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- People: Population Density - 2,704 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Bahraini (63%); Asian (13%); other Arab (10%); Iranian (8%)
- Languages - Arabic - official; English; Farsi; Urdu
- Religions - Shi'a Muslim (75%); Sunni Muslim (25%)
- Geography: Area - 240 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Saudi Arabia, Qatar
- Government: Type - Traditional Monarchy
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Khalifa bin Sulman al- Khalifa (since Jan. 19, 1979)
- Capital - Manama (148,000)
- Local Divisions - 12 municipalities
- Spending - (Defense) $306 mil./$1.9 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Oil products, aluminum, smelting
- Minerals and Other Resources - Oil, gas
- Arable Land - 1%
- Labor - 79% ind., commerce, services; 20% gov't
- Per Capita GNP - $13,700
- Imports and Exports - $3.5 bil and $3.3 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Saudi Arabia, India, Japan, US
- Communications: Telephones - 171,000 main lines
- Radios - 555 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 442 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 19.77 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 70.81 - male; 75.67 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 1.62%
- Literacy - 85%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), AL
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- People: Population Density - 154 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - African (Fon, Adja, Bariba, Yoruba, others) 99%
- Languages - French - official; Fon, Yoruba, various tribal
- Religions - Indigenous beliefs (70%); Muslim (15%); Christian (15%)
- Geography: Area - 42,700 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - President Mathieu Kerekou (since Apr. 4, 1996)
- Capital - Port- Novo (200,000)
- Local Divisions - 6 departments
- Spending - (Defense) $37 mil./$445 mil.
- Economy: Industries - textiles, food, beverages, construction materials, petroleum
- Minerals and Other Resources - Oil, limestone, marble
- Arable Land - 13%
- Labor - NA
- Per Capita GNP - $1,300
- Imports and Exports - $556 mil. and $396 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - France, China, Brazil, Libya, Indonesia
- Communications: Telephones - 38,400 main lines
- Radios - 73 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 4 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 89.68 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 49.02 - male; 50.88 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 2.97%
- Literacy - 37%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), OAU
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- People: Population Density - 2,542 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Bengali (98%); Bhari, tribals
- Languages - Bangla - official; english
- Religions - Muslim (88%); Hindu (11%)
- Geography: Area - 51,600 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - India, Myanmar
- Government: Type - Parliamentary Democracy
- Head of Government - NA
- Capital - Dharka (12,317,000)
- Local Divisions - 6 divisions
- Spending - (Defense) $612 mil./$5.5 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Food processing, jute, textiles, fertilizers, steel
- Minerals and Other Resources - Natural gas
- Arable Land - 73%
- Labor - 63% agric.; 26% services; 11% ind. and mining
- Per Capita GNP - $1,470
- Imports and Exports - $8.01 bil. and $5.1 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - India, China, US, Germany
- Communications: Telephones - 471,800 main lines
- Radios - 63 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 5 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 69.85 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 60.74 - male; 60.33 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 1.67%
- Literacy - 38%
- International Organization Memberships:
- UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), the Commonwealth
- National Website
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- People: Population Density - 113 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Drukpa (50%); Nepalese (35%)
- Languages - Dzongkha - official; Tibetan; Nepalese dialects
- Religions - Lamaistic Buddhist - state religion (75%); Hindu (25%)
- Geography: Area - 18,100 sq. mi
- Neighbors - India, China
- Government: Type - Monarchy
- Head of Government - King Jigme Singye Wangchuk (since July 21, 1972)
- Capital - Thimphu (22,000)
- Local Divisions - 18 districts
- Spending - (Defense) NA/$152 mil.
- Economy: Industries - Cement, wood products
- Minerals and Other Resources - Timber, hydropower
- Arable Land - 2%
- Labor - 93% agric.; 5% services
- Per Capita GNP - $1,060
- Imports and Exports - $136 mil. and $111 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - India
- Communications: Telephones - 11,800 main lines
- Radios - 27 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - NA
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 108.89 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 53.16 - male; 52.41 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 2.17%
- Literacy - 42%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, IMF, WHO)
- National Website
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- People: Population - 275,330
- Population Density - 1,619 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Black (80%); white (4%); other (16%)
- Languages - English - official
- Religions - Protestant (67%); Roman Catholic (4%)
- Geography: Area - 170 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - St. Lucia; St. Vicent and the Greenadines
- Government: Type - Parliamentary Democracy
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Owen Arthur (since Sept. 7, 1994)
- Capital - Bridgetwon (133,000)
- Local Divisions - 11 parishes and Bridgetown
- Spending - (Defense) $13 mil./$750.6 mil. (Education) NA (Health Care) NA
- Economy: Industries - Sugar, Tourism
- Minerals and Other Resources - Oil, gas, fish
- Arable Land - 37%
- Labor - 75% services; 15% ind.; 10% agric.
- Currency - Dollar
- GNP - $2.9 bil.
- Per Capita GNP - $11,200
- Imports - $1.01 bil.
- Exports - $212.2 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK
- Communications: Telephones - 115,000 main lines
- Radios - 1,134 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 287 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 12.04 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 70.66 - male; 75.86 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .49%
- Hospital Beds - NA
- Physicians - NA
- Literacy - 97%
- Years of Compulsary Schooling - ages 5- 16
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), Caricorn, the Commonwealth, OAS
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- People: Population Density - 20 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Quechua (30%); Mestizo (30%); Aymara (25%); White (15%)
- Languages - Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official)
- Religions - Roman Catholic (95%)
- Geography: Area - 418, 200 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - President Jorge Quiroga Ramirez (since Aug. 7, 2001)
- Capital - La Paz - administrative (1,480,000) and Sucre - judical (NA)
- Local Divisions - 9 departments
- Spending - (Defense) $130 mil./$2.7 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Mining, smelting, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing
- Minerals and Other Resources - Antimony, tin, tungsten, silver, zinc, oil, gas, oil, timber
- Arable Land - 2%
- Labor - NA
- Per Capita GNP - $3,000
- Imports and Exports - $1.6 bil. and $1.1 bil
- Major Trading Partners - US, Japan, Brazil, UK, Peru
- Communications: Telephones - 502,500 main lines
- Radios - 560 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 202 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 58.98 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 61.53 - male; 66.72 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 1.91%
- Literacy - 83%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), OAS
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- People: Population Density - 129 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Byelorussian (78%); Russian (13%); Polish (4%)
- Languages - Byelorussian - official; russian
- Religions - Eastern Orthodox (80%); other (20%)
- Geography: Area - 80,100 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Vladiimir Yermoshin (since Feb. 18, 2000)
- Capital - Minsk (1,772,000)
- Local Divisions - 6 oblasts and 1 municipality
- Spending - (Defense) $75 mil./ $4.1 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Manufacturing, chemical fibers, textiles, agricultural and industrial machinery
- Minerals and Other Resources - NA
- Arable Land - 29%
- Labor - 41% sevices; 40% ind. and const.; 19% agric. and forestry
- Per Capita GNP - $5,300
- Imports and Exports - $6.4 bil. and $6 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Russia
- Communications: Telephones - 2,751,900 main lines
- Radios - 311 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 265 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 14.38 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 62.06 - male; 74.52 - female
- Natural Population Increase - -.44%
- Literacy - 98%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (IBRD, ILO, IMF, WHO), CIS, OSCE
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- People: Population Density - 199 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Serb (40%); Muslim (38%); Croat (22%)
- Languages - Serbo -Croatian - official (99%)
- Religions - Muslim (40%); Orthodox (31%); Catholic (15%)
- Geography: Area - 19,700 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Yugoslavia, Croatia
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija (since July 18, 2001)
- Capital - Sarajevo (415,631)
- Local Divisions - Muslim- Croat Federation (10 cantons); Republika Srpska
- Spending - (Defense) $163 mil./NA
- Economy: Industries - Steel, mining, textiles, timber
- Minerals and Other Resources - Bauxite, iron, coal
- Arable Land - 14%
- Labor - NA
- Per Capita GNP - $1,770
- Imports and Exports - $2.95 bil. and $450 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - NA
- Communications: Telephones - 407,600 main lines
- Radios - NA
- Televisions - 94 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 24.35 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 69.04 - male; 74.65 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .49%
- Literacy - 86%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO), OSCE
- National Website
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- People: Population Density - 880 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Fleming (55%); Walloon (33%)
- Languages - Flemish (Dutch) (56%); French (32%); German (1%) - all official
- Religions - Roman Catholic (75%); Potestant, other (25%)
- Geography: Area - 11,700 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - France, Luxembourg, Germany, Netherlands
- Government: Type - Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
- Head of Government - Premier Guy Verhofstadt (since July 12, 1999)
- Capital - Brussels (1,122,000)
- Local Divisions - 10 privinces and Brussels
- Spending - (Defense) $2.4 bil./NA
- Economy: Industries - Metal products, glassware, autos, textiles, chemicals
- Minerals and Other Resources - Coal, gas
- Arable Land - 24%
- Labor - 73% services; 25% ind.; 2% agric.
- Per Capita GNP - $23,900
- Imports and Exports - $172.8 bil. and $187.3 bil. (includes Luxembourg)
- Major Trading Partners - EU
- Communications: Telephones - 5,074,000 main lines
- Radios - 792 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 510 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 4.7 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 74.63 - male; 81.46 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .06%
- Literacy - 99%
- International Organization Memberships: UN and all of its specialized agencies, EU, NATO, OECD, OSCE
- National Website
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- People: Population Density - 7 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Batswana (95%); Kalanga, Basarwa, Kgalagadi
- Languages - English - official; Setswana
- Religions - Indigenous beliefs (50%); Christian (50%)
- Geography: Area - 225,700 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia
- Government: Type - Parliamentary republic
- Head of Government - President Festus Mogae (since April 1, 1998)
- Capital - Gaborone (192,845)
- Local Divisions - 10 distrcits, 4 town councils
- Spending - (Defense) $234 mil./$1.8 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Livestock processing, mining
- Minerals and Other Resources - Copper, coal, nickel, diamonds, salt, silver
- Arable Land - 1%
- Labor - NA
- Per Capita GNP - $3,900
- Imports and Exports - $2.05 bil. and $2.36 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Southern African Customs Union, EU
- Communications: Telephones - 123,800 main lines
- Radios - 821 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 24 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 63.2 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 36.77 - male; 37.51 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .47%
- Literacy - 70%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, WHO, WTrO), the Commonwealth, OAU
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- People: Population Density - 29 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Mestizo (44%); Creole (30%); Maya (11%); Garifuna (7%)
- Languages - English - official; Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib.)
- Religions - Roman Catholic (62%); Protestant (30%)
- Geography: Area - 8,880 sq. mi.
- Neighbors -Mexico, Guatemala
- Government: Type - Parliamentary Democracy
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Said Musa (since Aug. 28, 1998)
- Capital - Belmopan (6,785)
- Local Divisions - 6 districts
- Spending - (Defense) $8 mil./$142 mil.
- Economy: Industries - Garments, food processing, tourism
- Minerals and Other Resources - NA
- Arable Land - 2%
- Labor - 38% agric.; 32% ind.; 30% services
- Per Capita GNP - $3,100
- Imports and Exports - $320 mil. and $150 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - US, UK
- Communications: Telephones - 36,000 main lines
- Radios - 133 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 109 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 25.14 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 68.91 - male; 73.57 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 2.7%
- Literacy - 93%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), Caricorn, the Commonwealth, OAS
- National Website
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- People: Population Density - 53 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - White - including Portugese, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish - (55%); Mixed black and white (38%); Black (6%)
- Languages - Portugese - official; Spanish; English; French
- Religions - Roman Catholic (70%)
- Geography: Area - 3,261,200 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Government: Type - Federal Republic
- Head of Government - President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (since Jan. 1, 1995)
- Capital - Brasilia (1,990,000)
- Local Divisions - 26 states, 1 federal district (Brasilia)
- Spending - (Defense) $9.9 bil./$149 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Steel, autos, textiles. shoes, chemicals, machinery
- Minerals and Other Resources - Iron, manganese, phosphates, uranium, gold, nickel, tin, bauxite, oil
- Arable Land - 5%
- Labor - 42% services; 31% agric.; 27% ind.
- Per Capita GNP - $6,150
- Imports and Exports - $48.7 bil. and $46.9 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - US, Argentina
- Communications: Telephones - 30,926,300 main lines
- Radios - 446 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 317 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 36.96 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 58.96 - male; 67.73 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .91%
- Literacy - 85%
- International Organization Memberships: UN and most of its specialized agencies, OAS
- National Website
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