diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 363d1d1b..43c0f0fa 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.809 million ALGIERS (capital), 910,000 Oran (2021)" + "text": "2.854 million ALGIERS (capital), 922,000 Oran (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.2% (2018)" + "text": "6.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -636,6 +636,14 @@ "text": "Mufdi ZAKARIAH/Mohamed FAWZI" }, "note": "note: adopted 1962; ZAKARIAH wrote \"Kassaman\" as a poem while imprisoned in Algiers by French colonial forces" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (6 cultural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Beni Hammad Fort (c), Djémila (c), Casbah of Algiers (c), M'zab Valley (c), Tassili n'Ajjer (m), Timgad (c), Tipasa (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index 8b5cc4ee..1bf50750 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "8.632 million LUANDA (capital), 871,000 Lubango, 819,000 Cabinda (2021)" + "text": "8.952 million LUANDA (capital), 914,000 Lubango, 862,000 Cabinda, Benguela 777,000 (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.6% (2018)" + "text": "2.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ "text": "Manuel Rui Alves MONTEIRO/Rui Alberto Vieira Dias MINGAO" }, "note": "note: adopted 1975" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Mbanza-Kongo" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1199,7 +1207,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "37,091 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2021)" + "text": "9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2021); 37,088 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index 23915a5a..48af8ec5 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.9% (2018)" + "text": "6.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -653,6 +653,14 @@ "text": "Kgalemang Tumedisco MOTSETE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1966" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Tsodilo Hills (c), Okavango Delta (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index a2b70c6c..5e416b5b 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.123 million Abomey-Calavi, 699,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2021)" + "text": "285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.189 million Abomey-Calavi, 709,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.5% (2018)" + "text": "2.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -664,6 +664,14 @@ "text": "Gilbert Jean DAGNON" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Royal Palaces of Abomey (c), W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 9b27eb39..0465fe8c 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.075 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.139 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.7% (2018)" + "text": "8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index c851ff95..8173c831 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.476 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.533 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.1% (2018)" + "text": "4.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -676,6 +676,14 @@ "text": "Louis GIDROL and his students/Paul VILLARD" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape (m)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index 70fae016..777de816 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.470 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.254 million Pointe-Noire (2021)" + "text": "2.553 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.295 million Pointe-Noire (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.1% (2018)" + "text": "2.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2011)" @@ -671,6 +671,14 @@ "text": "Jacques TONDRA and Georges KIBANGHI/Jean ROYER and Joseph SPADILIERE" }, "note": "note: originally adopted 1959, restored 1991" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Sangha Trinational Forest" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1116,7 +1124,7 @@ "note": "note: road network in Congo is composed of 23,324 km of which 17,000 km are classified as national, departmental, and routes of local interest: 6,324 km are non-classified routes" }, "Waterways": { - "text": "1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui Rivers above Brazzaville; there are many ferries across the river to Kinshasa; the Congo south of Brazzaville-Kinshasa to the coast is not navigable because of rapids, necessitating a rail connection to Pointe Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only) (2011)" + "text": "1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubangui Rivers above Brazzaville; there are many ferries across the river to Kinshasa; the Congo south of Brazzaville-Kinshasa to the coast is not navigable because of rapids, necessitating a rail connection to Pointe-Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only) (2011)" }, "Merchant marine": { "total": { @@ -1136,7 +1144,7 @@ "river port(s)": { "text": "Brazzaville (Congo)" }, - "note": "Impfondo (Oubangi)\nOuesso (Sangha)\nOyo (Alima)" + "note": "Impfondo (Oubangui) Ouesso (Sangha) Oyo (Alima)" } }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index e60c7d09..f74133a4 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "14.970 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.643 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.584 million Lubumbashi, 1.524 million Kananga, 1.321 million Kisangani, 1.133 million Bukavu (2021)" + "text": "15.628 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.765 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.695 million Lubumbashi, 1.593 million Kananga, 1.366 million Kisangani, 1.190 million Bukavu (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.3% (2018)" + "text": "3.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -699,6 +699,14 @@ "text": "Joseph LUTUMBA/Simon-Pierre BOKA di Mpasi Londi" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960; replaced when the country was known as Zaire; but readopted in 1997" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (all natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Garamba National Park, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Salonga National Park, Virunga National Park" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index bb13fc66..88841fb8 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.164 million YAOUNDE (capital), 3.793 million Douala (2021)" + "text": "4.164 million YAOUNDE (capital), 3.927 million Douala (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.5% (2018)" + "text": "3.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2011)" @@ -695,6 +695,14 @@ "text": "Rene Djam AFAME, Samuel Minkio BAMBA, Moise Nyatte NKO'O [French], Benard Nsokika FONLON [English]/Rene Djam AFAME" }, "note": "note: adopted 1957; Cameroon's anthem, also known as \"Chant de Ralliement\" (The Rallying Song), has been used unofficially since 1948 and officially adopted in 1957; the anthem has French and English versions whose lyrics differ" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Dja Faunal Reserve, Sangha Trinational Forest" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index 08057fd9..20617cbd 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.6% (2018)" + "text": "5.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.27 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 0ef13f7c..441a69df 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "910,000 BANGUI (capital) (2021)" + "text": "933,000 BANGUI (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "11% (2018)" + "text": "7.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -661,6 +661,14 @@ "text": "Barthelemy BOGANDA/Herbert PEPPER" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960; Barthelemy BOGANDA wrote the anthem's lyrics and was the first prime minister of the autonomous French territory" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park, Sangha Trinational Forest" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 7914deec..0f63c20d 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.4% (2018)" + "text": "4.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.78 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -607,6 +607,14 @@ "text": "Amilcar Spencer LOPES/Adalberto Higino Tavares SILVA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1996" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Cidade Velha, Historic Center of Ribeira Grande" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 24dfd02a..e408e635 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "584,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2021)" + "text": "591,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.3% (2018)" + "text": "1.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index de80cb7f..39df978c 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "21.323 million CAIRO (capital), 5.381 million Alexandria (2021)" + "text": "21.750 million CAIRO (capital), 5.484 million Alexandria, 764,000 Bur Sa'id (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5% (2018)" + "text": "4.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.45 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -682,6 +682,14 @@ "text": "Younis-al QADI/Sayed DARWISH" }, "note": "note: adopted 1979; the current anthem, less militaristic than the previous one, was created after the signing of the 1979 peace treaty with Israel; Sayed DARWISH, commonly considered the father of modern Egyptian music, composed the anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Memphis and its Necropolis (c), Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (c), Nubian Monuments (c), Saint Catherine Area (c), Abu Mena (c), Historic Cairo (c), Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 9be2b60b..ec654c8e 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3% (2018)" + "text": "3.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index b65ac4a5..db3d4937 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "998,000 ASMARA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.035 million ASMARA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.1% (2018)" + "text": "4.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.06 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -612,6 +612,14 @@ "text": "SOLOMON Tsehaye Beraki/Isaac Abraham MEHAREZGI and ARON Tekle Tesfatsion" }, "note": "note: adopted 1993; upon independence from Ethiopia" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Asmara: A Modernist African City" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index 2f132547..a8310efb 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "5.006 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "5.228 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.3% (2018)" + "text": "3.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -706,6 +706,14 @@ "text": "DEREJE Melaku Mengesha/SOLOMON Lulu" }, "note": "note: adopted 1992" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "9 (8 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (c); Simien National Park (n); Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (c); Axum (c); Lower Valley of the Awash (c); Lower Valley of the Omo (c); Tiya (c); Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (c); Konso Cultural Landscape (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1228,7 +1236,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "383,084 (South Sudan), 218,022 (Somalia), 158,300 (Eritrea), 46,181 (Sudan) (2021)" + "text": "158,300 (Eritrea), 46,181 (Sudan) (2021); 388,737 (South Sudan), 225,877 (Somalia) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,990,168 (includes conflict- and climate-induced IDPs, excluding unverified estimates from the Amhara region; border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Somali and Oromia regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 560e1f65..8f520a0d 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "459,000 BANJUL (capital) (2021)", + "text": "470,000 BANJUL (capital) (2022)", "note": "note: includes the local government areas of Banjul and Kanifing" }, "Sex ratio": { @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.1% (2018)" + "text": "3.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -652,6 +652,14 @@ "text": "Virginia Julie HOWE/adapted by Jeremy Frederick HOWE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1965; the music is an adaptation of the traditional Mandinka song \"Foday Kaba Dumbuya\"" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites, Stone Circles of Senegambia" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index f5bcbc4d..f9411e19 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "845,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "857,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.8% (2018)" + "text": "2.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.68 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -637,6 +637,14 @@ "text": "Georges Aleka DAMAS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (m), Ivindo National Park (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index 18bfc20a..138103bd 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.390 million Kumasi, 2.557 million ACCRA (capital), 991,000 Sekondi Takoradi (2021)" + "text": "3.630 million Kumasi, 2.605 million ACCRA (capital), 1.035 million Sekondi Takoradi (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.5% (2018)" + "text": "3.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -668,6 +668,14 @@ "text": "unknown/Philip GBEHO" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1957, lyrics adopted 1966; the lyrics were changed twice, in 1960 when a republic was declared and after a 1966 coup" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions; Asante Traditional Buildings" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 5bf02dc0..c642ccba 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.991 million CONAKRY (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.049 million CONAKRY (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.9% (2018)" + "text": "4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -680,6 +680,14 @@ "text": "unknown/Fodeba KEITA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1958" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 5625b542..d83fe5f4 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018), 5.355 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2021)" + "text": "231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018), 5.516 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.2% (2018)" + "text": "3.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -684,6 +684,14 @@ "text": "Mathieu EKRA, Joachim BONY, and Pierre Marie COTY/Pierre Marie COTY and Pierre Michel PANGO" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960; although the nation's capital city moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro in 1983, the anthem still owes its name to the former capital" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (2 cultural, 3 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Comoé National Park (n), Historic Grand-Bassam (c), Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (n), Sudanese-style Mosques (c), Taï National Park (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 53ac56fb..6fa09be3 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.922 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.341 million Mombassa (2021)" + "text": "5.119 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.389 million Mombassa (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.2% (2018)" + "text": "4.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -686,6 +686,14 @@ "text": "Graham HYSLOP, Thomas KALUME, Peter KIBUKOSYA, Washington OMONDI, and George W. SENOGA-ZAKE/traditional, adapted by Graham HYSLOP, Thomas KALUME, Peter KIBUKOSYA, Washington OMONDI, and George W. SENOGA-ZAKE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1963; based on a traditional Kenyan folk song" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (4 cultural, 3 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Lake Turkana National Parks (n); Mount Kenya National Park (n); Lamu Old Town (c); Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (c); Fort Jesus, Mombasa (c); Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (n); Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index f0542a6e..96c866fd 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.569 million MONROVIA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.623 million MONROVIA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.7% (2018)" + "text": "8.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index 79364d99..99aa27bc 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.3% (2018)" + "text": "11.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population" @@ -635,6 +635,14 @@ "text": "Francois COILLARD/Ferdinand-Samuel LAUR" }, "note": "note: adopted 1967; music derives from an 1823 Swiss songbook" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Maloti-Drakensberg Park" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -988,7 +996,7 @@ "text": "small market with few business incentives; fixed-line tele-density and mobile penetration remains below regional average; introduction of mobile broadband in the country and LTE technology; 5G testing among first in region; landlocked, Lesotho has access to several submarine cables on African coast through neighboring countries yet Internet is expensive; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from South Africa (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line is 1 per 100 subscriptions; mobile-cellular service dominates the market with a subscribership now over 114 per 100 persons; rudimentary system consisting of a modest number of landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a small radiotelephone communication system (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line is less than 1 per 100 subscriptions; mobile-cellular service subscribership nearly 73 per 100 persons; rudimentary system consisting of a modest number of landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a small radiotelephone communication system (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 266; Internet accessibility has improved with several submarine fiber optic cables that land on African east and west coasts, but the country's land locked position makes access prices expensive; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index fbbb9416..ae6dce5a 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.170 million TRIPOLI (capital), 919,000 Misratah, 836,000 Benghazi (2021)" + "text": "1.176 million TRIPOLI (capital), 953,000 Misratah, 848,000 Benghazi (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ "text": "Chairman, Presidential Council, Mohammed Al MENFI (since 5 February 2021)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Abdul Hamid DUBAYBAH (since 5 February 2021)" + "text": "Interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid DUBAYBAH (since 5 February 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "3-member GNU Presidency Council: Musa al-KONI (representing Libya's south region), Abdullah al-LAFI (representing the west region), and Mohammad Younes MANFI (representing the east region)" @@ -584,6 +584,14 @@ "text": "Al Bashir AL AREBI/Mohamad Abdel WAHAB" }, "note": "note: also known as \"Ya Beladi\" or \"Oh, My Country!\"; adopted 1951; readopted 2011 with some modification to the lyrics; during the QADHAFI years between 1969 and 2011, the anthem was \"Allahu Akbar,\" (God is Great) a marching song of the Egyptian Army in the 1956 Suez War" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Archaeological Site of Cyrene, Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna, Archaeological Site of Sabratha, Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus, Old Town of Ghadamès" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -912,7 +920,7 @@ "text": "political and security instability in Libya has disrupted its telecom sector, as warring factions make mobile towers a target and construction workers regularly cut cables by mistake; much of its infrastructure remains superior to that in most other African countries; rival operators fight for control; investment in fiber backbone and upgrades to international cables; limited LTE and 5G service; some satellite broadband; Chinese companies have heavily invested in Libyan infrastructure and now dominate the telecommunications sector; in 2021 Libya signed deals and projects with US firms to upgrade portions of its infrastructure, increasing the diversity of its telecommunications networks (2021)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "24 per 100 fixed-line and 91 per 100 mobile-cellular subscriptions; service generally adequate (2019)" + "text": "nearly 24 per 100 fixed-line and over 91 per 100 mobile-cellular subscriptions; service generally adequate (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 218; landing points for LFON, EIG, Italy-Libya, Silphium and Tobrok-Emasaed submarine cable system connecting Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, Arabsat, and Intersputnik;  microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (2019)" diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 9c58c382..31b027aa 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.532 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.700 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.8% (2018)" + "text": "3.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -658,6 +658,14 @@ "text": "Pasteur RAHAJASON/Norbert RAHARISOA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1959" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (n), Ambohimanga Royal Hill (c), Atsinanana Rainforests  (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -991,7 +999,7 @@ "text": "10,654,710 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "40.57 (2018 est.)" + "text": "34.14 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -999,7 +1007,7 @@ "text": "penetration rates below African average; competition among mobile service providers has spurred recent growth in the mobile market and reduced consumer costs; 3G and LTE services available; fiber backbone connects major cities with wireless networks upgraded to LTE; government committed to free WiFi hotspots to ensure universal access; telecom service tax raised to 10%; investment in submarine cable to South Africa and Mauritius; importer of broadcasting and video equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "less than 1 per 100 for fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 41 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "less than 1 per 100 for fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 34 per 100 persons (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 261; landing points for the EASSy, METISS, and LION fiber-optic submarine cable systems connecting to numerous Indian Ocean Islands, South Africa, and Eastern African countries; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region) (2019)" diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 962f3ea6..2b6c6ace 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.171 million LILONGWE (capital), 962,000 Blantyre-Limbe (2021)" + "text": "1.222 million LILONGWE (capital), 995,000 Blantyre-Limbe (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.3% (2018)" + "text": "7.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -676,6 +676,14 @@ "text": "Michael-Fredrick Paul SAUKA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1964" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Lake Malawi National Park (n), Chongoni Rock-Art Area (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1025,7 +1033,7 @@ "text": "Malawi remains one of the world’s least developed countries, with few resources to build efficient fixed-line telecom infrastructure; mobile penetration low compared to region with ample opportunity for growth and competition; some mobile services to rural areas; LTE services are available; national fiber backbone near completion; progress in m-payment methods; prospect of international submarine cables from neighboring countries; importer of broadcast equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "limited fixed-line subscribership less than 1 per 100 households; mobile-cellular services are expanding but network coverage is limited and is based around the main urban areas; mobile-cellular subscribership 48 per 100 households (2019)" + "text": "limited fixed-line subscribership less than 1 per 100 households; mobile-cellular services are expanding but network coverage is limited and is based around the main urban areas; mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 52 per 100 households (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 265; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 04e6eaed..8c729700 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.713 million BAMAKO (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.817 million BAMAKO (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.9% (2018)" + "text": "3.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -682,6 +682,14 @@ "text": "Seydou Badian KOUYATE/Banzoumana SISSOKO" }, "note": "note: adopted 1962; also known as \"Pour L'Afrique et pour toi, Mali\" (For Africa and for You, Mali) and \"A ton appel Mali\" (At Your Call, Mali)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (3 cultural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Old Towns of Djenné (c), Timbuktu (c), Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (m), Tomb of Askia (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1027,7 +1035,7 @@ "text": "Mali’s telecom systems are challenged by recent conflict, geography, areas of low population, poverty, security issues, and high illiteracy; telecom infrastructure is barely adequate in urban areas and not available in most of the country with underinvestment in fixed-line networks; high mobile penetration and potential for mobile broadband service; local plans for IXP; dependent on neighboring countries for international bandwidth and access to submarine cables; Chinese investment in infrastructure stymied by security issues; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line subscribership 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has increased sharply to over 115 per 100 persons; increasing use of local radio loops to extend network coverage to remote areas (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line subscribership is over 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has increased sharply to 125 per 100 persons; increasing use of local radio loops to extend network coverage to remote areas (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 223; satellite communications center and fiber-optic links to neighboring countries; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Indian Ocean)" diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 364e80b1..5d00e9ab 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ "note": "note:  data does not include former Western Sahara" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.794 million Casablanca, 1.907 million RABAT (capital), 1.245 million Fes, 1.238 million Tangier, 1.017 million Marrakech, 942,000 Agadir (2021)" + "text": "3.840 million Casablanca, 1.932 million RABAT (capital), 1.267 million Fes, 1.238 million Tangier, 1.277 million Marrakech, 960,000 Agadir (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.3% (2018)", + "text": "5.3% (2019)", "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" }, "Physicians density": { @@ -686,6 +686,14 @@ "text": "Ali Squalli HOUSSAINI/Leo MORGAN" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1956, lyrics adopted 1970" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "9 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Medina of Fez, Medina of Marrakesh, Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou, Historic City of Meknes, Archaeological Site of Volubilis, Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin), Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador), Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida), Historic and Modern Rabat" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1044,7 +1052,7 @@ "text": "despite Morocco's economic progress, the country suffers from high unemployment and illiteracy affecting telecom market, particularly in rural areas; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay; one of the most state-of-the-art markets in Africa; high mobile penetration rates in the region with low cost for broadband Internet access; improvement in LTE reach and capabilities; 5G tests underway; mobile Internet accounts for 93% of all Internet connections; World Bank provided funds for Morocco’s digital transformation; government supported digital education during pandemic; submarine cables and satellite provide connectivity to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia; importer of broadcasting equipment and video displays from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line teledensity is 6 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular subscribership exceeds 128 per 100 persons; good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line teledensity is just over 6 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular subscribership is nearly 134 per 100 persons; good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 212; landing point for the Atlas Offshore, Estepona-Tetouan, Canalink and SEA-ME-WE-3 fiber-optic telecommunications undersea cables that provide connectivity to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Australia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara (2019)" diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index de858863..8e346118 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.8% (2018)" + "text": "6.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.6 physicians/1,000 population (2019)" @@ -607,6 +607,14 @@ "text": "Jean Georges PROSPER/Philippe GENTIL" }, "note": "note: adopted 1968" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Aapravasi Ghat, Le Morne Cultural Landscape" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -944,7 +952,7 @@ "text": "1,912,900" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "150.4 (2019 est.)" + "text": "150.4 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -952,7 +960,7 @@ "text": "Mauritius is successfully pursuing a policy to make telecommunications a pillar of economic growth, and to have a fully digital-based smart infrastructure; the island nation is a pioneer in the telecom sector, with the first market in greater Africa to launch mobile networks and provide 3G, the first in the world to develop a nationwide WiMAX wireless broadband network, and one of the first to launch IPTV; LTE and fiber broadband are nationally available, and the government supports national Wi-Fi; international cable connectivity has improved, increasing bandwidth capacity; submarine cable provides connectivity to South Africa and beyond; major importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line teledensity 34 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular services teledensity approaching 151 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line teledensity over 37 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular services teledensity roughly 150 per 100 persons (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 230; landing points for the SAFE, MARS, IOX Cable System, METISS and LION submarine cable system that provides links to Asia, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean Islands of Reunion, Madagascar, and Mauritius; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); new microwave link to Reunion; HF radiotelephone links to several countries (2019)" diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index 085745de..372857f6 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.372 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.432 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.6% (2018)" + "text": "3.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -677,6 +677,14 @@ "text": "Baba Ould CHEIKH/traditional, arranged by Tolia NIKIPROWETZKY" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960; the unique rhythm of the Mauritanian anthem makes it particularly challenging to sing; Mauritania in November 2017 adopted a new national anthem, \"Bilada-l ubati-l hudati-l kiram\" (The Country of Fatherhood is the Honorable Gift) composed by Rageh Daoud (sound file of the new anthem is forthcoming)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Banc d'Arguin National Park (n); Ancient Ksour (Fortified Villages) of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt, and Oualata (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1030,7 +1038,7 @@ "text": "Mauritania’s small population and low economic output limit sustained growth; transparency and tax burdens hinder foreign investment; World Bank and European Investment Bank support regulations to promote fixed-line broadband, improvement of the national backbone network, and connectivity to international cables; limited system of cable and open-wire lines, mobile-cellular services expanding though monopolies, and little stimulus for competition; 3G penetration high yet little development in LTE; mobile broadband access speeds are low; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line teledensity 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular network coverage extends mainly to urban areas with a teledensity of roughly 104 per 100 persons; mostly cable and open-wire lines; a domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line teledensity roughly 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular network coverage extends mainly to urban areas with a teledensity of roughly 106 per 100 persons; mostly cable and open-wire lines; a domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 222; landing point for the ACE submarine cable for connectivity to 19 West African countries and 2 European countries; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean, 2 Arabsat) (2019)" diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index cfccb261..0c06191b 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.748 million Matola, 1.122 million MAPUTO (capital), 887,000 Nampula (2021)" + "text": "1.797 million Matola, 1.139 million MAPUTO (capital), 927,000 Nampula (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.2% (2018)" + "text": "7.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -681,6 +681,14 @@ "text": "Salomao J. MANHICA/unknown" }, "note": "note: adopted 2002" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Island of Mozambique" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1041,7 +1049,7 @@ "text": "one of the first countries in the region to reform telecom market and open it to competition; the mobile segment has shown strong growth; poor fixed-line infrastructure means most Internet access is through mobile accounts; DSL, cable broadband, 3G, and some fiber broadband available; LTE tests underway; roll out of national fiber backbone and upgrades to infrastructure; submarine cables reduced the cost of bandwidth; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "extremely low fixed-line teledensity contrasts with rapid growth in the mobile-cellular network; operators provide coverage that includes all the main cities and key roads; fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and 48 per 100 mobile-cellular teledensity (2019)" + "text": "extremely low fixed-line teledensity contrasts with rapid growth in the mobile-cellular network; operators provide coverage that includes all the main cities and key roads; fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and nearly 49 per 100 mobile-cellular teledensity (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 258; landing points for the EASSy and SEACOM/ Tata TGN-Eurasia fiber-optic submarine cable systems linking numerous east African countries, the Middle East and Asia ; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean); TdM contracts for Itelsat for satellite broadband and bulk haul services (2020)" diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 77cd5a72..d52900f7 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.336 million NIAMEY (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.384 million NIAMEY (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.3% (2018)" + "text": "5.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -686,6 +686,14 @@ "text": "Maurice Albert THIRIET/Robert JACQUET and Nicolas Abel Francois FRIONNET" }, "note": "note: adopted 1961" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (n), W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (n), Historic Agadez (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1177,7 +1185,7 @@ "text": "has conscription, although it is reportedly not always enforced; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory or voluntary military service; enlistees must be Nigerien citizens and unmarried; 2-year service term; women may serve in health care (2021)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "as of 2021, the FAN was conducting counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations against Islamic militants on two fronts; in the Diffa region, the Nigeria-based Boko Haram terrorist group has conducted dozens of attacks on security forces, army bases, and civilians; on Niger’s western border with Mali, the Islamic State-West Africa (ISWA) has conducted numerous attacks on security personnel; a series of ISWA attacks on FAN forces near the Malian border in December of 2019 and January of 2020 resulted in the deaths of more than 170 soldiers; terrorist attacks continued throughout 2020 and into 2021 (2021)" + "text": "as of 2021, the FAN was conducting counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations against Islamic militants on two fronts; in the Diffa region, the Nigeria-based Boko Haram terrorist group has conducted dozens of attacks on security forces, army bases, and civilians; on Niger’s western border with Mali, the Islamic State-West Africa (ISWA) has conducted numerous attacks on security personnel; a series of ISWA attacks on FAN forces near the Malian border in December of 2019 and January of 2020 resulted in the deaths of more than 170 soldiers; terrorist attacks continued through 2021 (2021)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index 64a2d959..48abd10a 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "14.862 million Lagos, 4.103 million Kano, 3.649 million Ibadan, 3.464 million ABUJA (capital), 3.171 million Port Harcourt, 1.782 million Benin City (2021)" + "text": "15.388 million Lagos, 4.219 million Kano, 3.756 million Ibadan, 3.652 million ABUJA (capital), 3.325 million Port Harcourt, 1.841 million Benin City (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.9% (2018)" + "text": "3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -692,6 +692,14 @@ "text": "John A. ILECHUKWU, Eme Etim AKPAN, B.A. OGUNNAIKE, Sotu OMOIGUI and P.O. ADERIBIGBE/Benedict Elide ODIASE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1978; lyrics are a mixture of the five top entries in a national contest" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Sukur Cultural Landscape, Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index 59780f49..4ff4a20a 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "421,000 JUBA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "440,000 JUBA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.4% (2018)" + "text": "6% (2019)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index 2e78ef9f..a5d271a8 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "621,000 BISSAU (capital) (2021)" + "text": "643,000 BISSAU (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7% (2018)" + "text": "8.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index a6fccc3f..c2a41302 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.170 million KIGALI (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.208 million KIGALI (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.5% (2018)" + "text": "6.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "77,116 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 47,884 (Burundi) (2021)" + "text": "77,116 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2021); 47,851 (Burundi) (2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "9,500 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index e6328e59..d0043ef1 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.1% (2018)" + "text": "5.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.12 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -566,6 +566,14 @@ "text": "David Francois Marc ANDRE and George Charles Robert PAYET" }, "note": "note: adopted 1996" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Aldabra Atoll, Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index ed5ed427..569a2f96 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "9.897 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.710 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.176 million Durban, 2.655 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.267 million Port Elizabeth, 909,000 West Rand (2021)" + "text": "10.110 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.801 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.199 million Durban, 2.74 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.281 million Port Elizabeth, 909,000 West Rand (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.3% (2018)" + "text": "9.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.91 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ "text": "Enoch SONTONGA and Cornelius Jacob LANGENHOVEN/Enoch SONTONGA and Marthinus LOURENS de Villiers" }, "note": "note: adopted 1994; a combination of \"N'kosi Sikelel' iAfrica\" (God Bless Africa) and \"Die Stem van Suid Afrika\" (The Call of South Africa), which were respectively the anthems of the non-white and white communities under apartheid; official lyrics contain a mixture of Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English (i.e., the five most widely spoken of South Africa's 11 official languages); music incorporates the melody used in the Tanzanian and Zambian anthems" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "10 (5 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (c), iSimangaliso Wetland Park (n), Robben Island (c), Maloti-Drakensberg Park (m), Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (c), Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (n), Vredefort Dome (n), Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (c), Khomani Cultural Landscape (c), Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1173,7 +1181,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2020)" diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index d56e312e..9ec38c6e 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.230 million DAKAR (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.326 million DAKAR (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4% (2018)" + "text": "4.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -679,6 +679,14 @@ "text": "Leopold Sedar SENGHOR/Herbert PEPPER" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960; lyrics written by Leopold Sedar SENGHOR, Senegal's first president; the anthem sometimes played incorporating the Koras (harp-like stringed instruments) and Balafons (types of xylophones) mentioned in the title" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (5 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Island of Gorée (c); Niokolo-Koba National Park (n); Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (n); Island of Saint-Louis (c); Stone Circles of Senegambia (c); Saloum Delta (c); Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula, and Bedik Cultural Landscapes (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index b17008eb..6177c66b 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.236 million FREETOWN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.272 million FREETOWN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "16.1% (2018)" + "text": "8.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.03 physicians/1,000 population (2011)" diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 4c685d09..b6179739 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.388 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.033 million Hargeysa (2021)" + "text": "2.497 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.079 million Hargeysa (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 15a3a52f..a1f6b48e 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "5.989 million KHARTOUM (capital), 967,000 Nyala (2021)" + "text": "6.160 million KHARTOUM (capital), 1.012 million Nyala (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.5% (2018)" + "text": "4.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -675,6 +675,14 @@ "text": "Sayed Ahmad Muhammad SALIH/Ahmad MURJAN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1956; originally served as the anthem of the Sudanese military" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (c), Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (c), Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index ffaf0380..4e941be6 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.874 million LOME (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.926 million LOME (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.2% (2017)" + "text": "5.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -667,6 +667,14 @@ "text": "Alex CASIMIR-DOSSEH" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960, restored 1992; this anthem was replaced by another during one-party rule between 1979 and 1992" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 8a93c8f8..0842f416 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.3% (2018)" + "text": "5.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index ecf208fd..2b88fa6b 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.403 million TUNIS (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.439 million TUNIS (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.3% (2018)" + "text": "7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -627,6 +627,14 @@ "text": "Mustafa Sadik AL-RAFII and Aboul-Qacem ECHEBBI/Mohamad Abdel WAHAB" }, "note": "note: adopted 1957, replaced 1958, restored 1987; Mohamad Abdel WAHAB also composed the music for the anthem of the United Arab Emirates" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "8 (7 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Amphitheatre of El Jem (c), Archaeological Site of Carthage (c), Medina of Tunis (c), Ichkeul National Park (n), Punic Town of Kerkuane (c), Kairouan (c), Medina of Sousse (c), Dougga / Thugga (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 243a7fd3..57b01385 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.047 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.182 million Mwanza (2021)" + "text": "262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.405 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.245 million Mwanza, 766,000 Zanzibar (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.6% (2018)" + "text": "3.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.01 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -689,6 +689,14 @@ "text": "collective/Enoch Mankayi SONTONGA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1961; the anthem, which is also a popular song in Africa, shares the same melody with that of Zambia but has different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa's anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (3 cultural, 3 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ngorongoro Conservation Area (m), Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara (c), Serengeti National Park (n), Selous Game Reserve (n), Kilimanjaro National Park (n), Stone Town of Zanzibar (c), Kondoa Rock-Art Sites (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index db5a2eb5..49a9e4de 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.470 million KAMPALA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.652 million KAMPALA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.5% (2018)" + "text": "3.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -663,6 +663,14 @@ "text": "George Wilberforce KAKOMOA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1962" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (c), Rwenzori Mountains National Park (c), Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index ec6f9331..b8868691 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.915 million OUAGADOUGOU (capital), 1.020 million Bobo-Dioulasso (2021)" + "text": "3.056 million OUAGADOUGOU (capital), 1.074 million Bobo-Dioulasso (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.6% (2018)" + "text": "5.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -672,6 +672,14 @@ "text": "Thomas SANKARA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1974; also known as \"Une Seule Nuit\" (One Single Night); written by the country's former president, an avid guitar player" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ruins of Loropéni (c), Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites (c), W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index ed2af15f..05de38bc 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "446,000 WINDHOEK (capital) (2021)" + "text": "461,000 WINDHOEK (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8% (2018)" + "text": "8.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ "text": "Axali DOESEB" }, "note": "note: adopted 1991" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes (c), Namib Sand Sea (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1027,7 +1035,7 @@ "text": "good competition in mobile market and investment in LTE government program to provide 95% of population with broadband by 2024; 5G delayed due to public concerns of privacy and security; high prices for international bandwidth due to lack of submarine cables, yet improved by diversification of satellite access (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line subscribership is 6 per 100 and mobile-cellular 113 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line subscribership is less than 6 per 100 and mobile-cellular roughly 102 per 100 persons (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 264; landing points for the ACE and WACS fiber-optic submarine cable linking southern and western African countries to Europe; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (2019)" diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index f51df2bb..da5fb2ee 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.5% (2018)" + "text": "6.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.33 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index abd2d85d..08797a2b 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.906 million LUSAKA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.042 million LUSAKA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.9% (2018)" + "text": "5.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.19 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -659,6 +659,14 @@ "text": "multiple/Enoch Mankayi SONTONGA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1964; the melody, from the popular song \"God Bless Africa,\" is the same as that of Tanzania but with different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa's anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 0eb11269..517e109a 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.542 million HARARE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.558 million HARARE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.7% (2018)" + "text": "7.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -665,6 +665,14 @@ "text": "Solomon MUTSWAIRO/Fred Lecture CHANGUNDEGA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1994" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Mana Pools National Park, Sapi, and Chewore Safari Areas (n), Great Zimbabwe National Monument (c), Khami Ruins National Monument (c), Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls (n), Matobo Hills (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/antarctica/hm.json b/antarctica/hm.json index 7a10ac0d..1e8f8a3f 100644 --- a/antarctica/hm.json +++ b/antarctica/hm.json @@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ }, "Flag description": { "text": "the flag of Australia is used" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural); note - excerpted from the Australia entry" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Heard Island and McDonald Islands" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 2d76a2da..0b73b761 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "5,061 million Melbourne, 4.992 million Sydney, 2.439 million Brisbane, 2.067 million Perth, 1.345 million Adelaide, 462,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "5,151 million Melbourne, 5.057 million Sydney, 2.472 million Brisbane, 2.093 million Perth, 1.356 million Adelaide, 467,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.3% (2018)" + "text": "9.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -636,6 +636,14 @@ "text": "Peter Dodds McCORMICK" }, "note": "note: adopted 1984; although originally written in the late 19th century, the anthem was not used for all official occasions until 1984; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the Queen\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "20 (4 cultural, 12 natural, 4 mixed); note - includes one site on Heard Island and McDonald Islands" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Great Barrier Reef (n), Greater Blue Mountains Area (n), Fraser Island (n), Gondwana Rainforests (n), Lord Howe Island Group (n), Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (c), Shark Bay (n), Sydney Opera House (c), Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park (m), Kakadu National Park (m)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1140,10 +1148,10 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "2.1% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2020)" + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2020)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "1.9% of GDP (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index 377c964b..3b685aab 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.5% (2018)" + "text": "4.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -579,6 +579,14 @@ "text": "Panapasa BALEKANA and Matila BALEKANA/Panapasa BALEKANA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1978" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "East Rennell" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index cf2d94b2..a87e55e7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.9% (2018)" + "text": "3.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.41 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index 9a2095db..6b33bf1e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.4% (2018)" + "text": "3.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -618,6 +618,14 @@ "text": "Michael Francis Alexander PRESCOTT/C. Austin MILES (adapted by Michael Francis Alexander PRESCOTT)" }, "note": "note: adopted 1970; known in Fijian as \"Meda Dau Doka\" (Let Us Show Pride); adapted from the hymn, \"Dwelling in Beulah Land,\" the anthem's English lyrics are generally sung, although they differ in meaning from the official Fijian lyrics" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Levuka Historical Port Town" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index ef263786..9dc30b9c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "12.6% (2018)" + "text": "11.4% (2019)" }, "Hospital bed density": { "text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population" @@ -561,6 +561,14 @@ "text": "unknown" }, "note": "note: adopted 1991; also known as \"Across All Micronesia\"; the music is based on the 1820 German patriotic song \"Ich hab mich ergeben\", which was the West German national anthem from 1949-1950; variants of this tune are used in Johannes Brahms' \"Festival Overture\" and Gustav Mahler's \"Third Symphony\"" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Nan Madol: Ceremonial Center of Eastern Micronesia" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -864,7 +872,7 @@ "text": "adequate system, the demand for mobile broadband is increasing due to mobile services being the primary and most wide-spread source for Internet access across the region (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone, satellite (Intelsat) ground stations, and some coaxial and fiber-optic cable; mobile-cellular service available on the major islands; fixed line teledensity 6 per 100 and mobile-cellular 21 per 100 (2019)" + "text": "islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone, satellite (Intelsat) ground stations, and some coaxial and fiber-optic cable; mobile-cellular service available on the major islands; fixed line teledensity roughly 6 per 100 and mobile-cellular nearly 21 per 100 (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 691; landing points for the Chuukk-Pohnpei Cable and HANTRU-1 submarine cable system linking the Federated States of Micronesia and the US; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index a61dfc2c..89055fb0 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -495,6 +495,14 @@ }, "note": "note: adopted 1993; serves as a local anthem; as a territory of France, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)" }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural); note - excerpted from the France entry" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Taputapuātea" + } + }, "Government - note": { "text": "under certain acts of France, French Polynesia has acquired autonomy in all areas except those relating to police, monetary policy, tertiary education, immigration, and defense and foreign affairs; the duties of its president are fashioned after those of the French prime minister" } diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index 2118be54..e1bb5e1e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "12.1% (2018)" + "text": "10.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2013)" @@ -559,6 +559,14 @@ "text": "Urium Tamuera IOTEBA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1979" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Phoenix Islands Protected Area" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index 457185ed..6dd352ec 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -502,6 +502,14 @@ "text": "Chorale Melodia (a local choir)" }, "note": "note: adopted 2008; contains a mixture of lyrics in both French and Nengone (an indigenous language); as a self-governing territory of France, in addition to the local anthem, \"La Marseillaise\" is official (see France)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural); note - excerpted from the France entry" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Lagoons of New Caledonia" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ne.json b/australia-oceania/ne.json index 9dcbe669..4972db52 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ne.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ne.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.3% (2018)" + "text": "5.3% (2019)" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: total": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index a1037d6f..08d91ded 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.4% (2018)" + "text": "3.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -585,6 +585,14 @@ "text": "Francois Vincent AYSSAV" }, "note": "note: adopted 1980; the anthem is written in Bislama, a Creole language that mixes Pidgin English and French" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Chief Roi Mata’s Domain" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 3118b693..9ad40c91 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.6% (2018)" + "text": "9.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.35 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ "text": "adequate local and international radiotelephone communication provided via Australian facilities; geography is a challenge for the islands; there is a need to service the tourism sector and the South Pacific Islands economy; mobile technology is booming (2018)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 14 per 100 and mobile-cellular 95 per 100 (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line 0 per 100 and mobile-cellular subscribership approximately 95 per 100 (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 674; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index b5f7b43b..59d4ca71 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.630 million Auckland, 417,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.652 million Auckland, 419,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.2% (2018)" + "text": "9.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.59 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -621,6 +621,14 @@ "text": "Thomas BRACKEN [English], Thomas Henry SMITH [Maori]/John Joseph WOODS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1940 as national song, adopted 1977 as co-national anthem; New Zealand has two national anthems with equal status; as a commonwealth realm, in addition to \"God Defend New Zealand,\" \"God Save the Queen\" serves as a national anthem (see United Kingdom); \"God Save the Queen\" normally played only when a member of the royal family or the governor-general is present; in all other cases, \"God Defend New Zealand\" is played" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (2 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (n), Tongariro National Park (m), New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index b4075fc4..9821a71d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10.9% (2018)" + "text": "15.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.42 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -604,6 +604,14 @@ "text": "multiple/Ymesei O. EZEKIEL" }, "note": "note: adopted 1980" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Rock Islands Southern Lagoon" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index 0b8b0a3a..40812062 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "17.6% (2018)" + "text": "16.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2012)" @@ -627,6 +627,14 @@ "text": "Amata KABUA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1981" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -928,7 +936,7 @@ "text": "some telecom infrastructure improvements made in recent years; modern services include fiber optic cable service, cellular, Internet, international calling, caller ID, and leased data circuits; the US Government, World Bank, UN and International Telecommunication Union (ITU), have aided in improvements and monetary aid to the islands telecom; mobile penetrations is around 30%; radio communication is especially vital to remote islands (2018)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "Majuro Atoll and Ebeye and Kwajalein islands have regular, seven-digit, direct-dial telephones; other islands interconnected by high frequency radiotelephone (used mostly for government purposes) and mini-satellite telephones; fixed-line 4 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular is 28 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "Majuro Atoll and Ebeye and Kwajalein islands have regular, seven-digit, direct-dial telephones; other islands interconnected by high frequency radiotelephone (used mostly for government purposes) and mini-satellite telephones; fixed-line roughly 4 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular is nearly 28 per 100 persons (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 692; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); US Government satellite communications system on Kwajalein" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index 99d06ef3..95278c95 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.1% (2018)" + "text": "5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.54 physicians/1,000 population (2013)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 74639910..6743d33f 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "19.1% (2018)" + "text": "24% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.91 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index e25be947..10ad1564 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.2% (2018)" + "text": "6.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.35 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index 1ec5315c..8c5db1db 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.2% (2018)" + "text": "4.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.96 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -545,6 +545,14 @@ "text": "Novelle Hamilton RICHARDS/Walter Garnet Picart CHAMBERS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1967; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the Queen\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Antigua Naval Dockyard " + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index fbd5d3d6..f359ba79 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.6% (2018)" + "text": "6.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.48 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -577,6 +577,14 @@ "text": "Irving BURGIE/C. Van Roland EDWARDS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1966; the anthem is also known as \"In Plenty and In Time of Need\"" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index 6e93b2bf..0bcce1cd 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.3% (2018)" + "text": "5.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.01 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 8cbd69c2..df438c26 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.7% (2018)" + "text": "6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.12 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -599,6 +599,14 @@ "text": "Samuel Alfred HAYNES/Selwyn Walford YOUNG" }, "note": "note: adopted 1981; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the Queen\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 514bdad1..0ef4a9de 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.421 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.441 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.6% (2018)" + "text": "7.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.89 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -649,6 +649,14 @@ "text": "Jose Maria ZELEDON Brenes/Manuel Maria GUTIERREZ" }, "note": "note: adopted 1949; the anthem's music was originally written for an 1853 welcome ceremony for diplomatic missions from the US and UK; the lyrics were added in 1903" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (1 cultural, 3 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Guanacaste Conservation Area (n), Cocos Island National Park (n), Precolumbian Stone Spheres (c), La Amistad International Park (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index b9de21ad..0f5713e9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.143 million HAVANA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.146 million HAVANA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "11.2% (2018)" + "text": "11.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "8.42 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -638,6 +638,14 @@ "text": "Pedro FIGUEREDO" }, "note": "note: adopted 1940; Pedro FIGUEREDO first performed \"La Bayamesa\" in 1868 during the Ten Years War against the Spanish; a leading figure in the uprising, FIGUEREDO was captured in 1870 and executed by a firing squad; just prior to the fusillade he is reputed to have shouted, \"Morir por la Patria es vivir\" (To die for the country is to live), a line from the anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "9 (7 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Old Havana (c); Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios (c); San Pedro de la Roca Castle (c); Desembarco del Granma National Park (n); Viñales Valley (c); Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations (c); Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (n); Historic Cienfuegos (c); Historic Camagüey (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index 3bb25cf8..39bec33d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.6% (2018)" + "text": "5.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.12 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -513,6 +513,14 @@ "text": "Wilfred Oscar Morgan POND/Lemuel McPherson CHRISTIAN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1967" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Pitons Management Area" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index c8fb5e8a..6a43dea8 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.389 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.458 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.7% (2018)" + "text": "5.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.53 physicians/1,000 population (2011)" @@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ "text": "Emilio PRUD'HOMME/Jose REYES" }, "note": "note: adopted 1934; also known as \"Quisqueyanos valientes\" (Valient Sons of Quisqueye); the anthem never refers to the people as Dominican but rather calls them \"Quisqueyanos,\" a reference to the indigenous name of the island" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Colonial City of Santo Domingo" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 158d4418..b6871edd 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.107 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.111 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.1% (2018)" + "text": "7.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.57 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -646,6 +646,14 @@ "text": "Juan Jose CANAS/Juan ABERLE" }, "note": "note: officially adopted 1953, in use since 1879; at 4:20 minutes, the anthem of El Salvador is one of the world's longest" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index a9529571..b33370c3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.5% (2018)" + "text": "5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.41 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index dd5fd604..e4b40d7f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.983 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.036 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.7% (2018)" + "text": "6.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.36 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -656,6 +656,14 @@ "text": "Jose Joaquin PALMA/Rafael Alvarez OVALLE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1897, modified lyrics adopted 1934; Cuban poet Jose Joaquin PALMA anonymously submitted lyrics to a public contest calling for a national anthem; his authorship was not discovered until 1911" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (2 cultural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Antigua Guatemala (c), Tikal National Park (m), Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index f9a8ed2f..6fdd6d04 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.844 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.915 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.7% (2018)" + "text": "4.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -631,6 +631,14 @@ "text": "Justin LHERISSON/Nicolas GEFFRARD" }, "note": "note: adopted 1904; named for Jean-Jacques DESSALINES, a leader in the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of an independent Haiti" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 6cdb1e04..27bf3aac 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.485 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 929,000 San Pedro Sula (2021)" + "text": "1.527 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 956,000 San Pedro Sula (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.1% (2018)" + "text": "7.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.31 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -559,10 +559,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (since 27 January 2022); Vice Presidents Salvador NASRALLA, Doris GUTIERREZ, and Renato FLORENTINO (since 27 January 2022); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government; CASTRO is Honduras' first female president" + "text": "President Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (since 27 January 2022); Vice Presidents Salvador NASRALLA, Doris GUTIERREZ, and Renato FLORENTINO (since 27 January 2022); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government; CASTRO is Honduras' first female president" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (since 27 January 2022); Vice Presidents Salvador NASRALLA, Doris GUTIERREZ, and Renato FLORENTINO (since 27 January 2022)" + "text": "President Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (since 27 January 2022); Vice Presidents Salvador NASRALLA, Doris GUTIERREZ, and Renato FLORENTINO (since 27 January 2022)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by president" @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term; election last held on 28 November 2021 (next to be held in 30 November 2025); note - in 2015, the Constitutional Chamber of the Honduran Supreme Court struck down the constitutional provisions on presidential term limits" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2021: Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya elected president; percent of vote - Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (LIBRE) 51.1%, Nasry Juan ASFURA Zablah (PNH) 36.9%, Yani Benjamin ROSENTHAL Hidalgo (PL) 10%, other 2%

2017: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (PNH) 43%, Salvador NASRALLA (Alianza de Oposicion contra la Dictadura) 41.4%, Luis Orlando ZELAYA Medrano (PL) 14.7%, other 0.9%" + "text": "
2021: Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya elected president; percent of vote - Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya (LIBRE) 51.1%, Nasry Juan ASFURA Zablah (PNH) 36.9%, Yani Benjamin ROSENTHAL Hidalgo (PL) 10%, other 2%

2017: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (PNH) 43%, Salvador NASRALLA (Alianza de Oposicion contra la Dictadura) 41.4%, Luis Orlando ZELAYA Medrano (PL) 14.7%, other 0.9%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ "text": "Augusto Constancio COELLO/Carlos HARTLING" }, "note": "note: adopted 1915; the anthem's seven verses chronicle Honduran history; on official occasions, only the chorus and last verse are sung" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Maya Site of Copan (c), Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 97fe3667..71252b6a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "592,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2021)" + "text": "595,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.1% (2018)" + "text": "6.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.31 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -608,6 +608,14 @@ "text": "Hugh Braham SHERLOCK/Robert Charles LIGHTBOURNE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1962" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Blue and John Crow Mountains" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json index 8ea2b5d2..10859e12 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json @@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ "text": "telecom market one of growth in Caribbean and fully digitalized; high dependency on tourism and offshore financial services; operators expand FttP (Fiber to Home) services; LTE launches and operators invest in mobile networks; effective competition in all sectors (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 101 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line roughly 60 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity nearly 101 per 100 persons (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 729ed4b5..f36bc327 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.073 million MANAGUA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.083 million MANAGUA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.6% (2018)" + "text": "8.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -639,6 +639,14 @@ "text": "Salomon Ibarra MAYORGA/traditional, arranged by Luis Abraham DELGADILLO" }, "note": "note: although only officially adopted in 1971, the music was approved in 1918 and the lyrics in 1939; the tune, originally from Spain, was used as an anthem for Nicaragua from the 1830s until 1876" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ruins of León Viejo, León Cathedral" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 0e6ae8df..728fe558 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.899 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.938 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.3% (2018)" + "text": "7.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.57 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -650,6 +650,14 @@ "text": "Jeronimo DE LA OSSA/Santos A. JORGE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1925" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (2 cultural, 3 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Caribbean Fortifications (c), Darien National Park (n), Talamanca Range-La Amistad National Park (n), Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá (c), Coiba National Park (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index 205164b6..368cb948 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.445 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.443 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -522,6 +522,14 @@ "text": "Manuel Fernandez JUNCOS/Felix Astol ARTES" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1952, lyrics adopted 1977; the local anthem's name is a reference to the indigenous name of the island, Borinquen; the music was originally composed as a dance in 1867 and gained popularity in the early 20th century; there is some evidence that the music was written by Francisco RAMIREZ; as a commonwealth of the US, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is official (see United States)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural); note - excerpted from the US entry" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index e8ca09cb..645310af 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.3% (2017)" + "text": "5.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.68 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -554,6 +554,14 @@ "text": "Kenrick Anderson GEORGES" }, "note": "note: adopted 1983" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index a5644a8d..64efaa0d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.4% (2018)" + "text": "4.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.64 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -568,6 +568,14 @@ "text": "Charles JESSE/Leton Felix THOMAS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1967" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Pitons Management Area" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 7bf5830f..f9e9b940 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "544,000 PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "545,000 PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.9% (2018)" + "text": "7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.17 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json index e04c4c53..c16468dc 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json @@ -481,6 +481,14 @@ "text": "Guillermo ROSARIO, Mae HENRIQUEZ, Enrique MULLER, Betty DORAN/Frater Candidus NOWENS, Errol \"El Toro\" COLINA" }, "note": "note: adapted 1978; the lyrics, originally written in 1899, were rewritten in 1978 to make them less colonial in nature" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural); note - excerpted from the Netherlands entry" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Willemstad" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 563488f0..d5b88fa5 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.5% (2018)" + "text": "4.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.66 physicians/1,000 population" diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index 4334d566..4c1f293f 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.060 million BISHKEK (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.082 million BISHKEK (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.5% (2018)" + "text": "4.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.21 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -634,6 +634,14 @@ "text": "Djamil SADYKOV and Eshmambet KULUEV/Nasyr DAVLESOV and Kalyi MOLDOBASANOV" }, "note": "note: adopted 1992" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain (c); Silk Roads: the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (c); Western Tien Shan (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index e100ac89..6ce5373d 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ }, "Elevation": { "highest point": { - "text": "Pik Khan-Tengri 6,995 m" + "text": "Pik Khan-Tengri 7,010 m
note - the northern most 7,000 meter peak in the World" }, "lowest point": { "text": "Qauyndy Oyysy -132 m" @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.928 million Almaty, 1.212 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.093 million Shimkent (2021)" + "text": "1.958 million Almaty, 1.254 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.126 million Shimkent (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.9% (2018)" + "text": "2.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -653,6 +653,14 @@ "text": "Zhumeken NAZHIMEDENOV and Nursultan NAZARBAYEV/Shamshi KALDAYAKOV" }, "note": "note: adopted 2006; President Nursultan NAZARBAYEV played a role in revising the lyrics" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (c), Petroglyphs at Tanbaly (c), Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (n), Silk Roads: the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (c), Western Tien-Shan (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 4ab817d6..e968a861 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "12.593 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.504 million Saint Petersburg, 1.676 million Novosibirsk, 1.513 million Yekaterinburg, 1.280 million Kazan, 1.255 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2021)" + "text": "12.641 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.536 million Saint Petersburg, 1.686 million Novosibirsk, 1.521 million Yekaterinburg, 1.286 million Kazan, 1.253 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.3% (2018)" + "text": "5.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.75 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -703,6 +703,14 @@ "text": "Sergey Vladimirovich MIKHALKOV/Aleksandr Vasilyevich ALEKSANDROV" }, "note": "note: in 2000, Russia adopted the tune of the anthem of the former Soviet Union (composed in 1939); the lyrics, also adopted in 2000, were written by the same person who authored the Soviet lyrics in 1943" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "30 (19 cultural, 11 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (c); Historic Saint Petersburg (c); Novodevichy Convent (c); Historic Monuments of Novgorod (c); Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (c); Volcanoes of Kamchatka (n); Lake Baikal (n); Central Sikhote-Alin (n); Historic Derbent (c); Kazan Kremlin (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 8caee2c6..cb7c5418 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "938,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "962,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.2% (2018)" + "text": "7.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.1 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -634,6 +634,14 @@ "text": "Gulnazar KELDI/Sulaimon YUDAKOV" }, "note": "note: adopted 1991; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan kept the music of the anthem from its time as a Soviet republic but adopted new lyrics" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Proto-urban Site of Sarazm (c), Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index cb21156b..4ff574c2 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "865,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2021)" + "text": "883,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.6% (2018)" + "text": "6.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.23 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -623,6 +623,14 @@ "text": "collective/Veli MUKHATOV" }, "note": "note: adopted 1997, lyrics revised in 2008, to eliminate references to deceased President Saparmurat NYYAZOW " + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ancient Merv, Kunya-Urgench, Parthian Fortresses of Nisa" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 6bf8f51b..06ad0171 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.545 million TASHKENT (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.574 million TASHKENT (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.3% (2018)" + "text": "5.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.37 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -622,6 +622,14 @@ "text": "Abdulla ARIPOV/Mutal BURHANOV" }, "note": "note: adopted 1992; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan kept the music of the anthem from its time as a Soviet Republic but adopted new lyrics" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (4 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Itchan Kala (c), Historic Bukhara (c), Historic Shakhrisyabz (c), Samarkand - Crossroad of Cultures (c), Western Tien Shan (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 7db0cb02..26867c19 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "5.422 million RANGOON (Yangon) (capital), 1.469 million Mandalay (2021)" + "text": "5.514 million RANGOON (Yangon) (capital), 1.501 million Mandalay (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.8% (2018)" + "text": "4.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.68 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -680,6 +680,14 @@ "text": "SAYA TIN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1948; Burma is among a handful of non-European nations that have anthems rooted in indigenous traditions; the beginning portion of the anthem is a traditional Burmese anthem before transitioning into a Western-style orchestrated work" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Pyu Ancient Cities, Bagan" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index ccd54049..c74060c0 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.4% (2018)" + "text": "2.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.61 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ } }, "Legal system": { - "text": "mixed legal system based on English common law and Islamic law; note - in April 2019, the full sharia penal codes came into force and apply to Muslims and non-Muslims in parallel with present common law codes" + "text": "mixed legal system based on English common law and Islamic law; note - in April 2019, the full sharia penal codes came into force and apply to Muslims and partly to non-Muslims in parallel with present common law codes" }, "International law organization participation": { "text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICC" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 78054acd..c01bb67c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.144 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.211 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6% (2018)" + "text": "7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ "text": "previous 1947; latest promulgated 21 September 1993" }, "amendments": { - "text": "proposed by the monarch, by the prime minister, or by the president of the National Assembly if supported by one fourth of the Assembly membership; passage requires two-thirds majority of the Assembly membership; constitutional articles on the multiparty democratic form of government and the monarchy cannot be amended; amended 1999, 2008, 2014, 2018" + "text": "proposed by the monarch, by the prime minister, or by the president of the National Assembly if supported by one fourth of the Assembly membership; passage requires two-thirds majority of the Assembly membership; constitutional articles on the multiparty democratic form of government and the monarchy cannot be amended; amended 1999, 2008, 2014, 2018, and 2021" } }, "Legal system": { @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { - "text": "Supreme Council (organized into 5- and 9-judge panels and includes a court chief and deputy chief); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members); note - in 1997, the Cambodian Government requested UN assistance in establishing trials to prosecute former Khmer Rouge senior leaders for crimes against humanity committed during the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime; the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (also called the Khmer Rouge Tribunal) was established in 2006 and began hearings for the first case in 2009; court proceedings remain ongoing in 2019" + "text": "Supreme Council (organized into 5- and 9-judge panels and includes a court chief and deputy chief); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members); note - in 1997, the Cambodian Government requested UN assistance in establishing trials to prosecute former Khmer Rouge senior leaders for crimes against humanity committed during the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime; the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (also called the Khmer Rouge Tribunal) was established in 2006 and began hearings for the first case in 2009; court proceedings remain ongoing in 2021" }, "judge selection and term of office": { "text": "Supreme Court and Constitutional Council judge candidates recommended by the Supreme Council of Magistracy, a 17-member body chaired by the monarch and includes other high-level judicial officers; judges of both courts appointed by the monarch; Supreme Court judges appointed for life; Constitutional Council judges appointed for 9-year terms with one-third of the court renewed every 3 years" @@ -665,6 +665,14 @@ "text": "CHUON NAT/F. PERRUCHOT and J. JEKYLL" }, "note": "note: adopted 1941, restored 1993; the anthem, based on a Cambodian folk tune, was restored after the defeat of the Communist regime" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Angkor, Temple of Preah Vihear, Sambor Prei Kuk" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 7ec9b620..ea00e559 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ "note": "note: data do not include Hong Kong and Macau" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "27.796 million Shanghai, 20.897 million BEIJING (capital), 16.382 million Chongqing, 13.794 million Tianjin, 13.635 million Guangzhou, 12.592 million Shenzhen (2021)" + "text": "28.517 million Shanghai, 201.333 million BEIJING (capital), 16.875 million Chongqing, 14.012 million Tianjin, 13.965 million Guangzhou, 12.831 million Shenzhen (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.4% (2018)" + "text": "5.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ } }, "Administrative divisions": { - "text": "

23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural)

provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang; (see note on Taiwan)

autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), Ningxia, Xinjiang Uyghur, Xizang (Tibet)

municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin

", + "text": "

23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural), and two special administrative regions (tebie xingzhengqu, singular and plural)

provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang; (see note on Taiwan)

autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), Ningxia, Xinjiang Uyghur, Xizang (Tibet)

municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin

special administrative regions: Hong Kong, Macau

", "note": "note: China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see separate entries for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau" }, "Independence": { @@ -689,6 +689,17 @@ "text": "TIAN Han/NIE Er" }, "note": "note: adopted 1949; the anthem, though banned during the Cultural Revolution, is more commonly known as \"Zhongguo Guoge\" (Chinese National Song); it was originally the theme song to the 1935 Chinese movie, \"Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm\"" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "56 (14 natural, 38 cultural, 4 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (c); Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (c); The Great Wall (c); Summer Palace (c); Jiuzhaigou Valley (n); Potala Palace (c); Ancient Pingyao (c); Historic Macau (c); Dengfeng (c); Grand Canal (c)" + } + }, + "Government - note": { + "text": "in 2018, the Chinese Government established an investigatory National Supervisory Commission to oversee all state employees" } }, "Economy": { @@ -1220,7 +1231,7 @@ "text": "18-22 years of age for selective compulsory military service (not needed), with a 2-year service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service (all officers are volunteers); 18-19 years of age for women high school graduates who meet requirements for specific military jobs (2021)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

established in 1927, the PLA is the military arm of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which oversees the PLA through its Central Military Commission; the Central Military Commission is China’s top military decision making body

China’s internal security forces consist primarily of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the People’s Armed Police (PAP), and the militia; the PLA support the internal security forces as necessary:

the MPS controls the civilian national police, which serves as the first-line force for public order; its primary mission is domestic law enforcement and maintaining order, including anti-rioting and anti-terrorism

the MSS is China’s main civilian intelligence and counterintelligence service

the PAP is a paramilitary component of the PLA; its primary missions include internal security, maintaining public order, maritime security, and assisting the PLA in times of war; it is under the command of the Central Military Commission (CMC); the China Coast Guard (CCG) is under the PAP; the CCG has a variety of missions, such as maritime sovereignty enforcement, surveillance, resource protection, anti-smuggling, and general law enforcement

the militia is an armed reserve of civilians which serves as an auxiliary and reserve force for the PLA upon mobilization; it is distinct from the PLA’s reserve forces; militia units are organized around towns, villages, urban sub-districts, and enterprises, and vary widely in composition and mission; they have dual civilian-military command structures; a key component of the militia are the local maritime forces, commonly referred to as the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM); the PAFMM consists of mariners (and their vessels) who receive training, equipment, and other forms of support from the Navy and CCG (although the PAFMM remains separate from both) to perform tasks such as maritime patrolling, surveillance and reconnaissance, emergency/disaster response, transportation, search and rescue, and auxiliary tasks in support of naval operations in wartime; the PAFMM’s tasks are often conducted in conjunction or coordination with the Navy and the CCG; it has been used to assert Chinese maritime claims in the East and South China seas

" + "text": "

established in 1927, the PLA is the military arm of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which oversees the PLA through its Central Military Commission; the Central Military Commission is China’s top military decision making body

China’s internal security forces consist primarily of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the People’s Armed Police (PAP), and the militia; the PLA support the internal security forces as necessary:

the MPS controls the civilian national police, which serves as the first-line force for public order; its primary mission is domestic law enforcement and maintaining order, including anti-rioting and anti-terrorism

the MSS is China’s main civilian intelligence and counterintelligence service

the PAP is a paramilitary component of the PLA; its primary missions include internal security, maintaining public order, maritime security, and assisting the PLA in times of war; it is under the command of the Central Military Commission (CMC); the China Coast Guard (CCG) is under the PAP; the CCG has a variety of missions, such as maritime sovereignty enforcement, surveillance, resource protection, anti-smuggling, and general law enforcement

the militia is an armed reserve of civilians which serves as an auxiliary and reserve force for the PLA upon mobilization; it is distinct from the PLA’s reserve forces; militia units are organized around towns, villages, urban sub-districts, and enterprises, and vary widely in composition and mission; they have dual civilian-military command structures; a key component of the militia are the local maritime forces, commonly referred to as the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM); the PAFMM consists of mariners (and their vessels) who receive training, equipment, and other forms of support from the Navy and CCG (although the PAFMM remains separate from both) to perform tasks such as maritime patrolling, surveillance and reconnaissance, emergency/disaster response, transportation, search and rescue, and auxiliary tasks in support of naval operations in wartime; the PAFMM’s tasks are often conducted in conjunction or coordination with the Navy and the CCG; it has been used to assert Chinese maritime claims in the East and South China seas

" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 6b61aa8e..d684be81 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "7.598 million Hong Kong (2021)" + "text": "7.643 million Hong Kong (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 88d4ec6f..06115408 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "10.915 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.510 million Bekasi, 2.972 million Surabaya, 2.607 million Bandung, 2.397 million Tangerang, 2.368 million Medan (2021)" + "text": "11.075 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.622 million Bekasi, 3.005 million Surabaya, 2.942 million Depok, 2.638 million Bandung, 2.456 million Tangerang (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.9% (2018)" + "text": "2.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.43 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Iwan Freddy Hari SUSANTO, Minister (since 1 April 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Rosan ROESLANI (since 25 October 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036" @@ -678,6 +678,14 @@ "text": "Wage Rudolf SOEPRATMAN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1945" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "9 (5 cultural, 4 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Borobudur Temple Compounds (c), Komodo National Park (n), Prambanan Temple Compounds (c), Ujung Kulon National Park (n), Sangiran Early Man Site (c), Lorentz National Park (n), Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (n), Cultural Landscape of Bali Province (c), Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 1f4b6065..693a3358 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "37.340 million TOKYO (capital), 19.111 million Osaka, 9.566 million Nagoya, 5.516 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.930 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.670 million Sapporo (2021)" + "text": "37.274 million TOKYO (capital), 19.060 million Osaka, 9.572 million Nagoya, 5.503 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.935 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.669 million Sapporo (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "11% (2018)" + "text": "10.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.41 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -616,6 +616,14 @@ "text": "unknown/Hiromori HAYASHI" }, "note": "note: adopted 1999; unofficial national anthem since 1883; oldest anthem lyrics in the world, dating to the 10th century or earlier; there is some opposition to the anthem because of its association with militarism and worship of the emperor" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "25 (20 cultural, 5 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (c); Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c); Himeji-jo (c); Shiretoko (n); Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (c); Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (c); Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c); Yakushima (n); Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (c); Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index df6234d8..a24a5ab9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.108 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.133 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ } }, "Administrative divisions": { - "text": "

9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4 cities (si, singular and plural)

provinces: Chagang, Hambuk (North Hamgyong), Hamnam (South Hamgyong), Hwangbuk (North Hwanghae), Hwangnam (South Hwanghae), Kangwon, P'yongbuk (North Pyongan), P'yongnam (South Pyongan), Ryanggang

major cities: Kaesong, Nampo, P'yongyang, Rason

", + "text": "

9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4 special administration cities (si, singular and plural)

provinces: Chagang, Hambuk (North Hamgyong), Hamnam (South Hamgyong), Hwangbuk (North Hwanghae), Hwangnam (South Hwanghae), Kangwon, P'yongbuk (North Pyongan), P'yongnam (South Pyongan), Ryanggang

major cities: Kaesong, Nampo, P'yongyang, Rason

", "note": "note: P'yongyang is identified as a directly controlled city, while Kaesong, Nampo, and Rason are designated as special cities" }, "Independence": { @@ -566,6 +566,14 @@ "text": "PAK Se Yong/KIM Won Gyun" }, "note": "note: adopted 1947; both North Korea's and South Korea's anthems share the same name and have a vaguely similar melody but have different lyrics; the North Korean anthem is also known as \"Ach'imun pinnara\" (Let Morning Shine)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Koguryo Tombs Complex, Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -986,18 +994,17 @@ "text": "an estimated 20-30% of North Korea's GDP is allocated to the military" }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "assessments of the size of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) vary widely; approximately 1.1-1.3 million active troops (950,000-1.0 million Army; 110-120,000 Air Force; 60,000 Navy; 10,000 Strategic Missile Forces); est. 200,000 internal security forces (2021)", - "note": "note -" + "text": "assessments of the size of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) vary widely; approximately 1.1-1.3 million active troops (950,000-1.0 million Army; 110-120,000 Air Force; 60,000 Navy; 10,000 Strategic Missile Forces); est. 200,000 internal security forces (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the KPA is equipped with older weapon systems originally acquired from the former Soviet Union, Russia, and China, as well as some domestically-produced equipment; North Korea manufactures copies and provides some upgrades to the older foreign weapon systems; it also produces a diverse array of military hardware, including small arms, munitions, light armored vehicles, tanks, naval vessels and submarines, and advanced weapons systems; since 2010, there were no publicly-reported transfers of weapons to North Korea; between 2000 and 2010, Russia was the only recorded provider of arms (2021)" + "text": "the KPA is equipped with older weapon systems originally acquired from the former Soviet Union, Russia, and China, as well as some domestically-produced equipment; North Korea manufactures copies and provides some upgrades to the older foreign weapon systems; it also produces a diverse array of military hardware, including small arms, munitions, light armored vehicles, tanks, naval vessels and submarines, and advanced weapons systems, such as ballistic missiles; since 2010, there were no publicly-reported transfers of weapons to North Korea (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "17 years of age for compulsory male and female military service; service obligation 10 years for men, to age 23 for women (reportedly reduced in 2021 to 7-8 years for men and 5 years for women) (2021)", "note": "note(s) - the bulk of the KPA is made up of conscripts; as many as 20 percent of North Korean males between the ages of 16 and 54 are in the military at a given time and possibly up to 30 percent of males between the ages of 18 and 27, not counting the reserves or paramilitary units" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

in addition to the invasion of South Korea and the subsequent Korean War (1950-53), North Korea from the 1960s to the 1980s launched a considerable number of limited military and subversive actions against South Korea using special forces and terrorist tactics; including aggressive skirmishes along the DMZ, overt attempts to assassinate South Korean leaders, kidnappings, the bombing of an airliner, and a failed effort in 1968 to foment an insurrection and conduct a guerrilla war in the South with more than 100 seaborne commandos; from the 1990s until 2010, the North lost two submarines and a semi-submersible boat attempting to insert infiltrators into the South (1996, 1998) and provoked several engagements in the Northwest Islands area along the disputed Northern Limit Line, including naval skirmishes between patrol boats in 1999 and 2002, the torpedoing and sinking of a South Korean corvette, the Cheonan, in 2010, and the bombardment a South Korean Marine Corps installation on Yeonpyeong Island, also in 2010; since 2010, further minor incidents continue to occur periodically along the DMZ, where both the KPA and the South Korean military maintain large numbers of troops

the KPA was founded in 1948; Kim Jong Un is the KPA supreme commander, while operational control of the armed forces resides in the General Staff Department (GSD), which reports directly to Kim; the GSD maintains overall control of all military forces and is charged with turning Kim’s directives into operational military orders; the Ministry of National Defense (MND) is responsible for administrative control of the military and external relations with foreign militaries

as of 2021, North Korea’s growing ballistic missile program included close- (CRBM), short- (SRBM), medium- (MRBM), intermediate- (IRBM), and intercontinental- (ICBM) range ballistic missiles; the North received its first ballistic missiles, short-range FROGs (free rocket over ground), from the Soviet Union in the 1960s, but its modern ballistic missile program is generally thought to date back to the mid-1970s when it received a Soviet Scud-class missile, likely from Egypt; the North reverse-engineered the missile and developed an indigenously built version in 1984; it flight-tested its first Scud-based medium-range Nodong missile in 1990, and probably began development of the multi-stage Taepodong missiles around this time as well; the North revealed its first road-mobile ICBM in 2012 and conducted the first test of an ICBM-class system in 2017

 

" + "text": "

in addition to the invasion of South Korea and the subsequent Korean War (1950-53), North Korea from the 1960s to the 1980s launched a considerable number of limited military and subversive actions against South Korea using special forces and terrorist tactics; including aggressive skirmishes along the DMZ, overt attempts to assassinate South Korean leaders, kidnappings, the bombing of an airliner, and a failed effort in 1968 to foment an insurrection and conduct a guerrilla war in the South with more than 100 seaborne commandos; from the 1990s until 2010, the North lost two submarines and a semi-submersible boat attempting to insert infiltrators into the South (1996, 1998) and provoked several engagements in the Northwest Islands area along the disputed Northern Limit Line, including naval skirmishes between patrol boats in 1999 and 2002, the torpedoing and sinking of a South Korean corvette, the Cheonan, in 2010, and the bombardment of a South Korean Marine Corps installation on Yeonpyeong Island, also in 2010; since 2010, further minor incidents continue to occur periodically along the DMZ, where both the KPA and the South Korean military maintain large numbers of troops

the KPA was founded in 1948; Kim Jong Un is the KPA supreme commander, while operational control of the armed forces resides in the General Staff Department (GSD), which reports directly to Kim; the GSD maintains overall control of all military forces and is charged with turning Kim’s directives into operational military orders; the Ministry of National Defense (MND) is responsible for administrative control of the military and external relations with foreign militaries

as of 2021, North Korea’s growing ballistic missile program included close- (CRBM), short- (SRBM), medium- (MRBM), intermediate- (IRBM), and intercontinental- (ICBM) range ballistic missiles; the North received its first ballistic missiles, short-range FROGs (free rocket over ground), from the Soviet Union in the 1960s, but its modern ballistic missile program is generally thought to date back to the mid-1970s when it received a Soviet Scud-class missile, likely from Egypt; the North reverse-engineered the missile and developed an indigenously built version in 1984; it flight-tested its first Scud-based medium-range Nodong missile in 1990, and probably began development of the multi-stage Taepodong missiles around this time as well; the North revealed its first road-mobile ICBM in 2012 and conducted the first test of an ICBM-class system in 2017

 

" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 8a1bf479..ab63d151 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "9.968 million SEOUL (capital), 3.466 million Busan, 2.818 million Incheon, 2.191 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.569 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.524 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2021)" + "text": "9.976 million SEOUL (capital), 3.468 million Busan, 2.834 million Incheon, 2.185 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.573 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.526 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.6% (2018)" + "text": "8.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.36 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ } }, "Administrative divisions": { - "text": "

9 provinces (do, singular and plural), 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi, singular and plural), 1 special city (teugbyeolsi), and 1 special self-governing city (teukbyeoljachisi)

provinces: Chungbuk (North Chungcheong), Chungnam (South Chungcheong), Gangwon, Gyeongbuk (North Gyeongsang), Gyeonggi, Gyeongnam (South Gyeongsang), Jeju, Jeonbuk (North Jeolla), Jeonnam (South Jeolla)

metropolitan cities: Busan (Pusan), Daegu (Taegu), Daejeon (Taejon), Gwangju (Kwangju), Incheon (Inch'on), Ulsan

special city: Seoul

special self-governing city: Sejong

" + "text": "

9 provinces (do, singular and plural), 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi, singular and plural), 1 special city (teugbyeolsi), and 1 special self-governing city (teukbyeoljachisi)

provinces: Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong), Chungcheongnam-do (South Chungcheong), Gangwon-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang), Gyeonggi-do, Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang), Jeju-do (Jeju), Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla), Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla)

metropolitan cities: Busan (Pusan), Daegu (Taegu), Daejeon (Taejon), Gwangju (Kwangju), Incheon (Inch'on), Ulsan

special city: Seoul

special self-governing city: Sejong

" }, "Independence": { "text": "15 August 1945 (from Japan)" @@ -612,6 +612,14 @@ "text": "YUN Ch'i-Ho or AN Ch'ang-Ho/AHN Eaktay" }, "note": "note: adopted 1948, well-known by 1910; both North Korea's and South Korea's anthems share the same name and have a vaguely similar melody but have different lyrics" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "15 (13 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (n); Changdeokgung Palace Complex (c); Jongmyo Shrine (c); Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (c); Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (c); Gyeongju Historic Areas (c); Namhansanseong (c); Baekje Historic Areas (c); Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (c); Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1128,7 +1136,7 @@ "note": "note - South Korea intends to reduce the size of its military to about 522,000 by 2022" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Republic of Korea Armed Forces are equipped with a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems; domestic production includes armored fighting vehicles, artillery, aircraft, and naval ships; the top foreign weapons supplier is the US and some domestically-produced systems are built under US license; Germany is the second largest supplier of armaments since 2010 (2021)" + "text": "the Republic of Korea Armed Forces are equipped with a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems; domestic production includes armored fighting vehicles, artillery, aircraft, and naval ships; the top foreign weapons supplier is the US and some domestically-produced systems are built under US license (2021)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "250 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 250 South Sudan (UNMISS); 170 United Arab Emirates; note - since 2009, the ROK has kept a naval flotilla with approximately 300 personnel in the waters off of the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Sep 2021)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index f96599e3..5938646c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "694,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "706,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.3% (2018)" + "text": "2.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.37 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -645,6 +645,14 @@ "text": "SISANA Sisane/THONGDY Sounthonevichit" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1945, lyrics adopted 1975; the anthem's lyrics were changed following the 1975 Communist revolution that overthrew the monarchy" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Town of Luangphrabang, Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements, Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang - Plain of Jars" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -996,7 +1004,7 @@ "text": "reliance on radio network to communicate with remote areas; regulatory reform is below industry standards; government aims to strengthen infrastructure and attract foreign investment; low fixed-broadband penetration; dominance in mobile broadband with 4G and LTE, but low compared to other Asian markets; ASEAN Digital Hub investment provides international capacity; state owns almost all media, except for some entertainment outlets, and has suppressed some news; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China; providers examining m-payment platforms and 5G tests (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 21 per 100 and 61 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line nearly 21 per 100 and 61 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and a second to be developed by China" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index 967ab29d..04f6d70d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ "text": "2,181,194 (2018)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "345.3 (2018 est.)" + "text": "328.8 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ "text": "Macau’s sophisticated telecom market boasts one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world due to high tourism; liberalized market is managed by independent regulator with effective competition in the mobile market; modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services; high mobile subscriber numbers and mobile penetration; offering 4G, LTE services and first phase of 5G network rollout; possible synchronizing with neighboring regions; Macau's smart city project spans areas of transportation, medical services, tourism, and e-government; importer of broadcast and video equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 20 per 100 and mobile-cellular 345 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line nearly 20 per 100 and mobile-cellular roughly 329 per 100 persons (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 853; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and Europe; HF radiotelephone communication facility; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index c8df4e0a..88c68107 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.615 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.645 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.8% (2018)" + "text": "3.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.86 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -642,6 +642,14 @@ "text": "Tsendiin DAMDINSUREN/Bilegiin DAMDINSUREN and Luvsanjamts MURJORJ" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1950, lyrics adopted 2006; lyrics altered on numerous occasions" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Uvs Nuur Basin (n); Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (c); Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai (c); Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and surrounding sacred landscape (c); Landscapes of Dauria (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1002,7 +1010,7 @@ "text": "liberalized and competitive telecom market; steady growth in mobile broadband, but fixed-line broadband is still an economical option; installation of a fiber-optic network improved broadband and communication services between major urban centers; compared to other Asian countries, Mongolia's growth in telecom is moderate; mobile broadband rate is growing through competition among operators with reasonable tariffs; launch of 4G LTE services by all major operators; South Korean investment in landline and cellular services; partner in China’s economic corridor project; import of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "very low fixed-line teledensity 12 per 100; there are four mobile-cellular providers and subscribership is increasing with 137 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "very low fixed-line teledensity of less than 5 per 100; there are four mobile-cellular providers and subscribership is roughly 133 per 100 persons (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 976; satellite earth stations - 7 (2016)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 1b2fe986..6b4473ac 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "8.211 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.045 million Johor Bahru, 828,000 Ipoh (2021)" + "text": "8.420 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.065 million Johor Bahru, 842,000 Ipoh (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.8% (2018)" + "text": "3.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.54 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -653,6 +653,14 @@ "text": "collective, led by Tunku ABDUL RAHMAN/Pierre Jean DE BERANGER" }, "note": "note: adopted 1957; full version only performed in the presence of the king; the tune, which was adopted from a popular French melody titled \"La Rosalie,\" was originally the anthem of Perak, one of Malaysia's 13 states" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (2 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Gunung Mulu National Park (n); Kinabalu Park (n); Malacca and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (c); Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1012,7 +1020,7 @@ "text": "one of the most advanced telecom networks in the developing world; strong commitment to developing a technological society; Malaysia is promoting itself as an information tech hub in the Asian region; closing the urban rural divide; 4G and 5G networks with strong competition, mobile dominance over fixed-broadband; government development of five-year fiber and connectivity plan; some of Malaysia’s key exports are integrated circuits and broadcasting equipment to North America and China; importer of integrated circuits from Singapore and China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 20 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 140 per 100 persons; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line roughly 23 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 135 per 100 persons; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 60; landing points for BBG, FEA, SAFE, SeaMeWe-3 & 4 & 5, AAE-1, JASUKA, BDM, Dumai-Melaka Cable System, BRCS, ACE, AAG, East-West Submarine Cable System, SEAX-1, SKR1M, APCN-2, APG, BtoBe,  BaSICS, and Labuan-Brunei Submarine and MCT submarine cables providing connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Pacific Ocean); launch of Kacific-1 satellite in 2019 (2019)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index e9c9314d..3deba1f5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "391,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2021)" + "text": "400,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.4% (2018)" + "text": "2.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -629,6 +629,14 @@ "text": "Thomas SHACKLADY" }, "note": "note: adopted 1975" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Kuk Early Agricultural Site" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index e695afa1..66b440e5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "14.159 million MANILA (capital), 1.866 million Davao, 994,000 Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 903,000 Antipolo, 770,000 Cagayan de Oro City (2021)" + "text": "14.406 million MANILA (capital), 1.908 million Davao, 1.009 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 925,000 Antipolo, 786,000 Cagayan de Oro City (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.4% (2018)" + "text": "4.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.6 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -667,6 +667,14 @@ "text": "Jose PALMA (revised by Felipe PADILLA de Leon)/Julian FELIPE" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1898, original Spanish lyrics adopted 1899, Filipino (Tagalog) lyrics adopted 1956; although the original lyrics were written in Spanish, later English and Filipino versions were created; today, only the Filipino version is used" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "6 (3 cultural, 3 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Baroque Churches of the Philippines (c), Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (n), Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (c), Historic Vigan (c), Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (n), Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1191,7 +1199,7 @@ "text": "the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have approximately 122,000 active duty personnel (80,000 Army; 25,000 Navy, including about 8,700 marines; 17,000 Air Force) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the AFP is equipped with a mix of imported weapons systems, particularly second-hand equipment from the US; since 2014, its top weapons suppliers are Israel, South Korea, and the US (2021)" + "text": "the AFP is equipped with a mix of imported weapons systems, particularly second-hand equipment from the US; since 2014, its top weapons suppliers include Israel, South Korea, and the US (2021)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "

the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of littoral states and offshore waters in the South China Sea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; an emerging threat area lies in the Celebes and Sulu Seas between the Philippines and Malaysia where three ships were attacked in 2020; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; hijacked vessels are often disguised and cargoes stolen

" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 841748b6..10a0268e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "5.992 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.040 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.5% (2018)" + "text": "4.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.29 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -611,6 +611,14 @@ "text": "ZUBIR Said" }, "note": "note: adopted 1965; first performed in 1958 at the Victoria Theatre, the anthem is sung only in Malay" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Singapore Botanic Gardens" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 7bf6b317..5d35454f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "10.723 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.417 Chon Buri, 1.324 million Samut Prakan, 1.182 million Chiang Mai, 979,000 Songkla, 975,000 Nothaburi (2021)" + "text": "10.900 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.436 Chon Buri, 1.342 million Samut Prakan, 1.198 million Chiang Mai, 992,000 Songkla, 988,000 Nothaburi (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.8% (2018)" + "text": "3.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.81 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ "text": "many previous; latest drafted and presented 29 March 2016, approved by referendum 7 August 2016, signed into law by the king 6 April 2017" }, "amendments": { - "text": "proposed as a joint resolution by the Council of Ministers and the National Council for Peace and Order (the junta that has ruled Thailand since the 2014 coup) and submitted as a draft to the National Legislative Assembly; passage requires majority vote of the existing Assembly members and presentation to the monarch for assent and countersignature of the prime minister" + "text": "amendments require a majority vote in a joint session of the House and Senate and further require at least 1/5 of opposition House members and 1/3 of the Senate vote in favor; a national referendum is additionally required for certain amendments; all amendments require signature by the king; Thailand's 2017 constitution was amended in November 2021 to increase the number of constituency members of parliament (MPs) from 350 to 400, reduce the number of party-list MPs from 150 to 100, and change the election to a two-ballot system" } }, "Legal system": { @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ "text": "Senate - last held on 14 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)

House of Representatives - last held on 24 March 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 224, women 26, percent of women 10.4%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party in 2019 election- PPRP 23.7%, PTP 22.2%, FFP 17.8%, DP 11.1%, PJT 10.5%, TLP 2.3%, CTP 2.2%, NEP 1.4%, PCC 1.4%, ACT 1.2%, PCP 1.2%,  other 5.1%; seats by party - PTP 136, PPRP 116, FFP 81, DP 53, PJT 51, CTP 10, TLP 10, PCC 7, PCP 5, NEP 6, ACT 5, other 20; composition - men 421, women 79, percent of women 15.8%; note(s) - total National Assembly percent of women 14%; the FFP was dissolved by the Constitutional Court in February of 2020 and its representatives moved to the newly-formed Move Forward Party or to other political parties" + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 224, women 26, percent of women 10.4%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party in 2019 election- PPRP 23.7%, PTP 22.2%, FFP* 17.8%, DP 11.1%, PJT 10.5%, TLP 2.3%, CTP 2.2%, NEP 1.4%, PCC 1.4%, ACT 1.2%, PCP 1.2%,  other 5.1%; seats by party - PTP 136, PPRP 116, FFP 81, DP 53, PJT 51, CTP 10, TLP 10, PCC 7, PCP 5, NEP 6, ACT 5, other 20; composition - men 421, women 79, percent of women 15.8%; note(s) - total National Assembly percent of women 14%; the FFP was dissolved by the Constitutional Court in February of 2020 and its representatives moved to the newly-formed Move Forward Party or to other political parties" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -673,6 +673,14 @@ "text": "Luang SARANUPRAPAN/Phra JENDURIYANG" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1932, lyrics adopted 1939; by law, people are required to stand for the national anthem at 0800 and 1800 every day; the anthem is played in schools, offices, theaters, and on television and radio during this time; \"Phleng Sanlasoen Phra Barami\" (A Salute to the Monarch) serves as the royal anthem and is played in the presence of the royal family and during certain state ceremonies" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "6 (3 cultural, 3 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic City of Ayutthaya (c), Historic Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns (c), Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (n), Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (c), Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (n), Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1168,10 +1176,13 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Royal Thai Armed Forces (Kongthap Thai, RTARF): Royal Thai Army (Kongthap Bok Thai, RTA; includes Thai Rangers (Thahan Phran)), Royal Thai Navy (Kongthap Ruea Thai, RTN; includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Kongthap Akaat Thai, RTAF); Office of the Prime Minister: Royal Thai Police; Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC; oversees counter-insurgency operations, as well as countering terrorism, narcotics and weapons trafficking, and other internal security duties); Ministry of Interior: Volunteer Defense Corps (2021)", - "note": "note: the Thai Rangers (aka Thahan Phran or 'Hunter Soldiers’) is a paramilitary force formed in 1978 to clear Communist Party of Thailand guerrillas from mountain strongholds in the country's northeast; it is a light infantry force led by regular officers and non-commissioned officers and comprised of both full‐ and part‐time personnel; it conducts counterinsurgency operations in the southern region; on the eastern border with Laos and Cambodia, the Rangers have primary responsibility for border surveillance and protection" + "text": "Royal Thai Armed Forces (Kongthap Thai, RTARF): Royal Thai Army (Kongthap Bok Thai, RTA), Royal Thai Navy (Kongthap Ruea Thai, RTN; includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Kongthap Akaat Thai, RTAF); Office of the Prime Minister: Royal Thai Police; Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC; oversees counter-insurgency operations, as well as countering terrorism, narcotics and weapons trafficking, and other internal security duties; primarily run by the Army) (2021)", + "note": "note(s) - official paramilitary forces in Thailand include the Thai Rangers (Thahan Phran or \"Hunter Soldiers\") under the Army; the Paramilitary Marines under the Navy; the Border Patrol Police (BPP) under the Royal Thai Police; the Volunteer Defense Corps (VDC or O So) and National Defense Volunteers (NDV), both under the Ministry of Interior; there are also several government-backed volunteer militias created to provide village security against insurgents in the deep south or to assist the ISOC" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "1.25% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -1183,9 +1194,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "1.6% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1202,7 +1210,7 @@ "note": "note(s) - information varies, but conscripts reportedly comprise as much as 50% of the RTARF; around 100,000 males are drafted each year; as of 2020, women comprised about 8% of active military personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "including the most recent in 2014, the military has attempted more than 20 coups since the fall of absolute monarchy in 1932

since 2004, the military has fought against separatist insurgents in the southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat, as well as parts of Songkhla; the insurgency is rooted in ethnic Malay nationalist resistance to Thai rule that followed the extension of Siamese sovereignty over the Patani Sultanate in the 18th century; the insurgency consists of several armed groups, the largest of which is the Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Koordinasi (BRN-C): since 2020, the Thai military has been negotiating with BRN, and has parallel talks with an umbrella organization, MARA Pattani, that claims to represent the insurgency groups; since 2004, the fighting has claimed more than 7,000 lives; as of late 2020, as many as 100,000 military and paramilitary forces were deployed in the south to combat the insurgency

Thailand has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments

" + "text": "including the most recent in 2014, the military has attempted more than 20 coups since the fall of absolute monarchy in 1932

since 2004, the military has fought against separatist insurgents in the southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat, as well as parts of Songkhla; the insurgency is rooted in ethnic Malay nationalist resistance to Thai rule that followed the extension of Siamese sovereignty over the Patani Sultanate in the 18th century; the insurgency consists of several armed groups, the largest of which is the Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Koordinasi (BRN-C): since 2020, the Thai military has been negotiating with BRN, and has parallel talks with an umbrella organization, MARA Pattani, that claims to represent the insurgency groups; since 2004, the fighting has claimed more than 7,000 lives; as of 2021, at least 70,000 military, paramilitary, and government-backed militia forces were estimated to be deployed in the south to combat the insurgency

Thailand has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments

" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 3452b174..222b3867 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.3% (2018)" + "text": "7.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.72 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index f2bffc73..183192ba 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.435 million New Taipei City, 2.731 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.272 million Taoyuan, 1.542 million Kaohsiung, 1.338 million Taichung, 857,000 Tainan (2021)" + "text": "4.471 million New Taipei City, 2.742 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.296 million Taoyuan, 1.547 million Kaohsiung, 1.354 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -970,8 +970,11 @@ "note": "note - the Armed Forces also have Military Police and Armed Forces Reserve commands" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "2.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.2% of GDP (2020)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "2.1% of GDP (2019)" @@ -981,9 +984,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "1.8% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index c64c0866..300db03f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "8.838 million Ho Chi Minh City, 4.875 million HANOI (capital), 1.703 million Can Tho, 1.341 million Hai Phong, 1.157 million Da Nang, 1.046 million Bien Hoa (2021)" + "text": "9.077 million Ho Chi Minh City, 5.067 million HANOI (capital), 1.786 million Can Tho, 1.382 million Hai Phong, 1.188 million Da Nang, 1.078 million Bien Hoa (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.9% (2018)" + "text": "5.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ "text": "President Nguyen Xuan PHUC (since 26 July 2021)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister  Pham Minh CHINH (since 26 July 2021)" + "text": "Prime Minister Pham Minh CHINH (since 26 July 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet proposed by prime minister confirmed by the National Assembly and appointed by the president" @@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ "text": "Nguyen Van CAO" }, "note": "note: adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945; it became the national anthem of the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976; although it consists of two verses, only the first is used as the official anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "8 (5 cultural, 2 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Complex of Hué Monuments (c), Ha Long Bay (n), Hoi An Ancient Town (c), My Son Sanctuary (c), Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (n), Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi (c), Citadel of the Ho Dynasty (c), Trang An Landscape Complex (m)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 1137c153..7f2a7b01 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "503,000 TIRANA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "512,000 TIRANA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.3% (2018)" + "text": "5.2% (2018)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -639,6 +639,14 @@ "text": "Aleksander Stavre DRENOVA/Ciprian PORUMBESCU" }, "note": "note: adopted 1912" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (2 cultural, 1 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Butrint, Historic Berat and Gjirokastër, Primeval Beech Forests, Lake Ohrid Region" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/an.json b/europe/an.json index 1a83cab0..ab52b99c 100644 --- a/europe/an.json +++ b/europe/an.json @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.7% (2018)" + "text": "6.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.33 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -550,6 +550,14 @@ "text": "Joan BENLLOCH i VIVO/Enric MARFANY BONS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1921; the anthem provides a brief history of Andorra in a first person narrative" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": " 1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index d773103d..8485edc2 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.945 million VIENNA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.960 million VIENNA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10.3% (2018)" + "text": "10.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "5.17 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -631,6 +631,14 @@ "text": "Paula von PRERADOVIC/Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART or Johann HOLZER (disputed)" }, "note": "note 1: adopted 1947; the anthem is also known as \"Land der Berge, Land am Strome\" (Land of the Mountains, Land by the River); Austria adopted a new national anthem after World War II to replace the former imperial anthem composed by Franz Josef HAYDN, which had been appropriated by Germany in 1922 and was thereafter associated with the Nazi regime; a gendered version of the lyrics was adopted by the Austrian Federal Assembly in fall 2011 and became effective 1 January 2012

note 2: the beloved waltz \"The Blue Danube\" (\"An der schoenen, blauen Donau\"), composed in 1866 by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, is consistently referred to as Austria's unofficial national anthem " + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "12 (11 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Salzburg (c); Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (c); Halstadt–Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (c); Semmering railway (c); Historic Graz and Schloss Eggenberg (c); Wachau Cultural Landscape (c); Historic Vienna (c); Fertő/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (c); Baden bei Wien (c); Primeval Beech Forests - Dürrenstein, Kalkalpen (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1124,7 +1132,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "0.85% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 0fce2740..f11a74f7 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.096 million BRUSSELS (capital), 1.048 million Antwerp (2021)" + "text": "2.110 million BRUSSELS (capital), 1.053 million Antwerp (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10.3% (2018)" + "text": "10.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.07 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -619,6 +619,14 @@ "text": "Louis-Alexandre DECHET[French] Victor CEULEMANS [Dutch]/Francois VAN CAMPENHOUT" }, "note": "note: adopted 1830; according to legend, Louis-Alexandre DECHET, an actor at the theater in which the revolution against the Netherlands began, wrote the lyrics with a group of young people in a Brussels cafe" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "15 (14 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Belfries of Belgium (c); Historic Brugge (c); The Grand Place, Brussels (c); Major Town Houses of Victor Horta (c); Notre-Dame Cathedral, Tournai (c); Spa, Liege (c); Primeval Beech Forests - Sonian Wood (n); Stoclet Palace (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 94c1c6c5..1a8d6c43 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "344,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2021)" + "text": "344,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.9% (2018)" + "text": "9.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.16 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -633,6 +633,14 @@ "text": "none officially; Dusan SESTIC and Benjamin ISOVIC/Dusan SESTIC" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2009 and others in 2016 were not approved; a parliamentary committee launched a new initiative for lyrics in February 2018" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Old Bridge Area of Mostar (c), Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge (c), Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c), Primeval Beech Forests - Janj Forest (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1156,7 +1164,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "149 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 85,908 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021)" + "note": "note: 86,199 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2022)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index 5ad89f55..912b854e 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.039 million MINSK (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.049 million MINSK (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.6% (2018)" + "text": "5.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "5.19 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -631,6 +631,14 @@ "text": "Mikhas KLIMKOVICH and Uladzimir KARYZNA/Nester SAKALOUSKI" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1955, lyrics adopted 2002; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Belarus kept the music of its Soviet-era anthem but adopted new lyrics; also known as \"Dziarzauny himn Respubliki Bielarus\" (State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Białowieża Forest (n); Mir Castle Complex (c); Architectural, Residential, and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 8b6d1974..d3ea4193 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.284 million SOFIA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.287 million SOFIA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.4% (2018)" + "text": "7.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.03 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -642,6 +642,14 @@ "text": "Tsvetan Tsvetkov RADOSLAVOV" }, "note": "note: adopted 1964; composed in 1885 by a student en route to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian War" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "10 (7 cultural, 3 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Boyana Church (c), Madara Rider (c), Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (c), Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo (c), Rila Monastery (c), Ancient City of Nessebar (c), Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (c), Srebarna Nature Reserve (n), Pirin National Park (n), Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1180,7 +1188,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "1,143 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 67,634 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2021); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country" + "note": "note: 69,854 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2022); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "source country for amphetamine tablets" diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 0abce4fb..3a569cf7 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.8% (2018)" + "text": "7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.95 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -640,6 +640,14 @@ "text": "Dionysios SOLOMOS/Nikolaos MANTZAROS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1960; Cyprus adopted the Greek national anthem as its own; the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus uses the anthem of Turkey" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Paphos, Painted Churches in the Troodos Region, Choirokoitia" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1122,8 +1130,11 @@ "text": "Republic of Cyprus: Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki Froura, EF, includes Army Land Forces, Naval Command, Air Command) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "1.95% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.75% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.75% of GDP (2020)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2019)" @@ -1133,9 +1144,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 665e6911..bd4f0ec2 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ }, "Elevation": { "highest point": { - "text": "Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m" + "text": "Mollehoj 171 m" }, "lowest point": { "text": "Lammefjord -7 m" @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.359 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.370 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10.1% (2018)" + "text": "10% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.01 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -618,6 +618,14 @@ "text": "Adam Gottlob OEHLENSCHLAGER/Hans Ernst KROYER; Johannes EWALD/unknown" }, "note": "note: Denmark has two national anthems with equal status; \"Der er et yndigt land,\" adopted 1844, is a national anthem, while \"Kong Christian,\" adopted 1780, serves as both a national and royal anthem; \"Kong Christian\" is also known as \"Kong Christian stod ved hojen mast\" (King Christian Stood by the Lofty Mast) and \"Kongesangen\" (The King's Anthem); within Denmark, the royal anthem is played only when royalty is present and is usually followed by the national anthem; when royalty is not present, only the national anthem is performed; outside Denmark, the royal anthem is played, unless the national anthem is requested" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "10 (7 cultural, 3 natural); note - includes three sites in Greenland" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Denmark: Mounds, Runic Stones, and Church at Jelling (c); Roskilde Cathedral (c); Kronborg Castle (c); Wadden Sea (n); Stevns Klint (n); Christiansfeld, Moravian Church Settlement (c); Par force hunting landscape, North Zealand (c); Greenland: Ilulissat Icefjord (n); Kujataa, Norse and Inuit Farming (c); Aasivissuit–Nipisat, Inuit Hunting Ground (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1135,8 +1143,7 @@ "text": "the Danish military inventory is comprised of a mix of modern European, US, and domestically-produced equipment; the US is the largest supplier of military equipment to Denmark since 2010; the Danish defense industry is active in the production of naval vessels, defense electronics, and subcomponents of larger weapons systems, such as the US F-35 fighter aircraft (2021)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "140 Middle East/Iraq (NATO) (2021)", - "note": "note - in early 2022, Denmark deployed about 90 troops to Mali to assist French-led international counterterrorist operations against Islamic militants; the troops are scheduled to remain until 2023" + "text": "140 Middle East/Iraq (NATO) (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish Military offers reserve contracts in all three branches (2021)", diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 9f5bd009..92085224 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.242 million DUBLIN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.256 million DUBLIN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.9% (2018)" + "text": "6.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.31 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -606,6 +606,14 @@ "text": "Peadar KEARNEY [English], Liam O RINN [Irish]/Patrick HEENEY and Peadar KEARNEY" }, "note": "note: adopted 1926; instead of \"Amhran na bhFiann,\" the song \"Ireland's Call\" is often used at athletic events where citizens of Ireland and Northern Ireland compete as a unified team" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne, Sceilg Mhichíl" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index 08c57233..b688d0fe 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "449,000 TALLINN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "452,000 TALLINN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.7% (2018)" + "text": "6.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.48 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -639,6 +639,14 @@ "text": "Johann Voldemar JANNSEN/Fredrik PACIUS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1920, though banned between 1940 and 1990 under Soviet occupation; the anthem, used in Estonia since 1869, shares the same melody as Finland's but has different lyrics" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Center (Old Town) of Tallinn,  Struve Geodetic Arc" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 38c8c328..a1d938ef 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.312 million PRAGUE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.318 million PRAGUE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.7% (2018)" + "text": "7.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.12 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -630,6 +630,14 @@ "text": "Josef Kajetan TYL/Frantisek Jan SKROUP" }, "note": "note: adopted 1993; the anthem was originally written as incidental music to the play \"Fidlovacka\" (1834), it soon became very popular as an unofficial anthem of the Czech nation; its first verse served as the official Czechoslovak anthem beginning in 1918, while the second verse (Slovak) was dropped after the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "16 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Prague; Historic Telč; Historic Český Krumlov; Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape; Historic Kutná Hora; Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc; Karlovy Vary Spa " + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index c545c245..4233730d 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Finn, Swede, Russian, Estonian, Romani, Sami" + "text": "Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Estonian, Romani, Sami", + "note": "note: 92% of the population has a Finnish background" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.317 million HELSINKI (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.328 million HELSINKI (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9% (2018)" + "text": "9.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.81 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -625,6 +626,14 @@ "text": "Johan Ludvig RUNEBERG/Fredrik PACIUS" }, "note": "note: in use since 1848; although never officially adopted by law, the anthem has been popular since it was first sung by a student group in 1848; Estonia's anthem uses the same melody as that of Finland" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Fortress of Suomenlinna (c), Old Rauma (c), Petäjävesi Old Church (c), Verla Groundwood and Board Mill (c), Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki (c), High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (n), Struve Geodetic Arc (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1118,7 +1127,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2021": { - "text": "2.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" + "text": "2.1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.53% of GDP (2020)" diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 3efa51f8..5ec74854 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "11.079 million PARIS (capital), 1.734 million Lyon, 1.614 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.068 million Lille, 1.037 million Toulouse, 980,000 Bordeaux (2021)" + "text": "11.142 million PARIS (capital), 1.748 million Lyon, 1.620 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.073 million Lille, 1.049 million Toulouse, 991,000 Bordeaux (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "11.3% (2018)" + "text": "11.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -674,6 +674,14 @@ "text": "Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle" }, "note": "note: adopted 1795, restored 1870; originally known as \"Chant de Guerre pour l'Armee du Rhin\" (War Song for the Army of the Rhine), the National Guard of Marseille made the song famous by singing it while marching into Paris in 1792 during the French Revolutionary Wars" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "49 (43 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed); note - includes one site in New Caledonia and one site in French Polynesia" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Chartres Cathedral (c); Palace and Park of Versailles (c); Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (c); Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (m); Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (c); Paris, Banks of the Seine (c); The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (c); Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (c); Amiens Cathedral (c); Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (c); Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1212,7 +1220,7 @@ "text": "the French military's inventory consists almost entirely of domestically-produced weapons systems, including some jointly-produced with other European countries; there is a limited mix of armaments from other Western countries, particularly the US; France has a defense industry capable of manufacturing the full spectrum of air, land, and naval military weapons systems (2021)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane, Task Force Takuba; note - in July 2021, France announced that it would withdraw about 2,000 personnel from this force by the beginning of 2022); approximately 300 Central African Republic; 900 Cote D'Ivoire; 1,400 Djibouti; 300 Baltics (NATO); 2,000 French Guyana; 900 French Polynesia; 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 950 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia; 1,700 Reunion Island; 350 Senegal; 650 United Arab Emirates (2020-2021)", + "text": "5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane, Task Force Takuba; note - in July 2021, France announced that it would withdraw about 2,000 personnel from this force in 2022); approximately 300 Central African Republic; 950 Cote D'Ivoire; 1,450 Djibouti; 300 Baltics (NATO); 2,100 French Guyana; 900 French Polynesia; 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 950 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,450 New Caledonia; 1,700 Reunion Island; 350 Senegal; 650 United Arab Emirates (2021)", "note": "note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992" }, "Military service age and obligation": { diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index cc3581bd..b04a4afb 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.567 million BERLIN (capital), 1.789 million Hamburg, 1.553 million Munich, 1.129 million Cologne, 785,000 Frankfurt (2021)" + "text": "3.571 million BERLIN (capital), 1.788 million Hamburg, 1.566 million Munich, 1.137 million Cologne, 791,000 Frankfurt (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "11.4% (2018)" + "text": "11.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.25 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -650,6 +650,14 @@ "text": "August Heinrich HOFFMANN VON FALLERSLEBEN/Franz Joseph HAYDN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1922; the anthem, also known as \"Deutschlandlied\" (Song of Germany), was originally adopted for its connection to the March 1848 liberal revolution; following appropriation by the Nazis of the first verse, specifically the phrase, \"Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles\" (Germany, Germany above all) to promote nationalism, it was banned after 1945; in 1952, its third verse was adopted by West Germany as its national anthem; in 1990, it became the national anthem for the reunited Germany" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "51 (48 cultural, 3 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (c); Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (c); Speyer Cathedral (c); Upper Middle Rhine Valley (c); Aachen Cathedral (c); Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau, and Bernau (c); Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura (c); Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar, and Upper Harz Water Management System (c); Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter, and Church of Our Lady in Trier (c); Hanseatic City of Lübeck (c); Old Town of Regensburg (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 795f35fa..fc07da1f 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.153 million ATHENS (capital), 813,000 Thessaloniki (2021)" + "text": "3.154 million ATHENS (capital), 814,000 Thessaloniki (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.7% (2018)" + "text": "7.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "5.48 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -636,6 +636,14 @@ "text": "Dionysios SOLOMOS/Nikolaos MANTZAROS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1864; the anthem is based on a 158-stanza poem by the same name, which was inspired by the Greek Revolution of 1821 against the Ottomans (only the first two stanzas are used); Cyprus also uses \"Hymn to Liberty\" as its anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "18 (16 cultural, 2 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Acropolis, Athens (c), Archaeological site of Delphi (c), Meteora (m), Medieval City of Rhodes (c), Archaeological site of Olympia (c), Archaeological site of Mycenae and Tiryns (c), Old Town of Corfu (c), Mount Athos (m), Delos (c), Archaeological Site of Philippi (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1182,7 +1190,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5,552 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 1,214,284 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" + "note": "note: 1,214,550 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2022); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis products and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index fed26722..8d795912 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "685,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2021)" + "text": "684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.8% (2018)" + "text": "7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -661,6 +661,14 @@ "text": "Antun MIHANOVIC/Josip RUNJANIN" }, "note": "note: adopted in 1972 while still part of Yugoslavia; \"Lijepa nasa domovino,\" whose lyrics were written in 1835, served as an unofficial anthem beginning in 1891" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "10 (8 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Plitvice Lakes National Park (n), Historic Split (c), Old City of Dubrovnik (c), Euphrasian Basilica, Historic Trogir (c), Šibenik Cathedral (c), Stari Grad Plain (c), Zadar and Fort St. Nikola Venetian Defense Works (c), Primeval Beech Forests (n), Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 9ba4fd85..5dfcfd23 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.772 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.775 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.7% (2018)" + "text": "6.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.41 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -656,6 +656,14 @@ "text": "Ferenc KOLCSEY/Ferenc ERKEL" }, "note": "note: adopted 1844" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "8 (7 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, and Andrássy Avenue (c); Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings (c); Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (n); Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment (c); Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta (c); Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) (c); Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (c); Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 121e213b..bd59c5c6 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.5% (2018)" + "text": "8.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -603,6 +603,14 @@ "text": "Matthias JOCHUMSSON/Sveinbjorn SVEINBJORNSSON" }, "note": "note: adopted 1944; also known as \"O, Gud vors lands\" (O, God of Our Land), the anthem was originally written and performed in 1874" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Thingvellir National Park (c), Surtsey (n), Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index fbb31483..60e92369 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021)" + "text": "4.298 million ROME (capital), 3.149 million Milan, 2.180 million Naples, 1.798 million Turin, 907,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.7% (2018)" + "text": "8.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -651,6 +651,14 @@ "text": "Goffredo MAMELI/Michele NOVARO" }, "note": "note: adopted 1946; the anthem, originally written in 1847, is also known as \"L'Inno di Mameli\" (Mameli's Hymn), and \"Fratelli D'Italia\" (Brothers of Italy)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "58 (53 cultural, 5 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Center of Rome (c); Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata (c); Venice and its Lagoon (c); Historic Center of Florence (c); Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (c); Historic Centre of Naples (c); Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (c); Villa d'Este, Tivoli (c); Mount Etna (n); Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (c); Historic Siena (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1154,8 +1162,11 @@ "note": "note(s) - the Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie; for its civil police functions, the Carabinieri falls under the control of the Ministry of the Interior; the Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance is a force with military status and nationwide remit for financial crime investigations, including narcotics trafficking, smuggling, and illegal immigration" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "1.41% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "1.39% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "1.39% of GDP (2020)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "1.18% of GDP (2019)" @@ -1165,9 +1176,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "1.18% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1203,7 +1211,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 591,119 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021)" + "note": "note: 594,194 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe" diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 14e8842f..34503df2 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -520,6 +520,14 @@ "text": "no lyrics/Mendi MENGJIQI" }, "note": "note: adopted 2008; Kosovo chose to exclude lyrics in its anthem so as not to offend the country's minority ethnic groups" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Medieval Monuments in Kosovo" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index b347fcfb..db3116fd 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "628,000 RIGA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "625,000 RIGA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.2% (2018)" + "text": "6.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.19 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -642,6 +642,14 @@ "text": "Karlis BAUMANIS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1920, restored 1990; first performed in 1873 while Latvia was a part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Center of Riga, Struve Geodetic Arc" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1000,7 +1008,7 @@ "text": "recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed-line phones is decreasing as mobile-cellular telephone service expands; EU regulatory policies, and framework provide guidelines for growth; government adopted measures to build a national fiber broadband network, partially funded by European Commission; new competition in mobile markets with extensive LTE-A technologies and 5G service growth; developing sophisticated digital economy with e-commerce and e-government widely available; operator working on cable to Sakhalin in Russia’s Far East (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 12 per 100 and mobile-cellular 109 per 100 subscriptions (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line roughly 11 per 100 and mobile-cellular nearly 109 per 100 subscriptions (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber-optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden" @@ -1151,7 +1159,7 @@ "text": "the National Armed Forces of Latvia have approximately 6,500 active duty troops (5,500 Land Forces; 500 Naval Force/Coast Guard; 500 Air Force; note - some Land Forces are considered joint forces); 8,200 National Guard (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Latvian military's inventory is limited and consists of a mixture of Soviet-era and more modern--mostly second-hand--European and US equipment; since 2010, it has received  limited amounts of equipment from several European countries, as well as the US (2021)" + "text": "the Latvian military's inventory is limited and consists of a mixture of Soviet-era and more modern--mostly second-hand--European and US equipment; since 2010, it has received limited amounts of equipment from several European countries, as well as the US (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (abolished 2007) (2021)", diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 02f5c53b..5a86d202 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "540,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2021)" + "text": "541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.6% (2018)" + "text": "7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "6.35 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -648,6 +648,14 @@ "text": "Vincas KUDIRKA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1918, restored 1990; written in 1898 while Lithuania was a part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Vilnius Historic Center, Curonian Spit, Kernavė Archaeological Site, Struve Geodetic Arc" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1006,7 +1014,7 @@ "text": "Lithuania’s small telecom market is among the most advanced in Europe, with universal access to LTE, extensive fiber footprint, and tests of 5G; operators focus on data speeds; improved international capability and better residential access; high SIM card penetration; increased demand for high-speed Internet for education, entertainment, and shopping during pandemic supporting growth in revenue through fiber lines; importer of broadcast equipment and video displays from neighboring EU countries (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "13 per 100 for fixed-line subscriptions; rapid expansion of mobile-cellular services has resulted in a steady decline in the number of fixed-line connections; mobile-cellular teledensity stands at about 169 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "nearly 12 per 100 for fixed-line subscriptions; rapid expansion of mobile-cellular services has resulted in a steady decline in the number of fixed-line connections; mobile-cellular teledensity stands at about 174 per 100 persons (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 370; landing points for the BCS East, BCS East-West Interlink and NordBalt connecting Lithuania to Sweden, and Latvia ; further transmission by satellite; landline connections to Latvia and Poland (2019)" @@ -1163,7 +1171,7 @@ "text": "the Lithuanian Armed Forces have approximately 16,000 active duty personnel (12,500 Army, including about 5,000 National Defense Voluntary Forces; 600 Navy; 1,000 Air Force; 2,000 other, including special operations forces, logistics support, training, etc); est. 11,000 Riflemen Union (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Lithuanian Armed Forces' inventory is mostly a mix of Western weapons systems and Soviet-era equipment (primarily aircraft and helicopters); Germany and the UK are the leading suppliers of armaments to Lithuania since 2010 (2020)" + "text": "the Lithuanian Armed Forces' inventory is mostly a mix of Western weapons systems and Soviet-era equipment (primarily aircraft and helicopters); as of 2021, European and the US are the leading suppliers of armaments to Lithuania (2021)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "contributes about 350-550 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units (2021)" diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index b75e6cdf..d669b689 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "437,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "439,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.7% (2018)" + "text": "7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.42 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -617,6 +617,14 @@ "text": "Janko MATUSKA/traditional" }, "note": "note: adopted 1993, in use since 1844; music based on the Slovak folk song \"Kopala studienku\"" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "8 (6 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica (c), Levoča, Spišský Hrad, and the Associated Cultural Monuments (c), Vlkolínec (c), Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (n), Bardejov Town (c), Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n), Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians (c), Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes (Western Segment) (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/ls.json b/europe/ls.json index 5af1b013..b03954d9 100644 --- a/europe/ls.json +++ b/europe/ls.json @@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ "text": "automatic telephone system; 44 Internet service providers in Liechtenstein and Switzerland combined; FttP (fiber to the home) penetration marketed 3rd highest in EU; fiber network reaches 3/4 of the population (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 37 per 100 and mobile-cellular services 127 per 100 (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line roughly 33 per 100 and mobile-cellular services 128 per 100 (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 423; linked to Swiss networks by cable and microwave radio relay" diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index d5da8ada..31f0ee26 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.3% (2018)" + "text": "5.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.01 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -602,6 +602,14 @@ "text": "Michel LENTZ/Jean-Antoine ZINNEN; Nikolaus WELTER/unknown" }, "note": "note: \"Ons Heemecht,\" adopted 1864, is the national anthem, while \"De Wilhelmus,\" adopted 1919, serves as a royal anthem for use when members of the grand ducal family enter or exit a ceremony in Luxembourg" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Luxembourg City Old Quarters and Fortifications" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -961,7 +969,7 @@ "text": "small but highly developed telecom system dominated by state-owned operator; gains in fixed-line and drop in mobile/roving sector during 2020 travel restrictions; government-state operator extended 1GB/s service with aims to make Luxembourg the first fully fiber country in Europe; regulator completed auction for 5G spectrum; importer of broadcast equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line teledensity about 43 per 100 persons; nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system with market for mobile-cellular phones virtually saturated with 136 per 100 mobile-cellular (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line teledensity about 43 per 100 persons; nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system with market for mobile-cellular phones virtually saturated with about 142 per 100 mobile-cellular (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 352" @@ -1071,8 +1079,11 @@ "text": "Luxembourg Army (l'Armée Luxembourgeoise) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "0.57% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "0.57% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "0.57% of GDP (2020)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "0.54% of GDP (2019)" @@ -1082,9 +1093,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "0.51% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "0.39% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 34fbfb37..5dfabec4 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "494,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2021)" + "text": "491,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.6% (2018)" + "text": "6.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.21 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -631,6 +631,14 @@ "text": "Alexei MATEEVICI/Alexandru CRISTEA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1994" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Struve Geodetic Arc" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -986,7 +994,7 @@ "text": "high unemployment and economic pressures have reduced consumer spending in telecom market; endeavors to join the EU have promoted regulatory issues in line with EU standards; mobile market extended outside of cities and across most of the country; LTE services available; market is competitive, fiber accounts for 62% of all fixed broadband connections and most telecom revenue is from the mobile market; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "competition among mobile telephone providers has spurred subscriptions; little interest in expanding fixed-line service 27 per 100; mobile-cellular teledensity sits at 89 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "competition among mobile telephone providers has spurred subscriptions; little interest in expanding fixed-line service which is roughly 25 per 100; mobile-cellular teledensity nearly 85 per 100 persons (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 373; service through Romania and Russia via landline; satellite earth stations - at least 3 - Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik" diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index 1ec9fcef..c73498ef 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ }, "Elevation": { "highest point": { - "text": "Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m" + "text": "Zia Kolata 2,534 m" }, "lowest point": { "text": "Adriatic Sea 0 m" @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.4% (2018)" + "text": "8.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.76 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -662,6 +662,14 @@ "text": "Sekula DRLJEVIC/unknown, arranged by Zarko MIKOVIC" }, "note": "note: adopted 2004; music based on a Montenegrin folk song" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (c), Durmitor National Park (n), Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c), Fortified City of Kotor Venetian Defense Works (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1017,7 +1025,7 @@ "text": "a small population, with a compact but modern telecommunications system and access to European satellites; fiber network is dominant platform; mobile penetration is high due to tourism; mobile broadband based on LTE even in rural areas; operators testing 5G in 2021; telecom sector in-line with EU norms provides competition, access, and tariff structures (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "GSM mobile-cellular service, available through multiple providers with national coverage growing; fixed-line 30 per 100 and mobile-cellular 183 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "GSM mobile-cellular service, available through multiple providers; fixed-line over 30 per 100 and mobile-cellular 172 per 100 persons (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 382; 2 international switches connect the national system" @@ -1168,7 +1176,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "458 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 20,695 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021)" + "note": "note: 20,727 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of large quantities of cocaine  destined for  European markets

" diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 5a53a3b0..17b9446d 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "601,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "606,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.6% (2018)" + "text": "7.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.87 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -627,6 +627,14 @@ "text": "Vlado MALESKI/Todor SKALOVSKI" }, "note": "note: written in 1943 and adopted in 1991, the song previously served as the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia while part of Yugoslavia" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region, Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index 03bcde1b..58fdac9d 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "1.6% (2018)" + "text": "1.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "7.51 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ "text": "modern automatic telephone system; the country's sole fixed-line operator offers a full range of services to residential and business customers; competitive mobile telephony market; 4G LTE widely available (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 113 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 87 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line a little over 111 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 90 per 100 persons (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 377; landing points for the EIG and Italy-Monaco submarine cables connecting Monaco to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia; no satellite earth stations; connected by cable into the French communications system (2019)" diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 736d24fc..0bcf59c5 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9% (2018)" + "text": "8.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -612,6 +612,14 @@ "text": "Dun Karm PSAILA/Robert SAMMUT" }, "note": "note: adopted 1945; written in the form of a prayer" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "City of Valletta, Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, Megalithic Temples of Malta" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -954,7 +962,7 @@ "text": "256,838" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "56.66 (2019 est.)" + "text": "59 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { @@ -962,7 +970,7 @@ "text": "634,386" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "139.94 (2019 est.)" + "text": "143 (2020 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -970,7 +978,7 @@ "text": "blessed with advantageous topography and tech-savvy consumers, Malta has one of the most advanced telecom systems in Europe, with high penetration of mobile and broadband; expansion of e-commerce; government and regulator measures in 2020 reduced consumer prices and allowed extensive FttP network and investment in LTE and fiber thru 2023; operator delivered fiber network to public schools in 2020; launch of 5G network by 2020; submarine cable to France and Egypt in progress (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 58 per 100  persons and mobile-cellular subscribership 144 per 100 persons; automatic system featuring submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line approximately 59 per 100  persons and mobile-cellular subscribership 143 per 100 persons; automatic system featuring submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 356; landing points for the Malta-Gozo Cable, VMSCS, GO-1 Mediterranean Cable System, Malta Italy Interconnector, Melita-1, and the Italy-Malta submarine cable connections to Italy; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" @@ -993,10 +1001,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "202,513" + "text": "213,419 (2020)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "44.67 (2019 est.)" + "text": "48 (2020 est.)" } } }, @@ -1073,6 +1081,9 @@ "text": "Armed Forces of Malta (AFM, includes land, maritime, and air elements, plus a Volunteer Reserve Force) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "0.5% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "0.6% of GDP (2020)" }, @@ -1084,9 +1095,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "0.5% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "0.5% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 1fbb906b..82770b19 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.158 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.012 million Rotterdam (2021)" + "text": "1.166 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.015 million Rotterdam (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10% (2018)" + "text": "10.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.61 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -637,6 +637,14 @@ "text": "Philips VAN MARNIX van Sint Aldegonde (presumed)/unknown" }, "note": "note: adopted 1932, in use since the 17th century, making it the oldest national anthem in the world; also known as \"Wilhelmus van Nassouwe\" (William of Nassau), it is in the form of an acrostic, where the first letter of each stanza spells the name of the leader of the Dutch Revolt" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "12 (11 cultural, 1 natural); note - includes one site in Curacao" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Schokland and Surroundings (c); Dutch Water Defense Lines (c); Van Nellefabriek (c); Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (c); Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (c); Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (c); Wadden Sea (n); Seventeenth Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (c); Colonies of Benevolence (c); Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Lower German Limes (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index 2cee58d9..363af158 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.056 million OSLO (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.071 million OSLO (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10.1% (2018)" + "text": "10.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.92 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -619,6 +619,14 @@ "text": "lyrics/music: Bjornstjerne BJORNSON/Rikard NORDRAAK" }, "note": "note: adopted 1864; in addition to the national anthem, \"Kongesangen\" (Song of the King), which uses the tune of \"God Save the Queen,\" serves as the royal anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "8 (7 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Bryggen (c), Urnes Stave Church (c), Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (c), Rock Art of Alta (c), Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago (c), Struve Geodetic Arc (c), West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord (n), Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1100,8 +1108,11 @@ "text": "Norwegian Armed Forces:  Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret), Norwegian Special Forces, Norwegian Cyber Defense Force, Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "1.85% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "2% of GDP (2020)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "1.86% of GDP (2019)" @@ -1111,9 +1122,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "1.72% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "1.74% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 1b0630cf..5ab6db86 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.790 million WARSAW (capital), 769,000 Krakow (2021)" + "text": "1.795 million WARSAW (capital), 770,000 Krakow (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.3% (2018)" + "text": "6.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.38 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -669,6 +669,14 @@ "text": "Jozef WYBICKI/traditional" }, "note": "note: adopted 1927; the anthem, commonly known as \"Jeszcze Polska nie zginela\" (Poland Has Not Yet Perished), was written in 1797; the lyrics resonate strongly with Poles because they reflect the numerous occasions in which the nation's lands have been occupied" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "17 (15 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Krakow (c); Historic Warsaw (c); Medieval Torun (c); Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region (c); Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (c); Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (c); Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration Camp (c); Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n); Białowieza Forest (n); Old City of Zamość (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 57fdc872..25248687 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.972 million LISBON (capital), 1.316 million Porto (2021)" + "text": "2.986 million LISBON (capital), 1.320 million Porto (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.4% (2018)" + "text": "9.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "5.12 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -635,6 +635,14 @@ "text": "Henrique LOPES DE MENDOCA/Alfredo KEIL" }, "note": "note: adopted 1910; \"A Portuguesa\" was originally written to protest the Portuguese monarchy's acquiescence to the 1890 British ultimatum forcing Portugal to give up areas of Africa; the lyrics refer to the \"insult\" that resulted from the event" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "17 (16 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Évora (c); Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores (c); Cultural Landscape of Sintra (c); Laurisilva of Madeira (n); Historic Guimarães (c); Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon (c); Convent of Christ in Tomar (c); Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (c); University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia (c); Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 6bda9fd0..4ab30f91 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Kosovo" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.402 million BELGRADE (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.405 million BELGRADE (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.5% (2018)" + "text": "8.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.11 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ "text": "Jovan DORDEVIC/Davorin JENKO" }, "note": "note: adopted 1904; song originally written as part of a play in 1872 and has been used as an anthem by the Serbian people throughout the 20th and 21st centuries" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Stari Ras and Sopoćani; Studenica Monastery; Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius; Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1136,6 +1144,9 @@ "note": "note: the Guard is a brigade-sized unit that is directly subordinate to the Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "1.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -1147,9 +1158,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2017 est.)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "1.7% of GDP (2016 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1183,7 +1191,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,113 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 813,549 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,228 migrants and asylum seekers as of September 2021" + "note": "note: 816,848 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2022); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,228 migrants and asylum seekers as of September 2021" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "

drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of of large quantities of cocaine  destined for  European markets

" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 4b39cb0f..3d2cc8b4 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.794 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.785 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.6% (2018)" + "text": "5.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -647,6 +647,14 @@ "text": "Andrei MURESIANU/Anton PANN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1990; the anthem was written during the 1848 Revolution" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "9 (7 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Danube Delta (n), Churches of Moldavia (c), Monastery of Horezu (c), Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania (c), Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (c), Historic Center of Sighişoara (c), Wooden Churches of Maramureş (c), Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n), Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1188,7 +1196,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "314 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 9,211 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021)" + "note": "note: 9,421 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2022)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index c9f51f3c..914179c6 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.3% (2018)" + "text": "8.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -629,6 +629,14 @@ "text": "France PRESEREN/Stanko PREMRL" }, "note": "note: adopted in 1989 while still part of Yugoslavia; originally written in 1848; the full poem, whose seventh verse is used as the anthem, speaks of pan-Slavic nationalism" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Škocjan Caves (n), Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (n), Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (c), Heritage of Mercury: Almadén and Idrija (c), The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index c72acca5..cc70b150 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.1% (2018)" + "text": "6.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "6.11 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -536,6 +536,14 @@ "text": "no lyrics/Federico CONSOLO" }, "note": "note: adopted 1894; the music for the lyric-less anthem is based on a 10th century chorale piece" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "San Marino Historic Center and Mount Titano" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index 3fb3b40d..70653f8d 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "6.669 million MADRID (capital), 5.624 million Barcelona, 835,000 Valencia (2021)" + "text": "6.714 million MADRID (capital), 5.658 million Barcelona, 837,000 Valencia (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9% (2018)" + "text": "9.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.87 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ "text": "no lyrics/unknown" }, "note": "note: officially in use between 1770 and 1931, restored in 1939; the Spanish anthem is the first anthem to be officially adopted, but it has no lyrics; in the years prior to 1931 it became known as \"Marcha Real\" (The Royal March); it first appeared in a 1761 military bugle call book and was replaced by \"Himno de Riego\" in the years between 1931 and 1939; the long version of the anthem is used for the king, while the short version is used for the prince, prime minister, and occasions such as sporting events" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "49 (43 cultural, 4 natural, 2 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (c); Works of Antoni Gaudí (c); Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) (c); Historic City of Toledo (c); Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (c); Tower of Hercules (c); Doñana National Park (n); Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (m); Alhambra, Generalife, and Albayzín in Granada (c);  Old City of Salamanca (c); Teide National Park (n); Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (c); Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (c); Historic Cordoba (c); El Escorial (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1162,6 +1170,9 @@ "note": "note - the Civil Guard is a military force with police duties (including coast guard) under both the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Interior; it also responds to the needs of the Ministry of Finance" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "1.02% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.17% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -1173,9 +1184,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "0.91% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "0.81% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1212,7 +1220,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "6,.92 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 196,743 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021)" + "note": "note: 197,460 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-January 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "primary transit point in Europe for cocaine from South America and for hashish from Morocco; cocaine is shipped in raw or liquid form with mixed cargo to avoid detection; traffickers ship methamphetamine via express mail; increasing number of indoor cannabis grow operations; illegal labs cutting, mixing, and reconstituting cocaine, and heroin and methamphetamine labs; synthetic drugs, including ketamine and MDMA (ecstasy) transit from Spain to the United States" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 054b68fe..6626abf4 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.657 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.659 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10.9% (2018)" + "text": "10.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -622,6 +622,14 @@ "text": "Richard DYBECK/traditional" }, "note": "note: in use since 1844; also known as \"Sang till Norden\" (Song of the North), is based on a Swedish folk tune; it has never been officially adopted by the government; \"Kungssangen\" (The King's Song) serves as the royal anthem and is played in the presence of the royal family and during certain state ceremonies" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "15 (13 cultural, 1 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Royal Domain of Drottningholm (c), Laponian Area (m), High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago (n), Birka and Hovgården (c), Hanseatic Town of Visby (c), Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå (c), Naval Port of Karlskrona (c), Rock Carvings in Tanum (c), Engelsberg Ironworks (c), Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1112,6 +1120,9 @@ "text": "Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army, Navy, Air Force; Home Guard (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "1.4% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2020)" }, @@ -1123,9 +1134,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "1% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "1.1% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index b1654e9d..a2785f78 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.408 million Zurich, 434,000 BERN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.420 million Zurich, 437,000 BERN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "11.9% (2018)" + "text": "11.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.3 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -634,6 +634,14 @@ "text": "Leonhard WIDMER [German], Charles CHATELANAT [French], Camillo VALSANGIACOMO [Italian], and Flurin CAMATHIAS [Romansch]/Alberik ZWYSSIG" }, "note": "the Swiss anthem has four names: \"Schweizerpsalm\" [German] \"Cantique Suisse\" [French] \"Salmo svizzero,\" [Italian] \"Psalm svizzer\" [Romansch] (Swiss Psalm)\nnote: unofficially adopted 1961, officially 1981; the anthem has been popular in a number of Swiss cantons since its composition (in German) in 1841; translated into the other three official languages of the country (French, Italian, and Romansch), it is official in each of those languages" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "13 (9 cultural, 4 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Old City of Berne (c), Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (n), Monte San Giorgio (n), Abbey of St Gall (c), Three Castles, Defensive Wall, and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (c), Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes (c), La Chaux-de-Fonds/Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (c), Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (c), Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair (c), Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 83b2049c..8e18b332 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "9.426 million LONDON (capital), 2.750 million Manchester, 2.626 million Birmingham, 1.902 million West Yorkshire, 1.681 million Glasgow, 936,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2021)" + "text": "9.426 million LONDON (capital), 2.750 million Manchester, 2.626 million Birmingham, 1.902 million West Yorkshire, 1.681 million Glasgow, 944,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10% (2018)" + "text": "10.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.81 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -630,6 +630,14 @@ "text": "unknown" }, "note": "note: in use since 1745; by tradition, the song serves as both the national and royal anthem of the UK; it is known as either \"God Save the Queen\" or \"God Save the King,\" depending on the gender of the reigning monarch; it also serves as the royal anthem of many Commonwealth nations" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "33 (28 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed); note - includes one site in Bermuda" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (n), Ironbridge Gorge (c), Stonehenge, Avebury, and Associated Sites (c), Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (c), Blenheim Palace (c), City of Bath (c), Tower of London (c), St Kilda (m), Maritime Greenwich (c), Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (c), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (c), The English Lake District (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index b6cef749..b4384ba3 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.001 million KYIV (capital), 1.426 million Kharkiv, 1.009 million Odesa, 952,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 899,000 Donetsk (2021)" + "text": "3.010 million KYIV (capital), 1.423 million Kharkiv, 1.008 million Odesa, 952,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 893,000 Donetsk (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.7% (2018)" + "text": "7.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.99 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -647,6 +647,14 @@ "text": "Paul CHUBYNSKYI/Mikhail VERBYTSKYI" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1991, lyrics adopted 2003; song first performed in 1864 at the Ukraine Theatre in Lviv; the lyrics, originally written in 1862, were revised in 2003" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (c); Lviv Historic Center (c); Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans, Chernivtsi (c); Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese, Sevastopol (c); Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region (c); Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n); Struve Geodetic Arc (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1168,7 +1176,8 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information varies; approximately 200,000 active troops (150,000 Army, including Airborne/Air Assault Forces; 12,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force); approximately 50,000 National Guard (2021)" + "text": "approximately 200,000 active troops (150,000 Army, including Airborne/Air Assault Forces; 12,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force); approximately 50,000 National Guard (2021)

note - in early 2022, the Ukrainian Government announced plans to add 100,000 personnel to the armed forces over three years ", + "note": "note - in early 2022, the Ukrainian Government announced plans to add 100,000 personnel to the armed forces over three years " }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Ukrainian military is equipped mostly with older Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems; since 2010, it has imported limited quantities of weapons from several European countries, as well as Canada, the US, and the United Arab Emirates; Ukraine has a broad defense industry capable of building Soviet-era land systems and maintaining and upgrading Soviet-era combat aircraft, as well as missile and air defense systems (2021)" @@ -1179,7 +1188,7 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "conscription abolished in 2012, but reintroduced in 2014; 20-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2021)", - "note": "note(s) - the Ukrainian military has a mix of conscripts (14,000 conscripted in 2021) and professional soldiers on contracts; by law, conscripts cannot serve on the frontlines, but have the opportunity to sign short or long-term contracts upon the expiration of their terms of service; women can volunteer and have served in the Ukrainian armed forces since 1993; as of 2021, women comprised approximately 15-20% of the military; in late 2021, the Ukrainian Government began requiring women between 18 and 60 who are fit for military service and work in a broad range of professions to register with Ukraine's armed forces
\r\n " + "note": "note(s) - in early 2022, the Ukrainian Government announced plans to phase out obligatory military service over a period of 3 years; the Ukrainian military has a mix of conscripts (14,000 conscripted in 2021) and professional soldiers on contracts; by law, conscripts cannot serve on the frontlines, but have the opportunity to sign short or long-term contracts upon the expiration of their terms of service; women can volunteer and have served in the Ukrainian armed forces since 1993; as of 2021, women comprised approximately 15-20% of the military; in late 2021, the Ukrainian Government began requiring women between 18 and 60 who are fit for military service and work in a broad range of professions to register with Ukraine's armed forces
\r\n " }, "Military - note": { "text": "as of 2021, the Ukrainian military’s primary concern was Russia’s material support for armed separatist forces in the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk where the conflict has become stalemated along a 250-mile front known as the line of contact; since the cease-fire of October 2019, sporadic exchanges of fire have continued through 2021

since 2014, the Ukrainian military has sought to implement reforms in line with NATO standards, improve individual and unit training, revise doctrine, upgrade arms and equipment, streamline command and control, reduce reliance on conscripts, and expand elite units such as the Air Assault and Special Operations Forces; the military also has received assistance and material support from NATO and the US (2021)

" diff --git a/europe/vt.json b/europe/vt.json index c04a4d27..9504f87b 100644 --- a/europe/vt.json +++ b/europe/vt.json @@ -393,6 +393,14 @@ "text": "Raffaello LAVAGNA/Charles-Francois GOUNOD" }, "note": "note: adopted 1950" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Center of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura; Vatican City" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index 7e89a0a5..14fb6b40 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.921 million Dubai, 1.737 million Sharjah, 1.512 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.964 million Dubai, 1.786 million Sharjah, 1.540 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.2% (2018)" + "text": "4.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.53 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -616,6 +616,14 @@ "text": "AREF Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan/Mohamad Abdel WAHAB" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1971, lyrics adopted 1996; Mohamad Abdel WAHAB also composed the music for the anthem of Tunisia" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud, and Oases Areas)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index 576e7a2a..32a61ff1 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Nagorno-Karabakh" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.371 million BAKU (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.401 million BAKU (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.5% (2018)" + "text": "4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.45 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -632,6 +632,14 @@ "text": "Ahmed JAVAD/Uzeyir HAJIBEYOV" }, "note": "note: adopted 1992; although originally written in 1919 during a brief period of independence, \"Azerbaijan Marsi\" did not become the official anthem until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Walled City of Baku, Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, Historic Center of Sheki" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index d2404ec4..697b6207 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.089 million YEREVAN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.092 million YEREVAN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10% (2018)" + "text": "11.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -622,6 +622,14 @@ "text": "Mikael NALBANDIAN/Barsegh KANACHYAN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1991; based on the anthem of the Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918-1922) but with different lyrics" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (3 cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin, Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley, Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index 08b88444..ef7636a2 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "664,000 MANAMA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "689,000 MANAMA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.1% (2018)" + "text": "4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.93 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" @@ -599,6 +599,14 @@ "text": "unknown" }, "note": "note: adopted 1971; although Mohamed Sudqi AYYASH wrote the original lyrics, they were changed in 2002 following the transformation of Bahrain from an emirate to a kingdom" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Dilmun Burial Mounds, Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbor and Capital of Dilmun, Bahrain Pearling Path" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index ffb0bef2..69ea944a 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Abkhazia and South Ossetia" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.079 million TBILISI (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.080 million TBILISI (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.1% (2018)" + "text": "6.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "7.12 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -621,6 +621,14 @@ "text": "Davit MAGRADSE/Zakaria PALIASHVILI (adapted by Joseb KETSCHAKMADSE)" }, "note": "note: adopted 2004; after the Rose Revolution, a new anthem with music based on the operas \"Abesalom da Eteri\" and \"Daisi\" was adopted" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Gelati Monastery (c), Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (c), Upper Svaneti (c), Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index d6bb54e3..fd2b9441 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ }, "note": "note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank" }, + "Major urban areas - population": { + "text": "756,000 Gaza (2022)" + }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { "text": "1.06 male(s)/female" diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 7bacefd4..314a807a 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "9.259 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.264 million Mashhad, 2.177 million Esfahan, 1.675 million Shiraz, 1.627 million Tabriz, 1.582 million Karaj (2021)" + "text": "9.382 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.318 million Mashhad, 2.219 million Esfahan, 1.699 million Shiraz, 1.644 million Tabriz, 1.587 million Karaj (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.7% (2018)" + "text": "6.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -645,6 +645,14 @@ "text": "multiple authors/Hassan RIAHI" }, "note": "note 1: adopted 1990; Iran has had six national anthems; the first, entitled Salam-e Shah (Royal Salute) was in use from 1873-1909; next came Salamati-ye Dowlat-e Elliye-ye Iran (Salute of the Sublime State of Persia, 1909-1933); it was followed by Sorud-e melli (The Imperial Anthem of Iran; 1933-1979), which chronicled the exploits of the Pahlavi Dynasty; Ey Iran (Oh Iran) functioned unofficially as the national anthem for a brief period between the ouster of the Shah in 1979 and the early days of the Islamic Republic in 1980; Payandeh Bada Iran (Long Live Iran) was used between 1980 and 1990 during the time of Ayatollah KHOMEINI

note 2: a recording of the current Iranian national anthem is unavailable since the US Navy Band does not record anthems for countries from which the US does not anticipate official visits; the US does not have diplomatic relations with Iran" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "26 (24 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Persepolis (c), Tchogha Zanbil (c), Bam and its Cultural Landscape (c), Golestan Palace (c), Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (c), Pasargadae (c), Hyrcanian Forests (n), Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex (c), Meidan Emam, Esfahan (c), Bisotun (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 0ba168e8..e07dc26c 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.264 million Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1.155 million Haifa, 944,000 JERUSALEM (capital) (2021)" + "text": "4.344 million Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1.164 million Haifa, 957,000 JERUSALEM (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.5% (2018)" + "text": "7.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.63 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -639,6 +639,14 @@ "text": "Naftali Herz IMBER/traditional, arranged by Samuel COHEN" }, "note": "note: adopted 2004, unofficial since 1948; used as the anthem of the Zionist movement since 1897; the 1888 arrangement by Samuel COHEN is thought to be based on the Romanian folk song \"Carul cu boi\" (The Ox Driven Cart)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "9 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Masada; Old City of Acre; White City of Tel-Aviv - the Modern Movement; Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba; Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev; Bahá’i Holy Places; Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel; Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin; Necropolis of Bet She’arim" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index c0ea4368..e9aace0b 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "7.323 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.683 million Mosul, 1.382 million Basra, 1.031 million Kirkuk, 901,000 Najaf, 861,000 Erbil (2021)" + "text": "7.512 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.737 million Mosul, 1.414 million Basra, 1.052 million Kirkuk, 930,000 Najaf, 878,000 Erbil (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.1% (2018)" + "text": "4.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.71 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -654,6 +654,14 @@ "text": "Ibrahim TOUQAN/Mohammad FLAYFEL" }, "note": "note: adopted 2004; following the ouster of SADDAM Husayn, Iraq adopted \"Mawtini,\" a popular folk song throughout the Arab world; also serves as an unofficial anthem of the Palestinian people" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "6 (5 cultural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (c), Babylon (c), Erbil Citadel (c), Hatra (c), Samarra Archaeological City (c), The Ahwar (Marshland) of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (m)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 3f3ef577..1a148812 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.182 million AMMAN (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.210 million AMMAN (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.8% (2018)" + "text": "7.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.32 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -647,6 +647,14 @@ "text": "Abdul-Mone'm al-RIFAI'/Abdul-Qader al-TANEER" }, "note": "note: adopted 1946; the shortened version of the anthem is used most commonly, while the full version is reserved for special occasions" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "6 (5 cultural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Petra (c), Quseir Amra (c), Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (c), Wadi Rum Protected Area (m), Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) (c), As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1163,7 +1171,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "2,307,011 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 672,952 (Syria), 66,665 (Iraq), 12,866 (Yemen), 6,013 Sudan (2021)" + "text": "2,307,011 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 673,188 (Syria), 66,665 (Iraq), 12,866 (Yemen), 6,013 Sudan (2021)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "63 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 20a2d152..55bde9a3 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.177 million KUWAIT (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.239 million KUWAIT (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5% (2018)" + "text": "5.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.65 physicians/1,000 population (2015)" diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 6319fdde..1de3cb14 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.435 million BEIRUT (capital) (2021)" + "text": "2.433 million BEIRUT (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.4% (2018)" + "text": "8.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -609,6 +609,14 @@ "text": "Rachid NAKHLE/Wadih SABRA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1927; chosen following a nationwide competition" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Anjar, Baalbek, Byblos, Tyre, Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -956,7 +964,7 @@ "text": "struggling with effects of the economic crisis compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Port of Beirut explosion in 2020; Lebanon’s telecom infrastructure is relatively weak and services are expensive; rural areas are less connected and experience frequent power cuts; state retains a monopoly over the Internet backbone and dominant ownership of the telecom industry; government backed improvements to fixed infrastructure; new landlines and fiber-optic networks provide faster DSL; limited 5G services; three international gateways through submarine cables; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE; UAE investment in tech solutions (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line 13 per 100 and 62 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line nearly 13 per 100 and nearly 63 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 961; landing points for the IMEWE, BERYTAR AND CADMOS submarine cable links to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index ff22a690..9e73bdff 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.590 million MUSCAT (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.623 million MUSCAT (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.1% (2018)" + "text": "4.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -615,6 +615,14 @@ "text": "Rashid bin Uzayyiz al KHUSAIDI/James Frederick MILLS, arranged by Bernard EBBINGHAUS" }, "note": "note: adopted 1932; new lyrics written after QABOOS bin Said al Said gained power in 1970; first performed by the band of a British ship as a salute to the Sultan during a 1932 visit to Muscat; the bandmaster of the HMS Hawkins was asked to write a salutation to the Sultan on the occasion of his ship visit" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Bahla Fort; Archaeological Sites of Bat; Land of Frankincense; Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman; Ancient Qalhat" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index ffb4df6c..36989fc1 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "Ar-Rayyan 750,000, 646,000 DOHA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "Ar-Rayyan 779,000, 652,000 DOHA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.5% (2018)" + "text": "2.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.49 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -600,6 +600,14 @@ "text": "Sheikh MUBARAK bin Saif al-Thani/Abdul Aziz Nasser OBAIDAN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1996; anthem first performed that year at a meeting of the Gulf Cooperative Council hosted by Qatar" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Al Zubarah Archaeological Site" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 81dcea07..5b2bdf55 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "7.388 million RIYADH (capital), 4.697 million Jeddah, 2.079 million Mecca, 1.518 million Medina, 1.279 million Ad Dammam, 1.279 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2021)" + "text": "7.538 million RIYADH (capital), 4.781 million Jeddah, 2.115 million Mecca, 1.545 million Medina, 1.305 million Ad Dammam, 860,000 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.4% (2018)" + "text": "5.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.61 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -605,6 +605,14 @@ "text": "Ibrahim KHAFAJI/Abdul Rahman al-KHATEEB" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1947, lyrics adopted 1984" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "6 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ); At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah; Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah; Rock Art in the Hail Region; Al-Ahsa Oasis; Ḥimā Cultural Area" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1102,20 +1110,20 @@ "note": "note - SANG (also known as the White Army) is a land force separate from the Ministry of Defense that is responsible for internal security, protecting the royal family, and external defense" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "5.7% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "7.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "8% of GDP (2019)" + "text": "8% of GDP (2019 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { - "text": "9.5% of GDP (2018)" + "text": "9.5% of GDP (2018 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "11.1% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "10.8% of GDP (2016)" + "text": "11% of GDP (2017 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 52d5e7db..470c9a23 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ "text": "Mount Hermon (Jabal a-Shayk) 2,814 m" }, "lowest point": { - "text": "unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -208 m" + "text": "Yarmuk River -66 m" }, "mean elevation": { "text": "514 m" @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.440 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.004 million Aleppo, 1.362 million Hims (Homs), 940,000 Hamah (2021)" + "text": "2.503 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.098 million Aleppo, 1.398 million Hims (Homs), 964,000 Hamah (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -621,6 +621,14 @@ "text": "Khalil Mardam BEY/Mohammad Salim FLAYFEL and Ahmad Salim FLAYFEL" }, "note": "note: adopted 1936, restored 1961; between 1958 and 1961, while Syria was a member of the United Arab Republic with Egypt, the country had a different anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "6 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ancient City of Damascus, Ancient City of Bosra, Site of Palmyra, Ancient City of Aleppo, Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din, Ancient Villages of Northern Syria" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index 3061ccd4..10a098c2 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "15.190 million Istanbul, 5.118 million ANKARA (capital), 2.993 million Izmir, 1.986 million Bursa, 1.771 million Adana, 1.704 million Gaziantep (2020)" + "text": "15.636 million Istanbul, 5.310 million ANKARA (capital), 3.056 million Izmir, 2.055 million Bursa, 1.814 million Adana, 1.773 million Gaziantep (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "4.1% (2018)" + "text": "4.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.85 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -661,6 +661,14 @@ "text": "Mehmet Akif ERSOY/Zeki UNGOR" }, "note": "note: lyrics adopted 1921, music adopted 1932; the anthem's original music was adopted in 1924; a new composition was agreed upon in 1932" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "19 (17 cultural, 2 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Archaeological Site of Troy (c), Ephesus (c), Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape (c), Hierapolis-Pamukkale (m), Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (m), Göbekli Tepe (c), Historic Areas of Istanbul (c), Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex (c), Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük (c), Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1191,7 +1199,7 @@ "note": "note - as of 2019, women made up about .3% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Turkey is a NATO ally (joined 1952) and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir, as well as the AN/TPY-2 radar as part of NATO Missile Defense

as of 2021, the Turkish Land Forces continued an overhaul under the \"Force 2014\" program with the intent of producing 20-30% smaller, more highly trained force characterized by greater mobility and firepower and capable of joint and combined operations

the Turkish Navy is a regional naval power that wants to develop the capability to project power beyond Turkey's coastal waters; it is planning to launch new frigates, submarines, and a light aircraft carrier/amphibious assault ship in the next few years, adding to its current force of about 16 frigates and 12 submarines (as of 2021); the Navy is heavily involved in NATO, multinational, and UN operations; its roles include control of territorial waters and security for sea lines of communications

the Turkish Air Force adopted an \"Aerospace and Missile Defense Concept\" in 2002 and is developing an integrated missile defense system; in a controversial move, it purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system for an estimated $2.5 billion in 2019; Air Force priorities include attaining a modern deployable, survivable, and sustainable force structure, and establishing a sustainable command and control system

in recent years, the TLFC has taken on increasing international peacekeeping responsibilities, including keeping a substantial force under NATO in Afghanistan until withdrawing in 2021; Turkey in recent years has built expeditionary military bases in Qatar, Somalia, northern Cyprus, and Sudan (2021)" + "text": "Turkey is a NATO ally (joined 1952) and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir, as well as the AN/TPY-2 radar as part of NATO Missile Defense

as of 2021, the Turkish Land Forces continued an overhaul under the \"Force 2014\" program with the intent of producing a 20-30% smaller, more highly trained force characterized by greater mobility and firepower and capable of joint and combined operations

the Turkish Navy is a regional naval power that wants to develop the capability to project power beyond Turkey's coastal waters; it is planning to launch new frigates, submarines, and a light aircraft carrier/amphibious assault ship in the next few years, adding to its current force of about 16 frigates and 12 submarines (as of 2021); the Navy is heavily involved in NATO, multinational, and UN operations; its roles include control of territorial waters and security for sea lines of communications

the Turkish Air Force adopted an \"Aerospace and Missile Defense Concept\" in 2002 and is developing an integrated missile defense system; in a controversial move, it purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system for an estimated $2.5 billion in 2019; Air Force priorities include attaining a modern deployable, survivable, and sustainable force structure, and establishing a sustainable command and control system

in recent years, the TLFC has taken on increasing international peacekeeping responsibilities, including keeping a substantial force under NATO in Afghanistan until withdrawing in 2021; Turkey in recent years has built expeditionary military bases in Qatar, Somalia, northern Cyprus, and Sudan

the military has a substantial stake in Turkey's economy through a holding company that is involved in the automotive, energy, finance, and logistics sectors, as well as iron and steel production

(2021)" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1206,7 +1214,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "3,736,235 (Syria) (2021)" + "text": "3,736,235 (Syria) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1.099 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2020)" diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index 8bded664..04b46950 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.075 million SANAA (capital), 1.012 million Aden (2021)" + "text": "3.182 million SANAA (capital), 1.045 million Aden (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.6% (2015)" + "text": "4.3% (2015)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2014)" @@ -662,6 +662,14 @@ "text": "Abdullah Abdulwahab NOA'MAN/Ayyoab Tarish ABSI" }, "note": "note: adopted 1990; the music first served as the anthem for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Old Walled City of Shibam (c), Old City of Sana'a (c), Historic Town of Zabid (c), Socotra Archipelago (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index fc9fb8bb..d39c5a3c 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -513,6 +513,14 @@ "text": "Bette JOHNS" }, "note": "note: serves as a local anthem; as a territory of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the Queen\" is official (see United Kingdom)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural); note - excerpted from the UK entry" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index d22a69ad..0e962b3a 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "6.255 million Toronto, 4.247 million Montreal, 2.606 million Vancouver, 1.581 million Calgary, 1.491 million Edmonton, 1.408 million OTTAWA (capital) (2021)" + "text": "6.313 million Toronto, 4.277 million Montreal, 2.632 million Vancouver, 1.611 million Calgary, 1.519 million Edmonton, 1.423 million OTTAWA (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "10.8% (2018)" + "text": "10.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.31 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Bloc Quebecois [Yves-Francois BLANCHET]
Conservative Party of Canada or CPC [Erin O'TOOLE]
Green Party [vacant]
Liberal Party [Justin TRUDEAU]
New Democratic Party or NDP [Jagmeet SINGH]
People's Party of Canada [Maxime BERNIER]" + "text": "Bloc Quebecois [Yves-Francois BLANCHET]
Conservative Party of Canada or CPC [vacant]
Green Party [Amita KUTTNER (interim)]
Liberal Party [Justin TRUDEAU]
New Democratic Party or NDP [Jagmeet SINGH]
People's Party of Canada [Maxime BERNIER]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CD, CDB, CE (observer), EAPC, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, USMCA, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -649,6 +649,14 @@ "text": "Adolphe-Basile ROUTHIER [French], Robert Stanley WEIR [English]/Calixa LAVALLEE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1980; originally written in 1880, \"O Canada\" served as an unofficial anthem many years before its official adoption; the anthem has French and English versions whose lyrics differ; as a Commonwealth realm, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the Queen\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "20 (9 cultural, 10 natural, 1 mixed) (2021)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "L'Anse aux Meadows (c), Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (n), Dinosaur Provincial Park (n), Historic District of Old Quebec (c), Old Town Lunenburg (c), Wood Buffalo National Park (n), Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (c), Gros Morne National Park (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index 150aea8c..14f288d9 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -526,6 +526,14 @@ "text": "Henrik LUND/Jonathan PETERSEN" }, "note": "note: adopted 1916; the government also recognizes \"Nuna asiilasooq\" as a secondary anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (2 cultural, 1 natural); note - excerpted from the Denmark entry" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ilulissat Icefjord (n); Kujataa, Norse and Inuit Farming (c); Aasivissuit–Nipisat, Inuit Hunting Ground (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index f3dc96e1..20bfb944 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "21.919 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.259 million Guadalajara, 4.956 million Monterrey, 3.245 million Puebla, 2.522 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.181 million Tijuana (2021)" + "text": "22.085 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.340 million Guadalajara, 5.037 million Monterrey, 3.295 million Puebla, 2.576 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.221 million Tijuana (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.4% (2018)" + "text": "5.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.38 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -701,6 +701,14 @@ "text": "Francisco Gonzalez BOCANEGRA/Jaime Nuno ROCA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1943, in use since 1854; also known as \"Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra\" (Mexicans, to the War Cry); according to tradition, Francisco Gonzalez BOCANEGRA, an accomplished poet, was uninterested in submitting lyrics to a national anthem contest; his fiancee locked him in a room and refused to release him until the lyrics were completed" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "35 (27 cultural, 6 natural, 2 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Mexico City (c); Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (c); Teotihuacan (c); Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (n); Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (n); Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley (m); Historic Puebla (c); El Tajin (c); Historic Tlacotalpan (c); Historic Oaxaca and Monte Albán (c); Palenque (c); Chichen-Itza (c); Uxmal (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1060,7 +1068,7 @@ "text": "with a large population and relatively low broadband and mobile penetration, Mexico’s telecom sector has potential for growth; adequate telephone service for business and government; improving quality and increasing mobile cellular availability, with mobile subscribers far outnumbering fixed-line subscribers; relatively low broadband and mobile penetration, potential for growth and international investment; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable; 5G development slow in part due to high costs; IXP in Mexico City; exporter of computers and broadcasting equipment to USA and importer of same from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "competition has spurred the mobile-cellular market; fixed-line teledensity exceeds 18 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is about 95 per 100 persons; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line teledensity exceeds 18 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is about 93 per 100 persons; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 52; Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, and Italy; the ARCOS-1 and the MAYA-1 submarine cable system together provide access to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 120 (32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), 1 Panamsat, numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations); linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections (2016)" diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index 0192017a..02b59518 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "18.823 million New York-Newark, 12.459 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.877 million Chicago, 6.491 million Houston, 6.397 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.378 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2021)" + "text": "18.867 million New York-Newark, 12.488 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.901 million Chicago, 6.603 million Houston, 6.488 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.434 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "16.9% (2018)" + "text": "16.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.61 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -619,6 +619,14 @@ "text": "Francis Scott KEY/John Stafford SMITH" }, "note": "note: adopted 1931; during the War of 1812, after witnessing the successful American defense of Fort McHenry in Baltimore following British naval bombardment, Francis Scott KEY wrote the lyrics to what would become the national anthem; the lyrics were set to the tune of \"The Anacreontic Song\"; only the first verse is sung" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "24 (11 cultural, 12 natural, 1 mixed); note - includes one site in Puerto Rico" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Yellowstone National Park (n), Grand Canyon National Park (n), Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (c), Independence Hall (c), Statue of Liberty (c), Yosemite National Park (n), Papahānaumokuākea (m), Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point (c), The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (c), Mesa Verde National Park (c), Mammoth Cave National Park (n), Monticello (c), Olympic National Park (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 9d212f82..cfc19638 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "15.258 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.585 million Cordoba, 1.554 million Rosario, 1.191 million Mendoza, 1 million San Miguel de Tucuman, 894,000 La Plata (2021)" + "text": "15.370 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.598 million Cordoba, 1.574 million Rosario, 1.209 million Mendoza, 1.014 million San Miguel de Tucuman, 904,000 La Plata (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.6% (2018)" + "text": "9.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "3.99 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -655,6 +655,14 @@ "text": "Vicente LOPEZ y PLANES/Jose Blas PARERA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1813; Vicente LOPEZ was inspired to write the anthem after watching a play about the 1810 May Revolution against Spain" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "11 (6 cultural, 5 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Los Glaciares National Park (n), Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis, Iguazú National Park (n), Cueva de las Manos (c), Valdés Península (n), Ischigualasto/Talampaya National Parks (n), Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (c), Quebrada de Humahuaca (c), Qhapaq Ñan/Andean Road System (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 49ca214b..1a3a015d 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital) (2018); 1.882 million LA PAZ (capital), 1.749 million Santa Cruz, 1.337 million Cochabamba (2021)" + "text": "278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital) (2018); 1.908 million LA PAZ (capital), 1.784 million Santa Cruz, 1.369 million Cochabamba (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.3% (2018)" + "text": "6.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.59 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -663,6 +663,14 @@ "text": "Jose Ignacio de SANJINES/Leopoldo Benedetto VINCENTI" }, "note": "note: adopted 1852" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "City of Potosi (c), El Fuerte de Samaipata (c), Historic Sucre (c), Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos (c), Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (n), Tiahuanacu (c),  Qhapaq Ñan/Andean Road System (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index bd7f35f0..cff2e0c4 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "22.237 million Sao Paulo, 13.544 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.140 million Belo Horizonte, 4.728 million BRASILIA (capital), 4.175 million Recife, 4.161 million Porto Alegre (2021)" + "text": "22.430 million Sao Paulo, 13.634 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.194 million Belo Horizonte, 4.804 million BRASILIA (capital), 4.220 million Recife, 4.185 million Porto Alegre (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.5% (2018)" + "text": "9.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -701,6 +701,14 @@ "text": "Joaquim Osorio Duque ESTRADA/Francisco Manoel DA SILVA" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1890, lyrics adopted 1922; the anthem's music, composed in 1822, was used unofficially for many years before it was adopted" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "23 (15 cultural, 7 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Brasilia (c), Historic Salvador de Bahia (c), Historic Ouro Preto (c), Historic Olinda (c), Iguaçu National Park (n), Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis (c), Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes (c), Central Amazon Conservation Complex (n), Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index b9a7d13e..51a1e3a1 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "6.812 million SANTIAGO (capital), 992,000 Valparaiso, 892,000 Concepcion (2021)" + "text": "6.857 million SANTIAGO (capital), 1.000 million Valparaiso, 902,000 Concepcion (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.1% (2018)" + "text": "9.3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.59 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -644,6 +644,14 @@ "text": "Eusebio LILLO Robles and Bernardo DE VERA y Pintado/Ramon CARNICER y Battle" }, "note": "note: music adopted 1828, original lyrics adopted 1818, adapted lyrics adopted 1847; under Augusto PINOCHET's military rule, a verse glorifying the army was added; however, as a protest, some citizens refused to sing this verse; it was removed when democracy was restored in 1990" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "7 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Rapa Nui National Park; Churches of Chiloe; Historic Valparaiso; Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works; Sewell Mining Town; Qhapaq Ñan/Andean Road System; Chinchorro archeological sites" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 516e624c..2fcd4f50 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "11.167 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.034 million Medellin, 2.810 million Cali, 2.299 million Barranquilla, 1.349 million Bucaramanga, 1.071 million Cartagena (2021)" + "text": "11.344 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.068 million Medellin, 2.837 million Cali, 2.325 million Barranquilla, 1.366 million Bucaramanga, 1.079 million Cartagena (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "7.6% (2018)" + "text": "7.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.19 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -674,6 +674,14 @@ "text": "Rafael NUNEZ/Oreste SINDICI" }, "note": "note: adopted 1920; the anthem was created from an inspirational poem written by President Rafael NUNEZ" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "9 (6 cultural, 2 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Chiribiquete National Park (m), Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (c), Historic Center of Santa Cruz de Mompox (c), Los Katíos National Park (n), Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary (n), Tierradentro National Archeological Park (c), San Agustín Archaeological Park (c), Colonial Cartagena (c), Qhapaq Ñan/Andean Road System (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index d38038c5..736c5099 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.043 million Guayaquil, 1.901 million QUITO (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.092 million Guayaquil, 1.928 million QUITO (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8.1% (2018)" + "text": "7.8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "2.04 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -659,6 +659,14 @@ "text": "Juan Leon MERA/Antonio NEUMANE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1948; Juan Leon MERA wrote the lyrics in 1865; only the chorus and second verse are sung" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic Quito (c), Galápagos Islands (n), Historic Cuenca (c), Qhapaq Ñan/Andean Road System (c), Sangay National Park (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index bfc711cf..9fc2aaaf 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.9% (2018)" + "text": "4.9% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.8 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 9769b5e6..9baa8009 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "8% (2018)" + "text": "9.7% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.21 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -633,6 +633,14 @@ "text": "Cornelis Atses HOEKSTRA and Henry DE ZIEL/Johannes Corstianus DE PUY" }, "note": "note: adopted 1959; originally adapted from a Sunday school song written in 1893 and contains lyrics in both Dutch and Sranang Tongo" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Central Suriname Nature Reserve (n), Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index d4068e39..48da86c8 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.394 million ASUNCION (capital) (2021)" + "text": "3.452 million ASUNCION (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "6.7% (2018)" + "text": "7.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.35 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -645,6 +645,14 @@ "text": "Francisco Esteban ACUNA de Figueroa/disputed" }, "note": "note: adopted 1934, in use since 1846; officially adopted following its re-arrangement in 1934" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1 (cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index f96aa8f1..22057b8b 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "10.883 million LIMA (capital), 935,000 Arequipa, 878,000 Trujillo (2021)" + "text": "11.045 million LIMA (capital), 947,000 Arequipa, 891,000 Trujillo (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.2% (2018)" + "text": "5.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ "election results": { "text": "
2021: Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (Free Peru) 18.9%, Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 13.4%, Rafael LOPEZ ALIAGA Cazorla (Popular Renewal) 11.8%, Hernando DE SOTO Polar (Social Integration Party) 11.6%, Yonhy LESCANO Ancieta (Popular Action) 9.1%, Veronika MENDOZA Frisch (JP) 7.9%, Cesar ACUNA Peralta (APP) 6%, George FORSYTH Sommer (VN) 5.7%, Daniel Belizario URRESTI Elera (We Can Peru) 5.6%, other 10%; percent of vote second round - Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (Free Peru) 50.1%, Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 49.9%

2016: Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 39.9%, Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard (PPK) 21.1%, Veronika MENDOZA (Broad Front) 18.7%, Alfredo BARNECHEA (Popular Action) 7%, Alan GARCIA (APRA) 5.8%, other 7.5%; percent of vote in second round - Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard 50.1%, Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi 49.9%" }, - "note": "note: President Martin Alberto VIZCARRA Cornejo assumed office after President Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard resigned from office on 21 March 2018; after VIZCARRA was impeached on 9 November 2020, the constitutional line of succession led to the inauguration of the President of the Peruvian Congress, Manuel Arturo MERINO, as President of Peru on 10 November 2020; following his resignation only days later on 15 November 2020, Francisco Rafael SAGASTI Hochhausler - who had been elected by the legislature to be the new President of Congress on 16 November 2020 - was then sworn in as President of Peru on 17 November 2020 by line of succession and remained president until the inauguration of Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones, winner of the 2021 presidential election

note: Prime Minister Mirtha Esther VASQUEZ Chuquilin (since 6 October 2021) does not exercise executive power; this power rests with the president" + "note": "note: President Martin Alberto VIZCARRA Cornejo assumed office after President Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard resigned from office on 21 March 2018; after VIZCARRA was impeached on 9 November 2020, the constitutional line of succession led to the inauguration of the President of the Peruvian Congress, Manuel Arturo MERINO, as President of Peru on 10 November 2020; following his resignation only days later on 15 November 2020, Francisco Rafael SAGASTI Hochhausler - who had been elected by the legislature to be the new President of Congress on 16 November 2020 - was then sworn in as President of Peru on 17 November 2020 by line of succession and remained president until the inauguration of Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones, winner of the 2021 presidential election

note: Prime Minister Hector VALER Pinto (since 1 February 2022) does not exercise executive power; this power rests with the president" }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { @@ -680,6 +680,14 @@ "text": "Jose DE LA TORRE Ugarte/Jose Bernardo ALZEDO" }, "note": "note: adopted 1822; the song won a national anthem contest" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "13 (9 cultural, 2 natural, 2 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Cuzco (c), Machu Picchu (m), Chavin (c), Historic Lima (c), Huascarán National Park (n), Chan Chan (c), Manú National Park (n), Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca (c), Rio Abiseo National Park (m), Historic Arequipa (c), Sacred City of Caral-Supe (c), Qhapaq Ñan/Andean Road System (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index d3520954..86104600 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.760 million MONTEVIDEO (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.767 million MONTEVIDEO (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.2% (2018)" + "text": "9.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "5.08 physicians/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -653,6 +653,14 @@ "text": "Francisco Esteban ACUNA de Figueroa/Francisco Jose DEBALI" }, "note": "note: adopted 1848; the anthem is also known as \"Orientales, la Patria o la tumba!\" (\"Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death!\"); it is the world's longest national anthem in terms of music (105 bars; almost five minutes); generally only the first verse and chorus are sung" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Historic City of Colonia del Sacramento, Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape, The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index 1c4b7dd9..f591438e 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.946 million CARACAS (capital), 2.296 million Maracaibo, 1.935 million Valencia, 1.227 million Barquisimeto, 1.216 million Maracay (2021)" + "text": "2.957 million CARACAS (capital), 2.333 million Maracaibo, 1.959 million Valencia, 1.241 million Barquisimeto, 1.230 million Maracay, 950,000 Ciudad Guayana (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.6% (2018)" + "text": "5.4% (2019)" }, "Hospital bed density": { "text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)" @@ -620,6 +620,14 @@ "text": "Vicente SALIAS/Juan Jose LANDAETA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1881; lyrics written in 1810, the music some years later; both SALIAS and LANDAETA were executed in 1814 during Venezuela's struggle for independence" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Coro and its Port (c), Canaima National Park (n), Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index d4946639..4fd4cd6f 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.336 million KABUL (capital) (2021)" + "text": "4.458 million KABUL (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ "text": "rural: 61.4% of population" }, "improved: total": { - "text": "total: 70.2% of population" + "text": "total: 70.2%" }, "unimproved: urban": { "text": "urban: 3.2% of population" @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.4% (2018)" + "text": "13.2% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.28 physicians/1,000 population (2016)" @@ -652,6 +652,14 @@ "text": "Abdul Bari JAHANI/Babrak WASA" }, "note": "note: adopted 2006; the 2004 constitution of the post-Taliban government mandated that a new national anthem should be written containing the phrase \"Allahu Akbar\" (God is Greatest) and mentioning the names of Afghanistan's ethnic groups" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "2 (both cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Minaret of Jam, Buddhas of Bamyan" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index bab05050..05ab91af 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ "text": "Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { - "text": "
বিশ্ব ফেসবুক, মৌলিক তথ্যের অপরিহার্য উৎস (Bangla)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + "text": "


বিশ্ব ফ্যাক্টবুক, মৌলিক তথ্যের অপরিহার্য উৎস (Bangla)


The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "21.741 million DHAKA (capital), 5.133 million Chittagong, 949,000 Khulna, 924,000 Rajshahi, 890,000 Sylhet, Bogra 820,000 (2021)" + "text": "22.478 million DHAKA (capital), 5.253 million Chittagong, 950,000 Khulna, 942,000 Rajshahi, 928,000 Sylhet, Bogra 864,000 (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "2.3% (2018)" + "text": "2.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -677,6 +677,14 @@ "text": "Rabindranath TAGORE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1971; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote India's national anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Bagerhat Historic Mosque (c), Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (c), Sundarbans (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 6b28a243..23e31ece 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.1% (2018)" + "text": "3.6% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 8cb30a08..680648cc 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 619,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2021)" + "text": "103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 626,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.8% (2018)" + "text": "4.1% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -650,6 +650,14 @@ "text": "Ananda SAMARKONE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1951" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "8 (6 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (c), Ancient City of Sigiriya (c), Sacred City of Anuradhapura (c), Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (c), Sacred City of Kandy (c), Sinharaja Forest Reserve (n), Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (c), Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index b296ab4d..80183844 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ "text": "Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note - English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2011 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { - "text": "
विश्व फेसबुक, आधारभूत जानकारी का एक अपरिहार्य स्रोत (Hindi)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + "text": "
विश्व फ़ैक्टबुक, आधारभूत जानकारी का एक अपरिहार्य स्त्रोत  (Hindi)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "31.181 million NEW DELHI (capital), 20.668 million Mumbai, 14.974 million Kolkata, 12.765 million Bangalore, 11.235 million Chennai, 10.269 million Hyderabad (2021)" + "text": "32.066 million NEW DELHI (capital), 20.961 million Mumbai, 15.134 million Kolkata, 13.193 million Bangalore, 11.503 million Chennai, 10.534 million Hyderabad (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.5% (2018)" + "text": "3% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -697,6 +697,14 @@ "text": "Rabindranath TAGORE" }, "note": "note: adopted 1950; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote Bangladesh's national anthem" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "40 (32 cultural, 7 natural, 1 mixed)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Taj Mahal (c), Red Fort Complex (c), Ellora Caves (c), Hill Forts of Rajasthan (c), Sundarbans National Park (n), Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (c), Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (c), Dholavira: A Harappan City (c), Jaipur (c), Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (c), Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (n), Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (n)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -1206,6 +1214,9 @@ "note": "note - the Assam Rifles are under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs, while operational control falls under the Ministry of Defense (Indian Army)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2021": { + "text": "2.2% of GDP (2021 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "2.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, @@ -1217,9 +1228,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "2.5% of GDP (2017)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "2.5% of GDP (2016)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index fc5e5197..69105d27 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "9.4% (2018)" + "text": "8% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "4.56 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ "text": "upgrades to telecom infrastructure extended to outer islands; two mobile operators extend LTE coverage; tourism has strengthened the telecom market with investment and accounts for the high mobile penetration rate; launched 5G tests (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line is at 3 per 100 persons and high mobile-cellular subscriptions stands at 156 per 100 persons (2019)" + "text": "fixed-line is at nearly 3 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular subscriptions stands at nearly 133 per 100 persons (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 960; landing points for Dhiraagu Cable Network, NaSCOM, Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Networks and WARF submarine cables providing connections to 8 points in Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka; satellite earth station - 3 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index d5f256b3..70a891a5 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.472 million KATHMANDU (capital) (2021)" + "text": "1.521 million KATHMANDU (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "5.8% (2018)" + "text": "4.5% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.75 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -645,6 +645,14 @@ "text": "Pradeep Kumar RAI/Ambar GURUNG" }, "note": "note: adopted 2007; after the abolition of the monarchy in 2006, a new anthem was required because of the previous anthem's praise for the king" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "4 (2 cultural, 2 natural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Kathmandu Valley (c); Sagarmatha National Park (n); Chitwan National Park (n); Lumbini, Buddha Birthplace (c)" + } } }, "Economy": { @@ -995,7 +1003,7 @@ "text": "poverty, inconsistent electricity, and mountainous topography stymie development of telecom infrastructure; mobile market is developed and has been extended to all districts covering 90% of Nepal; fixed broadband is low due to limited number of fixed-lines and preeminence of the mobile platform; increasing 3G and 4G subscribers; fiber-optic networks developing under private and public funding to meet demand for Internet; government supports digital society, whereby 90% of the population will have access to broadband and free Internet access for students; plans to launch a Nepalese satellite by 2022; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "3G coverage is available in 20 major cities (2019); disparity between high coverage in cities and coverage available in underdeveloped rural regions; fixed-line 3 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular 139 per 100 persons; fair radiotelephone communication service; 20% of the market share is fixed (wired) broadband, 2% is fixed (wireless) broadband, and 78% is mobile broadband (2019)" + "text": "3G coverage is available in 20 major cities (2019); disparity between high coverage in cities and coverage available in underdeveloped rural regions; fixed-line less than 3 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular nearly 131 per 100 persons; fair radiotelephone communication service; 20% of the market share is fixed (wired) broadband, 2% is fixed (wireless) broadband, and 78% is mobile broadband (2019)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 977; Nepal, China and Tibet connected across borders with underground and all-dielectric self-supporting (ADSS) fiber-optic cables; radiotelephone communications; microwave and fiber landlines to India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 929195a6..879bd75c 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "16.459 million Karachi, 13.095 million Lahore, 3.542 million Faisalabad, 2.281 million Rawalpindi, 2.290 million Gujranwala, 1.164 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2021)" + "text": "16.840 million Karachi, 13.542 million Lahore, 3.625 million Faisalabad, 2.353 million Gujranwala, 2.343 million Peshawar, 1.198 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ } }, "Current Health Expenditure": { - "text": "3.2% (2018)" + "text": "3.4% (2019)" }, "Physicians density": { "text": "0.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018)" @@ -687,6 +687,14 @@ "text": "Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez JULLANDHURI/Ahmed Ghulamali CHAGLA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1954; also known as \"Pak sarzamin shad bad\" (Blessed Be the Sacred Land)" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "6 (all cultural)" + }, + "selected World Heritage Site locales": { + "text": "Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro; Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi; Taxila; Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore; Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta; Rohtas Fort" + } } }, "Economy": { diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index 1001a3ef..3547b5fb 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -406,6 +406,11 @@ "text": "virtually every country has a national anthem; most (but not all) anthems have lyrics, which are usually in the national or most common language of the country; states with more than one national language may offer several versions of their anthem" }, "note": "note: the world's oldest national anthem is the \"Het Wilhelmus\" (The William) of the Netherlands, which dates to the 17th century; the first national anthem to be officially adopted (1795) was \"La Marseillaise\" (The Song of Marseille) of France; Japan claims to have the world's shortest national anthem, entitled \"Kimigayo\" (The Emperor's Reign), it consists of 11 measures of music (the lyrics are also the world's oldest, dating to the 10th century or earlier); the world's longest national anthem is that of Greece, \"Ymnos eis tin Eleftherian\" (Hymn to Liberty) with 158 stanzas - only two of which are used; both Denmark and New Zealand have two official national anthems" + }, + "National heritage": { + "total World Heritage Sites": { + "text": "1154 (897 cultural, 218 natural, 39 mixed)" + } } }, "Economy": {