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Nepal
Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekata Party [Keshav Prasad MAINALI];
Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (inactive); Communist Party of
Nepal-Marxist Leninist or CPN-ML [C.P. MAINALI]; Communist Party of
Nepal-Unified [Raj Singh SHRIS]; Communist Party of Nepal-United
[Chandra Dev JOSHI]; Communist Party of Nepal-United
Marxist-Leninist or CPN-UML [Jhalanath KHANAL]; Dalit Janajati Party
[Vishwendraman PASHWAN]; Federal Democratic National Forum; Madhesi
People's Rights Forum-Democratic [Bijay Kumar GACHHADAR]; Madhesi
People's Rights Forum-Nepal [Upendra YADAV]; Nepal Loktantrik
Samajbadi Dal [Upendra GACHCHHADAR]; Nepal Pariwar Dal [Eknath
DHAKAL]; Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi [Sarita GIRI]; Nepal
Workers and Peasants Party or [Narayan Man BIJUKCHHE]; Nepali
Congress or NC [Sushil KOIRALA]; Nepali Janata Dal [Harish Chandra
SHA]; Newa Rastriya Party [Keshav Man SHAKYA]; Rastriya Janamorcha
[Chitra Bahadur K.C.]; Rastriya Janamukti Party [Malwar Singh
THAPA]; Rastriya Janashakti Party or RJP [Surya Bahadur THAPA];
Rastriya Prajantantra Party [Pashupati Shumsher RANA]; Rastriya
Prajantantra Party Nepal [Kamal THAPA]; Sadbhavana Party [Rajendra
MAHATO]; Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party Nepal [Prem Bahadur
SINGH]; Terai Madhes Democratic Party [Mahantha THAKUR]; Unified
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) [Pushpa Kamal DAHAL, also known as
PRACHANDA]

Netherlands
Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA [Maxime VERHAGEN];
Christian Union [Andre ROUVOET]; Democrats 66 or D66 [Alexander
PECHTOLD]; Green Left [Jolande SAP]; Labor Party or PvdA [Job
COHEN]; Party for Freedom or PVV [Geert WILDERS]; Party for the
Animals or PvdD [Marianne THIEME]; People's Party for Freedom and
Democracy or VVD [Mark RUTTE] (Liberal); Reformed Political Party of
SGP [Kees VAN DER STAAIJ]; Socialist Party [Emile ROEMER]; plus a
few minor parties

New Caledonia
Caledonia My Country; Caledonia Together [Philippe
GOMES]; Caledonian Union or UC [Nicholas ABOUT]; Communist
Republican and Left Party or CRC-SPG [Nichole BORVO COHEN-SEAT];
Democratic and European Social Rally or R.D.S.E. [Yvon COLLIN];
Front National or FN [Jean-Marie LE PEN]; Kanak Socialist Front for
National Liberation or FLNKS (includes PALIKA, UNI, UC, and UPM);
National Union for Independence-Kanak and Socialist National
Liberation Front; Parti de Liberation Kanak or PALIKA [Paul
NEAOUTYINE]; Renewed Caledonian Union; Socialist Group [Jean Pierre
BEL]; Socialist Kanak Liberation or LKS [Nidoish NAISSELINE]; The
Future Together or AE [Didier LEROUX]; The Rally or UMP [Gerard
LONGUET]; Union Nationale pour l'Independance or UNI; Union of
Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees [Francois BURCK]

New Zealand
ACT New Zealand [Rodney HIDE]; Green Party [Russel
NORMAN and Metiria TUREI]; Maori Party [Tariana TURIA and Dr. Pita
SHARPLES]; New Zealand National Party [John KEY]; New Zealand First
Party or NZ First [Winston PETERS]; New Zealand Labor Party [Phil
GOFF]; Jim Anderton's Progressive Party [James (Jim) ANDERTON];
United Future New Zealand [Peter DUNNE]

Nicaragua
Alliance for the Republic or APRE; Conservative Party or
PC [Alejandro BOLANOS Davis]; Independent Liberal Party or PLI
[Indalecio RODRIGUEZ]; Liberal Constitutionalist Party or PLC [Jorge
CASTILLO Quant]; Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance or ALN [Alejandro MEJIA
Ferreti]; Sandinista National Liberation Front or FSLN [Daniel
ORTEGA Saavedra]; Sandinista Renovation Movement or MRS [Enrique
SAENZ Navarrete]

Niger
Alkalama; Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama or
CDS-Rahama [Mahamane OUSMANE]; National Movement for a Developing
Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Hama AMADOU]; Niger Social
Democratic Party or PSDN; Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Social
Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moumouni DJERMAKOYE];
Nigerien Party for Autonomy or PNA-Alouma [Sanousi JACKOU]; Nigerien
Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Issifou
MAHAMADOU]; Nigerien Party of the Masses for Labor; Nigerien
Progressive Party or PPN-RDA; Rally for Democracy and Progress or
RDP-jama'a [Hamid ALGABID]; Social and Democratic Rally or
RSD-Gaskiyya [Cheiffou AMADOU]

Nigeria
Accord Party [Augustine MAZIE, acting]; Action Congress or
AC [Bisi AKANDE]; All Nigeria Peoples Party or ANPP [Edwin
UME-EZEOKE]; All Progressives Grand Alliance or APGA [Victor C.
UMEH]; Alliance for Democracy or AD [Mojisoluwa AKINFENWA];
Conference of Nigerian Political Parities or CNPP [Abdulkadir
Balarabe MUSA]; Democratic Peoples Party or DPP [Jeremiah USENI];
Fresh Democratic Party [Chris OKOTIE]; Labor Party [Dan NWANYANWU];
National Democratic Party or NDP [Aliyu Habu FARI]; Peoples
Democratic Party or PDP [Vincent OGBULAFOR]; Peoples Progressive
Alliance [Larry ESIN]

Niue
Alliance of Independents or AI; Niue People's Action Party or
NPP [Young VIVIAN]

Norfolk Island
none

Northern Mariana Islands
Covenant Party [Benigno R. FITIAL];
Democratic Party [Dr. Carlos S. CAMACHO]; Republican Party [Juan S.
REYES]

Norway
Center Party (Senterpartiet or Sp) [Liv Signe NAVARSETE];
Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti or KrF) [Dagfinn
HOYBRATEN]; Conservative Party (Hoyre or H) [Erna SOLBERG]; Labor
Party (Det norske Arbeiderpartiet or DNA) [Jens STOLTENBERG];
Liberal Party (Venstre or V) [Trine SKEI-GRANDE]; Progress Party
(Framstegspartiet or FrP) [Siv JENSEN]; Socialist Left Party
(Sosialistisk Venstreparti or SV) [Kristin HALVORSEN]

Oman
none

Pakistan
Awami National Party or ANP [Asfandyar Wali KHAN];
Balochistan National Party-Awami or BNP-A [Moheem Khan BALOCH];
Balochistan National Party-Hayee Group or BNP-H [Dr. Hayee BALOCH];
Balochistan National Party-Mengal or BNP-M [Sardar Ataullah MENGAL];
Jamaat-i Islami or JI [Syed Munawar HASAN]; Jamhoori Watan Party or
JWP; Jamiat Ahle Hadith or JAH [Sajid MIR]; Jamiat Ulema-i Islam
Fazl-ur Rehman or JUI-F [Fazl-ur REHMAN]; Jamiat Ulema-i Islam
Sami-ul HAQ or JUI-S [Sami ul-HAQ]; Jamiat Ulema-i Pakistan or JUP
[Shah Faridul HAQ]; Muttahida Majlis-e Amal or MMA [Qazi Hussain
AHMED]; Muttahida Qaumi Movement or MQM [Altaf HUSSAIN]; National
Alliance or NA [Ghulam Mustapha JATOI] (merged with PML); National
Peoples Party or NPP; Pakhtun Khwa Milli Awami Party or PKMAP
[Mahmood Khan ACHAKZAI]; Pakistan Awami Tehrik or PAT [Tahir ul
QADRI]; Pakistan Muslim League or PML [Chaudhry Shujaat HUSSAIN];
Pakistan Muslim League-Functional or PML-F [Pir PAGARO]; Pakistan
Muslim League-Nawaz or PML-N [Nawaz SHARIF]; Pakistan Peoples Party
Parliamentarians or PPPP [Bilawal Bhutto ZARDARI, chairman; Asif Ali
ZARDARI, co-chairman]; Pakistan Peoples Party-SHERPAO or PPP-S
[Aftab Ahmed Khan SHERPAO]; Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaaf or PTI [Imran
KHAN]; Tehrik-i Islami [Allama Sajid NAQVI]
note: political alliances in Pakistan can shift frequently

Palau
none

Panama
Democratic Change or CD [Ricardo MARTINELLI]; Democratic
Revolutionary Party or PRD [Francisco SANCHEZ Cardenas]; Nationalist
Republican Liberal Movement or MOLIRENA [Sergio GONZALEZ-Ruiz];
Panamenista Party [Juan Carlos VARELA Rodriguez] (formerly the
Arnulfista Party); Patriotic Union Party or UP (combination of the
Liberal National Party or PLN and the Solidarity Party or PS)[Anibal
GALINDO]; Popular Party or PP [Milton HENRIQUEZ] (formerly Christian
Democratic Party or PDC)

Papua New Guinea
National Alliance Party or NA [Michael SOMARE];
Papua and Niugini Union Party or PANGU PATI [Andrew KUMBAKOR]; Papua
New Guinea Party or PNGP [Sir Mekere MORAUTA]; People's Action Party
or PAP [Gabriel KAPRIS]; People's Democratic Movement or PDM
[Michael OGIO]; United Resources Party or URP [William DUMA]

Paraguay
Alianza Patriotica por el Cambio (Patriotic Alliance for
Change) or APC [Fernando LUGO]; Asociacion Nacional Republicana -
Colorado Party or ANR [Lilian SAMANIEGO]; Movimiento Popolar
Tekojoja or Tekojoja [Sixto PEREIRA]; Movimiento Union Nacional de
Ciudadanos Eticos or UNACE [Lino Cesar OVIEDO Silva]; Patria Querida
(Beloved Fatherland Party) or PPQ [Pedro Nicolas Maraa FADUL
Niella]; Partido del Movimiento al Socialismo or P-MAS [Camilo
Ernesto SOARES Machado]; Partido Democratica Progresista or PDP
[Rafael Augusto FILIZZOLA Serra]; Partido Encuentro Nacional or PEN
[Fernando CAMACHO Paredes]; Partido Liberal Radical Autentico or
PLRA [Amanda NUNEZ]; Partido Pais Solidario or PPS [Carlos Alberto
FILIZZOLA Pallares]

Peru
Alliance For Progress (Alianza Para El Progreso) [Cesar ACUNA
Peralta]; Alliance For The Future (Alianza Por El Futuro) or AF (a
coalition of pro-FUJIMORI parties including Cambio 90, Nueva
Mayoria, and Si Cumple); Central Front (Frente Del Centro) or FC (a
coalition of Accion Popular, Somos Peru, and Coordinadora Nacional
de Independientes) [Victor Andres GARCIA Belaunde]; National
Renovation Party (Partido Renovacion Nacional) [Rafael REY];
National Restoration Party (Restauracion Nacional) or RN [Humberto
LAY Sun]; National Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad Nacional)
or SN [Luis CASTANEDA Lossio]; Peru Possible (Peru Posible) or PP
[Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique]; Peruvian Aprista Party (Partido Aprista
Peruano) or PAP [Alan GARCIA Perez] (also referred to by its
original name Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana or APRA);
Peruvian Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Peruano) or PNP
[Ollanta HUMALA Tasso]; Popular Christian Party (Partido Popular
Cristiano) or PPC [Lourdes FLORES Nano]; Union for Peru (Union por
el Peru) or UPP [Aldo ESTRADA Choque]

Philippines
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle of Filipino
Democrats) or LDP [Edgardo ANGARA]; Lakas ng EDSA-Christian Muslim
Democrats or Lakas-CMD [Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO]; Liberal Party or
LP [Manuel ROXAS]; Nacionalista Party or NP [Manuel VILLAR];
Nationalist People's Coalition or NPC [Frisco SAN JUAN]; PDP-Laban
[Aquilino PIMENTEL]; People's Reform Party [Miriam Defensor
SANTIAGO]; Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino (Force of the Philippine
Masses) or PMP [Joseph ESTRADA]; United Opposition or UNO [Jejomar
BINAY]

Pitcairn Islands
none

Poland
Civic Platform or PO [Donald TUSK, chairman; Tomasz
TOMCZYKIEWICZ, parliamentary caucus leader]; Democratic Caucus of
the Democratic Party (SD) or DKP SD [Bogdan LIS, parliamentary
caucus leader]; Democratic Left Alliance or SLD [Grzegorz
NAPIERALSKI, chairman, parlimentary caucus leader]; Democratic Party
or PD [Brygida KUZNIAK, chairwoman]; Democratic Party or SD [Pawel
PISKORSKI, chairman]; German Minority of Lower Silesia or MNSO
[Richard GALL, representative]; Law and Justice or PiS [Jaroslaw
KACZYNSKI, chairman; Mariusz BLASZCZAK, parliamentary caucus
leader]; League of Polish Families or LPR [Witold BALAZAK,
chairman]; Poland is the most important or PJN [Joanna
KLUZIK-ROSTKOWSKA, president]; Polish People's Party or PSL
[Waldemar PAWLAK, chairman; Stanislaw ZELICHOWSKI, parliamentary
caucus leader]; Samoobrona or SO [Andrzej LEPPER, chairman]; Social
Democratic Party of Poland or SDPL [Wojciech FILEMONOWICZ, chairman;
Marek BOROWSKI, parliamentary caucus leader]; Union of Labor or UP
[Waldemar WITKOWSKI, chairman]

Portugal
Democratic and Social Center/Popular Party or CDS/PP [Paulo
PORTAS]; Socialist Party or PS [Jose SOCRATES Carvalho Pinto de
Sousa]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Pedro Manuel PASSOS COELHO];
The Left Bloc or BE [Franciso Anacleto LOUCA]; Unitarian Democratic
Coalition or CDU [Jeronimo DE SOUSA] (includes Portuguese Communist
Party or PCP and Ecologist Party ("The Greens") or PEV)

Puerto Rico
National Democratic Party [Roberto PRATS]; National
Republican Party of Puerto Rico [Dr. Tiody FERRE]; New Progressive
Party or PNP [Pedro ROSSELLO] (pro-US statehood); Popular Democratic
Party or PPD [Anibal ACEVEDO-VILA] (pro-commonwealth); Puerto Rican
Independence Party or PIP [Ruben BERRIOS Martinez] (pro-independence)

Qatar
none

Romania
Conservative Party or PC [Daniel CONSTANTIN] (formerly
Humanist Party or PUR); Democratic Liberal Party or PDL [Emil BOC];
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR [Bela MARKO];
National Liberal Party or PNL [Crin ANTONESCU]; National Union for
Romania's Progress or UNPR [Gabriel OPREA]; Social Democratic Party
or PSD [Victor PONTA] (formerly Party of Social Democracy in Romania
or PDSR)

Russia
A Just Russia [Sergey MIRONOV]; Communist Party of the
Russian Federation or CPRF [Gennadiy Andreyevich ZYUGANOV]; Liberal
Democratic Party of Russia or LDPR [Vladimir Volfovich
ZHIRINOVSKIY]; Patriots of Russia [Gennadiy SEMIGIN]; Right Cause
[Leonid Yakovlevich GOZMAN, Boris Yuriyevich TITOV, and Georgiy
Georgiyevich BOVT] (formed from merger of Civic Force, Democratic
Party of Russia, and Union of Right Forces); United Russia [Vladimir
Vladimirovich PUTIN]; Yabloko Party [Sergey Sergeyevich MITROKHIN]

Rwanda
Centrist Democratic Party or PDC [Alfred MUKEZAMFURA];
Democratic Popular Union of Rwanda or UDPR [Adrien RANGIRA];
Democratic Republican Movement or MDR [Celestin KABANDA] (officially
banned); Islamic Democratic Party or PDI [Andre BUMAYA]; Liberal
Party or PL [Protais MITALI]; Party for Democratic Renewal
(officially banned); Rwandan Patriotic Front or RPF [Paul KAGAME];
Social Democratic Party or PSD [Vincent BIRUTA]; Solidarity and
Prosperity Party or PSP [Pheobe KANYANGE]

Saint Barthelemy
Action-Equilibre-Transparence [Maxime DESOUCHES];
Ensemble pour Saint-Barthelemy [Benoit CHAUVIN]; Saint-Barth
d'Abord! or SBA [Bruno MAGRAS]; Tous Unis pour Saint-Barthelemy
[Karine MIOT-RICHARD]

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
none

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Concerned Citizens Movement or CCM [Vance
AMORY]; Nevis Reformation Party or NRP [Joseph PARRY]; People's
Action Movement or PAM [Lindsay GRANT]; Saint Kitts and Nevis Labor
Party or SKNLP [Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS]

Saint Lucia
National Alliance or NA [George ODLUM]; Saint Lucia
Freedom Party or SFP [Martinus FRANCOIS]; Saint Lucia Labor Party or
SLP [Kenneth ANTHONY]; Sou Tout Apwe Fete Fini or STAFF [Christopher
HUNTE]; United Workers Party or UWP [Stephenson KING]

Saint Martin
Union Pour le Progres or UPP [Louis-Constant FLEMING];
Rassemblement Responsabilite Reussite or RRR [Alain RICHARDSON];
Reussir Saint-Martin [Jean-Luc HAMLET]

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Archipelago Tomorrow or AD (affiliated
with UDF/RPR list); Cap sur l'Avenir (affiliated with PRG); Left
Radical Party or PRG; Rassemblement pour la Republique or RPR (now
UMP); Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2000/Avenir Miquelon or SPM 2000/AM;
Socialist Party or PS; Union pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
New Democratic Party or NDP [Arnhim
EUSTACE]; Unity Labor Party or ULP [Ralph GONSALVES] (formed by the
coalition of Saint Vincent Labor Party or SVLP and the Movement for
National Unity or MNU)

Samoa
Human Rights Protection Party or HRPP [Sailele Malielegaoi
TUILA'EPA]; Samoa Christian Party or TCP [Tuala Tiresa MALIETOA];
Samoa Democratic United Party or SDUP [LE MAMEA Ropati]; Samoa Party
or SP [Su'a Rimoni Ah CHONG]; Samoa Progressive Political Party or
SPPP [Toeolesulusulu SIUEVA]

San Marino
Christian Democrats or PDCS [Pasquale VALENTINI];
Communist Refoundation or RC [Ivan FOSHI]; Democrats of the Center
or DdC [Giovanni LONGERNINI]; Freedom List (including NPS and We
Sammarinesi) or NS [Gabriele GATTEI]; New Socialist Party or NPS
[Augusto CASALI]; Party of Socialists and Democrats or PDS [Paride
ANDREOLI]; Popular Alliance or AP [Carlo FRANCIOSI]; Union of
Moderates (including National Alliance or ANS [Glcuco SANSOVINI] and
San Marino Populars or pop [Romeo MORRI and Angela VENTURINI];
United Left of SU [Alessandro ROSSI]

Sao Tome and Principe
Force for Change Democratic Movement or MDFM
[Tome Soares da VERA CRUZ]; Independent Democratic Action or ADI
[Patrice TROVOADA]; Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and
Principe-Social Democratic Party or MLSTP-PSD [Rafael BRANCO]; New
Way Movement or NR; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD [Delfim
NEVES]; Ue-Kedadji coalition; other small parties

Saudi Arabia
none

Senegal
African Party of Independence [Majhemout DIOP]; Alliance for
the Republic-Yakaar [Macky Sall]; Alliance of Forces of Progress or
AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]; And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and
Socialism or AJ/PADS [Landing SAVANE]; Democratic League-Labor Party
Movement or LD-MPT [Dr. Abdoulaye BATHILY]; Front for Socialism and
Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE];
Gainde Centrist Bloc or BGC [Jean-Paul DIAS]; Independence and Labor
Party or PIT [Amath DANSOKHO]; Jef-Jel [Talla SYLLA]; National
Democratic Rally or RND [Madior DIOUF]; People's Labor Party or PTP
[El Hadji DIOUF]; Reform Party or PR [Abdourahim AGNE]; Rewmi Party
[Idrissa Seck]; Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE];
Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG]; SOPI Coalition
[Abdoulaye WADE] (a coalition led by the PDS); Union for Democratic
Renewal or URD [Djibo Leyti KA]

Serbia
Coalition for Sandzak or KZS [Sulejman UGLJANIN]; Democratic
Party or DS [Boris TADIC]; Democratic Party of Albanians or PDSh
[Ragmi MUSTAFA]; Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS [Vojislav
KOSTUNICA]; Democratic Union of the Valley or BDL [Skender DESTANI];
Force of Serbia Movement or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]; G17 Plus [Mladjan
DINKIC]; League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina or LSV [Nenad
CANAK]; League of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM [Istvan PASTOR];
Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Cedomir JOVANOVIC]; Movement for
Democratic Progress or LPD [Jonuz MUSLIU]; New Serbia or NS [Velimir
ILIC]; Party of Democratic Action or PVD [Riza HALIMI]; Party of
United Pensioners of Serbia or PUPS [Jovan KRKOBABIC]; People's
Party or NS [Maja GOJKOVIC]; Roma Party or RP [Srdjan SAJN]; Sandzak
Democratic Party or SDP [Resad HODZIC]; Serbian Progressive Party or
SNS [Tomislav NIKOLIC]; Serbian Radical Party or SRS [Vojislav
SESELJ (currently on trial at The Hague), with Dragan TODOROVIC as
acting leader]; Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC];
Social Democratic Party of Serbia or SDPS [Rasim LJAJIC]; Socialist
Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC]; Union of Roma of Serbia or URS
[Rajko DJURIC]; United Serbia or JS [Dragan "Palma" MARKOVIC]

Seychelles
Democratic Party or DP [James MANCHAM, Paul CHOW];
People's Party (Parti Lepep) or PL [France Albert RENE, James
MICHEL] (the governing party); Seychelles National Party or SNP
[Wavel RAMKALAWAN] (formerly the United Opposition or UO)

Sierra Leone
All People's Congress or APC [Ernest Bai KOROMA]; Peace
and Liberation Party or PLP [Darlington MORRISON]; People's Movement
for Democratic Change or PMDC [Charles MARGAI]; Sierra Leone
People's Party or SLPP [Solomon BEREWA]; numerous others

Singapore
People's Action Party or PAP [LEE Hsien Loong]; Reform
Party [NG Teck Siong]; Singapore Democratic Alliance or SDA [CHIAM
See Tong]; Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [CHEE Soon Juan];
Workers' Party or WP [Sylvia LIM Swee Lian]
note: SDA includes Singapore Justice Party or SJP, Singapore
National Malay Organization or PKMS, Singapore People's Party or SPP

Sint Maarten
Democratic Party or DP [Sarah WESCOTT-WILLIAMS];
National Alliance or NA [William MARLIN]; United People's Party or
UPP [Theodore HEYLIGER]; Concordia Political Alliance or CPA
[Jeffery RICHARDSON]

Slovakia
parties in the Parliament:: Bridge or Most-Hid [Bela
BUGAR]; Christian Democratic Movement or KDH [Jan FIGEL];
Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [Robert FICO]; Freedom and
Solidarity or SaS [Richard SULIK]; Slovak Democratic and Christian
Union-Democratic Party or SDKU-DS [Mikulas DZURINDA]; Slovak
National Party or SNS [Jan SLOTA]
selected parties outside the Parliament:: Alliance for a Europe of
Nations or AZEN [Milan URBANI]; Association of Slovak Workers or ZRS
[Jan LUPTAK]; Civic Conservative Party or OKS [Peter ZAJAC]; Green
Party or SZ [Peter PILINSKY]; Party of the Democratic Left or SDL
[Marek BLAHA]; Party of the Hungarian Coalition or SMK [Jozsef
BERENYI]; People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia or
LS-HZDS [Vladimir MECIAR]; People's Party - Our Slovakia or LSNS
[Marian KOTLEBA]; Slovak Communist Party or KSS [Jozef HRDLICKA];
Union - Party for Slovakia or Unia [Milan CELIK]

Slovenia
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia or DeSUS [Karl
ERJAVEC]; Liberal Democracy of Slovenia or LDS [Katarina KRESAL];
New Slovenia or NSi [Ljudmila NOVAK (acting)]; Slovene National
Party or SNS [Zmago JELINCIC]; Slovene People's Party or SLS
[Radovan ZERJAV]; Slovene Youth Party or SMS [Darko KRANJC];
Slovenian Democratic Party or SDS [Janez JANSA]; Social Democrats or
SD [Borut PAHOR] (formerly ZLSD); ZARES [Gregor GOLOBIC]

Solomon Islands
Association of Independent Members or AIM [Thomas
CHAN]; Christian Alliance Solomon Islands or CASI [Edward RONIA];
LAFARI Party [John GARO]; National Party [Francis HILLY]; People's
Alliance Party or PAP [Sir Allan KEMAKEZA]; Social Credit Party or
SOCRED [Manasseh Damukana SOGAVARE]; Solomon First Party [David
QUAN]; Solomon Islands Democratic Party [Gabriel SURI]; Solomon
Islands Labor Party or SILP [Joses TUHANUKU]; Solomon Islands
Liberal Party [Bartholomew ULUFA'ALU]; Solomon Islands Party for
Rural Advancement or SIPRA [Job D. TAUSINGA]; United Party [Sir
Peter KENILOREA]
note: in general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluid
coalitions

Somalia
none

South Africa
African Christian Democratic Party or ACDP [Kenneth
MESHOE]; African National Congress or ANC [Jacob ZUMA]; Congress of
the People or COPE [Mosiuoa LEKOTA]; Democratic Alliance or DA
[Helen ZILLE]; Freedom Front Plus or FF+ [Pieter MULDER];
Independent Democrats or ID [Patricia DE LILLE]; Inkatha Freedom
Party or IFP [Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI]; Pan-Africanist Congress or PAC
[Motsoko PHEKO]; United Christian Democratic Party or UCDP [Lucas
MANGOPE]; United Democratic Movement or UDM [Bantu HOLOMISA]

Spain
Basque Nationalist Party or PNV or EAJ [Inigo URKULLU
Renteria]; Canarian Coalition or CC [Claudina MORALES Rodriquez] (a
coalition of five parties); Convergence and Union or CiU [Artur MAS
i Gavarro] (a coalition of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
or CDC [Artur MAS i Gavarro] and the Democratic Union of Catalonia
or UDC [Josep Antoni DURAN i LLEIDA]); Entesa Catalonia de Progress
(a Senate coalition grouping four Catalan parties - PSC, ERC, ICV,
EUA); Galician Nationalist Bloc or BNG [Guillerme VAZQUEZ Vazquez];
Initiative for Catalonia Greens or ICV [Joan SAURA i Laporta];
Navarra Yes or NaBai [collective leadership] (a coalition of four
Navarran parties); Popular Party or PP [Mariano RAJOY Brey];
Republican Left of Catalonia or ERC [Joan PUIGCERCOS i Boixassa];
Spanish Socialist Workers Party or PSOE [Jose Luis Rodriguez
ZAPATERO]; Union of People of Navarra or UPN [Yolanda BARCINA
Angulo]; Union, Progress and Democracy or UPyD [Rosa DIEZ Gonzalez];
United Left or IU [Cayo LARA Moya] (a coalition of parties including
the Communist Party of Spain or PCE and other small parties)

Sri Lanka
Coalitions and leaders: Democratic National Alliance led
by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or JVP [Somawansa AMARASINGHE]; Tamil
National Alliance led by Illandai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [R.
SAMPANTHAN]; United National Front led by United National Party
[Ranil WICKREMESINGHE]; United People's Freedom Alliance led by Sri
Lanka Freedom Party [Mahinda RAJAPAKSA]

Sudan
Democratic Unionist Party or DUP [Hatim al-SIR]; National
Congress Party or NCP [Umar Hassan al-BASHIR]; Popular Congress
Party or PCP [Hassan al-TURABI]; Sudan People's Liberation Movement
or SPLM [Salva KIIR]; elements of the National Democratic Alliance
or NDA including factions of the Democratic Union Party [Muhammad
Uthman al-MIRGHANI] and Umma Party

Suriname
A-Combination (a coalition that includes the General
Liberation and Development Party ABOP [Ronnie BRUNSWIJK], SEEKA
[Paul ABENA], Union of Brotherhood and Unity in Politics BEP
[Caprino ALENDY]; Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy or BVD
[Dilip SARDJOE]; Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy or PVF
[Soedeschand JAIRAM]; Democratic Union Suriname or DUS [Japhet
DIEKO]; Mega-Combination-Ruling Coalition (a coalition that joined
with A-Combination and the PL to form a majority in Parliament in
2010 - includes the National Democratic Party or NDP [Desire
BOUTERSE] (largest party in the coalition), Progressive Worker and
Farmer's Union or PALU [Jim HOK], Party for National Unity and
Solidarity of the Highest Order or KTPI [Willy SOEMITA], DNP-2000
[Jules WIJDENBOSCH], and New Suriname or NS [Nanan PANDAY]);
National Union or NU [P. VAN LEEUWAARDE]; New Front for Democracy
and Development or NF (a coalition made up of the National Party of
Suriname or NPS [Runaldo VENETIAAN], United Reform Party or VHP
[Ramdien SARDJOE], Democratic Alternative 1991 or DA-91 - an
independent, business-oriented party [Winston JESSURUN], Surinamese
Labor Party or SPA [Siegfried GILDS]); Party for Democracy and
Development in Unity or DOE [Carl BREEVELD]; Party for the Permanent
Prosperity Republic Suriname or PVRS [NA]; People's Alliance,
Pertjaja Luhur's or PL [Paul SOMOHARDJO](includes D-21 [Soewarta
MOESTADJA] and Pendawa Lima [Raymond SAPEON], which merged with PL
in 2010)
note: BVD and PVF participated in the elections as a coalition
(BVD/PVF) in the most recent elections, but separated after the
election

Swaziland
the status of political parties, previously banned, is
unclear under the 2006 Constitution and currently being debated; the
following are considered political associations; African United
Democratic Party or AUDP [Stanley MAUNDZISA, president]; Imbokodvo
National Movement or INM; Ngwane National Liberatory Congress or
NNLC [Obed DLAMINI, president]; People's United Democratic Movement
or PUDEMO [Mario MASUKU, president]

Sweden
Center Party [Maud OLOFSSON]; Christian Democratic Party
[Goran HAGGLUND]; Environment Party the Greens [no formal leader but
party spokespersons are Maria WETTERSTRAND and Peter ERIKSSON]; Left
Party or V (formerly Communist) [Lars OHLY]; Liberal People's Party
[Jan BJORKLUND]; Moderate Party [Fredrik REINFELDT]; Social
Democratic Party [Mona SAHLIN]; Sweden Democrats [Jimmie AKESSON]

Switzerland
Green Party (Gruene Partei der Schweiz or Gruene, Parti
Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I
Verdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Ueli LEUENBERGER];
Christian Democratic People's Party (Christlichdemokratische
Volkspartei der Schweiz or CVP, Parti Democrate-Chretien Suisse or
PDC, Partito Democratico-Cristiano Popolare Svizzero or PDC, Partida
Cristiandemocratica dalla Svizra or PCD) [Christophe DARBELLAY];
Free Democratic Party or FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen,
PLR.Les Liberaux-Radicaux, PLR.I Liberali) [Fulvio PELLI]; Social
Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SPS,
Parti Socialist Suisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS,
Partida Socialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Christian LEVRAT];
Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP, Union
Democratique du Centre or UDC, Unione Democratica de Centro or UDC,
Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC) [Toni BRUNNER]; and other minor
parties

Syria
legal parties: National Progressive Front or NPF [President
Bashar al-ASAD, Dr. Suleiman QADDAH] (includes Arab Socialist
Renaissance (Ba'th) Party [President Bashar al-ASAD]; Socialist
Unionist Democratic Party [Fadlallah Nasr Al-DIN]; Syrian Arab
Socialist Union or ASU [Safwan al-QUDSI]; Syrian Communist Party
(two branches) [Wissal Farha BAKDASH, Yusuf Rashid FAYSAL]; Syrian
Social Nationalist Party [As'ad HARDAN]; Unionist Socialist Party
[Fayez ISMAIL])
opposition parties not legally recognized: Communist Action Party
[Fateh al-JAMOUS]; National Democratic Rally [Hasan ABDUL-AZIM,
spokesman] (includes five parties - Arab Democratic Socialist Union
Party [Hasan ABDUL-AZIM], Arab Socialist Movement, Democratic Ba'th
Party [Ibrahim MAKHOS], Democratic People's Party [Riad al TURK],
Revolutionary Workers' Party [Abdul Hafez al HAFEZ])
Kurdish parties (considered illegal): Azadi Party [Kheirudin MURAD];
Future Party [Masha'l TAMMO]; Kurdish Democratic Alliance (includes
four parties); Kurdish Democratic Front (includes three parties);
Yekiti Party [Fu'ad ALEYKO]
other parties: Syrian Democratic Party [Mustafa QALAAJI]

Taiwan
Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [TSAI Ing-wen];
Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [MA Ying-jeou]; Non-Partisan
Solidarity Union or NPSU [LIN Pin-kuan]; People First Party or PFP
[James SOONG]

Tajikistan
Agrarian Party of Tajikistan or APT [Amir QARAQULOV];
Democratic Party or DPT [Mahmadruzi ISKANDAROV (imprisoned October
2005); Rahmatullo VALIYEV, deputy]; Islamic Revival Party [Muhiddin
KABIRI]; Party of Economic Reform or PER [Olimjon BOBOEV]; Party of
Economic Reforms [Mahmadsharif NOZIMOV]; People's Democratic Party
of Tajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMON]; Social Democratic Party or
SDPT [Rahmatullo ZOYIROV]; Socialist Party or SPT [Mirhuseyn
NARZIEV]; Tajik Communist Party or CPT [Shodi SHABDOLOV]

Tanzania
Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party of Democracy and
Development) or CHADEMA [Bob MAKANI]; Chama Cha Mapinduzi or CCM
(Revolutionary Party) [Jakaya Mrisho KIKWETE]; Civic United Front or
CUF [Ibrahim LIPUMBA]; Democratic Party [Christopher MTIKLA]
(unregistered); Tanzania Labor Party or TLP [Augustine Lyatonga
MREME]; United Democratic Party or UDP [John CHEYO]

Thailand
Chat Thai Phattana Party or CP (Thai Nation Development
Party) [CHUMPON Silpa-archa]; Democrat Party or DP (Prachathipat
Party) [ABHISIT Wetchachiwa, also spelled ABHISIT Vejjajiva];
Motherland Party (Phuea Phaendin Party) [CHANCHAI Chairungrueng];
Phuea Thai Party (For Thais Party) or PTP [YONGYUTH Wichaidit];
Phumjai (Bhumjai) Thai Party or PJT (Thai Pride) [CHAWARAT
Chanvirakun]; Royalist People's Party (Pracharaj) [SANOH
Thienthong]; Ruam Jai Thai Party (Thai Unity Party) [WANNARAT
Channukun]

Timor-Leste
Democratic Party or PD [Fernando de ARAUJO]; National
Congress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Xanana GUSMAO];
National Democratic Union of Timorese Resistance or UNDERTIM
[Cornelio DA Conceicao GAMA]; National Unity Party or PUN [Fernanda
BORGES]; People's Party of Timor or PPT [Jacob XAVIER];
Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [Mari
ALKATIRI]; Social Democratic Association of Timor or ASDT [Francisco
Xavier do AMARAL]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Zacarias Albano
da COSTA]; Sons of the Mountain Warriors or KOTA [Manuel TILMAN]
(also known as Association of Timorese Heroes)

Togo
Action Committee for Renewal or CAR [Yawovi AGBOYIBO];
Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA; Democratic Party
for Renewal or PDR; Juvento [Monsilia DJATO]; Movement of the
Believers of Peace and Equality or MOCEP; Pan-African Patriotic
Convergence or CPP; Rally for the Support for Development and
Democracy or RSDD [Harry OLYMPIO]; Rally of the Togolese People or
RPT [Faure GNASSINGBE]; Socialist Pact for Renewal or PSR; Union for
Democracy and Social Progress or UDPS [Gagou KOKOU]; Union of Forces
for Change or UFC [Gilchrist OLYMPIO]

Tokelau
none

Tonga
Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands [Samuela 'Akilisi
POHIVA]; People's Democratic Party or PDP [Tesina FUKO]; Sustainable
Nation-Building Party [Sione FONUA]; Tonga Democratic Labor Party
[NA]; Tonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement or THRDM [Uliti UATA]

Trinidad and Tobago
Congress of the People or COP [Winston
DOOKERAN]; Democratic Action Congress or DAC [Hochoy CHARLES] (only
active in Tobago); Democratic National Alliance or DNA [Gerald
YETMING] (coalition of NAR, DDPT, MND); Movement for National
Development or MND [Garvin NICHOLAS]; National Alliance for
Reconstruction or NAR [Dr. Carson CHARLES]; People's National
Movement or PNM [Patrick MANNING]; Tobago Organization of the People
or TOP [Ashworth JACK]; United National Congress or UNC [Kamla
PERSAD-BISSESSAR]

Tunisia
Al-Tajdid Movement [Ahmed IBRAHIM]; Constitutional
Democratic Rally Party (Rassemblement Constitutionnel Democratique)
or RCD; Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties or FDTL [Mustapha
Ben JAFAAR]; Green Party for Progress or PVP [Mongi KHAMASSI];
Liberal Social Party or PSL [Mondher THABET]; Movement of Socialist
Democrats or MDS [Ismail BOULAHYA]; Popular Unity Party or PUP
[Mohamed BOUCHIHA]; Progressive Democratic Party [Maya JERIBI];
Unionist Democratic Union or UDU [Ahmed INOUBLI]; note - the
Islamist party, Al Nahda (Renaissance), is outlawed

Turkey
Democratic Left Party or DSP [Masum TURKER]; Democratic Party
or DP [Husamettin CINDORUK]; Equality and Democracy Party or EDP
[Ziva HALIS]; Felicity Party or SP [Necmettin ERBAKAN] (sometimes
translated as Contentment Party); Freedom and Solidarity Party or
ODP [Alper TAS]; Grand Unity Party or BBP [Yalcin TOPCU]; Justice
and Development Party or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN]; Nationalist
Movement Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI]; Peace and Democracy Party or
BDP [Selahattin DEMIRTAS]; People's Rise Party or HSP [Numan
KURTULMUS]; Republican People's Party or CHP [Kemal KILICDAROGLU];
Turkey Party [Abdullatif SENER]
note: the parties listed above are some of the more significant of
the 61 parties that Turkey had according to the Ministry of Interior
statistics current as of May 2009

Turkmenistan
Democratic Party of Turkmenistan or DPT [Gurbanguly
BERDIMUHAMEDOW is chairman; Kasymguly BABAYEW is DPT Political
Council First Secretary]
note: formal opposition parties are outlawed; unofficial, small
opposition movements exist abroad; the three most prominent
opposition groups-in-exile are the National Democratic Movement of
Turkmenistan (NDMT), the Republican Party of Turkmenistan, and the
Watan (Fatherland) Party; the NDMT was led by former Foreign
Minister Boris SHIKHMURADOV until his arrest and imprisonment in the
wake of the 25 November 2002 attack on President NYYAZOW's motorcade

Turks and Caicos Islands
People's Democratic Movement or PDM [Floyd
SEYMOUR]; Progressive National Party or PNP [Michael Eugene MISICK]

Tuvalu
there are no political parties but members of parliament
usually align themselves in informal groupings

Uganda
Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]; Democratic Party or
DP [Kizito SSEBAANA]; Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Kizza
BESIGYE]; Inter-Party Co-operation or IPC (a coalition of opposition
groups); Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA];
National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]; Peoples
Progressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI]; Ugandan People's Congress
or UPC [Miria OBOTE]
note: a national referendum in July 2005 opened the way for Uganda's
transition to a multi-party political system

Ukraine
Block of Yuliya Tymoshenko-Batkivshchyna
(BYuT-Batkivshchyna) [Yuliya TYMOSHENKO]; Communist Party of Ukraine
or CPU [Petro SYMONENKO]; European Party of Ukraine [Mykola
KATERYNCHUK]; Forward Ukraine! [Viktor MUSIYAKA]; Front of Change
[Arseniy YATSENYUK]; Lytvyn Bloc (composed of People's Party and
Labor Party of Ukraine) [Volodymyr LYTVYN]; Our Ukraine [Viktor
YUSHCHENKO]; Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs [Anatoliy
KINAKH]; Party of Regions [Viktor YANUKOVYCH]; Party of the
Defenders of the Fatherland [Yuriy KARMAZIN]; People's Movement of
Ukraine (Rukh) [Borys TARASYUK]; People's Party [Volodymyr LYTVYN];
Peoples' Self-Defense [Yuriy LUTSENKO]; PORA! (It's Time!) party
[Vladyslav KASKIV]; Progressive Socialist Party [Natalya VITRENKO];
Reforms and Order Party [Viktor PYNZENYK]; Sobor [Anatoliy
MATVIYENKO]; Social Democratic Party [Yevhen KORNICHUK]; Social
Democratic Party (United) or SDPU(o) [Yuriy ZAHORODNIY]; Socialist
Party of Ukraine or SPU [Oleksandr MOROZ]; Strong Ukraine [SERHIY
TIHIPKO]; Ukrainian People's Party [Yuriy KOSTENKO]; United Center
[Viktor BALOHA]; Viche [Inna BOHOSLOVSKA]

United Arab Emirates
none; political parties are not allowed

United Kingdom
Conservative [David CAMERON]; Democratic Unionist
Party or DUP (Northern Ireland) [Peter ROBINSON]; Labor Party [Ed
MILIBAND]; Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) [Nick CLEGG]; Party of Wales
(Plaid Cymru) [Ieuan Wyn JONES]; Scottish National Party or SNP
[Alex SALMOND]; Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) [Gerry ADAMS]; Social
Democratic and Labor Party or SDLP (Northern Ireland) [Margaret
RICHIE]; Ulster Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) [Tom ELLIOTT]

United States
Democratic Party [Timothy KAINE]; Green Party;
Libertarian Party [William (Bill) REDPATH]; Republican Party [Reince
PRIEBUS]

Uruguay
Broad Front (Frente Amplio) - formerly known as the
Progressive Encounter/Broad Front Coalition or EP-FA [Jorge
BROVETTO] (a broad governing coalition that includes Movement of the
Popular Participation or MPP, New Space Party (Nuevo Espacio)
[Rafael MICHELINI], Progressive Alliance (Alianza Progresista)
[Rodolfo NIN NOVOA], Socialist Party [Eduardo FERNANDEZ and Reinaldo
GARGANO], Communist Party [Eduardo LORIER], Uruguayan Assembly
(Asamblea Uruguay) [Danilo ASTORI], and Vertiente Artiguista
[Mariano ARANA]); Colorado Party (Foro Batllista) [Pedro BORDABERRY
and Julio Maria SANGUINETTI]; National Party or Blanco [Luis Alberto
LACALLE and Jorge LARRANAGA]

Uzbekistan
Adolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party [Ismoil
SAIFNAZAROV]; Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan [Boriy ALIXONOV,
chairman]; Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan or LDPU
[Muhammadjon AHMADJONOV]; National Rebirth Party (Milliy Tiklanish)
[Ahtam TURSUNOV]; People's Democratic Party or NDP (formerly
Communist Party) [Latif GULOMOV]

Vanuatu
Greens Confederation or GC [Moana CARCASSES]; Jon Frum
Movement or JF [Song KEASPAI]; Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP
[Barak SOPE]; Nagriamel movement or NAG [Havo MOLI]; Namangi Aute or
NA [Paul TELUKLUK]; National United Party or NUP [Ham LINI];
People's Action Party or PAP [Peter VUTA]; People's Progressive
Party or PPP [Sato KILMAN]; Shepherds Alliance Party [leader NA];
Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanua'aku Pati (Our
Land Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI]; Vanuatu Family First Party or
VFFP [Eta RORI]; Vanuatu Labor Party or VLP [Joshua KALSAKAU];
Vanuatu National Party or VNP [Issac HAMARILIU]; Vanuatu Republican
Farmers Party or VPRFP [Jean RAVOU]; Vanuatu Republican Party or VRP
[Maxime Carlot KORMAN]

Venezuela
A New Time or UNT [Omar BARBOZA]; Brave People's Alliance
or ABP [Oscar PEREZ]; Christian Democrats or COPEI [Luis Ignacio
PLANAS]; Communist Party of Venezuela or PCV [Oscar FIGUERA];
Democratic Action or AD [Henry RAMOS Allup]; Fatherland for All or
PPT [Jose ALBORNOZ]; For Social Democracy or PODEMOS [Ramon
MARTINEZ]; Justice First [Julio BORGES]; Movement Toward Socialism
or MAS [Felipe MUJICA]; United Socialist Party of Venezuela or PSUV
[Hugo CHAVEZ]; Venezuela Project or PV [Henrique SALAS Romer]

Vietnam
Communist Party of Vietnam or CPV [Nong Duc MANH]; other
parties proscribed

Virgin Islands
Democratic Party [Arturo WATLINGTON]; Independent
Citizens' Movement or ICM [Usie RICHARDS]; Republican Party [Gary
SPRAUVE]

Wallis and Futuna
Lua Kae Tahi (Giscardians); Mouvement des Radicaux
de Gauche or MRG; Rally for the Republic or RPR (UMP); Socialist
Party or PS; Taumu'a Lelei; Union Populaire Locale or UPL; Union
Pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF

Yemen
General People's Congress or GPC [Abdul-Kader BAJAMMAL];
Islamic Reform Grouping or Islah [Muhammed Abdallah AL-YADUMI];
Nasserite Unionist Party [Abd al-Malik al-MAKHLAFI]; National Arab
Socialist Ba'th Party [Dr. Qasim SALAM]; Yemeni Socialist Party or
YSP [Yasin Said NUMAN]; note - there are at least seven more active
political parties

Zambia
Forum for Democracy and Development or FDD [Edith NAWAKWI];
Heritage Party or HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Movement for Multiparty
Democracy or MMD [vacant]; Party of Unity for Democracy and
Development or PUDD [Dan PULE]; Patriotic Front or PF [Michael
SATA]; Reform Party [Nevers MUMBA]; United Democratic Alliance or
UDA (a coalition of RP, ZADECO, PUDD, and ZRP); United Liberal Party
or ULP [Sakwiba SIKOTA]; United National Independence Party or UNIP
[Tilyenji KAUNDA]; United Party for National Development or UPND
[Hakainde HICHILEMA]; Zambia Democratic Congress or ZADECO [Langton
SICHONE]; Zambian Republican Party or ZRP [Benjamin MWILA]

Zimbabwe
African National Party or ANP [Egypt DZINEMUNHENZVA];
Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; Movement
for Democratic Change - Mutambara or MDC-M [Arthur MUTAMBARA]
(splinter faction of the MDC); Peace Action is Freedom for All or
PAFA; United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; United People's Party or UPP
[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

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Field Listing :: Population

This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based
on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics
registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent
past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population
presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country
on the world and within its region. Note: Starting with the 1993
Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African)
have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The
Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Country Comparison to the World
Country

Population

Afghanistan
29,121,286
note: this is a significantly revised figure; the previous estimate
of 33,609,937 was extrapolated from the last Afghan census held in
1979, which was never completed because of the Soviet invasion; a
new Afghan census is scheduled to take place in 2010 (July 2010 est.)

Akrotiri
approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of
Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and
UK-based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents

Albania
2,986,952 (July 2010 est.)

Algeria
34,586,184 (July 2010 est.)

American Samoa
66,432 (July 2010 est.)

Andorra
84,525 (July 2010 est.)

Angola
13,068,161 (July 2010 est.)

Anguilla
14,766 (July 2010 est.)

Antarctica
no indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanent
and summer-only staffed research stations
note: 29 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, operate
through their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only
(summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and its
nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region
covered by the Antarctic Treaty); the population doing and
supporting science or engaged in the management and protection of
the Antarctic region varies from approximately 4,400 in summer to
1,100 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel,
including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, are
present in the waters of the treaty region; peak summer
(December-February) population - 4,490 total; Argentina 667,
Australia 200, Australia and Romania jointly 13, Belgium 20, Brazil
40, Bulgaria 18, Chile 359, China 90, Czech Republic 20, Ecuador 26,
Finland 20, France 125, France and Italy jointly 60, Germany 90,
India 65, Italy 102, Japan 125, South Korea 70, NZ 85, Norway 44,
Peru 28, Poland 40, Russia 429, South Africa 80, Spain 50, Sweden
20, Ukraine 24, UK 217, US 1,293, Uruguay 70 (2008-2009); winter
(June-August) station population - 1,106 total; Argentina 176,
Australia 62, Brazil 12, Chile 114, China 29, France 26, France and
Italy jointly 13, Germany 9, India 25, Japan 40, South Korea 18, NZ
10, Norway 7, Poland 12, Russia 148, South Africa 10, Ukraine 12, UK
37, US 337, Uruguay 9 (2009); research stations operated within the
Antarctic Treaty area (south of 60 degrees south latitude) by
National Antarctic Programs: year-round stations - 40 total;
Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 6, China 2, France 1,
France and Italy jointly 1, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 1, South Korea
1, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 5, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK
2, US 3, Uruguay 1 (2009); a range of seasonal-only (summer)
stations, camps, and refuges - Argentina, Australia, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland,
France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand,
Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania (with Australia), Russia, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, and Uruguay (2008-2009); in
addition, during the austral summer some nations have numerous
occupied locations such as tent camps, summer-long temporary
facilities, and mobile traverses in support of research (May 2009
est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
86,754 (July 2010 est.)

Argentina
41,343,201 (July 2010 est.)

Armenia
2,966,802 (July 2010 est.)

Aruba
104,589
note: estimate based on a revision of the base population,
fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-99
migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which is
assumed to continue into the future; the new results are consistent
with the 2000 census (July 2010 est.)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and
fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island; access to East and Middle
Islands is by permit only

Australia
21,515,754 (July 2010 est.)

Austria
8,214,160 (July 2010 est.)

Azerbaijan
8,303,512 (July 2010 est.)

Bahamas, The
310,426
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Bahrain
738,004
note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2010 est.)

Bangladesh
156,118,464 (July 2010 est.)

Barbados
285,653 (July 2010 est.)

Belarus
9,612,632 (July 2010 est.)

Belgium
10,423,493 (July 2010 est.)

Belize
314,522 (July 2010 est.)

Benin
9,056,010
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Bermuda
68,265 (July 2010 est.)

Bhutan
699,847
note: the Factbook population estimate is consistent with the first
modern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005; previous Factbook
population estimates for this country, which were on the order of
three times the total population reported here, were based on
Bhutanese government publications that did not include the census
(July 2010 est.)

Bolivia
9,947,418 (July 2010 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
4,621,598 (July 2010 est.)

Botswana
2,029,307
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Bouvet Island
uninhabited

Brazil
201,103,330
note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a
population of 169,872,855; that figure was about 3.8% lower than
projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied
underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census (July 2010 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory
no indigenous inhabitants
note: approximately 1,200 former agricultural workers resident in
the Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois,
were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and
1970s; in November 2004, approximately 4,000 UK and US military
personnel and civilian contractors were living on the island of
Diego Garcia

British Virgin Islands
24,939 (July 2010 est.)

Brunei
395,027 (July 2010 est.)

Bulgaria
7,148,785 (July 2010 est.)

Burkina Faso
16,241,811
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Burma
53,414,374
note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life
expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Burundi
9,863,117
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Cambodia
14,453,680
note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life
expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Cameroon
19,294,149
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Canada
33,759,742 (July 2010 est.)

Cape Verde
508,659 (July 2010 est.)

Cayman Islands
50,209
note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2010 est.)

Central African Republic
4,844,927
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Chad
10,543,464 (July 2010 est.)

Chile
16,746,491 (July 2010 est.)

China
1,330,141,295 (July 2010 est.)

Christmas Island
1,402 (July 2010 est.)

Clipperton Island
uninhabited

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
596 (July 2010 est.)

Colombia
44,205,293 (July 2010 est.)

Comoros
773,407 (July 2010 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
70,916,439
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
4,125,916
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Cook Islands
11,488 (July 2010 est.)

Coral Sea Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological
station on Willis Island (July 2007 est.)

Costa Rica
4,516,220 (July 2010 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
21,058,798
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Croatia
4,486,881 (July 2010 est.)

Cuba
11,477,459 (July 2010 est.)

Curacao
142,180 (est. January 2010)

Cyprus
1,102,677 (July 2010 est.)

Czech Republic
10,201,707 (July 2010 est.)

Denmark
5,515,575 (July 2010 est.)

Dhekelia
approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of
Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 service and UK
based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents

Djibouti
740,528 (July 2010 est.)

Dominica
72,813 (July 2010 est.)

Dominican Republic
9,823,821 (July 2010 est.)

Ecuador
14,790,608 (July 2010 est.)

Egypt
80,471,869 (July 2010 est.)

El Salvador
6,052,064 (July 2010 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
650,702 (July 2010 est.)

Eritrea
5,792,984 (July 2010 est.)

Estonia
1,291,170 (July 2010 est.)

Ethiopia
88,013,491
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

European Union
492,387,344 (July 2010 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
3,140 (July 2008 est.)

Faroe Islands
49,057 (July 2010 est.)

Fiji
875,983 (July 2010 est.)

Finland
5,255,068 (July 2010 est.)

France
64,768,389
note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and its four
overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233
(July 2010 est.)

French Polynesia
291,000 (July 2010 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
no indigenous inhabitants
Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): has no permanent
residents but has a meteorological station
Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): is uninhabited but
is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research
cabin for short stays
Iles Crozet: are uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing the
Alfred Faure research station on Ile del la Possession
Iles Kerguelen: 50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base at
Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen
Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): uninhabitable
Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses):
a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each
possession; visited by scientists
Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits by
scientists

Gabon
1,545,255
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Gambia, The
1,824,158 (July 2010 est.)

Gaza Strip
1,604,238 (July 2010 est.)

Georgia
4,600,825 (July 2010 est.)

Germany
82,282,988 (July 2010 est.)

Ghana
24,339,838
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Gibraltar
28,877 (July 2010 est.)

Greece
10,749,943 (July 2010 est.)

Greenland
57,637 (July 2010 est.)

Grenada
107,818 (July 2010 est.)

Guam
180,865 (July 2010 est.)

Guatemala
13,550,440 (July 2010 est.)

Guernsey
64,775 (July 2010 est.)

Guinea
10,324,025 (July 2010 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
1,565,126 (July 2010 est.)

Guyana
748,486
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Haiti
9,719,932
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (2011
est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
uninhabited

Holy See (Vatican City)
829 (July 2010 est.)

Honduras
7,989,415
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Hong Kong
7,089,705 (July 2010 est.)

Hungary
9,992,339 (July 2010 est.)

Iceland
308,910 (July 2010 est.)

India
1,173,108,018 (July 2010 est.)

Indonesia
242,968,342 (July 2010 est.)

Iran
76,923,300 (July 2010 est.)

Iraq
29,671,605 (July 2010 est.)

Ireland
4,622,917 (July 2010 est.)

Isle of Man
83,859 (July 2010 est.)

Israel
7,353,985 (July 2010 est.)
note: approximately 296,700 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank
(2009 est.); approximately 19,100 Israeli settlers live in the Golan
Heights (2008 est.); approximately 192,800 Israeli settlers live in
East Jerusalem (2008 est.)

Italy
58,090,681 (July 2010 est.)

Jamaica
2,847,232 (July 2010 est.)

Jan Mayen
no indigenous inhabitants
note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and
the weather and coastal services radio station

Japan
126,804,433 (July 2010 est.)

Jersey
93,363 (July 2010 est.)

Jordan
6,407,085 (July 2010 est.)

Kazakhstan
15,460,484 (July 2010 est.)

Kenya
40,046,566
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Kiribati
99,482 (July 2010 est.)

Korea, North
22,757,275 (July 2010 est.)

Korea, South
48,636,068 (July 2010 est.)

Kosovo
1,815,048 (July 2010 est.)

Kuwait
2,789,132
note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2010 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
5,508,626 (July 2010 est.)

Laos
6,368,162 (July 2010 est.)

Latvia
2,217,969 (July 2010 est.)

Lebanon
4,125,247 (July 2010 est.)

Lesotho
1,919,552
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Liberia
3,685,076 (July 2010 est.)

Libya
6,461,454
note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2010 est.)

Liechtenstein
35,002 (July 2010 est.)

Lithuania
3,545,319 (July 2010 est.)

Luxembourg
497,538 (July 2010 est.)

Macau
567,957 (July 2010 est.)

Macedonia
2,072,086 (July 2010 est.)

Madagascar
21,281,844 (July 2010 est.)

Malawi
15,447,500
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Malaysia
28,274,729 (July 2010 est.)

Maldives
395,650 (July 2010 est.)

Mali
13,796,354 (July 2010 est.)

Malta
406,771 (July 2010 est.)

Marshall Islands
65,859 (July 2010 est.)

Mauritania
3,205,060 (July 2010 est.)

Mauritius
1,294,104 (July 2010 est.)

Mayotte
231,139 (July 2010 est.)

Mexico
112,468,855 (July 2010 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
107,154 (July 2010 est.)

Moldova
4,317,483 (July 2010 est.)

Monaco
30,586 (July 2010 est.)

Mongolia
3,086,918 (July 2010 est.)

Montenegro
666,730 (July 2010 est.)

Montserrat
5,118
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the
resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned
(July 2010 est.)

Morocco
31,627,428 (July 2010 est.)

Mozambique
22,061,451
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997
Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2010
est.)

Namibia
2,128,471
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Nauru
9,267 (July 2010 est.)

Navassa Island
uninhabited
note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island

Nepal
28,951,852 (July 2010 est.)

Netherlands
16,783,092 (July 2010 est.)

New Caledonia
252,352 (July 2010 est.)

New Zealand
4,252,277 (July 2010 est.)

Nicaragua
5,995,928 (July 2010 est.)

Niger
15,878,271 (July 2010 est.)

Nigeria
152,217,341
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)

Niue
1,354 (July 2010 est.)

Norfolk Island
2,155 (July 2010 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands
48,317 (July 2010 est.)

Norway
4,676,305 (July 2010 est.)

Oman
2,967,717
note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2010 est.)

Pakistan
184,404,791 (July 2010 est.)

Palau
20,879 (July 2010 est.)

Panama
3,410,676 (July 2010 est.)

Papua New Guinea
6,064,515 (July 2010 est.)

Paracel Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons

Paraguay
6,375,830 (July 2010 est.)

Peru
29,907,003 (July 2010 est.)

Philippines
99,900,177 (July 2010 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
48 (July 2010 est.)

Poland
38,463,689 (July 2010 est.)

Portugal
10,735,765 (July 2010 est.)

Puerto Rico
3,978,702 (July 2010 est.)

Qatar
840,926 (July 2010 est.)

Romania
21,959,278 (July 2010 est.)

Russia
139,390,205 (July 2010 est.)