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Maldives 5 (2006)

Mali 29 (2006)

Malta 1 (2006)

Marshall Islands 15 (2006)

Martinique 2 (2006)

Mauritania 25 (2006)

Mauritius 6 (2006)

Mayotte 1 (2006)

Mexico 1,839 (2006)

Micronesia, Federated States of 6 (2006)

Midway Islands 3; note - only one operational (2006)

Moldova 12 (2006)

Mongolia 44 (2006)

Montenegro 5 (2006)

Montserrat 2 (2006)

Morocco 60 (2006)

Mozambique 158 (2006)

Namibia 137 (2006)

Nauru 1 (2006)

Nepal 48 (2006)

Netherlands 27 (2006)

Netherlands Antilles 5 (2006)

New Caledonia 25 (2006)

New Zealand 118 (2006)

Nicaragua 176 (2006)

Niger 28 (2006)

Nigeria 69 (2006)

Niue 1 (2006)

Norfolk Island 1 (2006)

Northern Mariana Islands 5 (2006)

Norway 99 (2006)

Oman 137 (2006)

Pakistan 139 (2006)

Palau 3 (2006)

Palmyra Atoll 1 (2006)

Panama 117 (2006)

Papua New Guinea 582 (2006)

Paracel Islands 1 (2006)

Paraguay 881 (2006)

Peru 268 (2006)

Philippines 256 (2006)

Poland 122 (2006)

Portugal 66 (2006)

Puerto Rico 30 (2006)

Qatar 5 (2006)

Reunion 2 (2006)

Romania 61 (2006)

Russia 1,623 (2006)

Rwanda 9 (2006)

Saint Helena 1 note: Wideawake Field on Ascension Island (2006)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 (2006)

Saint Lucia 2 (2006)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 (2006)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 (2006)

Samoa 4 (2006)

Sao Tome and Principe 2 (2006)

Saudi Arabia 208 (2006)

Senegal 20 (2006)

Serbia 39 (2006)

Seychelles 15 (2006)

Sierra Leone 10 (2006)

Singapore 9 (2006)

Slovakia 36 (2006)

Slovenia 14 (2006)

Solomon Islands 35 (2006)

Somalia 65 (2006)

South Africa 731 (2006)

Spain 157 (2006)

Spratly Islands 3 (2006)

Sri Lanka 16 (2006)

Sudan 88 (2006)

Suriname 47 (2006)

Svalbard 4 (2006)

Swaziland 18 (2006)

Sweden 255 (2006)

Switzerland 65 (2006)

Syria 92 (2006)

Taiwan 42 (2006)

Tajikistan 40 (2006)

Tanzania 124 (2006)

Thailand 108 (2006)

Togo 9 (2006)

Tonga 6 (2006)

Trinidad and Tobago 6 (2006)

Tromelin Island 1 (2006)

Tunisia 30 (2006)

Turkey 117 (2006)

Turkmenistan 29 (2006)

Turks and Caicos Islands 8 (2006)

Tuvalu 1 (2006)

Uganda 31 (2006)

Ukraine 499 (2006)

United Arab Emirates 37 (2006)

United Kingdom 471 (2006)

United States 14,858 (2006)

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Baker Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable Johnston Atoll: 1 - closed and not maintained Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 Midway Islands: 3 - one operational (2,409 m paved); no fuel for sale except emergencies Palmyra Atoll: 1 - 1,846 m unpaved runway; privately owned (2006)

Uruguay 64 (2006)

Uzbekistan 61 (2006)

Vanuatu 31 (2006)

Venezuela 375 (2006)

Vietnam 32 (2006)

Virgin Islands 2 (2006)

Wake Island 1 (2006)

Wallis and Futuna 2 (2006)

West Bank 3 (2006)

Western Sahara 11 (2006)

World 49,024 (2006)

Yemen 46 (2006)

Zambia 111 (2006)

Zimbabwe 403 (2006)

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@2054 Birth rate (births/1,000 population)

Afghanistan 46.6 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Albania 15.11 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Algeria 17.14 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

American Samoa 22.46 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Andorra 8.71 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Angola 45.11 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Anguilla 14.17 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda 16.93 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Argentina 16.73 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Armenia 12.07 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Aruba 11.03 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Australia 12.14 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Austria 8.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan 20.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Bahamas, The 17.57 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Bahrain 17.8 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Bangladesh 29.8 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Barbados 12.71 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Belarus 11.16 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Belgium 10.38 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Belize 28.84 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Benin 38.85 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Bermuda 11.4 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Bhutan 33.65 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Bolivia 23.3 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.77 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Botswana 23.08 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Brazil 16.56 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands 14.89 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Brunei 18.79 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Bulgaria 9.65 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso 45.62 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Burma 17.91 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Burundi 42.22 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Cambodia 26.9 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Cameroon 33.89 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Canada 10.78 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Cape Verde 24.87 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Cayman Islands 12.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Central African Republic 33.91 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Chad 45.73 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Chile 15.23 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

China 13.25 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Christmas Island NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA

Colombia 20.48 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Comoros 36.93 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 43.69 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the 42.57 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Cook Islands 21 births/1,000 population (2001 census)

Costa Rica 18.32 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 35.11 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Croatia 9.61 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Cuba 11.89 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Cyprus 12.56 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Czech Republic 9.02 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Denmark 11.13 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Djibouti 39.53 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Dominica 15.27 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Dominican Republic 23.22 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

East Timor 26.99 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Ecuador 22.29 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Egypt 22.94 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

El Salvador 26.61 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea 35.59 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Eritrea 34.33 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Estonia 10.04 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Ethiopia 37.98 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

European Union 10 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Faroe Islands 14.05 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Fiji 22.55 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Finland 10.45 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

France 11.99 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

French Guiana 20.46 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

French Polynesia 16.68 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Gabon 36.16 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Gambia, The 39.37 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip 39.45 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Georgia 10.41 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Germany 8.25 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Ghana 30.52 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Gibraltar 10.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Greece 9.68 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Greenland 15.93 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Grenada 22.08 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Guadeloupe 15.05 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Guam 18.79 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Guatemala 29.88 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Guernsey 8.81 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Guinea 41.76 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 37.22 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Guyana 18.28 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Haiti 36.44 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Honduras 28.24 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Hong Kong 7.29 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Hungary 9.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Iceland 13.64 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

India 22.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Indonesia 20.34 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Iran 17 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Iraq 31.98 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Ireland 14.45 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Isle of Man 11.05 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Israel 17.97 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Italy 8.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Jamaica 20.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Japan 9.37 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Jersey 9.3 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Jordan 21.25 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan 16 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Kenya 39.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Kiribati 30.65 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Korea, North 15.54 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Korea, South 10 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Kuwait 21.94 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 22.8 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Laos 35.49 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Latvia 9.24 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Lebanon 18.52 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Lesotho 24.75 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Liberia 44.77 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Libya 26.49 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein 10.21 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Lithuania 8.75 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Luxembourg 11.94 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Macau 8.48 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Macedonia 12.02 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Madagascar 41.41 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Malawi 43.13 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Malaysia 22.86 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Maldives 34.81 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Mali 49.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Malta 10.22 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands 33.05 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Martinique 13.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Mauritania 40.99 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Mauritius 15.43 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Mayotte 40.95 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Mexico 20.69 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of 24.68 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Moldova 15.7 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Monaco 9.19 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Mongolia 21.59 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Montenegro 12.6 births/1,000 population (2004)

Montserrat 17.59 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Morocco 21.98 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Mozambique 35.18 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Namibia 24.32 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Nauru 24.76 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Nepal 30.98 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Netherlands 10.9 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 14.78 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

New Caledonia 18.11 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

New Zealand 13.76 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Nicaragua 24.51 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Niger 50.73 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Nigeria 40.43 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Niue NA births/1,000 population

Norfolk Island NA

Northern Mariana Islands 19.43 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Norway 11.46 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Oman 36.24 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Pakistan 29.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Palau 18.03 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Panama 21.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea 29.36 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Paraguay 29.1 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Peru 20.48 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Philippines 24.89 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Pitcairn Islands NA

Poland 9.85 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Portugal 10.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico 12.77 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Qatar 15.56 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Reunion 18.9 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Romania 10.7 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Russia 9.95 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Rwanda 40.37 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Saint Helena 12.13 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.02 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Saint Lucia 19.68 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 13.52 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.18 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Samoa 16.43 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

San Marino 10.02 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe 40.25 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Saudi Arabia 29.34 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Senegal 32.78 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Seychelles 16.03 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone 45.76 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Singapore 9.34 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Slovakia 10.65 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Slovenia 8.98 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands 30.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Somalia 45.13 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

South Africa 18.2 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Spain 10.06 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka 15.51 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sudan 34.53 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Suriname 18.02 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Svalbard NA births/1,000 population

Swaziland 27.41 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sweden 10.27 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Switzerland 9.71 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Syria 27.76 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Taiwan 12.56 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Tajikistan 32.65 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Tanzania 37.71 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Thailand 13.87 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Togo 37.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Tokelau NA

Tonga 25.37 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago 12.9 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Tunisia 15.52 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Turkey 16.62 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan 27.61 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 21.84 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Tuvalu 22.18 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Uganda 47.35 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Ukraine 8.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates 18.96 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

United Kingdom 10.71 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

United States 14.14 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Uruguay 13.91 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan 26.36 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Vanuatu 22.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Venezuela 18.71 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Vietnam 16.86 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands 13.96 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Wallis and Futuna NA births/1,000 population

West Bank 31.67 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Western Sahara NA births/1,000 population

World 20.05 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Yemen 42.89 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Zambia 41 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe 28.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

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@2055 Military branches

Afghanistan Afghan National Army (includes Afghan Air Force) (2006)

Albania General Staff Headquarters, Land Forces Command (Army), Naval Forces Command, Air Defense Command, Logistics Command, Training and Doctrine Command

Algeria National Popular Army (ANP; includes Land Forces), Algerian National Navy (MRA), Air Force (QJJ), Territorial Air Defense Force (2005)

Andorra no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra

Angola Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Air and Air Defense Forces (FANA) (2006)

Antigua and Barbuda Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (2006)

Argentina Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) (2005)

Armenia Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force (NKSDF), Air Force, Air Defense Force (2006)

Aruba no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Netherlands Navy and Marines, Coast Guard

Australia Australian Defense Force (ADF): Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, Special Operations Command

Austria Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

Azerbaijan Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces

Bahamas, The Royal Bahamian Defense Force: Marines, Air Wing (2006)

Bahrain Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Navy, Air Force, National Guard

Bangladesh Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini, BAF) (2006)

Barbados Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Coast Guard (2005)

Belarus Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2006)

Belgium Belgian Armed Forces: Land, Naval, and Air Operations Commands (2005)

Belize Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard

Benin Army, Navy, Air Force

Bermuda no regular military forces

Bhutan Royal Bhutan Army: Royal Bodyguard, Royal Bhutan Police (2005)

Bolivia Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Bolivian Navy (Armada Boliviana; includes marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2006)

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 (includes an air wing) (2006)

Brazil Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2006)

Brunei Royal Brunei Armed Forces: Royal Brunei Land Forces, Royal Brunei Navy, Royal Brunei Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei) (2005)

Bulgaria Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Force (2006)

Burkina Faso Army, Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso), National Gendarmerie (2006)

Burma Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw): Army, Navy, Air Force (2005)

Burundi National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), National Gendarmerie (being disbanded) (2006)

Cambodia Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Royal Cambodian Army, Royal Khmer Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force (2005)

Cameroon Cameroon Armed Forces: Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) (2006)

Canada Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Canada Command (homeland security) (2006)

Cape Verde People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing)

Cayman Islands no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force

Central African Republic Central African Armed Forces (FACA): Ground Forces, Military Air Service; General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), Republican Guard, National Police (2006)

Chad Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale Tchadienne, ANT), Air Force, Gendarmerie (2004)

Chile Army of the Nation, National Navy (Armada de Chile, includes naval air, marine corps, and Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine Directorate (Directemar)), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile, FACh), Chilean Carabineros (National Police) (2006)

China People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces), and II Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (PAP); Reserve and Militia Forces (2006)

Colombia Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes naval aviation, marines, and coast guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana) (2006)

Comoros Comoran Defense Force: Comoran Security Force (includes Gendarmerie and Army), Comoran Federal Police (2006)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Army, Navy, Air Force

Congo, Republic of the Congolese Armed Forces (FAC): Army, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise), Navy, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard (2005)

Cook Islands no regular military forces; Ministry of Police and Disaster Management (2005)

Costa Rica no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security, Government, and Police (2006)

Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSC): Army, Navy, Air Force (2006)

Croatia Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air and Air Defense Forces (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzrakoplovna Obrana, HRZiPZO), Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2006)

Cuba Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2005)

Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; includes air and naval elements); north Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)

Czech Republic Army of the Czech Republic (ACR): Joint Forces Command (includes air forces), Support and Training Forces Command (2006)

Denmark Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish Fleet, Tactical Air Command (2006)

Djibouti Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)

Dominica no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes coast guard)

Dominican Republic Army, Navy, Air Force

East Timor East Timor Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, FDTL): Army, Navy (Armada) (2005)

Ecuador Army, Navy (includes naval infantry, naval aviation, coast guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE)

Egypt Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command

El Salvador Salvadoran Army (ES), Salvadoran Navy (FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2006)

Equatorial Guinea Army, Navy, Air Force (2005)

Eritrea Army, Navy, Air Force

Estonia Estonian Defense Forces: Land Force, Navy, Air Force, Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2006)

Ethiopia Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) no regular military forces

Faroe Islands no regular military forces

Fiji Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval Forces (2006)

Finland Finnish Defense Forces: Army, Navy (includes coastal defense forces), Air Force (2003)

France Army (includes marines, Foreign Legion, light aviation), Navy (includes naval air), Air Force (includes air defense), National Gendarmerie

French Guiana no regular military forces; Gendarmerie

French Polynesia no regular military forces; Gendarmerie and National Police Force

Gabon Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police

Gambia, The Gambian National Army (GNA), Gambian Navy (GN), Presidential Guard, National Guard

Gaza Strip in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are, however, public security forces (2002)

Georgia Ground Forces (includes National Guard), Air and Air Defense Forces, Navy (2006)

Germany Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Service Support Command (Streitkraeftebasis), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst) (2006)

Ghana Ghanaian Army, Ghanaian Navy, Ghanaian Air Force (2006)

Gibraltar Royal Gibraltar Regiment

Greece Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2006)

Grenada no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force

Guadeloupe no regular military forces

Guatemala Army, Navy (includes marines), Air Force

Guinea Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential Guard (2006)

Guinea-Bissau People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force

Guyana Guyana Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Corps (2006)

Haiti the regular Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been demobilized but still exist on paper unless they are constitutionally abolished

Holy See (Vatican City) Pontifical Swiss Guard (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia)

Honduras Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) (2006)

Hong Kong no regular indigenous military forces; Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) includes 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; Icelandic National Police, Icelandic Coast Guard (Islenska Landhelgisgaeslan) subordinate to Ministry of Justice, Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (2006)

India Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force, Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary forces (includes Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, and Defense Security Corps)

Indonesia Indonesia Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-AL, includes marines, naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-AU) note: the TNI is directly subordinate to the president but the government is making efforts to incorporate it into the Department of Defense

Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force (Niruye Havayi Jomhuriye Islamiye Iran; includes air defense); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Qods Force (special operations), and Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army); Law Enforcement Forces (2006)

Iraq Iraqi Armed Forces: Iraqi Regular Army (includes Iraqi Special Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force), Iraqi Navy (former Iraqi Coastal Defense Force), Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air Corps) (2005)

Ireland Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps) (2006)

Israel Israel Defense Forces (IDF): Army Headquarters, Israel Navy, Israeli Air and Space Force (ISAF, includes air defense forces); historically there have been no separate Israeli military services (2005)

Italy Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI), Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri Corps (Corpo dei Carabinieri, CC) (2005)

Jamaica Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing

Japan Japanese Defense Agency (JDA): Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jietai, GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai, MSDF), Air Self-Defense Force (Nihon Koku-Jieitai, ASDF) (2006)

Jordan Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya), Special Operations Command (Socom); Public Security Directorate (normally falls under Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis situations) (2006)

Kazakhstan Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Naval Force, Republican Guard

Kenya Kenyan Army, Kenyan Navy, Kenyan Air Force (2006)

Kiribati no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts are on all islands)

Korea, North North Korean People's Army: Ground Force, Navy, Air Force; civil security forces (2005)

Korea, South Army, Navy, Republic of Korea Air Force (Han-guk Kong Goon), Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (coast guard) (2006)

Kuwait Land Forces, Kuwaiti Navy, Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya), National Guard (2006)

Kyrgyzstan Army, Air Force, National Guard (2005)

Laos Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force

Latvia Latvian Republic Defense Force: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard, Home Guard (Zemessardze) (2005)

Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army, Navy, and Air Force

Lesotho Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army and Air Wing

Liberia Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force

Libya Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army), Libyan Arab Navy, Libyan Arab Air Force (LAAF) (2006)

Lithuania Ground Forces, Naval Force, Lithuanian Military Air Forces, National Defense Volunteer Forces (2005)

Luxembourg Army

Macau no regular military forces

Macedonia Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM): Joint Operational Command, with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV), Special Force Command (2006)

Madagascar People's Armed Forces: Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie

Malawi Malawi Armed Forces: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police (includes Mobile Force Unit)

Malaysia Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) (2006)

Maldives National Security Service: Security Branch (ground forces), Air Element, Coast Guard

Mali Army, Air Force, National Guard

Malta Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime elements) (2005)

Marshall Islands no regular military forces; Marshall Islands Police

Martinique no regular military forces; Gendarmerie

Mauritania Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Air Force (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2005)

Mauritius no regular military forces; National Police Force, Special Mobile Force, National Coast Guard

Mexico Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito), Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria de Marina, Semar): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico, ARM, includes Naval Air Force (FAN) and Marines) (2006)

Micronesia, Federated States of no ministry of defense and no standing armed forces; the paramilitary Maritime Wing, a small maritime law enforcement unit, is responsible to the Division of Maritime Surveillance within the Office of the Attorney General (2003)

Moldova National Army: Ground Forces, Rapid Reaction Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)

Mongolia Mongolian People's Army (MPA), Mongolian People's Air Force (MPAF); there is no navy (2005)

Montserrat no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Police Force (2005)

Morocco Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR): Royal Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense), Navy (includes Marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force (Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine) (2006)

Mozambique Mozambique Armed Defense Forces (FADM): Mozambique Army, Mozambique Navy (Marinha Mocambique, MM), Mozambique Air Force (Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM) (2006)

Namibia Namibian Defense Force: Army, Air Wing, Navy (2006)

Nauru no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2005)

Nepal Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air Service); Nepalese Police Force

Netherlands Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police, Defense Interservice Command (DICO) (2006)

Netherlands Antilles no regular military forces; National Guard, Police Force (2005)

New Caledonia no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force

New Zealand New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force (2006)

Nicaragua Army (includes Navy, Air Force)

Niger Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, National Air Force (2005)

Nigeria Nigerian Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Niger Air Force (2006)

Niue no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force

Norway Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret, RNoN; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret, RNoAF), Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2006)

Oman Royal Omani Armed Forces: Royal Army of Oman, Royal Navy of Oman, Royal Air Force of Oman (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanat Oman, RAFO) (2006)

Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Navy (includes Marines), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) (2006)

Palau no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2006)

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 Maritime Operations Element, Air Operations Element)

Paraguay Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Marine Corps, General Naval Prefecture), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP) (2006)

Peru Peruvian Army (Ejercito Peruano), Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru; includes naval air, naval infantry, and coast guard), Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP)

Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Philippine Air Force (Hukbomg Himpapawid ng Pilipinas) (2006)

Poland Polish Armed Forces: Land Forces (includes Navy (Marynarka Wojenna, MW)), Polish Air Force (Polskie Sily Powietrzne, PSP) (2006)

Portugal Army, Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP), National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) (2005)

Puerto Rico no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary National Guard, Police Force

Qatar Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN), Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF)

Reunion no regular indigenous military forces; French forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie) (2005)

Romania Land Forces, Naval Forces, Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aerienne Romane, FAR), Special Operations (2006)

Russia Ground Forces (SV), Navy (VMF), Air Forces (VVS); Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Troops (RVSN), and Space Troops (KV) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches

Rwanda Rwandan Defense Forces: Army, Air Force

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (includes Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force

Saint Lucia no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard) (2006)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines no regular military forces; Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard (2005)

Samoa no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (2005)

San Marino no regular military forces; Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited police functions (2006)

Sao Tome and Principe Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (FASTP): Army, Coast Guard, Presidential Guard (2004)

Saudi Arabia Land Forces (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)

Senegal Army, Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2006)

Serbia Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS): Serbian Land Forces (Kopnene Vojska, KoV), Air Force and Air Defense Force (Vozduhoplostvo i Protivozduhoplovna Odbrana, ViPO), naval force to be determined (2006)

Seychelles Seychelles Defense Force: Army, Coast Guard (includes Navy Wing, Air Wing), National Guard (2005)

Sierra Leone Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): Army (includes Air Wing, Maritime Wing)

Singapore Singapore Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Republic of Singapore Air Force (includes Air Defense) (2006)

Slovakia Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily), Training and Support Forces (Vycviku a Podpory Sily) (2005)

Slovenia Slovenian Army (includes air and naval forces)

Solomon Islands no regular military forces; 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 (SANDF): South African Army, South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), Joint Operations Command, Joint Support Command, Military Intelligence, Military Health Service (2005)

Spain Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps), Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA) (2006)

Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force (2006)

Sudan Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF): Army, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Force

Suriname National Army, Naval Element, Air Wing (2006)

Swaziland Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (USDF): Ground Force (includes air wing), Royal Swaziland Police Force (RSPF) (2005)

Sweden Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army (Armen), Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen), Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet) (2006)

Switzerland Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe); Switzerland has no navy, but maintains a fleet of military patrol boats to patrol Swiss borders (2006)

Syria Syrian Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army (includes Syrian Arab Navy), Syrian Arab Air and Air Defense Force (includes Air Defense Command) (2005)

Taiwan Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command

Tajikistan Ground Troops, Air and Air Defense Troops, Mobile Troops (2005)

Tanzania Tanzanian People's Defense Force (JWTZ): Army, Naval Wing, Air Defense Command (includes air wing), National Service

Thailand Royal Thai Army (RTA), Royal Thai Navy (RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Knogtap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2006)

Togo Togolese Armed Forces (FAT): Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie (2005)

Tonga Tonga Defense Services: Land Force (Royal Guard), Naval Force (includes Royal Marines, Air Wing) (2006)

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force: Ground Force, Coast Guard (includes air wing) (2004)

Tunisia Army, Navy, Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah At'tunisia) (2006)

Turkey Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri) (2006)

Turkmenistan Ground Forces, Artillery and Rocket Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006)

Tuvalu no regular military forces; Police Force

Uganda Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF): Army, Marine Unit, Air Wing

Ukraine Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces (Viyskovo-Povitryani Syly), Air Defense Forces (2002)

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

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

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

Uruguay Army, Navy (includes naval air arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) (2006)

Uzbekistan Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard

Vanuatu no regular military forces; security forces comprise the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) and paramilitary Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF), which includes Vanuatu's naval force, known as the Police Maritime Wing (PMW); border security in Vanuatu is the joint responsibility of the Customs and Inland Revenue Service, VPF, VMF, and PMW (2003)

Venezuela National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN): Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada; includes Marines, 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 Armed Forces: People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) (includes People's Navy Command (with naval infantry, coast guard), Air and Air Defense Force (Kon Quan Nhan Dan), Border Defense Command), People's Public Security Forces, Militia Force, Self-Defense Forces (2005)

Yemen Army (includes Special Forces), Navy (includes Marines), Unified Yemen Air Force (includes Air Defense Force) (2006)

Zambia Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police, National Service

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (2005)

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@2056 Budget

Afghanistan revenues: $269 million expenditures: $561 million; including capital expenditures of $41.7 million note: Afghanistan has also received $273 million from the Reconstruction Trust Fund and $63 million from the Law and Order Trust Fund (FY04-05 budget est.)

Albania revenues: $1.96 billion expenditures: $2.377 billion; including capital expenditures of $500 million (2005 est.)

Algeria revenues: $42.05 billion expenditures: $30.75 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.8 billion (2005 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: $373.5 million expenditures: $373.5 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004)

Angola revenues: $8.5 billion expenditures: $10 billion; including capital expenditures of $963 million (2005 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: $42.63 billion expenditures: $39.98 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Armenia revenues: $786.1 million expenditures: $930.7 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Aruba revenues: $507.9 million expenditures: $577.9 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)

Australia revenues: $249.8 billion expenditures: $240.2 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Austria revenues: $148.6 billion expenditures: $154.5 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan revenues: $3.18 billion expenditures: $2.986 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The revenues: $1.03 billion expenditures: $1.03 billion; including capital expenditures of $130 million (FY04/05)

Bahrain revenues: $4.662 billion expenditures: $3.447 billion; including capital expenditures of $700 million (2005 est.)

Bangladesh revenues: $5.993 billion expenditures: $8.598 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

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

Belarus revenues: $5.903 billion expenditures: $6.343 billion; including capital expenditures of $180 million (2005 est.)

Belgium revenues: $180.4 billion expenditures: $180.5 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.56 billion (2005 est.)

Belize revenues: $262 million expenditures: $329 million; including capital expenditures of $70 million (2005 est.)

Benin revenues: $766.8 million expenditures: $1.017 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Bermuda revenues: $738 million expenditures: $665 million (FY04/05)

Bhutan revenues: $346.6 million expenditures: including capital expenditures of $NA note: the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of Bhutan's budget expenditures (FY95/96 est.)

Bolivia revenues: $2.848 billion expenditures: $3.189 billion; including capital expenditures of $741 million (2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina revenues: $4.373 billion expenditures: $4.401 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Botswana revenues: $3.766 billion expenditures: $3.767 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Brazil revenues: $140.6 billion expenditures: $172.4 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004)

British Virgin Islands revenues: $204.7 million expenditures: $180.4 million; including capital expenditures of $33.8 million (1997)

Brunei revenues: $3.765 billion expenditures: $4.815 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004 est.)

Bulgaria revenues: $11.18 billion expenditures: $10.9 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso revenues: $1.033 billion expenditures: $1.382 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Burma revenues: $473.3 million expenditures: $716.6 million; including capital expenditures of NA (FY04/05 est.)

Burundi revenues: $215.4 million expenditures: $278 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Cambodia revenues: $559.4 million expenditures: $772 million; including capital expenditures of $291 million (2005 est.)

Cameroon revenues: $3.263 billion expenditures: $2.705 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Canada revenues: $159.6 billion expenditures: $152.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004)

Cape Verde revenues: $328.1 million expenditures: $393.1 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Cayman Islands revenues: $423.8 million expenditures: $392.6 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)

Central African Republic revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA

Chad revenues: $765.2 million expenditures: $653.3 million; including capital expenditures of $146 million (2005 est.)

Chile revenues: $29.2 billion expenditures: $24.75 billion; including capital expenditures of $3.33 billion (2005 est.)

China revenues: $392.1 billion expenditures: $424.3 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Christmas Island revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA

Colombia revenues: $46.82 billion expenditures: $48.77 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Comoros revenues: $27.6 million expenditures: $NA (2001 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the revenues: $700 million expenditures: $750 million; including capital expenditures of $24 million (2004 est.)

Congo, Republic of the revenues: $1.328 billion expenditures: $1.065 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Cook Islands revenues: $70.95 million expenditures: $69.05 million; including capital expenditures of $5.744 million (FY00/01 est.)

Costa Rica revenues: $2.722 billion expenditures: $3.195 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire revenues: $2.434 billion expenditures: $2.83 billion; including capital expenditures of $420 million (2005 est.)

Croatia revenues: $17.69 billion expenditures: $19.35 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Cuba revenues: $22.11 billion expenditures: $23.65 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Cyprus revenues: Republic of Cyprus - $6.698 billion (2005 est.) expenditures: Republic of Cyprus - $7.122 billion (2005 est.) revenues: $685.7 million; north Cyprus - $231.3 million (2003 est.) expenditures: north Cyprus - $432.8 million (2003 est.)

Czech Republic revenues: $48.16 billion expenditures: $53.04 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Denmark revenues: $144 billion expenditures: $135 billion; including capital expenditures of $4.6 billion (2005 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: $5.322 billion expenditures: $5.485 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2005)

East Timor revenues: $107.7 million expenditures: $73 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004 est.)

Ecuador revenues: $8.822 billion expenditures: planned $8.153 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2005 est.)

Egypt revenues: $20.29 billion expenditures: $27.68 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.7 billion (2005 est.)

El Salvador revenues: $2.84 billion expenditures: $3.167 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea revenues: $1.973 billion expenditures: $711.5 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Eritrea revenues: $248.8 million expenditures: $409.4 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Estonia revenues: $4.91 billion expenditures: $4.7 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Ethiopia revenues: $2.338 billion expenditures: $2.88 billion; including capital expenditures of $788 million (2005 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: $720.5 million expenditures: $728.3 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)

Finland revenues: $99.61 billion expenditures: $97.14 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

France revenues: $1.06 trillion expenditures: $1.144 trillion; including capital expenditures of $23 billion (2005 est.)

French Guiana revenues: $135.5 million expenditures: $135.5 million; including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)

French Polynesia revenues: $865 million expenditures: $644.1 million; including capital expenditures of $185 million (1996)

Gabon revenues: $2.463 billion expenditures: $1.618 billion; including capital expenditures of $325 million (2005 est.)

Gambia, The revenues: $46.63 million expenditures: $62.66 million; including capital expenditures of $4.1 million (2005 est.)

Gaza Strip revenues: $964 million expenditures: $1.34 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA; note - these budget data include West Bank (2004)

Georgia revenues: $1.43 billion expenditures: $1.56 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Germany revenues: $1.249 trillion expenditures: $1.362 trillion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Ghana revenues: $3.216 billion expenditures: $3.506 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Gibraltar revenues: $307 million expenditures: $284 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.)

Greece revenues: $94.13 billion expenditures: $103.4 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 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: $637.7 million expenditures: $680.1 million; including capital expenditures of $112.5 million (2002)

Guam revenues: $319.6 million expenditures: $427.8 million (2002 est.)

Guatemala revenues: $3.374 billion expenditures: $4.041 billion; including capital expenditures of $750 million (2005 est.)

Guernsey revenues: $539.2 million expenditures: $448.3 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2002)

Guinea revenues: $305.6 million expenditures: $590.4 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Guinea-Bissau revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA

Guyana revenues: $320.1 million expenditures: $362.6 million; including capital expenditures of $93.4 million (2005 est.)

Haiti revenues: $400 million expenditures: $600.8 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City) revenues: $245.2 million expenditures: $260.4 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2002)

Honduras revenues: $1.693 billion expenditures: $1.938 billion; including capital expenditures of $106 million (2005 est.)

Hong Kong revenues: $31.31 billion expenditures: $32.3 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.9 billion (2005 est.)

Hungary revenues: $51.4 billion expenditures: $58.34 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Iceland revenues: $6.995 billion expenditures: $6.761 billion; including capital expenditures of $467 million (2005 est.)

India revenues: $111.2 billion expenditures: $135.8 billion; including capital expenditures of $15 billion (2005 est.)

Indonesia revenues: $54.3 billion expenditures: $57.7 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Iran revenues: $48.82 billion expenditures: $60.4 billion; including capital expenditures of $7.6 billion (2005 est.)

Iraq revenues: $19.3 billion expenditures: $24 billion; including capital expenditures of $5 billion (2005 budget)

Ireland revenues: $70.46 billion expenditures: $69.4 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2005 est.)

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

Israel revenues: $43.82 billion expenditures: $58.04 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Italy revenues: $785.7 billion expenditures: $861.5 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Jamaica revenues: $2.8 billion expenditures: $3.21 billion; including capital expenditures of $180.4 million (2005 est.)

Japan revenues: $1.429 trillion expenditures: $1.775 trillion; including capital expenditures (public works only) of about $71 billion (2005 est.)

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

Jordan revenues: $2.8 billion expenditures: $4.688 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.092 billion (2005 est.)

Kazakhstan revenues: $12.19 billion expenditures: $12.44 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Kenya revenues: $3.715 billion expenditures: $3.88 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Kiribati revenues: $55.52 million expenditures: $59.71 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY05)

Korea, North revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA

Korea, South revenues: $195 billion expenditures: $189 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Kuwait revenues: $47.21 billion expenditures: $20.77 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan revenues: $516.3 million expenditures: $539.9 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Laos revenues: $319.3 million expenditures: $434.6 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Latvia revenues: $5.673 billion expenditures: $5.889 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Lebanon revenues: $4.953 billion expenditures: $6.595 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Lesotho revenues: $738.5 million expenditures: $792.1 million; including capital expenditures of NA (2005 est.)

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

Libya revenues: $25.34 billion expenditures: $15.47 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.6 billion (2005 est.)

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

Lithuania revenues: $8.429 billion expenditures: $9.103 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004 est.)

Luxembourg revenues: $9.195 billion expenditures: $9.573 billion; including capital expenditures of $975.5 million (2005 est.)

Macau revenues: $3.16 billion expenditures: $3.16 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY05/06)

Macedonia revenues: $2.105 billion expenditures: $2.15 billion; including capital expenditures of $114 million (2005 est.)

Madagascar revenues: $703.6 million expenditures: $853 million; including capital expenditures of $331 million (2005 est.)

Malawi revenues: $844.6 million expenditures: $913.9 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Malaysia revenues: $30.57 billion expenditures: $34.62 billion; including capital expenditures of $9.4 billion (2005 est.)

Maldives revenues: $265 million (excluding foreign grants) expenditures: $362 million; including capital expenditures of $80 million (2004 est.)

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

Malta revenues: $2.503 billion expenditures: $2.703 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

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

Martinique revenues: $317.5 million expenditures: $317.5 million; including capital expenditures of $140 million (1996)

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

Mauritius revenues: $1.377 billion expenditures: $1.77 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

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

Mexico revenues: $181 billion expenditures: $184 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005)

Micronesia, Federated States of revenues: $127.3 million ($69 million less grants) expenditures: $144.2 million; including capital expenditures of $17.9 million $NA (1998 est.)

Moldova revenues: $1.069 billion expenditures: $1.065 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Monaco revenues: $719.2 million expenditures: $864.1 million; including capital expenditures of $283.1 million (2004)

Mongolia revenues: $702 million expenditures: $651 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Montenegro revenues: NA expenditures: NA

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

Morocco revenues: $12.94 billion expenditures: $16.77 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.19 billion (2005 est.)

Mozambique revenues: $1.031 billion expenditures: $1.93 billion (2005 est.)

Namibia revenues: $1.945 billion expenditures: $2.039 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Nauru revenues: $13.5 million expenditures: $13.5 million (2005)

Nepal revenues: $1.153 billion expenditures: $1.789 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY05/06)

Netherlands revenues: $291.8 billion expenditures: $303.7 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Netherlands Antilles revenues: $757.9 million expenditures: $949.5 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004)

New Caledonia revenues: $856.3 million expenditures: $836.5 million (1996 est.)

New Zealand revenues: $43.1 billion expenditures: $37.57 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Nicaragua revenues: $1.134 billion expenditures: $1.358 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

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

Nigeria revenues: $12.86 billion expenditures: $13.54 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Niue revenues: $15.07 million expenditures: $16.33 million; including capital expenditures of $123,700

Norfolk Island revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million; including capital expenditures of $2 million (FY99/00)

Northern Mariana Islands revenues: $193 million expenditures: $223 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY01/02 est.)

Norway revenues: $176.1 billion expenditures: $131.3 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Oman revenues: $14.36 billion expenditures: $10.61 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Pakistan revenues: $15.45 billion expenditures: $20.07 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Palau revenues: $72.07 million expenditures: $72.43 million; including capital expenditures of $12.98 million (FY98/99 est.)

Panama revenues: $3.426 billion expenditures: $3.959 billion; including capital expenditures of $471 million (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea revenues: $1.368 billion expenditures: $1.354 billion; including capital expenditures of $344 million (2005 est.)

Paraguay revenues: $1.334 billion expenditures: $1.37 billion; including capital expenditures of $700 million (2005 est.)

Peru revenues: $21.87 billion expenditures: $22.47 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.8 billion for general government, but excluding private enterprises (2005 est.)

Philippines revenues: $12.38 billion expenditures: $15.77 billion; including capital expenditures of NA (2005 est.)

Pitcairn Islands revenues: $746,000 expenditures: $1.028 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY04/05)

Poland revenues: $52.73 billion expenditures: $63.22 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Portugal revenues: $78.84 billion expenditures: $90.27 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Puerto Rico revenues: $6.7 billion expenditures: $9.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99/00)

Qatar revenues: $17.31 billion expenditures: $11.31 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.2 billion (2005 est.)

Reunion revenues: $554.7 million expenditures: $554.7 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)

Romania revenues: $29.97 billion expenditures: $31.37 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.2 billion (2005 est.)

Russia revenues: $176.7 billion expenditures: $125.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Rwanda revenues: $509.9 million expenditures: $584.6 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Saint Helena revenues: $11.2 million expenditures: $11 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92/93)

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: $171.3 million expenditures: $78.1 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2001-02)

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

Sao Tome and Principe revenues: $26.39 million expenditures: $59.48 million; including capital expenditures of $54 million (2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia revenues: $143.7 billion expenditures: $89.65 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Senegal revenues: $1.657 billion expenditures: $1.926 billion; including capital expenditures of $357 million (2005 est.)

Serbia revenues: $11.45 billion expenditures: $11.12 billion; including capital expenditures $NA; note - figures are for Serbia and Montenegro; Serbian Statistical Office indicates that for 2006 budget, Serbia will have revenues of $7.08 billion (2005 est.)

Seychelles revenues: $343.3 million expenditures: $332.2 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

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

Singapore revenues: $18.67 billion expenditures: $18.21 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.1 billion (2005 est.)

Slovakia revenues: $22.7 billion expenditures: $23.2 billion (2005 est.)

Slovenia revenues: $16.02 billion expenditures: $16.73 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Solomon Islands revenues: $49.7 million expenditures: $75.1 million; including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Somalia revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA

South Africa revenues: $65.91 billion expenditures: $70.62 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Spain revenues: $440.9 billion expenditures: $448.4 billion; including capital expenditures of $12.8 billion (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka revenues: $3.804 billion expenditures: $5.469 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Sudan revenues: $6.182 billion expenditures: $5.753 billion; including capital expenditures of $304 million (2005 est.)

Suriname revenues: $392.6 million expenditures: $425.9 million (2004)

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

Swaziland revenues: $805.6 million expenditures: $957.1 million; including capital expenditures of $147 million (2005 est.)

Sweden revenues: $210.5 billion expenditures: $205.9 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Switzerland revenues: $138.1 billion expenditures: $143.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Syria revenues: $6.392 billion expenditures: $7.613 billion; including capital expenditures of $3.23 billion (2005 est.)

Taiwan revenues: $41.67 billion expenditures: $50.26 billion; including capital expenditures of $14.4 billion (2005 est.)

Tajikistan revenues: $442.3 million expenditures: $542.6 million; including capital expenditures of $86 million (2005 est.)

Tanzania revenues: $2.235 billion expenditures: $2.669 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Thailand revenues: $30.64 billion expenditures: $31.76 billion; including capital expenditures of $5 billion (2005 est.)

Togo revenues: $251.3 million expenditures: $292.9 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Tokelau revenues: $430,800 expenditures: $2.8 million; including capital expenditures of NA (1987 est.)

Tonga revenues: $56.97 million expenditures: $83.88 million; including capital expenditures of $1.9 million (FY99/00 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago revenues: $4.5 billion expenditures: $4.06 billion; including capital expenditures of $117.3 million (2005 est.)

Tunisia revenues: $7.322 billion expenditures: $8.304 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2005 est.)

Turkey revenues: $93.58 billion expenditures: $115.3 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan revenues: $1.401 billion expenditures: $1.542 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

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

Tuvalu revenues: $22.78 million expenditures: $14.23 million; including capital expenditures of $4.2 million (2000 est.)

Uganda revenues: $1.845 billion expenditures: $1.904 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Ukraine revenues: $23.59 billion expenditures: $22.98 billion; note - this is the consolidated budget (January-September 2005)

United Arab Emirates revenues: $34.93 billion expenditures: $29.41 billion; including capital expenditures of $3.4 billion (2005 est.)

United Kingdom revenues: $881.4 billion expenditures: $951 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

United States revenues: $2.119 trillion expenditures: $2.466 trillion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Uruguay revenues: $4.468 billion expenditures: $4.845 billion; including capital expenditures of $193 million (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan revenues: $2.815 billion expenditures: $2.917 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Vanuatu revenues: $78.7 million expenditures: $72.23 million (2003)

Venezuela revenues: $39.63 billion expenditures: $41.27 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.6 billion (2005 est.)

Vietnam revenues: $11.64 billion expenditures: $12.95 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.8 billion (2005 est.)

Virgin Islands revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA

Wallis and Futuna revenues: $29,730 expenditures: $31,330 (1998 est.)

West Bank revenues: $964 million expenditures: $1.34 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA; note - these budget data include Gaza Strip (2004)

Western Sahara revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA

Yemen revenues: $5.616 billion expenditures: $5.719 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Zambia revenues: $1.688 billion expenditures: $1.866 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe revenues: $1.409 billion expenditures: $1.905 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006

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Afghanistan name: Kabul geographic coordinates: 34 31 N, 69 12 E time difference: UTC+4.5 (9.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Akrotiri name: Episkopi Cantonment; also serves as capital of Dhekelia geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Albania name: Tirana (Tirane) geographic coordinates: 41 20 N, 19 50 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Algeria name: Algiers geographic coordinates: 36 47 N, 2 03 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

American Samoa name: Pago Pago geographic coordinates: 14 16 S, 170 42 W time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Andorra name: Andorra la Vella geographic coordinates: 42 30 N, 1 30 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Angola name: Luanda geographic coordinates: 8 48 S, 13 14 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Anguilla name: The Valley geographic coordinates: 18 13 N, 63 04 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Antigua and Barbuda name: Saint John's geographic coordinates: 17 06 N, 61 51 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Argentina name: Buenos Aires geographic coordinates: 34 36 S, 58 27 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Armenia name: Yerevan geographic coordinates: 40 11 N, 44 30 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Aruba name: Oranjestad geographic coordinates: 12 33 N, 70 06 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Australia name: Canberra geographic coordinates: 35 17 S, 149 08 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in October; ends last Sunday in March (ended first Sunday in April 2006) note: Australia is divided into three time zones

Austria name: Vienna geographic coordinates: 48 12 N, 16 22 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Azerbaijan name: Baku (Baki, Baky) geographic coordinates: 40 23 N, 49 51 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Bahamas, The name: Nassau geographic coordinates: 25 05 N, 77 21 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October

Bahrain name: Manama geographic coordinates: 26 13 N, 50 35 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Bangladesh name: Dhaka geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Barbados name: Bridgetown geographic coordinates: 13 06 N, 59 37 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Belarus name: Minsk geographic coordinates: 53 54 N, 27 34 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Belgium name: Brussels geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 20 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Belize name: Belmopan geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 46 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Benin name: Porto-Novo (official capital) geographic coordinates: 6 29 N, 2 37 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Cotonou (seat of government)

Bermuda name: Hamilton geographic coordinates: 32 17 N, 64 46 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October

Bhutan name: Thimphu geographic coordinates: 27 28 N, 89 39 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Bolivia name: La Paz (adminstrative capital) geographic coordinates: 16 30 S, 68 09 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Sucre (constitutional capital)

Bosnia and Herzegovina name: Sarajevo geographic coordinates: 43 52 N, 18 25 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Botswana name: Gaborone geographic coordinates: 24 45 S, 25 55 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Brazil name: Brasilia geographic coordinates: 15 47 S, 47 55 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins third Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in February note: Brazil is divided into four time zones, including one for the Fernando de Noronha islands

British Virgin Islands name: Road Town geographic coordinates: 18 27 N, 64 37 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Brunei name: Bandar Seri Begawan geographic coordinates: 4 52 S, 114 55 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Bulgaria name: Sofia geographic coordinates: 42 41 N, 23 19 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Burkina Faso name: Ouagadougou geographic coordinates: 12 22 N, 1 31 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Burma name: Rangoon (Yangon) geographic coordinates: 16 47 N, 96 10 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Naypyidaw is being established as a government center

Burundi name: Bujumbura geographic coordinates: 3 23 S, 29 22 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Cambodia name: Phnom Penh geographic coordinates: 11 33 N, 104 55 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Cameroon name: Yaounde geographic coordinates: 3 52 N, 11 31 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Canada name: Ottawa geographic coordinates: 45 25 N, 75 40 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November note: Canada is divided into six time zones

Cape Verde name: Praia geographic coordinates: 14 55 N, 23 31 W time difference: UTC-1 (4 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Cayman Islands name: George Town (on Grand Cayman) geographic coordinates: 19 20 N, 81 23 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Central African Republic name: Bangui geographic coordinates: 4 22 N, 18 35 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Chad name: N'Djamena geographic coordinates: 12 07 N, 15 03 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Chile name: Santiago geographic coordinates: 33 27 S, 70 40 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in October; ends second Sunday in March

China name: Beijing geographic coordinates: 39 56 N, 116 24 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: despite its size, all of China falls within one time zone

Christmas Island name: The Settlement geographic coordinates: 18 44 N, 64 19 W time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands name: West Island geographic coordinates: 12 10 S, 96 55 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Colombia name: Bogota geographic coordinates: 4 36 N, 74 05 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Comoros name: Moroni geographic coordinates: 11 41 S, 43 16 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the name: Kinshasa geographic coordinates: 4 18 S, 15 18 E time difference: UTC+1 (six hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Congo, Republic of the name: Brazzaville geographic coordinates: 4 16 S, 15 17 E time difference: UTC+1 (six hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Cook Islands name: Avarua geographic coordinates: 21 12 S, 159 46 W time difference: UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Costa Rica name: San Jose geographic coordinates: 9 56 N, 84 05 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Cote d'Ivoire name: Yamoussoukro geographic coordinates: 5 19 N, 4 02 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) 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 name: Zagreb geographic coordinates: 45 48 N, 15 58 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Cuba name: Havana geographic coordinates: 23 08 N, 82 22 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Cyprus name: Nicosia (Lefkosia) geographic coordinates: 35 10 N, 33 22 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Czech Republic name: Prague geographic coordinates: 40 55 N, 21 00 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Denmark name: Copenhagen geographic coordinates: 55 40 N, 12 35 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Dhekelia name: Episkopi Cantonment; located in Akrotiri geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Djibouti name: Djibouti geographic coordinates: 11 30 N, 43 15 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Dominica name: Roseau geographic coordinates: 15 18 N, 61 24 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Dominican Republic name: Santo Domingo geographic coordinates: 18 28 N, 69 54 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

East Timor name: Dili geographic coordinates: 8 35 S, 125 36 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Ecuador name: Quito geographic coordinates: 0 13 S, 78 30 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Egypt name: Cairo geographic coordinates: 30 03 N, 31 15 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Friday in April; ends last Thursday in September

El Salvador name: San Salvador geographic coordinates: 13 42 N, 89 12 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Equatorial Guinea name: Malabo geographic coordinates: 3 45 N, 8 47 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Eritrea name: Asmara (Asmera) geographic coordinates: 15 20 N, 38 53 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Estonia name: Tallinn geographic coordinates: 59 25 N, 24 45 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Ethiopia name: Addis Ababa geographic coordinates: 9 02 N, 38 42 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

European Union name: Brussels (Belgium) geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 20 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: the Council of the European Union meets in Brussels, the European Parliament meets in Strasbourg, France, and the Court of Justice of the European Communities meets in Luxembourg

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) name: Stanley geographic coordinates: 51 42 S, 57 41 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in September; ends third Sunday in April

Faroe Islands name: Torshavn geographic coordinates: 62 01 N, 6 46 W time difference: UTC (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Fiji name: Suva (on Viti Levu) geographic coordinates: 18 08 S, 178 25 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Finland name: Helsinki geographic coordinates: 60 10 N, 24 58 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

France name: Paris geographic coordinates: 48 52 N, 2 20 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

French Guiana name: Cayenne geographic coordinates: 4 56 N, 52 20 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

French Polynesia name: Papeete geographic coordinates: 17 32 S, 149 34 W time difference: UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Gabon name: Libreville geographic coordinates: 0 23 N, 9 27 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Gambia, The name: Banjul geographic coordinates: 12 28 N, 16 39 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Georgia name: T'bilisi geographic coordinates: 41 43 N, 44 49 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Germany name: Berlin geographic coordinates: 52 31 N, 13 24 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Ghana name: Accra geographic coordinates: 5 33 N, 0 13 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Gibraltar name: Gibraltar geographic coordinates: 39 11 N, 5 22 W time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Greece name: Athens geographic coordinates: 37 59 N, 23 44 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Greenland name: Nuuk (Godthab) geographic coordinates: 64 11 N, 51 44 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: Greenland is divided into four time zones

Grenada name: Saint George's geographic coordinates: 12 03 N, 61 45 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Guadeloupe name: Basse-Terre geographic coordinates: 16 00 N, 61 44 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Guam name: Hagatna (Agana) geographic coordinates: 13 28 N, 144 45 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Guatemala name: Guatemala geographic coordinates: 14 38 N, 90 31 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in April; ends last Friday in September; note - there is no DST planned for 2007-2009

Guernsey name: Saint Peter Port geographic coordinates: 49 27 N, 2 32 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Guinea name: Conakry geographic coordinates: 9 31 N, 13 43 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Guinea-Bissau name: Bissau geographic coordinates: 11 51 N, 15 35 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Guyana name: Georgetown geographic coordinates: 6 48 N, 58 10 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Haiti name: Port-au-Prince geographic coordinates: 18 32 N, 72 20 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October

Holy See (Vatican City) name: Vatican City geographic coordinates: 41 54 N, 12 27 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Honduras name: Tegucigalpa geographic coordinates: 14 06 N, 87 13 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - these new dates become effective in 2007

Hungary name: Budapest geographic coordinates: 47 30 N, 19 05 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Iceland name: Reykjavik geographic coordinates: 64 09 N, 21 57 W time difference: UTC (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

India name: New Delhi geographic coordinates: 28 36 N, 77 12 E time difference: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Indonesia name: Jakarta geographic coordinates: 6 10 S, 106 48 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Indonesia is divided into three time zones

Iran name: Tehran geographic coordinates: 35 40 N, 51 26 E time difference: UTC+3.5 (8.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Iraq name: Baghdad geographic coordinates: 33 21 N, 44 25 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins 1 April; ends 1 October

Ireland name: Dublin geographic coordinates: 53 20 N, 6 15 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Isle of Man name: Douglas geographic coordinates: 54 09 N, 4 28 W time difference: UTC 0 (five hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Israel name: Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv geographic coordinates: 32 05 N, 34 48 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Friday in March; ends the Sunday between the holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

Italy name: Rome geographic coordinates: 41 54 N, 12 29 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Jamaica name: Kingston geographic coordinates: 18 00 N, 76 48 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Japan name: Tokyo geographic coordinates: 35 42 N, 139 46 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Jersey name: Saint Helier geographic coordinates: 49 12 N, 2 07 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Jordan name: Amman geographic coordinates: 31 57 N, 35 56 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Thursday in March; ends last Friday in September

Kazakhstan name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 30 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into three time zones

Kenya name: Nairobi geographic coordinates: 1 17 S, 36 49 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Kiribati name: Tarawa geographic coordinates: 1 25 N, 173 00 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Korea, North name: Pyongyang geographic coordinates: 39 01 N, 125 45 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Korea, South name: Seoul geographic coordinates: 37 34 N, 127 00 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Kuwait name: Kuwait geographic coordinates: 29 20 N, 47 59 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Kyrgyzstan name: Bishkek geographic coordinates: 42 54 N, 74 36 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Laos name: Vientiane geographic coordinates: 17 58 N, 102 36 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Latvia name: Riga geographic coordinates: 56 57 N, 24 06 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Lebanon name: Beirut geographic coordinates: 33 53 N, 35 30 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Lesotho name: Maseru geographic coordinates: 29 28 S, 27 30 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Liberia name: Monrovia geographic coordinates: 6 18 N, 10 47 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Libya name: Tripoli geographic coordinates: 32 54 N, 13 11 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Liechtenstein name: Vaduz geographic coordinates: 47 09 N, 9 31 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Lithuania name: Vilnius geographic coordinates: 54 41 N, 25 19 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Luxembourg name: Luxembourg geographic coordinates: 49 45 N, 6 10 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Macedonia name: Skopje geographic coordinates: 41 59 N, 21 26 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Madagascar name: Antananarivo geographic coordinates: 18 52 S, 47 30 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Malawi name: Lilongwe geographic coordinates: 13 59 S, 33 44 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Malaysia name: Kuala Lumpur geographic coordinates: 3 10 N, 101 42 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center not capital; Parliament meets in Kuala Lumpur

Maldives name: Male geographic coordinates: 4 10 N, 73 31 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Mali name: Bamako geographic coordinates: 12 39 N, 8 00 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Malta name: Valletta geographic coordinates: 35 54 N, 14 31 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Marshall Islands name: Majuro geographic coordinates: 7 05 N, 171 08 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Martinique name: Fort-de-France geographic coordinates: 14 36 N, 61 05 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Mauritania name: Nouakchott geographic coordinates: 18 06 N, 15 57 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Mauritius name: Port Louis geographic coordinates: 20 10 S, 57 30 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Mayotte name: Mamoudzou geographic coordinates: 12 47 S, 45 14 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Mexico name: Mexico (Distrito Federal) geographic coordinates: 19 24 N, 99 09 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October note: Mexico is divided into four time zones

Micronesia, Federated States of name: Palikir geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 158 08 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Moldova name: Chisinau (Kishinev) geographic coordinates: 47 00 N, 28 50 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Monaco name: Monaco geographic coordinates: 43 44 N, 7 25 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Mongolia name: Ulaanbaatar geographic coordinates: 47 55 N, 106 53 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Saturday in March; ends last Saturday in September

Montenegro name: Podgorica (administrative capital) geographic coordinates: 42 26 N, 19 16 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1 hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: Cetinje (capital city)

Montserrat name: Plymouth geographic coordinates: 16 44 N, 62 14 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Plymouth was 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 name: Rabat geographic coordinates: 34 02 N, 6 51 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Mozambique name: Maputo geographic coordinates: 25 58 S, 32 35 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Namibia name: Windhoek geographic coordinates: 22 34 S, 17 06 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in September; ends first Sunday in April

Nauru no official capital; government offices in Yaren District time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Nepal name: Kathmandu geographic coordinates: 27 43 N, 85 19 E time difference: UTC+5.75 (10.75 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Netherlands name: Amsterdam geographic coordinates: 52 23 N, 4 54 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: The Hague (seat of government)

Netherlands Antilles name: Willemstad (on Curacao) geographic coordinates: 12 06 N, 68 56 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

New Caledonia name: Noumea geographic coordinates: 22 16 S, 166 27 E time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

New Zealand name: Wellington geographic coordinates: 41 28 S, 174 51 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in March note: New Zealand is divided into two time zones, including Chatham Island

Nicaragua name: Managua geographic coordinates: 12 09 N, 86 17 W time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Niger name: Niamey geographic coordinates: 13 31 N, 2 07 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Nigeria name: Abuja geographic coordinates: 9 12 N, 7 11 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Niue name: Alofi geographic coordinates: 19 01 S, 169 55 W time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Norfolk Island name: Kingston geographic coordinates: 29 03 S, 167 58 E time difference: UTC+11.5 (16.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Northern Mariana Islands name: Saipan geographic coordinates: 15 12 N, 145 45 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Norway name: Oslo geographic coordinates: 59 55 N, 10 45 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Oman name: Muscat geographic coordinates: 23 37 N, 58 35 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Pakistan name: Islamabad geographic coordinates: 33 42 N, 73 10 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Palau name: Melekeok geographic coordinates: 7 29 N, 134 38 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Panama name: Panama geographic coordinates: 8 58 N, 79 32 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Papua New Guinea name: Port Moresby geographic coordinates: 9 30 S, 147 10 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Paraguay name: Asuncion geographic coordinates: 25 16 S, 57 40 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Peru name: Lima geographic coordinates: 12 03 S, 77 03 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Philippines name: Manila geographic coordinates: 14 35 N, 121 00 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Pitcairn Islands name: Adamstown geographic coordinates: 25 04 S, 130 05 W time difference: UTC-9 (4 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Poland name: Warsaw geographic coordinates: 52 15 N, 21 00 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Portugal name: Lisbon geographic coordinates: 38 43 N, 9 08 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Puerto Rico name: San Juan geographic coordinates: 18 28 N, 66 07 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Qatar name: Doha geographic coordinates: 25 17 N, 51 32 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Reunion name: Saint-Denis geographic coordinates: 20 52 S, 55 28 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Romania name: Bucharest geographic coordinates: 44 26 N, 26 06 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Russia name: Moscow geographic coordinates: 55 45 N, 37 35 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: Russia is divided into eleven time zones

Rwanda name: Kigali geographic coordinates: 1 57 S, 30 04 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Saint Helena name: Jamestown geographic coordinates: 15 56 S, 5 44 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Saint Kitts and Nevis name: Basseterre geographic coordinates: 17 18 N, 62 43 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Saint Lucia name: Castries geographic coordinates: 14 01 N, 61 00 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon name: Saint-Pierre geographic coordinates: 46 46 N, 56 11 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - these new dates become effective in 2007

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines name: Kingstown geographic coordinates: 13 09 N, 61 14 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Samoa name: Apia geographic coordinates: 13 50 S, 171 45W time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

San Marino name: San Marino geographic coordinates: 43 56 N, 12 25 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Sao Tome and Principe name: Sao Tome geographic coordinates: 0 12 N, 6 39 E time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Saudi Arabia name: Riyadh geographic coordinates: 24 38 N, 46 43 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Senegal name: Dakar geographic coordinates: 14 40 N, 17 26 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Serbia name: Belgrade geographic coordinates: 44 50 N, 20 30 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Seychelles name: Victoria geographic coordinates: 4 38 S, 55 27 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Sierra Leone name: Freetown geographic coordinates: 8 30 N, 13 15 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Singapore name: Singapore geographic coordinates: 1 17 N, 103 51 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Slovakia name: Bratislava geographic coordinates: 48 09 N, 17 07 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Slovenia name: Ljubljana geographic coordinates: 46 03 N, 14 31 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Solomon Islands name: Honiara geographic coordinates: 9 26 S, 159 57 E time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Somalia name: Mogadishu geographic coordinates: 2 04 N, 45 22 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

South Africa name: Pretoria (administrative capital) geographic coordinates: 29 12 S, 28 10 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)

Spain name: Madrid geographic coordinates: 40 24 N, 3 41 W time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October note: Spain is divided into two time zones, including the Canary Islands

Sri Lanka name: Colombo geographic coordinates: 6 56 N, 79 51 E time difference: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)

Sudan name: Khartoum geographic coordinates: 15 36 N, 32 32 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Suriname name: Paramaribo geographic coordinates: 5 50 N, 55 10 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Svalbard name: Longyearbyen geographic coordinates: 78 13 N, 15 33 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Swaziland name: Mbabane geographic coordinates: 26 18 S, 31 06 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Lobamba (royal and legislative capital)

Sweden name: Stockholm geographic coordinates: 59 20 N, 18 03 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Switzerland name: Bern geographic coordinates: 46 57 N, 7 26 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Syria name: Damascus geographic coordinates: 33 30 N, 36 18 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins 1 April; ends 30 September

Taiwan name: Taipei geographic coordinates: 25 03 N, 121 30 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Tajikistan name: Dushanbe geographic coordinates: 38 35 N, 68 48 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Tanzania name: Dar es Salaam geographic coordinates: 6 48 S, 39 17 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on a regular basis

Thailand name: Bangkok geographic coordinates: 13 45 N, 100 31 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Togo name: Lome geographic coordinates: 6 08 N, 1 13 E time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Tokelau none; each atoll has its own administrative center time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Tonga name: Nuku'alofa geographic coordinates: 21 08 S, 175 12 W time difference: UTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Trinidad and Tobago name: Port-of-Spain geographic coordinates: 10 39 N, 61 31 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Tunisia name: Tunis geographic coordinates: 36 48 N, 10 11 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Turkey name: Ankara geographic coordinates: 39 56 N, 32 52 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Turkmenistan name: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) geographic coordinates: 37 57 N, 58 23 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Turks and Caicos Islands name: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) geographic coordinates: 21 28 N, 71 08 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October

Tuvalu name: Funafuti geographic coordinates: 8 30 S, 179 12 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: administrative offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet

Uganda name: Kampala geographic coordinates: 0 19 N, 32 25 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Ukraine name: Kyiv (Kiev) geographic coordinates: 50 26 N, 30 31 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

United Arab Emirates name: Abu Dhabi geographic coordinates: 24 28 N, 54 22 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

United Kingdom name: London geographic coordinates: 51 30 N, 0 10 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

United States name: Washington, DC (capital) geographic coordinates: 38 53 N, 77 02 W time difference: UTC-5 (during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - these new dates become effective in 2007 note: the United States is divided into six time zones

Uruguay name: Montevideo geographic coordinates: 34 53 S, 56 11 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in October; ends second Sunday in March