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Wallis and Futuna
none; justice generally administered under French
law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings
administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu

Yemen
Supreme Court

Zambia
Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are
appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction
to hear civil and criminal cases)

Zimbabwe
Supreme Court; High Court

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@2095 Labor force

Afghanistan
11.8 million (2001 est.)

Albania
1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004
est.)

Algeria
9.91 million (2004 est.)

American Samoa
14,000 (1996)

Andorra
33,000 (2001 est.)

Angola
5.41 million (2004 est.)

Anguilla
6,049 (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda
30,000

Argentina
15.04 million (2004 est.)

Armenia
1.4 million (2001)

Aruba
41,500 (1997 est.)

Australia
10.35 million (2004 est.)

Austria
3.45 million (2004 est.)

Azerbaijan
5.09 million (2004 est.)

Bahamas, The
156,000 (1999)

Bahrain
370,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
(2004 est.)

Bangladesh
65.49 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman,
Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion
in 1998-99 (2004 est.)

Barbados
128,500 (2001 est.)

Belarus
4.305 million (31 December 2003)

Belgium
4.75 million (2004 est.)

Belize
90,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel
(2001 est.)

Benin
NA (1996)

Bermuda
37,470 (2000)

Bhutan
NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor

Bolivia
3.8 million (2004 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.026 million (2001)

Botswana
264,000 formal sector employees (2000)

Brazil
89 million (2004 est.)

British Virgin Islands
12,770 (2004)

Brunei
158,000
note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary
residents make up about 40% of labor force (2002 est.)

Bulgaria
3.398 million (2004 est.)

Burkina Faso
5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to
neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)

Burma
27.01 million (2004 est.)

Burundi
2.99 million (2002)

Cambodia
7 million (2003 est.)

Cameroon
6.68 million (2004 est.)

Canada
17.37 million (2004)

Cape Verde
NA

Cayman Islands
19,820 (1995)

Central African Republic
NA

Chad
NA

Chile
6.2 million (2004 est.)

China
760.8 million (2003)

Christmas Island
NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA

Colombia
20.7 million (2004 est.)

Comoros
144,500 (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
14.51 million (1993 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
NA

Cook Islands
8,000 (1996)

Costa Rica
1.81 million (2004 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
6.7 million (68% agricultural) (2004 est.)

Croatia
1.71 million (2004 est.)

Cuba
4.55 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2004 est.)

Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.)

Czech Republic
5.25 million (2004 est.)

Denmark
2.87 million (2004 est.)

Djibouti
282,000 (2000)

Dominica
25,000 (1999 est.)

Dominican Republic
2.3 million - 2.6 million (2000 est.)

East Timor
NA

Ecuador
4.53 million (urban) (2004 est.)

Egypt
20.71 million (2004 est.)

El Salvador
2.75 million (2004 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
NA

Eritrea
NA

Estonia
660,000 (2004 est.)

Ethiopia
NA (2001 est.)

European Union
215 million (various)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1,100 (est.)

Faroe Islands
24,250 (October 2000)

Fiji
137,000 (1999)

Finland
2.66 million (2004 est.)

France
27.7 million (2004 est.)

French Guiana
58,800 (1997)

French Polynesia
70,000 (1996)

Gabon
650,000 (2004 est.)

Gambia, The
400,000 (1996)

Gaza Strip
725,000 (2004)

Georgia
2.1 million (2001 est.)

Germany
42.63 million (2004 est.)

Ghana
10.24 million (2004 est.)

Gibraltar
14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999)

Greece
4.4 million (2004 est.)

Greenland
24,500 (1999 est.)

Grenada
42,300 (1996)

Guadeloupe
125,900 (1997)

Guam
60,000 (2000 est.)

Guatemala
3.68 million (2004 est.)

Guernsey
32,290 (2001)

Guinea
3 million (1999)

Guinea-Bissau
480,000 (1999)

Guyana
418,000 (2001 est.)

Haiti
3.6 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)

Holy See (Vatican City)
NA

Honduras
2.47 million (2004 est.)

Hong Kong
3.54 million (October 2004 est.)

Hungary
4.17 million (2004 est.)

Iceland
158,100 (2004 est.)

India
482.2 million (2004 est.)

Indonesia
111.5 million (2004 est.)

Iran
23 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)

Iraq
6.7 million (2004 est.)

Ireland
1.92 million (2004 est.)

Israel
2.68 million (2004 est.)

Italy
24.27 million (2004 est.)

Jamaica
1.14 million (2004 est.)

Japan
66.97 million (2004 est.)

Jersey
52,790 (2004)

Jordan
1.41 million (2004 est.)

Kazakhstan
7.95 million (2004 est.)

Kenya
11.4 million (2004 est.)

Kiribati
7,870 economically active, not including subsistence
farmers (2001 est.)

Korea, North
9.6 million

Korea, South
22.9 million (2004 est.)

Kuwait
1.42 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
2.7 million (2000)

Laos
2.6 million (2001 est.)

Latvia
1.17 million (2004 est.)

Lebanon
2.6 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers
(2001 est.)

Lesotho
838,000 (2000)

Libya
1.59 million (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein
29,000 of whom 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute
from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December
2001)

Lithuania
1.63 million (2004 est.)

Luxembourg
293,700 (of whom 105,000 are foreign cross-border workers
commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2004 est.)

Macau
231,500 (3rd Quarter, 2004)

Macedonia
855,000 (2004 est.)

Madagascar
7.3 million (2000)

Malawi
4.5 million (2001 est.)

Malaysia
10.49 million (2004 est.)

Maldives
88,000 (2000)

Mali
3.93 million (2001 est.)

Malta
160,000 (2002 est.)

Man, Isle of
39,690 (2001)

Marshall Islands
28,700 (1996 est.)

Martinique
165,900 (1998)

Mauritania
786,000 (2001)

Mauritius
560,000 (2004 est.)

Mayotte
48,800 (2000)

Mexico
34.73 million (2004 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
NA

Moldova
1.36 million (2004 est.)

Monaco
30,540 (January 1994)

Mongolia
1.488 million (2003)

Montserrat
4,521 (lowered by flight of people from volcanic
activity) (2000 est.)

Morocco
11.02 million (2004 est.)

Mozambique
9.2 million (2000 est.)

Namibia
840,000 (2004 est.)

Nepal
10 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)

Netherlands
7.53 million (2004 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
89,000 (2000)

New Caledonia
79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed) (1996)

New Zealand
2.05 million (2004 est.)

Nicaragua
1.93 million (2004 est.)

Niger
70,000 receive regular wages or salaries (2002 est.)

Nigeria
55.67 million (2004 est.)

Niue
NA

Norfolk Island
1,345

Northern Mariana Islands
6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699
unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (June 1995)

Norway
2.38 million (2004 est.)

Oman
920,000 (2002 est.)

Pakistan
45.43 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use
of child labor (2004 est.)

Palau
9,845 (2000)

Panama
1.32 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled
labor (2004 est.)

Papua New Guinea
3.32 million (2004 est.)

Paraguay
2.66 million (2004 est.)

Peru
11 million (2004 est.)

Philippines
35.86 million (2004 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
15 able-bodied men (2004)

Poland
17.02 million (2004 est.)

Portugal
5.48 million (2004 est.)

Puerto Rico
1.3 million (2000)

Qatar
140,000 (2004 est.)

Reunion
309,900 (2000)

Romania
9.66 million (2004 est.)

Russia
71.83 million (2004 est.)

Rwanda
4.6 million (2000)

Saint Helena
3,500
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170 (June 1995)

Saint Lucia
43,800 (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,261 (1999)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
67,000 (1984 est.)

Samoa
90,000 (2000 est.)

San Marino
18,500 (1999)

Sao Tome and Principe
NA

Saudi Arabia
6.62 million
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is
non-national (2004 est.)

Senegal
4.65 million (2004 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
3.2 million (2004 est.)

Seychelles
30,900 (1996)

Sierra Leone
1.369 million (1981 est.)

Singapore
2.18 million (2004 est.)

Slovakia
2.2 million (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)

Slovenia
870,000 (2004 est.)

Solomon Islands
26,840 (1999)

Somalia
3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers)

South Africa
16.63 million economically active (2004 est.)

Spain
19.33 million (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka
7.26 million (2004 est.)

Sudan
11 million (1996 est.)

Suriname
104,000 (2003)

Svalbard
NA

Swaziland
383,200 (2000)

Sweden
4.46 million (2004 est.)

Switzerland
3.77 million (2004 est.)

Syria
5.12 million (2004 est.)

Taiwan
10.22 million (2004 est.)

Tajikistan
3.187 million (2000)

Tanzania
19 million (2004 est.)

Thailand
36.43 million (November 2004 est.)

Togo
1.74 million (1996)

Tokelau
NA

Tonga
33,910 (1996)

Trinidad and Tobago
590,000 (2004 est.)

Tunisia
3.55 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)

Turkey
25.3 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan
2.32 million (2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
4,848 (1990 est.)

Tuvalu
7,000 (2001 est.)

Uganda
12.41 million (2004 est.)

Ukraine
21.11 million (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates
2.36 million
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
(2004 est.)

United Kingdom
29.78 million (2004 est.)

United States
147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2004 est.)

Uruguay
1.56 million (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan
14.64 million (2004 est.)

Vanuatu
NA

Venezuela
12.25 million (2004 est.)

Vietnam
42.98 million (2004 est.)

Virgin Islands
48,900 (2003 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
NA

West Bank
364,000 (2004)

Western Sahara
12,000

World
NA

Yemen
5.98 million (2004 est.)

Zambia
4.63 million (2004 est.)

Zimbabwe
4.23 million (2004 est.)

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@2096 Land boundaries (km)

Afghanistan
total: 5,529 km
border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km,
Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km

Akrotiri
total: 47.4 km
border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km

Albania
total: 720 km
border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Serbia and
Montenegro 287 km

Algeria
total: 6,343 km
border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km,
Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km

American Samoa
0 km

Andorra
total: 120.3 km
border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km

Angola
total: 5,198 km
border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of
which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province),
Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

Anguilla
0 km

Antarctica
0 km
note: see entry on Disputes - international

Antigua and Barbuda
0 km

Argentina
total: 9,665 km
border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km,
Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km

Armenia
total: 1,254 km
border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan
exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km

Aruba
0 km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
0 km

Australia
0 km

Austria
total: 2,562 km
border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366
km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330
km, Switzerland 164 km

Azerbaijan
total: 2,013 km
border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia
(with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran
(with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan
exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

Bahamas, The
0 km

Bahrain
0 km

Baker Island
0 km

Bangladesh
total: 4,246 km
border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Barbados
0 km

Bassas da India
0 km

Belarus
total: 2,900 km
border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km,
Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

Belgium
total: 1,385 km
border countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km,
Netherlands 450 km

Belize
total: 516 km
border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km

Benin
total: 1,989 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km,
Togo 644 km

Bermuda
0 km

Bhutan
total: 1,075 km
border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

Bolivia
total: 6,743 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km,
Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 1,459 km
border countries: Croatia 932 km, Serbia and Montenegro 527 km

Botswana
total: 4,013 km
border countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe
813 km

Bouvet Island
0 km

Brazil
total: 14,691 km
border countries: Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia
1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km,
Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km

British Indian Ocean Territory
0 km

British Virgin Islands
0 km

Brunei
total: 381 km
border countries: Malaysia 381 km

Bulgaria
total: 1,808 km
border countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km,
Serbia and Montenegro 318 km, Turkey 240 km

Burkina Faso
total: 3,193 km
border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km,
Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

Burma
total: 5,876 km
border countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km,
Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km

Burundi
total: 974 km
border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda
290 km, Tanzania 451 km

Cambodia
total: 2,572 km
border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Cameroon
total: 4,591 km
border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km,
Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298
km, Nigeria 1,690 km

Canada
total: 8,893 km
border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)

Cape Verde
0 km

Cayman Islands
0 km

Central African Republic
total: 5,203 km
border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic
Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan
1,165 km

Chad
total: 5,968 km
border countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197
km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km

Chile
total: 6,171 km
border countries: Argentina 5,150 km, Bolivia 861 km, Peru 160 km

China
total: 22,117 km
border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km,
India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km,
Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km,
Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40
km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km
regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km

Christmas Island
0 km

Clipperton Island
0 km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
0 km

Colombia
total: 6,004 km
border countries: Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km,
Peru 1,496 km (est.), Venezuela 2,050 km

Comoros
0 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 10,730 km
border countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary
of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central
African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda
217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km

Congo, Republic of the
total: 5,504 km
border countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African
Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon
1,903 km

Cook Islands
0 km

Coral Sea Islands
0 km

Costa Rica
total: 639 km
border countries: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km

Cote d'Ivoire
total: 3,110 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km,
Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

Croatia
total: 2,197 km
border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km,
Serbia and Montenegro (north) 241 km, Serbia and Montenegro (south)
25 km, Slovenia 670 km

Cuba
total: 29 km
border countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km
note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains
part of Cuba

Cyprus
total: NA; note - boundary with Dhekelia is being resurveyed
border countries: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia NA

Czech Republic
total: 1,881 km
border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km,
Slovakia 215 km

Denmark
total: 68 km
border countries: Germany 68 km

Dhekelia
total: NA; note - boundary with Cyprus is being resurveyed

Djibouti
total: 516 km
border countries: Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km

Dominica
0 km

Dominican Republic
total: 360 km
border countries: Haiti 360 km

East Timor
total: 228 km
border countries: Indonesia 228 km

Ecuador
total: 2,010 km
border countries: Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km

Egypt
total: 2,665 km
border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km,
Sudan 1,273 km

El Salvador
total: 545 km
border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km

Equatorial Guinea
total: 539 km
border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Eritrea
total: 1,626 km
border countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km

Estonia
total: 633 km
border countries: Latvia 339 km, Russia 294 km

Ethiopia
total: 5,328 km
border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km,
Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km

Europa Island
0 km

European Union
total: 11,214.8 km
border countries: Albania 282 km, Andorra 120.3 km, Belarus 1,050
km, Bulgaria 494 km, Croatia 999 km, Holy See 3.2 km, Liechtenstein
34.9 km, Macedonia 246 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Norway 2,348 km, Romania
443 km, Russia 2,257 km, San Marino 39 km, Serbia and Montenegro 151
km, Switzerland 1,811 km, Turkey 206 km, Ukraine 726 km
note: data for European Continent only

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0 km

Faroe Islands
0 km

Fiji
0 km

Finland
total: 2,681 km
border countries: Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,340 km

France
total: 2,889 km
border countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km,
Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km,
Switzerland 573 km

French Guiana
total: 1,183 km
border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km

French Polynesia
0 km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
0 km

Gabon
total: 2,551 km
border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km,
Equatorial Guinea 350 km

Gambia, The
total: 740 km
border countries: Senegal 740 km

Gaza Strip
total: 62 km
border countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km

Georgia
total: 1,461 km
border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km,
Turkey 252 km

Germany
total: 3,621 km
border countries: Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646
km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577
km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km

Ghana
total: 2,094 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo
877 km

Gibraltar
total: 1.2 km
border countries: Spain 1.2 km

Glorioso Islands
0 km

Greece
total: 1,228 km
border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km,
Macedonia 246 km

Greenland
0 km

Grenada
0 km

Guadeloupe
total: 10.2 km
border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km

Guam
0 km

Guatemala
total: 1,687 km
border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256
km, Mexico 962 km

Guernsey
0 km

Guinea
total: 3,399 km
border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km,
Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km

Guinea-Bissau
total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km

Guyana
total: 2,462 km
border countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

Haiti
total: 360 km
border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
0 km

Holy See (Vatican City)
total: 3.2 km
border countries: Italy 3.2 km

Honduras
total: 1,520 km
border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua
922 km

Hong Kong
total: 30 km
regional border: China 30 km

Howland Island
0 km

Hungary
total: 2,171 km
border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km,
Serbia and Montenegro 151 km, Slovakia 677 km, Slovenia 102 km,
Ukraine 103 km

Iceland
0 km

India
total: 14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463
km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Indonesia
total: 2,830 km
border countries: East Timor 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New
Guinea 820 km

Iran
total: 5,440 km
border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km,
Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq
1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km

Iraq
total: 3,650 km
border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, Saudi
Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km

Ireland
total: 360 km
border countries: UK 360 km

Israel
total: 1,017 km
border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km,
Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km

Italy
total: 1,932.2 km
border countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican
City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km

Jamaica
0 km

Jan Mayen
0 km

Japan
0 km

Jarvis Island
0 km

Jersey
0 km

Johnston Atoll
0 km

Jordan
total: 1,635 km
border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km,
Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km

Juan de Nova Island
0 km

Kazakhstan
total: 12,012 km
border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846
km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km

Kenya
total: 3,477 km
border countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km,
Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km

Kingman Reef
0 km

Kiribati
0 km

Korea, North
total: 1,673 km
border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km

Korea, South
total: 238 km
border countries: North Korea 238 km

Kuwait
total: 462 km
border countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km

Kyrgyzstan
total: 3,878 km
border countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870
km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km

Laos
total: 5,083 km
border countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km,
Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km

Latvia
total: 1,150 km
border countries: Belarus 141 km, Estonia 339 km, Lithuania 453 km,
Russia 217 km

Lebanon
total: 454 km
border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km

Lesotho
total: 909 km
border countries: South Africa 909 km

Liberia
total: 1,585 km
border countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone
306 km

Libya
total: 4,348 km
border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km,
Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km

Liechtenstein
total: 76 km
border countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km

Lithuania
total: 1,273 km
border countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km,
Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km

Luxembourg
total: 359 km
border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km

Macau
total: 0.34 km
regional border: China 0.34 km

Macedonia
total: 766 km
border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km,
Serbia and Montenegro 221 km

Madagascar
0 km

Malawi
total: 2,881 km
border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km

Malaysia
total: 2,669 km
border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km

Maldives
0 km

Mali
total: 7,243 km
border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea
858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km,
Senegal 419 km

Malta
0 km

Man, Isle of
0 km

Marshall Islands
0 km

Martinique
0 km

Mauritania
total: 5,074 km
border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km,
Western Sahara 1,561 km

Mauritius
0 km

Mayotte
0 km

Mexico
total: 4,353 km
border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km

Micronesia, Federated States of
0 km

Midway Islands
0 km

Moldova
total: 1,389 km
border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km

Monaco
total: 4.4 km
border countries: France 4.4 km

Mongolia
total: 8,220 km
border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km

Montserrat
0 km

Morocco
total: 2,017.9 km
border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain
(Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km

Mozambique
total: 4,571 km
border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland
105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km

Namibia
total: 3,936 km
border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa
967 km, Zambia 233 km

Nauru
0 km

Navassa Island
0 km

Nepal
total: 2,926 km
border countries: China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km

Netherlands
total: 1,027 km
border countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km

Netherlands Antilles
total: 10.2 km
border countries: Guadeloupe (Saint-Martin) 10.2 km

New Caledonia
0 km

New Zealand
0 km

Nicaragua
total: 1,231 km
border countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km

Niger
total: 5,697 km
border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km,
Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km

Nigeria
total: 4,047 km
border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger
1,497 km

Niue
0 km

Norfolk Island
0 km

Northern Mariana Islands
0 km

Norway
total: 2,542 km
border countries: Finland 727 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km

Oman
total: 1,374 km
border countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km

Pakistan
total: 6,774 km
border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912
km, Iran 909 km

Palau
0 km

Palmyra Atoll
0 km

Panama
total: 555 km
border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km

Papua New Guinea
total: 820 km
border countries: Indonesia 820 km

Paracel Islands
0 km

Paraguay
total: 3,920 km
border countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,290 km

Peru
total: 5,536 km
border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km,
Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km

Philippines
0 km

Pitcairn Islands
0 km

Poland
total: 2,788 km
border countries: Belarus 407 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456
km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia
444 km, Ukraine 526 km

Portugal
total: 1,214 km
border countries: Spain 1,214 km

Puerto Rico
0 km

Qatar
total: 60 km
border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km

Reunion
0 km

Romania
total: 2,508 km
border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km,
Serbia and Montenegro 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east)
169 km

Russia
total: 20,017 km
border countries: Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China
(southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 294 km, Finland
1,340 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km,
Latvia 217 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,485
km, Norway 196 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Ukraine 1,576
km

Rwanda
total: 893 km
border countries: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo
217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km

Saint Helena
0 km

Saint Kitts and Nevis
0 km

Saint Lucia
0 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 km

Samoa
0 km

San Marino
total: 39 km
border countries: Italy 39 km

Sao Tome and Principe
0 km

Saudi Arabia
total: 4,431 km
border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman
676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km

Senegal
total: 2,640 km
border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau
338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

Serbia and Montenegro
total: 2,246 km
border countries: Albania 287 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 527 km,
Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia (north) 241 km, Croatia (south) 25 km,
Hungary 151 km, Macedonia 221 km, Romania 476 km

Seychelles
0 km

Sierra Leone
total: 958 km
border countries: Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km

Singapore
0 km

Slovakia
total: 1,524 km
border countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 677
km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 97 km

Slovenia
total: 1,334 km
border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 670 km, Italy 232 km,
Hungary 102 km

Solomon Islands
0 km

Somalia
total: 2,340 km
border countries: Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,600 km, Kenya 682 km

South Africa
total: 4,862 km
border countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491
km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
0 km

Spain
total: 1,917.8 km
border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km,
Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km

Spratly Islands
0 km

Sri Lanka
0 km

Sudan
total: 7,687 km
border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km,
Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605
km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km

Suriname
total: 1,707 km
border countries: Brazil 597 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km

Svalbard
0 km

Swaziland
total: 535 km
border countries: Mozambique 105 km, South Africa 430 km

Sweden
total: 2,233 km
border countries: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km

Switzerland
total: 1,852 km
border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km,
Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km

Syria
total: 2,253 km
border countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon
375 km, Turkey 822 km

Taiwan
0 km

Tajikistan
total: 3,651 km
border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870
km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km

Tanzania
total: 3,861 km
border countries: Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo
459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217
km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Thailand
total: 4,863 km
border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km,
Malaysia 506 km

Togo
total: 1,647 km
border countries: Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km

Tokelau
0 km

Tonga
0 km

Trinidad and Tobago
0 km

Tromelin Island
0 km

Tunisia
total: 1,424 km
border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km

Turkey
total: 2,648 km
border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km,
Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km

Turkmenistan
total: 3,736 km
border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379
km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km

Turks and Caicos Islands
0 km

Tuvalu
0 km

Uganda
total: 2,698 km
border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933
km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

Ukraine
total: 4,663 km
border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km,
Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia
1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km

United Arab Emirates
total: 867 km
border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km

United Kingdom
total: 360 km
border countries: Ireland 360 km

United States
total: 12,034 km
border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska),
Mexico 3,141 km
note: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and
is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 29 km

Uruguay
total: 1,564 km
border countries: Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km

Uzbekistan
total: 6,221 km
border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km,
Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

Vanuatu
0 km

Venezuela
total: 4,993 km
border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km

Vietnam
total: 4,639 km
border countries: Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km

Virgin Islands
0 km

Wake Island
0 km

Wallis and Futuna
0 km

West Bank
total: 404 km
border countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Western Sahara
total: 2,046 km
border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km

World
the land boundaries in the world total 250,472 km (not
counting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia,
each border 14 other countries
note: 43 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include:
Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan,
Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic,
Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay,
Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two
of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked

Yemen
total: 1,746 km
border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km

Zambia
total: 5,664 km
border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania
338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Zimbabwe
total: 3,066 km
border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa
225 km, Zambia 797 km

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@2097 Land use (%)

Afghanistan
arable land: 12.13%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 87.65% (2001)

Albania
arable land: 21.09%
permanent crops: 4.42%
other: 74.49% (2001)

Algeria
arable land: 3.22%
permanent crops: 0.25%
other: 96.53% (2001)

American Samoa
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 15%
other: 75% (2001)

Andorra
arable land: 2.22%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.78% (2001)

Angola
arable land: 2.41%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 97.35% (2001)

Anguilla
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some
commercial salt ponds) (2001)

Antarctica
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda
arable land: 18.18%
permanent crops: 4.55%
other: 77.27% (2001)

Argentina
arable land: 12.31%
permanent crops: 0.48%
other: 87.21% (2001)

Armenia
arable land: 17.55%
permanent crops: 2.3%
other: 80.15% (2001)

Aruba
arable land: 10.53% (including aloe 0.01%)
permanent crops: 0%
other: 89.47% (2001)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all grass and sand) (2001)

Australia
arable land: 6.55% (includes about 27 million hectares of
cultivated grassland)
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 93.41% (2001)

Austria
arable land: 16.91%
permanent crops: 0.86%
other: 82.23% (2001)

Azerbaijan
arable land: 19.63%
permanent crops: 2.71%
other: 77.66% (2001)

Bahamas, The
arable land: 0.8%
permanent crops: 0.4%
other: 98.8% (2001)

Bahrain
arable land: 2.82%
permanent crops: 5.63%
other: 91.55% (2001)

Baker Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Bangladesh
arable land: 62.11%
permanent crops: 3.07%
other: 34.82% (2001)

Barbados
arable land: 37.21%
permanent crops: 2.33%
other: 60.46% (2001)

Bassas da India
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all rock) (2001)

Belarus
arable land: 29.55%
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 69.85% (2001)

Belgium
arable land: 23.28%
permanent crops: 0.4%
other: 76.32%
note: includes Luxembourg (2001)

Belize
arable land: 2.85%
permanent crops: 1.71%
other: 95.44% (2001)

Benin
arable land: 18.08%
permanent crops: 2.4%
other: 79.52% (2001)

Bermuda
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2001)

Bhutan
arable land: 3.09%
permanent crops: 0.43%
other: 96.48% (2001)

Bolivia
arable land: 2.67%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.14% (2001)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
arable land: 13.6%
permanent crops: 2.96%
other: 83.44% (2001)

Botswana
arable land: 0.65%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.34% (2001)

Bouvet Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (93% ice) (2001)

Brazil
arable land: 6.96%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 92.15% (2001)

British Indian Ocean Territory
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

British Virgin Islands
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 6.67%
other: 73.33% (2001)

Brunei
arable land: 0.57%
permanent crops: 0.76%
other: 98.67% (2001)

Bulgaria
arable land: 40.02%
permanent crops: 1.92%
other: 58.06% (2001)

Burkina Faso
arable land: 14.43%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 85.38% (2001)

Burma
arable land: 15.19%
permanent crops: 0.97%
other: 83.84% (2001)

Burundi
arable land: 35.05%
permanent crops: 14.02%
other: 50.93% (2001)

Cambodia
arable land: 20.96%
permanent crops: 0.61%
other: 78.43% (2001)

Cameroon
arable land: 12.81%
permanent crops: 2.58%
other: 84.61% (2001)

Canada
arable land: 4.96%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 95.02% (2001)

Cape Verde
arable land: 9.68%
permanent crops: 0.5%
other: 89.82% (2001)

Cayman Islands
arable land: 3.85%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 96.15% (2001)

Central African Republic
arable land: 3.1%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 96.76% (2001)

Chad
arable land: 2.86%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 97.12% (2001)

Chile
arable land: 2.65%
permanent crops: 0.42%
other: 96.93% (2001)

China
arable land: 15.4%
permanent crops: 1.25%
other: 83.35% (2001)

Christmas Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100%
note: mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national
park (2001)

Clipperton Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all coral) (2001)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Colombia
arable land: 2.42%
permanent crops: 1.67%
other: 95.91% (2001)

Comoros
arable land: 35.87%
permanent crops: 23.32%
other: 40.81% (2001)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
arable land: 2.96%
permanent crops: 0.52%
other: 96.52% (2001)

Congo, Republic of the
arable land: 0.51%
permanent crops: 0.13%
other: 99.36% (2001)

Cook Islands
arable land: 17.39%
permanent crops: 13.04%
other: 69.57% (2001)

Coral Sea Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2001)

Costa Rica
arable land: 4.41%
permanent crops: 5.88%
other: 89.71% (2001)

Cote d'Ivoire
arable land: 9.75%
permanent crops: 13.84%
other: 76.41% (2001)

Croatia
arable land: 26.09%
permanent crops: 2.27%
other: 71.65% (2001)

Cuba
arable land: 33.05%
permanent crops: 7.6%
other: 59.35% (2001)

Cyprus
arable land: 7.79%
permanent crops: 4.44%
other: 87.77% (2001)

Czech Republic
arable land: 39.8%
permanent crops: 3.05%
other: 57.15% (2001)

Denmark
arable land: 54.02%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 45.79% (2001)

Djibouti
arable land: 0.04%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.96% (2001)

Dominica
arable land: 6.67%
permanent crops: 20%
other: 73.33% (2001)

Dominican Republic
arable land: 22.65%
permanent crops: 10.33%
other: 67.02% (2001)

East Timor
arable land: 4.71%
permanent crops: 0.67%
other: 94.62% (2001)

Ecuador
arable land: 5.85%
permanent crops: 4.93%
other: 89.22% (2001)

Egypt
arable land: 2.87%
permanent crops: 0.48%
other: 96.65% (2001)

El Salvador
arable land: 31.85%
permanent crops: 12.07%
other: 56.08% (2001)

Equatorial Guinea
arable land: 4.63%
permanent crops: 3.57%
other: 91.8% (2001)

Eritrea
arable land: 4.95%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 95.02% (2001)

Estonia
arable land: 16.04%
permanent crops: 0.45%
other: 83.51% (2001)

Ethiopia
arable land: 10.71%
permanent crops: 0.75%
other: 88.54% (2001)

Europa Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001)

European Union
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
other: NA%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (2001)

Faroe Islands
arable land: 2.14%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.86% (2001)

Fiji
arable land: 10.95%
permanent crops: 4.65%
other: 84.4% (2001)

Finland
arable land: 7.19%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 92.78% (2001)

France
arable land: 33.53%
permanent crops: 2.07%
other: 64.4% (2001)

French Guiana
arable land: 0.14%
permanent crops: 0.05%
other: 99.81% (90% forest, 10% other) (2001)

French Polynesia
arable land: 0.82%
permanent crops: 5.46%
other: 93.72% (2001)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Gabon
arable land: 1.26%
permanent crops: 0.66%
other: 98.08% (2001)

Gambia, The
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 0.5%
other: 74.5% (2001)

Gaza Strip
arable land: 28.95%
permanent crops: 21.05%
other: 50% (2001)

Georgia
arable land: 11.44%
permanent crops: 3.86%
other: 84.7% (2001)

Germany
arable land: 33.85%
permanent crops: 0.59%
other: 65.56% (2001)

Ghana
arable land: 16.26%
permanent crops: 9.67%
other: 74.07% (2001)

Gibraltar
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Glorioso Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms) (2001)

Greece
arable land: 21.1%
permanent crops: 8.78%
other: 70.12% (2001)

Greenland
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Grenada
arable land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 29.41%
other: 64.71% (2001)

Guadeloupe
arable land: 11.24%
permanent crops: 3.55%
other: 85.21% (2001)

Guam
arable land: 9.09%
permanent crops: 16.36%
other: 74.55% (2001)

Guatemala
arable land: 12.54%
permanent crops: 5.03%
other: 82.43% (2001)

Guernsey
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
other: NA%

Guinea
arable land: 3.63%
permanent crops: 2.58%
other: 93.79% (2001)

Guinea-Bissau
arable land: 10.67%
permanent crops: 8.82%
other: 80.51% (2001)

Guyana
arable land: 2.44%
permanent crops: 0.15%
other: 97.41% (2001)

Haiti
arable land: 28.3%
permanent crops: 11.61%
other: 60.09% (2001)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Holy See (Vatican City)
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (2001)

Honduras
arable land: 9.55%
permanent crops: 3.22%
other: 87.23% (2001)

Hong Kong
arable land: 5.05%
permanent crops: 1.01%
other: 93.94% (2001)

Howland Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Hungary
arable land: 50.09%
permanent crops: 2.06%
other: 47.85% (2001)

Iceland
arable land: 0.07%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.93% (2001)

India
arable land: 54.4%
permanent crops: 2.74%
other: 42.86% (2001)

Indonesia
arable land: 11.32%
permanent crops: 7.23%
other: 81.45% (2001)

Iran
arable land: 8.72%
permanent crops: 1.39%
other: 89.89% (2001)

Iraq
arable land: 13.15%
permanent crops: 0.78%
other: 86.07% (2001)

Ireland
arable land: 15.2%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 84.77% (2001)

Israel
arable land: 16.39%
permanent crops: 4.17%
other: 79.44% (2001)

Italy
arable land: 27.79%
permanent crops: 9.53%
other: 62.68% (2001)

Jamaica
arable land: 16.07%
permanent crops: 10.16%
other: 73.77% (2001)

Jan Mayen
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Japan
arable land: 12.19%
permanent crops: 0.96%
other: 86.85% (2001)

Jarvis Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Jersey
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Johnston Atoll
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Jordan
arable land: 2.67%
permanent crops: 1.83%
other: 95.5% (2001)

Juan de Nova Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (90% forest) (2001)

Kazakhstan
arable land: 7.98%
permanent crops: 0.05%
other: 91.97% (2001)

Kenya
arable land: 8.08%
permanent crops: 0.98%
other: 90.94% (2001)

Kingman Reef
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Kiribati
arable land: 2.74%
permanent crops: 50.68%
other: 46.58% (2001)

Korea, North
arable land: 20.76%
permanent crops: 2.49%
other: 76.75% (2001)

Korea, South
arable land: 17.18%
permanent crops: 1.95%
other: 80.87% (2001)

Kuwait
arable land: 0.73%
permanent crops: 0.11%
other: 99.16% (2001)

Kyrgyzstan
arable land: 7.3%
permanent crops: 0.35%
other: 92.35%
note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut
forest (2001)

Laos
arable land: 3.8%
permanent crops: 0.35%
other: 95.85% (2001)

Latvia
arable land: 29.67%
permanent crops: 0.47%
other: 69.86% (2001)

Lebanon
arable land: 16.62%
permanent crops: 13.98%
other: 69.4% (2001)

Lesotho
arable land: 10.87%
permanent crops: 0.13%
other: 89% (2001)

Liberia
arable land: 3.95%
permanent crops: 2.28%
other: 93.77% (2001)

Libya
arable land: 1.03%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 98.78% (2001)

Liechtenstein
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 75% (2001)

Lithuania
arable land: 45.22%
permanent crops: 0.91%
other: 53.87% (2001)

Luxembourg
arable land: 23.28%
permanent crops: 0.4%
other: 76.32% (includes Belgium) (2001)

Macau
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100%
note: "green areas" represent 22.4% (2001)

Macedonia
arable land: 22.26%
permanent crops: 1.81%
other: 75.93% (2001)

Madagascar
arable land: 5.07%
permanent crops: 1.03%
other: 93.91% (2001)

Malawi
arable land: 23.38%
permanent crops: 1.49%
other: 75.13% (2001)

Malaysia
arable land: 5.48%
permanent crops: 17.61%
other: 76.91% (2001)

Maldives
arable land: 13.33%
permanent crops: 16.67%
other: 70% (2001)

Mali
arable land: 3.82%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 96.15% (2001)

Malta
arable land: 28.13%
permanent crops: 3.13%
other: 68.74% (2001)

Man, Isle of
arable land: 9%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland)
(2002)

Marshall Islands
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 38.89%
other: 44.44% (2001)

Martinique
arable land: 10.38%
permanent crops: 9.43%
other: 80.19% (2001)

Mauritania
arable land: 0.48%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.51% (2001)

Mauritius
arable land: 49.26%
permanent crops: 2.96%
other: 47.78% (2001)

Mayotte
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
other: NA%

Mexico
arable land: 12.99%
permanent crops: 1.31%
other: 85.7% (2001)

Micronesia, Federated States of
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71%
other: 48.58% (2001)

Midway Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Moldova
arable land: 55.3%
permanent crops: 10.79%
other: 33.91% (2001)

Monaco
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (2001)

Mongolia
arable land: 0.77%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.23% (2001)

Montserrat
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 80% (2001)

Morocco
arable land: 19.61%
permanent crops: 2.17%
other: 78.22% (2001)

Mozambique
arable land: 5.1%
permanent crops: 0.3%
other: 94.6% (2001)

Namibia
arable land: 0.99%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.01% (2001)

Nauru
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Navassa Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Nepal
arable land: 21.68%
permanent crops: 0.64%
other: 77.68% (2001)

Netherlands
arable land: 26.71%
permanent crops: 0.97%
other: 72.32% (2001)

Netherlands Antilles
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 90% (2001)

New Caledonia
arable land: 0.38%
permanent crops: 0.33%
other: 99.29% (2001)

New Zealand
arable land: 5.6%
permanent crops: 6.99%
other: 87.41% (2001)

Nicaragua
arable land: 15.94%
permanent crops: 1.94%
other: 82.12% (2001)

Niger
arable land: 3.54%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 96.45% (2001)

Nigeria
arable land: 31.29%
permanent crops: 2.96%
other: 65.75% (2001)

Niue
arable land: 15.38%
permanent crops: 11.54%
other: 73.08% (2001)

Norfolk Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Northern Mariana Islands
arable land: 13.04%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 82.61% (2001)

Norway
arable land: 2.87%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.13% (2001)

Oman
arable land: 0.12%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 99.74% (2001)

Pakistan
arable land: 27.87%
permanent crops: 0.87%
other: 71.26% (2001)

Palau
arable land: 8.7%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 86.95% (2001)

Palmyra Atoll
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (forests and woodlands) (2005)

Panama
arable land: 7.36%
permanent crops: 1.98%
other: 90.66% (2001)

Papua New Guinea
arable land: 0.46%
permanent crops: 1.44%
other: 98.1% (2001)

Paracel Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Paraguay
arable land: 7.6%
permanent crops: 0.23%
other: 92.17% (2001)

Peru
arable land: 2.89%
permanent crops: 0.4%
other: 96.71% (2001)

Philippines
arable land: 18.95%
permanent crops: 16.77%
other: 64.28% (2001)

Pitcairn Islands
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
other: NA%

Poland
arable land: 45.91%
permanent crops: 1.12%
other: 52.97% (2001)

Portugal
arable land: 21.75%
permanent crops: 7.81%
other: 70.44% (2001)

Puerto Rico
arable land: 3.95%
permanent crops: 5.52%
other: 90.53% (2001)

Qatar
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0.27%
other: 98.09% (2001)

Reunion
arable land: 13.6%
permanent crops: 1.2%
other: 85.2% (2001)

Romania
arable land: 40.82%
permanent crops: 2.25%
other: 56.93% (2001)

Russia
arable land: 7.33%
permanent crops: 0.11%
other: 92.56% (2001)

Rwanda
arable land: 40.54%
permanent crops: 12.16%
other: 47.3% (2001)

Saint Helena
arable land: 12.9%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 87.1% (2001)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
arable land: 19.44%
permanent crops: 2.78%
other: 77.78% (2001)

Saint Lucia
arable land: 6.56%
permanent crops: 22.95%
other: 70.49% (2001)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
arable land: 13.04%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 86.96% (2001)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
arable land: 17.95%
permanent crops: 17.95%
other: 64.1% (2001)

Samoa
arable land: 21.2%
permanent crops: 24.38%
other: 54.42% (2001)

San Marino
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 83.33% (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe
arable land: 6.25%
permanent crops: 48.96%
other: 44.79% (2001)

Saudi Arabia
arable land: 1.67%
permanent crops: 0.09%
other: 98.24% (2001)

Senegal
arable land: 12.78%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 87.01% (2001)

Serbia and Montenegro
arable land: 33.35%
permanent crops: 3.2%
other: 63.45% (2001)

Seychelles
arable land: 2.22%
permanent crops: 13.33%
other: 84.45% (2001)

Sierra Leone
arable land: 6.98%
permanent crops: 0.89%
other: 92.13% (2001)

Singapore
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 98.36% (2001)

Slovakia
arable land: 30.16%
permanent crops: 2.62%
other: 67.22% (2001)

Slovenia
arable land: 8.6%
permanent crops: 1.49%
other: 89.91% (2001)

Solomon Islands
arable land: 0.64%
permanent crops: 2%
other: 97.36% (2001)

Somalia
arable land: 1.67%
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 98.29% (2001)

South Africa
arable land: 12.08%
permanent crops: 0.79%
other: 87.13% (2001)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some
sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (2001)

Spain
arable land: 26.07%
permanent crops: 9.87%
other: 64.06% (2001)

Spratly Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Sri Lanka
arable land: 13.86%
permanent crops: 15.7%
other: 70.44% (2001)

Sudan
arable land: 6.83%
permanent crops: 0.18%
other: 92.99% (2001)

Suriname
arable land: 0.37%
permanent crops: 0.06%
other: 99.57% (2001)

Svalbard
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and
cloudberry) (2001)

Swaziland
arable land: 10.35%
permanent crops: 0.7%
other: 88.95% (2001)

Sweden
arable land: 6.54%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 93.45% (2001)

Switzerland
arable land: 10.42%
permanent crops: 0.61%
other: 88.97% (2001)

Syria
arable land: 25.22%
permanent crops: 4.43%
other: 70.35% (2001)

Taiwan
arable land: 24%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 75% (2001)

Tajikistan
arable land: 6.61%
permanent crops: 0.92%
other: 92.47% (2001)

Tanzania
arable land: 4.52%
permanent crops: 1.08%
other: 94.4% (2001)

Thailand
arable land: 29.36%
permanent crops: 6.46%
other: 64.18% (2001)

Togo
arable land: 46.15%
permanent crops: 2.21%
other: 51.64% (2001)

Tokelau
arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile)
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Tonga
arable land: 23.61%
permanent crops: 43.06%
other: 33.33% (2001)

Trinidad and Tobago
arable land: 14.62%
permanent crops: 9.16%
other: 76.22% (2001)

Tromelin Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (grasses; scattered bushes) (2001)

Tunisia
arable land: 17.86%
permanent crops: 13.74%
other: 68.4% (2001)

Turkey
arable land: 30.93%
permanent crops: 3.31%
other: 65.76% (2001)

Turkmenistan
arable land: 3.72%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 96.14% (2001)

Turks and Caicos Islands
arable land: 2.33%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.67% (2001)

Tuvalu
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Uganda
arable land: 25.88%
permanent crops: 10.65%
other: 63.47% (2001)

Ukraine
arable land: 56.21%
permanent crops: 1.61%
other: 42.18% (2001)

United Arab Emirates
arable land: 0.6%
permanent crops: 2.25%
other: 97.15% (2001)

United Kingdom
arable land: 23.46%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 76.33% (2001)

United States
arable land: 19.13%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 80.65% (2001)

Uruguay
arable land: 7.43%
permanent crops: 0.23%
other: 92.34% (2001)

Uzbekistan
arable land: 10.83%
permanent crops: 0.83%
other: 88.34% (2001)

Vanuatu
arable land: 2.46%
permanent crops: 7.38%
other: 90.16% (2001)

Venezuela
arable land: 2.95%
permanent crops: 0.92%
other: 96.13% (2001)

Vietnam
arable land: 19.97%
permanent crops: 5.95%
other: 74.08% (2001)

Virgin Islands
arable land: 11.76%
permanent crops: 2.94%
other: 85.3% (2001)

Wake Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Wallis and Futuna
arable land: 5%
permanent crops: 25%
other: 70% (2001)

West Bank
arable land: 16.9%
permanent crops: 18.97%
other: 64.13% (2001)

Western Sahara
arable land: 0.02%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.98% (2001)

World
arable land: 10.73%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 88.27% (2001)

Yemen
arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 96.98% (2001)

Zambia
arable land: 7.08%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 92.9% (2001)

Zimbabwe
arable land: 8.32%
permanent crops: 0.34%
other: 91.34% (2001)

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@2098 Languages (%)

Afghanistan
Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashtu (official)
35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor
languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism

Akrotiri
English, Greek

Albania
Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek,
Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects

Algeria
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

American Samoa
Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other
Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific
islander 2.1%, other 2%
note: most people are bilingual (2000 census)

Andorra
Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese

Angola
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages

Anguilla
English (official)

Antigua and Barbuda
English (official), local dialects

Argentina
Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French

Armenia
Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001
census)

Aruba
Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch,
English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish

Australia
English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%,
unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)

Austria
German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in
Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official
in Burgenland)

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other
6% (1995 est.)

Bahamas, The
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Bahrain
Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu

Bangladesh
Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English

Barbados
English

Belarus
Belarusian, Russian, other

Belgium
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German
(official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)

Belize
English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole

Benin
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in
south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)

Bermuda
English (official), Portuguese

Bhutan
Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects,
Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects

Bolivia
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

Botswana
Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English
2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

Brazil
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

British Virgin Islands
English (official)

Brunei
Malay (official), English, Chinese

Bulgaria
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and
unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)

Burkina Faso
French (official), native African languages belonging
to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population

Burma
Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages

Burundi
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake
Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)

Cambodia
Khmer (official) 95%, French, English

Cameroon
24 major African language groups, English (official),
French (official)

Canada
English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%

Cape Verde
Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West
African words)

Cayman Islands
English

Central African Republic
French (official), Sangho (lingua franca
and national language), tribal languages

Chad
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more
than 120 different languages and dialects

Chile
Spanish

China
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing
dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan
(Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
(see Ethnic groups entry)

Christmas Island
English (official), Chinese, Malay

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Malay (Cocos dialect), English

Colombia
Spanish

Comoros
Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of
Swahili and Arabic)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
French (official), Lingala (a
lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or
Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Congo, Republic of the
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba
(lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects
(of which Kikongo is the most widespread)

Cook Islands
English (official), Maori

Costa Rica
Spanish (official), English

Cote d'Ivoire
French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the
most widely spoken

Croatia
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9%
(including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001
census)

Cuba
Spanish

Cyprus
Greek, Turkish, English

Czech Republic
Czech

Denmark
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German
(small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language

Dhekelia
English, Greek

Djibouti
French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar

Dominica
English (official), French patois

Dominican Republic
Spanish

East Timor
Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian,
English
note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole,
Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people

Ecuador
Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)

Egypt
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by
educated classes

El Salvador
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)

Equatorial Guinea
Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin
English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo

Eritrea
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic
languages

Estonia
Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%,
unknown 0.7% (2000 census)

Ethiopia
Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic,
other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in
schools)

European Union
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish,
French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian,
Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish; note
- only official languages are listed; Irish (Gaelic) will become the
twenty-first language on 1 January 2007

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
English

Faroe Islands
Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish

Fiji
English (official), Fijian, Hindustani