Chapter LXVII: Front Matter (67)

Investment (gross fixed):
14.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $5.616 billion
expenditures: $5.719 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
34.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy
products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish

Industries:
crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production
of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts;
small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair

Industrial production growth rate:
3% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
3.848 billion kWh (2003 est.)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
2.827 billion kWh (2003 est.)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2003)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2003)

Oil - production:
387,500 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
80,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - exports:
370,300 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - proved reserves:
4.37 billion bbl (2005 est.)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
478.6 billion cu m (2005)

Current account balance:
$1.224 billion (2005 est.)

Exports:
$6.387 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish

Exports - partners:
China 36.5%, Chile 19.2%, Thailand 12.5%, Japan 5.4%, South Korea
4.4%, US 4.1% (2005)

Imports:
$4.19 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Imports - partners:
UAE 14.6%, Saudi Arabia 11.6%, China 9.1%, Kuwait 5%, India 4.5%
(2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$6.143 billion (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$5.347 billion (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$2.3 billion (2003-07 disbursements)

Currency (code):
Yemeni rial (YER)

Currency code:
YER

Exchange rates:
Yemeni rials per US dollar - 192.67 (2005), 184.78 (2004), 183.45
(2003), 175.63 (2002), 168.67 (2001)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Yemen

Telephones - main lines in use:
798,100 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been
made to create a national telecommunications network
domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay,
cable, tropospheric scatter, and GSM cellular mobile telephone
systems
international: country code - 967; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik
(Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to
Saudi Arabia and Djibouti

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:
1.05 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
470,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.ye

Internet hosts:
171 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
220,000 (2005)

Transportation Yemen

Airports:
46 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 30
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 4 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 71 km; liquid petroleum gas 22 km; oil 1,284 km (2006)

Roadways:
total: 71,300 km
paved: 6,200 km
unpaved: 65,100 km (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1000 GRT or over) 15,400 GRT/18,072 DWT
by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll
on/roll off 1
registered in other countries: 9 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 3, North Korea
2, Panama 3) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Aden, Nishtun

Military Yemen

Military branches:
Army (includes Special Forces), Navy (includes Marines), Unified
Yemen Air Force (includes Air Defense Force) (2006)

Military service age and obligation:
in May 2001, Yemen's National Defense Council abolished compulsory
military service and authorized a voluntary program for military
service (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 4,058,223
females age 18-49: 3,868,112 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,790,705
females age 18-49: 2,792,406 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 236,517
females age 18-49: 230,641 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$992.2 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
6.4% (2005 est.)

Military - note:
a Coast Guard was established in 2002

Transnational Issues Yemen

Disputes - international:
Yemen protests Eritrea fishing around the Hanish Islands awarded to
Yemen by the ICJ in 1999; Saudi Arabia still maintains the
concrete-filled pipe as a security barrier along sections of the
border with Yemen in 2004 to stem illegal cross-border activities;
Yemen protests Saudi erection of a concrete-filled pipe as a
security barrier in 2004 to stem illegal cross-border activities in
sections of the boundary

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 63,511 (Somalia) (2005)

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@Zambia

Introduction Zambia

Background:
The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the
[British] South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by
the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining
spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia
upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper
prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991
brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996
saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001
was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a
legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate
Levy MWANAWASA. The new president launched an anti-corruption
campaign in 2002, which resulted in the prosecution of former
President Frederick CHILUBA and some officials of his administration.

Geography Zambia

Location:
Southern Africa, east of Angola

Geographic coordinates:
15 00 S, 30 00 E

Map references:
Africa

Area:
total: 752,614 sq km
land: 740,724 sq km
water: 11,890 sq km

Area - comparative:
slightly larger than Texas

Land boundaries:
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

Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)

Climate:
tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)

Terrain:
mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Natural resources:
copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium,
hydropower

Land use:
arable land: 6.99%
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 92.97% (2005)

Irrigated land:
1,560 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards:
periodic drought, tropical storms (November to April)

Environment - current issues:
air pollution and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and
refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; poaching seriously
threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations;
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water
treatment presents human health risks

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection,
Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

Geography - note:
landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with
Zimbabwe

People Zambia

Population:
11,502,010
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality 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
2006 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 46.3% (male 2,673,891/female 2,656,268)
15-64 years: 51.3% (male 2,925,910/female 2,969,324)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 117,877/female 158,740) (2006 est.)

Median age:
total: 16.5 years
male: 16.3 years
female: 16.7 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.11% (2006 est.)

Birth rate:
41 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate:
19.93 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 86.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 94.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 79.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 40.03 years
male: 39.76 years
female: 40.31 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate:
5.39 children born/woman (2006 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
16.5% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
920,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
89,000 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and
typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague are high risks in some
locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2005)

Nationality:
noun: Zambian(s)
adjective: Zambian

Ethnic groups:
African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%

Religions:
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Languages:
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda,
Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 80.6%
male: 86.8%
female: 74.8% (2003 est.)

Government Zambia

Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Zambia
conventional short form: Zambia
former: Northern Rhodesia

Government type:
republic

Capital:
name: Lusaka
geographic coordinates: 15 25 S, 28 17 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)

Administrative divisions:
9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka,
Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western

Independence:
24 October 1964 (from UK)

National holiday:
Independence Day, 24 October (1964)

Constitution:
24 August 1991; amended in 1996 to establish presidential term
limits

Legal system:
based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of
legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002);
Vice President Rupiah BANDA (since 9 October 2006); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002);
Vice President Rupiah BANDA (since 9 October 2006); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members
of the National Assembly
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term
(eligible for a second term); election last held 28 September 2006
(next to be held 2011); vice president appointed by the president
election results: Levy MWANAWASA reelected president; percent of
vote - Levy MWANAWASA 43.0%, Michael SATA 29.4%, Hakainde HICHILEMA
25.3%, Godfrey MIYANDA 1.6%, Winright NGONDO 0.8%

Legislative branch:
unicameral National Assembly (158 seats; 150 members are elected by
popular vote, eight members are appointed by the president, to serve
five-year terms)
elections: last held 27 December 2001 (next to be held December 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - MMD 45.9%, UPND 32.4%,
UNIP 8.8%, FDD 8.1%, HP 2.7%, PF 0.7%, ZRP 0.7%, independents 0.7%;
seats by party - MMD 68, UPND 48, UNIP 13, FDD 12, HP 4, PF 1, ZRP
1, independents 1; seats not determined 2

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

Political parties and leaders:
Agenda for Zambia or AZ [Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA]; Forum for
Democracy and Development or FDD [Christon TEMBO]; Heritage Party or
HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Liberal Progressive Front or LPF [Roger
CHONGWE, president]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Levy
MWANAWASA, acting president]; National Leadership for Development or
NLD [Yobert SHAMAPANDE]; National Party or NP [Dr. Sam CHIPUNGU];
Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA]; Social Democratic Party or SDP
[Gwendoline KONIE]; United National Independence Party or UNIP
[Francis NKHOMA, president]; United Party for National Development
or UPND [Anderson MAZOKA]; Zambian Republican Party or ZRP [Benjamin
MWILA]

Political pressure groups and leaders:
NA

International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO
(correspondent), ITU, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WToO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA
chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719
FAX: [1] (202) 332-0826

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Carmen M. MARTINEZ
embassy: corner of Independence and United Nations Avenues, Lusaka
mailing address: P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka
telephone: [260] (1) 250-955
FAX: [260] (1) 252-225

Flag description:
green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side),
black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of
the flag

Economy Zambia

Economy - overview:
Despite progress in privatization and budgetary reform, Zambia's
economic growth remains somewhat below the 6%-7% needed to reduce
poverty significantly. Privatization of government-owned copper
mines relieved the government from covering mammoth losses generated
by the industry and greatly improved the chances for copper mining
to return to profitability and spur economic growth. Copper output
has increased steadily since 2004, due to higher copper prices and
the opening of new mines. The maize harvest was again good in 2005,
helping boost GDP and agricultural exports. Cooperation continues
with international bodies on programs to reduce poverty, including a
new lending arrangement with the IMF in the second quarter of 2004.
A tighter monetary policy will help cut inflation, but Zambia still
has a serious problem with high public debt.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$10.63 billion (2005 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$5.351 billion (2005 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2005 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$900 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 22%
industry: 29%
services: 48.9% (2005 est.)

Labor force:
4.8 million (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 85%
industry: 6%
services: 9%

Unemployment rate:
50% (2000 est.)

Population below poverty line:
86% (1993)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 41% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
52.6 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
18.3% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
27.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.688 billion
expenditures: $1.866 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
71.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers,
tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee; cattle,
goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides

Industries:
copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages,
chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture

Industrial production growth rate:
7.9% (2005 est.)

Electricity - production:
8.347 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 0.5%
hydro: 99.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
5.345 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - exports:
2 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2003)

Oil - production:
130.2 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - consumption:
12,250 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Current account balance:
$-420 million (2005 est.)

Exports:
$1.947 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Exports - commodities:
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton

Exports - partners:
Switzerland 28.7%, South Africa 18.6%, UK 14.4%, Democratic
Republic of the Congo 5.4%, Tanzania 5.1%, Zimbabwe 4.1% (2005)

Imports:
$1.934 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products,
electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing

Imports - partners:
South Africa 47.6%, UK 12.6%, Zimbabwe 4.3% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$559.8 million (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$4.641 billion (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$640.6 million (2002)

Currency (code):
Zambian kwacha (ZMK)

Currency code:
ZMK

Exchange rates:
Zambian kwacha per US dollar - 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004),
4,733.3 (2003), 4,398.6 (2002), 3,610.9 (2001)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Zambia

Telephones - main lines in use:
94,700 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
946,600 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: facilities are aging but still among the best
in Sub-Saharan Africa
domestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger
towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation;
Internet service is widely available; very small aperture terminal
(VSAT) networks are operated by private firms
international: country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)

Radios:
1.2 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
9 (2002)

Televisions:
277,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.zm

Internet hosts:
3,227 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)

Internet users:
231,000 (2005)

Transportation Zambia

Airports:
111 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 101
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 64
under 914 m: 32 (2006)

Pipelines:
oil 771 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 2,173 km
narrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority
(TAZARA) (2005)

Roadways:
total: 91,440 km
paved: 20,117 km
unpaved: 71,323 km (2001)

Waterways:
2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula
rivers) (2005)

Ports and terminals:
Mpulungu

Military Zambia

Military branches:
Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police,
National Service

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,219,739
females age 18-49: 2,159,688 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,043,702
females age 18-49: 953,328 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$121.7 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.8% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Zambia

Disputes - international:
in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to plans between Botswana and
Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto
recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia
boundary in the river

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 88,842 (Angola) 66,248 (Democratic
Republic of the Congo) 5,791 (Rwanda) (2005)

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone, small
amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for Southern Africa and
possibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupled
with a government commitment to combating money laundering make it
an unattractive venue for money launderers

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@Zimbabwe

Introduction Zimbabwe

Background:
The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the [British] South Africa
Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored
whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its
independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more
complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country
(then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising
finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe)
in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, has been
the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominated
the country's political system since independence. His chaotic land
redistribution campaign, which began in 2000, caused an exodus of
white farmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread
shortages of basic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation,
MUGABE rigged the 2002 presidential election to ensure his
reelection. Opposition and labor strikes in 2003 were unsuccessful
in pressuring MUGABE to retire early; security forces continued
their brutal repression of regime opponents. The ruling ZANU-PF
party used fraud and intimidation to win a two-thirds majority in
the March 2005 parliamentary election, allowing it to amend the
constitution at will and recreate the Senate, which had been
abolished in the late 1980s. In April 2005, Harare embarked on
Operation Restore Order, ostensibly an urban rationalization
program, which resulted in the destruction of the homes or
businesses of 700,000 mostly poor supporters of the opposition,
according to UN estimates.

Geography Zimbabwe

Location:
Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia

Geographic coordinates:
20 00 S, 30 00 E

Map references:
Africa

Area:
total: 390,580 sq km
land: 386,670 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km

Area - comparative:
slightly larger than Montana

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

Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)

Climate:
tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

Terrain:
mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld);
mountains in east

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m

Natural resources:
coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore,
vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals

Land use:
arable land: 8.24%
permanent crops: 0.33%
other: 91.43% (2005)

Irrigated land:
1,740 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards:
recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare

Environment - current issues:
deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water
pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest
concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly
reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste
and heavy metal pollution

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:
landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with
Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on
the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water

People Zimbabwe

Population:
12,236,805
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
2006 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 37.4% (male 2,307,170/female 2,265,298)
15-64 years: 59.1% (male 3,616,528/female 3,621,190)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 199,468/female 227,151) (2006 est.)

Median age:
total: 19.9 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.62% (2006 est.)

Birth rate:
28.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate:
21.84 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa
and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2006 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 51.71 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 54.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 39.29 years
male: 40.39 years
female: 38.16 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate:
3.13 children born/woman (2006 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
24.6% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1.8 million (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
170,000 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and
typhoid
vectorborne disease: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2005)

Nationality:
noun: Zimbabwean(s)
adjective: Zimbabwean

Ethnic groups:
African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%,
white less than 1%

Religions:
syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian
25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%

Languages:
English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele,
sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003 est.)

Government Zimbabwe

Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe
conventional short form: Zimbabwe
former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia

Government type:
parliamentary democracy

Capital:
name: Harare
geographic coordinates: 17 50 S, 31 03 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)

Administrative divisions:
8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*,
Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East,
Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South,
Midlands

Independence:
18 April 1980 (from UK)

National holiday:
Independence Day, 18 April (1980)

Constitution:
21 December 1979

Legal system:
mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law

Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31
December 1987); Vice President Joseph MSIKA (since December 1999)
and Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December 2004); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since
31 December 1987); Vice President Joseph MSIKA (since December 1999)
and Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December 2004); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to the
House of Assembly
elections: presidential candidates nominated with a nomination paper
signed by at least 10 registered voters (at least one from each
province) and elected by popular vote for a six-year term (no term
limits); election last held 9-11 March 2002 (next to be held March
2008); co-vice presidents appointed by the president
election results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected president; percent
of vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 56.2%, Morgan TSVANGIRAI 41.9%

Legislative branch:
bicameral Parliament consists of a House of Assembly (150 seats -
120 elected by popular vote for five-year terms, 12 nominated by the
president, 10 occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by their peers,
and eight occupied by provincial governors appointed by the
president) and a Senate (66 seats - 50 elected by popular vote for a
five-year term, six nominated by the president, 10 nominated by the
Council of Chiefs)
elections: House of Assembly last held 31 March 2005 (next to be
held in 2010), Senate last held 26 November 2005 (next to be held in
2010)
election results: House of Assembly - percent of vote by party -
ZANU-PF 59.6%, MDC 39.5%, other 0.9%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 78,
MDC 41, independents 1; Senate - percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF
73.7%, MDC 20.3%, other 4.4%, independents 1.6%; seats by party -
ZANU-PF 43, MDC 7

Judicial branch:
Supreme Court; High Court

Political parties and leaders:
African National Party or ANP; Movement for Democratic Change or
MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; Peace Action is Freedom for All or PAFA;
United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; United People's Party [Daniel
SHUMBA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga
[Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or
ZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE]; Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or
ZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]; Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance or ZIYA

Political pressure groups and leaders:
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition [Wellington CHIBEBE]; National
Constitutional Assembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Zimbabwe Congress
of Trade Unions or ZCTU [Lovemore MATOMBO]

International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt
(signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Machivenyika T. MAPURANGA
chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100
FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Christopher W. DELL
embassy: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare
mailing address: P. O. Box 3340, Harare
telephone: [263] (4) 250-593 and 250-594
FAX: [263] (4) 796-488

Flag description:
seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red,
yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black
with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representing
the long history of the country is superimposed on a red
five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes
peace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red -
blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native
people

Economy Zimbabwe

Economy - overview:
The government of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety of difficult
economic problems as it struggles with an unsustainable fiscal
deficit, an overvalued exchange rate, soaring inflation, and bare
shelves. Its 1998-2002 involvement in the war in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, for example, drained hundreds of millions of
dollars from the economy. Badly needed support from the IMF has been
suspended because of the government's arrears on past loans, which
it began repaying in 2005. The official annual inflation rate rose
from 32% in 1998, to 133% at the end of 2004, and 585% at the end of
2005, although private sector estimates put the figure much higher.
Meanwhile, the official exchange rate fell from 24 Zimbabwean
dollars per US dollar in 1998 to 96,000 in mid-January 2006. The
government's land reform program, characterized by chaos and
violence, has badly damaged the commercial farming sector, the
traditional source of exports and foreign exchange and the provider
of 400,000 jobs, turning Zimbabwe into a net importer of food
products.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$25.69 billion (2005 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$3.207 billion (2005 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
-7.7% (2005 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$2,100 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 17.9%
industry: 24.3%
services: 57.9% (2005 est.)

Labor force:
3.94 million (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 66%
industry: 10%
services: 24% (1996)

Unemployment rate:
80% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
80% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
56.8 (2003)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher
(2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
7.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.409 billion
expenditures: $1.905 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
109.8% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep,
goats, pigs

Industries:
mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous
metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement,
chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
3.6% (2005 est.)

Electricity - production:
8.877 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 47%
hydro: 53%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
11.22 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2003)

Electricity - imports:
3.3 billion kWh (2003)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - consumption:
22,500 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day

Oil - imports:
23,000 bbl/day

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Current account balance:
$-519 million (2005 est.)

Exports:
$1.644 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Exports - commodities:
cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing

Exports - partners:
South Africa 32.8%, China 7.4%, Japan 6.3%, Zambia 5.2%,
Netherlands 5%, US 4.6%, Italy 4.2%, Germany 4.1% (2005)

Imports:
$2.059 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals,
fuels

Imports - partners:
South Africa 42.9%, China 4.6%, Botswana 3.3% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$160 million (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$5.216 billion (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$178 million; note - the EU and the US provide food aid on
humanitarian grounds (2000 est.)

Currency (code):
Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)

Currency code:
ZWD

Exchange rates:
Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 4,303.28 (2005), 5,068.66
(2004), 697.424 (2003), 55.036 (2002), 55.052 (2001)
note: these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary
significantly

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Zimbabwe

Telephones - main lines in use:
328,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
699,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but
now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding
requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed
but unused main lines
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines,
radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop
installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet
connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns
and for some of the smaller ones
international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat; two international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and
Gweru)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
1.14 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
16 (1997)

Televisions:
370,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.zw

Internet hosts:
7,954 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

Internet users:
1 million (2005)

Transportation Zimbabwe

Airports:
403 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 386
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 187
under 914 m: 194 (2006)

Pipelines:
refined products 261 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2005)

Roadways:
total: 97,440 km
paved: 18,514 km
unpaved: 78,926 km (2002)

Waterways:
on Lake Kariba, length small (2005)

Ports and terminals:
Binga, Kariba

Military Zimbabwe

Military branches:
Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of
Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,778,404
females age 18-49: 2,681,531 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,304,424
females age 18-49: 1,115,096 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$124.7 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Zimbabwe

Disputes - international:
Botswana has built electric fences and South Africa has placed
military along the border to stem the flow of thousands of
Zimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political persecution;
Namibia has supported and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to
plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi
River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly
delimited Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 400,000-450,000 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights
violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2005)

Trafficking in persons:
current situation: Zimbabwe is a source, transit, and destination
country for women and children trafficked for forced labor and
sexual exploitation; children may be trafficked internally for
forced agricultural labor, domestic servitude, and sexual
exploitation; women and girls are lured out of the country to South
Africa, China, Egypt, and Zambia with false job or scholarship
promises that result in domestic servitude or commercial sexual
exploitation; there are reports of South African employers demanding
sex from undocumented Zimbabwean workers under threat of
deportation; women and children from Malawi, Zambia, and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo transit Zimbabwe en route to South
Africa; small numbers of South African girls are trafficked to
Zimbabwe for domestic labor
tier rating: Tier 3 - Zimbabwe does not fully comply with the
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not
making significant efforts to do so

Illicit drugs:
transit point for African cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax,
and methamphetamines destined for the South African and European
markets

This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006

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@2001 GDP (purchasing power parity)

Afghanistan
$21.5 billion (2004 est.)

Albania
$18.87 billion
note: Albania has a large gray economy that may be as large as 50%
of official GDP (2005 est.)

Algeria
$235.5 billion (2005 est.)

American Samoa
$510.1 million (2003 est.)

Andorra
$1.84 billion (2004)

Angola
$45.32 billion (2005 est.)

Anguilla
$108.9 million (2004 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
$750 million (2002 est.)

Argentina
$543.4 billion (2005 est.)

Armenia
$14.45 billion (2005 est.)

Aruba
$2.258 billion (2005 est.)

Australia
$635.5 billion (2005 est.)

Austria
$265.8 billion (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan
$42.99 billion (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The
$6.105 billion (2005 est.)

Bahrain
$15.9 billion (2005 est.)

Bangladesh
$305.9 billion (2005 est.)

Barbados
$4.815 billion (2005 est.)

Belarus
$73.09 billion (2005 est.)

Belgium
$322.3 billion (2005 est.)

Belize
$1.778 billion (2004 est.)

Benin
$8.419 billion (2005 est.)

Bermuda
$4.5 billion (2004 est.)

Bhutan
$2.9 billion (2003 est.)

Bolivia
$25.82 billion (2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
$23.09 billion
note: Bosnia has a large informal sector that could also be as much
as 50% of official GDP (2005 est.)

Botswana
$17.53 billion (2005 est.)

Brazil
$1.536 trillion (2005 est.)

British Virgin Islands
$853.4 million (2004 est.)

Brunei
$6.842 billion (2003 est.)

Bulgaria
$71.67 billion (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso
$16.66 billion (2005 est.)

Burma
$80.11 billion (2005 est.)

Burundi
$5.404 billion (2005 est.)

Cambodia
$34.08 billion (2005 est.)

Cameroon
$39.75 billion (2005 est.)

Canada
$1.111 trillion (2005 est.)

Cape Verde
$2.99 billion (2005 est.)

Cayman Islands
$1.939 billion (2004 est.)

Central African Republic
$4.677 billion (2005 est.)

Chad
$13.98 billion (2005 est.)

Chile
$189.9 billion (2005 est.)

China
$8.883 trillion (2005 est.)

Christmas Island
$NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
$NA

Colombia
$341.1 billion (2005 est.)

Comoros
$441 million (2002 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$40.67 billion (2005 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
$4.585 billion (2005 est.)

Cook Islands
$183.2 million (2005 est.)

Costa Rica
$45.67 billion (2005 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
$27.58 billion (2005 est.)

Croatia
$55.79 billion (2005 est.)

Cuba
$40.06 billion (2005 est.)

Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: $16.81 billion; north Cyprus: $4.54
billion (2005 est.)

Czech Republic
$204.4 billion (2005 est.)

Denmark
$189.3 billion (2005 est.)

Djibouti
$619 million (2002 est.)

Dominica
$384 million (2003 est.)

Dominican Republic
$67.44 billion (2005 est.)

East Timor
$370 million (2004 est.)

Ecuador
$57.23 billion (2005 est.)

Egypt
$304.3 billion (2005 est.)

El Salvador
$31.3 billion (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
$25.69 billion (2005 est.)

Eritrea
$4.471 billion (2005 est.)

Estonia
$23.34 billion (2005 est.)

Ethiopia
$64.73 billion (2005 est.)

European Union
$12.18 trillion (2005 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
$75 million (2002 est.)

Faroe Islands
$1 billion (2001 est.)

Fiji
$5.255 billion (2005 est.)

Finland
$161.9 billion (2005 est.)

France
$1.794 trillion (2005 est.)

French Guiana
$1.551 billion (2003 est.)

French Polynesia
$4.58 billion (2003 est.)

Gabon
$9.739 billion (2005 est.)

Gambia, The
$3.034 billion (2005 est.)

Gaza Strip
$768 million (2003 est.)

Georgia
$16.03 billion (2005 est.)

Germany
$2.48 trillion (2005 est.)

Ghana
$54.86 billion (2005 est.)

Gibraltar
$769 million (2000 est.)

Greece
$238.2 billion (2005 est.)

Greenland
$1.1 billion (2001 est.)

Grenada
$440 million (2002 est.)

Guadeloupe
$3.513 billion (2003 est.)

Guam
$2.5 billion (2005 est.)

Guatemala
$56.86 billion (2005 est.)

Guernsey
$2.59 billion (2003 est.)

Guinea
$18.65 billion (2005 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
$1.171 billion (2005 est.)

Guyana
$3.439 billion (2005 est.)

Haiti
$13.97 billion (2005 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)
$NA

Honduras
$20.61 billion (2005 est.)

Hong Kong
$234.3 billion (2005 est.)

Hungary
$163.1 billion (2005 est.)

Iceland
$10.59 billion (2005 est.)

India
$3.666 trillion (2005 est.)

Indonesia
$869.7 billion (2005 est.)

Iran
$569.9 billion (2005 est.)

Iraq
$94.1 billion (2005 est.)

Ireland
$165.1 billion (2005 est.)

Isle of Man
$2.113 billion (2003 est.)

Israel
$156.9 billion (2005 est.)

Italy
$1.667 trillion (2005 est.)

Jamaica
$12.18 billion (2005 est.)

Japan
$4.025 trillion (2005 est.)

Jersey
$3.6 billion (2003 est.)

Jordan
$26.85 billion (2005 est.)

Kazakhstan
$125.3 billion (2005 est.)

Kenya
$37.89 billion (2005 est.)

Kiribati
$142.9 million
note: supplemented by a nearly equal amount from external sources
(2004 est.)

Korea, North
$40 billion
note: North Korea does not publish any reliable National Income
Accounts data; the datum shown here is derived from purchasing power
parity (PPP) GDP estimates for North Korea that were made by Angus
Maddison in a study conducted for the OECD; his figure for 1999 was
extrapolated to 2005 using estimated real growth rates for North
Korea's GDP and an inflation factor based on the US GDP deflator;
the result was rounded to the nearest $10 billion (2005 est.)

Korea, South
$1.101 trillion (2005 est.)

Kuwait
$47.36 billion (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
$10.08 billion (2005 est.)

Laos
$12.29 billion (2005 est.)

Latvia
$31.46 billion (2005 est.)

Lebanon
$22.78 billion (2005 est.)

Lesotho
$5.008 billion (2005 est.)

Liberia
$2.643 billion (2005 est.)

Libya
$68 billion (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein
$1.786 billion (2001 est.)

Lithuania
$49.41 billion (2005 est.)

Luxembourg
$30.9 billion (2005 est.)

Macau
$10 billion (2004)

Macedonia
$15.94 billion
note: Macedonia has a large informal sector (2005 est.)

Madagascar
$16.05 billion (2005 est.)

Malawi
$7.364 billion (2005 est.)

Malaysia
$287 billion (2005 est.)

Maldives
$1.25 billion (2002 est.)

Mali
$13.61 billion (2005 est.)

Malta
$7.861 billion (2005 est.)

Marshall Islands
$115 million (2001 est.)

Martinique
$6.117 billion (2003 est.)

Mauritania
$6.901 billion (2005 est.)

Mauritius
$15.73 billion (2005 est.)

Mayotte
$466.8 million (2003 est.)

Mexico
$1.064 trillion (2005 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
$277 million; note - supplemented by
grant aid, averaging perhaps $100 million annually (2002 est.)

Moldova
$8.41 billion (2005 est.)

Monaco
$870 million
note: Monaco does not publish national income figures; the estimates
are extremely rough (2000 est.)

Mongolia
$5.272 billion (2005 est.)

Montenegro
$2.412 billion (2005 est.)

Montserrat
$29 million (2002 est.)

Morocco
$135.1 billion (2005 est.)

Mozambique
$26.18 billion (2005 est.)

Namibia
$14.16 billion (2005 est.)

Nauru
$60 million (2005 est.)

Nepal
$39.14 billion (2005 est.)

Netherlands
$497.9 billion (2005 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
$2.8 billion (2004 est.)

New Caledonia
$3.158 billion (2003 est.)

New Zealand
$102 billion (2005 est.)

Nicaragua
$16.1 billion (2005 est.)

Niger
$11.59 billion (2005 est.)

Nigeria
$175.5 billion (2005 est.)

Niue
$7.6 million (2000 est.)

Norfolk Island
$NA

Northern Mariana Islands
$900 million
note: GDP estimate includes US subsidy (2000 est.)

Norway
$196.4 billion (2005 est.)

Oman
$40.39 billion (2005 est.)

Pakistan
$395.2 billion (2005 est.)

Palau
$124.5 million; note - includes US subsidy (2004 est.)

Panama
$23.33 billion (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea
$14.37 billion (2005 est.)

Paraguay
$29.11 billion (2005 est.)

Peru
$167.3 billion (2005 est.)

Philippines
$412.5 billion (2005 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
$NA

Poland
$505.2 billion (2005 est.)

Portugal
$200.6 billion (2005 est.)

Puerto Rico
$73.27 billion (2005 est.)

Qatar
$24.46 billion (2005 est.)

Reunion
$4.79 billion (2005 est.)

Romania
$181.8 billion (2005 est.)

Russia
$1.584 trillion (2005 est.)

Rwanda
$12.54 billion (2005 est.)

Saint Helena
$18 million (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
$339 million (2002 est.)

Saint Lucia
$866 million (2002 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
$48.3 million
note: supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60
million (2003 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$342 million (2002 est.)

Samoa
$1 billion (2002 est.)

San Marino
$940 million (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
$214 million (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia
$346.3 billion (2005 est.)

Senegal
$20.57 billion (2005 est.)

Serbia
$41.15 billion for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2005 est.)

Seychelles
$626 million (2002 est.)

Sierra Leone
$4.939 billion (2005 est.)

Singapore
$126.5 billion (2005 est.)

Slovakia
$88.78 billion (2005 est.)

Slovenia
$43.27 billion (2005 est.)

Solomon Islands
$800 million (2002 est.)

Somalia
$4.809 billion (2005 est.)

South Africa
$540.8 billion (2005 est.)

Spain
$1.033 trillion (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka
$86.07 billion (2005 est.)

Sudan
$85.89 billion (2005 est.)

Suriname
$2.893 billion (2005 est.)

Svalbard
$NA

Swaziland
$5.68 billion (2005 est.)

Sweden
$268.3 billion (2005 est.)

Switzerland
$240.9 billion (2005 est.)

Syria
$71.42 billion (2005 est.)

Taiwan
$630 billion (2005 est.)

Tajikistan
$8.617 billion (2005 est.)

Tanzania
$27.11 billion (2005 est.)

Thailand
$550.2 billion (2005 est.)

Togo
$8.802 billion (2005 est.)

Tokelau
$1.5 million (1993 est.)

Tonga
$178.5 million (2004 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
$18.11 billion (2005 est.)

Tunisia
$82.85 billion (2005 est.)

Turkey
$584.5 billion (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan
$39.14 billion (2005 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
$216 million (2002 est.)

Tuvalu
$14.94 million (2002 est.)

Uganda
$47.76 billion (2005 est.)

Ukraine
$329.1 billion (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates
$115.8 billion (2005 est.)

United Kingdom
$1.818 trillion (2005 est.)

United States
$12.31 trillion (2005 est.)

Uruguay
$33.98 billion (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan
$50.31 billion (2005 est.)

Vanuatu
$276.3 million (2003 est.)

Venezuela
$162.1 billion (2005 est.)

Vietnam
$235.2 billion (2005 est.)

Virgin Islands
$1.577 billion (2004 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
$60 million (2004 est.)

West Bank
$1.8 billion (2003 est.)

Western Sahara
$NA

World
GWP (gross world product): $60.63 trillion (2005 est.)

Yemen
$19.36 billion (2005 est.)

Zambia
$10.63 billion (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe
$25.69 billion (2005 est.)

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@2002 Population growth rate (%)

Afghanistan
2.67% (2006 est.)

Albania
0.52% (2006 est.)

Algeria
1.22% (2006 est.)

American Samoa
-0.19% (2006 est.)

Andorra
0.89% (2006 est.)

Angola
2.45% (2006 est.)

Anguilla
1.57% (2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
0.55% (2006 est.)

Argentina
0.96% (2006 est.)

Armenia
-0.19% (2006 est.)

Aruba
0.44% (2006 est.)

Australia
0.85% (2006 est.)

Austria
0.09% (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan
0.66% (2006 est.)

Bahamas, The
0.64% (2006 est.)

Bahrain
1.45% (2006 est.)

Bangladesh
2.09% (2006 est.)

Barbados
0.37% (2006 est.)

Belarus
-0.06% (2006 est.)

Belgium
0.13% (2006 est.)

Belize
2.31% (2006 est.)

Benin
2.73% (2006 est.)

Bermuda
0.61% (2006 est.)

Bhutan
2.1% (2006 est.)

Bolivia
1.45% (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.35% (2006 est.)

Botswana
-0.04% (2006 est.)

Brazil
1.04% (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands
1.97% (2006 est.)

Brunei
1.87% (2006 est.)

Bulgaria
-0.86% (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso
3% (2006 est.)

Burma
0.81% (2006 est.)

Burundi
3.7% (2006 est.)

Cambodia
1.78% (2006 est.)

Cameroon
2.04% (2006 est.)

Canada
0.88% (2006 est.)

Cape Verde
0.64% (2006 est.)

Cayman Islands
2.56% (2006 est.)

Central African Republic
1.53% (2006 est.)

Chad
2.93% (2006 est.)

Chile
0.94% (2006 est.)

China
0.59% (2006 est.)

Christmas Island
0% (2006 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
0% (2006 est.)

Colombia
1.46% (2006 est.)

Comoros
2.87% (2006 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
3.07% (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
2.6% (2006 est.)

Cook Islands
-1.2% between 1996-2001 (2001 census)

Costa Rica
1.45% (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
2.03% (2006 est.)

Croatia
-0.03% (2006 est.)

Cuba
0.31% (2006 est.)

Cyprus
0.53% (2006 est.)

Czech Republic
-0.06% (2006 est.)

Denmark
0.33% (2006 est.)

Djibouti
2.02% (2006 est.)

Dominica
-0.08% (2006 est.)

Dominican Republic
1.47% (2006 est.)

East Timor
2.08% (2006 est.)

Ecuador
1.5% (2006 est.)

Egypt
1.75% (2006 est.)

El Salvador
1.72% (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
2.05% (2006 est.)

Eritrea
2.47% (2006 est.)

Estonia
-0.64% (2006 est.)

Ethiopia
2.31% (2006 est.)

European Union
0.15% (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2.44% (2006 est.)

Faroe Islands
0.58% (2006 est.)

Fiji
1.4% (2006 est.)

Finland
0.14% (2006 est.)

France
0.35% (2006 est.)

French Guiana
1.96% (2006 est.)

French Polynesia
1.48% (2006 est.)

Gabon
2.13% (2006 est.)

Gambia, The
2.84% (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip
3.71% (2006 est.)

Georgia
-0.34% (2006 est.)

Germany
-0.02% (2006 est.)

Ghana
2.07% (2006 est.)

Gibraltar
0.14% (2006 est.)

Greece
0.18% (2006 est.)

Greenland
-0.03% (2006 est.)

Grenada
0.26% (2006 est.)

Guadeloupe
0.88% (2006 est.)

Guam
1.43% (2006 est.)

Guatemala
2.27% (2006 est.)

Guernsey
0.26% (2006 est.)

Guinea
2.63% (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
2.07% (2006 est.)

Guyana
0.25% (2006 est.)

Haiti
2.3% (2006 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)
0.01% (2006 est.)

Honduras
2.16% (2006 est.)

Hong Kong
0.59% (2006 est.)

Hungary
-0.25% (2006 est.)

Iceland
0.87% (2006 est.)

India
1.38% (2006 est.)

Indonesia
1.41% (2006 est.)

Iran
1.1% (2006 est.)

Iraq
2.66% (2006 est.)

Ireland
1.15% (2006 est.)

Isle of Man
0.52% (2006 est.)

Israel
1.18% (2006 est.)

Italy
0.04% (2006 est.)

Jamaica
0.8% (2006 est.)

Japan
0.02% (2006 est.)

Jersey
0.28% (2006 est.)

Jordan
2.49% (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan
0.33% (2006 est.)

Kenya
2.57% (2006 est.)

Kiribati
2.24% (2006 est.)

Korea, North
0.84% (2006 est.)

Korea, South
0.42% (2006 est.)

Kuwait
3.52%
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of
expatriates (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
1.32% (2006 est.)

Laos
2.39% (2006 est.)

Latvia
-0.67% (2006 est.)

Lebanon
1.23% (2006 est.)

Lesotho
-0.46% (2006 est.)

Liberia
4.91% (2006 est.)

Libya
2.3% (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein
0.78% (2006 est.)

Lithuania
-0.3% (2006 est.)

Luxembourg
1.23% (2006 est.)

Macau
0.86% (2006 est.)

Macedonia
0.26% (2006 est.)

Madagascar
3.03% (2006 est.)

Malawi
2.38% (2006 est.)

Malaysia
1.78% (2006 est.)

Maldives
2.78% (2006 est.)

Mali
2.63% (2006 est.)

Malta
0.42% (2006 est.)

Marshall Islands
2.25% (2006 est.)

Martinique
0.72% (2006 est.)

Mauritania
2.88% (2006 est.)

Mauritius
0.82% (2006 est.)

Mayotte
3.77% (2006 est.)

Mexico
1.16% (2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
-0.11% (2006 est.)

Moldova
0.28% (2006 est.)

Monaco
0.4% (2006 est.)

Mongolia
1.46% (2006 est.)

Montenegro
3.5% (2004)

Montserrat
1.05% (2006 est.)

Morocco
1.55% (2006 est.)

Mozambique
1.38% (2006 est.)

Namibia
0.59% (2006 est.)

Nauru
1.81% (2006 est.)

Nepal
2.17% (2006 est.)

Netherlands
0.49% (2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
0.79% (2006 est.)

New Caledonia
1.24% (2006 est.)

New Zealand
0.99% (2006 est.)

Nicaragua
1.89% (2006 est.)

Niger
2.92% (2006 est.)

Nigeria
2.38% (2006 est.)

Niue
0.01% (2006 est.)

Norfolk Island
-0.01% (2006 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands
2.54% (2006 est.)

Norway
0.38% (2006 est.)

Oman
3.28% (2006 est.)

Pakistan
2.09% (2006 est.)

Palau
1.31% (2006 est.)

Panama
1.6% (2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea
2.21% (2006 est.)

Paraguay
2.45% (2006 est.)

Peru
1.32% (2006 est.)

Philippines
1.8% (2006 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
-0.01% (2006 est.)

Poland
-0.05% (2006 est.)

Portugal
0.36% (2006 est.)

Puerto Rico
0.4% (2006 est.)

Qatar
2.5% (2006 est.)

Reunion
1.34% (2006 est.)

Romania
-0.12% (2006 est.)

Russia
-0.37% (2006 est.)

Rwanda
2.43% (2006 est.)

Saint Helena
0.56% (2006 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
0.5% (2006 est.)

Saint Lucia
1.29% (2006 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.17% (2006 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0.26% (2006 est.)

Samoa
-0.2% (2006 est.)

San Marino
1.26% (2006 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
3.15% (2006 est.)

Saudi Arabia
2.18% (2006 est.)

Senegal
2.34% (2006 est.)

Seychelles
0.43% (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone
2.3% (2006 est.)

Singapore
1.42% (2006 est.)

Slovakia
0.15% (2006 est.)

Slovenia
-0.05% (2006 est.)

Solomon Islands
2.61% (2006 est.)

Somalia
2.85% (2006 est.)

South Africa
-0.4% (2006 est.)

Spain
0.13% (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka
0.78% (2006 est.)

Sudan
2.55% (2006 est.)

Suriname
0.2% (2006 est.)

Svalbard
-0.02% (2006 est.)

Swaziland
-0.23% (2006 est.)

Sweden
0.16% (2006 est.)

Switzerland
0.43% (2006 est.)

Syria
2.3% (2006 est.)

Taiwan
0.61% (2006 est.)

Tajikistan
2.19% (2006 est.)

Tanzania
1.83% (2006 est.)

Thailand
0.68% (2006 est.)

Togo
2.72% (2006 est.)

Tokelau
-0.01% (2006 est.)

Tonga
2.01% (2006 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
-0.87% (2006 est.)

Tunisia
0.99% (2006 est.)

Turkey
1.06% (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan
1.83% (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
2.82% (2006 est.)

Tuvalu
1.51% (2006 est.)

Uganda
3.37% (2006 est.)

Ukraine
-0.6% (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates
1.52% (2006 est.)

United Kingdom
0.28% (2006 est.)

United States
0.91% (2006 est.)

Uruguay
0.46% (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan
1.7% (2006 est.)

Vanuatu
1.49% (2006 est.)

Venezuela
1.38% (2006 est.)

Vietnam
1.02% (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands
-0.12% (2006 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
NA

West Bank
3.06% (2006 est.)

Western Sahara
NA

World
1.14% (2006 est.)

Yemen
3.46% (2006 est.)

Zambia
2.11% (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe
0.62% (2006 est.)

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@2003 GDP - real growth rate (%)

Afghanistan
14% (2005 est.)

Albania
5.5% (2005 est.)

Algeria
5.5% (2005 est.)

American Samoa
3% NA%

Andorra
4% (2004 est.)

Angola
19.9% (2005 est.)

Anguilla
10.2% (2004 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
3.8% (2005 est.)

Argentina
9.2% (2005 est.)

Armenia
13.9% (2005 est.)

Aruba
2.4% (2005 est.)

Australia
2.7% (2005 est.)

Austria
1.8% (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan
26.4% (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The
3.7% (2005 est.)

Bahrain
5.9% (2005 est.)

Bangladesh
6.4% (2005 est.)

Barbados
4.1% (2005 est.)

Belarus
9.2% (2005 est.)

Belgium
1.5% (2005 est.)

Belize
3.8% (2005 est.)

Benin
3.5% (2005 est.)

Bermuda
4.6% (2004 est.)

Bhutan
5.9% (2005 est.)

Bolivia
4.1% (2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
5% (2005 est.)

Botswana
5.5% (2005 est.)

Brazil
2.3% (2005 est.)

British Virgin Islands
1% (2002 est.)

Brunei
1.7% (2004 est.)

Bulgaria
5.5% (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso
3.5% (2005 est.)

Burma
5.2% (2005 est.)

Burundi
1.1% (2005 est.)

Cambodia
13.4% (2005 est.)

Cameroon
2.4% (2005 est.)

Canada
2.9% (2005 est.)

Cape Verde
5.5% (2005 est.)

Cayman Islands
0.9% (2004 est.)

Central African Republic
2.2% (2005 est.)

Chad
6% (2005 est.)

Chile
6.3% (2005 est.)

China
10.2% (official data) (2005 est.)

Colombia
5.2% (2005 est.)

Comoros
3% (2005 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
7.1% (2005 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
8.2% (2005 est.)

Cook Islands
0.1% (2005 est.)

Costa Rica
5.9% (2005 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
1% (2005 est.)

Croatia
4.3% (2005 est.)

Cuba
8% (2005 est.)

Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: 3.8%; north Cyprus: 10.6% (2005 est.)

Czech Republic
6.1% (2005 est.)

Denmark
3.2% (2005 est.)

Djibouti
3.2% (2005 est.)

Dominica
3.1% (2005 est.)

Dominican Republic
9.3% (2005 est.)

East Timor
1.8% (2005 est.)

Ecuador
4.7% (2005 est.)

Egypt
4.9% (2005 est.)

El Salvador
2.8% (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
18.6% (2005 est.)

Eritrea
2% (2005 est.)

Estonia
10.5% (2005 est.)

Ethiopia
8.9% (2005 est.)

European Union
1.7% (2005 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA%

Faroe Islands
10% (2001 est.)

Fiji
1.7% (2005 est.)

Finland
3% (2005 est.)

France
1.2% (2005 est.)

French Guiana
NA%

French Polynesia
NA% (2001 est.)

Gabon
2.9% (2005 est.)

Gambia, The
5.5% (2005 est.)

Gaza Strip
4.5% (2003 est.)

Georgia
9.3% (2005 est.)

Germany
0.9% (2005 est.)

Ghana
5.9% (2005 est.)

Gibraltar
NA%

Greece
3.7% (2005 est.)

Greenland
1.8% (2001 est.)

Grenada
0.9% (2005 est.)

Guadeloupe
NA%

Guam
NA%

Guatemala
3.2% (2005 est.)

Guernsey
3% (2003 est.)

Guinea
2% (2005 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
2.3% (2005 est.)

Guyana
-3% (2005 est.)

Haiti
1.8% (2005 est.)

Honduras
4.2% (2005 est.)

Hong Kong
7.3% (2005 est.)

Hungary
4.1% (2005 est.)

Iceland
5.6% (2005 est.)

India
8.4% (2005 est.)

Indonesia
5.6% (2005 est.)

Iran
6.9% (2005 est.)

Iraq
-3% (2005 est.)

Ireland
5.5% (2005 est.)

Isle of Man
6.3% NA%

Israel
5.2% (2005 est.)

Italy
0.1% (2005 est.)

Jamaica
1.8% (2005 est.)

Japan
2.6% (2005 est.)

Jersey
NA%

Jordan
5.8% (2005 est.)

Kazakhstan
9.5% (2005 est.)

Kenya
5.8% (2005 est.)

Kiribati
0.3% (2005)

Korea, North
1% (2005 est.)

Korea, South
4% (2005 est.)

Kuwait
8.3% (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
-0.6% (2005 est.)

Laos
7.3% (2005 est.)

Latvia
10.2% (2005 est.)

Lebanon
0.1% (2005 est.)

Lesotho
1.2% (2005 est.)

Liberia
9.8% (2005 est.)

Libya
8.4% (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein
11% (1999 est.)

Lithuania
7.5% (2005 est.)

Luxembourg
4% (2005 est.)

Macau
2.8% (3rd Quarter 2005)

Macedonia
4% (2005 est.)

Madagascar
5.1% (2005 est.)

Malawi
1.9% (2005 est.)

Malaysia
5.2% (2005 est.)

Maldives
-3.6% (2005 est.)

Mali
6.1% (2005 est.)

Malta
1% (2005 est.)

Marshall Islands
3.5% (2005 est.)

Martinique
NA%

Mauritania
5.5% (2005 est.)

Mauritius
2.5% (2005 est.)

Mayotte
NA%

Mexico
3% (2005 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
0.3% (2005 est.)

Moldova
7.1% (2005 est.)

Monaco
0.9% (2000 est.)

Mongolia
6.2% according to official estimate (2005 est.)

Montenegro
NA

Montserrat
-1% (2002 est.)

Morocco
1.7% (2005 est.)

Mozambique
7.5% (2005 est.)

Namibia
3.2% (2005 est.)

Nauru
NA%

Nepal
2.7% (2005 est.)

Netherlands
1.5% (2005 est.)