Chapter CIV: Front Matter (104)

Cameroon
15,746,179
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Canada
32,207,113 (July 2003 est.)

Cape Verde
412,137 (July 2003 est.)

Cayman Islands
41,934 (July 2003 est.)

Central African Republic
3,683,538
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Chad
9,253,493 (July 2003 est.)

Chile
15,665,216 (July 2003 est.)

China
1,286,975,468 (July 2003 est.)

Christmas Island
433 (July 2003 est.)

Clipperton Island
uninhabited (July 2003 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
630 (July 2003 est.)

Colombia
41,662,073 (July 2003 est.)

Comoros
632,948 (July 2003 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
56,625,039
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
2,954,258
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Cook Islands
21,008 (July 2003 est.)

Coral Sea Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological
station (July 2003 est.)

Costa Rica
3,896,092 (July 2003 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
16,962,491
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 and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Croatia
4,422,248 (July 2003 est.)

Cuba
11,263,429 (July 2003 est.)

Cyprus
771,657 (July 2003 est.)

Czech Republic
10,249,216 (July 2003 est.)

Denmark
5,384,384 (July 2003 est.)

Djibouti
457,130 (July 2003 est.)

Dominica
69,655 (July 2003 est.)

Dominican Republic
8,715,602 (July 2003 est.)

East Timor
997,853
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (2002 est.) (July 2003
est.)

Ecuador
13,710,234 (July 2003 est.)

Egypt
74,718,797 (July 2003 est.)

El Salvador
6,470,379 (July 2003 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
510,473 (July 2003 est.)

Eritrea
4,362,254 (July 2003 est.)

Estonia
1,408,556 (July 2003 est.)

Ethiopia
66,557,553
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Europa Island
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison and a few
meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2003 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,967 (July 2003 est.)

Faroe Islands
46,345 (July 2003 est.)

Fiji
868,531 (July 2003 est.)

Finland
5,190,785 (July 2003 est.)

France
60,180,529 (July 2003 est.)

French Guiana
186,917 (July 2003 est.)

French Polynesia
262,125 (July 2003 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
no indigenous inhabitants (July
2002 est.)
note: in 2002, there were 145 researchers whose numbers vary from
winter (July) to summer (January) (July 2003 est.)

Gabon
1,321,560
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Gambia, The
1,501,050 (July 2003 est.)

Gaza Strip
1,274,868 (July 2002 est.)
note: in addition, there are more than 5,000 Israeli settlers in the
Gaza Strip (July 2003 est.)

Georgia
4,934,413 (July 2003 est.)

Germany
82,398,326 (July 2003 est.)

Ghana
20,467,747
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Gibraltar
27,776 (July 2003 est.)

Glorioso Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few
meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2003 est.)

Greece
10,665,989 (July 2003 est.)

Greenland
56,385 (July 2003 est.)

Grenada
89,258 (July 2003 est.)

Guadeloupe
440,189 (July 2003 est.)

Guam
163,941 (July 2003 est.)

Guatemala
13,909,384 (July 2003 est.)

Guernsey
64,818 (July 2003 est.)

Guinea
9,030,220 (July 2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
1,360,827 (July 2003 est.)

Guyana
702,100
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Haiti
7,527,817
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
uninhabited (July 2003 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)
911 (July 2003 est.)

Honduras
6,669,789
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Hong Kong
7,394,170 (July 2003 est.)

Howland Island
uninhabited
note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and
naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during
World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by
special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and
generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually
by US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2003 est.)

Hungary
10,045,407 (July 2003 est.)

Iceland
280,798 (July 2003 est.)

India
1,049,700,118 (July 2003 est.)

Indonesia
234,893,453 (July 2003 est.)

Iran
68,278,826 (July 2003 est.)

Iraq
24,683,313 (July 2003 est.)

Ireland
3,924,140 (July 2003 est.)

Israel
6,116,533 (July 2002 est.)
note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank,
about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than 5,000
in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem
(February 2003 est.) (July 2003 est.)

Italy
57,998,353 (July 2003 est.)

Jamaica
2,695,867 (July 2003 est.)

Jan Mayen
no indigenous inhabitants
note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and
the weather and coastal services radio station (July 2003 est.)

Japan
127,214,499 (July 2003 est.)

Jarvis Island
uninhabited
note: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally
used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was
abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical
Year by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-use
permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally
restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish
and Wildlife Service (July 2003 est.)

Jersey
90,156 (July 2003 est.)

Johnston Atoll
no indigenous inhabitants
note: in previous years, there was an average of 1,100 US military
and civilian contractor personnel present; as of September 2001,
population had decreased significantly when US Army Chemical
Activity Pacific (USACAP) departed; as of January 2003 the island
population was just above 800 personnel, including US Air Force, US
Department of Defense civilian, and civilian contractor personnel
(January 2003 est.) (July 2003 est.)

Jordan
5,460,265 (July 2003 est.)

Juan de Nova Island
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few
meteorologists; occasionally visited by scientists (July 2003 est.)

Kazakhstan
16,763,795 (July 2003 est.)

Kenya
31,639,091
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Kingman Reef
uninhabited (July 2003 est.)

Kiribati
98,549 (July 2003 est.)

Korea, North
22,466,481 (July 2003 est.)

Korea, South
48,289,037 (July 2003 est.)

Kuwait
2,183,161
note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
4,892,808 (July 2003 est.)

Laos
5,921,545 (July 2003 est.)

Latvia
2,348,784 (July 2003 est.)

Lebanon
3,727,703 (July 2003 est.)

Lesotho
1,861,959
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Liberia
3,317,176 (July 2003 est.)

Libya
5,499,074
note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2003 est.)

Liechtenstein
33,145 (July 2003 est.)

Lithuania
3,592,561 (July 2003 est.)

Luxembourg
454,157 (July 2003 est.)

Macau
469,903 (July 2003 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
2,063,122
note: a census was taken 1-15 November 2002, but results are not yet
available (July 2003 est.)

Madagascar
16,979,744 (July 2003 est.)

Malawi
11,651,239
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Malaysia
23,092,940 (July 2003 est.)

Maldives
329,684 (July 2003 est.)

Mali
11,626,219 (July 2003 est.)

Malta
400,420 (July 2003 est.)

Man, Isle of
74,261 (July 2003 est.)

Marshall Islands
56,429 (July 2003 est.)

Martinique
425,966 (July 2003 est.)

Mauritania
2,912,584 (July 2003 est.)

Mauritius
1,210,447 (July 2003 est.)

Mayotte
178,437 (July 2003 est.)

Mexico
104,907,991 (July 2003 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
108,143 (July 2003 est.)

Midway Islands
no indigenous inhabitants; approximately 40 people
make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services
cooperator living at the atoll (July 2003 est.)

Moldova
4,439,502 (July 2003 est.)

Monaco
32,130 (July 2003 est.)

Mongolia
2,712,315 (July 2003 est.)

Montserrat
8,995
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the
resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned
(July 2003 est.)

Morocco
31,689,265 (July 2003 est.)

Mozambique
17,479,266
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997
Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2003
est.)

Namibia
1,927,447
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Nauru
12,570 (July 2003 est.)

Navassa Island
uninhabited
note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island
(July 2003 est.)

Nepal
26,469,569 (July 2003 est.)

Netherlands
16,150,511 (July 2003 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
216,226 (July 2003 est.)

New Caledonia
210,798 (July 2003 est.)

New Zealand
3,951,307 (July 2003 est.)

Nicaragua
5,128,517 (July 2003 est.)

Niger
11,058,590 (July 2003 est.)

Nigeria
133,881,703
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Niue
2,145 (July 2003 est.)

Norfolk Island
1,853 (July 2003 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands
80,006 (July 2003 est.)

Norway
4,546,123 (July 2003 est.)

Oman
2,807,125
note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2003 est.)

Pakistan
150,694,740 (July 2003 est.)

Palau
19,717 (July 2003 est.)

Palmyra Atoll
no indigenous inhabitants; 4 to 20 Nature Conservancy
staff, US Fish and Wildlife staff (July 2003 est.)

Panama
2,960,784 (July 2003 est.)

Papua New Guinea
5,295,816 (July 2003 est.)

Paracel Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2003 est.)

Paraguay
6,036,900 (July 2003 est.)

Peru
28,409,897 (July 2003 est.)

Philippines
84,619,974 (July 2003 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
47 (July 2003 est.)

Poland
38,622,660 (July 2003 est.)

Portugal
10,102,022 (July 2003 est.)

Puerto Rico
3,885,877 (July 2003 est.)

Qatar
817,052 (July 2003 est.)

Reunion
755,171 (July 2003 est.)

Romania
22,271,839 (July 2003 est.)

Russia
144,526,278 (July 2003 est.)

Rwanda
7,810,056
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Saint Helena
7,367 (July 2003 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
38,763 (July 2003 est.)

Saint Lucia
162,157 (July 2003 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
6,976 (July 2003 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
116,812 (July 2003 est.)

Samoa
178,173 (July 2003 est.)

San Marino
28,119 (July 2003 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
175,883 (July 2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia
24,293,844
note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2003 est.)

Senegal
10,580,307 (July 2003 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
10,655,774
note: a census was taken in Serbia 1-15 April 2002 (July 2003 est.)

Seychelles
80,469 (July 2003 est.)

Sierra Leone
5,732,681 (July 2003 est.)

Singapore
4,608,595 (July 2003 est.)

Slovakia
5,430,033 (July 2003 est.)

Slovenia
1,935,677 (July 2003 est.)

Solomon Islands
509,190 (July 2003 est.)

Somalia
8,025,190
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in
1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is
complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements
in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2003 est.)

South Africa
42,768,678
note: South Africa took a census October 1996 that showed a
population of 40,583,611 (after an official adjustment for a 6.8%
underenumeration based on a postenumeration survey); estimates for
this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess
mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy,
higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth
rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex
than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
no indigenous
inhabitants
note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March
2001, to be replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the
British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on
Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited (July 2003
est.)

Spain
40,217,413 (July 2003 est.)

Spratly Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several
claimant states (July 2003 est.)

Sri Lanka
19,742,439 (2003 est.)
note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and
armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand
Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of yearend 2000,
approximately 65,000 were housed in 131 refugee camps in south
India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than
200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2003 est.)

Sudan
38,114,160 (July 2003 est.)

Suriname
435,449 (July 2003 est.)

Svalbard
2,811 (July 2003 est.)

Swaziland
1,161,219
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Sweden
8,878,085 (July 2003 est.)

Switzerland
7,318,638 (July 2003 est.)

Syria
17,585,540 (July 2002 est.)
note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied
Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and
about 20,000 Israeli settlers (February 2003 est.) (July 2003 est.)

Taiwan
22,603,001 (July 2003 est.)

Tajikistan
6,863,752 (July 2003 est.)

Tanzania
35,922,454
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Thailand
64,265,276
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Togo
5,429,299
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Tokelau
1,418 (July 2003 est.)

Tonga
108,141 (July 2003 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
1,104,209 (July 2003 est.)

Tromelin Island
uninhabited, except for visits by scientists (July
2003 est.)

Tunisia
9,924,742 (July 2003 est.)

Turkey
68,109,469 (July 2003 est.)

Turkmenistan
4,775,544 (July 2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
19,350 (July 2003 est.)

Tuvalu
11,305 (July 2003 est.)

Uganda
25,632,794
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Ukraine
48,055,439 (July 2003 est.)

United Arab Emirates
2,484,818
note: includes an estimated 1,606,079 non-nationals; the 17 December
1995 census presents a total population figure of 2,377,453, and
there are estimates of 3.44 million for 2002 (July 2003 est.)

United Kingdom
60,094,648 (July 2003 est.)

United States
290,342,554 (July 2003 est.)

Uruguay
3,413,329 (July 2003 est.)

Uzbekistan
25,981,647 (July 2003 est.)

Vanuatu
199,414 (July 2003 est.)

Venezuela
24,654,694 (July 2003 est.)

Vietnam
81,624,716 (July 2003 est.)

Virgin Islands
124,778 (July 2003 est.)

Wake Island
no indigenous inhabitants
note: US military personnel have left the island, but contractor
personnel remain; as of October 2001, 200 contractor personnel were
present (July 2003 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
15,734 (July 2003 est.)

West Bank
2,237,194 (July 2002 est.)
note: in addition, there are about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the
West Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (February 2002
est.) (July 2003 est.)

Western Sahara
261,794 (July 2003 est.)

World
6,302,309,691 (July 2003 est.)

Yemen
19,349,881 (July 2003 est.)

Zambia
10,307,333
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Zimbabwe
12,576,742
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

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@2120 Ports and harbors

Afghanistan
Kheyrabad, Shir Khan

Albania
Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore

Algeria
Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Beni Saf, Dellys, Djendjene,
Ghazaouet, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda, Tenes

American Samoa
Aunu'u (new construction), Auasi, Faleosao, Ofu, Pago
Pago, Ta'u

Andorra
none

Angola
Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Mocamedes, Namibe,
Porto Amboim, Soyo

Anguilla
Blowing Point, Road Bay

Antarctica
there are no developed ports and harbors in Antarctica;
most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies are
transferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, and
helicopters; a few stations have a basic wharf facility; US coastal
stations include McMurdo (77 51 S, 166 40 E), Palmer (64 43 S, 64 03
W); government use only except by permit (see Permit Office under
"Legal System"); all ships at port are subject to inspection in
accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty; offshore anchorage is
sparse and intermittent

Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's

Arctic Ocean
Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)

Argentina
Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion
del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos,
Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia

Armenia
none

Aruba
Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
none; offshore anchorage only

Atlantic Ocean
Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp
(Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca
(Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal),
Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas
(Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal),
London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal
(Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran
(Algeria), Oslo (Norway), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Rio de
Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg
(Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)

Australia
Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania),
Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania),
Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville

Austria
Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna

Azerbaijan
Baku (Baki)

Bahamas, The
Freeport, Matthew Town, Nassau

Bahrain
Manama, Mina' Salman, Sitrah

Baker Island
none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one
small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast

Bangladesh
Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port, Narayanganj

Barbados
Bridgetown, Speightstown (Port Charles Marina)

Bassas da India
none; offshore anchorage only

Belarus
Mazyr

Belgium
Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports), Brugge, Gent,
Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge

Belize
Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda

Benin
Cotonou, Porto-Novo

Bermuda
Hamilton, Saint George's, Dockyard

Bhutan
none

Bolivia
Puerto Aguirre (on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at the
Bolivia/Brazil border); also, Bolivia has free port privileges in
maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski
Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje

Botswana
none

Bouvet Island
none; offshore anchorage only

Brazil
Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Imbituba, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto
Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos, Vitoria

British Indian Ocean Territory
Diego Garcia

British Virgin Islands
Road Town

Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait, Muara, Seria, Tutong

Bulgaria
Burgas, Lom, Nesebur, Ruse, Varna, Vidin

Burkina Faso
none

Burma
Bassein, Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Rangoon,
Akyab (Sittwe), Tavoy

Burundi
Bujumbura

Cambodia
Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong Kaoh Kong,
Phnom Penh

Cameroon
Bonaberi, Douala, Garoua, Kribi, Tiko

Canada
Becancour (Quebec), Churchill, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal,
New Westminster, Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick),
St. John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Sydney, Trois-Rivieres,
Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor

Cape Verde
Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal

Cayman Islands
Cayman Brac, George Town

Central African Republic
Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga

Chad
none

Chile
Antofagasta, Arica, Chanaral, Coquimbo, Iquique, Puerto Montt,
Punta Arenas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Talcahuano, Valparaiso

China
Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Huangpu, Lianyungang,
Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shantou,
Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xingang, Yantai, Zhanjiang (2001)

Christmas Island
Flying Fish Cove

Clipperton Island
none; offshore anchorage only

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
none; lagoon anchorage only

Colombia
Bahia de Portete, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena,
Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo

Comoros
Fomboni, Moroni, Moutsamoudou

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma,
Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka

Congo, Republic of the
Brazzaville, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo,
Pointe-Noire

Cook Islands
Avarua, Avatiu

Coral Sea Islands
none; offshore anchorage only

Costa Rica
Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puerto Limon, Puerto Quepos,
Puntarenas

Cote d'Ivoire
Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro

Croatia
Dubrovnik, Dugi Rat, Omisalj, Ploce, Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik,
Split, Vukovar (inland waterway port on Danube), Zadar

Cuba
Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas,
Santiago de Cuba

Cyprus
Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Vasilikos

Czech Republic
Decin, Prague, Usti nad Labem

Denmark
Abenra, Alborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia,
Frederikshavn, Hirtshals, Kolding, Odense, Roenne (Bornholm), Vejle

Djibouti
Djibouti

Dominica
Portsmouth, Roseau

Dominican Republic
Barahona, La Romana, Manzanillo, Puerto Plata,
San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo

East Timor
NA

Ecuador
Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar,
San Lorenzo

Egypt
Alexandria, Al Ghardaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah, Damietta,
Marsa Matruh, Port Said, Suez

El Salvador
Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto
El Triunfo

Equatorial Guinea
Bata, Luba, Malabo

Eritrea
Assab (Aseb), Massawa (Mits'iwa)

Estonia
Haapsalu, Kunda, Muuga, Paldiski, Parnu, Tallinn

Ethiopia
none; Ethiopia is landlocked and was by agreement with
Eritrea using the ports of Assab and Massawa; since the border
dispute with Eritrea flared, Ethiopia has used the port of Djibouti
for nearly all of its imports

Europa Island
none; offshore anchorage only

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Stanley
note: the primary port is located in Stanley Harbour and known
locally as FIPASS (Falkland Interim Port and Storage System); the
facility consists of seven permanently moored barges providing 300
meters of berthing space; it was installed by the military after
1982 and handed over to the Falkland Islands Government in 1988

Faroe Islands
Torshavn, Klaksvik, Tvoroyri, Runavik, Fuglafjordhur

Fiji
Lambasa, Lautoka, Levuka, Malau, Savusavu, Suva, Vuda

Finland
Hamina, Helsinki, Kokkola, Kotka, Loviisa, Oulu, Pori,
Rauma, Turku, Uusikaupunki, Varkaus

France
Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice,
Le Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mullhouse, Nates, Paris, Rouen, Saint
Nazaire, Saint Malo, Strasbourg

French Guiana
Cayenne, Degrad des Cannes, Saint-Laurent du Maroni

French Polynesia
Mataura, Papeete, Rikitea, Uturoa

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
none; offshore anchorage only

Gabon
Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene, Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo,
Port-Gentil

Gambia, The
Banjul

Gaza Strip
Gaza

Georgia
Bat'umi, P'ot'i, Sokhumi

Germany
Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden,
Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Luebeck, Magdeburg,
Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart

Ghana
Takoradi, Tema

Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Glorioso Islands
none; offshore anchorage only

Greece
Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra,
Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus),
Thessaloniki, Volos

Greenland
Aasiaat (Egedesminde), Ilulissat (Jakobshavn),
Kangerlussuaq, Nanortalik, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk (Godthab), Qaqortoq
(Julianehab), Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Tasiilaq (March 2001)

Grenada
Grenville, Saint George's

Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on Saint Barthelemy), Marigot,
Pointe-a-Pitre

Guam
Apra Harbor

Guatemala
Champerico, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, San Jose,
Santo Tomas de Castilla

Guernsey
Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson

Guinea
Boke, Conakry, Kamsar

Guinea-Bissau
Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim

Guyana
Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika

Haiti
Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Jeremie, Les Cayes, Miragoane,
Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix, Saint-Marc

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
none; offshore anchorage only

Holy See (Vatican City)
none

Honduras
La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo,
Tela, Puerto Lempira

Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Howland Island
none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one
small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast

Hungary
Budapest, Dunaujvaros

Iceland
Akureyri, Hornafjordhur, Isafjordhur, Keflavik, Raufarhofn,
Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vesttmannaeyjar

India
Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata
(Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam

Indian Ocean
Chennai (Madras; India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban
(South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India)
Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay; India), Richards Bay (South
Africa)

Indonesia
Cilacap, Cirebon, Jakarta, Kupang, Makassar, Palembang,
Semarang, Surabaya

Iran
Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war),
Ahvaz, Bandar 'Abbas, Bandar-e Anzali, Bushehr, Bandar-e Emam
Khomeyni, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e Mahshahr, Bandar-e Torkaman,
Chabahar (Bandar Beheshti), Jazireh-ye Khark, Jazireh-ye Lavan,
Jazireh-ye Sirri, Khorramshahr (limited operation since November
1992), Now Shahr

Iraq
Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited
functionality

Ireland
Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Galway, Limerick,
New Ross, Waterford

Israel
Ashdod, Ashqelon, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Italy
Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Gela, Genoa, La
Spezia, Livorno, Milazzo, Naples, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres
(Sardinia), Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice (2001)

Jamaica
Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho
Rios, Port Antonio, Rocky Point, Port Esquivel (Longswharf)

Jan Mayen
none; offshore anchorage only

Japan
Akita, Amagasaki, Chiba, Hachinohe, Hakodate, Higashi-Harima,
Himeji, Hiroshima, Kawasaki, Kinuura, Kobe, Kushiro, Mizushima,
Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Sakai, Sakaide, Shimizu, Tokyo, Tomakomai

Jarvis Island
none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one
small boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another
near the southwest corner of the island

Jersey
Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier

Johnston Atoll
Johnston Island

Jordan
Al 'Aqabah

Juan de Nova Island
none; offshore anchorage only

Kazakhstan
Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen
(Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)

Kenya
Kisumu, Lamu, Mombasa

Kingman Reef
none; offshore anchorage only

Kiribati
Banaba, Betio, English Harbour, Kanton

Korea, North
Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong,
Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang,
Wonsan

Korea, South
Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang,
Pusan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu

Kuwait
Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina'
al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud

Kyrgyzstan
Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)

Laos
none

Latvia
Liepaja, Riga, Ventspils

Lebanon
Antilyas, Batroun, Beirut, Chekka, El Mina, Ez Zahrani,
Jbail, Jounie, Naqoura, Sidon, Tripoli, Tyre

Lesotho
none

Liberia
Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia, Robertsport

Libya
Al Khums, Banghazi, Darnah, Marsa al Burayqah, Misratah, Ra's
Lanuf, Tobruk, Tripoli, Zuwarah

Liechtenstein
none

Lithuania
Butinge, Kaunas, Klaipeda

Luxembourg
Mertert

Macau
Macau

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
none

Madagascar
Antsiranana, Antsohimbondrona, Mahajanga, Toamasina,
Toliara

Malawi
Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba

Malaysia
Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Labuan,
Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, Pasir Gudang, George Town (Penang), Port
Dickson, Port Kelang, Sandakan, Sibu, Tanjung Berhala, Tanjung
Kidurong, Tawau

Maldives
Gan, Male

Mali
Koulikoro

Malta
Marsaxlokk, Valletta

Man, Isle of
Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey

Marshall Islands
Majuro

Martinique
Fort-de-France, La Trinite

Mauritania
Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso

Mauritius
Port Louis

Mayotte
Dzaoudzi

Mexico
Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz,
Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz,
Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz

Micronesia, Federated States of
Colonia (Yap), Kolonia (Pohnpei),
Lele, Moen

Midway Islands
Sand Island

Moldova
none

Monaco
Monaco

Mongolia
none

Montserrat
Plymouth (abandoned), Little Bay (anchorages and ferry
landing), Carr's Bay

Morocco
Agadir, El Jadida, Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra,
Mohammedia, Nador, Rabat, Safi, Tangier; also Spanish-controlled
Ceuta and Melilla

Mozambique
Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Nacala, Pemba, Quelimane

Namibia
Luderitz, Walvis Bay

Nauru
Nauru

Navassa Island
none; offshore anchorage only

Nepal
none

Netherlands
Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen,
Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht,
Vlissingen

Netherlands Antilles
Kralendijk, Philipsburg, Willemstad

New Caledonia
Mueo, Noumea, Thio

New Zealand
Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Tauranga, Wellington

Nicaragua
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto
Sandino, Rama, San Juan del Sur

Niger
none

Nigeria
Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt, Sapele, Warri

Niue
none; offshore anchorage only

Norfolk Island
none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade

Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan, Tinian

Norway
Bergen, Drammen, Floro, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund,
Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger, Tromso,
Trondheim

Oman
Matrah, Mina' al Fahl, Mina' Raysut

Pacific Ocean
Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong, Kao-hsiung (Taiwan),
Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San
Francisco (US), Seattle (US), Shanghai (China), Singapore, Sydney
(Australia), Vladivostok (Russia), Wellington (NZ), Yokohama (Japan)

Pakistan
Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim

Palau
Koror

Palmyra Atoll
West Lagoon

Panama
Balboa, Cristobal, Coco Solo, Manzanillo (part of Colon
area), Vacamonte

Papua New Guinea
Kieta, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul

Paracel Islands
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and
Duncan Island being expanded

Paraguay
Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion

Peru
Callao, Chimbote, Ilo, Matarani, Paita, Puerto Maldonado,
Salaverry, San Martin, Talara, Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper reaches
of the Amazon and its tributaries

Philippines
Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras Island,
Iligan, Iloilo, Jolo, Legaspi, Manila, Masao, Puerto Princesa, San
Fernando, Subic Bay, Zamboanga

Pitcairn Islands
Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)

Poland
Gdansk, Gdynia, Gliwice, Kolobrzeg, Szczecin, Swinoujscie,
Ustka, Warsaw, Wroclaw

Portugal
Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes,
Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores),
Setubal, Viana do Castelo

Puerto Rico
Aguadilla, Arecibo, Fajardo, Guanica, Guayanilla,
Guayama, Mayaguez, Playa de Ponce, San Juan

Qatar
Doha, Halul Island, Umm Sa'id (Musay'id)

Reunion
Le Port, Pointe des Galets

Romania
Braila, Constanta, Galati, Mangalia, Sulina, Tulcea

Russia
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan',
De-Kastri, Indigirskiy, Kaliningrad, Kandalaksha, Kazan',
Khabarovsk, Kholmsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lazarev, Mago, Mezen', Moscow,
Murmansk, Nakhodka, Nevel'sk, Novorossiysk, Onega,
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Rostov, Shakhtersk, Saint Petersburg,
Sochi, Taganrog, Tuapse, Uglegorsk, Vanino, Vladivostok, Volgograd,
Vostochnyy, Vyborg

Rwanda
Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye

Saint Helena
Georgetown (on Ascension), Jamestown

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre, Charlestown

Saint Lucia
Castries, Vieux Fort

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown

Samoa
Apia, Asau, Mulifanua, Salelologa

San Marino
none

Sao Tome and Principe
Santo Antonio, Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia
Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's
al Khafji, Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al
Sinaiyah

Senegal
Dakar, Kaolack, Matam, Podor, Richard Toll, Saint-Louis,
Ziguinchor

Serbia and Montenegro
Bar, Belgrade, Kotor, Novi Sad, Pancevo,
Tivat, Zelenika

Seychelles
Victoria

Sierra Leone
Bonthe, Freetown, Pepel

Singapore
Singapore

Slovakia
Bratislava, Komarno

Slovenia
Izola, Koper, Piran

Solomon Islands
Aola Bay, Honiara, Lofung, Noro, Viru Harbor, Yandina

Somalia
Boosaaso, Berbera, Chisimayu (Kismaayo), Merca, Mogadishu

South Africa
Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mossel Bay, Port
Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Grytviken

Southern Ocean
McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica
note: few ports or harbors exist on the southern side of the
Southern Ocean; ice conditions limit use of most of them to short
periods in midsummer; even then some cannot be entered without
icebreaker escort; most antarctic ports are operated by government
research stations and, except in an emergency, are not open to
commercial or private vessels; vessels in any port south of 60
degrees south are subject to inspection by Antarctic Treaty
observers (see Article 7)

Spain
Aviles, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la
Plana, Ceuta, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands),
Malaga, Melilla, Pasajes, Gijon, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary
Islands), Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo

Spratly Islands
none; offshore anchorage only

Sri Lanka
Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee

Sudan
Juba, Khartoum, Kusti, Malakal, Nimule, Port Sudan, Sawakin

Suriname
Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie, Paramaribo, Paranam,
Wageningen

Svalbard
Barentsburg, Longyearbyen, Ny-Alesund, Pyramiden

Swaziland
none

Sweden
Gavle, Goteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Hudiksvall, Kalmar,
Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Solvesborg, Stockholm, Sundsvall

Switzerland
Basel

Syria
Baniyas, Jablah, Latakia, Tartus

Taiwan
Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung

Tajikistan
none

Tanzania
Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara,
Mwanza, Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar

Thailand
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha,
Songkhla

Togo
Kpeme, Lome

Tokelau
none; offshore anchorage only

Tonga
Neiafu, Nuku'alofa, Pangai

Trinidad and Tobago
Pointe-a-Pierre, Point Fortin, Point Lisas,
Port-of-Spain, Scarborough, Tembladora

Tromelin Island
none; offshore anchorage only

Tunisia
Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Zarzis

Turkey
Gemlik, Hopa, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit),
Icel (Mersin), Samsun, Trabzon

Turkmenistan
Turkmenbasy

Turks and Caicos Islands
Grand Turk, Providenciales

Tuvalu
Funafuti, Nukufetau

Uganda
Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell

Ukraine
Berdyans'k, Feodosiya, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson,
Kiev (Kyyiv), Kiliya, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni,
Sevastopol', Yalta, Yuzhnyy

United Arab Emirates
'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Das Island, Khawr Fakkan,
Mina' Jabal 'Ali, Mina' Khalid, Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina'
Zayid, Umm al Qaywayn

United Kingdom
Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth,
Felixstowe, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London,
Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Scapa Flow,
Southampton, Sullom Voe, Teesport, Tyne

United States
Anchorage, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Chicago,
Duluth, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles,
New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Portland
(Oregon), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa,
Toledo

Uruguay
Colonia, Fray Bentos, Juan La Caze, La Paloma, Montevideo,
Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del Este, Piriapolis

Uzbekistan
Termiz (Amu Darya)

Vanuatu
Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)

Venezuela
Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina,
Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto
Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon

Vietnam
Cam Ranh, Da Nang, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Long, Quy
Nhon, Nha Trang, Vinh, Vung Tau

Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, Cruz Bay, Port
Alucroix

Wake Island
none; two offshore anchorages for large ships

Wallis and Futuna
Leava, Mata-Utu

West Bank
none

Western Sahara
Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)

World
Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki, Kobe, Marseille, Mina' al Ahmadi
(Kuwait), New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama

Yemen
Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As Salif, Ras Issa, Mocha,
Nishtun

Zambia
Mpulungu

Zimbabwe
Binga, Kariba

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@2121 Railways (km)

Afghanistan
total: 24.6 km
broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to
Towraghondi; 15 km 1.524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to
Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya (2001)

Albania
total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Algeria
total: 3,973 km
standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2002)

American Samoa
0 km

Andorra
0 km

Angola
total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2002)

Anguilla
0 km

Antigua and Barbuda
total: 77 km
narrow gauge: 64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almost
exclusively for handling sugarcane) (2001 est.)

Argentina
total: 34,463 km (168 km electrified)
broad gauge: 20,736 km 1.676-m gauge (142 km electrified)
standard gauge: 3,115 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 10,375 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2002)

Armenia
total: 852 km in common carrier service; does not include
industrial lines
broad gauge: 852 km 1.520-m gauge (779 km electrified) (2002)

Aruba
0 km

Australia
total: 41,588 km (4,612 km electrified)
broad gauge: 2,193 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 23,648 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 15,456 km 1.067-m gauge
dual gauge: 291 km dual gauge (2002)

Austria
total: 6,024 km (3,641 km electrified)
standard gauge: 5,566 km 1.435-m gauge (3,524 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 34 km 1.000-m gauge (28 km electrified); 424 km
0.760-m gauge (89 km electrified) (2002)

Azerbaijan
total: 2,122 km
broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2002)

Bahamas, The
0 km

Bahrain
0 km

Bangladesh
total: 2,706 km
broad gauge: 884 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Barbados
0 km

Belarus
total: 5,523 km
broad gauge: 5,523 km 1.520-m gauge (875 km electrified) (2002)

Belgium
total: 3,471 km
standard gauge: 3,471 km 1.435-m gauge (2,631 km electrified) (2002)

Belize
0 km

Benin
total: 578 km
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Bermuda
0 km

Bhutan
0 km

Bolivia
total: 3,519 km
narrow gauge: 3,519 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 1,021 km (795 km electrified)
standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Botswana
total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

Brazil
total: 31,543 km (1,981 km electrified)
broad gauge: 4,961 km 1.600-m gauge (692 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge (630 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 25,992 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)
dual gauge: 396 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km
electrified) (2002)

British Virgin Islands
0 km

Brunei
total: 13 km (private line)
narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge (2001 est.)

Bulgaria
total: 4,294 km
standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (2002)

Burkina Faso
total: 622 km
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge
note:: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire
(2002)

Burma
total: 3,955 km
narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Burundi
0 km

Cambodia
total: 602 km
narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Cameroon
total: 1,008 km
narrow gauge: 1,008 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Canada
total: 49,422 km
standard gauge: 49,422 km 1.435-m gauge (129 km electrified) (2002)

Cape Verde
0 km

Cayman Islands
0 km

Central African Republic
0 km

Chad
0 km

Chile
total: 6,585 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

China
total: 71,600 km
standard gauge: 68,000 km 1.435-m gauge (14,600 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 3,600 km 1.000-m and 0.750-m gauge local industrial
lines (2002)

Christmas Island
24 km to serve phosphate mines

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
0 km

Colombia
total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2002)

Comoros
0 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 4,772 km
narrow gauge: 3,621 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km
1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2002)

Congo, Republic of the
total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

Cook Islands
0 km

Costa Rica
total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2002)

Cote d'Ivoire
total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-meter gauge
note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina
Faso (2002)

Croatia
total: 2,296 km
standard gauge: 2,296 km 1.435-m gauge (983 km electrified) (2002)

Cuba
total: 3,442 km
standard gauge: 3,442 km 1.435-m gauge (142 km electrified)
note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations;
about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge
(2002)

Cyprus
0 km

Czech Republic
total: 9,462 km
standard gauge: 9,363 km 1.435-m gauge (1,745 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 99 km 0.760-m gauge (2002)

Denmark
total: 3,164 km
standard gauge: 2,324 km 1.435-m gauge (595 km electrified)
note:: total includes 840 km of suburban track (2002)

Djibouti
total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti
railway)
narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2002)

Dominica
0 km

Dominican Republic
total: 1,503 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge
note:: 986 km also operated by sugar companies in 1.076-m, 0.889-m,
and 0.762-m gauges (2002)

East Timor
0 km

Ecuador
total: 966 km
narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

Egypt
total: 5,105 km
standard gauge: 5,105 km 1.435-m gauge (42 km electrified) (2002)

El Salvador
total: 283 km
narrow gauge: 283 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by
disuse and lack of maintenance (2002)

Equatorial Guinea
total: 0 km

Eritrea
total: 306 km
narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge
note: railway is being rebuilt (2002)

Estonia
total: 968 km
broad gauge: 968 km 1.520-m/1.524-m gauge (132 km electrified)
note:: gauge being increased from 1.520-m to 1.524-m to reduce wear
on wheels and rail as lines are modernized (2002)

Ethiopia
total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis
Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2002)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0 km

Faroe Islands
0 km

Fiji
total: 597 km
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge
note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used
to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to September) (2002)

Finland
total: 5,850 km
broad gauge: 5,850 km 1.524-m gauge (2,400 km electrified) (2002)

France
total: 32,682 km
standard gauge: 32,515 km 1.435-m gauge (14,104 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

French Guiana
0 km

French Polynesia
0 km

Gabon
total: 814 km
standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Gambia, The
0 km

Gaza Strip
total: NA km; note - one line, abandoned and in
disrepair, little trackage remains (2001 est.)

Georgia
total: 1,612 km
broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge
narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (2002)

Germany
total: 45,514 km (21,000 km electrified)
standard gauge: 45,276 km 1.435-m gauge (20,084 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 214 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km
0.750-m gauge (2002)

Ghana
total: 953 km
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

Greece
total: 2,571 km (764 km electrified)
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge
dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail
system) (2002)

Greenland
0 km

Grenada
0 km

Guadeloupe
NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines

Guam
0 km

Guatemala
total: 886 km
narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2002)

Guernsey
5 km

Guinea
total: 1,115 km
standard gauge: 311 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 804 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Guinea-Bissau
0 km

Guyana
total: 187 km
standard gauge: 139 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge
note: all dedicated to ore transport (2001 est.)

Haiti
total: 40 km
narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge; single-track
note: privately owned industrial line; closed in early 1990s (2001
est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)
total: 0.86 km
standard gauge: 0.86 km 1.435-m gauge
note: a spur of the Italian Railways system, serving Rome's Saint
Peter's station (2001 est.)

Honduras
total: 699 km
narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2002)

Hong Kong
total: 34 km
standard gauge: 34 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified and double-tracked)
note: connects to China railway system at Hong Kong-China border
(2001)

Hungary
total: 7,875 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,620 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge
note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage a cross-border,
standard-gauge railway connecting Gyor, Sopron, and Ebenfurt (Gysev
railroad) with a route length of 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in
Austria; 156 km of this line is electrified (2002)

Iceland
0 km

India
total: 63,518 km (15,009 km electrified)
broad gauge: 45,142 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 15,013 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,363 km 0.762-m gauge and
0.610-m gauge (2002)

Indonesia
total: 6,458 km
narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km
0.750-m gauge (2002)

Iran
total: 7,201 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,107 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified) (2002)

Iraq
total: 1,963 km
standard gauge: 1,963 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

Ireland
total: 3,312 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (46 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat
Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants)
(2002)

Israel
total: 640 km
standard gauge: 640 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Italy
total: 19,493 km
standard gauge: 18,090 km 1.435-m gauge (11,375 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 88 km 1.000-m gauge (88 km electrified); 1,315 km
0.950-m gauge (189 km electrified) (2002)

Jamaica
total: 272 km
standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge; note - 207 km, belonging to
the Jamaica Railway Corporation, were in common carrier service but
are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned
and used to transport bauxite (2002)

Japan
total: 23,168 km (15,995 km electrified)
standard gauge: 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 19,855 km
1.067-m gauge (12,683 km electrified); 31 km 0.762-m gauge (31 km
electrified) (2002)

Jersey
0 km

Jordan
total: 505 km
narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2002)

Juan de Nova Island
total: NA km; short line going to a jetty

Kazakhstan
total: 13,601 km
broad gauge: 13,601 km 1.520-m gauge (3,661 km electrified) (2002)

Kenya
total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Kiribati
0 km

Korea, North
total: 5,214 km
standard gauge: 4,549 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 665 km 0.762-m gauge (2002)

Korea, South
total: 3,125 km
standard gauge: 3,125 km 1.435-m gauge (661 km electrified) (2002)

Kuwait
0 km

Kyrgyzstan
total: 420 km
broad gauge: 420 km 1.520-m gauge (2002)

Laos
0 km

Latvia
total: 2,347 km
broad gauge: 2,314 km 1.520-m gauge (270 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2002)

Lebanon
total: 401 km
standard gauge: 319 km 1.435-m
narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m
note: rail system is unusable because of damage in civil war (2002)

Lesotho
total: 2.6 km; note - owned by, operated by, and included in
the statistics of South Africa
narrow gauge: 2.6 km 1.067-m gauge (1995)

Liberia
total: 490 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railways are in operation (2002)

Libya
0 km

Liechtenstein
total: 18.5 km
standard gauge: 18.5 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
note: owned, operated, and included in statistics of Austrian
Federal Railways (2002)

Lithuania
total: 1,998 km
broad gauge: 1,807 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 169 km 0.750-m gauge (all service suspended) (2002)

Luxembourg
total: 274 km
standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified) (2002)

Macau
0 km

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified) (2002)

Madagascar
total: 732 km
narrow gauge: 732 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Malawi
total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

Malaysia
total: 2,418 km
standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,361 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2002)

Maldives
0 km

Mali
total: 729 km
narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Malta
0 km

Man, Isle of
total: 60 km (35 km electrified) (2002)

Marshall Islands
0 km

Martinique
0 km

Mauritania
717 km
standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Mauritius
0 km

Mayotte
0 km

Mexico
total: 19,510 km
standard gauge: 19,510 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Micronesia, Federated States of
0 km

Moldova
total: 1,300 km
broad gauge: 1,300 km 1.520-m gauge (2002)

Monaco
total: 1.7 km
standard gauge: 1.7 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Mongolia
1,815 km
broad gauge: 1,815 km 1.524-m gauge (2002)

Montserrat
0 km

Morocco
total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2002)

Mozambique
total: 3,123 km
narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2002)

Namibia
total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

Nauru
total: 5 km
note: gauge unknown; used to haul phosphates from the center of the
island to processing facilities on the southwest coast (2001)

Nepal
total: 59 km
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2002)

Netherlands
total: 2,808 km
standard gauge: 2,808 km 1.435-m gauge (2,061 km electrified) (2002)

Netherlands Antilles
0 km

New Caledonia
0 km

New Zealand
total: 3,898 km
narrow gauge: 3,898 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2002)

Nicaragua
total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

Niger
0 km

Nigeria
total: 3,557 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge
standard gauge: 52 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Niue
0 km

Norfolk Island
0 km

Northern Mariana Islands
0 km

Norway
total: 4,178 km
standard gauge: 4,178 km 1.435-m gauge (2,518 km electrified) (2002)

Oman
0 km

Pakistan
total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Palau
0 km

Panama
total: 355 km
broad gauge: 76 km 1.524-m gauge
narrow gauge: 279 km 0.914-m gauge (2002)

Papua New Guinea
0 km

Paraguay
total: 441 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)

Peru
total: 1,829 km
standard gauge: 1,515 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 314 km 0.914-m gauge (2002)

Philippines
total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (405 km are not in operation)
(2002)

Pitcairn Islands
0 km

Poland
total: 23,420 km
broad gauge: 646 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 21,639 km 1.435-m gauge (11,626 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,135 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m,
0.750-m, and 0.600-m (2002)

Portugal
total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Puerto Rico
total: 96 km
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

Qatar
0 km

Reunion
0 km

Romania
total: 11,385 km (3,888 km electrified)
standard gauge: 10,898 km 1.435-m gauge
broad gage: 60 km 1.524-m gauge
narrow gauge: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2002)

Russia
total: 87,157 km
broad gauge: 86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island)
note:: an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrrier lines serve
industries (2002)

Rwanda
0 km

Saint Helena
0 km

Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 50 km
narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcane
plantations during harvest season (2002)

Saint Lucia
0 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 km

Samoa
0 km

San Marino
0 km; note - there is a 1.5-km cable railway connecting
the city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore

Sao Tome and Principe
0 km

Saudi Arabia
total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and
sidings) (2002)

Senegal
total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-meter gauge (2002)

Serbia and Montenegro
total: 4,059 km
standard gauge: 4,059 km 1.435-m gauge (1,364 km electrified) (2002)

Seychelles
0 km

Sierra Leone
total: 84 km
narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge
note: Sierra Leone has no common carrier railroads; the existing
railroad is private and used on a limited basis while the mine at
Marampa is closed (2001)

Singapore
total: 38.6 km
narrow gauge: 38.6 km 1.000-m gauge
note: there is also an 83 km mass transit system with 48 stations

Slovakia
total: 3,668 km
broad gauge: 106 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,511 km 1.435-m gauge (1,567 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 51 km (46 km 1,000-m gauge; 5 km 0.750-m gauge) (2002)

Slovenia
total: 1,201 km
standard gauge: 1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (499 km electrified) (2002)

Solomon Islands
0 km

Somalia
0 km

South Africa
total: 22,298 km
narrow gauge: 21,984 km 1.065-m gauge (10,436 km electrified); 314
km 0.610-m gauge
note: includes a 2,228 km commuter rail system (2002)

Spain
total: 14,189 km
broad gauge: 11,804 km 1.668-m gauge (6,409 km electrified)
standard gauge: 455 km 1.435-m gauge (455 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,902 km 1.000-m gauge (781 km electrified); 28 km
0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2002)

Sri Lanka
total: 1,508 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2002)

Sudan
total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge
plantation line (2002)

Suriname
total: 166 km (single-track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge
note: Suriname railroads are not in operation (2001)

Svalbard
0 km

Swaziland
total: 301 km
narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)