diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index 6cadf0ec..45a507d8 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Tulinabo S. MUSHINGI, (since 9 March 2022)" + "text": "Ambassador Tulinabo S. MUSHINGI (since 9 March 2022)" }, "embassy": { "text": "Rua Houari Boumedienne, #32, Luanda" diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index 48ae9978..75c63bcc 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "In the early 1800s, multiple political entities in what is now Botswana were destabilized or destroyed by a series of conflicts and population movements in southern Africa. By the end of this period, the Tswana ethnic group, who also live across the border in South Africa, had become the most prominent group in the area. In 1852, Tswana forces halted the expansion of white Afrikaner settlers who were seeking to expand their territory northwards into what is now Botswana. In 1885, Great Britain claimed territory that roughly corresponds with modern day Botswana as a protectorate called Bechuanaland. Upon independence in 1966, the British protectorate of Bechuanaland adopted the new name of Botswana, which means land of the Tswana. More than five decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created an enduring democracy and upper-middle-income economy. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party has won every national election since independence; President Mokgweetsi Eric MASISI assumed the presidency in 2018 following the retirement of former President Ian KHAMA due to constitutional term limits. MASISI won his first election as president in 2019, and he is Botswana’s fifth president since independence. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease.

 

 

" + "text": "In the early 1800s, multiple political entities in what is now Botswana were destabilized or destroyed by a series of conflicts and population movements in southern Africa. By the end of this period, the Tswana ethnic group, who also live across the border in South Africa, had become the most prominent group in the area. In 1852, Tswana forces halted the expansion of white Afrikaner settlers who were seeking to expand their territory northwards into what is now Botswana. In 1885, Great Britain claimed territory that roughly corresponds with modern day Botswana as a protectorate called Bechuanaland. Upon independence in 1966, the British protectorate of Bechuanaland adopted the new name of Botswana, which means land of the Tswana. More than five decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created an enduring democracy and upper-middle-income economy. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party has won every national election since independence; President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe MASISI assumed the presidency in 2018 following the retirement of former President Ian KHAMA due to constitutional term limits. MASISI won his first election as president in 2019, and he is Botswana’s fifth president since independence. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease.

 

 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ }, "Constitution": { "history": { - "text": "previous 1960 (preindependence); latest adopted March 1965, effective 30 September 1966" + "text": "previous 1960 (pre-independence); latest adopted March 1965, effective 30 September 1966" }, "amendments": { "text": "proposed by the National Assembly; passage requires approval in two successive Assembly votes with at least two-thirds majority in the final vote; proposals to amend constitutional provisions on fundamental rights and freedoms, the structure and branches of government, and public services also requires approval by majority vote in a referendum and assent by the president of the republic; amended several times, last in 2021" @@ -543,10 +543,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Mokgweetse Eric MASISI (since 1 April 2018); Vice President Slumber TSOGWANE (since 4 April 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe MASISI (since 1 April 2018); Vice President Slumber TSOGWANE (since 4 April 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Mokgweetse Eric MASISI (since 1 April 2018); Vice President Slumber TSOGWANE (since 4 April 2018)" + "text": "President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe MASISI (since 1 April 2018); Vice President Slumber TSOGWANE (since 4 April 2018)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president" @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance of Progressives or AP [Ndaba GAOLATHE]
Botswana Congress Party or BCP [Dumelang SALESHANDO]
Botswana Democratic Party or BDP [Mokgweetsi MASISI]
Botswana National Front or BNF [Duma BOKO]
Botswana Patriotic Front or BPF [Biggie BUTALE]
Botswana Peoples Party or BPP [Motlatsi MOLAPISI]
Umbrella for Democratic Change or UDC [Duma BOKO] (various times the coalition has included the BPP, BCP, BNF and other parties)" + "text": "Alliance of Progressives or AP [Ndaba GAOLATHE]
Botswana Congress Party or BCP [Dumelang SALESHANDO]
Botswana Democratic Party or BDP [Mokgweetsi MASISI]
Botswana National Front or BNF [Duma BOKO]
Botswana Patriotic Front or BPF [Mephato REATILE]
Botswana Peoples Party or BPP [Motlatsi MOLAPISI]
Botswana Republic Party or BRP [Biggie BUTALE]
Umbrella for Democratic Change or UDC [Duma BOKO] (various times the coalition has included the BPP, BCP, BNF and other parties)" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ "text": "Embassy Drive, Government Enclave (off Khama Crescent), Gaborone" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "2170 Gabarone Place, Washington DC  20521-2170" + "text": "2170 Gaborone Place, Washington DC  20521-2170" }, "telephone": { "text": "[267] 395-3982" @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ "text": "[267] 318-0232" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "
ConsularGabarone@state.gov

https://bw.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ConsularGaborone@state.gov

https://bw.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index fe4fa00f..1128f7d7 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Paramount chief MOSHOESHOE I consolidated what would become Basutoland in the early 19th century and made himself king in 1822. Continuing encroachments by Dutch settlers from the neighboring Orange Free State caused the king to enter into an 1868 agreement with the UK by which Basutoland became a British protectorate, and after 1884, a crown colony. Upon independence in 1966, the country was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho. The Basotho National Party ruled the country during its first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE II was exiled in 1990 but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995 and subsequently succeeded by his son, King LETSIE III, in 1996. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Batswana military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but the National Assembly elections in 2007 were hotly contested and aggrieved parties disputed how the electoral law was applied to award proportional seats in the Assembly. In 2012, competitive elections involving 18 parties saw Prime Minister Motsoahae Thomas THABANE form a coalition government - the first in the country's history - that ousted the 14-year incumbent, Pakalitha MOSISILI, who peacefully transferred power the following month. MOSISILI returned to power in snap elections in February 2015 after the collapse of THABANE’s coalition government and an alleged attempted military coup. In June 2017, THABANE returned to become prime minister but stepped down in May 2020 after being implicated in his estranged wife’s murder. He was succeeded by Moseketsi MAJORO. In November 2022, Ntsokoane Samuel MATEKANE was inaugurated as prime minister as head of a three-party coalition featuring his Revolution for Prosperity (RFP), the Monyane MOLELEKI-led Alliance of Democrats (AD), and the Selibe MOCHOBOROANE-led Movement for Economic Change (MEC)." + "text": "Paramount chief MOSHOESHOE I consolidated what would become Basutoland in the early 19th century and made himself king in 1822. Continuing encroachments by Dutch settlers from the neighboring Orange Free State caused the king to enter into an 1868 agreement with the UK by which Basutoland became a British protectorate, and after 1884, a crown colony. Upon independence in 1966, the country was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho. The Basotho National Party ruled the country during its first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE II was exiled in 1990 but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995 and subsequently succeeded by his son, King LETSIE III, in 1996. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Batswana military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but the National Assembly elections in 2007 were hotly contested and aggrieved parties disputed how the electoral law was applied to award proportional seats in the Assembly. In 2012, competitive elections involving 18 parties saw Prime Minister Motsoahae Thomas THABANE form a coalition government - the first in the country's history - that ousted the 14-year incumbent, Pakalitha MOSISILI, who peacefully transferred power the following month. MOSISILI returned to power in snap elections in February 2015 after the collapse of THABANE’s coalition government and an alleged attempted military coup. In June 2017, THABANE returned to become prime minister but stepped down in May 2020 after being implicated in his estranged wife’s murder. He was succeeded by Moseketsi MAJORO. In October 2022, Ntsokoane Samuel MATEKANE was inaugurated as prime minister and head of a three-party coalition featuring his Revolution for Prosperity (RFP), then Monyane MOLELEKI-led Alliance of Democrats (AD), and the Selibe MOCHOBOROANE-led Movement for Economic Change (MEC)." } }, "Geography": { @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Sotho 99.7%, other 0.3% (includes San, Kwena, Nguni (Hlubi and Phuthi), Zulu)" + "text": "Sotho 99.7%, other 0.3% (includes Kwena, Nguni (Hlubi and Phuthi), Zulu)" }, "Languages": { "text": "Sesotho (official) (southern Sotho), English (official), Phuthi, Xhosa, Zulu" @@ -371,17 +371,6 @@ "female": { "text": "13 years (2017)" } - }, - "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": { - "total": { - "text": "37.4% (2021 est.)" - }, - "male": { - "text": "32.8% NA" - }, - "female": { - "text": "43.8% NA" - } } }, "Environment": { @@ -558,13 +547,13 @@ "text": "King LETSIE III (since 7 February 1996); note - King LETSIE III formerly occupied the throne from November 1990 to February 1995 while his father was in exile" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Ntsokoane Samuel MATEKANE (4 November 2022)" + "text": "Prime Minister Ntsokoane Samuel MATEKANE (28 October 2022)" }, "cabinet": { - "text": "consists of the prime minister, appointed by the King on the advice of the Council of State, the deputy prime minister, and 15 other ministers" + "text": "consists of the prime minister, appointed by the King on the advice of the Council of State, the deputy prime minister, and 18 other ministers; the prime minister is the leader of the majority party or majority coalition in the National Assembly " }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "the monarchy is hereditary, but under the terms of the constitution that came into effect after the March 1993 election, the monarch is a \"living symbol of national unity\" with no executive or legislative powers; under traditional law, the College of Chiefs has the power to depose the monarch, to determine next in line of succession, or to serve as regent in the event that a successor is not of mature age; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition in the Assembly automatically becomes prime minister" + "text": "the monarchy is hereditary, but under the terms of the constitution that came into effect after the March 1993 election, the monarch is a \"living symbol of national unity\" with no executive or legislative powers; under traditional law, the College of Chiefs has the power to depose the monarch, to determine next in line of succession, or to serve as regent in the event that a successor is not of mature age" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -572,10 +561,10 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (33 seats; 22 principal chiefs and 11 other senators nominated by the king with the advice of the Council of State, a 13-member body of key government and non-government officials; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (120 seats; 80 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 40 elected through proportional representation; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "

Senate - last nominated by the king on July 2022 (next to be held in late July 2027)
National Assembly - last held on 7 October 2022 (next to be held in October 2027)

" + "text": "

Senate - last appointed by the king in November 2022 (next to be appointed 2028)
National Assembly - last held on 7 October 2022 (next to be held in February 2028)

" }, "election results": { - "text": "

Senate - percent of votes by party - NA, seats by party - NA; composition - men 26, women 7, percent of women 21.2%

National Assembly - percent of votes by party - RFP 38.9%, DC 24.7%, ABC 7.1%, BAP 5.4%, AD 4.0%, MEC 3.2%, LCD 2.3%, SR 2.1%, BNP 1.4%, PFD 0.9%, BCM 0.8%, MPS 0.8%, MIP 0.7%; seats by party - RFP 56, DC 29, ABC 8, BAP 6, AD 5, MEC 4, LCD 3, SR 2, BNP 1, PFD 1,BCM 1, MPS 1, NIP 1, HOPE 1, TBD 1; composition - men 87, women 28, percent of women 23.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 22.9%

" + "text": "

Senate - percent of votes by party - NA, seats by party - NA; composition - men 25, women 8, percent of women 24.2%
National Assembly - percent of votes by party - RFP 38.9%, DC 24.7%, ABC 7.1%, BAP 5.4%, AD 4.0%, MEC 3.2%, LCD 2.3%, SR 2.1%, BNP 1.4%, PFD 0.9%, BCM 0.8%, MPS 0.8%, MIP 0.7%; seats by party - RFP 56, DC 29, ABC 8, BAP 6, AD 5, MEC 4, LCD 3, SR 2, BNP 1, PFD 1,BCM 1, MPS 1, NIP 1, HOPE 1, TBD 1; composition - men 88, women 32, percent of women 26.6%; note - total Parliament percent of women 22.9%

" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -590,7 +579,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "All Basotho Convention or ABC [Nkaku KABI]
Alliance of Democrats or AD [Monyane MOLELEKI]
Basotho Action Party or BAP [Nqosa MAHAO]
Basotho National Party or BNP [Thesele MASERIBANE]
Democratic Congress or DC [Mathibeli MOKHOTHU]
Democratic Party of Lesotho or DPL [Limpho TAU]
Lesotho Congress for Democracy or LCD [Mothetjoa METSING]
Lesotho People's Congress or LPC [Mabusetsa MAKHARILELEJ]
Movement of Economic Change or MEC [Selibe MOCHOBOROANE]
National Independent Party or NIP [Kimetso MATHABA]
Popular Front for Democracy of PFD [Lekhetho RAKUOANE]
Reformed Congress of Lesotho or RCL [Keketso RANTSO]" + "text": "All Basotho Convention or ABC [Nkaku KABI]
Alliance of Democrats or AD [Ntoi RAPPA]
Basotho Action Party or BAP [Nqosa MAHAO]
Basotho National Party or BNP [Machesetsa MOFOMOBE]
Democratic Congress or DC [Mathibeli MOKHOTHU]
Democratic Party of Lesotho or DPL [Limpho TAU]
Lesotho Congress for Democracy or LCD [Mothetjoa METSING]
Lesotho People's Congress or LPC [Moipone PIET]
Movement of Economic Change or MEC [Selibe MOCHOBOROANE]
National Independent Party or NIP [Kimetso MATHABA]
Popular Front for Democracy of PFD [Lekhetho RAKUOANE]
Reformed Congress of Lesotho or RCL [Keketso RANTSO]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -758,15 +747,6 @@ "Labor force": { "text": "955,600 (2021 est.)" }, - "Labor force - by occupation": { - "agriculture": { - "text": "86%" - }, - "industry and services": { - "text": "14% (2002 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: most of the resident population is engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa" - }, "Unemployment rate": { "Unemployment rate 2021": { "text": "24.6% (2021 est.)" @@ -1073,7 +1053,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "until late 2020, Lesotho’s telecom regulator maintained a market duopoly which is focused on fixed-line services; competition was insufficient to promote effective price reductions for consumers, while the regulator had no mechanisms in place to monitor the telcos to ensure quality of service and fair pricing for consumers; the small size of the country’s population provided little incentive for new players to enter the market; a positive outcome for consumers was the deployment in early 2021 of a service to monitor traffic and billing; this ended the practice whereby the regulator was dependent on telcos submitting data about their performance, billing, and other matters; the regulator has also turned its attention to addressing multiple SIM ownership and stem incidences of crimes committed using unregistered SIMs; in May 2022, it instructed the country’s MNOs to begin registering SIM cards on their networks from the following month; fixed-wireless 5G trials began in early 2019 (2022)" + "text": "until late 2020, Lesotho’s telecom regulator maintained a market duopoly which is focused on fixed-line services; competition was insufficient to promote effective price reductions for consumers, while the regulator had no mechanisms in place to monitor the telcos to ensure quality of service and fair pricing for consumers; the small size of the country’s population provided little incentive for new players to enter the market; a positive outcome for consumers was the deployment in early 2021 of a service to monitor traffic and billing; this ended the practice whereby the regulator was dependent on telcos submitting data about their performance, billing, and other matters; the regulator has also turned its attention to addressing multiple SIM ownership and stemming incidences of crimes committed using unregistered SIMs; in May 2022, it instructed the country’s Mobile Network Operators to begin registering SIM cards on their networks from the following month; fixed-wireless 5G trials began in early 2019 (2022)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line is less than 1 per 100 subscriptions; mobile-cellular service subscribership is 80 per 100 persons (2021)" @@ -1083,7 +1063,7 @@ } }, "Broadcast media": { - "text": "1 state-owned TV station and 2 state-owned radio stations; government controls most private broadcast media; satellite TV subscription service available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters obtainable (2019)" + "text": "1 state-owned TV station and 2 state-owned radio stations; most private broadcast media transmitters are connected to government radio signal towers; satellite TV subscription service available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters obtainable (2019)" }, "Internet country code": { "text": ".ls" @@ -1134,8 +1114,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army (includes Air Wing) (2023)", - "note": "note: the Lesotho Mounted Police Service is responsible for internal security and reports to the Minister of Police and Public Safety" + "text": "Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army (includes Air Wing)  (2023)", + "note": "note: the Lesotho Mounted Police Service is responsible for internal security and reports to the Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2022": { @@ -1161,7 +1141,7 @@ "text": "the LDF has a small inventory of older and second-hand equipment from a variety of countries (2023)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "20-30 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women (women can serve in combat arms); no conscription (2023)" + "text": "18-24 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women (women can serve in combat arms); no conscription (2023)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "Lesotho's declared policy for its military is the maintenance of the country's sovereignty and the preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa; the LDF is a small force comprised of about a half dozen infantry companies; it began in 1964 as the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); the PMU was designated as the Lesotho Paramilitary Force in 1980 and became the Royal Lesotho Defense Force in 1986; it was subsequently renamed the Lesotho Defense Force in 1993 (2023)" diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index 8929f3d3..d6b14e6a 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ "text": "President Umaro Sissoko EMBALO (since 27 February 2020); note - President EMBALO was declared winner of the 29 December 2019 runoff presidential election by the electoral commission, in late February 2020, EMBALO inaugurated himself with only military leadership present, even though the Supreme Court of Justice had yet to rule on an electoral litigation appeal lodged by his political rival Domingos Simoes PEREIRA" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Geraldo MARTINS (since 12 December 2023) note- on 4 December 2023 the president dissolved the parliament and dismissed Prime Minister MARTINS, reappointing him on 12 December with new elections held at a future date" + "text": "Prime Minister Rui Duarte DE BARROS (since 20 December 2023) note- on 4 December 2023 the president dissolved the parliament" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president" diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index 4727f74a..55852132 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -1005,18 +1005,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "18,768 (2021 est.)" + "text": "19,027 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2021 est.)" + "text": "18 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "184,161 (2021 est.)" + "text": "205,140 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "173 (2021 est.)" + "text": "192 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/um.json b/australia-oceania/um.json index f51fd982..0aeba784 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/um.json +++ b/australia-oceania/um.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

All of the following US Pacific island territories except Midway Atoll constitute the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex and as such are managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior. Midway Atoll NWR has been included in a Refuge Complex with the Hawaiian Islands NWR and also designated as part of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. These remote refuges are the most widespread collection of marine- and terrestrial-life protected areas on the planet under a single country's jurisdiction. They sustain many endemic species including corals, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, water birds, land birds, insects, and vegetation not found elsewhere.

Baker Island: The US took possession of the island in 1857. Its guano deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second half of the 19th century. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization began on this island but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. The island was established as a NWR in 1974.

Howland Island: Discovered by the US early in the 19th century, the uninhabited atoll was officially claimed by the US in 1857. Both US and British companies mined for guano deposits until about 1890. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization began on this island, similar to the effort on nearby Baker Island, but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. The famed American aviatrix Amelia EARHART disappeared while seeking out Howland Island as a refueling stop during her 1937 round-the-world flight; Earhart Light, a day beacon near the middle of the west coast, was named in her memory. The island was established as a NWR in 1974.

Jarvis Island: First discovered by the British in 1821, the uninhabited island was annexed by the US in 1858 but abandoned in 1879 after tons of guano had been removed. The UK annexed the island in 1889 but never carried out plans for further exploitation. The US occupied and reclaimed the island in 1935. It was abandoned in 1942 during World War II. The island was established as a NWR in 1974.

Johnston Atoll: Both the US and the Kingdom of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s. Johnston and Sand Islands were designated wildlife refuges in 1926. The US Navy took over the atoll in 1934. Subsequently, the US Air Force assumed control in 1948. The site was used for high-altitude nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. Until late in 2000 the atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. Munitions destruction, cleanup, and closure of the facility were completed by May 2005. The Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Air Force are currently discussing future management options; in the interim, Johnston Atoll and the three-mile Naval Defensive Sea around it remain under the jurisdiction and administrative control of the US Air Force.

Kingman Reef: The US annexed the reef in 1922. Its sheltered lagoon served as a way station for flying boats on Hawaii-to-American Samoa flights during the late 1930s. There are no terrestrial plants on the reef, which is frequently awash, but it does support abundant and diverse marine fauna and flora. In 2001, the waters surrounding the reef out to 12 nm were designated a NWR.

Midway Islands: The US took formal possession of the islands in 1867. The laying of the transpacific cable, which passed through the islands, brought the first residents in 1903. Between 1935 and 1947, Midway was used as a refueling stop for transpacific flights. The US naval victory over a Japanese fleet off Midway in 1942 was one of the turning points of World War II. The islands continued to serve as a naval station until closed in 1993. Today the islands are a NWR and are the site of the world's largest Laysan albatross colony.

Palmyra Atoll: The Kingdom of Hawaii claimed the atoll in 1862, and the US included it among the Hawaiian Islands when it annexed the archipelago in 1898. The Hawaii Statehood Act of 1959 did not include Palmyra Atoll, which is now partly privately owned by the Nature Conservancy with the rest owned by the Federal government and managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. These organizations are managing the atoll as a wildlife refuge. The lagoons and surrounding waters within the 12-nm US territorial seas were transferred to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and designated a NWR in January 2001.

" + "text": "

All of the following US Pacific Island territories except Midway Atoll constitute the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex and as such are managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior. Midway Atoll NWR has been included in a Refuge Complex with the Hawaiian Islands NWR and also designated as part of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. These remote refuges are the most widespread collection of marine- and terrestrial-life protected areas on the planet under a single country's jurisdiction. They sustain many endemic species including corals, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, water birds, land birds, insects, and vegetation not found elsewhere.

Baker Island: The US took possession of the island in 1857. Its guano deposits were mined by US and British companies during the second half of the 19th century. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization began on this island but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. The island was established as a NWR in 1974.

Howland Island: Discovered by the US early in the 19th century, the uninhabited atoll was officially claimed by the US in 1857. Both US and British companies mined for guano deposits until about 1890. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization began on this island, similar to the effort on nearby Baker Island, but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. The famed American aviatrix Amelia EARHART disappeared while seeking out Howland Island as a refueling stop during her 1937 round-the-world flight; Earhart Light, a day beacon near the middle of the west coast, was named in her memory. The island was established as a NWR in 1974.

Jarvis Island: First discovered by the British in 1821, the uninhabited island was annexed by the US in 1858 but abandoned in 1879 after tons of guano had been removed. The UK annexed the island in 1889 but never carried out plans for further exploitation. The US occupied and reclaimed the island in 1935. It was abandoned in 1942 during World War II. The island was established as a NWR in 1974.

Johnston Atoll: Both the US and the Kingdom of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s. Johnston and Sand Islands were designated wildlife refuges in 1926. The US Navy took over the atoll in 1934. Subsequently, the US Air Force assumed control in 1948. The site was used for high-altitude nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. Until late in 2000 the atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. Munitions destruction, cleanup, and closure of the facility were completed by May 2005. The Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Air Force are currently discussing future management options; in the interim, Johnston Atoll and the three-mile Naval Defensive Sea around it remain under the jurisdiction and administrative control of the US Air Force.

Kingman Reef: The US annexed the reef in 1922. Its sheltered lagoon served as a way station for flying boats on Hawaii-to-American Samoa flights during the late 1930s. There are no terrestrial plants on the reef, which is frequently awash, but it does support abundant and diverse marine fauna and flora. In 2001, the waters surrounding the reef out to 12 nm were designated a NWR.

Midway Islands: The US took formal possession of the islands in 1867. The laying of the transpacific cable, which passed through the islands, brought the first residents in 1903. Between 1935 and 1947, Midway was used as a refueling stop for transpacific flights. The US naval victory over a Japanese fleet off Midway in 1942 was one of the turning points of World War II. The islands continued to serve as a naval station until closed in 1993. Today the islands are a NWR and are the site of the world's largest Laysan albatross colony.

Palmyra Atoll: The Kingdom of Hawaii claimed the atoll in 1862, and the US included it among the Hawaiian Islands when it annexed the archipelago in 1898. The Hawaii Statehood Act of 1959 did not include Palmyra Atoll, which is now partly privately owned by the Nature Conservancy with the rest owned by the Federal government and managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. These organizations are managing the atoll as a wildlife refuge. The lagoons and surrounding waters within the 12-nm US territorial seas were transferred to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and designated a NWR in January 2001.

" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 29079a6a..69a2c794 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -157,26 +157,26 @@ }, "Median age": { "total": { - "text": "23.9 years (2020)" + "text": "26.4 years (2023 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "23 years" + "text": "26.1 years" }, "female": { - "text": "24.8 years" + "text": "26.8 years" } }, "Population growth rate": { - "text": "1.61% (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.47% (2023 est.)" }, "Birth rate": { - "text": "20.93 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)" + "text": "18 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)" }, "Death rate": { - "text": "3.89 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)" + "text": "5.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)" }, "Net migration rate": { - "text": "-0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)" }, "Population distribution": { "text": "approximately 25% to 30% of the population lives in the former capital, Belize City; over half of the overall population is rural; population density is slightly higher in the north and east" @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ "text": "0.9 male(s)/female" }, "total population": { - "text": "1 male(s)/female (2023 est.)" + "text": "0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.)" } }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { @@ -214,31 +214,31 @@ }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { - "text": "10.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)" + "text": "11.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "12.08 deaths/1,000 live births" + "text": "12.4 deaths/1,000 live births" }, "female": { - "text": "9.66 deaths/1,000 live births" + "text": "10.2 deaths/1,000 live births" } }, "Life expectancy at birth": { "total population": { - "text": "76.08 years (2023 est.)" + "text": "73.7 years (2023 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "74.49 years" + "text": "71.9 years" }, "female": { - "text": "77.75 years" + "text": "75.6 years" } }, "Total fertility rate": { - "text": "2.59 children born/woman (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.08 children born/woman (2023 est.)" }, "Gross reproduction rate": { - "text": "1.26 (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.02 (2023 est.)" }, "Contraceptive prevalence rate": { "text": "51.4% (2015/16)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index 1a2c8043..1ded7e28 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -378,17 +378,6 @@ "female": { "text": "10 years (2019)" } - }, - "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": { - "total": { - "text": "7.2% (2021 est.)" - }, - "male": { - "text": "6.3%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "9.4%" - } } }, "Environment": { @@ -565,7 +554,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (not eligible for consecutive terms); election last held on 25 June 2023 with a runoff on 20 August 2023 (next to be held in June 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2023: Bernardo ARÉVALO de León elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Sandra TORRES (UNE) 21%; Bernardo ARÉVALO de León (SEMILLA) 15.6%, Manuel CONDE Orellana (VAMOS) 10.4%; Armando CASTILLO Alvarado (VIVA) 9.6%, other 43.4%; percent of vote in second round - Bernardo ARÉVALO de León 60.9%, Sandra TORRES 39.1%

2019: Alejandro GIAMMATTEI elected president; percent of vote in first round - Sandra TORRES (UNE) 25.5%, Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (VAMOS) 14%, Edmond MULET (PHG) 11.2%, Thelma CABRERA (MLP) 10.4%, Roberto ARZU (PAN-PODEMOS) 6.1%, other 32.8%; percent of vote in second round - Alejandro GIAMMATTEI 58%, Sandra TORRES 42%" + "text": "
2023: Bernardo ARÉVALO de León elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Sandra TORRES (UNE) 21%; Bernardo ARÉVALO de León (SEMILLA) 15.6%, Manuel CONDE Orellana (VAMOS) 10.4%; Armando CASTILLO Alvarado (VIVA) 9.6%, other 43.4%; percent of vote in second round - Bernardo ARÉVALO de León 60.9%, Sandra TORRES 39.1%; note - ARÉVALO is scheduled to take office 14 January 2024

2019: Alejandro GIAMMATTEI elected president; percent of vote in first round - Sandra TORRES (UNE) 25.5%, Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (VAMOS) 14%, Edmond MULET (PHG) 11.2%, Thelma CABRERA (MLP) 10.4%, Roberto ARZU (PAN-PODEMOS) 6.1%, other 32.8%; percent of vote in second round - Alejandro GIAMMATTEI 58%, Sandra TORRES 42%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -772,17 +761,6 @@ "Labor force": { "text": "6.671 million (2021 est.)" }, - "Labor force - by occupation": { - "agriculture": { - "text": "31.4%" - }, - "industry": { - "text": "12.8%" - }, - "services": { - "text": "55.8% (2017 est.)" - } - }, "Unemployment rate": { "Unemployment rate 2021": { "text": "3.57% (2021 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 51c8a307..40bbd243 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ "note": "note: since 1989 the military authorities in Burma and the deposed parliamentary government have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; the US Government has not officially adopted the name" }, "Government type": { - "text": "previously parliamentary republic" + "text": "military regime" }, "Capital": { "name": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index a1bdc49d..0e14da01 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -1060,18 +1060,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,887,500 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1,906,200 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32 (2021 est.)" + "text": "32 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,660,700 (2021 est.)" + "text": "9,350,700 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "146 (2021 est.)" + "text": "156 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/ax.json b/europe/ax.json index 4ef5f883..82c16839 100644 --- a/europe/ax.json +++ b/europe/ax.json @@ -229,11 +229,6 @@ } }, "Transnational Issues": { - "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { - "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "7,495 (Ukraine) (as of" - } - }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "NA" } diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index b6a87cb1..c2bfb0d9 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -1078,18 +1078,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "577,390 (2021 est.)" + "text": "540,558 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2021 est.)" + "text": "10 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,362,325 (2021 est.)" + "text": "7,445,151 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "135 (2021 est.)" + "text": "132 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index a8f6d023..87f3972c 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ "text": "last held on 17 December 2023 (next to be held in 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - Serbia Must Stop 48%, SPN 24.4%, SPS-JS-ZS 6.7%, NADA 5.2%, MI-GIN 4.8%, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 1.7%, SPP-DSHV 0.8%, SDAS 0.6%, other 7.8%; seats by party/coalition - Serbia Must Stop 130, SPN 65, SPS-JS-ZS 18, NADA 14, MI-GIN 13, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 6, SPP-DSHV 2, SDAS 2; composition - men NA, women NA; percent of women NA%" + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - Serbia Must Stop 48%, SPN 24.4%, SPS-JS-ZS 6.7%, NADA 5.2%, MI-GIN 4.8%, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 1.7%, SPP-DSHV 0.8%, SDAS 0.6%, Political Battle of the Albanians Continues 0.4%, RS-NKPJ 0.3%, other 7.1%; seats by party/coalition - Serbia Must Stop 128, SPN 65, SPS-JS-ZS 18, NADA 13, MI-GIN 13, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 6, SPP-DSHV 3, SDAS 2, Political Battle of the Albanians Continues 1, RS-NKPJ 1; composition - men NA, women NA; percent of women NA%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM or VMSZ [Istvan PASZTOR]
Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina or DSHV [Tomislav ZIGMANOV]
Democratic Party or DS [Zoran LUTOVAC]
Dveri [Bosko OBRADOVIC]
Ecological Uprising or EU [Aleksandar JOVANOVIC]
Green - Left Front or ZLF [Radomir LAZOVIC, Biljana DORDEVIC]
Greens of Serbia or ZS [Ivan KARIC]
Justice and Reconciliation Party or SPP [Usame ZUKORLIC] (formerly Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandzak or BDZS)
Movement for Reversal or PZP [Janko VESELINOVIC]
Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia or POKS [Vojislav MIHAILOVIC]
Movement of Free Citizens or PSG [Pavle GRBOVIC]
Movement of Socialists or PS [Aleksandar VULIN]
National Democratic Alternative or NADA [Milos JOVANOVIC and Vojislav MIHAILOVIC] (coalition includes NDSS and POKS)
National Gathering or NO [Bosko OBRADOVIC, Milica Durdevic STAMENKOVSKI (electoral coalition includes SSZ, DVERI)
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia or DSHV [Aleksandar BANJANAC]
New Democratic Party of Serbia or NDSS or New DSS [Milos JOVANOVIC] (formerly Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS)
Party of Democratic Action of the Sandzak or SDAS [Sulejman UGLJANIN]
Party of Freedom and Justice or SSP [Dragan DJILAS]
Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice or PUPS - Solidarity and Justice [Milan KRKOBABIC] (formerly Party of United Pensioners of Serbia or PUPS)
Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak or SDAS [Sulejmon UGLJANIN]
People's Movement of Serbia or NPS [Miroslav ALEKSIC]
People's Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija or Fatherland [Stavica RISTIC]
People's Peasant Party or NSS [Marijan RISTICEVIC]
Political Battle of the Albanians Continues or KSLP or KAPD [Shaip KAMBERI]
Russian Party or RS [Slobodan NIKOLIC]
Serbia Against Violence or SPN [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes DS, SSP, ZLF, Zajedno, NPS, PSG, EU, PZP, USS Sloga, NLS, Fatherland]
Serbia Must Not Stop [Milenko JOVANOV] (electoral coalitions includes SNS, SDPS, PUPS, PSS, SNP, SPO, PS, NSS, USS)
Serbian Party Oathkeepers or SSZ [Milica DJURDJEVIC STAMENKOVSKI]
Serbian People's Party or SNP [Nenad POPOVIC]
Serbian Progressive Party or SNS [Miloš VUCEVIC]
Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC]
Social Democratic Party of Serbia or SDPS [Rasim LJAJIC]
Socialist Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC]
Strength of Serbia or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]
Together or ZAJEDNO [Biljana STOSKOVIC]
United Peasant Party or USS [Milija MILETIC]
United Serbia or JS [Dragan MARKOVIC]
United Trade Unions of Serbia or NLS [Milos PARANDICOVIC]
We - The Voice from the People or MI-GIN [collective leadership)", + "text": "Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM or VMSZ [Shepherd BALINT, acting]
Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina or DSHV [Tomislav ZIGMANOV]
Democratic Party or DS [Zoran LUTOVAC]
Ecological Uprising or EU [Aleksandar JOVANOVIC]
Green - Left Front or ZLF [Radomir LAZOVIC, Biljana DORDEVIC]
Greens of Serbia or ZS [Ivan KARIC]
Justice and Reconciliation Party or SPP [Usame ZUKORLIC] (formerly Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandzak or BDZS)
Movement for Reversal or PZP [Janko VESELINOVIC]
Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia or POKS [Vojislav MIHAILOVIC]
Movement of Free Citizens or PSG [Pavle GRBOVIC]
Movement of Socialists or PS [Aleksandar VULIN]
National Democratic Alternative or NADA [Milos JOVANOVIC and Vojislav MIHAILOVIC] (electoral coalition includes NDSS and POKS)
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia or NKPJ [Aleksandar BANJANAC]
New Democratic Party of Serbia or NDSS or New DSS [Milos JOVANOVIC] (formerly Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS)
New Face of Serbia or NLS [Milos PARANDICOVIC]
Party of Democratic Action of the Sandzak or SDAS [Sulejman UGLJANIN]
Party of Freedom and Justice or SSP [Dragan DJILAS]
Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice or PUPS - Solidarity and Justice [Milan KRKOBABIC] (formerly Party of United Pensioners of Serbia or PUPS)
People's Movement of Serbia or NPS [Miroslav ALEKSIC]
People's Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija or Fatherland [Stavica RISTIC]
People's Peasant Party or NSS [Marijan RISTICEVIC]
Political Battle of the Albanians Continues [Shaip KAMBERI]
Russian Party or RS [Slobodan NIKOLIC]
Serbia Against Violence or SPN [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes DS, SSP, ZLF, Zajedno, NPS, PSG, EU, PZP, USS Sloga, NLS, Fatherland]
Serbia Must Not Stop [Milenko JOVANOV] (electoral coalitions includes SNS, SDPS, PUPS, PSS, SNP, SPO, PS, NSS, USS)
Serbian People's Party or SNP [Nenad POPOVIC]
Serbian Progressive Party or SNS [Miloš VUCEVIC]
Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC]
Social Democratic Party of Serbia or SDPS [Rasim LJAJIC]
Socialist Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC]
Strength of Serbia or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]
Together or ZAJEDNO [Biljana STOJKOVIC, Nebojsa ZELENOVIC]
United Peasant Party or USS [Milija MILETIC]
United Serbia or JS [Dragan MARKOVIC]
United Trade Unions of Serbia \"Sloga\" or USS Sloga [Zeljko VESELINOVIC]
We - The Voice from the People or MI-GIN [collective leadership)", "note": "note: Serbia has more than 110 registered political parties and citizens' associations" }, "International organization participation": { diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 3ce5bbbc..6636ac76 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -805,18 +805,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "16,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47 (2021 est.)" + "text": "48 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "40,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "41,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "119 (2021 est.)" + "text": "122 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index 6f1f4394..49625f10 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -317,18 +317,6 @@ "text": "14 years (2021)" }, "note": "note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank" - }, - "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": { - "total": { - "text": "39.6% (2021 est.)" - }, - "male": { - "text": "33.7%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "69%" - }, - "note": "note: includes the West Bank" } }, "Environment": { @@ -507,18 +495,6 @@ "text": "1.249 million (2021 est.)", "note": "note: excludes the West Bank" }, - "Labor force - by occupation": { - "agriculture": { - "text": "5.2%" - }, - "industry": { - "text": "10%" - }, - "services": { - "text": "84.8% (2015 est.)" - }, - "note": "note: data exclude the West Bank" - }, "Unemployment rate": { "Unemployment rate 2021": { "text": "24.9% (2021 est.)" @@ -838,7 +814,7 @@ "text": "1.6 million (Palestinian refugees) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { - "text": "1.6 million (includes persons displaced within the Gaza Strip due to the intensification of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since June 2014 and other Palestinian IDPs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank who fled as long ago as 1967, although confirmed cumulative data do not go back beyond 2006) (2023); note - data represent Gaza Strip" + "text": "1.9 million (as of 18 December 2023, since HAMAS's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023)

1.6 million (includes persons displaced within the Gaza Strip due to the intensification of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict between June 2014 and 7 October 2023 and other Palestinian IDPs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank who fled as long ago as 1967, although confirmed cumulative data do not go back beyond 2006) (2022)" } } } diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 42a1634e..25782de9 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by the United Kingdom during World War I and was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration in 1920. Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932. It was proclaimed a \"republic\" in 1958 after a coup overthrew the monarchy, but in actuality, a series of strongmen ruled the country until 2003. The last was SADDAM Husayn from 1979 to 2003. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait but was expelled by US-led UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991. After Iraq's expulsion, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions led to the Second Gulf War in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime by US-led forces.

In October 2005, Iraqis approved a constitution in a national referendum and, pursuant to this document, elected a 275-member Council of Representatives (COR) in December 2005. The COR approved most cabinet ministers in May 2006, marking the transition to Iraq's first constitutional government in nearly a half century. Iraq's constitution also established the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), a semi-autonomous region that administers the governorates of Erbil, Dahuk, and As Sulaymaniyah. Iraq has held four national legislative elections since 2006, most recently in October 2021 when 329 legislators were elected to the COR. Following these elections and Iraq's longest government formation process in the post-SADDAM era, the COR approved Muhammad Shia' al-SUDANI as prime minister in October 2022. Iraq has repeatedly postponed separate elections for provincial councils - last held in 2013 - and since 2019 the prime minister has had the authority to appoint governors rather than provincial councils. In early 2023, the COR voted to hold provincial elections by the end of the year.

Between 2014 and 2017, Iraq fought a military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) to recapture territory the group seized in 2014. In December 2017, then-Prime Minister Haydar al-ABADI publicly declared victory against ISIS, although military operations against the group continue in rural areas. Also in late 2017, Baghdad forcefully seized disputed territories across central and northern Iraq from the KRG, following a non-binding Kurdish independence referendum.

" + "text": "

Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by the United Kingdom during World War I and was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration in 1920. Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932. It was proclaimed a \"republic\" in 1958 after a coup overthrew the monarchy, but in actuality, a series of strongmen ruled the country until 2003. The last was SADDAM Husayn from 1979 to 2003. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait but was expelled by US-led UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991. After Iraq's expulsion, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions led to the Second Gulf War in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime by US-led forces.

In October 2005, Iraqis approved a constitution in a national referendum and, pursuant to this document, elected a 275-member Council of Representatives (COR) in December 2005. The COR approved most cabinet ministers in May 2006, marking the transition to Iraq's first constitutional government in nearly a half century. Iraq's constitution also established the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), a semi-autonomous region that administers the governorates of Erbil, Dahuk, and As Sulaymaniyah. Iraq has held four national legislative elections since 2006, most recently in October 2021 when 329 legislators were elected to the COR. Following these elections and Iraq's longest government formation process in the post-SADDAM era, the COR approved Mohammad Shia' al-SUDANI as prime minister in October 2022. Iraq has repeatedly postponed separate elections for provincial councils - last held in 2013 - and since 2019 the prime minister has had the authority to appoint governors rather than provincial councils. In early 2023, the COR voted to hold provincial elections by the end of the year.

Between 2014 and 2017, Iraq fought a military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) to recapture territory the group seized in 2014. In December 2017, then-Prime Minister Haydar al-ABADI publicly declared victory against ISIS, although military operations against the group continue in rural areas. Also in late 2017, Baghdad forcefully seized disputed territories across central and northern Iraq from the KRG, following a non-binding Kurdish independence referendum.

" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 4bc96d2d..0761eb26 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -1058,18 +1058,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,594,631 (2021 est.)" + "text": "6,773,272 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2021 est.)" + "text": "19 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "45,427,321 (2021 est.)" + "text": "48,197,996 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "126 (2021 est.)" + "text": "132 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index 736310f8..d978723f 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -374,17 +374,6 @@ "female": { "text": "20 years (2019)" } - }, - "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": { - "total": { - "text": "32.9% (2021 est.)" - }, - "male": { - "text": "28.3%" - }, - "female": { - "text": "38.7%" - } } }, "Environment": { @@ -780,17 +769,6 @@ "Labor force": { "text": "1.702 million (2021 est.)" }, - "Labor force - by occupation": { - "agriculture": { - "text": "13%" - }, - "industry": { - "text": "14%" - }, - "services": { - "text": "73% (2010 est.)" - } - }, "Unemployment rate": { "Unemployment rate 2021": { "text": "10.45% (2021 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/io.json b/south-asia/io.json index 6e4644ae..9f105889 100644 --- a/south-asia/io.json +++ b/south-asia/io.json @@ -204,6 +204,22 @@ "Dependency status": { "text": "overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in London" }, + "Capital": { + "name": { + "text": "often regarded as being on Diego Garcia" + }, + "geographic coordinates": { + "text": " 7 18S, 12 24E" + }, + "time difference": { + "text": "UTC+6 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)" + } + }, + "Constitution": { + "history": { + "text": "British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004" + } + }, "Legal system": { "text": "the laws of the UK apply where applicable" },