Chapter M: Major infectious diseases (176)

This entry gives the basic form of government. Definitions of the major governmental terms are as follows. (Note that for some countries more than one definition applies.): Absolute monarchy - a form of government where the monarch rules unhindered, i.e., without any laws, constitution, or legally organized opposition. Anarchy - a condition of lawlessness or political disorder brought about by the absence of governmental authority. Authoritarian - a form of government in which state authority is imposed onto many aspects of citizens' lives. Commonwealth - a nation, state, or other political entity founded on law and united by a compact of the people for the common good. Communist - a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single - often authoritarian - party holds power; state controls are imposed with the elimination of private ownership of property or capital while claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people (i.e., a classless society). Confederacy (Confederation) - a union by compact or treaty between states, provinces, or territories, that creates a central government with limited powers; the constituent entities retain supreme authority over all matters except those delegated to the central government. Constitutional - a government by or operating under an authoritative document (constitution) that sets forth the system of fundamental laws and principles that determines the nature, functions, and limits of that government. Constitutional democracy - a form of government in which the sovereign power of the people is spelled out in a governing constitution. Constitutional monarchy - a system of government in which a monarch is guided by a constitution whereby his/her rights, duties, and responsibilities are spelled out in written law or by custom. Democracy - a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but which is usually exercised indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed. Democratic republic - a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them. Dictatorship - a form of government in which a ruler or small clique wield absolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws). Ecclesiastical - a government administrated by a church. Emirate - similar to a monarchy or sultanate, but a government in which the supreme power is in the hands of an emir (the ruler of a Muslim state); the emir may be an absolute overlord or a sovereign with constitutionally limited authority. Federal (Federation) - a form of government in which sovereign power is formally divided - usually by means of a constitution - between a central authority and a number of constituent regions (states, colonies, or provinces) so that each region retains some management of its internal affairs; differs from a confederacy in that the central government exerts influence directly upon both individuals as well as upon the regional units. Federal republic - a state in which the powers of the central government are restricted and in which the component parts (states, colonies, or provinces) retain a degree of self-government; ultimate sovereign power rests with the voters who chose their governmental representatives. Islamic republic - a particular form of government adopted by some Muslim states; although such a state is, in theory, a theocracy, it remains a republic, but its laws are required to be compatible with the laws of Islam. Maoism - the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism developed in China by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), which states that a continuous revolution is necessary if the leaders of a communist state are to keep in touch with the people. Marxism - the political, economic, and social principles espoused by 19th century economist Karl Marx; he viewed the struggle of workers as a progression of historical forces that would proceed from a class struggle of the proletariat (workers) exploited by capitalists (business owners), to a socialist "dictatorship of the proletariat," to, finally, a classless society - Communism. Marxism-Leninism - an expanded form of communism developed by Lenin from doctrines of Karl Marx; Lenin saw imperialism as the final stage of capitalism and shifted the focus of workers' struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries. Monarchy - a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right; the monarch may be either a sole absolute ruler or a sovereign - such as a king, queen, or prince - with constitutionally limited authority. Oligarchy - a government in which control is exercised by a small group of individuals whose authority generally is based on wealth or power. Parliamentary democracy - a political system in which the legislature (parliament) selects the government - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor along with the cabinet ministers - according to party strength as expressed in elections; by this system, the government acquires a dual responsibility: to the people as well as to the parliament. Parliamentary government (Cabinet-Parliamentary government) - a government in which members of an executive branch (the cabinet and its leader - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor) are nominated to their positions by a legislature or parliament, and are directly responsible to it; this type of government can be dissolved at will by the parliament (legislature) by means of a no confidence vote or the leader of the cabinet may dissolve the parliament if it can no longer function. Parliamentary monarchy - a state headed by a monarch who is not actively involved in policy formation or implementation (i.e., the exercise of sovereign powers by a monarch in a ceremonial capacity); true governmental leadership is carried out by a cabinet and its head - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor - who are drawn from a legislature (parliament). Presidential - a system of government where the executive branch exists separately from a legislature (to which it is generally not accountable). Republic - a representative democracy in which the people's elected deputies (representatives), not the people themselves, vote on legislation. Socialism - a government in which the means of planning, producing, and distributing goods is controlled by a central government that theoretically seeks a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor; in actuality, most socialist governments have ended up being no more than dictatorships over workers by a ruling elite. Sultanate - similar to a monarchy, but a government in which the supreme power is in the hands of a sultan (the head of a Muslim state); the sultan may be an absolute ruler or a sovereign with constitutionally limited authority. Theocracy - a form of government in which a Deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, but the Deity's laws are interpreted by ecclesiastical authorities (bishops, mullahs, etc.); a government subject to religious authority. Totalitarian - a government that seeks to subordinate the individual to the state by controlling not only all political and economic matters, but also the attitudes, values, and beliefs of its population.

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Rank code: 2129

Country Comparison :: Unemployment rate

This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.

Rank country (%) Date of Information

1 Monaco 0.00 2005 2 Qatar 0.50 2010 est. 3 Azerbaijan 0.90 2010 est. 4 Guernsey 0.90 March 2006 est. 5 Belarus 1.00 2009 est. 6 Uzbekistan 1.10 2010 est. 7 Thailand 1.20 2010 est. 8 Liechtenstein 1.50 31 December 2007 9 Vanuatu 1.70 1999 10 Isle of Man 1.80 October 2010 est. 11 Papua New Guinea 1.80 2004 12 Cuba 2.00 2010 est. 13 Seychelles 2.00 2006 est. 14 Kiribati 2.00 1992 est. 15 Bermuda 2.10 2004 est. 16 Jersey 2.20 2006 est. 17 Tajikistan 2.20 2009 est. 18 Kuwait 2.20 2004 est. 19 Singapore 2.30 2010 est. 20 United Arab Emirates 2.40 2001 21 Laos 2.50 2009 est. 22 Mongolia 2.80 2008 23 Gibraltar 3.00 2005 est. 24 San Marino 3.10 2008 25 Guatemala 3.20 2005 est. 26 Moldova 3.40 2010 est. 27 Cambodia 3.50 2007 est. 28 Malaysia 3.50 2010 est. 29 British Virgin Islands 3.60 1997 30 Macau 3.60 2009 31 Brunei 3.70 2008 32 Norway 3.70 2010 est. 33 Korea, South 3.70 2010 est. 34 Faroe Islands 3.90 2009 35 Switzerland 3.90 2010 est. 36 Bhutan 4.00 2009 37 Cayman Islands 4.00 2008 38 Denmark 4.20 2010 est. 39 Palau 4.20 2005 est. 40 China 4.30 September 2009 est. 41 Panama 4.40 2010 est. 42 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.50 1997 43 Austria 4.60 2010 est. 44 Hong Kong 4.60 2010 est. 45 Nigeria 4.90 2007 est. 46 Australia 5.10 2010 est. 47 Bangladesh 5.10 2010 est. 48 Honduras 5.10 2010 est. 49 Japan 5.20 2010 est. 50 Taiwan 5.20 2010 est. 51 Sri Lanka 5.40 2010 est. 52 Kazakhstan 5.50 2010 est. 53 Luxembourg 5.50 2010 est. 54 Netherlands 5.50 2010 est. 55 Mexico 5.60 2010 est. 56 Burma 5.70 2010 est. 57 Cyprus 6.00 2010 est. 58 Montserrat 6.00 1998 est. 59 Virgin Islands 6.20 2004 60 Israel 6.40 2010 est. 61 Vietnam 6.40 2010 est. 62 Trinidad and Tobago 6.40 2010 est. 63 New Zealand 6.50 2010 est. 64 Costa Rica 6.60 2010 est. 65 Peru 6.70 2010 est. 66 Greenland 6.80 2007 est. 67 Aruba 6.90 2005 est. 68 Paraguay 6.90 2010 est. 69 Andorra 7.00 2008 70 Malta 7.00 2009 est. 71 Brazil 7.00 2010 est. 72 El Salvador 7.00 2010 est. 73 Armenia 7.10 2007 est. 74 Indonesia 7.10 2010 est. 75 Germany 7.10 2010 est. 76 Uruguay 7.40 2010 est. 77 Botswana 7.50 2007 est. 78 Mauritius 7.50 2010 est. 79 Philippines 7.50 2010 est. 80 Bahamas, The 7.60 2006 est. 81 Fiji 7.60 1999 82 Ecuador 7.60 2010 est. 83 Russia 7.60 2010 est. 84 Argentina 7.90 2010 est. 85 Finland 7.90 2010 est. 86 United Kingdom 7.90 2010 est. 87 Anguilla 8.00 2002 88 Northern Mariana Islands 8.00 2005 est. 89 Nicaragua 8.00 2010 est. 90 Central African Republic 8.00 2001 est. 91 Canada 8.00 2010 est. 92 Belgium 8.10 2010 est. 93 Romania 8.20 2010 est. 94 Bolivia 8.30 2010 est. 95 Syria 8.30 2010 est. 96 Sweden 8.30 2010 est. 97 Italy 8.40 2010 est. 98 Ukraine 8.40 2010 est. 99 Iceland 8.60 2010 est. 100 Chile 8.70 2010 est. 101 World 8.80 2010 est. 102 Czech Republic 9.30 2010 est. 103 Bulgaria 9.50 2010 est. 104 European Union 9.50 2010 est. 105 Suriname 9.50 2004 106 France 9.50 2010 est. 107 United States 9.60 2010 est. 108 Egypt 9.70 2010 est. 109 Morocco 9.80 2010 est. 110 Algeria 9.90 2010 est. 111 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.00 1997 est. 112 Curacao 10.30 2008 est. 113 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10.30 1999 114 Sint Maarten 10.60 2008 est. 115 Slovenia 10.60 2010 est. 116 Barbados 10.70 2003 est. 117 Portugal 10.70 2010 est. 118 India 10.80 2010 est. 119 Saudi Arabia 10.80 2010 est. 120 Antigua and Barbuda 11.00 2001 est. 121 Guyana 11.00 2007 122 Ghana 11.00 2000 est. 123 Colombia 11.20 2010 est. 124 Hungary 11.50 2010 est. 125 French Polynesia 11.70 2005 126 Poland 11.80 2010 est. 127 Greece 12.00 2010 est. 128 Niue 12.00 2001 129 Puerto Rico 12.00 2002 130 Venezuela 12.10 2010 est. 131 Turkey 12.40 2010 est. 132 Grenada 12.50 2000 133 Slovakia 12.50 2010 est. 134 Albania 12.70 2010 est. 135 Jamaica 12.90 2010 est. 136 Tonga 13.00 FY03/04 est. 137 Belize 13.10 2009 138 Cook Islands 13.10 2005 139 Jordan 13.40 2010 est. 140 Estonia 13.50 2010 est. 141 Ireland 13.70 2010 est. 142 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha14.00 1998 est. 143 Tunisia 14.00 2010 est. 144 Dominican Republic 14.20 2010 est. 145 Maldives 14.40 2006 est. 146 Iran 14.60 2010 est. 147 Montenegro 14.70 2007 est. 148 Bahrain 15.00 2005 est. 149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.00 2001 est. 150 Pakistan 15.00 2010 est. 151 Oman 15.00 2004 est. 152 Wallis and Futuna 15.20 2003 153 Iraq 15.30 2009 est. 154 Lithuania 16.00 2010 est. 155 Georgia 16.40 2009 est. 156 West Bank 16.50 2010 est. 157 Kosovo 16.60 2009 est. 158 New Caledonia 17.10 2004 159 Serbia 17.20 2010 est. 160 Croatia 17.60 2010 est. 161 Kyrgyzstan 18.00 2004 est. 162 Sudan 18.70 2002 est. 163 Latvia 19.10 2010 est. 164 Comoros 20.00 1996 est. 165 Saint Lucia 20.00 2003 est. 166 Timor-Leste 20.00 2006 est. 167 Spain 20.00 2010 est. 168 Cape Verde 21.00 2000 est. 169 Mozambique 21.00 1997 est. 170 Gabon 21.00 2006 est. 171 Micronesia, Federated States of 22.00 2000 est. 172 Dominica 23.00 2000 est. 173 South Africa 23.30 2010 est. 174 Mayotte 25.40 2005 175 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.20 2010 est. 176 American Samoa 29.80 2005 177 Cameroon 30.00 2001 est. 178 Mali 30.00 2004 est. 179 Mauritania 30.00 2008 est. 180 Libya 30.00 2004 est. 181 Equatorial Guinea 30.00 1998 est. 182 Macedonia 33.10 2010 est. 183 Afghanistan 35.00 2008 est. 184 Yemen 35.00 2003 est. 185 Marshall Islands 36.00 2006 est. 186 Gaza Strip 40.00 2010 est. 187 Kenya 40.00 2008 est. 188 Swaziland 40.00 2006 est. 189 Lesotho 45.00 2002 190 Nepal 46.00 2008 est. 191 Senegal 48.00 2007 est. 192 Zambia 50.00 2000 est. 193 Namibia 51.20 2008 est. 194 Djibouti 59.00 2007 est. 195 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60.00 2000 est. 196 Turkmenistan 60.00 2004 est. 197 Burkina Faso 77.00 2004 198 Liberia 85.00 2003 est. 199 Nauru 90.00 2004 est. 200 Zimbabwe 95.00 2009 est.

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Rank code: 2137

Country Comparison :: Military - note

This entry includes miscellaneous military information of significance not included elsewhere.

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Rank code: 2138

Country Comparison :: Communications - note

This entry includes miscellaneous communications information of significance not included elsewhere.

Rank country Communications - note Date of Information

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Rank code: 2140

Country Comparison :: Government - note

This entry includes miscellaneous government information of significance not included elsewhere.

Rank country Government - note Date of Information

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Rank code: 2141

Country Comparison :: Group

Rank country Group Date of Information

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Rank code: 2142

Country Comparison :: Country name

This entry includes all forms of the country's name approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (Italy is used as an example): conventional long form (Italian Republic), conventional short form (Italy), local long form (Repubblica Italiana), local short form (Italia), former (Kingdom of Italy), as well as the abbreviation. Also see the Terminology note.

Rank country Country name Date of Information

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Rank code: 2144

Country Comparison :: Location

This entry identifies the country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.

Rank country Location Date of Information

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Rank code: 2145

Country Comparison :: Map references

This entry includes the name of the Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. Note that boundary representations on these maps are not necessarily authoritative. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.

Rank country Map references Date of Information

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Rank code: 2146

Country Comparison :: Irrigated land

This entry gives the number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.

Rank country (sq km) Date of Information

1 India 558,080.00 2003 2 China 545,960.00 2003 3 United States 223,850.00 2003 4 Pakistan 182,300.00 2003 5 European Union 168,050.00 2003 est. 6 Iran 76,500.00 2003 7 Mexico 63,200.00 2003 8 Turkey 52,150.00 2003 9 Thailand 49,860.00 2003 10 Bangladesh 47,250.00 2003 11 Russia 46,000.00 2003 12 Indonesia 45,000.00 2003 13 Uzbekistan 42,810.00 2003 14 Spain 37,800.00 2003 15 Kazakhstan 35,560.00 2003 16 Iraq 35,250.00 2003 17 Egypt 34,220.00 2003 18 Romania 30,770.00 2003 19 Vietnam 30,000.00 2003 20 Brazil 29,200.00 2003 21 Italy 27,500.00 2003 22 Afghanistan 27,200.00 2003 23 Japan 25,920.00 2003 24 Australia 25,450.00 2003 25 Ukraine 22,080.00 2003 26 Chile 19,000.00 2003 27 Burma 18,700.00 2003 28 Sudan 18,630.00 2003 29 Turkmenistan 18,000.00 2003 30 Saudi Arabia 16,200.00 2003 31 Argentina 15,500.00 2003 32 Philippines 15,500.00 2003 33 South Africa 14,980.00 2003 34 Korea, North 14,600.00 2003 35 Azerbaijan 14,550.00 2003 36 Greece 14,530.00 2003 37 Morocco 14,450.00 2003 38 Syria 13,330.00 2003 39 Peru 12,000.00 2003 40 Nepal 11,700.00 2003 41 Madagascar 10,860.00 2003 42 Kyrgyzstan 10,720.00 2003 43 Colombia 9,000.00 2003 44 Korea, South 8,780.00 2003 45 Cuba 8,700.00 2003 46 Ecuador 8,650.00 2003 47 Canada 7,850.00 2003 48 Sri Lanka 7,430.00 2003 49 Tajikistan 7,220.00 2003 50 Portugal 6,500.00 2003 51 Bulgaria 5,880.00 2003 52 Venezuela 5,750.00 2003 53 Algeria 5,690.00 2003 54 Netherlands 5,650.00 2003 55 Yemen 5,500.00 2003 56 Germany 4,850.00 2003 57 Libya 4,700.00 2003 58 Georgia 4,690.00 2003 59 Denmark 4,490.00 2003 60 Tunisia 3,940.00 2003 61 Malaysia 3,650.00 2003 62 Albania 3,530.00 2003 63 Moldova 3,000.00 2003 64 Ethiopia 2,900.00 2003 65 Armenia 2,860.00 2003 66 New Zealand 2,850.00 2003 67 Nigeria 2,820.00 2003 68 Dominican Republic 2,750.00 2003 69 Cambodia 2,700.00 2003 70 Mali 2,360.00 2003 71 Hungary 2,300.00 2003 72 Uruguay 2,100.00 2003 73 Somalia 2,000.00 2003 74 Israel 1,940.00 2003 75 Tanzania 1,840.00 2003 76 Slovakia 1,830.00 2003 77 Laos 1,750.00 2003 78 Zimbabwe 1,740.00 2003 79 United Kingdom 1,700.00 2003 80 Zambia 1,560.00 2003 81 Guyana 1,500.00 2003 82 Bolivia 1,320.00 2003 83 Belarus 1,310.00 2003 84 Guatemala 1,300.00 2003 85 Norway 1,270.00 2003 86 Senegal 1,200.00 2003 87 Mozambique 1,180.00 2003 88 Sweden 1,150.00 2003 89 Costa Rica 1,080.00 2003 90 Timor-Leste 1,065.00 NA 91 Lebanon 1,040.00 2003 92 Kenya 1,030.00 2003 93 Poland 1,000.00 2003 94 Guinea 950.00 2003 95 Haiti 920.00 2003 96 Mongolia 840.00 2003 97 Angola 800.00 2003 98 Honduras 800.00 2003 99 United Arab Emirates 760.00 2003 100 Jordan 750.00 2003 101 Cote d'Ivoire 730.00 2003 102 Niger 730.00 2003 103 Oman 720.00 2003 104 Paraguay 670.00 2003 105 Finland 640.00 2003 106 Nicaragua 610.00 2003 107 Malawi 560.00 2003 108 Macedonia 550.00 2003 109 Suriname 510.00 2003 110 Swaziland 500.00 2003 111 Mauritania 490.00 2002 112 El Salvador 450.00 2003 113 Panama 430.00 2003 114 Belgium 400.00 2003 115 Cyprus 400.00 2003 116 Puerto Rico 400.00 2003 117 Bhutan 400.00 2003 118 Ghana 310.00 2003 119 Chad 300.00 2003 120 Sierra Leone 300.00 2003 121 Cameroon 260.00 2003 122 Burkina Faso 250.00 2003 123 Switzerland 250.00 2003 124 Jamaica 250.00 2002 125 Guinea-Bissau 250.00 2003 126 Czech Republic 240.00 2003 127 Mauritius 220.00 2003 128 Burundi 210.00 2003 129 Eritrea 210.00 2003 130 Latvia 200.00 2003 131 Kuwait 130.00 2003 132 Qatar 130.00 2002 133 Benin 120.00 2003 134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 110.00 2003 135 Croatia 110.00 2003 136 New Caledonia 100.00 2003 137 Sao Tome and Principe 100.00 2003 138 Rwanda 90.00 2003 139 Uganda 90.00 2003 140 Namibia 80.00 2003 141 Gabon 70.00 2003 142 Lithuania 70.00 2003 143 Togo 70.00 2003 144 Barbados 50.00 2003 145 Austria 40.00 2003 146 Trinidad and Tobago 40.00 2003 147 Estonia 40.00 2003 148 Bahrain 40.00 2003 149 Belize 30.00 2003 150 Slovenia 30.00 2003 151 Saint Lucia 30.00 2003 152 Liberia 30.00 2003 153 Lesotho 30.00 2003 154 Fiji 30.00 2003 155 Cape Verde 30.00 2003 156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.00 2003 157 Central African Republic 20.00 2003 158 Malta 20.00 2003 159 Gambia, The 20.00 2003 160 Hong Kong 20.00 1998 est. 161 Congo, Republic of the 20.00 2003 162 Bahamas, The 10.00 2003 163 Brunei 10.00 2003 164 Botswana 10.00 2003 165 Djibouti 10.00 2003 166 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.00 2003 167 French Polynesia 10.00 2003 168 Aruba 0.01 1998 est. 169 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 0.00 NA 170 Clipperton Island 0.00 NA 171 French Southern and Antarctic Lands0.00 NA 172 Holy See (Vatican City) 0.00 NA 173 Jan Mayen 0.00 NA 174 Paracel Islands 0.00 NA 175 Wake Island 0.00 NA 176 Spratly Islands 0.00 NA 177 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands0.00 NA 178 Marshall Islands 0.00 NA 179 Isle of Man 0.00 NA 180 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.00 NA 181 Faroe Islands 0.00 NA 182 Coral Sea Islands 0.00 NA 183 British Indian Ocean Territory 0.00 NA 184 Bouvet Island 0.00 NA

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Rank code: 2147

Country Comparison :: Area

This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.

Rank country (sq km) Date of Information

1 Russia 17,098,242 NA 2 Canada 9,984,670 NA 3 United States 9,826,675 NA 4 China 9,596,961 NA 5 Brazil 8,514,877 NA 6 Australia 7,741,220 NA 7 India 3,287,263 NA 8 Argentina 2,780,400 NA 9 Kazakhstan 2,724,900 NA 10 Sudan 2,505,813 NA 11 Algeria 2,381,741 NA 12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,344,858 NA 13 Greenland 2,166,086 NA 14 Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 NA 15 Mexico 1,964,375 NA 16 Indonesia 1,904,569 NA 17 Libya 1,759,540 NA 18 Iran 1,648,195 NA 19 Mongolia 1,564,116 NA 20 Peru 1,285,216 NA 21 Chad 1,284,000 NA 22 Niger 1,267,000 NA 23 Angola 1,246,700 NA 24 Mali 1,240,192 NA 25 South Africa 1,219,090 NA 26 Colombia 1,138,910 NA 27 Ethiopia 1,104,300 NA 28 Bolivia 1,098,581 NA 29 Mauritania 1,030,700 NA 30 Egypt 1,001,450 NA 31 Tanzania 947,300 NA 32 Nigeria 923,768 NA 33 Venezuela 912,050 NA 34 Namibia 824,292 NA 35 Mozambique 799,380 NA 36 Pakistan 796,095 NA 37 Turkey 783,562 NA 38 Chile 756,102 NA 39 Zambia 752,618 NA 40 Burma 676,578 NA 41 Afghanistan 652,230 NA 42 France 643,427 NA 43 Somalia 637,657 NA 44 Central African Republic 622,984 NA 45 Ukraine 603,550 NA 46 Madagascar 587,041 NA 47 Botswana 581,730 NA 48 Kenya 580,367 NA 49 Yemen 527,968 NA 50 Thailand 513,120 NA 51 Spain 505,370 NA 52 Turkmenistan 488,100 NA 53 Cameroon 475,440 NA 54 Papua New Guinea 462,840 NA 55 Sweden 450,295 NA 56 Uzbekistan 447,400 NA 57 Morocco 446,550 NA 58 Iraq 438,317 NA 59 Paraguay 406,752 NA 60 Zimbabwe 390,757 NA 61 Japan 377,915 NA 62 Germany 357,022 NA 63 Congo, Republic of the 342,000 NA 64 Finland 338,145 NA 65 Vietnam 331,210 NA 66 Malaysia 329,847 NA 67 Norway 323,802 NA 68 Cote d'Ivoire 322,463 NA 69 Poland 312,685 NA 70 Oman 309,500 NA 71 Italy 301,340 NA 72 Philippines 300,000 NA 73 Ecuador 283,561 NA 74 Burkina Faso 274,200 NA 75 New Zealand 267,710 NA 76 Gabon 267,667 NA 77 Western Sahara 266,000 NA 78 Guinea 245,857 NA 79 United Kingdom 243,610 NA 80 Uganda 241,038 NA 81 Ghana 238,533 NA 82 Romania 238,391 NA 83 Laos 236,800 NA 84 Guyana 214,969 NA 85 Belarus 207,600 NA 86 Kyrgyzstan 199,951 NA 87 Senegal 196,722 NA 88 Syria 185,180 NA 89 Cambodia 181,035 NA 90 Uruguay 176,215 NA 91 Suriname 163,820 NA 92 Tunisia 163,610 NA 93 Nepal 147,181 NA 94 Bangladesh 143,998 NA 95 Tajikistan 143,100 NA 96 Greece 131,957 NA 97 Nicaragua 130,370 NA 98 Korea, North 120,538 NA 99 Malawi 118,484 NA 100 Eritrea 117,600 NA 101 Benin 112,622 NA 102 Honduras 112,090 NA 103 Liberia 111,369 NA 104 Bulgaria 110,879 NA 105 Cuba 110,860 NA 106 Guatemala 108,889 NA 107 Iceland 103,000 NA 108 Korea, South 99,720 NA 109 Hungary 93,028 NA 110 Portugal 92,090 NA 111 Jordan 89,342 NA 112 Azerbaijan 86,600 NA 113 Austria 83,871 NA 114 United Arab Emirates 83,600 NA 115 Czech Republic 78,867 NA 116 Serbia 77,474 NA 117 Panama 75,420 NA 118 Sierra Leone 71,740 NA 119 Ireland 70,273 NA 120 Georgia 69,700 NA 121 Sri Lanka 65,610 NA 122 Lithuania 65,300 NA 123 Latvia 64,589 NA 124 Svalbard 62,045 NA 125 Togo 56,785 NA 126 Croatia 56,594 NA 127 British Indian Ocean Territory 54,400 NA 128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,197 NA 129 Costa Rica 51,100 NA 130 Slovakia 49,035 NA 131 Dominican Republic 48,670 NA 132 Estonia 45,228 NA 133 Denmark 43,094 NA 134 Netherlands 41,543 NA 135 Switzerland 41,277 NA 136 Bhutan 38,394 NA 137 Guinea-Bissau 36,125 NA 138 Taiwan 35,980 NA 139 Moldova 33,851 NA 140 Belgium 30,528 NA 141 Lesotho 30,355 NA 142 Armenia 29,743 NA 143 Solomon Islands 28,896 NA 144 Albania 28,748 NA 145 Equatorial Guinea 28,051 NA 146 Burundi 27,830 NA 147 Haiti 27,750 NA 148 Rwanda 26,338 NA 149 Macedonia 25,713 NA 150 Djibouti 23,200 NA 151 Belize 22,966 NA 152 Israel 22,072 NA 153 El Salvador 21,041 NA 154 Slovenia 20,273 NA 155 New Caledonia 18,575 NA 156 Fiji 18,274 NA 157 Kuwait 17,818 NA 158 Swaziland 17,364 NA 159 Timor-Leste 14,874 NA 160 Bahamas, The 13,880 NA 161 Montenegro 13,812 NA 162 Puerto Rico 13,790 NA 163 Vanuatu 12,189 NA 164 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12,173 NA 165 Qatar 11,586 NA 166 Gambia, The 11,295 NA 167 Jamaica 10,991 NA 168 Kosovo 10,887 NA 169 Lebanon 10,400 NA 170 Cyprus 9,251 NA 171 West Bank 5,860 NA 172 Brunei 5,765 NA 173 Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 NA 174 French Polynesia 4,167 NA 175 Cape Verde 4,033 NA 176 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands3,903 NA 177 Samoa 2,831 NA 178 Luxembourg 2,586 NA 179 Comoros 2,235 NA 180 Mauritius 2,040 NA 181 Virgin Islands 1,910 NA 182 Faroe Islands 1,393 NA 183 Hong Kong 1,104 NA 184 Sao Tome and Principe 964 NA 185 Turks and Caicos Islands 948 NA 186 Kiribati 811 NA 187 Bahrain 760 NA 188 Dominica 751 NA 189 Tonga 747 NA 190 Micronesia, Federated States of 702 NA 191 Singapore 697 NA 192 Saint Lucia 616 NA 193 Isle of Man 572 NA 194 Andorra 468 NA 195 Northern Mariana Islands 464 NA 196 Palau 459 NA 197 Seychelles 455 NA 198 Curacao 444 NA 199 Antigua and Barbuda 443 NA 200 Barbados 430 NA 201 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412 NA 202 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 NA 203 Jan Mayen 377 NA 204 Mayotte 374 NA 205 Gaza Strip 360 NA 206 Grenada 344 NA 207 Malta 316 NA 208 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha308 NA 209 Maldives 298 NA 210 Cayman Islands 264 NA 211 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 NA 212 Niue 260 NA 213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 NA 214 Cook Islands 236 NA 215 American Samoa 199 NA 216 Marshall Islands 181 NA 217 Aruba 180 NA 218 Liechtenstein 160 NA 219 British Virgin Islands 151 NA 220 Wallis and Futuna 142 NA 221 Christmas Island 135 NA 222 Dhekelia 131 NA 223 Akrotiri 123 NA 224 Jersey 116 NA 225 Montserrat 102 NA 226 Anguilla 91 NA 227 Guernsey 78 NA 228 San Marino 61 NA 229 French Southern and Antarctic Lands55 NA 230 Saint Martin 54 NA 231 Bermuda 54 NA 232 Bouvet Island 49 NA 233 Pitcairn Islands 47 NA 234 Norfolk Island 36 NA 235 Sint Maarten 34 NA 236 Macau 28 NA 237 Tuvalu 26 NA 238 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges22 NA 239 Nauru 21 NA 240 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 NA 241 Tokelau 12 NA 242 Gibraltar 7 NA 243 Wake Island 7 NA 244 Clipperton Island 6 NA 245 Navassa Island 5 NA 246 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 NA 247 Spratly Islands 5 NA 248 Coral Sea Islands 3 NA 249 Monaco 2 NA 250 Holy See (Vatican City) 0 NA

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Rank code: 2149

Country Comparison :: Diplomatic representation in the US

This entry includes the chief of mission, chancery, telephone, FAX, consulate general locations, and consulate locations.

Rank country Diplomatic representation in the USDate of Information

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Rank code: 2150

Country Comparison :: Telephones - main lines in use

This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.

Rank country Telephones - main lines in useDate of Information

1 China 313,680,000 2009 2 United States 141,000,000 2009 3 Germany 48,700,000 2009 4 Russia 44,802,000 2009 5 Japan 44,364,000 2009 6 Brazil 41,497,000 2009 7 France 36,431,000 2009 8 India 35,770,000 2010 9 Indonesia 33,958,000 2009 10 United Kingdom 32,117,000 2009 11 Iran 25,804,000 2009 12 Italy 21,300,000 2009 13 Spain 20,057,000 2009 14 Mexico 19,425,000 2009 15 Korea, South 19,289,000 2009 16 Canada 18,251,000 2009 17 Vietnam 17,427,000 2009 18 Turkey 16,534,000 2009 19 Taiwan 14,596,000 2009 20 Ukraine 13,026,000 2009 21 Egypt 10,313,000 2009 22 Argentina 9,764,000 2009 23 Poland 9,556,000 2009 24 Australia 9,020,000 2009 25 Colombia 7,500,000 2009 26 Netherlands 7,320,000 2009 27 Thailand 7,024,000 2009 28 Venezuela 6,867,000 2009 29 Greece 5,930,000 2009 30 Romania 5,313,000 2009 31 Sweden 5,146,000 2009 32 Switzerland 4,650,000 2009 33 South Africa 4,320,000 2009 34 Malaysia 4,312,000 2009 35 Hong Kong 4,188,000 2009 36 Saudi Arabia 4,171,000 2009 37 Philippines 4,100,000 2009 38 Pakistan 4,058,000 2009 39 Portugal 4,049,000 2009 40 Belarus 3,969,000 2009 41 Syria 3,871,000 2009 42 Kazakhstan 3,763,000 2009 43 Chile 3,575,000 2009 44 Sri Lanka 3,523,000 2010 45 Morocco 3,516,000 2009 46 Austria 3,253,000 2009 47 Israel 3,250,000 2009 48 Serbia 3,106,000 2009 49 Hungary 3,069,000 2009 50 Peru 2,965,000 2009 51 Algeria 2,576,000 2009 52 Bulgaria 2,164,000 2009 53 Czech Republic 2,092,000 2009 54 Ireland 2,080,000 2009 55 Denmark 2,062,000 2009 56 Ecuador 2,004,000 2009 57 Norway 1,900,000 2009 58 New Zealand 1,870,000 2009 59 Croatia 1,859,000 2009 60 Uzbekistan 1,857,000 2009 61 Singapore 1,852,000 2009 62 United Arab Emirates 1,561,000 2009 63 Bangladesh 1,522,000 2009 64 Costa Rica 1,493,000 2009 65 Finland 1,430,000 2009 66 Nigeria 1,419,000 2009 67 Guatemala 1,413,000 2009 68 Azerbaijan 1,397,000 2009 69 Tunisia 1,279,000 2009 70 Korea, North 1,180,000 2008 71 Cuba 1,168,000 2009 72 Moldova 1,139,000 2009 73 Iraq 1,108,000 2009 74 Libya 1,101,000 2009 75 El Salvador 1,099,000 2009 76 Slovenia 1,034,000 2009 77 Slovakia 1,022,000 2009 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 998,600 2009 79 Yemen 997,000 2009 80 Dominican Republic 965,400 2009 81 Uruguay 953,400 2009 82 Ethiopia 915,100 2009 83 Puerto Rico 870,100 2009 84 Honduras 830,000 2009 85 Nepal 820,500 2009 86 Burma 812,000 2009 87 Bolivia 810,200 2009 88 Lebanon 750,000 2009 89 Lithuania 747,400 2009 90 Kenya 664,100 2009 91 Latvia 644,000 2009 92 Armenia 630,000 2009 93 Georgia 620,000 2009 94 Kuwait 553,500 2009 95 Panama 537,100 2009 96 Jordan 501,200 2009 97 Kyrgyzstan 498,300 2009 98 Estonia 492,800 2009 99 Turkmenistan 478,000 2009 100 Macedonia 442,200 2009 101 Cyprus 414,500 NA 102 Paraguay 387,300 2009 103 Zimbabwe 385,100 2009 104 Mauritius 379,100 2009 105 Sudan 370,400 2009 106 Montenegro 366,600 2009 107 Albania 363,000 2009 108 Gaza Strip 360,400 2010 109 West Bank 360,400 2010 110 Cameroon 323,800 2009 111 Trinidad and Tobago 314,800 2009 112 Angola 303,200 2009 113 Jamaica 302,300 2009 114 Oman 300,100 2009 115 Tajikistan 290,000 2009 116 Qatar 285,300 2009 117 Cote d'Ivoire 282,100 2009 118 Senegal 278,800 2009 119 Luxembourg 273,600 2009 120 Ghana 267,400 2009 121 Nicaragua 255,000 2009 122 Malta 252,700 2009 123 Bahrain 238,400 2009 124 Uganda 233,500 2009 125 Mongolia 188,900 2009 126 Iceland 185,200 2009 127 Madagascar 181,200 2009 128 Togo 178,700 2009 129 Malawi 175,000 2009 130 Tanzania 173,552 2010 131 Macau 168,903 2010 132 Burkina Faso 167,000 2009 133 Botswana 144,200 2009 134 Namibia 142,100 2009 135 Fiji 136,800 2009 136 Barbados 135,700 2009 137 Laos 132,200 2009 138 Guyana 130,000 2009 139 Afghanistan 129,300 2009 140 Bahamas, The 129,000 2009 141 Benin 127,100 2009 142 Haiti 108,300 2009 143 Kosovo 106,300 2006 144 Somalia 100,000 2009 145 Zambia 90,300 2009 146 Suriname 83,700 2009 147 Mozambique 82,400 2009 148 Mali 81,000 2009 149 Brunei 80,500 2009 150 Virgin Islands 75,000 2009 151 Mauritania 74,500 2009 152 Jersey 73,900 2009 153 Cape Verde 72,200 2009 154 New Caledonia 65,900 2009 155 Niger 65,000 2009 156 Papua New Guinea 60,000 2009 157 Bermuda 57,700 2009 158 French Polynesia 54,300 2009 159 Cambodia 54,200 2009 160 Isle of Man 51,000 1999 161 Maldives 49,913 2009 162 Gambia, The 49,000 2009 163 Eritrea 48,500 2009 164 Guernsey 45,100 2009 165 Swaziland 44,000 2009 166 Saint Lucia 41,000 2009 167 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 40,000 2009 168 Lesotho 40,000 2009 169 Aruba 38,300 2009 170 Cayman Islands 38,000 2009 171 Andorra 37,900 2009 172 Antigua and Barbuda 37,400 2009 173 Monaco 35,400 2009 174 Rwanda 33,500 2009 175 Sierra Leone 32,800 2009 176 Samoa 31,900 2009 177 Burundi 31,500 2009 178 Belize 31,200 2009 179 Tonga 31,000 2009 180 Grenada 28,600 2009 181 Gabon 26,500 2009 182 Bhutan 26,300 2009 183 Comoros 25,400 2009 184 Northern Mariana Islands 25,100 2009 185 Congo, Republic of the 24,300 2009 186 Gibraltar 24,000 2009 187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23,000 2009 188 Seychelles 22,100 2009 189 Greenland 22,000 2009 190 Guinea 22,000 2009 191 San Marino 21,500 2009 192 Faroe Islands 20,900 2009 193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20,500 2009 194 British Virgin Islands 20,100 2009 195 Liechtenstein 19,600 2009 196 Dominica 17,500 2009 197 Djibouti 16,800 2009 198 Chad 13,000 2009 199 Central African Republic 12,000 2009 200 American Samoa 10,400 2009 201 Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2009 202 Mayotte 10,000 2009 203 Micronesia, Federated States of 8,700 2009 204 Solomon Islands 8,200 2009 205 Sao Tome and Principe 7,800 2009 206 Vanuatu 7,200 2009 207 Palau 7,100 2009 208 Cook Islands 6,900 2009 209 Anguilla 6,300 2009 210 Sint Maarten 5,153 2001 211 Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005 212 Guinea-Bissau 4,800 2009 213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2009 214 Marshall Islands 4,400 2009 215 Belgium 4,255 2009 216 Kiribati 4,000 2009 217 Turks and Caicos Islands 3,700 2009 218 Wallis and Futuna 3,000 2009 219 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha2,900 2009 220 Montserrat 2,700 2009 221 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004 222 Timor-Leste 2,400 2009 223 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,000 2009 224 Liberia 2,000 2009 225 Nauru 1,900 2009 226 Tuvalu 1,700 2009 227 Niue 1,100 2009 228 Tokelau 300 2009 229 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992 230 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004 231 Antarctica 0 2001

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Rank code: 2151

Country Comparison :: Telephones - mobile cellular

This entry gives the total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers.

Rank country Telephones - mobile cellular Date of Information

1 China 747,000,000 2009 2 India 670,000,000 2010 3 United States 286,000,000 2009 4 Russia 230,500,000 2009 5 Brazil 173,959,000 2009 6 Indonesia 159,248,000 2009 7 Japan 114,917,000 2009 8 Germany 105,000,000 2009 9 Pakistan 103,000,000 2009 10 Vietnam 98,224,000 2009 11 Italy 90,613,000 2009 12 Mexico 83,528,000 2009 13 Thailand 83,057,000 2009 14 United Kingdom 80,375,000 2009 15 Philippines 74,489,000 2009 16 Nigeria 73,099,000 2009 17 Turkey 62,780,000 2009 18 France 60,950,000 2009 19 Egypt 55,352,000 2009 20 Ukraine 55,333,000 2009 21 Iran 52,555,000 2009 22 Argentina 51,891,000 2009 23 Spain 50,991,000 2009 24 Bangladesh 50,400,000 2009 25 Korea, South 47,944,000 2009 26 South Africa 46,436,000 2009 27 Saudi Arabia 44,864,000 2009 28 Poland 44,553,000 2009 29 Colombia 42,160,000 2009 30 Algeria 32,730,000 2009 31 Malaysia 30,379,000 2009 32 Venezuela 28,124,000 2009 33 Taiwan 26,959,000 2009 34 Romania 25,377,000 2009 35 Morocco 25,311,000 2009 36 Peru 24,700,000 2009 37 Australia 24,220,000 2009 38 Canada 23,081,000 2009 39 Netherlands 21,182,000 2009 40 Iraq 19,722,000 2009 41 Kenya 19,365,000 2009 42 Tanzania 17,677,000 2010 43 Guatemala 17,308,000 2009 44 Chile 16,450,000 2009 45 Uzbekistan 16,418,000 2009 46 Sri Lanka 15,868,000 2010 47 Sudan 15,340,000 2009 48 Portugal 15,178,000 2009 49 Ghana 15,109,000 2009 50 Kazakhstan 14,995,000 2009 51 Czech Republic 14,258,000 2009 52 Ecuador 13,635,000 2009 53 Cote d'Ivoire 13,346,000 2009 54 Greece 13,295,000 2009 55 Belgium 12,419,000 2009 56 Hong Kong 12,207,000 2009 57 Afghanistan 12,000,000 2009 58 Hungary 11,793,000 2009 59 Austria 11,773,000 2009 60 Sweden 11,426,000 2009 61 United Arab Emirates 10,672,000 2009 62 Bulgaria 10,617,000 2009 63 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,163,000 2009 64 Serbia 9,912,000 2009 65 Tunisia 9,754,000 2009 66 Syria 9,697,000 2009 67 Belarus 9,686,000 2009 68 Uganda 9,384,000 2009 69 Switzerland 9,255,000 2009 70 Israel 9,022,000 2009 71 Dominican Republic 8,630,000 2009 72 Yemen 8,313,000 2009 73 Angola 8,109,000 2009 74 Azerbaijan 7,757,000 2009 75 Honduras 7,714,000 2009 76 Finland 7,700,000 2009 77 Nepal 7,618,000 2009 78 El Salvador 7,566,000 2009 79 Denmark 7,406,000 2009 80 Cameroon 7,397,000 2009 81 Bolivia 7,148,000 2009 82 Senegal 6,902,000 2009 83 Singapore 6,652,000 2009 84 Croatia 6,035,000 2009 85 Jordan 6,014,000 2009 86 Madagascar 5,997,000 2009 87 Mozambique 5,971,000 2009 88 Panama 5,677,000 2009 89 Paraguay 5,619,000 2009 90 Guinea 5,607,000 2009 91 Cambodia 5,593,000 2009 92 Slovakia 5,498,000 2009 93 Norway 5,336,000 2009 94 Benin 5,033,000 2009 95 Libya 5,004,000 2009 96 Lithuania 4,962,000 2009 97 Tajikistan 4,900,000 2009 98 Ireland 4,871,000 2009 99 New Zealand 4,700,000 2009 100 Kyrgyzstan 4,487,000 2009 101 Zambia 4,407,000 2009 102 Albania 4,162,000 2009 103 Ethiopia 4,052,000 2009 104 Oman 3,971,000 2009 105 Kuwait 3,876,000 2009 106 Uruguay 3,802,000 2009 107 Mali 3,742,000 2009 108 Haiti 3,648,000 2009 109 Burkina Faso 3,299,000 2009 110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,257,000 2009 111 Laos 3,235,000 2009 112 Nicaragua 3,204,000 2009 113 Zimbabwe 2,991,000 2009 114 Jamaica 2,971,000 2009 115 Georgia 2,837,000 2009 116 Moldova 2,785,000 2009 117 Estonia 2,720,000 2009 118 Puerto Rico 2,716,000 2009 119 Chad 2,686,000 2009 120 Armenia 2,620,000 2009 121 Niger 2,599,000 2009 122 Qatar 2,472,000 2009 123 Rwanda 2,429,000 2009 124 Gaza Strip 2,405,000 2010 125 West Bank 2,405,000 2010 126 Malawi 2,400,000 2009 127 Mongolia 2,249,000 2009 128 Latvia 2,243,000 2009 129 Togo 2,187,000 2009 130 Mauritania 2,182,000 2009 131 Congo, Republic of the 2,171,000 2009 132 Slovenia 2,100,000 2009 133 Trinidad and Tobago 1,970,000 2009 134 Costa Rica 1,950,000 2009 135 Macedonia 1,943,000 2009 136 Botswana 1,874,000 2009 137 Bahrain 1,578,000 2009 138 Lebanon 1,526,000 2009 139 Turkmenistan 1,500,000 2009 140 Gambia, The 1,433,000 2009 141 Gabon 1,373,000 2009 142 Namibia 1,217,000 2009 143 Sierra Leone 1,160,000 2009 144 Macau 1,109,000 2010 145 Mauritius 1,087,000 2009 146 Cyprus 977,500 NA 147 Papua New Guinea 900,000 2009 148 Liberia 842,000 2009 149 Burundi 838,400 2009 150 Suriname 763,900 2009 151 Montenegro 752,000 2009 152 Luxembourg 719,000 2009 153 Lesotho 661,000 2009 154 Swaziland 656,000 2009 155 Somalia 641,000 2009 156 Fiji 640,000 2009 157 Kosovo 562,000 2007 158 Guinea-Bissau 560,300 2009 159 Maldives 461,149 2009 160 Burma 448,000 2009 161 Equatorial Guinea 445,000 2009 162 Cuba 443,000 2009 163 Brunei 425,000 2009 164 Malta 422,100 2009 165 Cape Verde 392,000 2009 166 Bahamas, The 358,800 2009 167 Iceland 349,000 2009 168 Barbados 337,100 2009 169 Bhutan 327,100 2009 170 Guyana 281,400 2005 171 French Polynesia 208,300 2009 172 New Caledonia 208,000 2009 173 Saint Lucia 176,000 2009 174 Central African Republic 168,000 2009 175 Belize 161,800 2009 176 Samoa 151,000 2009 177 Eritrea 141,100 2009 178 Antigua and Barbuda 134,900 2009 179 Djibouti 128,800 2009 180 Aruba 128,000 2009 181 Vanuatu 126,500 2009 182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 121,100 2009 183 Timor-Leste 116,000 2009 184 Dominica 106,000 2009 185 Comoros 100,000 2009 186 Seychelles 92,300 2009 187 Bermuda 85,000 2009 188 Jersey 83,900 2004 189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 83,000 2009 190 Virgin Islands 80,300 2005 191 Andorra 64,500 2009 192 Grenada 64,000 2009 193 Sao Tome and Principe 64,000 2009 194 Faroe Islands 57,000 2009 195 Greenland 53,500 2009 196 Tonga 53,000 2009 197 Mayotte 48,100 2005 198 Guernsey 43,800 2004 199 Micronesia, Federated States of 38,000 2009 200 Liechtenstein 35,000 2009 201 Cayman Islands 33,800 2004 202 Solomon Islands 30,000 2009 203 Gibraltar 28,600 2009 204 Anguilla 27,000 2009 205 Turks and Caicos Islands 25,100 2004 206 British Virgin Islands 24,000 2009 207 San Marino 24,000 2009 208 Monaco 23,000 2009 209 Northern Mariana Islands 20,500 2004 210 Palau 13,200 2009 211 Cook Islands 7,000 2009 212 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3,300 2009 213 Montserrat 3,000 2008 214 American Samoa 2,200 2004 215 Tuvalu 2,000 2009 216 Nauru 1,500 2002 217 Kiribati 1,000 2009 218 Marshall Islands 1,000 2009 219 Niue 600 2004 220 Norfolk Island 0 2002 221 Western Sahara 0 1999

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Rank code: 2152

Country Comparison ::

Rank country Date of Information

1 United States 7,000.00 2002 est. 2 Canada 760.00 2000 est. 3 Australia 571.00 2002 4 Russia 300.00 June 2000 5 Ukraine 260.00 2001 6 Bulgaria 200.00 2001 7 Germany 200.00 2001 8 South Africa 150.00 2001 9 Iran 100.00 2002 10 Italy 93.00 2000 11 Puerto Rico 76.00 2000 12 Japan 73.00 2000 13 Kenya 65.00 2001 14 France 62.00 2000 15 Belgium 61.00 2000 16 Spain 56.00 2000 17 Netherlands 52.00 2000 18 Mexico 51.00 2000 19 Brazil 50.00 2000 20 Turkey 50.00 2001 21 Virgin Islands 50.00 2000 22 Egypt 50.00 2000 23 Liechtenstein 44.00 2000 24 Switzerland 44.00 2000 25 India 43.00 2000 26 Uzbekistan 42.00 2000 27 Latvia 41.00 2001 28 Estonia 38.00 2001 29 Romania 38.00 2000 30 Austria 37.00 2000 31 New Zealand 36.00 2000 32 Argentina 33.00 2000 33 Philippines 33.00 2000 34 Lithuania 32.00 2001 35 Ecuador 31.00 2001 36 Pakistan 30.00 2000 37 Sweden 29.00 2000 38 Greece 27.00 2000 39 Dominican Republic 24.00 2000 40 Indonesia 24.00 2000 41 Belarus 23.00 2002 42 Ireland 22.00 2000 43 Saudi Arabia 22.00 2003 44 Lebanon 22.00 2000 45 Israel 21.00 2000 46 Jamaica 21.00 2000 47 Bermuda 20.00 2000 48 Iceland 20.00 2001 49 Bahamas, The 19.00 2000 50 Poland 19.00 2000 51 Barbados 19.00 2000 52 Colombia 18.00 2000 53 Hong Kong 17.00 2000 54 Montserrat 17.00 2000 55 Trinidad and Tobago 17.00 2000 56 Anguilla 16.00 2000 57 British Virgin Islands 16.00 2000 58 Antigua and Barbuda 16.00 2000 59 Dominica 16.00 2000 60 Hungary 16.00 2000 61 Venezuela 16.00 2000 62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.00 2000 63 Portugal 16.00 2000 64 Cayman Islands 16.00 2000 65 Saint Lucia 15.00 2000 66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.00 2000 67 Thailand 15.00 2000 68 Grenada 14.00 2000 69 Uruguay 14.00 2001 70 Turks and Caicos Islands 14.00 2000 71 Denmark 13.00 2000 72 Norway 13.00 2000 73 Jan Mayen 13.00 2000 74 Svalbard 13.00 2000 75 Mali 13.00 2001 76 Ghana 12.00 2000 77 Botswana 11.00 2001 78 Slovenia 11.00 2000 79 Korea, South 11.00 2000 80 Nigeria 11.00 2000 81 Mozambique 11.00 2002 82 Albania 10.00 2001 83 Kazakhstan 10.00 2001 84 Peru 10.00 2000 85 Bangladesh 10.00 2000 86 Armenia 9.00 2001 87 Singapore 9.00 2000 88 Croatia 9.00 2000 89 Bolivia 9.00 2000 90 Honduras 8.00 2000 91 West Bank 8.00 1999 92 Taiwan 8.00 2000 93 Morocco 8.00 2000 94 Luxembourg 8.00 2000 95 Chile 7.00 2000 96 Malaysia 7.00 2000 97 Cyprus 6.00 2000 98 Zimbabwe 6.00 2000 99 Tanzania 6.00 2000 100 Slovakia 6.00 2000 101 Georgia 6.00 2000 102 Macedonia 6.00 2000 103 Malta 6.00 2002 104 Panama 6.00 2000 105 Nepal 6.00 2000 106 Cote d'Ivoire 5.00 2001 107 Cuba 5.00 2001 108 Guatemala 5.00 2000 109 Zambia 5.00 2001 110 Vietnam 5.00 2000 111 Swaziland 5.00 2002 112 Sri Lanka 5.00 2000 113 Mongolia 5.00 2001 114 Mauritania 5.00 2001 115 Jordan 5.00 2000 116 Eritrea 5.00 2001 117 Benin 4.00 2002 118 Tajikistan 4.00 2002 119 Paraguay 4.00 2000 120 El Salvador 4.00 2000 121 Guinea 4.00 2001 122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.00 2000 123 China 3.00 2000 124 Costa Rica 3.00 2000 125 Cook Islands 3.00 2000 126 Togo 3.00 2001 127 Somalia 3.00 2000 128 Papua New Guinea 3.00 2000 129 Nicaragua 3.00 2000 130 Malawi 3.00 2002 131 Kuwait 3.00 2000 132 Haiti 3.00 2000 133 Guyana 3.00 2000 134 Gaza Strip 3.00 1999 135 Finland 3.00 2002 136 Algeria 2.00 2000 137 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2.00 2000 138 Cambodia 2.00 2000 139 Azerbaijan 2.00 2000 140 Faroe Islands 2.00 2000 141 Gibraltar 2.00 2000 142 Suriname 2.00 2000 143 Sudan 2.00 2002 144 San Marino 2.00 2000 145 Samoa 2.00 2000 146 Rwanda 2.00 2002 147 Norfolk Island 2.00 2000 148 Namibia 2.00 2000 149 Monaco 2.00 2000 150 Moldova 2.00 1999 151 Mauritius 2.00 2000 152 Madagascar 2.00 2000 153 Liberia 2.00 2001 154 Guinea-Bissau 2.00 2002 155 Uganda 2.00 2000 156 Tonga 2.00 2000 157 Gambia, The 2.00 2001 158 French Polynesia 2.00 2000 159 Fiji 2.00 2000 160 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2.00 2000 161 Christmas Island 2.00 2000 162 Belize 2.00 2000 163 Brunei 2.00 2000 164 Afghanistan 1.00 2000 165 Tokelau 1.00 2000 166 Syria 1.00 2000 167 Solomon Islands 1.00 2000 168 Sierra Leone 1.00 2001 169 Seychelles 1.00 2000 170 Senegal 1.00 2002 171 Sao Tome and Principe 1.00 2002 172 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.00 2000 173 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha1.00 2000 174 Yemen 1.00 2000 175 Western Sahara 1.00 2000 176 Wallis and Futuna 1.00 2000 177 Vanuatu 1.00 2000 178 United Arab Emirates 1.00 2000 179 Tuvalu 1.00 2000 180 Tunisia 1.00 2000 181 Qatar 1.00 2000 182 Palau 1.00 2002 183 Oman 1.00 2000 184 Northern Mariana Islands 1.00 2001 185 Niue 1.00 2000 186 Niger 1.00 2002 187 New Caledonia 1.00 2000 188 Maldives 1.00 2000 189 Macau 1.00 2000 190 Libya 1.00 2002 191 Lesotho 1.00 2000 192 Laos 1.00 2000 193 Korea, North 1.00 2000 194 Kiribati 1.00 2000 195 Iraq 1.00 2000 196 Djibouti 1.00 2000 197 Nauru 1.00 2000 198 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.00 2000 199 Marshall Islands 1.00 2002 200 Congo, Republic of the 1.00 2000 201 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.00 2001 202 Comoros 1.00 2000 203 Chad 1.00 2002 204 Central African Republic 1.00 2002 205 Cape Verde 1.00 2002 206 Cameroon 1.00 2002 207 Burundi 1.00 2000 208 Greenland 1.00 2000 209 Gabon 1.00 2001 210 Ethiopia 1.00 2002 211 Equatorial Guinea 1.00 2002 212 American Samoa 1.00 2000 213 Bahrain 1.00 2000 214 British Indian Ocean Territory 1.00 2000 215 Burma 1.00 2000 216 Burkina Faso 1.00 2002 217 Andorra 1.00 2000 218 Angola 1.00 2000

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Rank code: 2153

Country Comparison :: Internet users

This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.

Rank country Internet users Date of Information

1 China 389,000,000 2009 2 United States 245,000,000 2009 3 Japan 99,182,000 2009 4 Brazil 75,982,000 2009 5 Germany 65,125,000 2009 6 India 61,338,000 2009 7 United Kingdom 51,444,000 2009 8 France 45,262,000 2009 9 Nigeria 43,989,000 2009 10 Russia 40,853,000 2009 11 Korea, South 39,400,000 2009 12 Mexico 31,020,000 2009 13 Italy 29,235,000 2009 14 Spain 28,119,000 2009 15 Turkey 27,233,000 2009 16 Canada 26,960,000 2009 17 Vietnam 23,382,000 2009 18 Colombia 22,538,000 2009 19 Poland 22,452,000 2009 20 Pakistan 20,431,000 2009 21 Egypt 20,136,000 2009 22 Indonesia 20,000,000 2009 23 Thailand 17,483,000 2009 24 Taiwan 16,147,000 2009 25 Australia 15,810,000 2009 26 Malaysia 15,355,000 2009 27 Netherlands 14,872,000 2009 28 Argentina 13,694,000 2009 29 Morocco 13,213,000 2009 30 Saudi Arabia 9,774,000 2009 31 Peru 9,158,000 2009 32 Venezuela 8,918,000 2009 33 Sweden 8,398,000 2009 34 Philippines 8,278,000 2009 35 Iran 8,214,000 2009 36 Belgium 8,113,000 2009 37 Romania 7,787,000 2009 38 Ukraine 7,770,000 2009 39 Chile 7,009,000 2009 40 Czech Republic 6,681,000 2009 41 Hungary 6,176,000 2009 42 Switzerland 6,152,000 2009 43 Austria 6,143,000 2009 44 Kazakhstan 5,299,000 2009 45 Portugal 5,168,000 2009 46 Greece 4,971,000 2009 47 Hong Kong 4,873,000 2009 48 Denmark 4,750,000 2009 49 Algeria 4,700,000 2009 50 Uzbekistan 4,689,000 2009 51 Israel 4,525,000 2009 52 Syria 4,469,000 2009 53 Norway 4,431,000 2009 54 South Africa 4,420,000 2009 55 Finland 4,393,000 2009 56 Sudan 4,200,000 2008 57 Serbia 4,107,000 2009 58 Slovakia 4,063,000 2009 59 Kenya 3,996,000 2009 60 Tunisia 3,500,000 2009 61 United Arab Emirates 3,449,000 2009 62 New Zealand 3,400,000 2009 63 Bulgaria 3,395,000 2009 64 Ecuador 3,352,000 2009 65 Singapore 3,235,000 2009 66 Uganda 3,200,000 2009 67 Ireland 3,042,000 2009 68 Dominican Republic 2,701,000 2009 69 Belarus 2,643,000 2009 70 Azerbaijan 2,420,000 2009 71 Yemen 2,349,000 2009 72 Guatemala 2,279,000 2009 73 Croatia 2,234,000 2009 74 Kyrgyzstan 2,195,000 2009 75 Lithuania 1,964,000 2009 76 Senegal 1,818,000 2009 77 Sri Lanka 1,777,000 2009 78 Jordan 1,642,000 2009 79 Cuba 1,606,000 2009 80 Jamaica 1,581,000 2009 81 Latvia 1,504,000 2009 82 Costa Rica 1,485,000 2009 83 Oman 1,465,000 2009 84 Zimbabwe 1,423,000 2009 85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,422,000 2009 86 Uruguay 1,405,000 2009 87 Gaza Strip 1,379,000 2009 88 West Bank 1,379,000 2009 89 Moldova 1,333,000 2009 90 Albania 1,300,000 2009 91 Georgia 1,300,000 2009 92 Slovenia 1,298,000 2009 93 Ghana 1,297,000 2009 94 Paraguay 1,105,000 2009 95 Bolivia 1,103,000 2009 96 Kuwait 1,100,000 2009 97 Macedonia 1,057,000 2009 98 Afghanistan 1,000,000 2009 99 Haiti 1,000,000 2009 100 Puerto Rico 1,000,000 2009 101 Lebanon 1,000,000 2009 102 Estonia 971,700 2009 103 Cote d'Ivoire 967,300 2009 104 Panama 959,800 2009 105 Zambia 816,200 2009 106 Cameroon 749,600 2009 107 El Salvador 746,000 2009 108 Honduras 731,700 2009 109 Malawi 716,400 2009 110 Tajikistan 700,000 2009 111 Tanzania 678,000 2009 112 Bangladesh 617,300 2009 113 Mozambique 613,600 2009 114 Angola 606,700 2009 115 Trinidad and Tobago 593,000 2009 116 Nepal 577,800 2009 117 Qatar 563,800 2009 118 Rwanda 450,000 2009 119 Ethiopia 447,300 2009 120 Cyprus 433,900 2009 121 Luxembourg 424,500 2009 122 Bahrain 419,500 2009 123 Togo 356,300 2009 124 Libya 353,900 2009 125 Mongolia 330,000 2008 126 Iraq 325,900 2009 127 Madagascar 319,900 2009 128 Brunei 314,900 2009 129 Iceland 301,600 2009 130 Laos 300,000 2009 131 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 290,000 2008 132 Mauritius 290,000 2009 133 Montenegro 280,000 2009 134 Macau 270,200 2009 135 Mali 249,800 2009 136 Congo, Republic of the 245,200 2009 137 Malta 240,600 2009 138 Armenia 208,200 2009 139 Benin 200,100 2009 140 Eritrea 200,000 2008 141 Nicaragua 199,800 2009 142 Guyana 189,600 2009 143 Barbados 188,000 2008 144 Burkina Faso 178,100 2009 145 Chad 168,100 2009 146 Suriname 163,000 2009 147 Burundi 157,800 2009 148 Cape Verde 150,000 2009 149 Saint Lucia 142,900 2009 150 Gambia, The 130,100 2009 151 Namibia 127,500 2009 152 Papua New Guinea 125,000 2009 153 Botswana 120,000 2009 154 French Polynesia 120,000 2009 155 Niger 115,900 2009 156 Bahamas, The 115,800 2009 157 Fiji 114,200 2009 158 Burma 110,000 2009 159 Somalia 106,000 2009 160 Gabon 98,800 2009 161 Guinea 95,000 2009 162 Swaziland 90,100 2009 163 Maldives 86,400 2009 164 New Caledonia 85,000 2009 165 Turkmenistan 80,400 2009 166 Cambodia 78,500 2009 167 Lesotho 76,800 2009 168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 76,000 2009 169 Mauritania 75,000 2009 170 Andorra 67,100 2009 171 Antigua and Barbuda 65,000 2009 172 Bermuda 54,000 2009 173 Bhutan 50,000 2009 174 Guernsey 48,300 2009 175 Faroe Islands 37,500 2009 176 Guinea-Bissau 37,100 2009 177 Belize 36,000 2009 178 Greenland 36,000 2009 179 Seychelles 32,000 2008 180 Virgin Islands 30,000 2009 181 Jersey 29,500 2009 182 Dominica 28,000 2009 183 Sao Tome and Principe 26,700 2009 184 Djibouti 25,900 2009 185 Grenada 25,000 2009 186 Comoros 24,300 2009 187 Aruba 24,000 2009 188 Cayman Islands 23,000 2008 189 Monaco 23,000 2009 190 Liechtenstein 23,000 2009 191 Central African Republic 22,600 2009 192 Gibraltar 20,200 2009 193 Liberia 20,000 2009 194 Micronesia, Federated States of 17,000 2009 195 San Marino 17,000 2009 196 Vanuatu 17,000 2009 197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17,000 2009 198 Sierra Leone 14,900 2009 199 Equatorial Guinea 14,400 2009 200 Solomon Islands 10,000 2009 201 Samoa 9,000 2009 202 Tonga 8,400 2009 203 Kiribati 7,800 2009 204 Cook Islands 6,000 2009 205 Tuvalu 4,200 2008 206 British Virgin Islands 4,000 2002 207 Anguilla 3,700 2009 208 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,900 2009 209 Marshall Islands 2,200 2009 210 Timor-Leste 2,100 2009 211 Wallis and Futuna 1,300 2009 212 Montserrat 1,200 2009 213 Niue 1,100 2009 214 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha900 2009 215 Tokelau 800 2008 216 Christmas Island 464 2001

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Rank code: 2154

Country Comparison :: Internet country code

This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).

Rank country Internet country code Date of Information

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Rank code: 2155

Country Comparison :: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend.

Rank country (%) Date of Information