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Switzerland
26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French;
cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; kantone, singular - kanton
in German); Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden,
Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus,
Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt
Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri,
Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich
Syria
14 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Hasakah, Al
Ladhiqiyah, Al Qunaytirah, Ar Raqqah, As Suwayda', Dar'a, Dayr az
Zawr, Dimashq, Halab, Hamah, Hims, Idlib, Rif Dimashq, Tartus
Taiwan
the central administrative divisions include the provinces of
Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province including
Quemoy and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the
Pescadores islands); Taiwan is further subdivided into 16 counties
(hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities* (shih, singular and
plural), and 2 special municipalities** (chuan-shih, singular and
plural); Chang-hua, Chia-i, Chia-i*, Chi-lung*, Hsin-chu, Hsin-chu*,
Hua-lien, I-lan, Kao-hsiung, Kao-hsiung**, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou,
P'eng-hu, P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung, T'ai-chung*, T'ai-nan, T'ai-nan*,
T'ai-pei, T'ai-pei**, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan, and Yun-lin; the
provincial capital is at Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un
note: Taiwan uses the Wade-Giles system for romanization
Tajikistan
2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1
autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni
Badakhshon* (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati
Sughd (Khujand)
note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses
Tanzania
25 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kagera,
Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza,
Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Singida,
Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar Central/South, Zanzibar North, Zanzibar
Urban/West
Thailand
76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural); Amnat
Charoen, Ang Thong, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum,
Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin,
Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep
Mahanakhon (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong
Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon
Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan,
Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani,
Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi,
Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket,
Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi
Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut
Songkhram, Sara Buri, Satun, Sing Buri, Sisaket, Songkhla,
Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon
Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon
Togo
5 regions (regions, singular - region); De La Kara, Des
Plateaux, Des Savanes, Centrale, Maritime
Tokelau
none (territory of New Zealand)
Tonga
3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u
Trinidad and Tobago
8 counties, 3 municipalities*, and 1 ward**;
Arima*, Caroni, Mayaro, Nariva, Port-of-Spain*, Saint Andrew, Saint
David, Saint George, Saint Patrick, San Fernando*, Tobago**, Victoria
Tunisia
24 governorates; Ariana (Aryanah), Beja (Bajah), Ben Arous
(Bin 'Arus), Bizerte (Banzart), Gabes (Qabis), Gafsa (Qafsah),
Jendouba (Jundubah), Kairouan (Al Qayrawan), Kasserine (Al Qasrayn),
Kebili (Qibili), Kef (Al Kaf), Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah), Manouba
(Manubah), Medenine (Madanin), Monastir (Al Munastir), Nabeul
(Nabul), Sfax (Safaqis), Sidi Bou Zid (Sidi Bu Zayd), Siliana
(Silyanah), Sousse (Susah), Tataouine (Tatawin), Tozeur (Tawzar),
Tunis, Zaghouan (Zaghwan)
Turkey
81 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon,
Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin,
Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu,
Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir,
Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep,
Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir,
Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis,
Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya,
Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye,
Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas,
Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat,
Zonguldak
Turkmenistan
5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat): Ahal
Welayaty (Ashgabat), Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dashoguz
Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary Welayaty
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses)
Turks and Caicos Islands
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Tuvalu
none
Uganda
56 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo,
Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole,
Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu,
Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum,
Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge,
Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit,
Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri,
Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe
Ukraine
24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic*
(avtomnaya respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular -
misto) with oblast status**; Cherkas'ka (Cherkasy), Chernihivs'ka
(Chernihiv), Chernivets'ka (Chernivtsi), Dnipropetrovs'ka
(Dnipropetrovs'k), Donets'ka (Donets'k), Ivano-Frankivs'ka
(Ivano-Frankivs'k), Kharkivs'ka (Kharkiv), Khersons'ka (Kherson),
Khmel'nyts'ka (Khmel'nyts'kyy), Kirovohrads'ka (Kirovohrad),
Kyyiv**, Kyyivs'ka (Kiev), Luhans'ka (Luhans'k), L'vivs'ka (L'viv),
Mykolayivs'ka (Mykolayiv), Odes'ka (Odesa), Poltavs'ka (Poltava),
Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'), Rivnens'ka (Rivne),
Sevastopol'**, Sums'ka (Sumy), Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil'), Vinnyts'ka
(Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka (Luts'k), Zakarpats'ka (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka
(Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr); note - when using a place
name with an adjectival ending "s'ka" or "z'ka," the word Oblast'
should be added to the place name
note: oblasts have the administrative center name following in
parentheses
United Arab Emirates
7 emirates (imarat, singular - imarah); Abu
Zaby (Abu Dhabi), 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah (Sharjah),
Dubayy (Dubai), Ra's al Khaymah, Umm al Qaywayn
United Kingdom
England - 47 boroughs, 36 counties*, 29 London
boroughs**, 12 cities and boroughs***, 10 districts****, 12
cities*****, 3 royal boroughs******; Barking and Dagenham**,
Barnet**, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset****, Bedfordshire*,
Bexley**, Birmingham***, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton,
Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Bradford***, Brent**, Brighton and
Hove, City of Bristol*****, Bromley**, Buckinghamshire*, Bury,
Calderdale, Cambridgeshire*, Camden**, Cheshire*, Cornwall*,
Coventry***, Croydon**, Cumbria*, Darlington, Derby*****,
Derbyshire*, Devon*, Doncaster, Dorset*, Dudley, Durham*, Ealing**,
East Riding of Yorkshire****, East Sussex*, Enfield**, Essex*,
Gateshead, Gloucestershire*, Greenwich**, Hackney**, Halton,
Hammersmith and Fulham**, Hampshire*, Haringey**, Harrow**,
Hartlepool, Havering**, Herefordshire*, Hertfordshire*,
Hillingdon**, Hounslow**, Isle of Wight*, Islington**, Kensington
and Chelsea******, Kent*, City of Kingston upon Hull*****, Kingston
upon Thames******, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lambeth**, Lancashire*,
Leeds***, Leicester*****, Leicestershire*, Lewisham**,
Lincolnshire*, Liverpool***, City of London*****, Luton,
Manchester***, Medway, Merton**, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes,
Newcastle upon Tyne***, Newham**, Norfolk*, Northamptonshire*, North
East Lincolnshire****, North Lincolnshire****, North Somerset****,
North Tyneside, Northumberland*, North Yorkshire*, Nottingham*****,
Nottinghamshire*, Oldham, Oxfordshire*, Peterborough*****,
Plymouth*****, Poole, Portsmouth*****, Reading, Redbridge**, Redcar
and Cleveland, Richmond upon Thames**, Rochdale, Rotherham,
Rutland****, Salford***, Shropshire*, Sandwell, Sefton,
Sheffield***, Slough, Solihull, Somerset*, Southampton*****,
Southend-on-Sea, South Gloucestershire****, South Tyneside,
Southwark**, Staffordshire*, St. Helens, Stockport,
Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent*****, Suffolk*, Sunderland***,
Surrey*, Sutton**, Swindon, Tameside, Telford and Wrekin****,
Thurrock, Torbay, Tower Hamlets**, Trafford, Wakefield***, Walsall,
Waltham Forest**, Wandsworth**, Warrington, Warwickshire*, West
Berkshire****, Westminster***, West Sussex*, Wigan, Wiltshire*,
Windsor and Maidenhead******, Wirral, Wokingham****, Wolverhampton,
Worcestershire*, York*****; Northern Ireland - 24 districts, 2
cities*, 6 counties**; Antrim, County Antrim**, Ards, Armagh, County
Armagh**, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Banbridge, Belfast*, Carrickfergus,
Castlereagh, Coleraine, Cookstown, Craigavon, Down, County Down**,
Dungannon, Fermanagh, County Fermanagh**, Larne, Limavady, Lisburn,
County Londonderry**, Derry*, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and Mourne,
Newtownabbey, North Down, Omagh, Strabane, County Tyrone**; Scotland
- 32 council areas; Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and
Bute, The Scottish Borders, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway,
Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East
Renfrewshire, City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City,
Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North
Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire,
Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West
Dunbartonshire, Eilean Siar (Western Isles), West Lothian; Wales -
11 county boroughs, 9 counties*, 2 cities and counties**; Isle of
Anglesey*, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff**,
Ceredigion*, Carmarthenshire*, Conwy, Denbighshire*, Flintshire*,
Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire*, Neath Port Talbot, Newport,
Pembrokeshire*, Powys*, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea**, Torfaen, The
Vale of Glamorgan*, Wrexham
United States
50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of
Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Uruguay
19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida,
Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera,
Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres
Uzbekistan
12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular - viloyat), 1
autonomous republic* (respublika), and 1 city** (shahar); Andijon
Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati, Farg'ona Viloyati, Jizzax Viloyati,
Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi),
Qaraqalpog'iston Respublikasi* (Nukus), Samarqand Viloyati, Sirdaryo
Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz), Toshkent
Shahri**, Toshkent Viloyati, Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses)
Vanuatu
6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba
Venezuela
23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 federal
district* (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency**
(dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas,
Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**,
Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas,
Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas,
Yaracuy, Zulia
note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled
island groups with a total of 72 individual islands
Vietnam
58 provinces (tinh, singular and plural), and 3
municipalities* (thu do, singular and plural); An Giang, Bac Giang,
Bac Kan, Bac Lieu, Bac Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh,
Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan, Ca Mau, Can Tho, Cao Bang, Dac
Lak, Da Nang, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Gia Lai, Ha Giang, Hai Duong, Hai
Phong*, Ha Nam, Ha Noi*, Ha Tay, Ha Tinh, Hoa Binh, Ho Chi Minh*,
Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kien Giang, Kon Tum, Lai Chau, Lam Dong, Lang
Son, Lao Cai, Long An, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Ninh Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu
Tho, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Ninh, Quang
Tri, Soc Trang, Son La, Tay Ninh, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa,
Thua Thien-Hue, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Long, Vinh
Phuc, Yen Bai
Virgin Islands
none (territory of the US); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are three islands at the second order; Saint Croix, Saint John,
Saint Thomas
Wallis and Futuna
none (overseas territory of France); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are three kingdoms at the second order named
Alo, Sigave, Wallis
Western Sahara
none (under de facto control of Morocco)
World
268 nations, dependent areas, other, and miscellaneous entries
Yemen
19 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan,
'Adan, Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al
Mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib,
Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah, Ta'izz
note: there may be one additional governorate of the capital city of
Sanaa
Zambia
9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka,
Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western
Zimbabwe
8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status;
Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland
East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland
South, Midlands
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@2052 Agriculture - products
Afghanistan
opium, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, sheepskins,
lambskins
Albania
wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets,
grapes; meat, dairy products
Algeria
wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep,
cattle
American Samoa
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit,
yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock
Andorra
small quantities of rye, wheat, barley, oats, vegetables;
sheep
Angola
bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc
(tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest
products; fish
Anguilla
small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising
Antigua and Barbuda
cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts,
cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock
Argentina
sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco,
peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock
Armenia
fruit (especially grapes), vegetables; livestock
Aruba
aloes; livestock; fish
Australia
wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry
Austria
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products,
cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber
Azerbaijan
cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea,
tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats
Bahamas, The
citrus, vegetables; poultry
Bahrain
fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish
Bangladesh
rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco,
pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
Barbados
sugarcane, vegetables, cotton
Belarus
grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk
Belgium
sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef,
veal, pork, milk
Belize
bananas, coca, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber;
garments
Benin
cotton, corn, cassava (tapioca), yams, beans, palm oil,
peanuts, livestock (2001)
Bermuda
bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products
Bhutan
rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains; dairy products,
eggs
Bolivia
soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice,
potatoes; timber
Bosnia and Herzegovina
wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock
Botswana
livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers,
groundnuts
Brazil
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa,
citrus; beef
British Virgin Islands
fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish
Brunei
rice, vegetables, fruits, chickens, water buffalo
Bulgaria
vegetables, fruits, tobacco, livestock, wine, wheat,
barley, sunflowers, sugar beets
Burkina Faso
cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet,
corn, rice; livestock
Burma
rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood;
fish and fish products
Burundi
coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas,
manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides
Cambodia
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables
Cameroon
coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains,
root starches; livestock; timber
Canada
wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy
products; forest products; fish
Cape Verde
bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee,
peanuts; fish
Cayman Islands
vegetables, fruit; livestock, turtle farming
Central African Republic
cotton, coffee, tobacco, manioc (tapioca),
yams, millet, corn, bananas; timber
Chad
cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc
(tapioca); cattle, sheep, goats, camels
Chile
wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit;
beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber
China
rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley,
cotton, oilseed; pork; fish
Christmas Island
NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Colombia
coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn,
sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp
Comoros
vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas,
cassava (tapioca)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber,
tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops,
corn, fruits; wood products
Congo, Republic of the
cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn,
peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products
Cook Islands
copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws,
bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry
Costa Rica
coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans,
potatoes; beef; timber
Cote d'Ivoire
coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn,
rice, manioc (tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber
Croatia
wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa,
clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy
products
Cuba
sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock
Cyprus
potatoes, citrus, vegetables, barley, grapes, olives,
vegetables
Czech Republic
wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs,
poultry
Denmark
barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products;
fish
Djibouti
fruits, vegetables; goats, sheep, camels
Dominica
bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa;
forest and fishery potential not exploited
Dominican Republic
sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice,
beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef,
eggs
East Timor
coffee, rice, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans,
cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla
Ecuador
bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca),
plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy
products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp
Egypt
cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle,
water buffalo, sheep, goats
El Salvador
coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton,
sorghum; shrimp; beef, dairy products
Equatorial Guinea
coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca),
bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber
Eritrea
sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee,
sisal; livestock, goats; fish
Estonia
potatoes, vegetables; livestock and dairy products; fish
Ethiopia
cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, potatoes, qat;
hides, cattle, sheep, goats
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
fodder and vegetable crops; sheep,
dairy products
Faroe Islands
milk, potatoes, vegetables; sheep; salmon, other fish
Fiji
sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes,
bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish
Finland
barley, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; fish
France
wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef,
dairy products; fish
French Guiana
corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sugar, cocoa,
vegetables, bananas; cattle, pigs, poultry
French Polynesia
coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits; poultry,
beef, dairy products, coffee
Gabon
cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a
tropical softwood); fish
Gambia, The
rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava
(tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats
Gaza Strip
olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Georgia
citrus, grapes, tea, hazlenuts, vegetables; livestock
Germany
potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages;
cattle, pigs, poultry
Ghana
cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea
nuts, bananas; timber
Gibraltar
none
Greece
wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine,
tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products
Greenland
forage crops, garden and greenhouse vegetables; sheep,
reindeer; fish
Grenada
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops,
sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Guadeloupe
bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables;
cattle, pigs, goats
Guam
fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef
Guatemala
sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle,
sheep, pigs, chickens
Guernsey
tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant,
fruit; Guernsey cattle
Guinea
rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca),
bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber
Guinea-Bissau
rice, corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), cashew nuts,
peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
Guyana
sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry,
dairy products; fish (shrimp)
Haiti
coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood
Honduras
bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp
Hong Kong
fresh vegetables; poultry, fish, pork
Hungary
wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs,
cattle, poultry, dairy products
Iceland
potatoes, green vegetables, chicken, pork, mutton; fish
India
rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes;
cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish
Indonesia
rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee,
palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs
Iran
wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton;
dairy products, wool; caviar
Iraq
wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep
Ireland
turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy
products
Israel
citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Italy
fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans,
grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish
Jamaica
sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, potatoes, vegetables;
poultry, goats, milk
Japan
rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy
products, eggs; fish
Jersey
potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products
Jordan
wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives; sheep,
goats, poultry
Kazakhstan
grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock
Kenya
tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy
products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs
Kiribati
copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables; fish
Korea, North
rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs,
pork, eggs
Korea, South
rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle,
pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish
Kuwait
practically no crops; fish
Kyrgyzstan
tobacco, cotton, potatoes, vegetables, grapes, fruits and
berries; sheep, goats, cattle, wool
Laos
sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco,
cotton; tea, peanuts, rice; water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry
Latvia
grain, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables; beef, pork, milk,
eggs; fish
Lebanon
citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes,
olives, tobacco; sheep, goats
Lesotho
corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock
Liberia
rubber, coffee, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), palm oil,
sugarcane, bananas; sheep, goats; timber
Libya
wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts,
soybeans; cattle
Liechtenstein
wheat, barley, corn, potatoes; livestock, dairy
products
Lithuania
grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef,
milk, eggs; fish
Luxembourg
barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits, wine grapes;
livestock products
Macau
vegetables, livestock
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
rice, tobacco, wheat,
corn, millet, cotton, sesame, mulberry leaves, citrus, vegetables;
beef, pork, poultry, mutton
Madagascar
coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava
(tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products
Malawi
tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava
(tapioca), sorghum, pulses; groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats
Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah
- subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak -
rubber, pepper; timber
Maldives
coconuts, corn, sweet potatoes; fish
Mali
cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep,
goats
Malta
potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes,
citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs
Man, Isle of
cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry
Marshall Islands
coconuts, tomatoes, melons, taro, breadfruit,
fruits; pigs, chickens
Martinique
pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables,
sugarcane
Mauritania
dates, millet, sorghum, rice, corn, dates; cattle, sheep
Mauritius
sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle,
goats; fish
Mayotte
vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra
Mexico
corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit,
tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products
Micronesia, Federated States of
black pepper, tropical fruits and
vegetables, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), betel nuts, sweet potatoes;
pigs, chickens
Moldova
vegetables, fruits, wine, grain, sugar beets, sunflower
seed, tobacco; beef, milk
Monaco
none
Mongolia
wheat, barley, potatoes, forage crops; sheep, goats,
cattle, camels, horses
Montserrat
cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers;
livestock products
Morocco
barley, wheat, citrus, wine, vegetables, olives; livestock
Mozambique
cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca),
corn, coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits, potatoes,
sunflowers; beef, poultry
Namibia
millet, sorghum, peanuts; livestock; fish
Nauru
coconuts
Nepal
rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops; milk, water buffalo
meat
Netherlands
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables;
livestock
Netherlands Antilles
aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical
fruit
New Caledonia
vegetables; beef, deer, other livestock products
New Zealand
wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, vegetables;
wool, beef, dairy products; fish
Nicaragua
coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco,
sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products
Niger
cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca),
rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry
Nigeria
cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet,
cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber;
fish
Niue
coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava
(tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals,
vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Northern Mariana Islands
coconuts, fruits, vegetables; cattle
Norway
barley, wheat, potatoes; pork, beef, veal, milk; fish
Oman
dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish
Pakistan
cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk,
beef, mutton, eggs
Palau
coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes
Panama
bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables;
livestock; shrimp
Papua New Guinea
coffee, cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, tea, rubber,
sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables; poultry, pork
Paraguay
cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava
(tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber
Peru
coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, wheat, potatoes, corn,
plantains, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products, wool; fish
Philippines
rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples,
mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish
Pitcairn Islands
wide variety of fruits and vegetables, goats,
chickens
Poland
potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry, eggs, pork
Portugal
grain, potatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats,
poultry, beef, dairy products
Puerto Rico
sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas;
livestock products, chickens
Qatar
fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish
Reunion
sugarcane, vanilla, tobacco, tropical fruits, vegetables,
corn
Romania
wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes,
grapes; eggs, sheep
Russia
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits; beef,
milk
Rwanda
coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from
chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
Saint Helena
corn, potatoes, vegetables; timber; fish, crawfish (on
Tristan da Cunha)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
sugarcane, rice, yams, vegetables, bananas;
fish
Saint Lucia
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus, root crops, cocoa
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
vegetables; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs;
fish
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes,
spices; small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats; fish
Samoa
coconuts, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa
San Marino
wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef,
cheese, hides
Sao Tome and Principe
cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra,
cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish
Saudi Arabia
wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton,
chickens, eggs, milk
Senegal
peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes,
green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish
Serbia and Montenegro
cereals, fruits, vegetables, tobacco, olives;
cattle, sheep, goats
Seychelles
coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava
(tapioca), bananas; broiler chickens; tuna fish
Sierra Leone
rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts;
poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
Singapore
rubber, copra, fruit, orchids, vegetables; poultry, eggs,
fish, ornamental fish
Slovakia
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, cattle,
poultry; forest products
Slovenia
potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes; cattle,
sheep, poultry
Solomon Islands
cocoa beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes,
vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs; timber; fish
Somalia
cattle, sheep, goats; bananas, sorghum, corn, coconuts,
rice, sugarcane, mangoes, sesame seeds, beans; fish
South Africa
corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef,
poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products
Spain
grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus;
beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish
Sri Lanka
rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea,
rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef
Sudan
cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum
arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet
potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock
Suriname
paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains,
peanuts; beef, chickens; forest products; shrimp
Swaziland
sugarcane, cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, citrus,
pineapples, sorghum, peanuts; cattle, goats, sheep
Sweden
barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk
Switzerland
grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs
Syria
wheat, barley, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, olives, sugar
beets; beef, mutton, eggs, poultry, milk
Taiwan
rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef,
milk; fish
Tajikistan
cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep,
goats
Tanzania
coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made
from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat,
cassava (tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Thailand
rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts,
soybeans
Togo
coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans,
rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish
Tokelau
coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs,
poultry, goats
Tonga
squash, coconuts, copra, bananas, vanilla beans, cocoa,
coffee, ginger, black pepper; fish
Trinidad and Tobago
cocoa, sugarcane, rice, citrus, coffee,
vegetables; poultry
Tunisia
olives, olive oil, grain, dairy products, tomatoes, citrus
fruit, beef, sugar beets, dates, almonds
Turkey
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus;
livestock
Turkmenistan
cotton, grain; livestock
Turks and Caicos Islands
corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), citrus
fruits; fish
Tuvalu
coconuts; fish
Uganda
coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes,
corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, cut flowers
Ukraine
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk
United Arab Emirates
dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs,
dairy products; fish
United Kingdom
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle,
sheep, poultry; fish
United States
wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton;
beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Uruguay
rice, wheat, corn, barley; livestock; fish
Uzbekistan
cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock
Vanuatu
copra, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, taro, yams, coconuts,
fruits, vegetables; fish, beef
Venezuela
corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables,
coffee; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish
Vietnam
paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea,
bananas, sugar; poultry, pigs; fish
Virgin Islands
fruit, vegetables, sorghum; Senepol cattle
Wallis and Futuna
breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats
West Bank
olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Western Sahara
fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases);
camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads)
Yemen
grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat (mildly narcotic
shrub), coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats,
cattle, camels), poultry; fish
Zambia
corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables,
flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca); cattle,
goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides; coffee
Zimbabwe
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts;
cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
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@2053 Airports
Afghanistan
47 (2002)
Albania
12 (2002)
Algeria
136 (2002)
American Samoa
3 (2002)
Andorra
none (2002)
Angola
243 (2002)
Anguilla
3 (2002)
Antarctica
30
note: 30 stations, operated by 16 national governments party to the
Antarctic Treaty, have aircraft landing facilities for either
helicopters and/or fixed-wing aircraft; commercial enterprises
operate two additional aircraft landing facilities; helicopter pads
are available at 27 stations; runways at 15 locations are gravel,
sea-ice, blue-ice, or compacted snow suitable for landing wheeled,
fixed-wing aircraft; of these, 1 is greater than 3 km in length, 6
are between 2 km and 3 km in length, 3 are between 1 km and 2 km in
length, 3 are less than 1 km in length, and 2 are of unknown length;
snow surface skiways, limited to use by ski-equipped, fixed-wing
aircraft, are available at another 15 locations; of these, 4 are
greater than 3 km in length, 3 are between 2 km and 3 km in length,
2 are between 1 km and 2 km in length, 2 are less than 1 km in
length, and 4 are of unknown length; aircraft landing facilities
generally subject to severe restrictions and limitations resulting
from extreme seasonal and geographic conditions; aircraft landing
facilities do not meet ICAO standards; advance approval from the
respective governmental or nongovernmental operating organization
required for landing; landed aircraft are subject to inspection in
accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda
3 (2002)
Argentina
1,342 (2002)
Armenia
15 (2002)
Aruba
1 (2002)
Australia
444 (2002)
Austria
55 (2002)
Azerbaijan
71 (2002)
Bahamas, The
64 (2002)
Bahrain
4 (2002)
Baker Island
1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m, completely
covered with vegetation and unusable (2002)
Bangladesh
18 (2002)
Barbados
1 (2002)
Belarus
124 (2002)
Belgium
42 (2002)
Belize
42 (2002)
Benin
5 (2002)
Bermuda
1 (2002)
Bhutan
2 (2002)
Bolivia
1,081 (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
32 (2002)
Botswana
86 (2002)
Brazil
3,590 (2002)
British Indian Ocean Territory
1 (2002)
British Virgin Islands
3 (2002)
Brunei
2 (2002)
Bulgaria
216 (2002)
Burkina Faso
33 (2002)
Burma
80 (2002)
Burundi
7 (2002)
Cambodia
21 (2002)
Cameroon
49 (2002)
Canada
1,389 (2002)
Cape Verde
9
note: 3 airports are reported to be nonoperational (2002)
Cayman Islands
3 (2002)
Central African Republic
50 (2002)
Chad
50 (2002)
Chile
363 (2002)
China
500 (2002)
Christmas Island
1 (2002)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1 (2002)
Colombia
1,050 (2002)
Comoros
4 (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
229 (2002)
Congo, Republic of the
31 (2002)
Cook Islands
7 (2002)
Costa Rica
151 (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire
36 (2002)
Croatia
59 (2002)
Cuba
161 (2002)
Cyprus
16 (2002)
Czech Republic
144 (2002)
Denmark
104 (2002)
Djibouti
13 (2002)
Dominica
2 (2002)
Dominican Republic
30 (2002)
East Timor
8 (2002)
Ecuador
205 (2002)
Egypt
89 (2002)
El Salvador
82 (2002)
Equatorial Guinea
3 (2002)
Eritrea
18 (2002)
Estonia
38 (2002)
Ethiopia
83 (2002)
Europa Island
1 (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
5 (2002)
Faroe Islands
1 (2002)
Fiji
27 (2002)
Finland
150 (2002)
France
477 (2002)
French Guiana
11 (2002)
French Polynesia
45 (2002)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
none (2002)
Gabon
57 (2002)
Gambia, The
1 (2002)
Gaza Strip
2 (2001)
note: includes Gaza International Airport (GIA), inaugurated on 24
November 1998 as part of agreements stipulated in the September 1995
Oslo II Accord and the 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum; GIA has
been largely closed since October 2000 by Israeli orders and its
runway was destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces in December 2001
(2002)
Georgia
40 (2002)
Germany
551 (2002)
Ghana
12 (2002)
Gibraltar
1 (2002)
Glorioso Islands
1 (2002)
Greece
79 (note - new Athens airport at Spata opened in March 2001)
(2002)
Greenland
14 (2002)
Grenada
3 (2002)
Guadeloupe
9 (2002)
Guam
5 (2002)
Guatemala
466 (2002)
Guernsey
2 (2002)
Guinea
15 (2002)
Guinea-Bissau
28 (2002)
Guyana
51 (2002)
Haiti
12 (2002)
Holy See (Vatican City)
none (2002)
Honduras
115 (2002)
Hong Kong
3 (2002)
Howland Island
airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling
stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN
- they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen
again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable (2002)
Hungary
49 (2002)
Iceland
86 (2002)
India
334 (2002)
Indonesia
631 (2002)
Iran
309 (2002)
Iraq
150 (2002); note - unknown number were damaged during the
March-April 2003 war
Ireland
36 (2002)
Israel
52 (2002)
Italy
134 (2002)
Jamaica
35 (2002)
Jan Mayen
1 (2002)
Japan
172 (2002)
Jersey
1 (2002)
Johnston Atoll
1 (2002)
Jordan
17 (2002)
Juan de Nova Island
1 (2002)
Kazakhstan
488 (2002)
Kenya
230 (2002)
Kingman Reef
lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and
American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and
1938 (2002)
Kiribati
20 (2002)
Korea, North
72 (2002)
Korea, South
102 (2002)
Kuwait
6 (2002)
Kyrgyzstan
68 (2002)
Laos
51 (2002)
Latvia
38 (2002)
Lebanon
8 (2002)
Lesotho
28 (2002)
Liberia
47 (2002)
Libya
136 (2002)
Liechtenstein
none (2002)
Lithuania
87 (2002)
Luxembourg
2 (2002)
Macau
1 (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
18 (2002)
Madagascar
121 (2002)
Malawi
43 (2002)
Malaysia
114 (2002)
Maldives
5 (2002)
Mali
26 (2002)
Malta
1 (2002)
Man, Isle of
1 (2002)
Marshall Islands
15 (2002)
Martinique
2 (2002)
Mauritania
26 (2002)
Mauritius
5 (2002)
Mayotte
1 (2002)
Mexico
1,823 (2002)
Micronesia, Federated States of
7 (2002)
Midway Islands
2 (2002)
Moldova
36 (2002)
Monaco
none; linked to airport in Nice, France, by helicopter
service (2002)
Mongolia
50 (2002)
Montserrat
none; only airport was destroyed by volcanic activity; a
helicopter service to Antigua is used (2002)
Morocco
63 (2002)
Mozambique
165 (2002)
Namibia
135 (2002)
Nauru
1 (2002)
Nepal
45 (2002)
Netherlands
28 (2002)
Netherlands Antilles
5 (2002)
New Caledonia
30 (2002)
New Zealand
113 (2002)
Nicaragua
176 (2002)
Niger
27 (2002)
Nigeria
70 (2002)
Niue
1 (2002)
Norfolk Island
1 (2002)
Northern Mariana Islands
6 (2002)
Norway
102 (2002)
Oman
139 (2002)
Pakistan
124 (2002)
Palau
3 (2002)
Palmyra Atoll
1 (2002)
Panama
103 (2002)
Papua New Guinea
491 (2002)
Paracel Islands
1 (2002)
Paraguay
879 (2002)
Peru
233 (2002)
Philippines
257 (2002)
Pitcairn Islands
none (2002)
Poland
150 (2002)
Portugal
66 (2002)
Puerto Rico
31 (2002)
Qatar
4 (2002)
Reunion
2 (2002)
Romania
65 (2002)
Russia
2,743 (2002)
Rwanda
9 (2002)
Saint Helena
1 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2 (2002)
Saint Lucia
2 (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6 (2002)
Samoa
4 (2002)
San Marino
none (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe
2 (2002)
Saudi Arabia
209 (2002)
Senegal
20 (2002)
Serbia and Montenegro
45 (2002)
Seychelles
14 (2002)
Sierra Leone
10 (2002)
Singapore
9 (2002)
Slovakia
37 (2002)
Slovenia
16 (2002)
Solomon Islands
32 (2002)
Somalia
60 (2002)
South Africa
727 (2002)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
none (2002)
Spain
152 (2002)
Spratly Islands
3 (2002)
Sri Lanka
15 (2002)
Sudan
63 (2002)
Suriname
46 (2002)
Svalbard
4 (2002)
Swaziland
18 (2002)
Sweden
245 (2002)
Switzerland
66 (2002)
Syria
92 (2002)
Taiwan
39 (2002)
Tajikistan
66 (2002)
Tanzania
123 (2002)
Thailand
111 (2002)
Togo
9 (2002)
Tokelau
none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft
(2002)
Tonga
6 (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago
6 (2002)
Tromelin Island
1 (2002)
Tunisia
30 (2002)
Turkey
120 (2002)
Turkmenistan
76 (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islands
8 (2002)
Tuvalu
1 (2002)
Uganda
27 (2002)
Ukraine
790 (2002)
United Arab Emirates
41 (2002)
United Kingdom
470 (2002)
United States
14,801 (2002)
Uruguay
64 (2002)
Uzbekistan
273 (2002)
Vanuatu
30 (2002)
Venezuela
373 (2002)
Vietnam
47 (2002)
Virgin Islands
2 (2002)
Wake Island
1 (2002)
Wallis and Futuna
2 (2002)
West Bank
3 (2002)
Western Sahara
11 (2002)
Yemen
44 (2002)
Zambia
109 (2002)
Zimbabwe
430 (2002)
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@2054 Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
Afghanistan
40.63 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Albania
18.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Algeria
21.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
American Samoa
23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Andorra
9.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Angola
45.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Anguilla
14.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
18.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Argentina
17.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Armenia
12.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Aruba
11.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Australia
12.55 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Austria
9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan
19.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The
18.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bahrain
19.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bangladesh
29.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Barbados
13.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belarus
10.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belgium
10.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belize
30.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Benin
43.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bermuda
12.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bhutan
34.82 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bolivia
25.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
12.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Botswana
25.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Brazil
17.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands
15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Brunei
19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bulgaria
8.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso
44.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burma
19.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burundi
39.72 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cambodia
27.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cameroon
35.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Canada
10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cape Verde
26.95 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands
13.33 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Central African Republic
35.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Chad
47.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Chile
16.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
China
12.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Christmas Island
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Colombia
21.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Comoros
38.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
45.12 births/1,000 population
(2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
29.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cook Islands
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Costa Rica
19.4 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
40.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Croatia
12.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cuba
11.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cyprus
12.77 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Czech Republic
9.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Denmark
11.52 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Djibouti
40.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Dominica
16.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic
23.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
East Timor
27.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ecuador
24.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Egypt
24.36 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
El Salvador
27.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
36.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Eritrea
39.44 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Estonia
9.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ethiopia
39.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA births/1,000 population
Faroe Islands
13.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Fiji
23.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Finland
10.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
France
12.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
French Guiana
21.33 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
French Polynesia
17.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gabon
36.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gambia, The
40.77 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip
41.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Georgia
11.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Germany
8.6 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ghana
25.84 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gibraltar
11.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Greece
9.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Greenland
16.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Grenada
22.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guadeloupe
16.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guam
23.19 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guatemala
35.05 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guernsey
9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guinea
42.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
38.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guyana
17.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Haiti
34.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Honduras
31.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Hong Kong
10.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Hungary
9.32 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iceland
14.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
India
23.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Indonesia
21.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iran
17.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iraq
33.66 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ireland
14.63 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Israel
18.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Italy
9.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jamaica
17.35 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Japan
9.61 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jersey
10.44 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jordan
23.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan
18.36 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kenya
28.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kiribati
31.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Korea, North
17.61 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Korea, South
12.6 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kuwait
21.83 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
26.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Laos
36.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Latvia
8.55 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lebanon
19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lesotho
27.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Liberia
45.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Libya
27.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein
10.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lithuania
10.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Luxembourg
11.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Macau
12.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
13.2 births/1,000
population (2003 est.)
Madagascar
42.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malawi
44.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malaysia
23.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Maldives
36.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mali
47.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malta
12.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Man, Isle of
11.38 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Marshall Islands
34.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Martinique
14.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mauritania
42.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mauritius
16.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mayotte
42.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mexico
21.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
26.47 births/1,000 population (2003
est.)
Moldova
14.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Monaco
9.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mongolia
21.39 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Montserrat
17.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Morocco
23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mozambique
38.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Namibia
34.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nauru
26.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nepal
32.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Netherlands
11.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
15.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
New Caledonia
19.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
New Zealand
14.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nicaragua
26.29 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Niger
49.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nigeria
38.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Niue
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Norfolk Island
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
19.97 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Norway
12.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Oman
37.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Pakistan
29.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Palau
19.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Panama
20.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea
31.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Paraguay
30.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Peru
22.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Philippines
26.3 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Poland
10.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Portugal
11.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico
15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Qatar
15.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Reunion
20.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Romania
10.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Russia
10.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Rwanda
40.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Helena
12.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
18.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia
20.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
14.62 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
17.16 births/1,000 population (2003
est.)
Samoa
15.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
San Marino
10.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
41.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saudi Arabia
37.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Senegal
36.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro
12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Seychelles
16.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone
43.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Singapore
12.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Slovakia
10.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Slovenia
9.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Solomon Islands
32.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Somalia
46.42 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
South Africa
18.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Spain
10.08 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka
16.12 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sudan
36.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Suriname
19.4 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Svalbard
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Swaziland
29.37 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sweden
9.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Switzerland
9.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Syria
29.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Taiwan
12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tajikistan
32.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tanzania
39.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Thailand
16.37 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Togo
35.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tokelau
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tonga
24.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tunisia
16.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turkey
17.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan
28.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
23.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tuvalu
21.58 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uganda
46.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ukraine
9.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates
18.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United Kingdom
10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United States
14.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uruguay
17.19 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan
26.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Vanuatu
24.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Venezuela
19.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Vietnam
19.58 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands
15.8 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
West Bank
34.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Western Sahara
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
World
20.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Yemen
43.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Zambia
39.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe
30.34 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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@2055 Military branches
Afghanistan
NA; note - the December 2001 Bonn Agreement called for
all militia forces to come under the authority of the central
government, but regional leaders have continued to retain their
militias and the formation of a nation army will be a gradual
process; Afghanistan's forces continue to be factionalized, largely
along ethnic lines
Albania
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Interior Ministry
Troops, Border Guards
Algeria
People's National Army (ANP), Algerian National Navy (ANN),
Air Force, Territorial Air Defense, National Gendarmerie
Andorra
no regular military forces, but there is a police force
Angola
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Police Force
Antigua and Barbuda
Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal
Antigua and Barbuda Police Force (including the Coast Guard)
Argentina
Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic (includes
naval aviation and Marines), Coast Guard, Argentine Air Force,
National Gendarmerie, National Aeronautical Police Force
Armenia
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Guards
Aruba
no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Dutch Navy and
Marines, Coast Guard
Australia
Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian
Air Force
Austria
Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
Azerbaijan
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces
Bahamas, The
Royal Bahamas Defense Force (Coast Guard only), Royal
Bahamas Police Force
Bahrain
Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF) comprising Ground Force
(includes Air Defense), Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Police Force,
Amiri Guards, National Guard
Bangladesh
Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, paramilitary forces
(includes Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Village Defense
Parties, Armed Police Battalions, National Cadet Corps)
Barbados
Royal Barbados Defense Force (including Ground Forces and
Coast Guard), Royal Barbados Police Force
Belarus
Army, Air Force (including air defense), Interior Ministry
Troops, Border Guards
Belgium
Army, Navy, Air Components, Federal Police
Belize
Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing,
and Volunteer Guard)
Benin
Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), National
Gendarmerie
Bermuda
no regular indigenous military forces; Bermuda Regiment,
Bermuda Police Force, Bermuda Reserve Constabulary
Bhutan
Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bodyguard, National Militia, Royal
Bhutan Police, Forest Guards
Bolivia
Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Navy (Fuerza Naval, includes
Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana), National Police Force
(Policia Nacional de Bolivia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
VF Army (the air and air defense forces are
subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air
defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army)
Botswana
Botswana Defense Force (including Army and Air Wing),
Botswana National Police
Brazil
Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (includes naval air and
marines), Brazilian Air Force, Federal Police (paramilitary)
Brunei
Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei Police
Bulgaria
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (subordinate to
Ministry of Defense), Internal Forces (subordinate to Ministry of
Interior), Civil Defense Forces (subordinate to the president)
Burkina Faso
Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police,
People's Militia
Burma
Army, Navy, Air Force
Burundi
Army (including naval and air units), Gendarmerie
Cambodia
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF): Army, Navy, Air Force
Cameroon
Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force, National
Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard
Canada
Canadian Armed Forces (comprising Land Forces Command,
Maritime Command, Air Command, Communications Command, Training
Command)
Cape Verde
Army, Coast Guard
Cayman Islands
no regular indigenous military forces; Royal Cayman
Islands Police Force (RCIPF)
Central African Republic
Central African Armed Forces (FACA)
(including Republican Guard, Ground Forces, Naval Forces, and Air
Force), Presidential Security Guard, Gendarmerie, National Police
Chad
Armed Forces (including National Army, Air Force, and
Gendarmerie), Rapid Intervention Force, National and Nomadic Guard
(GNNT), Presidential Security Guard, Police
Chile
Army of the Nation, National Navy (including naval air, coast
guard, and marines), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean Carabineros
(National Police), Investigations Police
China
People's Liberation Army (PLA): comprises ground forces, Navy
(including naval infantry and naval aviation), Air Force, and II
Artillery Corps (strategic missile force), People's Armed Police
Force (internal security troops, nominally a state security body but
included by the Chinese as part of the "armed forces" and considered
to be an adjunct to the PLA), militia
Colombia
Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, including
Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana),
National Police (Policia Nacional)
Comoros
Comoran Security Force
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Special
Security Battalion
Congo, Republic of the
Army, Air Force, Navy, Gendarmerie, National
Police
Costa Rica
no regular indigenous military forces; Air Section,
Ministry of Public Forces (Fuerza Publica)
Cote d'Ivoire
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie,
Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard)
Croatia
Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV), Naval Forces, Air and
Air Defense Forces
Cuba
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) including Revolutionary Army
(ER), Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),
Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); note -
the Border Guard Troops (TGF) are controlled by the Interior Ministry
Cyprus
Greek Cypriot area: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG;
including air and naval elements), Greek Cypriot Police
Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)
Czech Republic
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Territorial Defense
Force
Denmark
Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air
Force, Home Guard
Djibouti
Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force)
Dominica
Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Special
Service Unit, Coast Guard)
Dominican Republic
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police
East Timor
The East Timor Defense Force or FALINTIL-FDTL comprises a
light-infantry Army and a small Naval component; note - plans are to
develop a force of 1,500 active personnel and 1,500 reserve
personnel over the next five years
Ecuador
Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police
Egypt
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
El Salvador
Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force
Equatorial Guinea
Army, Navy, Air Force, Rapid Intervention Force,
National Police
Eritrea
Army, Navy, Air Force
Estonia
Estonia Defense Forces (including Ground Forces, Navy, Air
Force), Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops),
Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit), Maritime Border Guard, Coast
Guard
note: Border Guards and Ministry of Internal Affairs become part of
the Estonian Defense Forces in wartime; the Coast Guard is
subordinate to the Ministry of Defense in peacetime and the Estonian
Navy in wartime
Ethiopia
Ethiopian National Defense Force (Ground Forces, Air Force,
militia, police)
note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the
secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in
Eritrean possession
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
British Forces Falkland Islands no
regular indigenous military forces; (includes Army, Royal Air Force,
and Royal Navy), Police Force
Faroe Islands
no regular indigenous military forces; small Police
Force and Coast Guard are maintained
Fiji
Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), includes ground
forces, naval division
Finland
Army, Navy, Air Force, Frontier Guard (including Sea Guard)
France
Army (includes marines), Navy (includes naval air), Air Force
(includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie
French Guiana
no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces,
Gendarmerie
French Polynesia
no regular indigenous military forces; French
Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
Gabon
Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential (Republican) Guard
(charged with protecting the president and other senior officials),
National Gendarmerie, National Police
Gambia, The
Gambian National Army (GNA) (includes marine unit),
National Police, Presidential Guard
Gaza Strip
in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian
Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are,
however, a Public Security Force and a civil Police Force
Georgia
Ground Forces (includes National Guard), combined Air and
Air Defense Forces, Naval Forces, Republic Security and Police
Forces (internal and border troops)
Germany
Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Medical
Corps, Joint Support Service
Ghana
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police Force
Gibraltar
no regular indigenous military forces; British Army, Royal
Navy, Royal Air Force
Greece
Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force, Police,
National Guard
Grenada
Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard
Guadeloupe
no regular indigenous military forces; French Forces,
Gendarmerie
Guatemala
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force
Guinea
Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard,
paramilitary National Gendarmerie, National Police Force (Surete
National)
Guinea-Bissau
People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes
Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force
Guyana
Guyana Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard,
and Air Corps), Guyana Police Force, Guyana People's Militia, Guyana
National Service
Haiti
Haitian National Police (HNP)
note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been
demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are
constitutionally abolished
Holy See (Vatican City)
Swiss Guards Corps (Corpo della Guardia
Svizzera)
Honduras
Army, Navy (including marines), Air Force
Hong Kong
no regular indigenous military forces; Hong Kong garrison
of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) including elements of the
PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA Air Force; these forces are
under the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission in
Beijing and under administrative control of the adjacent Guangzhou
Military Region
Hungary
Ground Forces, Air Forces
Iceland
no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard
India
Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Strategic
Nuclear Command (SNC), Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary
forces (including Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, Rashtriya
Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police,
Special Frontier Force, Ladakh Scouts, Central Reserve Police Force,
Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, Defense
Security Corps, and Indian Reserve Battalions)
Indonesia
Army, Navy (including marines and naval air arm), Air Force
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran regular forces (includes Ground
Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Command), Iranian
Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) (includes Ground Forces, Air
Force, Navy, Qods [special operations], and Basij [Popular
Mobilization Army] forces), Law Enforcement Forces
Iraq
Army, Republican Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force,
Border Guard Force, Fedayeen Saddam; note - with the defeat of
Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, the data listed in the following
entries for Iraq is invalid, but is retained here for historical
purposes and until replaced by valid information related to the
future Iraqi Government (April 2003)
Ireland
Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps), National
Police (Garda Siochana)
Israel
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (includes ground, naval, and air
components with Air Defense Forces), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal);
note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military
services
Italy
Army, Navy, Air Force, Carabinieri
Jamaica
Jamaica Defense Force (including Ground Forces, Coast Guard,
and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force
Japan
Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Maritime Self-Defense Force
(Navy), Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force), Coast Guard
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