes outward to 65 degrees south latitude in the Pacific sector and 55 degrees south latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius; at some coastal points intense persistent drainage winds from the interior keep the shoreline ice-free throughout the winter

Spain temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast

Spratly Islands tropical

Sri Lanka tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)

Sudan tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November)

Suriname tropical; moderated by trade winds

Svalbard arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year

Swaziland varies from tropical to near temperate

Sweden temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north

Switzerland temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers

Syria mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus

Taiwan tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year

Tajikistan midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

Tanzania varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands

Thailand tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid

Togo tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Tokelau tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)

Tonga tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)

Trinidad and Tobago tropical; rainy season (June to December)

Tromelin Island tropical

Tunisia temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south

Turkey temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior

Turkmenistan subtropical desert

Turks and Caicos Islands tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry

Tuvalu tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)

Uganda tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Ukraine temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south

United Arab Emirates desert; cooler in eastern mountains

United Kingdom temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast

United States mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

Uruguay warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

Uzbekistan mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east

Vanuatu tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds

Venezuela tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Vietnam tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March)

Virgin Islands subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season May to November

Wake Island tropical

Wallis and Futuna tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C

West Bank temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters

Western Sahara hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew

World two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones form a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates

Yemen mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east

Zambia tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)

Zimbabwe tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

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Afghanistan 0 km (landlocked)

Albania 362 km

Algeria 998 km

American Samoa 116 km

Andorra 0 km (landlocked)

Angola 1,600 km

Anguilla 61 km

Antarctica 17,968 km

Antigua and Barbuda 153 km

Arctic Ocean 45,389 km

Argentina 4,989 km

Armenia 0 km (landlocked)

Aruba 68.5 km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands 74.1 km

Atlantic Ocean 111,866 km

Australia 25,760 km

Austria 0 km (landlocked)

Azerbaijan 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (800 km, est.)

Bahamas, The 3,542 km

Bahrain 161 km

Baker Island 4.8 km

Bangladesh 580 km

Barbados 97 km

Bassas da India 35.2 km

Belarus 0 km (landlocked)

Belgium 66 km

Belize 386 km

Benin 121 km

Bermuda 103 km

Bhutan 0 km (landlocked)

Bolivia 0 km (landlocked)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 km

Botswana 0 km (landlocked)

Bouvet Island 29.6 km

Brazil 7,491 km

British Indian Ocean Territory 698 km

British Virgin Islands 80 km

Brunei 161 km

Bulgaria 354 km

Burkina Faso 0 km (landlocked)

Burma 1,930 km

Burundi 0 km (landlocked)

Cambodia 443 km

Cameroon 402 km

Canada 202,080 km

Cape Verde 965 km

Cayman Islands 160 km

Central African Republic 0 km (landlocked)

Chad 0 km (landlocked)

Chile 6,435 km

China 14,500 km

Christmas Island 80 km

Clipperton Island 11.1 km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 26 km

Colombia 3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km)

Comoros 340 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37 km

Congo, Republic of the 169 km

Cook Islands 120 km

Coral Sea Islands 3,095 km

Costa Rica 1,290 km

Cote d'Ivoire 515 km

Croatia 5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)

Cuba 3,735 km