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Economy Yemen

Economy - overview: Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, reported average annual growth of 3.5% from 2000 through 2006. Its economic fortunes depend mostly on oil. Oil revenues probably increased in 2006 as a result of higher prices. Yemen was on an IMF-supported structural adjustment program designed to modernize and streamline the economy, which led to substantial foreign debt relief and restructuring. However, government dedication to the program waned in 2001 for political reasons. Yemen is struggling to control excessive spending and rampant corruption. Yemen is dependent on foreign aid to finance its budget deficits and development projects. In November, Yemen secured $4.7 billion in assistance from Arabian Gulf and Western donors.

GDP (purchasing power parity): $20.38 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate): $15.16 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 3.2% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): $900 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 12.5% industry: 43.8% services: 43.7% (2006 est.)

Labor force: 5.759 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force

Unemployment rate: 35% (2003 est.)

Population below poverty line: 45.2% (2003)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 25.9% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 33.4 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed): 15.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget: revenues: $7.314 billion expenditures: $6.984 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.)

Public debt: 30% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products: grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish

Industries: crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair

Industrial production growth rate: 3% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production: 4.077 billion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption: 3.792 billion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production: 387,500 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption: 85,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports: 370,300 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports: NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves: 3.72 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports: 0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves: 478.6 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance: $1.69 billion (2006 est.)

Exports: $8.214 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities: crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish

Exports - partners: China 35.3%, India 16.2%, Thailand 11.9%, Japan 6.3%, South Korea 6.3%, Switzerland 5.5% (2005)

Imports: $5.042 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities: food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Imports - partners: UAE 18.9%, Saudi Arabia 8.9%, Switzerland 8.6%, Kuwait 6.7%, China 6.1%, US 4.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $6.735 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external: $5.469 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient: $2.3 billion (2003-07 disbursements)

Currency (code): Yemeni rial (YER)

Currency code: YER

Exchange rates: Yemeni rials per US dollar - 197.467 (2006), 192.67 (2005), 184.78 (2004), 183.45 (2003), 175.63 (2002)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications Yemen

Telephones - main lines in use: 900,000 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,074,846 (2006)

Telephone system: general assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, and GSM cellular mobile telephone systems international: country code - 967; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti

Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios: 1.05 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 470,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .ye

Internet hosts: 171 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

Internet users: 220,000 (2005)

Transportation Yemen

Airports: 46 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 16 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 30 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 4 (2006)

Pipelines: gas 71 km; liquid petroleum gas 22 km; oil 1,284 km (2006)

Roadways: total: 71,300 km paved: 6,200 km unpaved: 65,100 km (2005)

Merchant marine: total: 4 ships (1000 GRT or over) 15,400 GRT/18,072 DWT by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 registered in other countries: 9 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 3, North Korea 2, Panama 3) (2006)

Ports and terminals: Aden, Nishtun

Military Yemen

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

Military service age and obligation: in May 2001, Yemen's National Defense Council abolished compulsory military service and authorized a voluntary program for military service (2004)

Manpower available for military service: males age 18-49: 4,058,223 females age 18-49: 3,868,112 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 2,790,705 females age 18-49: 2,792,406 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually: males age 18-49: 236,517 females age 18-49: 230,641 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $992.2 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 6.4% (2005 est.)

Military - note: a Coast Guard was established in 2002

Transnational Issues Yemen

Disputes - international: Yemen protests Eritrea fishing around the Hanish Islands awarded to Yemen by the ICJ in 1999; Saudi Arabia still maintains the concrete-filled pipe as a security barrier along sections of the border with Yemen in 2004 to stem illegal cross-border activities; Yemen protests Saudi erection of a concrete-filled pipe as a security barrier in 2004 to stem illegal cross-border activities in sections of the boundary

Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 78,582 (Somalia) (2006)

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@Zambia

Introduction Zambia

Background: The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the [British] South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy MWANAWASA. The new president launched an anticorruption task force in 2002, but the government has yet to make a prosecution. The Zambian leader was reelected in 2006 in an election that was deemed free and fair.

Geography Zambia

Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola

Geographic coordinates: 15 00 S, 30 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area: total: 752,614 sq km land: 740,724 sq km water: 11,890 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly larger than Texas

Land boundaries: total: 5,664 km border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

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

Terrain: mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Natural resources: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower

Land use: arable land: 6.99% permanent crops: 0.04% other: 92.97% (2005)

Irrigated land: 1,560 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards: periodic drought, tropical storms (November to April)

Environment - current issues: air pollution and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; poaching seriously threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment presents human health risks

Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

Geography - note: landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe

People Zambia

Population: 11,502,010 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 46.3% (male 2,673,891/female 2,656,268) 15-64 years: 51.3% (male 2,925,910/female 2,969,324) 65 years and over: 2.4% (male 117,877/female 158,740) (2006 est.)

Median age: total: 16.5 years male: 16.3 years female: 16.7 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.11% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 41 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 19.93 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 86.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 94.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 79.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 40.03 years male: 39.76 years female: 40.31 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.39 children born/woman (2006 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 16.5% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 920,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 89,000 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague are high risks in some locations water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2007)

Nationality: noun: Zambian(s) adjective: Zambian

Ethnic groups: African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%

Religions: Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Languages: English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 80.6% male: 86.8% female: 74.8% (2003 est.)

Government Zambia

Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Zambia conventional short form: Zambia former: Northern Rhodesia

Government type: republic

Capital: name: Lusaka geographic coordinates: 15 25 S, 28 17 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western

Independence: 24 October 1964 (from UK)

National holiday: Independence Day, 24 October (1964)

Constitution: 24 August 1991; amended in 1996 to establish presidential term limits

Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: chief of state: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002); Vice President Rupiah BANDA (since 9 October 2006); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002); Vice President Rupiah BANDA (since 9 October 2006); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members of the National Assembly elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 28 September 2006 (next to be held 2011); vice president appointed by the president election results: Levy MWANAWASA reelected president; percent of vote - Levy MWANAWASA 43.0%, Michael SATA 29.4%, Hakainde HICHILEMA 25.3%, Godfrey MIYANDA 1.6%, Winright NGONDO 0.8%

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (158 seats; 150 members are elected by popular vote, eight members are appointed by the president, to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 28 September 2006 (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MMD 72, PF 44, UDA 27, ULP 2, NDF 1, independents 2; seats not determined 2

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases)

Political parties and leaders: Agenda for Zambia or AZ [Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA]; Forum for Democracy and Development or FDD [Christon TEMBO]; Heritage Party or HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Liberal Progressive Front or LPF [Roger CHONGWE, president]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Levy MWANAWASA, acting president]; National Leadership for Development or NLD [Yobert SHAMAPANDE]; National Party or NP [Dr. Sam CHIPUNGU]; Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Gwendoline KONIE]; United National Independence Party or UNIP [Francis NKHOMA, president]; United Party for National Development or UPND [Anderson MAZOKA]; Zambian Republican Party or ZRP [Benjamin MWILA]

Political pressure groups and leaders: NA

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719 FAX: [1] (202) 332-0826

Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Carmen M. MARTINEZ embassy: corner of Independence and United Nations Avenues, Lusaka mailing address: P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka telephone: [260] (1) 250-955 FAX: [260] (1) 252-225

Flag description: green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag

Economy Zambia

Economy - overview: Despite progress in privatization and budgetary reform, Zambia's economic growth in 2005-06 remained somewhat below the 6%-7% per year needed to reduce poverty significantly. Privatization of government-owned copper mines relieved the government from covering mammoth losses generated by the industry and greatly improved the chances for copper mining to return to profitability and spur economic growth. Copper output has increased steadily since 2004, due to higher copper prices and the opening of new mines. The maize harvest was again good in 2005, helping boost GDP and agricultural exports. Cooperation continues with international bodies on programs to reduce poverty, including a new lending arrangement with the IMF in the second quarter of 2004. A tighter monetary policy will help cut inflation, but Zambia still has a serious problem with high public debt.

GDP (purchasing power parity): $11.51 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate): $5.806 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 6% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,000 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 19.9% industry: 28.9% services: 51.2% (2006 est.)

Labor force: 4.903 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 85% industry: 6% services: 9%

Unemployment rate: 50% (2000 est.)

Population below poverty line: 86% (1993)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 41% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 52.6 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed): 26.5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget: revenues: $2.674 billion expenditures: $2.99 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.)

Public debt: 65.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products: corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee; cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides

Industries: copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture

Industrial production growth rate: 10.1% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production: 9.962 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 0.5% hydro: 99.5% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption: 6.692 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports: 2.975 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports: 403 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production: 140 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption: 13,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports: NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports: NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance: $-165.4 million (2006 est.)

Exports: $3.928 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities: copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton

Exports - partners: Switzerland 28.7%, South Africa 18.6%, UK 14.4%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.4%, Tanzania 5.1%, Zimbabwe 4.1% (2005)

Imports: $3.092 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities: machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing

Imports - partners: South Africa 47.6%, UK 12.6%, Zimbabwe 4.3% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $1.05 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external: $4.397 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient: $640.6 million (2002)

Currency (code): Zambian kwacha (ZMK)

Currency code: ZMK

Exchange rates: Zambian kwacha per US dollar - 3,371.98 (2006), 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004), 4,733.3 (2003), 4,398.6 (2002)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications Zambia

Telephones - main lines in use: 94,700 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 946,600 (2005)

Telephone system: general assessment: facilities are aging but still among the best in Sub-Saharan Africa domestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation; Internet service is widely available; very small aperture terminal (VSAT) networks are operated by private firms international: country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)

Radios: 1.2 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations: 9 (2002)

Televisions: 277,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .zm

Internet hosts: 3,227 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (2001)

Internet users: 231,000 (2005)

Transportation Zambia

Airports: 111 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 10 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 101 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 64 under 914 m: 32 (2006)

Pipelines: oil 771 km (2006)

Railways: total: 2,173 km narrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2005)

Roadways: total: 91,440 km paved: 20,117 km unpaved: 71,323 km (2001)

Waterways: 2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers) (2005)

Ports and terminals: Mpulungu

Military Zambia

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

Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Manpower available for military service: males age 18-49: 2,219,739 females age 18-49: 2,159,688 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 1,043,702 females age 18-49: 953,328 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $121.7 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.8% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Zambia

Disputes - international: in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river

Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 75,468 (Angola), 61,243 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 5,669 (Rwanda) (2006)

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone, small amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for Southern Africa and possibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupled with a government commitment to combating money laundering make it an unattractive venue for money launderers

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@Zimbabwe

Introduction Zimbabwe

Background: The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the [British] South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, has been the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominated the country's political system since independence. His chaotic land redistribution campaign, which began in 2000, caused an exodus of white farmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread shortages of basic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation, MUGABE rigged the 2002 presidential election to ensure his reelection. Opposition and labor strikes in 2003 were unsuccessful in pressuring MUGABE to retire early; security forces continued their brutal repression of regime opponents. The ruling ZANU-PF party used fraud and intimidation to win a two-thirds majority in the March 2005 parliamentary election, allowing it to amend the constitution at will and recreate the Senate, which had been abolished in the late 1980s. In April 2005, Harare embarked on Operation Restore Order, ostensibly an urban rationalization program, which resulted in the destruction of the homes or businesses of 700,000 mostly poor supporters of the opposition, according to UN estimates. ZANU-PF announced in December 2006 that they would combine presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010 to ensure MUGABE remains in office.

Geography Zimbabwe

Location: Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia

Geographic coordinates: 20 00 S, 30 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area: total: 390,580 sq km land: 386,670 sq km water: 3,910 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly larger than Montana

Land boundaries: total: 3,066 km border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

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

Terrain: mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld); mountains in east

Elevation extremes: lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m

Natural resources: coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals

Land use: arable land: 8.24% permanent crops: 0.33% other: 91.43% (2005)

Irrigated land: 1,740 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards: recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare

Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution

Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note: landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water

People Zimbabwe

Population: 12,236,805 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 37.4% (male 2,307,170/female 2,265,298) 15-64 years: 59.1% (male 3,616,528/female 3,621,190) 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 199,468/female 227,151) (2006 est.)

Median age: total: 19.9 years male: 19.7 years female: 20 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.62% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 28.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 21.84 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2006 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 51.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 39.29 years male: 40.39 years female: 38.16 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.13 children born/woman (2006 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 24.6% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 1.8 million (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 170,000 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid vectorborne disease: malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2007)

Nationality: noun: Zimbabwean(s) adjective: Zimbabwean

Ethnic groups: African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%

Religions: syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%

Languages: English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 90.7% male: 94.2% female: 87.2% (2003 est.)

Government Zimbabwe

Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe conventional short form: Zimbabwe former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: name: Harare geographic coordinates: 17 50 S, 31 03 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Administrative divisions: 8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands

Independence: 18 April 1980 (from UK)

National holiday: Independence Day, 18 April (1980)

Constitution: 21 December 1979

Legal system: mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: chief of state: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31 December 1987); Vice President Joseph MSIKA (since December 1999) and Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31 December 1987); Vice President Joseph MSIKA (since December 1999) and Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to the House of Assembly elections: presidential candidates nominated with a nomination paper signed by at least 10 registered voters (at least one from each province) and elected by popular vote for a six-year term (no term limits); election last held 9-11 March 2002 (next to be held March 2008); co-vice presidents appointed by the president election results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected president; percent of vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 56.2%, Morgan TSVANGIRAI 41.9%

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of a House of Assembly (150 seats - 120 elected by popular vote for five-year terms, 12 nominated by the president, 10 occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and eight occupied by provincial governors appointed by the president) and a Senate (66 seats - 50 elected by popular vote for a five-year term, six nominated by the president, 10 nominated by the Council of Chiefs) elections: House of Assembly last held 31 March 2005 (next to be held in 2010), Senate last held 26 November 2005 (next to be held in 2010) election results: House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 59.6%, MDC 39.5%, other 0.9%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 78, MDC 41, independents 1; Senate - percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 73.7%, MDC 20.3%, other 4.4%, independents 1.6%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 43, MDC 7

Judicial branch: Supreme Court; High Court

Political parties and leaders: African National Party or ANP; Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; Peace Action is Freedom for All or PAFA; United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; United People's Party [Daniel SHUMBA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga [Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE]; Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]; Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance or ZIYA

Political pressure groups and leaders: Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition [Wellington CHIBEBE]; National Constitutional Assembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions or ZCTU [Lovemore MATOMBO]

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Machivenyika T. MAPURANGA chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100 FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326

Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Christopher W. DELL embassy: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare mailing address: P. O. Box 3340, Harare telephone: [263] (4) 250-593 and 250-594 FAX: [263] (4) 796-488

Flag description: seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representing the long history of the country is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red - blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native people

Economy Zimbabwe

Economy - overview: The government of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety of difficult economic problems as it struggles with an unsustainable fiscal deficit, an overvalued exchange rate, soaring inflation, and bare shelves. Its 1998-2002 involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo drained hundreds of millions of dollars from the economy. The government's land reform program, characterized by chaos and violence, has badly damaged the commercial farming sector, the traditional source of exports and foreign exchange and the provider of 400,000 jobs, turning Zimbabwe into a net importer of food products. Badly needed support from the IMF has been suspended because of the government's arrears on past loans, which it began repaying in 2005. The official annual inflation rate rose from 32% in 1998, to 133% in 2004, 585% in 2005, and approached 1000% in 2006, although private sector estimates put the figure much higher. Meanwhile, the official exchange rate fell from approximately 1 (revalued) Zimbabwean dollar per US dollar in 2003 to 250 per US dollar in August 2006.

GDP (purchasing power parity): $25.05 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate): $3.146 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: -4.4% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,000 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17.7% industry: 22.9% services: 59.4% (2006 est.)

Labor force: 3.958 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 66% industry: 10% services: 24% (1996)

Unemployment rate: 80% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line: 80% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 56.8 (2003)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 976.4% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed): 16.1% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget: revenues: $1.411 billion expenditures: $1.924 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.)

Public debt: 108.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs

Industries: mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

Industrial production growth rate: -1.8% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production: 9.412 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 47% hydro: 53% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption: 11 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports: 2.25 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption: 22,500 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports: 0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - imports: 23,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance: $-264.6 million (2006 est.)

Exports: $1.766 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities: cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing

Exports - partners: South Africa 27%, China 7.9%, Japan 6.8%, Zambia 5.6%, Netherlands 5.4%, US 4.9%, Italy 4.5%, Germany 4.4% (2005)

Imports: $2.055 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels

Imports - partners: South Africa 52.5%, China 5.7%, Botswana 4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $140 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external: $5.26 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient: $178 million; note - the EU and the US provide food aid on humanitarian grounds (2000 est.)

Currency (code): Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)

Currency code: ZWD

Exchange rates: Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 195.107 (2006), 77.965 (2005), 5.729 (2004), 0.824 (2003), 0.055 (2002), note, these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications Zimbabwe

Telephones - main lines in use: 328,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 699,000 (2005)

Telephone system: general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; two international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios: 1.14 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 16 (1997)

Televisions: 370,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .zw

Internet hosts: 7,954 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 6 (2000)

Internet users: 1 million (2005)

Transportation Zimbabwe

Airports: 403 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 17 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 386 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 187 under 914 m: 194 (2006)

Pipelines: refined products 261 km (2006)

Railways: total: 3,077 km narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2005)

Roadways: total: 97,440 km paved: 18,514 km unpaved: 78,926 km (2002)

Waterways: on Lake Kariba, length small (2005)

Ports and terminals: Binga, Kariba

Military Zimbabwe

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

Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Manpower available for military service: males age 18-49: 2,778,404 females age 18-49: 2,681,531 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 1,304,424 females age 18-49: 1,115,096 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $124.7 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Zimbabwe

Disputes - international: Botswana has built electric fences and South Africa has placed military along the border to stem the flow of thousands of Zimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political persecution; Namibia has supported and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river

Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 6,536 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 569,685 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2006)

Trafficking in persons: current situation: Zimbabwe is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation; children may be trafficked internally for forced agricultural labor, domestic servitude, and sexual exploitation; women and girls are lured out of the country to South Africa, China, Egypt, and Zambia with false job or scholarship promises that result in domestic servitude or commercial sexual exploitation; there are reports of South African employers demanding sex from undocumented Zimbabwean workers under threat of deportation; women and children from Malawi, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo transit Zimbabwe en route to South Africa; small numbers of South African girls are trafficked to Zimbabwe for domestic labor tier rating: Tier 3 - Zimbabwe does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so

Illicit drugs: transit point for African cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax, and methamphetamines destined for the South African and European markets

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@2001 GDP (purchasing power parity)

Afghanistan $21.5 billion (2004 est.)

Albania $20.21 billion note: Albania has a large gray economy that may be as large as 50% of official GDP (2006 est.)

Algeria $253.4 billion (2006 est.)

American Samoa $510.1 million (2003 est.)

Andorra $1.84 billion (2004)

Angola $51.95 billion (2006 est.)

Anguilla $108.9 million (2004 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda $750 million (2002 est.)

Argentina $599.1 billion (2006 est.)

Armenia $15.99 billion (2006 est.)

Aruba $2.258 billion (2005 est.)

Australia $666.3 billion (2006 est.)

Austria $279.5 billion (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan $58.1 billion (2006 est.)

Bahamas, The $6.476 billion (2006 est.)

Bahrain $17.7 billion (2006 est.)

Bangladesh $330.8 billion (2006 est.)

Barbados $5.108 billion (2006 est.)

Belarus $80.74 billion (2006 est.)

Belgium $330.4 billion (2006 est.)

Belize $2.307 billion (2006 est.)

Benin $8.931 billion (2006 est.)

Bermuda $4.5 billion (2004 est.)

Bhutan $2.9 billion (2003 est.)

Bolivia $27.21 billion (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina $24.8 billion note: Bosnia has a large informal sector that could also be as much as 50% of official GDP (2006 est.)

Botswana $18.72 billion (2006 est.)

Brazil $1.616 trillion (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands $853.4 million (2004 est.)

Brunei $6.842 billion (2003 est.)

Bulgaria $77.13 billion (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso $17.87 billion (2006 est.)

Burma $83.84 billion (2006 est.)

Burundi $5.744 billion (2006 est.)

Cambodia $36.78 billion (2006 est.)

Cameroon $42.2 billion (2006 est.)

Canada $1.165 trillion (2006 est.)

Cape Verde $3.129 billion (2006 est.)

Cayman Islands $1.939 billion (2004 est.)

Central African Republic $4.913 billion (2006 est.)

Chad $15.26 billion (2006 est.)

Chile $203 billion (2006 est.)

China $10 trillion (2006 est.)

Christmas Island $NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands $NA

Colombia $366.7 billion (2006 est.)

Comoros $441 million (2002 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the $44.6 billion (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the $4.958 billion (2006 est.)

Cook Islands $183.2 million (2005 est.)

Costa Rica $48.77 billion (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire $28.47 billion (2006 est.)

Croatia $59.41 billion (2006 est.)

Cuba $44.54 billion (2006 est.)

Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: $17.79 billion; north Cyprus: $4.54 billion (2006 est.)

Czech Republic $221.4 billion (2006 est.)

Denmark $198.5 billion (2006 est.)

Djibouti $619 million (2002 est.)

Dominica $384 million (2003 est.)

Dominican Republic $73.74 billion (2006 est.)

East Timor $370 million (2004 est.)

Ecuador $60.48 billion (2006 est.)

Egypt $328.1 billion (2006 est.)

El Salvador $33.2 billion (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea $25.69 billion (2005 est.)

Eritrea $4.471 billion (2005 est.)

Estonia $26 billion (2006 est.)

Ethiopia $71.63 billion (2006 est.)

European Union $12.82 trillion (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $75 million (2002 est.)

Faroe Islands $1 billion (2001 est.)

Fiji $5.504 billion (2006 est.)

Finland $171.7 billion (2006 est.)

France $1.871 trillion (2006 est.)

French Polynesia $4.58 billion (2003 est.)

Gabon $10.21 billion (2006 est.)

Gambia, The $3.25 billion (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip $5.327 billion (2005 est.)

Georgia $17.79 billion (2006 est.)

Germany $2.585 trillion (2006 est.)

Ghana $59.15 billion (2006 est.)

Gibraltar $769 million (2000 est.)

Greece $251.7 billion (2006 est.)

Greenland $1.1 billion (2001 est.)

Grenada $440 million (2002 est.)

Guam $2.5 billion (2005 est.)

Guatemala $60.57 billion (2006 est.)

Guernsey $2.742 billion (2005)

Guinea $19.4 billion (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau $1.244 billion (2006 est.)

Guyana $3.62 billion (2006 est.)

Haiti $14.56 billion (2006 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City) $NA

Honduras $22.13 billion (2006 est.)

Hong Kong $253.1 billion (2006 est.)

Hungary $172.7 billion (2006 est.)

Iceland $11.4 billion (2006 est.)

India $4.042 trillion (2006 est.)

Indonesia $935 billion (2006 est.)

Iran $610.4 billion (2006 est.)

Iraq $94.1 billion (2005 est.)

Ireland $177.2 billion (2006 est.)

Isle of Man $2.113 billion (2003 est.)

Israel $166.3 billion (2006 est.)

Italy $1.727 trillion (2006 est.)

Jamaica $12.71 billion (2006 est.)

Japan $4.22 trillion (2006 est.)

Jersey $3.6 billion (2003 est.)

Jordan $28.89 billion (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan $138.7 billion (2006 est.)

Kenya $40.77 billion (2006 est.)

Kiribati $206.4 million (2004 est.)

Korea, North $40 billion note: North Korea does not publish any reliable National Income Accounts data; the datum shown here is derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP estimates for North Korea that were made by Angus Maddison in a study conducted for the OECD; his figure for 1999 was extrapolated to 2005 using estimated real growth rates for North Korea's GDP and an inflation factor based on the US GDP deflator; the result was rounded to the nearest $10 billion (2006 est.)

Korea, South $1.18 trillion (2006 est.)

Kuwait $52.17 billion (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan $10.49 billion (2006 est.)

Laos $13.43 billion (2006 est.)

Latvia $35.08 billion (2006 est.)

Lebanon $21.45 billion (2006 est.)

Lesotho $5.195 billion (2006 est.)

Liberia $2.911 billion (2006 est.)

Libya $74.97 billion (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein $1.786 billion (2001 est.)

Lithuania $54.03 billion (2006 est.)

Luxembourg $32.6 billion (2006 est.)

Macau $10 billion (2004)

Macedonia $16.91 billion note: Macedonia has a large informal sector (2006 est.)

Madagascar $17.27 billion (2006 est.)

Malawi $8.038 billion (2006 est.)

Malaysia $308.8 billion (2006 est.)

Maldives $1.25 billion (2002 est.)

Mali $14.59 billion (2006 est.)

Malta $8.122 billion (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands $115 million (2001 est.)

Mauritania $8.397 billion (2006 est.)

Mauritius $16.72 billion (2006 est.)

Mayotte $466.8 million (2003 est.)

Mexico $1.134 trillion (2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of $277 million; note - supplemented by grant aid, averaging perhaps $100 million annually (2002 est.)

Moldova $8.971 billion (2006 est.)

Monaco $870 million note: Monaco does not publish national income figures; the estimates are extremely rough (2000 est.)

Mongolia $5.781 billion (2006 est.)

Montenegro $3.394 billion (2006 est.)

Montserrat $29 million (2002 est.)

Morocco $147 billion (2006 est.)

Mozambique $29.32 billion (2006 est.)

Namibia $15.04 billion (2006 est.)

Nauru $60 million (2005 est.)

Nepal $41.92 billion (2006 est.)

Netherlands $512 billion (2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles $2.8 billion (2004 est.)

New Caledonia $3.158 billion (2003 est.)

New Zealand $106 billion (2006 est.)

Nicaragua $16.83 billion (2006 est.)

Niger $12.23 billion (2006 est.)

Nigeria $188.5 billion (2006 est.)

Niue $7.6 million (2000 est.)

Norfolk Island $NA

Northern Mariana Islands $900 million note: GDP estimate includes US subsidy (2000 est.)

Norway $207.3 billion (2006 est.)

Oman $43.88 billion (2006 est.)

Pakistan $427.3 billion (2006 est.)

Palau $124.5 million; note - includes US subsidy (2004 est.)

Panama $25.29 billion (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea $15.13 billion (2006 est.)

Paraguay $30.64 billion (2006 est.)

Peru $181.8 billion (2006 est.)

Philippines $443.1 billion (2006 est.)

Pitcairn Islands $NA

Poland $542.6 billion (2006 est.)

Portugal $203.1 billion (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico $74.89 billion (2006 est.)

Qatar $26.05 billion (2006 est.)

Romania $197.3 billion (2006 est.)

Russia $1.723 trillion (2006 est.)

Rwanda $13.54 billion (2006 est.)

Saint Helena $18 million (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis $339 million (2002 est.)

Saint Lucia $866 million (2002 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon $48.3 million note: supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million (2003 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $342 million (2002 est.)

Samoa $1 billion (2002 est.)

San Marino $940 million (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe $214 million (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia $374 billion (2006 est.)

Senegal $22.01 billion (2006 est.)

Serbia $44.83 billion for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2006 est.)

Seychelles $626 million (2002 est.)

Sierra Leone $5.38 billion (2006 est.)

Singapore $138.6 billion (2006 est.)

Slovakia $96.35 billion (2006 est.)

Slovenia $46.08 billion (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands $800 million (2002 est.)

Somalia $5.023 billion (2006 est.)

South Africa $576.4 billion (2006 est.)

Spain $1.07 trillion (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka $93.33 billion (2006 est.)

Sudan $96.01 billion (2006 est.)

Suriname $3.098 billion (2006 est.)

Svalbard $NA

Swaziland $5.91 billion (2006 est.)

Sweden $285.1 billion (2006 est.)

Switzerland $252.9 billion (2006 est.)

Syria $75.1 billion (2006 est.)

Taiwan $668.3 billion (2006 est.)

Tajikistan $9.405 billion (2006 est.)

Tanzania $29.25 billion (2006 est.)

Thailand $585.9 billion (2006 est.)

Togo $9.248 billion (2006 est.)

Tokelau $1.5 million (1993 est.)

Tonga $178.5 million (2004 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago $20.99 billion (2006 est.)

Tunisia $87.88 billion (2006 est.)

Turkey $627.2 billion (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan $45.11 billion (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands $216 million (2002 est.)

Tuvalu $14.94 million (2002 est.)

Uganda $51.89 billion (2006 est.)

Ukraine $355.8 billion (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates $129.4 billion (2006 est.)

United Kingdom $1.903 trillion (2006 est.)

United States $12.98 trillion (2006 est.)

Uruguay $36.56 billion (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan $54.81 billion (2006 est.)

Vanuatu $276.3 million (2003 est.)

Venezuela $176.4 billion (2006 est.)

Vietnam $258.6 billion (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands $1.577 billion (2004 est.)

Wallis and Futuna $60 million (2004 est.)

West Bank $5.327 billion (2005 est.)

Western Sahara $NA

World GWP (gross world product): $65 trillion (2006 est.)

Yemen $20.38 billion (2006 est.)

Zambia $11.51 billion (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe $25.05 billion (2006 est.)

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@2002 Population growth rate (%)

Afghanistan 2.67% (2006 est.)

Albania 0.52% (2006 est.)

Algeria 1.22% (2006 est.)

American Samoa -0.19% (2006 est.)

Andorra 0.89% (2006 est.)

Angola 2.45% (2006 est.)

Anguilla 1.57% (2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda 0.55% (2006 est.)

Argentina 0.96% (2006 est.)

Armenia -0.19% (2006 est.)

Aruba 0.44% (2006 est.)

Australia 0.85% (2006 est.)

Austria 0.09% (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan 0.66% (2006 est.)

Bahamas, The 0.64% (2006 est.)

Bahrain 1.45% (2006 est.)

Bangladesh 2.09% (2006 est.)

Barbados 0.37% (2006 est.)

Belarus -0.06% (2006 est.)

Belgium 0.13% (2006 est.)

Belize 2.31% (2006 est.)

Benin 2.73% (2006 est.)

Bermuda 0.61% (2006 est.)

Bhutan 2.1% (2006 est.)

Bolivia 1.45% (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35% (2006 est.)

Botswana -0.04% (2006 est.)

Brazil 1.04% (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands 1.97% (2006 est.)

Brunei 1.87% (2006 est.)

Bulgaria -0.86% (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso 3% (2006 est.)

Burma 0.81% (2006 est.)

Burundi 3.7% (2006 est.)

Cambodia 1.78% (2006 est.)

Cameroon 2.04% (2006 est.)

Canada 0.88% (2006 est.)

Cape Verde 0.64% (2006 est.)

Cayman Islands 2.56% (2006 est.)

Central African Republic 1.53% (2006 est.)

Chad 2.93% (2006 est.)

Chile 0.94% (2006 est.)

China 0.59% (2006 est.)

Christmas Island 0% (2006 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0% (2006 est.)

Colombia 1.46% (2006 est.)

Comoros 2.87% (2006 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.07% (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the 2.6% (2006 est.)

Cook Islands -1.2% between 1996-2001 (2001 census)

Costa Rica 1.45% (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 2.03% (2006 est.)

Croatia -0.03% (2006 est.)

Cuba 0.31% (2006 est.)

Cyprus 0.53% (2006 est.)

Czech Republic -0.06% (2006 est.)

Denmark 0.33% (2006 est.)

Djibouti 2.02% (2006 est.)

Dominica -0.08% (2006 est.)

Dominican Republic 1.47% (2006 est.)

East Timor 2.08% (2006 est.)

Ecuador 1.5% (2006 est.)

Egypt 1.75% (2006 est.)

El Salvador 1.72% (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea 2.05% (2006 est.)

Eritrea 2.47% (2006 est.)

Estonia -0.64% (2006 est.)

Ethiopia 2.31% (2006 est.)

European Union 0.15% (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2.44% (2006 est.)

Faroe Islands 0.58% (2006 est.)

Fiji 1.4% (2006 est.)

Finland 0.14% (2006 est.)

France 0.35% (2006 est.)

French Polynesia 1.48% (2006 est.)

Gabon 2.13% (2006 est.)

Gambia, The 2.84% (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip 3.71% (2006 est.)

Georgia -0.34% (2006 est.)

Germany -0.02% (2006 est.)

Ghana 2.07% (2006 est.)

Gibraltar 0.14% (2006 est.)

Greece 0.18% (2006 est.)

Greenland -0.03% (2006 est.)

Grenada 0.26% (2006 est.)

Guam 1.43% (2006 est.)

Guatemala 2.27% (2006 est.)

Guernsey 0.26% (2006 est.)

Guinea 2.63% (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 2.07% (2006 est.)

Guyana 0.25% (2006 est.)

Haiti 2.3% (2006 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City) 0.01% (2006 est.)

Honduras 2.16% (2006 est.)

Hong Kong 0.59% (2006 est.)

Hungary -0.25% (2006 est.)

Iceland 0.87% (2006 est.)

India 1.38% (2006 est.)

Indonesia 1.41% (2006 est.)

Iran 1.1% (2006 est.)

Iraq 2.66% (2006 est.)

Ireland 1.15% (2006 est.)

Isle of Man 0.52% (2006 est.)

Israel 1.18% (2006 est.)

Italy 0.04% (2006 est.)

Jamaica 0.8% (2006 est.)

Japan 0.02% (2006 est.)

Jersey 0.28% (2006 est.)

Jordan 2.49% (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan 0.33% (2006 est.)

Kenya 2.57% (2006 est.)

Kiribati 2.24% (2006 est.)

Korea, North 0.84% (2006 est.)

Korea, South 0.42% (2006 est.)

Kuwait 3.52% note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 1.32% (2006 est.)

Laos 2.39% (2006 est.)

Latvia -0.67% (2006 est.)

Lebanon 1.23% (2006 est.)

Lesotho -0.46% (2006 est.)

Liberia 4.91% (2006 est.)

Libya 2.3% (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein 0.78% (2006 est.)

Lithuania -0.3% (2006 est.)

Luxembourg 1.23% (2006 est.)

Macau 0.86% (2006 est.)

Macedonia 0.26% (2006 est.)

Madagascar 3.03% (2006 est.)

Malawi 2.38% (2006 est.)

Malaysia 1.78% (2006 est.)

Maldives 2.78% (2006 est.)

Mali 2.63% (2006 est.)

Malta 0.42% (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands 2.25% (2006 est.)

Mauritania 2.88% (2006 est.)

Mauritius 0.82% (2006 est.)

Mayotte 3.77% (2006 est.)

Mexico 1.16% (2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of -0.11% (2006 est.)

Moldova 0.28% (2006 est.)

Monaco 0.4% (2006 est.)

Mongolia 1.46% (2006 est.)

Montenegro 3.5% (2004)

Montserrat 1.05% (2006 est.)

Morocco 1.55% (2006 est.)

Mozambique 1.38% (2006 est.)

Namibia 0.59% (2006 est.)

Nauru 1.81% (2006 est.)

Nepal 2.17% (2006 est.)

Netherlands 0.49% (2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 0.79% (2006 est.)

New Caledonia 1.24% (2006 est.)

New Zealand 0.99% (2006 est.)

Nicaragua 1.89% (2006 est.)

Niger 2.92% (2006 est.)

Nigeria 2.38% (2006 est.)

Niue 0.01% (2006 est.)

Norfolk Island -0.01% (2006 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands 2.54% (2006 est.)

Norway 0.38% (2006 est.)

Oman 3.28% (2006 est.)

Pakistan 2.09% (2006 est.)

Palau 1.31% (2006 est.)

Panama 1.6% (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea 2.21% (2006 est.)

Paraguay 2.45% (2006 est.)

Peru 1.32% (2006 est.)

Philippines 1.8% (2006 est.)

Pitcairn Islands -0.01% (2006 est.)

Poland -0.05% (2006 est.)

Portugal 0.36% (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico 0.4% (2006 est.)

Qatar 2.5% (2006 est.)

Romania -0.12% (2006 est.)

Russia -0.37% (2006 est.)

Rwanda 2.43% (2006 est.)

Saint Helena 0.56% (2006 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5% (2006 est.)

Saint Lucia 1.29% (2006 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.17% (2006 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.26% (2006 est.)

Samoa -0.2% (2006 est.)

San Marino 1.26% (2006 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe 3.15% (2006 est.)

Saudi Arabia 2.18% (2006 est.)

Senegal 2.34% (2006 est.)

Seychelles 0.43% (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone 2.3% (2006 est.)

Singapore 1.42% (2006 est.)

Slovakia 0.15% (2006 est.)

Slovenia -0.05% (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands 2.61% (2006 est.)

Somalia 2.85% (2006 est.)

South Africa -0.4% (2006 est.)

Spain 0.13% (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka 0.78% (2006 est.)

Sudan 2.55% (2006 est.)

Suriname 0.2% (2006 est.)

Svalbard -0.02% (2006 est.)

Swaziland -0.23% (2006 est.)

Sweden 0.16% (2006 est.)

Switzerland 0.43% (2006 est.)

Syria 2.3% (2006 est.)

Taiwan 0.61% (2006 est.)

Tajikistan 2.19% (2006 est.)

Tanzania 1.83% (2006 est.)

Thailand 0.68% (2006 est.)

Togo 2.72% (2006 est.)

Tokelau -0.01% (2006 est.)

Tonga 2.01% (2006 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago -0.87% (2006 est.)

Tunisia 0.99% (2006 est.)

Turkey 1.06% (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan 1.83% (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 2.82% (2006 est.)

Tuvalu 1.51% (2006 est.)

Uganda 3.37% (2006 est.)

Ukraine -0.6% (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates 1.52% (2006 est.)

United Kingdom 0.28% (2006 est.)

United States 0.91% (2006 est.)

Uruguay 0.46% (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan 1.7% (2006 est.)

Vanuatu 1.49% (2006 est.)

Venezuela 1.38% (2006 est.)

Vietnam 1.02% (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands -0.12% (2006 est.)

Wallis and Futuna NA

West Bank 3.06% (2006 est.)

Western Sahara NA

World 1.14% (2006 est.)

Yemen 3.46% (2006 est.)

Zambia 2.11% (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe 0.62% (2006 est.)

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@2003 GDP - real growth rate (%)

Afghanistan 8.4% (2006 est.)

Albania 5% (2006 est.)

Algeria 5.6% (2006 est.)

American Samoa 3% (2003)

Andorra 4% (2004 est.)

Angola 14% (2006 est.)

Anguilla 10.2% (2004 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda 3.8% (2005 est.)

Argentina 8.5% (2006 est.)

Armenia 10.5% (2006 est.)

Aruba 2.4% (2005 est.)

Australia 2.8% (2006 est.)

Austria 3.3% (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan 32.5% (2006 est.)

Bahamas, The 4% (2006 est.)

Bahrain 7.6% (2006 est.)

Bangladesh 6.1% (2006 est.)

Barbados 4% (2006 est.)

Belarus 8.3% (2006 est.)

Belgium 2.5% (2006 est.)

Belize 3.5% (2005 est.)

Benin 4% (2006 est.)

Bermuda 4.6% (2004 est.)

Bhutan 5.9% (2005 est.)

Bolivia 3.3% (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.3% (2006 est.)

Botswana 4.7% (2006 est.)

Brazil 3.1% (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands 1% (2002 est.)

Brunei 1.7% (2004 est.)

Bulgaria 5.5% (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso 5.2% (2006 est.)

Burma 2.6% (2006 est.)

Burundi 5% (2006 est.)

Cambodia 5.8% (2006 est.)

Cameroon 4.1% (2006 est.)

Canada 2.8% (2006 est.)

Cape Verde 5.5% (2005 est.)

Cayman Islands 0.9% (2004 est.)

Central African Republic 3% (2006 est.)

Chad 7% (2006 est.)

Chile 4.8% (2006 est.)

China 10.5% (official data) (2006 est.)

Colombia 5.4% (2006 est.)

Comoros 3% (2005 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.5% (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the 6% (2006 est.)

Cook Islands 0.1% (2005 est.)

Costa Rica 4.7% (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 1.2% (2006 est.)

Croatia 4.4% (2006 est.)

Cuba 7.5% (2006 est.)

Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 3.7%; north Cyprus: 10.6% (2006 est.)

Czech Republic 6.2% (2006 est.)

Denmark 3% (2006 est.)

Djibouti 3.2% (2005 est.)

Dominica 3.1% (2005 est.)

Dominican Republic 7.2% (2006 est.)

East Timor 1.8% (2005 est.)

Ecuador 3.6% (2006 est.)

Egypt 5.7% (2006 est.)

El Salvador 4% (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea 18.6% (2005 est.)

Eritrea 2% (2005 est.)

Estonia 9.2% (2006 est.)

Ethiopia 8.5% (2006 est.)

European Union 2.8% (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA%

Faroe Islands 10% (2001 est.)

Fiji 2.7% (2006 est.)

Finland 4.9% (2006 est.)

France 2.3% (2006 est.)

French Polynesia NA% (2001 est.)

Gabon 2.8% (2006 est.)

Gambia, The 5% (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip 4.9% (2005 est.)

Georgia 8.8% (2006 est.)

Germany 2.2% (2006 est.)

Ghana 5.7% (2006 est.)

Gibraltar NA%

Greece 3.6% (2006 est.)

Greenland 1.8% (2001 est.)

Grenada 0.9% (2005 est.)

Guam NA%

Guatemala 3.9% (2006 est.)

Guernsey 3% (2005 est.)

Guinea 2% (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 2.9% (2006 est.)

Guyana 3.2% (2006 est.)

Haiti 1.8% (2006 est.)

Honduras 5.2% (2006 est.)

Hong Kong 5.9% (2006 est.)

Hungary 3.8% (2006 est.)

Iceland 3.7% (2006 est.)

India 8.5% (2006 est.)

Indonesia 5.4% (2006 est.)

Iran 5% (2006 est.)

Iraq 3.1% (2006 est.)

Ireland 5.2% (2006 est.)

Isle of Man 6.3% (2003)

Israel 4.8% (2006 est.)

Italy 1.6% (2006 est.)

Jamaica 2.7% (2006 est.)

Japan 2.8% (2006 est.)

Jersey NA%

Jordan 4.6% (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan 8.5% (2006 est.)

Kenya 5.5% (2006 est.)

Kiribati 0.3% (2005)

Korea, North 1% (2006 est.)

Korea, South 5.1% (2006 est.)

Kuwait 8% (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 2% (2006 est.)

Laos 7.2% (2006 est.)

Latvia 9.3% (2006 est.)

Lebanon -5% (2006 est.)

Lesotho 1.7% (2006 est.)

Liberia 6.7% (2006 est.)

Libya 8.1% (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein 11% (1999 est.)

Lithuania 7.2% (2006 est.)

Luxembourg 5.7% (2006 est.)

Macau 6.7% (2005)

Macedonia 4% (2006 est.)

Madagascar 5.5% (2006 est.)

Malawi 7% (2006 est.)

Malaysia 5.5% (2006 est.)

Maldives -3.6% (2005 est.)

Mali 5.1% (2006 est.)

Malta 1.3% (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands 3.5% (2005 est.)

Mauritania 19.4% (2006 est.)

Mauritius 4.3% (2006 est.)

Mayotte NA%

Mexico 4.5% (2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of 0.3% (2005 est.)

Moldova 4.6% (2006 est.)

Monaco 0.9% (2000 est.)

Mongolia 7.5% according to official estimate (2006 est.)

Montenegro NA

Montserrat -1% (2002 est.)

Morocco 6.7% (2006 est.)

Mozambique 9.8% (2006 est.)

Namibia 4.1% (2006 est.)

Nauru NA%

Nepal 5% (2006 est.)

Netherlands 2.9% (2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 1% (2004 est.)

New Caledonia NA%

New Zealand 1.9% (2006 est.)

Nicaragua 2.5% (2006 est.)

Niger 3.5% (2006 est.)

Nigeria 5.3% (2006 est.)

Niue 6.2% (2003 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands NA%

Norway 3% (2006 est.)

Oman 6.5% (2006 est.)

Pakistan 6.5% (2006 est.)

Palau 5.5% (2005 est.)

Panama 6.3% (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea 3.2% (2006 est.)

Paraguay 3.2% (2006 est.)

Peru 6.5% (2006 est.)

Philippines 5.3% (2006 est.)

Poland 5.3% (2006 est.)

Portugal 1.2% (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico 0.5% (2006 est.)

Qatar 7.1% (2006 est.)

Romania 6.4% (2006 est.)

Russia 6.6% (2006 est.)

Rwanda 5.8% (2006 est.)

Saint Helena NA%

Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.9% (2005 est.)

Saint Lucia 5.1% (2005 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.9% (2005 est.)

Samoa 5.5% (2005 est.)

San Marino 2.3% (2002 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe 4.4% (2006 est.)

Saudi Arabia 5.9% (2006 est.)

Senegal 4.9% (2006 est.)

Serbia 5.9% for Serbia alone (excluding Kosovo) (2005 est.)

Seychelles -1% (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone 6.8% (2006 est.)

Singapore 7.4% (2006 est.)

Slovakia 6.4% (2006 est.)

Slovenia 4.4% (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands 4.4% (2005 est.)

Somalia 2.6% (2006 est.)

South Africa 4.5% (2006 est.)

Spain 3.6% (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka 6.3% (2006 est.)

Sudan 9.6% (2006 est.)

Suriname 5% (2006 est.)

Svalbard NA%

Swaziland 2% (2006 est.)

Sweden 4.2% (2006 est.)

Switzerland 2.9% (2006 est.)

Syria 2.9% (2006 est.)

Taiwan 4.4% (2006 est.)

Tajikistan 7% (2006 est.)

Tanzania 5.8% (2006 est.)

Thailand 4.4% (2006 est.)

Togo 3% (2006 est.)

Tokelau NA%

Tonga 2.4% (2005 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago 12.6% (2006 est.)

Tunisia 4% (2006 est.)

Turkey 5.2% (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan IMF estimate: 13% note: official government statistics show 21.4% growth, but these estimates are widely regarded as unreliable (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4.9% (2000 est.)

Tuvalu 1.2% (2002 est.)

Uganda 5% (2006 est.)

Ukraine 6% (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates 10.2% (2006 est.)

United Kingdom 2.7% (2006 est.)

United States 3.2% (2006 est.)

Uruguay 7% (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan 6.8% (2006 est.)

Vanuatu 6.8% (2005 est.)

Venezuela 8.8% (2006 est.)

Vietnam 7.8% (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands 2% (2002 est.)

Wallis and Futuna NA%

West Bank 4.9% (2005 est.)

Western Sahara NA%

World 5.1% (2006 est.)

Yemen 3.2% (2006 est.)

Zambia 6% (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe -4.4% (2006 est.)

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@2004 GDP - per capita (PPP)

Afghanistan $800 (2004 est.)

Albania $5,600 (2006 est.)

Algeria $7,700 (2006 est.)

American Samoa $5,800 (2005 est.)

Andorra $24,000 (2004)

Angola $4,300 (2006 est.)

Anguilla $8,800 (2004 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda $10,900 (2005 est.)

Argentina $15,000 (2006 est.)

Armenia $5,400 (2006 est.)

Aruba $21,800 (2004 est.)

Australia $32,900 (2006 est.)

Austria $34,100 (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan $7,300 (2006 est.)

Bahamas, The $21,300 (2006 est.)

Bahrain $25,300 (2006 est.)

Bangladesh $2,200 (2006 est.)

Barbados $18,200 (2006 est.)

Belarus $7,800 (2006 est.)

Belgium $31,800 (2006 est.)

Belize $8,400 (2006 est.)

Benin $1,100 (2006 est.)

Bermuda $69,900 (2004 est.)

Bhutan $1,400 (2003 est.)

Bolivia $3,000 (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina $5,500 (2006 est.)

Botswana $11,400 (2006 est.)

Brazil $8,600 (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands $38,500 (2004 est.)

Brunei $23,600 (2003 est.)

Bulgaria $10,400 (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso $1,300 (2006 est.)

Burma $1,800 (2006 est.)

Burundi $700 (2006 est.)

Cambodia $2,600 (2006 est.)

Cameroon $2,400 (2006 est.)

Canada $35,200 (2006 est.)

Cape Verde $6,000 (2006 est.)

Cayman Islands $43,800 (2004 est.)

Central African Republic $1,100 (2006 est.)

Chad $1,500 (2006 est.)

Chile $12,600 (2006 est.)

China $7,600 (2006 est.)

Colombia $8,400 (2006 est.)

Comoros $600 (2005 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the $700 (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the $1,300 (2006 est.)

Cook Islands $9,100 (2005 est.)

Costa Rica $12,000 (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire $1,600 (2006 est.)

Croatia $13,200 (2006 est.)

Cuba $3,900 (2006 est.)

Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: $22,700 (2005 est.); north Cyprus: $7,135 (2004 est.) (2006 est.)

Czech Republic $21,600 (2006 est.)

Denmark $37,000 (2006 est.)

Djibouti $1,000 (2005 est.)

Dominica $3,800 (2005 est.)

Dominican Republic $8,000 (2006 est.)

East Timor $800 (2005 est.)

Ecuador $4,500 (2006 est.)

Egypt $4,200 (2006 est.)

El Salvador $4,900 (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea $50,200 (2005 est.)

Eritrea $1,000 (2005 est.)

Estonia $19,600 (2006 est.)

Ethiopia $1,000 (2006 est.)

European Union $29,300 (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $25,000 (2002 est.)

Faroe Islands $31,000 (2001 est.)

Fiji $6,100 (2006 est.)

Finland $32,800 (2006 est.)

France $30,100 (2006 est.)

French Polynesia $17,500 (2003 est.)

Gabon $7,200 (2006 est.)

Gambia, The $2,000 (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip $1,500 (2003 est.)

Georgia $3,800 (2006 est.)

Germany $31,400 (2006 est.)

Ghana $2,600 (2006 est.)

Gibraltar $27,900 (2000 est.)

Greece $23,500 (2006 est.)

Greenland $20,000 (2001 est.)

Grenada $3,900 (2005 est.)

Guam $15,000 (2005 est.)

Guatemala $4,900 (2006 est.)

Guernsey $44,600 (2005)

Guinea $2,000 (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau $900 (2006 est.)

Guyana $4,700 (2006 est.)

Haiti $1,800 (2006 est.)

Honduras $3,000 (2006 est.)

Hong Kong $36,500 (2006 est.)

Hungary $17,300 (2006 est.)

Iceland $38,100 (2006 est.)

India $3,700 (2006 est.)

Indonesia $3,800 (2006 est.)

Iran $8,900 (2006 est.)

Iraq $1,900 (2006 est.)

Ireland $43,600 (2006 est.)

Isle of Man $27,800 (2003 est.)

Israel $26,200 (2006 est.)

Italy $29,700 (2006 est.)

Jamaica $4,600 (2006 est.)

Japan $33,100 (2006 est.)

Jersey $40,000 (2003 est.)

Jordan $4,900 (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan $9,100 (2006 est.)

Kenya $1,200 (2006 est.)

Kiribati $2,700 (2004 est.)

Korea, North $1,800 (2006 est.)

Korea, South $24,200 (2006 est.)

Kuwait $21,600 (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan $2,000 (2006 est.)

Laos $2,100 (2006 est.)

Latvia $15,400 (2006 est.)

Lebanon $5,500 (2006 est.)

Lesotho $2,600 (2006 est.)

Liberia $1,000 (2006 est.)

Libya $12,700 (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein $25,000 (1999 est.)

Lithuania $15,100 (2006 est.)

Luxembourg $68,800 (2006 est.)

Macau $24,300 (2005)

Macedonia $8,200 (2006 est.)

Madagascar $900 (2006 est.)

Malawi $600 (2006 est.)

Malaysia $12,700 (2006 est.)

Maldives $3,900 (2002 est.)

Mali $1,200 (2006 est.)

Malta $20,300 (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands $2,900 (2005 est.)

Mauritania $2,600 (2006 est.)

Mauritius $13,500 (2006 est.)

Mayotte $2,600 (2003 est.)

Mexico $10,600 (2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of $2,300 (2005 est.)

Moldova $2,000 (2006 est.)

Monaco $27,000 (2000 est.)

Mongolia $2,000 (2006 est.)

Montenegro $3,800 (2005 est.)

Montserrat $3,400 (2002 est.)

Morocco $4,400 (2006 est.)

Mozambique $1,500 (2006 est.)

Namibia $7,400 (2006 est.)

Nauru $5,000 (2005 est.)

Nepal $1,500 (2006 est.)

Netherlands $31,700 (2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles $16,000 (2004 est.)

New Caledonia $15,000 (2003 est.)

New Zealand $26,000 (2006 est.)

Nicaragua $3,000 (2006 est.)

Niger $1,000 (2006 est.)

Nigeria $1,400 (2006 est.)

Niue $5,800 (2003 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands $12,500 (2000 est.)

Norway $47,800 (2006 est.)

Oman $14,100 (2006 est.)

Pakistan $2,600 (2006 est.)

Palau $7,600 (2005 est.)

Panama $7,900 (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea $2,700 (2006 est.)

Paraguay $4,700 (2006 est.)

Peru $6,400 (2006 est.)

Philippines $5,000 (2006 est.)

Poland $14,100 (2006 est.)

Portugal $19,100 (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico $19,100 (2006 est.)

Qatar $29,400 (2006 est.)

Romania $8,800 (2006 est.)

Russia $12,100 (2006 est.)

Rwanda $1,600 (2006 est.)

Saint Helena $2,500 (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis $8,200 (2005 est.)

Saint Lucia $4,800 (2005 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon $7,000 (2001 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $3,600 (2005 est.)

Samoa $2,100 (2005 est.)

San Marino $34,600 (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe $1,200 (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia $13,800 (2006 est.)

Senegal $1,800 (2006 est.)

Serbia $4,400 for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2005 est.)

Seychelles $7,800 (2002 est.)

Sierra Leone $900 (2006 est.)

Singapore $30,900 (2006 est.)

Slovakia $17,700 (2006 est.)

Slovenia $22,900 (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands $600 (2005 est.)

Somalia $600 (2006 est.)

South Africa $13,000 (2006 est.)

Spain $27,000 (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka $4,600 (2006 est.)

Sudan $2,300 (2006 est.)

Suriname $7,100 (2006 est.)

Swaziland $5,200 (2006 est.)

Sweden $31,600 (2006 est.)

Switzerland $33,600 (2006 est.)

Syria $4,000 (2006 est.)

Taiwan $29,000 (2006 est.)

Tajikistan $1,300 (2006 est.)

Tanzania $800 (2006 est.)

Thailand $9,100 (2006 est.)

Togo $1,700 (2006 est.)

Tokelau $1,000 (1993 est.)

Tonga $2,200 (2005 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago $19,700 (2006 est.)

Tunisia $8,600 (2006 est.)

Turkey $8,900 (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan $8,900 (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands $11,500 (2002 est.)

Tuvalu $1,600 (2002 est.)

Uganda $1,800 (2006 est.)

Ukraine $7,600 (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates $49,700 (2006 est.)

United Kingdom $31,400 (2006 est.)

United States $43,500 (2006 est.)

Uruguay $10,700 (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan $2,000 (2006 est.)

Vanuatu $2,900 (2003 est.)

Venezuela $6,900 (2006 est.)

Vietnam $3,100 (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands $14,500 (2004 est.)

Wallis and Futuna $3,800 (2004 est.)

West Bank $1,500 (2005 est.)

Western Sahara $NA

World $10,000 (2006 est.)

Yemen $900 (2006 est.)

Zambia $1,000 (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe $2,000 (2006 est.)

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@2006 Dependency status

Akrotiri overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus

American Samoa unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior

Anguilla overseas territory of the UK

Aruba member country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs

Ashmore and Cartier Islands territory of Australia; administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services

Baker Island unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system

Bassas da India possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Bermuda overseas territory of the UK

Bouvet Island territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo

British Indian Ocean Territory overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London

British Virgin Islands overseas territory of the UK; internal self-governing

Cayman Islands overseas territory of the UK

Christmas Island non-self governing territory of Australia; administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services

Clipperton Island possession of France; administered by France from French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic

Cocos (Keeling) Islands non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services

Cook Islands self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense, in consultation with the Cook Islands

Coral Sea Islands territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of the Transport and Regional Services

Dhekelia overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus

Europa Island possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina

Faroe Islands part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1948

French Polynesia overseas lands of France; overseas territory of France from 1946-2004

French Southern and Antarctic Lands overseas territory of France since 1955; administered from Paris by Administrateur Superieur Michel CHAMPON (since 20 December 2004), assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves HERMOSO (since NA)

Gibraltar overseas territory of the UK

Glorioso Islands possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Greenland part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979

Guam organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior

Guernsey British crown dependency

Heard Island and McDonald Islands territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage

Hong Kong special administrative region of China

Howland Island unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system

Iles Eparses possessions of France; administered by the Senior Administrator of the Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF), resident in Reunion

Isle of Man British crown dependency

Jan Mayen territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service

Jarvis Island unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system

Jersey British crown dependency

Johnston Atoll unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Honolulu, HI, by Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system

Juan de Nova Island possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Kingman Reef unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the US Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior note: on 1 September 2000, the Department of the Interior accepted restoration of its administrative jurisdiction over Kingman Reef from the Department of the Navy; Executive Order 3223 signed 18 January 2001 established Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge to be administered by the Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; this refuge is managed to protect the terrestrial and aquatic wildlife of Kingman Reef out to the 12-nautical-mile territorial sea limit

Macau special administrative region of China

Mayotte departmental collectivity of France

Midway Islands unincorporated territory of the US; formerly administered from Washington, DC, by the US Navy; on 31 October 1996, through a presidential executive order, the jurisdiction and control of the atoll was transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system

Montserrat overseas territory of the UK

Navassa Island unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced against the island

Netherlands Antilles an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs

New Caledonia territorial collectivity of France since 1998

Niue self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense; however, these responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue

Norfolk Island self governing territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Transport and Regional Services

Northern Mariana Islands commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs

Palmyra Atoll incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon

Pitcairn Islands overseas territory of the UK

Puerto Rico unincorporated, organized territory of the US with commonwealth status; policy relations between Puerto Rico and the US conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President

Saint Helena overseas territory of the UK

Saint Pierre and Miquelon self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen ELIZABETH II; Grytviken - formerly a whaling station on South Georgia - is a scientific base

Svalbard territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway

Tokelau self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN sponsored referendum on self-governance, in February 2006, did not produce the two thirds majority vote necessary for changing the current political status

Tromelin Island possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Turks and Caicos Islands overseas territory of the UK

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges unincorporated territories of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system note on Palmyra Atoll: incorporated Territory of the US; partly privately owned and partly federally owned; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon

Virgin Islands organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior

Wake Island unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are conducted by the US Air Force

Wallis and Futuna overseas territory of France

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@2007 Diplomatic representation from the US

Afghanistan chief of mission: Ambassador Ronald E. NEUMANN embassy: The Great Masood Road, Kabul mailing address: U.S. Embassy Kabul, APO, AE 09806 telephone: [00 93] (20) 230-0436 FAX: [00 93] (20) 230-1364

Akrotiri none (overseas territory of the UK)

Albania chief of mission: Ambassador Marcie B. RIES embassy: Rruga e Elbasanit, Labinoti #103, Tirana mailing address: US Department of State, 9510 Tirana Place, Dulles, VA 20189-9510 telephone: [355] (4) 247285 FAX: [355] (4) 232222

Algeria chief of mission: Ambassador Robert S. FORD embassy: 04 Chemin Cheikh Bachir Ibrahimi El-Biar 16030, Algiers mailing address: B. P. 408, Alger-Gare, 16030 Algiers telephone: [213] (021) 69-12-55 FAX: [213] (021) 69-39-79

American Samoa none (territory of the US)

Andorra the US does not have an embassy in Andorra; the US Ambassador to Spain is accredited to Andorra; US interests in Andorra are represented by the Consulate General's office in Barcelona (Spain); mailing address: Paseo Reina Elisenda de Montcada, 23, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; telephone: [34] (3) 280-2227; FAX: [34] (3) 205-5206

Angola chief of mission: Ambassador Cynthia EFIRD embassy: number 32 Rua Houari Boumedienne (in the Miramar area of Luanda), Luanda mailing address: international mail: Caixa Postal 6468, Luanda; pouch: US Embassy Luanda,US Department of State, 2550 Luanda Place, Washington, DC 20521-2550 telephone: [244] (222) 64-1000 FAX: [244] (222) 64-1232

Anguilla none (overseas territory of the UK)

Antigua and Barbuda the US does not have an embassy in Antigua and Barbuda; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina chief of mission: Ambassador Earl Anthony WAYNE embassy: Avenida Colombia 4300, C1425GMN Buenos Aires mailing address: international mail: use street address; APO address: Unit 4334, APO AA 34034 telephone: [54] (11) 5777-4533 FAX: [54] (11) 5777-4240

Armenia chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Anthony F. GODFREY embassy: 1 American Ave., Yerevan 375082 mailing address: American Embassy Yerevan, US Department of State, 7020 Yerevan Place, Washington, DC 20521-7020 telephone: [374](10) 464-700 FAX: [374](10) 464-742

Aruba the US does not have an embassy in Aruba; the Consul General to Netherlands Antilles is accredited to Aruba

Ashmore and Cartier Islands none (territory of Australia)

Australia chief of mission: Ambassador Robert D. McCALLUM, Jr. embassy: Moonah Place, Yarralumla, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600 mailing address: APO AP 96549 telephone: [61] (02) 6214-5600 FAX: [61] (02) 6214-5970 consulate(s) general: Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Austria chief of mission: Ambassador Susan R. McCAW embassy: Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1090, Vienna mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [43] (1) 31339-0 FAX: [43] (1) 3100682

Azerbaijan chief of mission: Ambassador Anne E. DERSE embassy: 83 Azadliyg Prospecti, Baku AZ1007 mailing address: American Embassy Baku, US Department of State, 7050 Baku Place, Washington, DC 20521-7050 telephone: [994] (12) 4980-335 through 337 FAX: [994] (12) 4656-671

Bahamas, The chief of mission: Ambassador John D. ROOD embassy: 42 Queen Street, Nassau mailing address: local or express mail address: P. O. Box N-8197, Nassau; US Department of State, 3370 Nassau Place, Washington, DC 20521-3370 telephone: [1] (242) 322-1181, 328-2206 (after hours) FAX: [1] (242) 356-0222

Bahrain chief of mission: Ambassador William T. MONROE embassy: Building #979, Road 3119 (next to Al-Ahli Sports Club), Block 331, Zinj District, Manama mailing address: American Embassy Manama, PSC 451, FPO AE 09834-5100; international mail: American Embassy, Box 26431, Manama telephone: [973] 1724-2700 FAX: [973] 1727-0547

Bangladesh chief of mission: Ambassador Patricia A. BUTENIS embassy: Madani Avenue, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212 mailing address: G. P. O. Box 323, Dhaka 1000 telephone: [880] (2) 885-5500 FAX: [880] (2) 882-3744

Barbados chief of mission: Ambassador Mary M. OURISMAN embassy: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Building, Broad Street, Bridgetown; (courier) ALICO Building-Cheapside, Bridgetown mailing address: P. O. Box 302, Bridgetown; CMR 1014, APO AA 34055 telephone: [1] (246) 436-4950 FAX: [1] (246) 429-5246, 429-3379

Belarus chief of mission: Ambassador Karen B. STEWART embassy: 46 Starovilenskaya St., Minsk 220002 mailing address: PSC 78, Box B Minsk, APO 09723 telephone: [375] (17) 210-12-83, 217-7347, 217-7348 FAX: [375] (17) 234-7853

Belgium chief of mission: Ambassador Tom C. KOROLOGOS; note - Ambassador-designate Sam FOX may take his place in early 2007; must face Senate confirmation hearing embassy: Regentlaan 27 Boulevard du Regent, B-1000 Brussels mailing address: PSC 82, Box 002, APO AE 09710 telephone: [32] (2) 508-2111 FAX: [32] (2) 511-2725

Belize chief of mission: Ambassador Robert J. DIETER embassy: Floral Park Road, Belmopan City, Cayo District mailing address: 3050 Belize Place, Washington DC 20521-3050 telephone: [501] 227-7161 through 7163 FAX: [501] 223-0802

Benin chief of mission: Ambassador Gayleatha B. BROWN embassy: Rue Caporal Bernard Anani, Cotonou mailing address: 01 B. P. 2012, Cotonou telephone: [229] 30-06-50 FAX: [229] 30-06-70

Bermuda chief of mission: Consul General Gregory W. SLAYTON consulate(s) general: Crown Hill, 16 Middle Road, Devonshire DVO3 mailing address: P. O. Box HM325, Hamilton HMBX; American Consulate General Hamilton, US Department of State, 5300 Hamilton Place, Washington, DC 20520-5300 telephone: [1] (441) 295-1342 FAX: [1] (441) 295-1592, [1] (441) 296-9233

Bhutan the US and Bhutan have no formal diplomatic relations, although informal contact is maintained between the Bhutanese and US Embassy in New Delhi (India)

Bolivia chief of mission: Ambassador Philip S. GOLDBERG embassy: Avenida Arce 2780, La Paz mailing address: P. O. Box 425, La Paz; APO AA 34032 telephone: [591] (2) 216-8000 FAX: [591] (2) 216-8111

Bosnia and Herzegovina chief of mission: Ambassador Douglas L. McELHANEY embassy: Alipasina 43, 71000 Sarajevo mailing address: use street address telephone: [387] (33) 445-700 FAX: [387] (33) 659-722 branch office(s): Banja Luka, Mostar

Botswana chief of mission: Ambassador Katherine H. CANAVAN embassy: address NA, Gaborone mailing address: Embassy Enclave, P. O. Box 90, Gaborone telephone: [267] 353982 FAX: [267] 312782

Brazil chief of mission: Ambassador Clifford M. SOBEL embassy: Avenida das Nacoes, Quadra 801, Lote 3, Distrito Federal Cep 70403-900, Brasilia mailing address: Unit 3500, APO AA 34030 telephone: [55] (61) 3312-7000 FAX: [55] (61) 3225-9136 consulate(s) general: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo consulate(s): Recife

British Indian Ocean Territory none (overseas territory of the UK)

British Virgin Islands none (overseas territory of the UK)

Brunei chief of mission: Ambassador Emil SKODON embassy: Third Floor, Teck Guan Plaza, Jalan Sultan, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8811 mailing address: PSC 470 (BSB), FPO AP 96507; P.O. Box 2991, Bandar Seri Begawan BS8675, Negara Brunei Darussalam telephone: [673] 222-0384 FAX: [673] 222-5293

Bulgaria chief of mission: Ambassador John Ross BEYRLE embassy: 16 Kozyak Street, Sofia 1407 mailing address: American Embassy Sofia, US Department of State, 5740 Sofia Place, Washington, DC 20521-5740 telephone: [359] (2) 937-5100 FAX: [359] (2) 937-5320

Burkina Faso chief of mission: Ambassador Jeanine E. JACKSON embassy: 602 Avenue Raoul Follereau, Koulouba, Secteur 4 mailing address: 01 B. P. 35, Ouagadougou 01; pouch mail - US Department of State, 2440 Ouagadougou Place, Washington, DC 20521-2440 telephone: [226] 50-30-67-23 FAX: [226] 50-30-38-90, 50-31-23-68

Burma chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Shari VILLAROSA embassy: 581 Merchant Street, Rangoon (GPO 521) mailing address: Box B, APO AP 96546 telephone: [95] (1) 379-880, 379-881 FAX: [95] (1) 256-018

Burundi chief of mission: Ambassador Patricia Newton MOLLER embassy: Avenue des Etats-Unis, Bujumbura mailing address: B. P. 1720, Bujumbura telephone: [257] 223454 FAX: [257] 222926

Cambodia chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph A. MUSSOMELI embassy: #1, Street 96, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh mailing address: Box P, APO AP 96546 telephone: [855] (23) 728-000 FAX: [855] (23) 728-600

Cameroon chief of mission: Ambassador Niels MARQUARDT embassy: Rue Nachtigal, Yaounde mailing address: P. O. Box 817, Yaounde; pouch: American Embassy, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2520 telephone: [237] 220 15 00; Consular: [237] 220 16 03 FAX: [237] 220 16 20; Consular FAX: [237] 220 17 52 branch office(s): Douala

Canada chief of mission: Ambassador David H. WILKINS embassy: 490 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1G8 mailing address: P. O. Box 5000, Ogdensburgh, NY 13669-0430 telephone: [1] (613) 238-5335, 4470 FAX: [1] (613) 688-3082 consulate(s) general: Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg

Cape Verde chief of mission: Ambassador Roger D. PIERCE embassy: Rua Abilio Macedo n6, Praia mailing address: C. P. 201, Praia telephone: [238] 2-60-89-00 FAX: [238] 2-61-13-55

Cayman Islands none (overseas territory of the UK)

Central African Republic chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires James PANOS embassy: Avenue David Dacko, Bangui mailing address: B. P. 924, Bangui telephone: [236] 61 02 00 FAX: [236] 61 44 94 note: the embassy is currently operating with a minimal staff

Chad chief of mission: Ambassador Marc M. WALL embassy: Avenue Felix Eboue, N'Djamena mailing address: B. P. 413, N'Djamena telephone: [235] 516-211 FAX: [235] 515-654

Chile chief of mission: Ambassador Craig A. KELLY embassy: Avenida Andres Bello 2800, Las Condes, Santiago mailing address: APO AA 34033 telephone: [56] (2) 232-2600 FAX: [56] (2) 330-3710

China chief of mission: Ambassador Clark T. RANDT, Jr. embassy: Xiu Shui Bei Jie 3, 100600 Beijing mailing address: PSC 461, Box 50, FPO AP 96521-0002 telephone: [86] (10) 6532-3831 FAX: [86] (10) 6532-3178 consulate(s) general: Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau, Shanghai, Shenyang

Christmas Island none (territory of Australia)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands none (territory of Australia)

Colombia chief of mission: Ambassador William B. WOOD embassy: Calle 22D-BIS, numbers 47-51, Apartado Aereo 3831 mailing address: Carrera 45 #22D-45, Bogota, D.C., APO AA 34038 telephone: [57] (1) 315-0811 FAX: [57] (1) 315-2197

Comoros the US does not have an embassy in Comoros; the ambassador to Madagascar is accredited to Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of the chief of mission: Ambassador Roger MEECE embassy: 310 Avenue des Aviateurs, Kinshasa mailing address: Unit 31550, APO AE 09828 telephone: [243] (88) 43608 FAX: [243] (88) 43467

Congo, Republic of the chief of mission: Ambassador Robert WEISBERG embassy: NA mailing address: NA telephone: [243] (88) 43608 note: the embassy is temporarily collocated with the US Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (US Embassy Kinshasa, 310 Avenue des Aviateurs, Kinshasa)

Cook Islands none (self-governing in free association with New Zealand)

Coral Sea Islands none (territory of Australia)

Costa Rica chief of mission: Ambassador Mark LANGDALE embassy: Calle 120 Avenida O, Pavas, San Jose mailing address: APO AA 34020 telephone: [506] 519-2000 FAX: [506] 519-2305

Cote d'Ivoire chief of mission: Ambassador Aubrey HOOKS embassy: Riviera Golf 01, Abidjan mailing address: B. P. 1866, Abidjan 01 telephone: [225] 20 21 09 79 FAX: [225] 20 22 32 59

Croatia chief of mission: Ambassador Robert A. BRADTKE embassy: 2 Thomas Jefferson Street, 10010 Zagreb mailing address: use street address telephone: [385] (1) 661-2200 FAX: [385] (1) 661-2373

Cuba none; note - the US has an Interests Section in the Swiss Embassy, headed by Principal Officer Michael E. PARMLY; address: USINT, Swiss Embassy, Calzada between L and M Streets, Vedado, Havana; telephone: [53] (7) 833-3551 through 3559 (operator assistance required); FAX: [53] (7) 833-3700; protecting power in Cuba is Switzerland

Cyprus chief of mission: Ambassador Ronald L. SCHLICHER embassy: corner of Metochiou and Ploutarchou Streets, 2407 Engomi, Nicosia mailing address: P. O. Box 24536, 1385 Nicosia telephone: [357] (22) 393939 FAX: [357] (22) 780944

Czech Republic chief of mission: Ambassador Richard W. GRABER embassy: Trziste 15, 11801 Prague 1 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [420] 257 022 000 FAX: [420] 257 022 809

Denmark chief of mission: Ambassador James P. CAIN embassy: Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen mailing address: PSC 73, APO AE 09716 telephone: [45] 33 41 71 00 FAX: [45] 35 43 02 23

Dhekelia none (overseas territory of the UK)

Djibouti chief of mission: Ambassador W. Stuart SYMINGTON embassy: Plateau du Serpent, Boulevard Marechal Joffre, Djibouti mailing address: B. P. 185, Djibouti telephone: [253] 35 39 95 FAX: [253] 35 39 40

Dominica the US does not have an embassy in Dominica; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Dominica

Dominican Republic chief of mission: Ambassador Hans H. HERTELL embassy: corner of Calle Cesar Nicolas Penson and Calle Leopoldo Navarro, Santo Domingo mailing address: Unit 5500, APO AA 34041-5500 telephone: [1] (809) 221-2171 FAX: [1] (809) 686-7437

East Timor chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires William Gary GRAY embassy: Avenida de Portugal, Praia dos Conqueiros, Dili mailing address: US Department of State, 8250 Dili Place, Washington, DC 20521-8250 telephone: (670) 332-4684 FAX: (670) 331-3206

Ecuador chief of mission: Ambassador Linda L. JEWELL embassy: Avenida 12 de Octubre y Avenida Patria, Quito mailing address: APO AA 34039 telephone: [593] (2) 256-2890 FAX: [593] (2) 250-2052 consulate(s) general: Guayaquil

Egypt chief of mission: Ambassador Francis J. RICCIARDONE, Jr. embassy: 8 Kamal El Din Salah St., Garden City, Cairo mailing address: Unit 64900, Box 15, APO AE 09839-4900 telephone: [20] (2) 797-3300 FAX: [20] (2) 797-3200

El Salvador chief of mission: Ambassador H. Douglas BARCLAY embassy: Final Boulevard Santa Elena Sur, Antiguo Cuscatlan, La Libertad, San Salvador mailing address: Unit 3116, APO AA 34023 telephone: [503] 2278-4444 FAX: [503] 2278-5522

Equatorial Guinea chief of mission: Ambassador Donald C. JOHNSON embassy: adjacent to the golf course at the base of Mont Febe; note - relocated embassy is opened for limited functions; inquiries should continue to be directed to the US Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon mailing address: B.P. 817, Yaounde, Cameroon; US Embassy Yaounde, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2520 telephone: [237] 220 15 00 FAX: [237] 220 16 20

Eritrea chief of mission: Ambassador Scott H. DELISI embassy: 179 Alaa Street, Asmara mailing address: P. O. Box 211, Asmara telephone: [291] (1) 120004 FAX: [291] (1) 127584

Estonia chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Jeffrey GOLDSTEIN embassy: Kentmanni 20, 15099 Tallinn mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [372] 668-8100 FAX: [372] 668-8134

Ethiopia chief of mission: Ambassador Donald Y. YAMAMOTO embassy: Entoto Street, Addis Ababa mailing address: P. O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa telephone: [251] (1) 517-4000 FAX: [251] (1) 517-4888

European Union chief of mission: Ambassador C. Boyden GRAY embassy: 13 Zinnerstraat/Rue Zinner, B-1000 Brussels mailing address: same as above telephone: [32] (2) 508-2222 FAX: [32] (2) 512-5720

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) none (overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina)

Faroe Islands none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)

Fiji chief of mission: Ambassador Larry Miles DINGER embassy: 31 Loftus Street, Suva mailing address: P. O. Box 218, Suva telephone: [679] 331-4466 FAX: [679] 330-0081

Finland chief of mission: Ambassador Marilyn WARE embassy: Itainen Puistotie 14B, 00140 Helsinki mailing address: APO AE 09723 telephone: [358] (9) 616250 FAX: [358] (9) 6162 5800

France chief of mission: Ambassador Craig R. STAPLETON embassy: 2 Avenue Gabriel, 75382 Paris Cedex 08 mailing address: PSC 116, APO AE 09777 telephone: [33] (1) 43-12-22-22 FAX: [33] (1) 42 66 97 83 consulate(s) general: Marseille, Strasbourg

French Polynesia none (overseas lands of France)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands none (overseas territory of France)

Gabon chief of mission: Ambassador Barrie R. WALKLEY embassy: Boulevard du Bord de Mer, Libreville mailing address: Centre Ville, B. P. 4000, Libreville telephone: [241] 76 20 03 through 76 20 04, after hours - 74 34 92 FAX: [241] 74 55 07

Gambia, The chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph D. STAFFORD, III embassy: Kairaba Avenue, Fajara, Banjul mailing address: P. M. B. No. 19, Banjul telephone: [220] 439-2856, 437-6169, 437-6170 FAX: [220] 439-2475

Georgia chief of mission: Ambassador John F. TEFFT embassy: 11 George Balanchine St., T'bilisi 0131 mailing address: 7060 T'bilisi Place, Washington, DC 20521-7060 telephone: [995] (32) 27-70-00 FAX: [995] (32) 53-23-10

Germany chief of mission: Ambassador William R. TIMKEN, Jr. embassy: Neustaedtische Kirchstrasse 4-5, 10117 Berlin; note - a new embassy will be built near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin; ground was broken in October 2004 and completion is scheduled for 2008 mailing address: PSC 120, Box 1000, APO AE 09265 telephone: [49] (030) 8305-0 FAX: [49] (030) 8305-1215 consulate(s) general: Duesseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich

Ghana chief of mission: Ambassador Pamela BRIDGEWATER embassy: 6th and 10th Lanes, 798/1 Osu, Accra mailing address: P. O. Box 194, Accra telephone: [233] (21) 775-347, 775-348 FAX: [233] (21) 701-813

Gibraltar none (overseas territory of the UK)

Greece chief of mission: Ambassador Charles P. RIES embassy: 91 Vasilisis Sophias Avenue, 10160 Athens mailing address: PSC 108, APO AE 09842-0108 telephone: [30] (210) 721-2951 FAX: [30] (210) 645-6282 consulate(s) general: Thessaloniki

Greenland none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark)

Grenada chief of mission: the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada embassy: Lance-aux-Epines Stretch, Saint George's mailing address: P. O. Box 54, Saint George's telephone: [1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176 FAX: [1] (473) 444-4820

Guam none (territory of the US)

Guatemala chief of mission: Ambassador James M. DERHAM embassy: 7-01 Avenida Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala City mailing address: APO AA 34024 telephone: [502] 2326-4000 FAX: [502] 2326-4654

Guernsey none (British crown dependency)

Guinea chief of mission: Ambassador Jackson C. MCDONALD embassy: Koloma, Conakry, east of Hamdallaye Circle mailing address: B. P. 603, Transversale No. 2, Centre Administratif de Koloma, Commune de Ratoma, Conakry telephone: [224] 30-42-08-61 FAX: [224] 30-42-08-73

Guinea-Bissau the US Embassy suspended operations on 14 June 1998 in the midst of violent conflict between forces loyal to then President VIEIRA and military-led junta; the US Ambassador to Senegal is accredited to Guinea-Bissau

Guyana chief of mission: Ambassador David M. ROBINSON embassy: 100 Young and Duke Streets, Kingston, Georgetown mailing address: P. O. Box 10507, Georgetown; US Embassy, 3170 Georgetown Place, Washington DC 20521-3170 telephone: [592] 225-4900 through 4909 FAX: [592] 225-8497

Haiti chief of mission: Ambassador Janet A. SANDERSON embassy: 5 Harry S Truman Boulevard, Bicentenaire-Port-au-Prince mailing address: P. O. Box 1761, Port-au-Prince telephone: [509] 222-0200 FAX: [509] 223-9038

Heard Island and McDonald Islands none (territory of Australia)

Holy See (Vatican City) chief of mission: Ambassador Francis ROONEY embassy: Villa Domiziana, Via delle Terme Deciane 26, 00153 Rome mailing address: PSC 59, Box 66, APO AE 09624 telephone: [39] (06) 4674-3428 FAX: [39] (06) 575-8346

Honduras chief of mission: Ambassador Charles A. FORD embassy: Avenida La Paz, Apartado Postal No. 3453, Tegucigalpa mailing address: American Embassy, APO AA 34022, Tegucigalpa telephone: [504] 236-9320, 238-5114 FAX: [504] 236-9037

Hong Kong chief of mission: Consul General James B. CUNNINGHAM consulate(s) general: 26 Garden Road, Hong Kong mailing address: PSC 461, Box 1, FPO AP 96521-0006 telephone: [852] 2523-9011 FAX: [852] 2845-1598

Hungary chief of mission: Ambassador April H. FOLEY embassy: Szabadsag ter 12, H-1054 Budapest mailing address: pouch: American Embassy Budapest, 5270 Budapest Place, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5270 telephone: [36] (1) 475-4400 FAX: [36] (1) 475-4764

Iceland chief of mission: Ambassador Carol VAN VOORST embassy: Laufasvegur 21, 101 Reykjavik mailing address: US Department of State, 5640 Reykjavik Place, Washington, D.C. 20521-5640 telephone: [354] 562-9100 FAX: [354] 562-9118

India chief of mission: Ambassador David C. MULFORD embassy: Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [91] (11) 2419-8000 FAX: [91] (11) 2419-0017 consulate(s) general: Chennai (Madras), Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay)

Indonesia chief of mission: Ambassador B. Lynn PASCOE embassy: Jalan 1 Medan Merdeka Selatan 4-5, Jakarta 10110 mailing address: Unit 8129, Box 1, FPO AP 96520 telephone: [62] (21) 3435-9000 FAX: [62] (21) 3435-9922 consulate(s) general: Surabaya consulate(s): Medan; Denpasar (consular agency)

Iran none; note - protecting power in Iran is Switzerland

Iraq chief of mission: Ambassador Zalmay KHALILZAD embassy: Baghdad mailing address: APO AE 09316 telephone: 00-1-240-553-0584 ext. 5340 or 5635; note - Consular Section FAX: NA

Ireland chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas C. FOLEY embassy: 42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [353] (1) 668-8777 FAX: [353] (1) 668-9946

Isle of Man none (British crown dependency)

Israel chief of mission: Ambassador Richard H. JONES embassy: 71 Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv 63903 mailing address: PSC 98, Box 29, APO AE 09830 telephone: [972] (3) 519-7575 FAX: [972] (3) 516-4390 consulate(s) general: Jerusalem; note - an independent US mission, established in 1928, whose members are not accredited to a foreign government

Italy chief of mission: Ambassador Ronald P. SPOGLI embassy: Via Vittorio Veneto 121, 00187-Rome mailing address: PSC 59, Box 100, APO AE 09624 telephone: [39] (06) 46741 FAX: [39] (06) 488-2672, 4674-2356 consulate(s) general: Florence, Milan, Naples

Jamaica chief of mission: Ambassador Brenda LaGrange JOHNSON embassy: Mutual Life Building, 2 Oxford Road, 3rd floor, Kingston 5 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [1] (876) 929-4850 through 4859 FAX: [1] (876) 935-6001

Japan chief of mission: Ambassador J. Thomas SCHIEFFER embassy: 1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8420 mailing address: Unit 45004, Box 258, APO AP 96337-5004 telephone: [81] (03) 3224-5000 FAX: [81] (03) 3505-1862 consulate(s) general: Naha (Okinawa), Osaka-Kobe, Sapporo consulate(s): Fukuoka, Nagoya

Jersey none (British crown dependency)

Jordan chief of mission: Ambassador David M. HALE embassy: Abdoun, Amman mailing address: P. O. Box 354, Amman 11118 Jordan; Unit 70200, Box 5, APO AE 09892-0200 telephone: [962] (6) 590-6000 FAX: [962] (6) 592-0121

Kazakhstan chief of mission: Ambassador John M. ORDWAY embassy: Ak Bulak 4, Str. 23-22, Building #3, Astana 010010 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [7] (3172) 70-21-00 FAX: [7] (3172) 34-08-90

Kenya chief of mission: Ambassador Michael RANNEBERGER embassy: US Embassy, United Nations Ave., Gigiri; P. O. Box 606 Village Market Nairobi mailing address: Box 21A, Unit 64100, APO AE 09831 telephone: [254] (20) 537-800 FAX: [254] (20) 537-810

Kiribati the US does not have an embassy in Kiribati; the ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Kiribati

Korea, North none; note - Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang represents the US as consular protecting power

Korea, South chief of mission: Ambassador Alexander VERSHBOW embassy: 32 Sejong-no, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-710 mailing address: US Embassy Seoul, Unit 15550, APO AP 96205-5550 telephone: [82] (2) 397-4114 FAX: [82] (2) 738-8845

Kuwait chief of mission: Ambassador Richard LEBARON embassy: Bayan 36302, Area 14, Al-Masjed Al-Aqsa Street (near the Bayan palace), Kuwait City mailing address: P. O. Box 77 Safat 13001 Kuwait; or PSC 1280 APO AE 09880-9000 telephone: [965] 259-1001 FAX: [965] 538-0282

Kyrgyzstan chief of mission: Ambassador Marie L. YOVANOVITCH embassy: 171 Prospect Mira, Bishkek 720016 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [996] (312) 551-241, (517) 777-217 FAX: [996] (312) 551-264

Laos chief of mission: Ambassador Patricia M. HASLACH embassy: 19 Rue Bartholonie, That Dam Road, Vientiane mailing address: American Embassy Vientiane, Box V, APO AP 96546 telephone: [856] 21-26 7000 FAX: [856] 21-26 7074

Latvia chief of mission: Ambassador Catherine Todd BAILEY embassy: 7 Raina Boulevard, Riga LV-1510 mailing address: American Embassy Riga, PSC 78, Box Riga, APO AE 09723 telephone: [371] 703-6200 FAX: [371] 782-0047

Lebanon chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Ambassador Designate Antoine CHEDID embassy: Awkar, Lebanon; (Akwar facing the Municipality) mailing address: P. O. Box 70-840, Antelias, Lebanon; PSC 815, Box 2, FPO AE 09836-0002; from US: US Embassy Beirut, 6070 Beirut Place, Washington, DC 20521-6070 telephone: [961] (4) 542600, 543600 FAX: [961] (4) 544136

Lesotho chief of mission: Ambassador June Carter PERRY embassy: 254 Kingsway, Maseru West (Consular Section) mailing address: P. O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho telephone: [266] 22 312666 FAX: [266] 22 310116

Liberia chief of mission: Ambassador Donald E. BOOTH embassy: 111 United Nations Drive, P. O. Box 10-0098, Mamba Point, 1000 Monrovia, 10 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [231] 226-370 through 226-380 FAX: [231] 226-148

Libya chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires ad Interim Charles O. CECIL embassy: Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel, Souq At-Tlat Al-Qadim, Tripoli mailing address: US Embassy, 8850 Tripoli Place, Washington, DC 20521-8850 telephone: [218] 21-335-1848