Current
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Demography
Population projection for the year 2020 ('000)
Average household size
Population estimate(s)
Population (latest estimate), world rank
Percent average annual growth rate (1996-2001)
Percent urban (census)
Population (census)
Population projection for the year 2010 ('000)
Density, persons per sq mi
Density, persons per sq km
Percent of population (census), male
Percent of population (census), female
Males per 1,000 females in total population
Percent of population, Christian
Percent of population, Muslim
Percent of population, Hindu
Percent of population, Buddhist
Percent of population, Chinese folk-religionist
Percent of population, traditional beliefs
Percent of population, Jewish
Total area (sq mi)
Total area (sq km)
Total area, world rank
Vital Statistics
Birth rate(s) per 1,000 population
Death rate(s) per 1,000 population
Natural increase rate(s) per 1,000 population
Life expectancy, male
Life expectancy, female
Total fertility rate(s) (avg. births per childbearing woman)
National
Economy
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Refining capacity ('000 barrels per day)
Roots and tubers production ('000 metric tons)
Fruits production ('000 metric tons)
Vegetables production ('000 metric tons)
Cattle stock ('000 head)
Sheep stock ('000 head)
Hogs stock ('000 head)
Chickens stock ('000 head)
Total roundwood production ('000 cu m)
Percent of roundwood production for fuel
Total fisheries catch ('000 metric tons)
Percent of fisheries catch from marine sources
Percent of fisheries catch from inland sources
Percent of fisheries catch as fish
Percent of fisheries catch as crustaceans
Percent of fisheries catch as mollusks
Kilograms of grain produced per capita per year
Pounds of grain produced per capita per year
Grain production ('000 metric tons)
Pulses production ('000 metric tons)
Total fisheries catch as fish ('000 metric tons)
Total fisheries catch as crustaceans ('000 metric tons)
Total fisheries catch as mollusks ('000 metric tons)
Annual electricity production ('000,000 kW-hr)
Annual electricity consumption per capita (kW-hr)
Total electricity exports ('000,000 kW-hr)
Total electricity imports ('000,000 kW-hr)
Percent of electricity generated by fossil fuels
Annual coal production ('000 metric tons)
Annual natural gas production ('000,000 cu m)
Annual crude petroleum production ('000,000 barrels)
Amount of electricity produced per capita (in kW-hr)
Annual electricity consumption ('000,000 kW-hr)
Annual coal consumption ('000 metric tons)
Annual natural gas consumption ('000,000 cu m)
Annual crude petroleum consumption ('000,000 barrels)
Percent of electricity generated by hydropower
Percent of electricity generated by nuclear/geothermal sources
Gross national product (GNP; nominal '000,000 U.S.$)
GNP per capita in nominal U.S.$
GNP per capita purchasing power parity (PPP; U.S.$)
Average annual growth rates; real GDP (%)
Percent of average annual growth rate of population
Average annual growth rates: real GDP per capita (%)
Total economically active population '000
Percent of economically active: ages 15-64
Percent of econ. active: female participation as percent of total
Percent of economically active: total
Percent of economically active: female percent of all females
Percent of economically active: male percent of all males
Total agriculture, forestry, and fishing economically active ('000)
Percent of econ. active engaged in agriculture, forestry, and fishing
Total manufacturing; mining, quarrying; public utilities economically active ('000)
Percent of econ. active engaged in manuf., mining, and utilities
Total construction economically active ('000)
Percent of economically active in construction
Total transportation and communication economically active ('000)
Percent of econ. active engaged in transp. and communications
Total trade, hotels, and restaurants economically active ('000)
Percent of econ. active in trade, hotels, and restaurants
Total finance and real estate economically active ('000)
Percent of economically active engaged in finance and real estate
Total public administration and defense economically active ('000)
Percent of econ. active engaged in public administration and defense
Total services economically active ('000)
Percent of economically active engaged in services
Total economically active engaged in other activties ('000)
Percent of economically active engaged in other activities
Total farms ('000)
Average size of farms (ha)
Percent of farmland irrigated
Farmland as a percent of total land area
Number of farms per 10,000 sq km
Number of farms per 1,000 sq mi
Total land in farms ('000 ha)
Total land area ('000 ha)
Total permanent crop area ('000 ha)
Total meadows and pastures ('000 ha)
Total temporary crop area ('000 ha)
Total land area in other uses ('000 ha)
Total forested land ('000 ha)
Land use: percent pastures and rangeland
Land use: percent temporary crops and fallow land
Land use: percent other land (built-up areas, wasteland, desert)
Land use: percent forested land
Land use: percent permanent crops
Total manufacturing (value added; '000,000 U.S.$)
Percent of manufacturing: food
Percent of manufacturing: beverages
Percent of manufacturing: tobacco manufactures
Percent of manufacturing: textiles (excluding wearing apparel)
Percent of manufacturing: wearing apparel
Percent of manufacturing: leather and fur products
Percent of manufacturing: wood products (excluding furniture)
Percent of manufacturing: wood furniture
Percent of manufacturing: paper and paper products
Percent of manufacturing: printing and publishing
Percent of manufacturing: industrial chemicals (incl. fertiliizers and synthetic fibres)
Percent of manufacturing: paints, varnishes, soaps, toiletries, drugs, and medicines
Percent of manufacturing: refined petroleum and derivatives of petroleum and coal
Percent of manufacturing: rubber products
Percent of manufacturing: plastic products (excluding synthetic fibres)
Percent of manufacturing: pottery, china, glass, and glass products
Percent of manufacturing: bricks, tiles, cement, cement products, plaster products, etc.
Percent of manufacturing: basic metals (iron and steel)
Percent of manufacturing: basic metals (nonferrous basic metals and processed nickel and cobalt)
Percent of manufacturing: fabricated metal products (including cutlery, hand tools, and fixtures)
Percent of manufacturing: nonelectrical machinery and apparatus
Percent of manufacturing: electrical machinery and apparatus
Percent of manufacturing: transport equipment
Percent of manufacturing: professional and scientific equipment; photographic and optical goods
Percent of manufacturing: other manufactures (including jewelry, musical instruments, and toys)
Percent of manufacturing: food, beverages, and tobacco
Percent of manufacturing: textiles, wearing apparel, and leather goods
Percent of manufacturing: wood and wood products
Percent of manufacturing: paper, paper products, and printing
Percent of manufacturing: chemicals and chemical, petroleum, coal, rubber, and plastic products
Percent of manufacturing: glass, ceramic, and nonmetallic mineral products
Percent of manufacturing: basic metals
Percent of manufacturing: fabricated metal products, machinery, and equipment
Mining production total (value added; '000,000 U.S.$)
Mining exports total ('000,000 U.S.$)
Mining imports total ('000,000 U.S.$)
External public debt (outstanding, long term; '000,000 U.S.$)
External public debt per capita (U.S.$)
Tourism receipts from foreign nationals ('000,000 U.S.$)
Tourism expenditures by nationals abroad in ('000,000 U.S.$)
Foreign
Trade
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Total value of exports (f.o.b.; '000,000 U.S.$ at current prices)
Exports: Percent of SITC food and agricultural raw materials
Exports: Percent of SITC mineral ores and concentrates
Exports: Percent of SITC fuels and other energy exports
Exports: Percent of SITC chemicals and related goods
Exports: Percent of SITC machinery and transport equipment
Exports: Percent of SITC other manufactured goods
Percent of exports to the European Union
Percent of exports to the United States
Percent of exports to Eastern Europe
Percent of exports to Japan
Percent of exports to other countries
Total value of imports (c.i.f.; '000,000 U.S.$ at current prices)
Imports: Percent of SITC food and agricultural raw material
Imports: Percent of SITC mineral ores and concentrates
Imports: Percent of SITC fuels and other energy
Imports: Percent of SITC chemicals and related goods
Imports: Percent of SITC machinery and transportation equipment
Imports: Percent of SITC other manufactured goods
Percent of imports from the European Union
Percent of imports from the United States
Percent of imports from Eastern Europe
Percent of imports from Japan
Percent of imports from other countries
Education and Health
Literacy over age
Percent total literacy
Percent literacy, male
Percent literacy, female
Total primary schools
Total primary school teachers
Total primary school students
Primary school student/teacher ratio
Total higher education institutions
Total higher education teachers
Total higher education students
Higher education student/teacher ratio
Higher education students per 100,000 population
Public expenditure on education (percent of GNP or GDP)
Health expenditure as a percent of GNP or GDP
Total health expenditures per capita in U.S. dollars
Infant mortality rate(s) per 1,000 live births
Child mortality (under age 5) per 1,000 live newborns
Maternal mortality per 100,000 live births
Number of physicians
Population per physician
Number of dentists
Number of nurses
Number of pharmacists
Number of midwives
Population per nurse
Total hospitals
Hospital beds per 10,000 population
Percent of total calories derived from cereals
Percent of total calories derived from potatoes and cassava
Percent of total calories derived from meat and poultry
Percent of total calories derived from fish
Percent of total calories derived from eggs and milk
Percent of total calories derived from fruits and vegetables
Percent of total calories derived from pure fats
Percent of total calories derived from other categories
Food supply (percent of FAO recommended minimum requirement)
Daily available calories per capita
Total calories
Total daily vegetable calories per capita
Total daily animal per capita calories
Percent of population with access to safe water
Transportation and Communication
Internet users ('000)
Internet users per 1,000 population
Railroads: track/route length (mi)
Railroads: track/route length (km)
Railroads, passenger-miles ('000,000)
Railroad track/route length (km) per 10,000 sq km
Railroad track/route length (mi) per 1,000 sq mi
Roads (mi)
Roads (km)
Percent roads paved
Road length per 10,000 sq km
Road length per 1,000 sq mi
Paved road length (km) per 10,000 sq km
Paved road length (mi) per 1,000 sq mi
Total number of automobiles
Total number of trucks and buses
Air traffic, passenger-miles ('000,000)
Air cargo, short ton-miles ('000,000)
Total telephone main lines ('000)
Telephone main lines per 1,000 persons
Cellular phone subscriptions ('000)
Cellular phone subscriptions per 1,000 population
Radio receivers (all types; '000)
Radio receivers per 1,000 persons
Total television receivers ('000)
Television receivers per 1,000 persons
Number of daily newspapers
Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 persons
Personal computers ('000)
Personal computers per 1,000 population
Pieces of mail handled per capita
Military
Total active duty personnel ('000)
Active duty personnel per 1,000 population
Military expenditure as percent of central government expenditure
Military expenditure as percent of GNP
Military expenditure per capita in U.S. dollars
Total military expenditure ('000,000 U.S.$)
Military arms imports ('000,000 U.S.$)
Military arms exports ('000,000 U.S.$)
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