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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "29.1 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "29.3 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "28.8 years"
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}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.54% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.47% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "20.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.62 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "4.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.39 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast"
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},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "18.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "18.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.94 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.91 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.43 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.42 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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"text": "2.7% (2019 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "56% (2023 est.)"
"text": "55.5% (2019 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "51.5 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "5,152,210 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "109 (2022 est.)"
"text": "116 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "information varies; estimated 200,000 active ANP, including the National Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Algerian military has traditionally been armed mostly with Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems and equipment; over the past decade, it has made large investments in acquiring more modern armored vehicles, air defense systems, fighter aircraft, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and warships, largely from Russia, its traditional supplier, but also China and Western European suppliers such as Germany (2024)"
"text": "the Algerian military has traditionally been armed mostly with Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems and equipment; over the past decade, it has made investments in acquiring more modern armored vehicles, air defense systems, fighter aircraft, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and warships, largely from Russia, its traditional supplier, but also China and Western European suppliers such as Germany (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; 19-30 years of age for mandatory national service for men (all Algerian men must register at age 17); service obligation reduced from 18 to 12 months in 2014 (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>conscripts comprise an estimated 70% of the military"
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 19 years of age for mandatory national service for men (all Algerian men must register at age 17); 12 months national service obligation (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the ANP is responsible for external defense but also has some internal security responsibilities; key areas of concern include border and maritime security, terrorism, regional instability, and tensions with Morocco; Algeria supports the pro-independence Polisario Front in Western Sahara and accuses Morocco of supporting the Algerian separatist Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK); border security and counterterrorism have received additional focus since the Arab Spring events of 2011 and the rise of terrorist threats emanating from Libya and the Sahel; the Army and Ministry of Defense (MND) paramilitary forces of the Gendarmerie and the border guards have beefed up their presence along the frontiers with Tunisia, Libya, Niger, and Mali to interdict and deter cross-border attacks by Islamist militant groups; the ANP and MND paramilitary forces have also increased counterterrorism cooperation with some neighboring countries, particularly Tunisia, including joint operations<br><br>the ANP has also played a large role in the country’s politics since independence in 1962, including coups in 1965 and 1991; it was a key backer of BOUTEFLIKA’s election in 1999 and remained a center of power during his 20-year rule; the military was instrumental in BOUTEFLIKA’s resignation in 2019, when it withdrew support and called for him to be removed from office (2024)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "16.3 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "16.6 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "15.8 years"
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}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "3.33% (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.32% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "41.1 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "39.75 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.73 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most people live in the western half of the country; urban areas account for the highest concentrations of people, particularly the capital of Luanda"
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},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "55.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "46.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "60.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "5.7 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.45 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.81 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.68 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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}
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "55.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "57.2% (2016 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "25.7 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "25.744 million (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "67 (2022 est.)"
"text": "70 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "approximately 100,000 active duty Armed Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "most Angolan military weapons and equipment are of Russian or Soviet-era origin; there are smaller quantities of items originating from such suppliers as China, Brazil, and South Africa (2025)"
"text": "most Angolan military weapons and equipment are of Russian or Soviet-era origin; there are smaller quantities of items originating from such suppliers as China, Brazil, Israel, Italy, South Africa, and the UAE (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "20-45 years of age for compulsory and 18-45 years for voluntary military service for men (registration at age 18 is mandatory); 20-45 years of age for voluntary service for women; 24-month conscript service obligation; the Navy is entirely staffed with volunteers (2025)"
"text": "20-45 years of age for compulsory and 18-45 years for voluntary military service for men; 20-45 years of age for voluntary service for women; 24-month conscript service obligation; the Navy is entirely staffed with volunteers (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Angolan Armed Forces were created in 1991 under the Bicesse Accords signed between the Angolan Government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA); the current force is responsible for country&rsquo;s external defense but also has some domestic security responsibilities, such as border protection; it participates in multinational exercises, as well as regional peacekeeping operations, including the deployment of several hundred troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023; in recent years, the military has placed additional emphasis on maritime security and protecting offshore resources (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "27.1 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "25.8 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "26 years"
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}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.34% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.32% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "19.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.16 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.8 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "2.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily concentrated in the east, with a focus in and around the capital of Gaborone and the eastern city of Francistown; population density remains low in other areas in the country, especially in the Kalahari Desert to the west."
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},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "23.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "27.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "25.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.34 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.73 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.15 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.34 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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}
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "45% (2023 est.)"
"text": "41.5% (2017 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "4.44 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "4,440,310 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "165 (2022 est.)"
"text": "164 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "estimated 10,000 active Botswana Defense Force (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the BDF has a mix of mostly older weapons and equipment, largely of Western/European origin; in recent years, it has received limited amounts of material from several European countries and the US (2024)"
"text": "the BDF has a mix of mostly older weapons and equipment, largely of Western/European origin; in recent years, it has received limited amounts of newer armaments from several European countries and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)"
"text": "18-24 years of age (men and women) for general recruits and officer candidates; 18-40 for special entrant officers; no conscription (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the key responsibilities of the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) are defending the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity on land and in the air, ensuring national security and stability, and aiding civil authorities in support of domestic missions such as disaster relief and anti-poaching; the BDF also participates in regional and international security operations<br><br>Bechuanaland/Botswana did not have a permanent military during colonial times, with the British colonial administrators relying instead on small, lightly armed constabularies such as the Bechuanaland Mounted Police, the Bechuanaland Border Police, and by the early 1960s, the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); after independence in 1966, Botswana militarized the PMU and gave it responsibility for the country’s defense rather than create a conventional military force; however, turmoil in neighboring countries and numerous cross-border incursions by Rhodesian and South African security forces in the 1960s and 1970s demonstrated that the PMU was inadequate for defending the country and led to the establishment of the BDF in 1977 (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "17.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "17.2 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "16.6 years"
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}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "3.29% (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.26% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "40.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "39.82 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "7.45 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the north remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations of residents in the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "52.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "51.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "57.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "5.34 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.3 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.61 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.59 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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"text": "19.6% (2021 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "68.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "65.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "16.4 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "16,373,900 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "109 (2022 est.)"
"text": "126 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 10,000 active-duty Armed Forces (including National Guard) (2025)"
"text": "estimated 10-12,000 active duty Armed Forces (including National Guard) (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAB is equipped with a small mix of mostly older or secondhand French, Soviet-era, and US equipment; in recent years, the EU, France, and the US have provided it with limited amounts of newer military hardware such as armored vehicles and helicopters (2024)"
"text": "the military is equipped with a mix of older, secondhand, and limited amounts of newer equipment from a variety of suppliers, including China, France, Germany, South Africa, the former Soviet Union, Spain, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary and selective compulsory military service for men and women; conscript service is 18 months (2024)"
"text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary and selective compulsory military service for men and women; compulsory service is 18 months (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Beninese Armed Forces (FAB) are responsible for defense against external aggression and may be required to assist in maintaining public order and internal security under conditions defined by the country's president; it may also participate in economic development projects<br><br>a key focus for the security forces of Benin is countering infiltrations into the country by terrorist groups tied to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) operating just over the border from northern Benin in Burkina Faso and Niger; in 2022, the Benin Government said it was \"at war\" after suffering a series of attacks from these groups; later that same year, President TALON pledged to increase the size of the military, modernize military equipment, and establish forward operating bases; the military since 2022 has also deployed thousands of additional troops to the north of the country to better secure the border region; in addition, the FAB participates in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeastern border (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "18.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "17.6 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "18 years"
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}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.81% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.96% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "34.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "35.91 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.51 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; concentrations tend to be in the north and along the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika in the west; most people live on farms near areas of fertile volcanic soil, as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "35.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "35.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "39.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.9 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.94 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.41 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.43 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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"text": "28.3% (2024 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "54.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "58.2% (2017 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "8.65 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "8,646,690 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "58 (2022 est.)"
"text": "63 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "limited available information; estimated 25-30,000 active-duty Defense Force troops (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military has a mix of mostly older weapons and equipment typically of French, Russian, and Soviet origin, and a smaller selection of more modern secondhand equipment from such countries as China, South Africa, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the military has a mix of mostly older armaments typically of French, Russian, and Soviet origin, and a smaller selection of more modern equipment from such countries as China, Egypt, South Africa, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2023)"
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "770 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>Burundi has deployed several thousand military troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2022 to assist the DRC Government in combating armed anti-government rebel groups; a contingent remained in the DRC as of late 2025"
"text": "770 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); up to 10,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the National Defense Force (FDNB) is responsible for defending Burundi’s territorial integrity and protecting its sovereignty; it has an internal security role, including maintaining and restoring public order if required; the FDNB also participates in providing humanitarian/disaster assistance, countering terrorism, narcotics trafficking, piracy, and illegal arms trade, and protecting the country’s environment; the FDNB conducts limited training with foreign partners such as Russia and participates in regional peacekeeping missions, most recently in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Somalia; in recent years the FDNB has conducted operations against anti-government rebel groups based in the neighboring DRC that have carried out sporadic attacks in Burundi, such as the such as National Forces of Liberation (FNL), the Resistance for the Rule of Law-Tabara (aka RED Tabara), and Popular Forces of Burundi (FPB or FOREBU); Burundi has accused Rwanda of supporting the RED-Tabara<br><br>the Arusha Accords that ended the 1993-2005 civil war created a unified military by balancing the predominantly Tutsi ex-Burundi Armed Forces (ex-FAB) and the largely Hutu dominated armed movements and requiring the military to have a 50/50 ethnic mix of Tutsis and Hutus (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "16.7 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "16.9 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "16.3 years"
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}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "3.01% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.98% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "39.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "38.62 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "8.75 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is unevenly distributed due to contrasts in climate and physical geography; the highest density is found in the southwest, particularly around Lake Chad and points south; the dry Saharan zone to the north is the least densely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "62.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "61.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "68.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "5.24 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.13 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.57 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.51 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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"text": "18.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "70.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "72.6% (2019 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
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"text": "6 May 2024"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2024: </em>Mahamat Idriss DÉBY elected president; percent of vote - Mahamat Idriss DÉBY (MPS) 61%, Succes MASRA (Transformers) 18.5%, Albert PADACKE 16.9%, other 3.6%<br><em><br>2021:</em> Lt. Gen. Idriss DÉBY reelected transitional president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Idriss DÉBY (MPS) 79.3%, Pahimi PADACKET Albert (RNDT) 10.3%, Lydie BEASSEMDA (Party for Democracy and Independence) 3.2%, other 7.2%<br><em><br></em>"
"text": "<em><br>2024: </em>Mahamat Idriss DÉBY elected president; percent of vote - Mahamat Idriss DÉBY (MPS) 61%, Succes MASRA (Transformers) 18.5%, Albert PADACKE 16.9%, other 3.6%<br><em><br></em>"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "12.1 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "13,559,500 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "68 (2022 est.)"
"text": "73 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 35-40,000 active Chadian National Army (2025)",
"text": "estimated 35-40,000 active Chadian National Army personnel (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong> in 2021, Chad pledged to increase the size of the military to 60,000"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ANT is armed with a mix of older, secondhand, and some more modern weapons and equipment from a wide variety of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Russia/former Soviet Union, Turkey, Ukraine, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the ANT has a mix of older, secondhand, and some more modern armaments from a variety of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Russia/former Soviet Union, T&uuml;rkiye, Ukraine, and the UAE (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "20 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service for men with an 18-36 month service obligation (information varies); women are subject to 12 months of compulsory military or civic service at age 21; 18-35 for voluntary service (18-25 for officer recruits); soldiers released from active duty are in the reserves until the age of 50 (2023)"
"text": "18-25 for voluntary service; men subject to 18-36 months of compulsory service at age 20; women are subject to 12 months of compulsory military or civic service at age 21 (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "Chad has committed approximately 1,000-1,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically (2024)"
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> Chad has committed approximately 1,000-1,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "internal security is the primary focus of the Chadian National Army, and it is actively engaged in counterinsurgency operations against multiple terrorist and rebel groups; the terrorist groups Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa operate in the Lake Chad Basin area; meanwhile, a number of anti-government militias operate in northern Chad, some from bases in southern Libya, including the FACT (Front pour le Changement et la Concorde au Tchad), the Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic (le Conseil de Commandement Militaire pour le salut de la République or CCSMR), the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (le Union des Forces pour la Démocratie et le Développement or UFDD), and the Union of Resistance Forces (le Union des Forces de la Résistance UFR); former Chadian President Idriss DEBY<strong> </strong>was killed in April 2021 during fighting between the FACT and government forces (2025)"

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},
"Land use": {
"agricultural land": {
"text": "31.3% (2022 est.)"
"text": "31.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: arable land": {
"text": "arable land: 1.6% (2022 est.)"
"text": "arable land: 1.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: permanent crops": {
"text": "permanent crops: 0.4% (2022 est.)"
"text": "permanent crops: 0.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
"text": "permanent pasture: 29.3% (2022 est.)"
"text": "permanent pasture: 29.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"forest": {
"text": "64.2% (2022 est.)"
"text": "63.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "4.5% (2022 est.)"
"text": "4.9% (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Irrigated land": {
@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "20.7 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "20.9 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.5 years"
@ -185,16 +185,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.38% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.36% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "28.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "28.34 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "4.8 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.64 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, in and around the capital of Brazzaville, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "30.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "29.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "33.5 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -257,10 +257,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.79 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.72 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.87 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.83 (2025 est.)"
},
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
@ -344,22 +344,22 @@
},
"Land use": {
"agricultural land": {
"text": "31.3% (2022 est.)"
"text": "31.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: arable land": {
"text": "arable land: 1.6% (2022 est.)"
"text": "arable land: 1.6% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: permanent crops": {
"text": "permanent crops: 0.4% (2022 est.)"
"text": "permanent crops: 0.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
"text": "permanent pasture: 29.3% (2022 est.)"
"text": "permanent pasture: 29.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"forest": {
"text": "64.2% (2022 est.)"
"text": "63.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "4.5% (2022 est.)"
"text": "4.9% (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Urbanization": {
@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
"text": "5 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "7/10/2022 to 7/31/2022"
"text": "8/20/2023"
},
"parties elected and seats per party": {
"text": "Congolese Workers Party (PCT) (112); Other (39)"
@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
"text": "6 years"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "8/20/2023"
"text": "7/10/2022 to 7/31/2022"
},
"percentage of women in chamber": {
"text": "31.9%"
@ -1000,10 +1000,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "5.87 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "5,875,800 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "97 (2021 est.)"
"text": "96 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1099,13 +1099,13 @@
"text": "approximately 12-14,000 active FAC, including Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAC has mostly Soviet-era armaments, with a small mix of Chinese, French, and South African equipment (2024)"
"text": "the FAC has a mixed inventory of Chinese, French, Italian, Russian/Soviet, and South African armaments (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription ended in 1969 (2024)"
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "has about 190 mostly police personnel deployed to the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)"
"text": "has about 175 mostly police personnel deployed to the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the FAC's primary focuses are internal and maritime security; since its creation in 1961, the FAC has had a turbulent history; it has been sidelined by some national leaders in favor of personal militias, endured an internal rebellion (1996), and clashed with various rebel groups and political or ethnic militias (1993-1996, 2002-2005, 2017); during the 1997-1999 civil war, the military generally split along ethnic lines, with most northern officers supporting eventual winner SASSOU-Nguesso, and most southerners backing the rebels; others joined ethnic-based factions loyal to regional warlords; forces backing SASSOU-Nguesso were supported by Angolan troops and received some French assistance; the FAC also has undergone at least three reorganizations that included the incorporation of former rebel combatants and various ethnic and political militias; in recent years, France has provided some advice and training, and a military cooperation agreement was signed with Russia in 2019 (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "16.9 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "16.9 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "16.7 years"
@ -191,16 +191,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "3.11% (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.09% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "39.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "38.8 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "7.37 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "urban clusters are spread throughout the country, particularly in the northeast along the border with Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi; the largest city is the capital, Kinshasha, located in the west along the Congo River; the south is least densely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "57.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "55.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "62.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -263,10 +263,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "5.49 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.42 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.7 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.67 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
"text": "25% (2023 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "55.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "58.2% (2018 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Lucy TAMLYN (since 6 February 2023)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Susan TULLER (since January 2026)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "310 Avenue des Aviateurs, Kinshasa, Gombe"
@ -1093,10 +1093,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "49.8 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "56,268,400 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "50 (2022 est.)"
"text": "53 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1196,14 +1196,14 @@
"text": "estimated 100-150,000 active FARDC (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FARDC is equipped mostly with Soviet-era and older French weapons and equipment; in 2024, the DRC signed an agreement with China for the provision of military equipment (2024)"
"text": "the FARDC is equipped mostly with Soviet-era and older French armaments; in recent years, it has received some more modern equipment, such as armored vehicles and armed drones, from China, South Africa, Turkey, and the UAE (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 18-45 years of age for compulsory military service for men; it is unclear how much conscription is used (2024)",
"text": "18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 18-45 years of age for compulsory military service for men; it is unclear how much conscription is used (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>in eastern Congo, fighters from armed groups, including some associated with government security forces, have been accused of forced recruitment of child soldiers"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the FARDC’s primary focus is internal security and conducting operations against rebels and other illegal armed groups (IOGs) operating in the DRC, particularly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, where more than 15 significant and cohesive IOGs operate; there is also IOG-related violence in Maniema, Kasai, Kasai Central, and Tanganyika provinces; some estimates place over 100 IOGs operating in the country, including organized militias, such as the Nduma Defense of Congo-Renewal (NDC-R), which controls a large portion of North Kivu; Mai Mai groups (local militias that operate variously as self-defense networks and criminal rackets); and foreign-origin groups seeking safe haven and resources, such as the Ugandan-origin Allied Democratic Forces (ADF; aka Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the DRC), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), multiple groups originating from Burundi, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), and the March 23 Movement (aka M23 or Congolese Revolutionary Army), which Rwanda has been accused of supporting militarily; the FARDC incorporates some non-state armed groups and has been accused of collaborating with some IOGs, such as the NDC-R<br><br>the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has operated in the central and eastern parts of the country since 1999; it has nearly 14,000 personnel assigned, and its mandate had been extended to the end of 2025; MONUSCO includes a Force Intervention Brigade (FIB), the first ever UN peacekeeping force specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to neutralize and disarm groups considered a threat to state authority and civilian security (2025)"
"text": "the FARDC’s primary focus is internal security and conducting operations against rebels and other illegal armed groups (IOGs) operating in the DRC, particularly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, where more than 15 significant and cohesive IOGs operate; there is also IOG-related violence in Maniema, Kasai, Kasai Central, and Tanganyika provinces; some estimates place over 100 IOGs operating in the country, including organized militias, such as the Nduma Defense of Congo-Renewal (NDC-R), which controls a large portion of North Kivu; Mai Mai groups (local militias that operate variously as self-defense networks and criminal rackets); and foreign-origin groups seeking safe haven and resources, such as the Ugandan-origin Allied Democratic Forces (ADF; aka Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the DRC), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), multiple groups originating from Burundi, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), and the March 23 Movement (aka M23 or Congolese Revolutionary Army), which Rwanda has been accused of supporting militarily; the FARDC incorporates some non-state armed groups and has been accused of collaborating with some IOGs, such as the NDC-R<br><br>the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has operated in the central and eastern parts of the country since 1999; its mandate had been extended to the end of 2026; MONUSCO includes a Force Intervention Brigade (FIB), the first ever UN peacekeeping force specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to neutralize and disarm groups considered a threat to state authority and civilian security (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "18.9 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.4 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "18.6 years"
@ -187,16 +187,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.71% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.37% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "34.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "30.79 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.73 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population concentrated in the west and north, with the interior of the country sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "46.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "44.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "50.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -259,10 +259,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.44 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.87 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.19 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.91 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
"text": "11% (2018 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "54.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "58.1% (2018 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "26.2 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "27,374,500 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "83 (2022 est.)"
"text": "108 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1206,13 +1206,13 @@
"text": "estimated 40-50,000 active FAC, including the Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAC inventory is comprised of weapons and equipment from a variety of countries, including China, Israel, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Africa, the US, and some Western European countries, particularly France (2024)"
"text": "the FAC inventory is comprised of armaments from a variety of countries, including China, Israel, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Africa, the US, and some Western European countries, particularly France (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-24 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription; high school graduation required; service obligation 4 years (2024)"
"text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (18-28 for medical services); no conscription; service obligation 4 years (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "750 (plus about 350 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)",
"text": "750 (plus about 400 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>Cameroon has committed approximately 2,000-2,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations occur occasionally"
},
"Military - note": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "22.7 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "23.1 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "22.1 years"
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}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.3% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.26% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "21.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.12 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.38 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the capital city of Maroni, on the western side of the island of Grande Comore, is the country's largest city; however, Anjouan is the most densely populated of the three islands that comprise Comoros, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "54.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "53.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "64.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.61 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.52 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.28 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.24 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
"text": "9.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "61.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "63.1% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
"text": "14 January 2024"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2024: </em>AZALI Assoumani reelected president in first round - AZALI Assoumani (CRC) 63%, SALIM ISSA Abdallah (PJ) 20.3%, DAOUDOU Abdallah Mohamed (Orange Party) 5.9%, Bourhane HAMIDOU (independent) 5.1%<em><br><br>2019</em>: AZALI Assoumani elected president in first round - AZALI Assoumani (CRC) 60.8%, Ahamada MAHAMOUDOU (PJ) 14.6%, Mouigni Baraka Said SOILIHI (independent) 5.6%, other 19%"
"text": "<em><br>2024: </em>AZALI Assoumani reelected president in first round - AZALI Assoumani (CRC) 63%, SALIM ISSA Abdallah (PJ) 20.3%, DAOUDOU Abdallah Mohamed (Orange Party) 5.9%, Bourhane HAMIDOU (independent) 5.1%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "2029"
@ -914,10 +914,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "934,000 (2023 est.)"
"text": "934,198 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "100 (2022 est.)"
"text": "110 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "estimated 600 Defense Force; estimated 500 Federal Police (2023)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the AND is lightly armed and equipped with small arms and a few light aircraft (2023)"
"text": "the AND is lightly armed and equipped with small arms, a few light aircraft, and utility vehicles (2024)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for 2-year voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2021)"
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2023)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the focus for the security forces is search and rescue operations and maintaining internal security; a defense treaty with France provides naval resources for the protection of territorial waters, training of Comoran military personnel, and air surveillance; France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion contingent on neighboring Mayotte (2024)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "20.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "20.6 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.7 years"
@ -176,16 +176,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.76% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.74% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "31.9 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "31.49 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "11.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "11.04 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-3.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "majority of residents live in the western and central areas of the country, especially in and around the capital of Bangui, as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "80.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "79.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "86.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.94 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.89 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.94 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.92 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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"text": "18.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "64.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "65.4% (2019 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
"text": "27 December 2020"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2020:</em> Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA (independent) 53.9%, Anicet Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 21%, other 25.1%<br><br><em>2015:</em> Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA elected president in the second round; percent of vote in first round - Anicet-Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 23.7%, Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA (independent) 19.1%, Desire KOLINGBA (RDC) 12%, Martin ZIGUELE (MLPC) 11.4%, other 33.8%; percent of vote in second round - Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA 62.7%, Anicet-Georges DOLOGUELE 37.3%"
"text": "<em><br>2020:</em> Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA (independent) 53.9%, Anicet Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 21%, other 25.1%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "December 2025"
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "1.83 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "1,979,150 (2022 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "34 (2021 est.)"
"text": "39 (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "estimated 10-15,000 active FACA (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "most of the military's heavy weapons and equipment were destroyed or captured during the 2012–2014 civil war; prior to the war, most of its equipment was of French, Russian, or Soviet origin; in recent years, it has received some secondhand equipment from China and Russia, including light weapons, as well as some armored vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and helicopters (2024)",
"text": "most of the military's heavy weapons and equipment were lost during the 2012–2014 civil war; prior to the war, most of its inventory was of French, Russian, or Soviet origin; in recent years, it has received some donated equipment from China and Russia, including armored vehicles, drones, helicopters, jet trainer aircraft, and some light weapons (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the CAR was under a UNSC arms embargo from 2013-July 2024"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for military service; no conscription although the constitution provides for the possibility of conscription in the event of an imminent threat to the country (2023)"
"text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription although the constitution provides for the possibility of conscription in the event of an imminent threat to the country (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) are focused on internal security; since the 2013 coup, multiple armed groups have been active in the country, carrying out attacks, controlling territory, and undermining security; the coup resulted in the institutional collapse of the FACA; its forces were overwhelmed and forced to flee to neighboring countries; it has been estimated that only 10% of the FACA returned afterwards; over the past decade, the FACA has sought to rebuild with considerable foreign assistance, including from France, the EU, Russia, Rwanda, and the UN; Russian private military contractors and bilateral Rwandan military forces are assisting the FACA in its operations against rebel groups<br><br>the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has operated in the country since 2014; its mission includes providing security, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, disarming and demobilizing armed groups, and supporting the country’s transitional government; MINUSCA has more than 18,000 personnel (2025)"
"text": "the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) are focused on internal security; since the 2013 coup, multiple armed groups have been active in the country, carrying out attacks, controlling territory, and undermining security; the coup resulted in the institutional collapse of the FACA; its forces were overwhelmed and forced to flee to neighboring countries; it has been estimated that only 10% of the FACA returned afterwards; over the past decade, the FACA has sought to rebuild with considerable foreign assistance, including from France, the EU, Russia, Rwanda, Uganda, and the UN; Russian private military contractors and Rwandan military forces have assisted the FACA in its operations against rebel groups<br><br>the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has operated in the country since 2014; its mission includes providing security, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, disarming and demobilizing armed groups, and supporting the country’s transitional government (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "28.8 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "29.3 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "27.9 years"
@ -164,16 +164,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.16% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.12% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "17.9 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "17.51 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.73 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "among the nine inhabited islands, population distribution is variable; islands in the east are very dry and are only sparsely settled; the more southerly islands receive more precipitation and support larger populations; approximately half of the population lives on Sao Tiago Island, which is the location of the capital of Praia; Mindelo, on the northern island of Sao Vicente, also has a large urban population, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "22.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "26.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -232,10 +232,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.1 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.08 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.03 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.02 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
"text": "2.2% (2018 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "46.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "45% (2021 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -990,10 +990,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "590,000 (2023 est.)"
"text": "590,354 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "99 (2022 est.)"
"text": "112 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1081,10 +1081,10 @@
"text": "the FACV has approximately 1,000-1,500 active personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FACV has a limited amount of mostly dated or second-hand equipment, largely from China, some European countries, and the former Soviet Union (2024)"
"text": "the FACV has a limited amount of mostly dated or secondhand equipment, largely from China, some European countries, and the former Soviet Union (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-35 years of age for male and female selective compulsory military service; 24-month conscript service obligation; 17 years of age for voluntary service (with parental consent) (2024)"
"text": "17 years of age for voluntary service (with parental consent); 18-35 years of age for selective compulsory service (14-month service obligation) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the FACV is responsible for external defense; it also has an internal security role in collaboration with the police if required; its duties include monitoring and patrolling the country's air and maritime spaces, participating in training exercises, conducting search and rescue, countering narcotics and other forms of illicit trafficking, and supporting the police and civil society (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "26.3 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "26.7 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "24.4 years"
@ -174,16 +174,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.89% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.84% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "21.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.46 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "7 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "4.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most densely populated areas are in the east; the largest city is Djibouti, and the other cities in the country are a fraction of its size, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "45.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "44.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "52.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -242,10 +242,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.11 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.09 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.04 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.03 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
"text": "17.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "50.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "46.5% (2017 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
"text": "9 April 2021"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2021:</em> Ismail Omar GUELLEH reelected president for a fifth term; percent of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH (RPP) 97.4%, Zakaria Ismael FARAH (MDEND) 2.7%<br><br><em>2016:</em> Ismail Omar GUELLEH reelected president for a fourth term; percent of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH (RPP) 87%, Omar Elmi KHAIREH (CDU) 7.3%, other 5.6%"
"text": "<em><br>2021:</em> Ismail Omar GUELLEH reelected president for a fifth term; percent of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH (RPP) 97.4%, Zakaria Ismael FARAH (MDEND) 2.7%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "April 2026"
@ -963,10 +963,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "574,000 (2023 est.)"
"text": "558,607 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "46 (2022 est.)"
"text": "49 (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Djibouti Armed Forces (Forces Armées Djiboutiennes or FAD): Djiboutian (or National) Army, Djiboutian Navy (includes Djiboutian Coast Guard), Djiboutian Air Force; Djiboutian National Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Police (Police Nationale) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the National Gendarmerie is a security force with military status under the FAD and the Ministry of Defense, but also has responsibilities to the Ministry of Interior; the Gendarmerie's duties include providing security outside of Djibouti City and protecting critical infrastructure within the city, such as the international airport<strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> the National Police is responsible for security within Djibouti City and has primary control over immigration and customs procedures for all land border-crossing points"
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the National Gendarmerie is a security force with military status under the FAD and the Ministry of Defense, but also has responsibilities to the Ministry of Interior; the Gendarmerie's duties include providing security outside of Djibouti City and protecting critical infrastructure within the city, such as the international airport<strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> the National Police are responsible for security within Djibouti City and have primary control over immigration and customs procedures for all land border-crossing points"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
@ -1065,10 +1065,10 @@
"text": "estimated 10-12,000 active Armed Forces, including Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAD's inventory is a mix of mostly older or secondhand equipment from a wide variety of suppliers, including China, France, Italy, Japan, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Africa, Turkey, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the FAD's inventory is a mix of mostly older or secondhand equipment from a variety of suppliers, including China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Africa, T&uuml;rkiye, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 16-25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2023)"
"text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "approximately 1,500 Somalia (AUSSOM) (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "24.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "24.6 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "24.3 years"
@ -194,16 +194,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.49% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.4% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "19.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "18.63 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "4.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.33 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "approximately 95% of the population lives within 20 km (12 mi) of the Nile River and its delta; vast areas of the country remain sparsely populated or uninhabited, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "16.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "16.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "17.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -266,10 +266,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.65 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.53 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.28 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.23 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
"text": "3.7% (2021 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "71.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "65.6% (2021 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1143,10 +1143,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "106 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "106.319 million (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "93 (2022 est.)"
"text": "97 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1248,15 +1248,13 @@
"text": "estimated 450,000 active Armed Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems; in recent years, the EAF has embarked on an equipment modernization program with significant purchases from foreign suppliers; major suppliers have included China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the US; Egypt has an established defense industry that produces a range of products from small arms to armored vehicles and naval vessels; it also has licensed and co-production agreements with several countries, including Germany and the US (2024)"
"text": "the EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, Soviet-era, and more modern, typically Western, weapons systems; in recent years, the EAF has embarked on an equipment modernization program with purchases from foreign suppliers, including China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, UAE, the UK, and the US; Egypt's defense industry produces a range of products from small arms to armored vehicles and naval vessels; it also has licensed and co-production agreements with several countries, including Germany and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "voluntary enlistment possible from age 16 for men and 17 for women; 18-30 years of age for conscript service for men; service obligation 14-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; active service length depends on education; high school drop-outs serve for the full 36 months, while college graduates serve for lesser periods of time, depending on their education level (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> conscripts make up a considerable portion of the military and the Central Security Force"
"text": "voluntary enlistment possible from age 16 for men and 17 for women; 18-30 years of age for compulsory service for men; service obligation 14-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; active service length depends on education; high school drop-outs serve for the full 36 months, while college graduates serve for lesser periods of time, depending on their education level (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "775 (plus nearly 200 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); also has about 200 police deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo under MONUSCO (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>Egypt is slated to have about 1,100 military personnel in Somalia under AUSSOM; the first contingent of troops deployed in 2025"
"text": "775 (plus nearly 200 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,100 Somalia (AUSSOM); also has about 200 police deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo under MONUSCO (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) are responsible for external defense but also have an internal role assisting police and paramilitary security forces during emergencies and in anti-terrorism operations; the EAF also participates in foreign peacekeeping and other security missions, as well as both bilateral and multinational exercises; the military has considerable political power and independence; it has long had a crucial role in Egypt’s politics and has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, gas stations, shipping lines, and utilities, and producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing<br><br>key areas of concern for the EAF include Islamist militant groups operating out of the Sinai Peninsula, regional challenges such as ongoing conflicts and instability, and maritime security; since 2011, the EAF has been conducting operations alongside other security forces in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); over the past decade, it has deployed additional units along the border with Libya, provided air support to the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen, and most recently boosted its presence on the border with Gaza in response to the HAMAS-Israel conflict; the Navy in recent years has sought to modernize and expand its capabilities and profile in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, including the acquisition of helicopter carriers, modern frigates, and attack submarines, as well as the establishment of a joint service military base on the Red Sea<br><br>the Multinational Force &amp; Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between Egypt and Israel; it has about 1,150 troops from 13 countries; Colombia, Fiji, and the US are the leading providers of troops to the MFO (2025)"

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},
"Land use": {
"agricultural land": {
"text": "3.7% (2022 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: arable land": {
"text": "arable land: 1.9% (2022 est.)"
"text": "arable land: 1.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: permanent crops": {
"text": "permanent crops: 1.7% (2022 est.)"
"text": "permanent crops: 1.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
"text": "permanent pasture: 0.2% (2022 est.)"
"text": "permanent pasture: 0.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"forest": {
"text": "86.7% (2022 est.)"
"text": "86.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "9.6% (2022 est.)"
"text": "9.9% (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Irrigated land": {
@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "22.1 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "22.3 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "22.7 years"
@ -171,16 +171,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "3.23% (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.1% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "29 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "28.55 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "8.81 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "12.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "11.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the two large cities are Bata on the mainland and the capital Malabo on the island of Bioko; small communities are scattered throughout the mainland and the five inhabited islands, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "77.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "76.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "83.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -239,10 +239,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.12 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.05 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.03 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.99 (2025 est.)"
},
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
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"other alcohols": {
"text": "0.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "60.2% (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Environment": {
@ -296,22 +293,22 @@
},
"Land use": {
"agricultural land": {
"text": "3.7% (2022 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: arable land": {
"text": "arable land: 1.9% (2022 est.)"
"text": "arable land: 1.9% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: permanent crops": {
"text": "permanent crops: 1.7% (2022 est.)"
"text": "permanent crops: 1.7% (2023 est.)"
},
"agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
"text": "permanent pasture: 0.2% (2022 est.)"
"text": "permanent pasture: 0.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"forest": {
"text": "86.7% (2022 est.)"
"text": "86.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"other": {
"text": "9.6% (2022 est.)"
"text": "9.9% (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Urbanization": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "893,000 (2022 est.)"
"text": "893,441 (2022 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "53 (2022 est.)"
"text": "50 (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "estimated 2,000 active Armed Forces, including Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAGE is armed with mostly older (typically Soviet-era) and second-hand weapons systems; in recent years, it has sought to modernize its naval inventory with purchases of vessels from several countries, including Bulgaria and Israel; China and Russia have also supplied some equipment to the FAGE (2024)"
"text": "the FAGE is armed with mostly older (typically Soviet-era) and secondhand weapons systems; in recent years, it has sought to modernize its naval inventory with purchases of vessels from several countries, including Bulgaria and Israel; China and Russia have also supplied some equipment to the FAGE (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for selective compulsory military service, although conscription is rare in practice; 24-month service obligation (2023)"
"text": "18-25 for voluntary military service; selective compulsory military service for men; 24-month service obligation (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea (FAGE) are responsible for defending the territory and sovereignty of the country; the FAGE also has some internal security duties, including fulfilling some police functions in border areas, sensitive sites, and high-traffic areas; maritime security, particularly protecting offshore oil installations and combating piracy and crime in the Gulf of Guinea, is a key priority (2024)"
"text": "the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea (FAGE) are responsible for defending the territory and sovereignty of the country; the FAGE also has some internal security duties, including fulfilling some police functions in border areas, sensitive sites, and high-traffic areas; maritime security, particularly protecting offshore oil installations and combating piracy and crime in the Gulf of Guinea, is a key priority (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "21.3 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.7 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.8 years"
@ -164,16 +164,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.12% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.16% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "26.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "25.92 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.43 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-8.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-7.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "density is highest in the center of the country, in and around the cities of Asmara (capital) and Keren; smaller settlements exist in the north and south, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "39.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "39 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "46.6 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -236,10 +236,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.43 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.35 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.69 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.65 (2025 est.)"
},
"Health expenditure": {
"Health expenditure (as % of GDP)": {
@ -286,9 +286,6 @@
"text": "0.2% (2020 est.)"
}
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "52.3% (2023 est.)"
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
"total": {
"text": "8 years (2015 est.)"
@ -414,7 +411,7 @@
}
},
"Government type": {
"text": "presidential republic"
"text": "authoritarian"
},
"Capital": {
"name": {
@ -486,7 +483,7 @@
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "postponed indefinitely"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the president is both chief of state and head of government and is head of the State Council and National Assembly"
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>Eritrea’s authoritarian regime is controlled entirely by the president, who heads the sole political party, which has ruled the country since 1991; national elections have not taken place since 1991 and the constitution has not been implemented.<strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> the president is both chief of state and head of government and is head of the State Council and National Assembly"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"legislature name": {
@ -835,10 +832,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "1.8 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "2,015,830 (2022 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "50 (2021 est.)"
"text": "59 (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -934,10 +931,10 @@
"text": "available information varies widely; estimated 150,000-200,000 active Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the EDF's inventory is comprised primarily of Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2024)"
"text": "the EDF's inventory is comprised primarily of Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "Eritrea mandates military service for all citizens age 18-40; 18-month conscript service obligation, which reportedly includes 4-6 months of military training and 12 months of military or other national service (military service is most common); in practice, military and national service is often extended indefinitely; citizens up to the age of 59 eligible for recall during mobilization (2024)"
"text": "Eritrea mandates military service for all citizens age 18-40; 18-month conscript service obligation, which reportedly includes 4-6 months of military training and 12 months of military or other national service (military service is most common); in practice, military and national service is often extended indefinitely; citizens up to the age of 59 eligible for recall during mobilization (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the military’s primary responsibilities are external defense, border security, and providing the regime a vehicle for national cohesion; the conscript-based Army is the dominant service<br><br>since the country's independence in 1991, the Eritrean military has participated in numerous conflicts, including the Hanish Island Crisis with Yemen (1995), the First Congo War (1996-1997), the Second Sudanese Civil War (1996-1998), the Eritrea-Ethiopia War (1998-2000), the Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict (2008), and the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia (2020-2022); during the Tigray conflict, the Eritrean Defense Forces were accused of human rights abuses; in recent years, it has provided training support to the military of Somalia (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "20.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "20.6 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.2 years"
@ -186,16 +186,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.37% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.34% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "29.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "29.08 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.58 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "highest density is found in the highlands of the north and middle areas of the country, particularly around the centrally located capital city of Addis Ababa; the far east and southeast are sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "32.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "31.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "37.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -258,10 +258,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.84 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.77 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.89 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.86 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
"text": "21.2% (2019 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "67.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "66.3% (2019 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
"text": "21 June 2021 and 30 September 2021 (scheduled 29 August 2020 election was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2021:</em> SAHLE-WORK Zewde reelected president during joint session of Parliament, vote - 659 (unanimous); ABIY confirmed Prime Minister by House of Peoples' Representatives (4 October 2021)<br><br><em>2018:</em> SAHLE-WORK Zewde elected president during joint session of Parliament, vote - 659 (unanimous); snap election held on 25 October 2018 due to resignation of President MULATA Teshome"
"text": "<em><br>2021:</em> SAHLE-WORK Zewde reelected president during joint session of Parliament, vote - 659 (unanimous); ABIY confirmed Prime Minister by House of Peoples' Representatives (4 October 2021)"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
@ -1091,10 +1091,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "71.4 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "71,424,300 (2022 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "56 (2022 est.)"
"text": "65 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1171,13 +1171,13 @@
"text": "available information varies widely; estimated 150-300,000 active-duty Defense Force&nbsp; (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ENDF's major weapons and equipment inventory has traditionally been comprised of Russian, Soviet, and Eastern bloc material; it suffered considerable equipment losses during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict; in more recent years, Ethiopia has diversified its arms sources to include weapons from China, Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, and the UAE; Ethiopia has a modest industrial defense base centered on small arms and production of armored vehicles under license (2024)"
"text": "the ENDF's inventory has traditionally been comprised of Russian, Soviet, and Eastern Bloc armaments; it suffered considerable equipment losses during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict; in more recent years, Ethiopia has diversified its arms sources to include such suppliers as China, T&uuml;rkiye, Ukraine, and the UAE; Ethiopia's defense industry produces small arms, as well as armored vehicles under license (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service (although the military may, when necessary, recruit a person more than 22 years old); no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2023)"
"text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service; 24-month service obligation; no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "as many as 10,000 troops Somalia (approximately 2,500 under the AU; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with the Somali Government); 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2024)"
"text": "1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS); estimated to have as many as 10,000 troops Somalia (approximately 2,500 under the AU; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with the Somali Government) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) is focused on both external threats emanating from its neighbors and internal threats from multiple internal armed groups; since 1998, the ENDF has engaged in several conventional and counterinsurgency operations, including border wars with Eritrea (1998-2000) and Somalia (2006-2008) and internal conflicts with the Tigray regional state (2020-2022), multiple insurgent groups and ethnic militias, and the al-Shabaab terrorist group; as of 2025, the ENDF was actively conducting counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several states, including the Amhara militia Fano and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), as well as al-Shabaab in Somalia (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "20.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "20.5 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.8 years"
@ -178,16 +178,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.16% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.09% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "27.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "26.49 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.53 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "settlements are found scattered along the Gambia River; the largest communities, including the capital of Banjul and the country's largest city, Serekunda, are found at the mouth of the Gambia River along the Atlantic coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "35.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "35 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "39.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -251,10 +251,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.52 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.39 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.74 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.67 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
"text": "11.6% (2020 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "60.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "63% (2020 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1074,10 +1074,10 @@
"text": "estimated 3,000-4,000 active Gambian Armed Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military of Gambia has a limited inventory of mostly older, obsolescent, or donated equipment originating from several suppliers, including Taiwan, Turkey, the UK, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the military of Gambia has a limited inventory of mostly older, obsolescent, or donated equipment originating from several suppliers, including Taiwan, Turkey, the UK, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary service for men and women (18-22 for officers); no conscription; service obligation six months&nbsp; (2024)"
"text": "18-28 years of age for men and women depending on enlisted, officer, or specialized positions (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Gambian Armed Forces (GAF) are responsible for external defense and aiding civil authorities in internal emergencies and natural disaster relief; they participate in multinational peacekeeping missions, as well as domestic support activities such as agricultural development, construction, education, and health services; the Gambian security forces have a history of involvement in domestic politics, including multiple coup attempts and mutinies, with the latest being an attempted coup in 2022<br><br>since January 2017, several members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have provided security forces for Gambia's stability, plus assistance and training for the GAF and other Gambian security forces through the ECOWAS Mission in the Gambia (ECOMIG); as of 2025, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal were providing military and gendarmerie personnel for ECOMIG (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "22 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "22.3 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "22.5 years"
@ -177,16 +177,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.37% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.35% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "25.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "25.51 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the relatively small population is spread in pockets throughout the country; the largest urban center is the capital of Libreville, located along the Atlantic coast in the northwest, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "26.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "26 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "29.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -249,10 +249,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.21 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.16 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.58 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.56 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
"text": "5.4% (2020 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "49.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "48.5% (2020 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1125,8 +1125,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Gabonese Armed Forces (Force Armées Gabonaise or FAG; aka National Defense and Security Forces of Gabon or des Forces Nationales de Défense et de Sécurité (FNDS) du Gabon): Army (Armée de Terre, AT), Navy (Marine Nationale, MN), Air Force (l'Armée de l'Air, AA), Light Aviation (L’Aviation Légère des Armées, ALA), Fire Brigade (du Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers); National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Gabonaise, GENA); Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine, GR); Military Health Service (Service de Santé Militaire, SSM); Military Engineering (Génie Militaire) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the National Police Forces, under the Ministry of Interior, and the National Gendarmerie (GENA), under the Ministry of Defense, are responsible for law enforcement and public security; elements of the armed forces and the Republican Guard, an elite unit that protects the president under his direct authority, sometimes perform internal security functions<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the GENA is organized into regionally-based “legions,” mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention group"
"text": "Gabonese Armed Forces (Force Armées Gabonaise or FAG; aka National Defense and Security Forces of Gabon or des Forces Nationales de Défense et de Sécurité (FNDS) du Gabon): Army, Navy, Air Force, Light Aviation, Fire Brigade; Gabon National Gendarmerie (GENA); Republican Guard (GR); Military Health Service; Military Engineering (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Police Forces, under the Ministry of Interior, and the National Gendarmerie (GENA), under the Ministry of Defense, are responsible for law enforcement and public security; elements of the armed forces and the Republican Guard, an elite unit that protects the president under his direct authority, sometimes perform internal security functions; the GENA is organized into regionally-based “legions,” mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention group"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
@ -1149,10 +1149,10 @@
"text": "approximately 7,000 active-duty Armed Forces including the Republican Guard and Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Gabonese military has a mix of older and more modern weapons and equipment from a variety of suppliers including Brazil, China, France, Germany, Russia/former Soviet Union, and South Africa (2024)"
"text": "the Gabonese military has a mix of older and limited quantities of more modern armaments; suppliers include Brazil, China, France, Germany, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Africa, and Spain (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-24 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2024)"
"text": "18-24 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Gabonese military is a small and lightly armed force that is responsible for both external and internal security; the military may also participate in the economic and social development work of the nation; key defense priorities include securing the country's borders and maritime domain; it has contributed to regional peacekeeping and joint security operations; in August 2023, officers from the Republican Guard seized control of the government and placed the president under arrest (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "21.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.6 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.6 years"
@ -181,16 +181,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.15% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.12% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "27.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "27.09 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.73 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population is concentrated in the southern half of the country, with the highest concentrations on or near the Atlantic coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "31.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "30.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "34.5 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -253,10 +253,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.56 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.51 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.75 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.73 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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"text": "12% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "54.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "53.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
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},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "33.4 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "33,384,500 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "120 (2022 est.)"
"text": "114 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> over the past decade, Ghana has sought to increase the size of the GAF, particularly the Army, which has added a number of new units"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory is a mix of older and some newer Chinese, Russian, and Western equipment, including US, which has donated items such as patrol boats; the government in recent years has committed to an increase in funding for equipment acquisitions, including armor, mechanized, and special forces capabilities for the Army, light attack aircraft for the Air Force, and more modern coastal patrol vessels for the Navy (2024)"
"text": "the military's inventory is a mix of older (mostly Soviet-era) and some newer armaments from such suppliers as China, Japan, Jordan, T&uuml;rkiye, the UK, and the US; the government has committed to an increase in funding for equipment acquisitions, including armor, mechanized, and special forces capabilities for the Army, light attack aircraft for the Air Force, and more modern coastal patrol vessels for the Navy (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary military service, with basic education certificate; no conscription (2024)",
"text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2024, women comprised approximately 15% of the military; Ghanaian women first began serving in the late 1950s"
},
"Military deployments": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "19.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.5 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.2 years"
@ -175,16 +175,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.74% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.74% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "35.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "35.04 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "7.69 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "areas of highest density are in the west and south; interior is sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "47 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "45.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "51.6 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.78 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.75 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.36 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.34 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
"text": "15% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "68.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "70.9% (2018 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
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"text": "formerly, the president was directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term), and the prime minister was appointed by the president"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "18 October 2020"
"text": "28 December 2025"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2020: </em>Alpha CONDE reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Alpha CONDE (RPG) 59.5%, Cellou Dalein DIALLO (UFDG) 33.5%, other 7%<br><br><em>2015: </em>Alpha CONDE reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Alpha CONDE (RPG) 57.8%, Cellou Dalein DIALLO (UFDG) 31.4%, other 10.8%"
"text": "<em>2025: </em>Mamady DOUMBOUYA elected president in the first round; percent of vote -Mamady DOUMBOUYA (Independent) 86.7%, Abdoulaye Yero BALDE (DFG) 6.5%, other 7%<br><em><br>2020: </em>Alpha CONDE reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Alpha CONDE (RPG) 59.5%, Cellou Dalein DIALLO (UFDG) 33.5%, other 7%<br>"
},
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in 2021, the military arrested and detained the president, suspended the constitution, and dissolved the government and legislature<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the transitional government has not announced a new election timetable"
},
@ -985,10 +985,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "13.8 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "15,303,900 (2022 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "102 (2021 est.)"
"text": "109 (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
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},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Guinean (or National) Armed Forces (Forces Armées Guinéennes): Army, Air Force, Navy, National Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Security: National Police (2024)",
"text": "Guinean (or National) Armed Forces (Forces Armées Guinéennes): Army, Air Force, Navy, National Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Security: National Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Gendarmerie and National Police share responsibility for internal security; Guinea's military and security forces are sometimes collectively referred to as the Defense and Security Forces"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1090,10 +1090,10 @@
"text": "estimated 10-12,000 active Armed Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Guinean military's inventory consists almost entirely of Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with small amounts of secondhand material from China, France, Russia, and South Africa&nbsp; (2024)"
"text": "the Guinean military's inventory consists almost entirely of ageing Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with small amounts of secondhand arms from China, France, Russia, and South Africa (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary and selective conscripted service; 9-12 months of service (2023)"
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary and selective conscripted service; 9-12 months of service (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Guinean military is responsible for territorial defense, but also has some domestic security responsibilities and has historically been involved in suppressing public protests; in 2021 the Army&rsquo;s special forces led a military overthrow of the government; the military-led government has since been accused of cracking down on dissent, the media, and political opposition; border security is a key focus for the Guinean military, particularly a territorial dispute with Sierra Leone that dates back to 2001 (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "21.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "20 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "21.2 years"
@ -185,16 +185,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.13% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.33% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "27.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "29.87 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.93 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated, with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "52.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "52.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "59.5 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -257,10 +257,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.4 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.85 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.67 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.9 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
"text": "13.6% (2021 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "60.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "62.7% (2021 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1080,10 +1080,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "53.6 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "53,601,500 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "174 (2022 est.)"
"text": "184 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1183,13 +1183,14 @@
"text": "approximately 25-30,000 active FACI, including Gendarmerie personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the inventory of the FACI consists mostly of older or second-hand equipment, typically of French or Soviet-era origin; Cote d'Ivoire was under a partial UN arms embargo from 2004 to 2016; in recent years it has received some new and secondhand equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Bulgaria, China, France, South Africa, and Turkey (2024)"
"text": "the inventory of the FACI consists mostly of older or secondhand armaments, typically of French or Soviet-era origin; in recent years, it has received small quantities of newer and secondhand equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Bulgaria, China, France, Israel, South Africa, and the US (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Cote d'Ivoire was under a partial UN arms embargo from 2004 to 2016"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-26 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service for men and women; conscription is reportedly not enforced (2023)"
"text": "18-26 (up to 35 for healthcare professionals) years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription is authorized but reportedly not enforced (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)"
"text": "180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the military (FACI) is responsible for external defense but also has a considerable internal role supporting the National Gendarmerie and other internal security forces; key areas of focus for the FACI are the country's porous international borders and the threat posed by Islamic militants associated with the al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorist group operating across the border in Burkina Faso and Mali; AQIM militants conducted attacks in the country in 2016 and 2020; Côte d’Ivoire since 2016 has stepped up border security and completed building a joint counter-terrorism training center with France near Abidjan in 2020; Cote d'Ivoire has long maintained a close security relationship with France <br><br>the FACI has mutinied several times since the late 1990s, most recently in 2017, and has had a large role in the country’s political turmoil; it was established in 1960 from home defense units the French colonial government began standing up in 1950 (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "21.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.5 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "21.1 years"
@ -190,16 +190,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.06% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.15% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "25.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "25.93 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.72 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population heavily concentrated in the west along the shore of Lake Victoria; other areas of high density include the capital of Nairobi, and in the southeast along the Indian Ocean coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "26.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "26.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "29 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -262,10 +262,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.16 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.09 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.56 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.53 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
"text": "9.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "56.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "53.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
"text": "9 August 2022"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2022</em>:  William RUTO elected president in first round; percent of vote - William RUTO (UDA) 50.5%, Raila ODINGA (ODM) 48.9%, other 0.6%<br><em><br>2017</em>:  Uhuru KENYATTA reelected president; percent of vote - Uhuru KENYATTA (JP) 98.3%, Raila ODINGA (ODM) 1%, other 0.7%"
"text": "<em><br>2022</em>:  William RUTO elected president in first round; percent of vote - William RUTO (UDA) 50.5%, Raila ODINGA (ODM) 48.9%, other 0.6%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "10 August 2027"
@ -1190,13 +1190,13 @@
"text": "approximately 25,000 active Kenya Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the KDF's inventory is a mix of older, donated/secondhand, and some modern weapon systems from a variety of sources; major suppliers have included China, France, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, and the US; in late 2023, the Kenyan Government unveiled a five-year spending plan to procure upgraded military equipment, including aerial surveillance drones, tactical vehicles, and air defense systems (2024)"
"text": "the KDF's inventory is a mix of older, donated/secondhand, and some modern weapon systems from a variety of sources; major suppliers have included China, France, South Africa, T&uuml;rkiye, the UK, and the US; in 2023, the Kenyan Government unveiled a five-year defense spending plan with a focus on upgraded military equipment, including aerial surveillance drones, tactical vehicles, and air defense systems (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "no conscription; 18-26 years of age for voluntary service for men and women (under 18 with parental consent; upper limit 30 years of age for specialists, tradesmen, or women with a diploma; 39 years of age for chaplains/imams); 9-year service obligation (7 years for Kenyan Navy) and subsequent 3-year re-enlistments; applicants must be Kenyan citizens (2024)"
"text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary service for men and women (under 18 with parental consent; upper limit 30 years of age for specialists, tradesmen, or women with a diploma; 39 years of age for chaplains/imams); 7-9 year service obligations (2026)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "400 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); approximately 1,400 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2024)"
"text": "400 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); approximately 1,400 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) are responsible for protecting the country's sovereignty and territory and assisting civil authorities in responding to emergency, disaster, or political unrest as requested; the KDF's chief security concerns include regional disputes and instability, maritime crime and piracy, and the threat posed by the Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorist group, which has conducted attacks inside Kenya; it has conducted operations in neighboring Somalia since 2011 and taken part in numerous regional peacekeeping and security missions; the KDF is a leading member of the Africa Standby Force; it participates in multinational exercises, and has ties to a variety of foreign militaries, including those of France, the UK, and the US<br><br>the Kenya Military Forces were created following independence in 1963; the current KDF was established and its composition laid out in the 2010 constitution; it is governed by the Kenya Defense Forces Act of 2012; the Army traces its origins back to the Kings African Rifles (KAR), a British colonial regiment raised from Britain's East Africa possessions from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; the KAR conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during both World Wars (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "19.9 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "20.1 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.8 years"
@ -172,16 +172,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.32% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.27% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "32.4 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "31.72 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "8.17 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "more than half of the population lives in urban areas, with approximately one third living within an 80-km (50-mi) radius of Monrovia, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "55.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "55.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "61 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -244,10 +244,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.93 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.84 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.94 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.89 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
"text": "10.9% (2019 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "48.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "51.4% (2020 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1087,10 +1087,10 @@
"text": "approximately 2,000 active Armed Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military has a limited inventory; in recent years, it has received small quantities of equipment, including donations, from countries such as China and the US (2024)"
"text": "the military has a limited inventory; in recent years, it has received small quantities of equipment, including donations, from countries such as China, UAE, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-35 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2024)"
"text": "18 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are responsible for external defense and some domestic security responsibilities if called upon, such as humanitarian assistance during natural disasters and support to law enforcement; it is a small, lightly equipped force comprised of two combat infantry battalions and supporting units, as well as a few coastal patrol craft for the Coast Guard; the infantry battalions were rebuilt with US assistance in 2007-2008 from the restructured AFL following the end of the second civil war in 2003 when military and police forces were disbanded and approximately 100,000 military, police, and rebel combatants were disarmed<br><br>the first militia unit established for defense of the Liberia colony was raised in 1832; the AFL traces its origins to the 1908 establishment of the Liberia Frontier Force, which became the Liberian National Guard in 1965; the AFL was established in 1970 (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "23.9 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "24 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "23.4 years"
@ -169,16 +169,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "0.76% (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.73% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "22.9 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.68 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "10.8 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-4.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-4.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "relatively higher population density in the western half of the nation, with the capital of Maseru and the smaller cities of Mafeteng, Teyateyaneng, and Leribe attracting the most people, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "45.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "52.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "51 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -241,10 +241,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.85 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.49 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.4 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.23 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
"text": "12.5% (2024 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "53.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "46.9% (2021 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1035,10 +1035,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "1.6 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "1.64 million (2024 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "68 (2022 est.)"
"text": "70 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1095,10 +1095,10 @@
"text": "approximately 2,000 active Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the LDF is lightly armed and has a small inventory of mostly older or second-hand equipment of European, South African, and US origin (2025)"
"text": "the LDF is lightly armed and has a small inventory of mostly older or secondhand equipment of European, South African, and US origin (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women (women can serve in combat arms); no conscription (2024)"
"text": "20-30 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women (2026)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) is responsible for the maintenance of the country's sovereignty and the preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa; the LDF is a small force that began in 1964 as the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); the PMU was designated as the Lesotho Paramilitary Force in 1980 and became the Royal Lesotho Defense Force in 1986; it was renamed the Lesotho Defense Force in 1993 (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "26.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "26.4 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "26.3 years"
@ -182,16 +182,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.44% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.35% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "20.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.83 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.48 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-2.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "over 90% of the population lives along the Mediterranean coast in and between Tripoli to the west and Al Bayda to the east; the interior remains vastly underpopulated due to the Sahara and its lack of surface water, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "10.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "10.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "12.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -250,10 +250,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.96 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.46 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.44 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: total": {
@ -302,9 +302,6 @@
},
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
"text": "4.3% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "59.2% (2023 est.)"
}
},
"Environment": {
@ -980,7 +977,7 @@
"text": "estimates not available"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "both the forces aligned with the GNU and the LNA are largely equipped with weapons of Russian or Soviet origin; in recent years, Turkey has the been the primary supplier of arms to the GNU, while the LNA has received quantities from Russia and the United Arab Emirates (2024)",
"text": "both the forces aligned with the GNU and the LNA are largely equipped with weapons of Russian or Soviet origin; in recent years, Türkiye has the been the primary supplier of arms to the GNU, while the LNA has received quantities from Russia and the United Arab Emirates (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Libya is under a UN-imposed arms embargo"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
@ -1004,6 +1001,11 @@
"IDPs": {
"text": "139,305 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Special Case; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/libya/"
}
}
}
}

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "21.3 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "20.5 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "21.1 years"
@ -170,16 +170,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.18% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.15% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "27.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "27.54 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of population lives on the eastern half of the island; significant clustering is found in the central highlands and eastern coastline, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "37.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "38.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "40.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -242,10 +242,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.47 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.47 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.71 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.71 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
"text": "22.6% (2021 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "60.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "62.3% (2021 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Michael RANDRIANIRINA (Col.) (since 17 October 2025)"
"text": "Michael RANDRIANIRINA (Col.)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Herintsalama RAJAONARIVELO (since 22 October 2025)"
@ -546,11 +546,12 @@
"text": "16 November 2023"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2023</em>: Andry RAJOELINA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Andry RAJOELINA (TGV) 59.0%, Siteny Thierry RANDRIANASOLONIAIKO 14.4%, Marc RAVALOMANANA (TIM) 12.1%, other 14.5%<br><em><br>2018</em>: Andry RAJOELINA elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Andry RAJOELINA (TGV) 39.2%, Marc RAVALOMANANA (TIM) 35.4%, other 25.4%; percent of vote in second round - Andry RAJOELINA 55.7%, Marc RAVALOMANANA 44.3%"
"text": "<em><br>2023</em>: Andry RAJOELINA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Andry RAJOELINA (TGV) 59.0%, Siteny Thierry RANDRIANASOLONIAIKO 14.4%, Marc RAVALOMANANA (TIM) 12.1%, other 14.5%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "November 2028"
}
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> on 14 October 2025 Col. Michael Randrianirina, commander of an elite unit of the country’s armed forces, announced the formation of a transitional government made up of civilians, which would rule for two years; the constitution, the country’s top court, and the electoral commission were suspended, and a referendum will be held to formulate a new constitution; the lower house of Parliament was not suspended and impeached former-President Andry RAJOELINA"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"legislative structure": {
@ -1116,10 +1117,10 @@
"text": "estimated 13,000 Armed Forces; estimated 10,000 Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory consists mostly of older or secondhand weapons and equipment originating from countries such as France, South Africa, the UAE, the UK, and the former Soviet Union (2024)"
"text": "the military's inventory consists mostly of older or secondhand armaments originating from countries such as France, South Africa, the former Soviet Union, the UAE, the UK, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for men and women; service obligation 18 months; no conscription; women are permitted to serve in all branches (2023)"
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; service obligation 18 months; conscription available in times of national emergency or war (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the military&rsquo;s responsibilities include ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity and protecting Madagascar&rsquo;s maritime domain, particularly against piracy, drug trafficking, and smuggling; it also assists the Gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, largely in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling, and criminal groups; the military has a history of influence in domestic politics and seized control of the government in October 2025; security relationships have included France, India, and Russia; Madagascar's small Navy has traditionally looked to India for assistance with maritime security (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "20.3 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.4 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20 years"
@ -181,16 +181,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.22% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.16% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "26.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "28.04 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "4.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.57 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is highest south of Lake Nyasa, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "31.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "28.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "36.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -253,10 +253,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.19 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.33 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.58 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.65 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
"text": "11.6% (2020 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "60.7% (2022 est.)"
"text": "62.1% (2020 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -542,10 +542,10 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Peter MUTHARIKA (since 4 October)"
"text": "President Peter MUTHARIKA (since 4 October 2025)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Vice President Jane ANSAH (since 4 October)"
"text": "President Peter MUTHARIKA (since 4 October 2025)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet named by the president"
@ -1007,10 +1007,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "12.9 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "15 million (2024 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "60 (2022 est.)"
"text": "69 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1075,10 +1075,10 @@
"text": "estimated 10,000 active Malawi Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the MDF's inventory is a mix of mostly older or secondhand equipment originating from such countries as France, South Africa, and the UK&nbsp; (2024)"
"text": "the MDF's inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand armaments originating from such countries as China, France, Israel, South Africa, and the UK (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-30years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; high school equivalent required for enlisted recruits and college equivalent for officer recruits; initial engagement is 7 years for enlisted personnel and 10 years for officers (2023)"
"text": "18-24 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "750 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "16.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "16.5 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "15.7 years"
@ -179,16 +179,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.9% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.88% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "40 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "39.44 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "8.1 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "7.87 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-2.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population lives in the southern half of the country, with greater density along the border with Burkina Faso, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "57.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "55.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "62.6 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -251,10 +251,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "5.35 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.26 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.64 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.59 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
"text": "15% (2024 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "77.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "79.2% (2018 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
"text": "29 July 2018, with runoff on 12 August 2018"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2018</em>: Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 41.7%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 17.8%, other 40.5%; percent of vote in second round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA 67.2%, Soumaila CISSE 32.8%<br><br><em>2013</em>: Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 39.8%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 19.7%, other 40.5%; percent of vote in second round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 77.6%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 22.4%"
"text": "<em><br>2018</em>: Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 41.7%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 17.8%, other 40.5%; percent of vote in second round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA 67.2%, Soumaila CISSE 32.8%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2022, the transition government adopted a charter allowing transition authorities to rule for up to 5 years, but the military junta pushed through a referendum in 2023 that created the potential for transition President GOITA to maintain his hold on power indefinitely"
},
@ -1077,13 +1077,10 @@
"text": "information varies; estimated 35-40,000 active FAMa, Gendarmerie, and National Guard (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAMa's inventory includes mostly Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with smaller quantities of secondhand and some more modern material from a variety of other countries, including China, Czechia, France, Russia, Turkey, and the UAE (2025)"
"text": "the FAMa's inventory includes mostly Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with smaller quantities of more modern material from a variety of suppliers, including France, Russia, South Africa, T&uuml;rkiye, and the UAE (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for men and women for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; 24-month compulsory service obligation (2023)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "<strong>note 1: </strong>in 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel<strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> until announcing its withdrawal in May of 2022, Mali was part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger; Mali had committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force"
"text": "18 years of age for men and women for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; 24-month compulsory service obligation (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the FAMa is responsible for the defense of the country’s sovereignty and territory, but also has some domestic security duties, including the maintenance of public order and support to law enforcement; it also participates in socio-economic development projects; the military has traditionally played a large role in Mali’s politics; prior to the coup in August 2020 and military takeover in May 2021, it had intervened in the political arena at least five times since the country gained independence in 1960 (1968, 1976, 1978, 1991, 2012)<br><br>the FAMa and other security forces are actively engaged in combat operations against several insurgent/terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), as well as other armed rebel organizations, communal militias, and criminal bands spread across the central, northern, and southern regions of the country; a large portion of the country--up to 50% by some estimates--is outside of government control<br><br>the FAMa and the remainder of the security forces collapsed in 2012 during the fighting against Tuareg rebels and Islamic militants and were rebuilt beginning in 2013 with external assistance from the EU and the UN; the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM) ended their missions in 2023 and 2024, respectively; France intervened militarily in Mali in 2013 to assist with regaining the northern half of the country from rebel and Islamic militant groups; French troops withdrew in 2022; since 2021, Mali has increased security ties with Russia, which has provided equipment, training, and other forms of military support (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "30.6 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "30.9 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "30.1 years"
@ -186,16 +186,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "0.84% (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.81% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "16.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "16.5 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.66 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the highest population density is found along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts; a number of densely populated agglomerations are scattered through the Atlas Mountains, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "18.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "17.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -255,10 +255,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.25 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.24 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.1 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.09 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
"text": "3% (2019 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "58.8% (2023 est.)"
"text": "58% (2018 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador-designate Richard Duke BUCHAN III; Charg&eacute; d'Affaires Ben ZIFF (since 28 August 2025)"
"text": "Ambassador-designate Richard Duke BUCHAN III (since 3 December 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Km 5.7 Avenue Mohammed VI, Souissi, Rabat 10170"
@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR): Royal Moroccan Army (includes the Moroccan Royal Guard), Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force, Moroccan Royal Guard, Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Interior: General Directorate for National Security (DGSN; aka National Police), Auxiliary Forces (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Royal Guard is officially part of the Army, but is under the direct operational control of the Royal Military Household of His Majesty the King; it provides for the security and safety of the King and royal family; it was established in the 11th century and is considered one of the world's oldest active units still in military service<strong><br><br></strong><strong>note 2:  </strong>the DGSN manages internal law enforcement in cities; the Gendarmerie is responsible for law enforcement in rural regions and on national highways and has a counterterrorism role; the Auxiliary Forces provide support to the Gendarmerie and DGSN "
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Royal Guard is officially part of the Army but is under the direct operational control of the Royal Military Household of His Majesty the King; it provides for the security and safety of the King and royal family; it was established in the 11th century and is considered one of the world's oldest active units still in military service<strong><br><br></strong><strong>note 2:  </strong>the DGSN manages internal law enforcement in cities; the Gendarmerie is responsible for law enforcement in rural regions and on national highways and has a counterterrorism role; the Auxiliary Forces provide support to the Gendarmerie and DGSN "
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
@ -1193,13 +1193,13 @@
"text": "estimated 220,000 active Armed Forces (175,000 Army; 10,000 Navy; 15,000 Air Force, 20,000 Gendarmerie) (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Moroccan military's inventory is comprised of mostly older French and US equipment, although in recent years it has embarked on a modernization program and received quantities of more modern equipment from a variety of countries, particularly France, Spain, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the Moroccan military's inventory is mostly a mix of older and some more modern armaments from France and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "19-25 years of age for 12-month compulsory and voluntary military service for men and women (conscription abolished 2006 and reintroduced in 2019) (2023)"
"text": "19-25 years of age for 12-month compulsory and voluntary military service for men and women (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "770 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 930 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2024)"
"text": "775 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 890 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)&nbsp; (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are responsible for protecting Morocco’s national interests, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; key areas of concern for the FAR include international terrorism, maritime security, and regional challenges such as the Polisario Front in Western Sahara and Algeria; the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), an organization that seeks the independence of Western Sahara, disputes Morocco’s claim of sovereignty over the territory; Moroccan and Polisario forces fought intermittently from 1975, when Spain relinquished colonial authority over the territory, until a 1991 cease-fire and the establishment of a UN peacekeeping mission; the Polisario withdrew from the cease-fire in November 2020, and since then there have been reports of low-intensity hostilities between Morocco and the Polisario Front across the 2,500-kilometer-long berm built in 1987 that separates the two sides; Algeria is seen as a regional rival and has openly backed the Polisario Front<br><br>the FAR participates in international peacekeeping operations, as well as both bilateral and multinational training exercises; it has relations with a variety of partners including the militaries of France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and the US, as well as NATO, the Arab League, and the African Union; Morocco has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation<br><br>the FAR was created in May 1956; Moroccans were recruited for service in the Spahi and Tirailleur regiments of the French Army during the period of the French protectorate (1912-1956), and Moroccans fought under the French Army during both World Wars, as well as the First Indochina War (1946-1954); the Spanish Army recruited Moroccans from the Spanish Protectorate during both the Rif War (1921-26) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)<br><br>the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was established by Security Council resolution 690 in April 1991 in accordance with settlement proposals accepted in August 1988 by Morocco and the Polisario Front; MINURSO was unable to carry out all the original settlement proposals, but continues to monitor the cease-fire and reduce the threat of mines and unexploded ordnance, and has provided logistic support to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "39.6 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "40 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "38.1 years"
@ -166,16 +166,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "0.07% (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.06% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "9.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "9.73 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "9.14 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is one of the highest in the world; urban clusters are found throughout the main island, with a greater density in and around Port Luis; the population on Rodrigues Island is fairly evenly spread, with a slightly denser cluster on the north coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "11.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "11.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "13.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -234,10 +234,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "1.36 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.36 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "0.66 (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.66 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
}
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "62% (2023 est.)"
"text": "51.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
"text": "7 November 2019"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2019</em>: Prithvirajsing ROOPUN (MSM) elected president by the National Assembly - unanimous vote<br><br>2015: Ameenah GURIB-FAKIM (independent) elected president by the National Assembly - unanimous vote"
"text": "<em><br>2019</em>: Prithvirajsing ROOPUN (MSM) elected president by the National Assembly - unanimous vote"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "2024"
@ -1057,9 +1057,6 @@
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; the Mauritius Police Force (MPF) under the Ministry of Defense is responsible for the country's security; it includes a paramilitary unit known as the Special Mobile Force, which includes some motorized infantry and light armored units; the MPF also has a Police Helicopter Squadron, a Special Support Unit (riot police), and the National Coast Guard (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the MPF's inventory is comprised of mostly secondhand equipment from Western European countries and India (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "key security priorities for the Maritius Police Force (MPF) include combating narcotics trafficking, ensuring public order, fighting cybercrime, improving maritime security, and responding to natural disasters; the MPF's primary security partner is India, which provides training and other support to the National Coast Guard, while Indian naval vessels often patrol the country's waters; the MPF has also received assistance and training from France, the UK, and the US<br><br>the Special Mobile Force was created in 1960 following the withdrawal of the British garrison (2025)"
}

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "22.1 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "18.6 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "21.1 years"
@ -189,16 +189,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.92% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.88% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "27.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "34.01 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.2 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.18 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "vast areas of the country, particularly in the central, northern, and eastern areas, are desert and lack sizeable population clusters; half the population lives in or around the coastal capital of Nouakchott; smaller clusters are found near the southern border with Mali and Senegal, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "48.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "29.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "54.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -261,10 +261,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.4 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.76 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.68 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.34 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
"text": "22.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "66% (2023 est.)"
"text": "66.1% (2020 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
"text": "29 June 2024"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2024:</em> Mohamed Ould Cheikh el GHAZOUANI reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Mohamed Ould Cheikh el GHAZOUANI (UPR) 56.1%, Biram Dah Ould ABEID (independent) 22.1%, Hamadi Sidi el MOKHTAR independent) 12.8%, other 9.0%<br><em><br>2019:</em> Mohamed Ould Cheikh el GHAZOUANI elected president in first round; percent of vote - Mohamed Ould Cheikh el GHAZOUANI (UPR) 52%, Biram Dah Ould ABEID (independent) 18.6%, Sidi Mohamed Ould BOUBACAR (independent) 17.9%, other 11.5%"
"text": "<em><br>2024:</em> Mohamed Ould Cheikh el GHAZOUANI reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Mohamed Ould Cheikh el GHAZOUANI (UPR) 56.1%, Biram Dah Ould ABEID (independent) 22.1%, Hamadi Sidi el MOKHTAR independent) 12.8%, other 9.0%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "June 2029"
@ -1023,10 +1023,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "5.36 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "4.76 million (2024 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "113 (2022 est.)"
"text": "92 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1125,13 +1125,13 @@
"text": "estimated 17,000 active Mauritanian Armed Forces; estimated 3,000 Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory is limited and made up largely of older French and Soviet-era equipment; in recent years, Mauritania has received some secondhand and new military equipment, including unmanned aircraft (drones), from several suppliers, including China and the UAE (2024)"
"text": "the military's inventory is limited and made up largely of older French and Soviet-era equipment; in recent years, Mauritania has received some secondhand and new military equipment from several suppliers, including China, France, and the UAE (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; has a compulsory two-year military service law, but the law has reportedly never been applied (2023)"
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; has a compulsory two-year military service law, but the law has reportedly never been applied (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "450 (plus about 325 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)"
"text": "450 (plus about 325 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "founded in 1960, the Mauritanian military is responsible for territorial defense and internal security; it also assists in economic development projects, humanitarian missions, and disaster response; border and maritime security, regional stability, and the threat of terrorist groups operating in the Sahel, particularly Mali, are key areas of focus; Mauritania has received security assistance from the EU, France, NATO, and the US (2025)"

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"text": "Makhuwa 26.1%, Portuguese (official) 16.6%, Tsonga 8.6%, Nyanja 8.1, Sena 7.1%, Lomwe 7.1%, Chuwabo 4.7%, Ndau 3.8%, Tswa 3.8%, other Mozambican languages 11.8%, other 0.5%, unspecified 1.8% (2017 est.)"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Roman Catholic 27.2%, Muslim 18.9%, Zionist Christian 15.6%, Evangelical/Pentecostal 15.3%, Anglican 1.7%, other 4.8%, none 13.9%, unspecified 2.5% (2017 est.)"
"text": "Catholic 27.3%, Islam 19.1%, Pentecostal 16.7%, Saio/Zione 16.3%, no religion 13.5%, other 4.3%, Anglican 1.7%, unknown 1.2% (2017 est.)"
},
"Age structure": {
"0-14 years": {
@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "17.3 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "17.4 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "16.7 years"
@ -179,16 +179,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.54% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.53% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "36.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "36.07 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "9.34 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "three large population clusters are found along the southern coast between Maputo and Inhambane, in the central area between Beira and Chimoio along the Zambezi River, and in and around the northern cities of Nampula, Cidade de Nacala, and Pemba; the northwest and southwest are the least populated areas, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "58.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "56.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "60.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -251,10 +251,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.66 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.58 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.29 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.26 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
"text": "15.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "63.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "64.8% (2023 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1062,10 +1062,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "15 million (2022 est.)"
"text": "17.1 million (2024 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "42 (2022 est.)"
"text": "50 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1161,10 +1161,10 @@
"text": "estimated 12,000 active FADM (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FADM's inventory consists primarily of Russian and Soviet-era equipment, although in recent years it has received some more modern equipment from a variety of countries, mostly as aid/donations (2024)"
"text": "the FADM's inventory consists primarily of Soviet-era armaments, although in recent years it has received some secondhand equipment from a number of countries, including India, South Africa, and the UAE, mostly as donations (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "has conscription and voluntary service; registration for military service is mandatory for all men and women at 18 years of age; 18-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; initial 60-month service obligation (2025)"
"text": "registration for military service is mandatory for all men and women at 18 years of age; 18-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; initial 60-month service obligation (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the FADM is responsible for external security, cooperating with police on internal security, and responding to natural disasters and other emergencies; the primary focus of the FADM is countering an insurgency in the northern province of Cabo Delgado by militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham terrorist group (ISIS-Mozambique; known locally as Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama&lsquo;a); since 2017, the conflict has claimed an estimated 6,000 lives and displaced an estimated one million persons; at Mozambique's request, Rwanda and several southern African countries under the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) deployed forces to Mozambique to combat the insurgency in 2021; the SADC forces departed in 2024; as of 2025, Rwanda continued to provide approximately 3,000 military and police personnel to assist Mozambican Defense and Security Forces, along with several hundred Tanzanian troops; the EU has also provided training assistance (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "15.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "15.3 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "14.9 years"
@ -181,16 +181,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "3.66% (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.65% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "46.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "46.29 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "9.24 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "majority of the populace is located in the southernmost extreme of the country along the border with Nigeria and Benin, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "64.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "63 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "69.2 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -253,10 +253,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "6.64 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.55 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "3.27 (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.23 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
"text": "34.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "80.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "81.3% (2021 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
@ -566,12 +566,12 @@
"text": "27 December 2020, with a runoff held on 21 February 2021"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2020/2021</em>: Mohamed BAZOUM elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Mohamed BAZOUM (PNDS-Tarrayya) 39.3%, Mahamane OUSMANE (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 9%, Albade ABOUDA (MPR-Jamhuriya) 7.1%, other 27.6%; percent of vote in second round - Mohamed BAZOUM 55.7%, Mahamane OUSMANE 44.3%<br><br><em>2016</em>: ISSOUFOU Mahamadou reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou (PNDS-Tarrayya) 48.6%, Hama AMADOU (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17.8%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 11.3%, other 22.3%; percent of vote in second round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou 92%, Hama AMADOU 8%"
"text": "<em><br>2020/2021</em>: Mohamed BAZOUM elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Mohamed BAZOUM (PNDS-Tarrayya) 39.3%, Mahamane OUSMANE (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 9%, Albade ABOUDA (MPR-Jamhuriya) 7.1%, other 27.6%; percent of vote in second round - Mohamed BAZOUM 55.7%, Mahamane OUSMANE 44.3%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "2025"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> deposed president BAZOUM has been under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> deposed president Mohamed BAZOUM has been under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"legislature name": {
@ -1063,8 +1063,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie (GN)<br><br>Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization: Niger National Guard (GNN), National Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie (GN) and the National Guard (GNN) are paramilitary forces; the GN has primary responsibility for rural security while the GNN is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the National Police includes the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, which is charged with border management"
"text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie<br><br>Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization: Niger National Guard, National Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Niger Gendarmerie (GN) and the Niger National Guard (GNN) are paramilitary forces; the GN has primary responsibility for rural security while the GNN is responsible for domestic security and the protection of high-level officials and government buildings<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance under the National Police is charged with border management"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
@ -1084,20 +1084,17 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "estimated 35-40,000 active Nigerien Armed Forces, including Gendarmerie; estimated 5-10,000 National Guard (2025)",
"text": "estimated 50,000 active Armed Forces, including Gendarmerie; estimated 15-20,000 National Guard (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>in 2020, the Nigerien Government announced it intended to increase the size of the FAN to 50,000 by 2025 and 100,000 by 2030"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAN has a wide mix of mostly older, typically Soviet-era, or donated/secondhand weapons and equipment, along with small quantities of more modern items such as unmanned aerial vehicles/drones and air defense systems; suppliers have included China, Egypt, France, Italy, Russia, Turkey, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the FAN's inventory is comprised of older, typically Soviet-era weapons and equipment, along with smaller quantities of more modern armaments such as unmanned aerial vehicles/drones, air defense systems, and armored vehicles; suppliers over the past decade include China, France, Russia, South Africa, T&uuml;rkiye, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for selective compulsory or voluntary military service for unmarried men and women; 24-month service term (2023)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced they were forming a joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel"
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for selective compulsory or voluntary military service for unmarried men and women; 24-month service term (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the military of Niger is responsible for territorial defense, but most of its focus is on internal and border security operations; the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) and the al-Qaida affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terrorist groups are active in western Niger and in adjacent strongholds in Burkina Faso and Mali, while the Nigeria-based Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa groups threaten southeast Niger; parts of Niger also face spillover from communal, criminal, and vigilante violence in neighboring Nigeria; since the 2023 coup, some former ethnic separatist rebels have taken up arms in support of deposed President BAZOUM<br><br>the military has played a significant role in Niger's domestic politics since its establishment in 1960-61; prior to seizing control of the government in 2023, it attempted coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, 2010, and 2021, and ruled the country for much of the period before 1999 (2025)"
"text": "the military of Niger is responsible for territorial defense, but most of its focus is on internal and border security operations; the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) and the al-Qaida affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terrorist groups are active in western Niger and in adjacent strongholds in Burkina Faso and Mali, while the Nigeria-based Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa groups threaten southeast Niger; parts of Niger also face spillover from communal, criminal, and vigilante violence in neighboring Nigeria; since the 2023 coup, some former ethnic separatist rebels have taken up arms in support of deposed President BAZOUM<br><br>the military has played a role in Niger's domestic politics since its establishment in 1960-61; prior to seizing control of the government in 2023, it attempted coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, 2010, and 2021, and ruled the country for much of the period before 1999 (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "19.3 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.4 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.1 years"
@ -189,16 +189,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.52% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.39% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "33.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "33.56 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "8.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "9.42 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "53.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "65.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "58.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -261,10 +261,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.52 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.59 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.19 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.23 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
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"text": "24.4% (2021 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "66.2% (2023 est.)"
"text": "67.6% (2018 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@
"text": "information varies; estimated 140,000 active Armed Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory consists of a wide variety of imported weapons systems of Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, Russian (including Soviet-era), and US origin; the military is undergoing a modernization program, and in recent years has received equipment from a range of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Italy, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, and the US; Nigeria is also developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2025)"
"text": "the military's inventory consists primarily of imported weapons systems from a range of countries, including Brazil, China, France, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Korea, T&uuml;rkiye, and the US; Nigeria is developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, light armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "18.7 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "18.7 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "18.7 years"
@ -170,16 +170,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "4.65% (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.52% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "36.4 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "35.68 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "8.65 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "19.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "18.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "clusters found in urban areas, particularly in the western interior and around the White Nile, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "60.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "58.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "65.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -238,10 +238,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "5.09 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.98 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.48 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.43 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -297,9 +297,6 @@
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
"text": "6.6% (2014)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "72% (2023 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2016 est.)"
@ -975,10 +972,12 @@
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>some active SSPDF personnel may be militia; the National/Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) were expected to have up to 80,000 personnel when training and integration is completed; the first batch of approximately 20,000 NUF personnel completed training in late 2022"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SSPDF inventory is comprised primarily of Soviet-era equipment; South Sudan has been under a UN arms embargo since 2018 (2024)"
"text": "the SSPDF inventory is a mix of primarily of Soviet-era armaments alongside limited quantities of more modern equipment such as armored personnel carriers from UAE (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> South Sudan has been under a UN arms embargo since 2018 (extended for 1 year in May 2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory (men) and voluntary (men and women) military service; 12-24 months service (2023)"
"text": "18 (legal minimum age)-35 for voluntary military service for men and women; 12-24 months service (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the UN reports that there are thousands of child soldiers in South Sudan serving in the SSPDF and militia forces although the South Sudanese Government has pledged to end the practice"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) are largely focused on border and internal security; areas of concern include disputed national borders, conflict spillover from neighboring Sudan, banditry, and armed rebel groups and militias that continue to operate in the country since the civil war ended in 2020<br><br>the SSPDF, formerly the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), was founded as a guerrilla movement against the Sudanese Government in 1983 and participated in the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005); the Juba Declaration that followed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 unified the SPLA and the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF), the second-largest rebel militia remaining from the civil war, under the SPLA name; in 2017, the SPLA was renamed the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) and in September 2018 was renamed again as the SSPDF<br><br>the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has operated in the country since 2011 with the objectives of consolidating peace and security and helping establish conditions for the successful economic and political development of South Sudan; UNMISS has about 18,000 personnel assigned; the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; its mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; UNISFA has approximately 3,800 personnel assigned (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "18.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "18.5 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "17.8 years"
@ -169,16 +169,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.54% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.55% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "36 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "35.82 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.2 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.99 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-3.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "approximately one fifth of the population lives in the capital city of Bissau along the Atlantic coast; the remainder is distributed among the eight mainly rural regions, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "46.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "45.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "52 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -237,10 +237,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.62 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.59 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.28 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.26 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
"text": "18.8% (2019 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "56.7% (2023 est.)"
"text": "59% (2019 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "People's Revolutionary Armed Force (Forcas Armadas Revolucionarias do Povo or FARP): Army, Navy, Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Administration: National Guard (a gendarmerie force), Public Order Police, Border Police, Rapid Intervention Police, Maritime Police (2024)",
"text": "People's Revolutionary Armed Force (Forcas Armadas Revolucionarias do Povo or FARP): Army, Navy, Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Administration: National Guard (a gendarmerie force), Public Order Police, Border Police, Rapid Intervention Police, Maritime Police (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Public Order Police is responsible for maintaining law and order, while the Judicial Police, under the Ministry of Justice, has primary responsibility for investigating drug trafficking, terrorism, and other transnational crimes"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1047,10 +1047,10 @@
"text": "estimated 4,000 active FARP (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FARP is outfitted mostly with Soviet-era weapons and equipment, along with a handful of secondhand items from France and Spain (2024)"
"text": "the FARP is outfitted mostly with Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service for men and women (Air Force service is voluntary); 16 years of age or younger, with parental consent, for voluntary service (2023)"
"text": "18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service for men and women (Air Force service is voluntary) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Armed Forces (FARP) are focused on external security, but also has some internal security duties; the FARP and the paramilitary National Guard have been influential in the country&rsquo;s politics since independence and have attempted several coups; since the 2000s, the FARP has undergone various attempts at defense and security sector reforms under the auspices of the African Union, the EU, the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), and the UN (2025)"

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}
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Christian 95.9% (Protestant 57.7% [includes Adventist 12.6%], Roman Catholic 38.2%), Muslim 2.1%, other 1% (includes traditional, Jehovah's Witness), none 1.1% (2019-20 est.)"
"text": "Catholic 39.9%, Pentecostal 21.3%, Protestant 14.6%, Adventist 12.2%, other Christians 4.2%, no religion 3.0%, Muslim 2.0%, other religions 2.0%; less than 1%: Jehovah Witness, not specified, Animist&nbsp; (2022 est.)"
},
"Age structure": {
"0-14 years": {
@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "20.8 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.3 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.1 years"
@ -179,16 +179,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.62% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "25 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "25.05 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.87 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; large concentrations tend to be in the central regions and along the shore of Lake Kivu in the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "24.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "27.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "27.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.14 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.2 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.54 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.58 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
"text": "7.7% (2020 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "50.4% (2023 est.)"
"text": "49.9% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
},
"Economy": {
"Economic overview": {
"text": "fast-growing Sub-Saharan economy; major public investments; trade and tourism hit hard by COVID-19; increasing poverty after 2 decades of declines; Ugandan competition for regional influence; major coffee exporter; contested GDP figures"
"text": "<p>low-income Sub-Saharan economy; services, industry, and agriculture sectors driving growth; increased government spending on human capital, energy, and healthcare; major infrastructure projects including the Bugesera Airport intended to support long-term growth; challenges include lack of economic diversification, high inflation, and wide current account deficit</p>"
},
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024": {
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"text": "approximately 30-35,000 active Rwanda Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the RDF's inventory includes a mix of older and some modern equipment from suppliers such as China, France, Israel, Russia and the former Soviet Union, South Africa, and Turkey (2024)"
"text": "the RDF's inventory is a mix of older and some modern equipment from suppliers such as China, France, Israel, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Africa, and T&uuml;rkiye (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription; Rwandan citizenship is required; enlistment is either as contract (5-years, renewable twice) or career professional (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2022, women comprised approximately 6% of the Rwanda Defense Force"
"text": "typically 18-30 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service (including officer candidates and those with university degrees and specialized qualifications); enlistment is either as contract (5-years, renewable twice) or career professional; no conscription (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "approximately 3,200 Central African Republic (about 2,200 under MINUSCA, plus some 700 police; approximately 1,000 under a bi-lateral agreement); estimated 3-4,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo; estimated 3,000 Mozambique (bilateral agreement to assist with combating an insurgency; includes both military and police forces); 2,600 (plus about 450 police) South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "38.7 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "39.2 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "38.2 years"
@ -166,16 +166,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "0.56% (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.53% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "11.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "11.59 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "7.02 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "more than three quarters of the population lives on the main island of Mahe; Praslin is home to less than 10%, and a smaller percentage is on La Digue and the outer islands, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "10.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "10 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "12.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -234,10 +234,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "1.81 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.8 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "0.89 (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.89 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: total": {
@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
}
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "45% (2023 est.)"
"text": "44.6% (2022 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
@ -483,13 +483,13 @@
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "22-24 October 2020"
"text": "9 October 2025"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br><em>2020</em>: Wavel RAMKALAWAN elected president; Wavel RAMKALAWAN (LDS) 54.9%, Danny FAURE (US) 43.5%, other 1.6%<br><br><em>2015</em>:  President James Alix MICHEL reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - James Alix MICHEL (PL) 47.8%, Wavel RAMKALAWAN (SNP) 35.3%, other 16.9%; percent of vote in second round - James Alix MICHEL 50.2%, Wavel RAMKALAWAN 49.8%"
"text": "<br><em>2025</em>: Patrick HERMINIE elected president; Patrick HERMINIE (US) 52.7%, Wavel RAMKALAWAN (LDS) 47.3%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "2025"
"text": "2030"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the president is both chief of state and head of government"
},
@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador-designate Vivianne FOCK TAVE (since August 2025); note - also Permanent Representative to the UN-designate"
"text": "Ambassador Vivianne FOCK TAVE (since 16 December 2025); note - also Permanent Representative to the UN"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "685 Third Avenue, Suite 1107, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10017"
@ -991,10 +991,10 @@
"text": "approximately 500 active Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SDF's inventory primarily consists of Soviet-era equipment delivered in the 1970s and 1980s; in recent years, the SDF has received limited amounts of more modern equipment, mostly donations of patrol boats and aircraft, from several suppliers, including Bahrain, China, India, and the UAE (2024)"
"text": "the SDF is lightly armed; its inventory consists of obsolescent armaments delivered in the 1970s and 1980s and some more recently donated equipment from Bahrain, China, India, and UAE (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-28 (18-25 for officers) years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year initial commitment; no conscription (2023)"
"text": "18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2026)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "formed in 1977, the SDF is one of the World's smallest militaries; its primary responsibility is maritime security, including countering illegal fishing, piracy, and drug smuggling; it was given police powers in 2022; the Seychelles maintains close security ties with India, which has provided support to the SDF's maritime security operations (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "30.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "30.7 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "30.1 years"
@ -192,16 +192,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.07% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.06% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "17.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "17.21 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "6.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.56 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is concentrated along the southern and southeastern coast, and inland around Pretoria; the eastern half of the country is more densely populated than the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "21.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "23.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -260,10 +260,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.27 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.23 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.12 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.1 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
"text": "4.9% (2017 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "36.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "33.6% (2020 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Marc DILLARD (since October 2025)"
"text": "Ambassador-designate Leo Brent BOZELL III; Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Marc DILLARD (since October 2025)"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "877 Pretorius Street, Arcadia, Pretoria"
@ -1217,10 +1217,10 @@
"text": "approximately 65-70,000 active-duty National Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SANDF's inventory consists of a mix of domestically produced and foreign-supplied equipment; South Africa's domestic defense industry produced most of the Army's major weapons systems (some were jointly produced with foreign companies), while the Air Force and Navy inventories include a mix of aging European, Israeli, and US origin weapons and equipment; South Africa has one of Africa's leading defense industries (2024)"
"text": "the SANDF's inventory is a mix of domestically produced and foreign-supplied equipment; South Africa's domestic defense industry produced most of the Army's major weapons systems (some were jointly produced with foreign companies), while the Air Force and Navy inventories include a mix of European, Israeli, and US origin armaments, alongside some domestic systems, such as combat helicopters and some naval vessels; South Africa has one of Africa's leading defense industries (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-22 (18-26 for college graduates) years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; initial 2-year service obligation (2025)",
"text": "18-22 (18-26 for college graduates) years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; initial 24-month service obligation (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2023, women comprised nearly 30% of the military"
},
"Military deployments": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "19.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.4 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "18.4 years"
@ -183,16 +183,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.46% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.4% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "30.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "29.54 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.85 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "31.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "30.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "34.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -255,10 +255,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.06 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.96 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.98 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.93 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
"text": "16.2% (2023 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "65.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "65.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1145,13 +1145,13 @@
"text": "approximately 25,000 active Armed Forces personnel, including the Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of older, secondhand, and more modern equipment from a variety of countries, including France, South Africa, and Russia/former Soviet Union; in recent years, the military has undertaken a modernization program and has received newer equipment from more than 10 countries, including France and the US (2024)"
"text": "the military has a mix of older, secondhand, and some more modern equipment from a variety of suppliers, including China, France, Russia, South Africa, Spain, T&uuml;rkiye, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "19 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (18 years of age for cadets); 24-month service commitment (2024)"
"text": "18-28 (up to 35 for specialized roles); 24-month service commitment (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA; plus about 525 police); 800 (ECOWAS Military Intervention in The Gambia--ECOMIG); 500 (ECOWAS Stabilization Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau--EESMGB); 450 police Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2024)"
"text": "190 Central African Republic (MINUSCA; plus about 575 police); approximately 380 police Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)&nbsp; (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Senegalese military is responsible for both territorial defense and internal security; it also assists the civilian government in such areas as preventive healthcare, infrastructure development, environmental protection, and disaster response; key areas of focus for the military include a low-level insurgency in the country's south, maritime security, and securing the border against smuggling and Sahel-based Islamist insurgent groups affiliated with al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State; the military participates in foreign peacekeeping deployments and multinational exercises; its closest security partner is France, which has long maintained a military presence in Senegal  <br><br>Senegalese security forces have been engaged in a low-level counterinsurgency campaign in the southern Casamance region against factions of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MDFC) since 1982; the conflict is one of longest running low-level insurgencies in the World, having claimed more than 5,000 lives while leaving another 60,000 displaced; in recent years, nearly all of the MDFC factions have agreed to cease hostilities (2025)"

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"text": "English"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Anglican 63.2%, unspecified 11.4%, no religion 9%, Jehovah's Witness 3.8%, Baptist 2.3%, Salvation Army 2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.9%, New Apostolic 1.6%, other Christian 1.4%, other 1.1%  (2021 est.)",
"text": "Anglican 63.2%, unspecified 11.4%, no religion 9%, Jehovah's Witness 3.8%, Baptist 2.3%, Salvation Army 2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.9%, New Apostolic 1.6%, other Christian 1.4%, other 1.1% (2021 est.)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent Saint Helena only"
},
"Age structure": {
@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "45.1 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "45.5 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "44.8 years"
@ -164,16 +164,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "0.1% (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.08% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "9.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "9.31 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "8.55 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "<em>Saint Helena:</em> population is concentrated in and around the capital of Jamestown in the northwest, with another significant cluster in the interior Longwood area<br><br><em>Ascension:</em> most of the population lives in and around Georgetown<br><br><em>Tristan da Cunha:</em> most of the nearly 300 inhabitants live in the northern coastal town of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas"
@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "18.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "17.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "21.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -229,10 +229,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "1.61 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.61 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "0.78 (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.79 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: total": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "19.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.7 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19 years"
@ -177,16 +177,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.32% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.24% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "30.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "30.04 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "8.8 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "1.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population clusters are found in the lower elevations of the south and west; the northern third of the country is less populated, as shown on this population distribution map"
@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "71.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "70.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "76 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -249,10 +249,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.61 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.52 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.78 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.73 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
"text": "12% (2021 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "58.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "61.5% (2019 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@
"text": "estimated 10,000 active Armed Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the RSLAF has a small inventory that includes a mix of Soviet-origin and other older foreign-supplied equipment; in recent years, it has received limited amounts of newer equipment, mostly as donations, such as patrol boats from China and South Korea (2024)"
"text": "the RSLAF has a small inventory comprised of obsolescent or secondhand imported armaments (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "19.1 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "15.7 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.3 years"
@ -174,16 +174,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.55% (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.32% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "37.4 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "46.36 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "11.2 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "11.22 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-1.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "distribution varies greatly throughout the country; least densely populated areas are in the northeast and central regions, as well as areas along the Kenyan border; most populated areas are in and around the cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Boorama, Hargeysa, and Baidoa, as shown on this population distribution map"
@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "83.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "81.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "93.2 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -242,10 +242,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "5.12 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.38 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.52 (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.14 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
}
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "62.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "62.4% (2019 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
"text": "15 May 2022"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2022:</em> HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud elected president in third round - Federal Parliament percent of vote in first round - Said ABDULLAHI DENI (Kaah) 20.2%, Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" (TPP) 18.3%, HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud (PDP) 16.2%, Hassan Ali KHAYRE (independent) 14.6%, other 30.7%; Federal Parliament percent of vote in second round - HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud 34.1%, Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" 25.7%, Said ABDULLAHI DENI 21%, Hassan Ali KHAYRE 19.2%; Federal Parliament percent of vote in third round - HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud  66%, Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" 34%<br><br><em>2017:</em> Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" elected president in second round; Federal Parliament number of votes in first round - HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud (PDP) 88, Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" (TPP) 72, Sheikh SHARIF Sheikh Ahmed (ARS) 49, other 37; Federal Parliament number of votes in second round - Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" 184, HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud 97, Sheikh SHARIF Sheikh Ahmed 45"
"text": "<em><br>2022:</em> HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud elected president in third round - Federal Parliament percent of vote in first round - Said ABDULLAHI DENI (Kaah) 20.2%, Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" (TPP) 18.3%, HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud (PDP) 16.2%, Hassan Ali KHAYRE (independent) 14.6%, other 30.7%; Federal Parliament percent of vote in second round - HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud 34.1%, Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" 25.7%, Said ABDULLAHI DENI 21%, Hassan Ali KHAYRE 19.2%; Federal Parliament percent of vote in third round - HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud  66%, Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" 34%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "2026"
@ -984,7 +984,7 @@
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Somali Armed Forces (SAF; aka Somali Defense Force): Somali National Army (SNA; aka Land Forces), Somali Navy, Somali Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Security: Somali National Police (SNP, includes Coast Guard, commando unit) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Somalia has numerous militia and regional/state forces operating throughout the country; the militia include clan- and warlord-based militias, as well as some that are externally sponsored; regional forces include semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (\"darwish\")<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>Somaliland and Puntland have separate military, security, and paramilitary forces"
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Somalia has numerous militias and regional/state forces operating throughout the country; the militias include clan- and warlord-based forces, as well as some that are externally sponsored; regional forces include semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (\"darwish\")<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>Somaliland and Puntland have separate military, security, and paramilitary forces"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
@ -1008,13 +1008,13 @@
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>tens of thousands of militia forces are also active in Somalia"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SNA's inventory is a mix of older, secondhand, and donated equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Italy, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the SNA's inventory is a mix of older and donated (typically secondhand) equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Italy, Russia, South Africa, T&uuml;rkiye, the UK, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription of men aged 18-40 and women aged 18-30 is authorized, but not currently utilized (2023)"
"text": "18-22 for voluntary military service for men and women in the Somali Armed Forces; compulsory service is reportedly authorized, but not currently utilized (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the primary responsibility of the Somali National Army (SNA) is combating the al-Shabaab terrorist group, which controls large portions of central and southern Somalia and continues to conduct attacks targeting both military and civilian sites, including military bases, government institutions, and civilian gatherings; the SNA is supported by the National Police, regional/state security forces, and allied militias, as well as international forces; some African Union (AU) countries have provided military assistance to the SNA since 2007 under the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM, 2007-2022), the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS, 2022-2024), and the AU Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM, January 2025-present); Turkey and the US have also provided military support to SNA operations<br><br>Turkey and the US have formed and trained SNA units, including the US-backed Danab (\"Lightning\") Brigade and the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") brigades; SNA soldiers have also received training from Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the EU, Uganda, the UAE, and the UK (2025)"
"text": "the primary responsibility of the Somali National Army (SNA) is combating the al-Shabaab terrorist group, which controls large portions of central and southern Somalia and continues to conduct attacks targeting both military and civilian sites, including military bases, government institutions, and civilian gatherings; the SNA is supported by the National Police, regional/state security forces, and allied militias, as well as international forces; some African Union (AU) countries have provided military assistance to the SNA since 2007 under the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM, 2007-2022), the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS, 2022-2024), and the AU Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM, January 2025-present); Turkey and the US have also provided military support to SNA operations<br><br>Turkey and the US have formed and trained SNA units, including the US-backed Danab (\"Lightning\") Brigade and the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") brigades; SNA soldiers have also received training from Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the EU, Uganda, UAE, and the UK (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {
@ -1031,6 +1031,11 @@
"IDPs": {
"text": "3,869,345 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Special Case; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/somalia/"
}
}
}
}

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "19.3 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19.5 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19 years"
@ -189,16 +189,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.55% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.54% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "33.1 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "32.95 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-1.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "with the exception of a ribbon of settlement that corresponds to the banks of the Nile, northern Sudan is sparsely populated; sizeable areas of population are found around Khartoum, southeast between the Blue and White Nile Rivers, and throughout South Darfur, as shown on this population distribution map"
@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "40.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "39.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "46 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -257,10 +257,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.47 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.41 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.18 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.15 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -319,9 +319,6 @@
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
"text": "33% (2014)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "61.4% (2023 est.)"
},
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
"total": {
"text": "7 years (2015 est.)"
@ -1045,12 +1042,12 @@
"text": "prior to the outbreak of fighting between the SAF and the RSF in 2023, size estimates for Sudan's armed forces varied widely: up to 200,000 SAF; up to 100,000 RSF; up to 80,000 Central Reserve Police (2023)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SAF's inventory includes a mix of mostly Chinese, Russian, Soviet-era, and domestically produced weapons systems; Sudan has one of the largest defense industries in Africa, which includes state-owned companies with military involvement; it has mostly manufactured weapons systems under license from China, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Sudan has been under a UN Security Council approved arms embargo since 2005 as a result of violence in Darfur; in September 2024, the embargo was extended for another year<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong> the RSF traditionally has been a lightly armed paramilitary force but over the years is reported to have acquired some heavier weapons and equipment such as armored vehicles, artillery, and anti-aircraft guns; it has captured some SAF arms and equipment during the ongoing conflict; since the start of the conflict, both the RSF and the SAF are reported to have received additional weaponry from various foreign suppliers"
"text": "the SAF's inventory includes a mix of mostly Chinese, Russian/Soviet, and some domestically produced weapons systems; Sudan has a state-run defense industry, which mostly manufactures copies of foreign-supplied armaments, such as armored vehicles, under license (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Sudan has been under a UN Security Council approved arms embargo since 2005 as a result of violence in Darfur; in September 2025, the embargo was extended for another year<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong> the RSF traditionally has been a lightly armed paramilitary force but over the years is reported to have acquired some heavier armaments such as armored vehicles, artillery, and anti-aircraft guns; it has captured some SAF arms and equipment during the ongoing conflict; since the start of the conflict, both the RSF and the SAF are reported to have received additional weaponry from various foreign suppliers"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-33 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service for men and women; 12-24 month service obligation (2023)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> implementation of conscription is reportedly uneven"
"text": "18-33 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service for men and women; service obligation 12-24 months (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> official implementation of compulsory service is reportedly uneven; both the SAF and the RSF have been accused of engaging in forced recruitment of men and boys during the ongoing conflict"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the primary responsibilities of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are border control, external defense, and internal security; SAF operations have traditionally been supported by militia and paramilitary forces, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF); in the Spring of 2023, fighting broke out between the SAF and the RSF, particularly around the capital Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur, amid disputes over an internationally-backed plan for a transition towards civilian rule; fighting subsequently spread and continued into 2025 with reports of atrocities, ethnic cleansing, food insecurity, heavy civilian casualties, and millions of internally displaced persons; each side is supported by allied militias and both reportedly have received foreign support<br><br>the Sudanese military has been a dominant force in the ruling of the country since its independence in 1956; in addition, the military has a large role in the country's economy, reportedly controlling over 200 commercial companies, including businesses involved in gold mining, rubber production, agriculture, and meat exports<br><br>the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; as of 2025, UNISFA had approximately 3,800 personnel assigned (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "20.7 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "20.9 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "19.9 years"
@ -173,16 +173,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.41% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.37% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "30.9 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "30.17 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.1 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.64 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-1.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of the more densely populated African nations, with most of the population residing in rural communities; density is highest in the south on or near the Atlantic coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "38.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "34.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "43 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -245,10 +245,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.13 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.03 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.03 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.99 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
"text": "15.2% (2017 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "62% (2023 est.)"
"text": "63.7% (2017 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1159,14 +1159,14 @@
"text": "estimated 20,000 active Armed Forces, including Gendarmerie (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FAT has a small inventory of mostly older equipment originating from a variety of countries, including Brazil, Russia/former Soviet Union, Turkey, the US, and some European nations, particularly France (2024)"
"text": "the FAT has a small inventory of mostly obsolescent or older armaments originating from several countries, including Brazil, France, Russia/former Soviet Union, T&uuml;rkiye, the UK, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 years of age for military service for men and women; 24-month service obligation; no conscription (2023)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2022, about 7% of the military's personnel were women"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the responsibilities of the Togolese Armed Forces (FAT) included both external defense and internal security; the FAT’s primary concerns are border security, terrorism, and maritime security; in recent years, it has boosted operations in the northern border region of the country to secure the frontier and prevent banditry, illicit smuggling, and infiltrations from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida-affiliated militant groups based in Mali that also operates in neighboring Burkina Faso; in 2022, the Togolese Government declared a state of emergency in the north following an attack by JNIM fighters on a Togolese military post that killed several soldiers; the Navy and Air Force have increased focus on combating piracy and smuggling in the Gulf of Guinea<br><br>since its creation in 1963, the Togolese military has had a history of involvement in the country’s politics, including assassinations, coups, and a crackdown in 2005 that killed hundreds of civilians; over the past decade, it has made some efforts to reform and professionalize, which have included increasing its role in UN peacekeeping activities, participating in multinational exercises, and receiving training from foreign partners, particularly France and the US; in addition, Togo has established a regional peacekeeping training center for military and police in Lome (2025)"
"text": "the Togolese Armed Forces (FAT) are responsible for both external defense and internal security; the FAT’s primary concerns are border security, terrorism, and maritime security; in recent years, it has boosted operations in the northern border region of the country to secure the frontier and prevent banditry, illicit smuggling, and infiltrations from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida-affiliated militant groups based in Mali that also operates in neighboring Burkina Faso; in 2022, the Togolese Government declared a state of emergency in the north following an attack by JNIM fighters on a Togolese military post that killed several soldiers; the Navy and Air Force have increased focus on combating piracy and smuggling in the Gulf of Guinea<br><br>since its creation in 1963, the Togolese military has had a history of involvement in the country’s politics, including assassinations, coups, and a crackdown in 2005 that killed hundreds of civilians; over the past decade, it has made efforts to reform and professionalize, which have included increasing its role in UN peacekeeping activities, participating in multinational exercises, and receiving training from foreign partners, particularly France and the US; in addition, Togo has established a regional peacekeeping training center for military and police in Lome (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "20.8 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.2 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.4 years"
@ -162,16 +162,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.42% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.39% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "26.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "25.87 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.84 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-6.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-6.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "Sao Tome, the capital city, has roughly a quarter of the nation's population; Santo Antonio is the largest town on Principe; the northern areas of both islands have the highest population densities, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "42.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "41.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "46.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -234,10 +234,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.31 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.18 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.63 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.57 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
"text": "5.4% (2019 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "51.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "53.1% (2019 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1025,20 +1025,20 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (Forcas Armadas de Sao Tome e Principe, FASTP): Army, Coast Guard of Sao Tome e Principe (Guarda Costeira de Sao Tome e Principe, GCSTP), Presidential Guard, National Guard (2024)",
"text": "Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (Forcas Armadas de Sao Tome e Principe, FASTP): Army, Coast Guard of Sao Tome e Principe (Guarda Costeira de Sao Tome e Principe, GCSTP), Presidential Guard, National Guard (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Army and Coast Guard are responsible for external security while the public security police and judicial police maintain internal security; both the public security police and the military report to the Ministry of Defense and Internal Affairs; the judicial police report to the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration, and Human Rights"
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 500 active Armed Forces (2023)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FASTP is lightly armed and has a small inventory of mostly older weapons and equipment&nbsp; (2023)"
"text": "the FASTP is lightly armed and has a small inventory of mostly older weapons and equipment (2023)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service (reportedly not enforced); 17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary service (2023)"
"text": "limited information; 18 is the minimum age for compulsory military service (reportedly not enforced) and 17 years of age (with parental permission) for voluntary service (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the FASTP is one of the smallest militaries in Africa and consists of only a few companies of ground troops and some small patrol boats<br><br>in November 2022, the FASTP's headquarters was attacked shortly after the prime minister's inauguration in what São Tomé authorities described as an attempted coup; in 2024, the governments of Russia and São Tomé and Principe signed a military cooperation agreement, which included training, materiel and logistics support, and information sharing (2024)"
"text": "the FASTP is one of the smallest militaries in Africa and consists of only a few companies of ground troops and some small patrol boats (2024)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "34.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "34.1 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "33.6 years"
@ -178,16 +178,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "0.58% (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.38% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "13.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "11.35 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-1.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the south remains largely underpopulated, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "11.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "10.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "12.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -246,10 +246,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "1.93 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.59 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "0.94 (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.77 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
"text": "1.6% (2018 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "53.9% (2023 est.)"
"text": "52.5% (2023 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1192,14 +1192,14 @@
"text": "approximately 35,000 active-duty Armed Forces (25,000 Army; 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force) (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Tunisian military's inventory consists mostly of older or second-hand equipment from a wide variety of suppliers, including Brazil, China, Turkey, and the US, as well as several European countries, such as France, Germany, and Italy (2024)"
"text": "the Tunisian military's inventory consists mostly of older or secondhand equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Austria, France, Italy, T&uuml;rkiye, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; 20-23 years of age for compulsory (national) service for men with a 12-month service obligation; individuals engaged in higher education or vocational training programs prior to their military drafting are allowed to delay service until they have completed their programs (up to age 35); exemptions allowed for males considered to a family's sole provider (2023)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> women have been allowed in the service since 1975 as volunteers; as of 2023, women constituted about 8% of the military and served in all three services"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "775 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)"
"text": "840 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Tunisian Armed Forces (FAT) are responsible for territorial defense and internal security; operational areas of focus include counterterrorism and assisting with securing the border regions, particularly along the frontiers with Algerian and Libya<br> <br>the FAT conducts bilateral and multinational training exercises with a variety of countries, including Algeria and other North African and Middle Eastern countries, France, and the US, as well as NATO; it also participates in UN peacekeeping operations; Tunisia has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2025)"
@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Tunisia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report-174/"
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Tunisia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to:<br>https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/tunisia"
}
}
}

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "19.1 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "18.8 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "18.8 years"
@ -192,16 +192,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.72% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.85% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "32.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "33.45 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.96 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "29.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "28.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "32.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -264,10 +264,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.27 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.45 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.1 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.19 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
"text": "11.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "59.5% (2023 est.)"
"text": "59.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -593,13 +593,13 @@
"text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president"
},
"most recent election date": {
"text": "28 October 2020"
"text": "29 October 2025"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2020</em>: John MAGUFULI reelected president; percent of vote - John MAGUFULI (CCM) 84.4%, Tundu LISSU (CHADEMA) 13%, other 2.6%<br><br><em>2015</em>: John MAGUFULI elected president; percent of vote - John MAGUFULI (CCM) 58.5%, Edward LOWASSA (CHADEMA) 40%, other 1.5%"
"text": "<em><br>2025</em>: Samia Suluhu HASSAN reelected; percent of vote - Samia Suluhu HASSAN (CCM) 97.7%, others 2.3%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "October 2025"
"text": "October 2030"
},
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Zanzibar elects a president as head of government for internal matters; election held on 28 October 2020; Hussein MWINYI (CCM) 76.3%, Maalim Seif SHARIF (ACT-Wazalendo) 19.9%, other 3.8%<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the president is both chief of state and head of government<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> after the death of President John MAGUFULI in March 2021, Vice President Samia Suluhu HASSAN assumed the presidency"
},
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"text": "approximately 25,000 active Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the TPDF's inventory includes mostly Chinese and Russian/Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2025)"
"text": "the TPDF's inventory includes mostly British, Chinese, and Russian/Soviet-era armaments (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year commitment (2-year contracts afterwards); selective conscription for 2 years of public service (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "16.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "16.4 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "15.5 years"
@ -171,16 +171,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "3.18% (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.13% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "39.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "38.91 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "4.7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.61 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-2.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is relatively high in comparison to other African nations; most of the population is concentrated in the central and southern parts of the country, particularly along the shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Albert; the northeast is least populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "28.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "27.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "31.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -243,10 +243,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "5.17 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "5.08 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.55 (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.5 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
"text": "9.7% (2022 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "58.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "57.8% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
"text": "14 January 2021"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2021: </em>Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (NRM) 58.6%, Robert Kyagulanyi SSENTAMU (aka Bobi WINE) (NUP) 34.8%, Patrick Oboi AMURIAT (FDC) 3.2%, other 3.4%<br><em><br><em>2016: </em></em>Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (NRM) 60.6%, Kizza BESIGYE (FDC) 35.6%, other 3.8%"
"text": "<em><br>2021: </em>Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (NRM) 58.6%, Robert Kyagulanyi SSENTAMU (aka Bobi WINE) (NUP) 34.8%, Patrick Oboi AMURIAT (FDC) 3.2%, other 3.4%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "2026"
@ -1097,16 +1097,16 @@
"text": "approximately 45,000 active Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the UPDF's inventory is mix of older and some more modern weapons and equipment; it is comprised mostly of Russian/Soviet-era arms with smaller quantities of Chinese, Israeli, North Korean, South African, UK, US, and domestically-produced items; Uganda has a small defense industry that assembles or manufactures light armored vehicles and performs maintenance on some military equipment, including its Russian-made helicopters (2024)"
"text": "most of the UPDF's arms are of Russian/Soviet origin with smaller quantities from such suppliers as Bulgaria, China, Czechia, Israel, and South Africa, as well as some domestically produced items; Uganda has a small defense industry that assembles or manufactures light armored vehicles and performs maintenance on some military equipment, including its Russian-made helicopters (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 9-year service obligation (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "up to 5,000 Democratic Republic of Congo; up to 4,500 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)"
"text": "estimated 3,000 Democratic Republic of Congo; up to 4,500 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the responsibilities of the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) include defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Uganda, assisting the civilian authorities in emergencies and natural disasters, contributing to regional security, participating in socio-economic development projects, conducting military diplomacy, and ensuring internal security, including civil unrest, internal insurgency, and terrorism; in recent years it has beefed up its presence along the borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan; the UPDF participates in African and UN peacekeeping missions and is a key contributor to the East Africa Standby Force; the UPDF is constitutionally granted seats in parliament and is widely viewed as a key constituency for MUSEVENI; it has been used to break up rallies, raid opposition offices, and surveil rival candidates<br><br>the military traces its history back to the formation of the Uganda Rifles in 1895 under the British colonial government; the Uganda Rifles were merged with the Central Africa Regiment and the East Africa Rifles to form the King’s African Rifles (KAR) in 1902, which participated in both world wars, as well as the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya (1952-1960); in 1962, the Ugandan battalion of the KAR was transformed into the country's first military force, the Uganda Rifles, which was subsequently renamed the Uganda Army; the UPDF was established in 1995 from the former rebel National Resistance Army following the enactment of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda (2025)"
"text": "the responsibilities of the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) include defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Uganda, assisting the civilian authorities in emergencies and natural disasters, contributing to regional security, participating in socio-economic development projects, conducting military diplomacy, and ensuring internal security, including against civil unrest, internal insurgency, and terrorism; in recent years it has beefed up its presence along the borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan; the UPDF participates in African and UN peacekeeping missions and is a key contributor to the East Africa Standby Force; the UPDF is constitutionally granted seats in parliament and is widely viewed as a key constituency for MUSEVENI; it has been used to break up rallies, raid opposition offices, and surveil rival candidates<br><br>the military traces its history back to the formation of the Uganda Rifles in 1895 under the British colonial government; the Uganda Rifles were merged with the Central Africa Regiment and the East Africa Rifles to form the King’s African Rifles (KAR) in 1902, which participated in both world wars, as well as the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya (1952-1960); in 1962, the Ugandan battalion of the KAR was transformed into the country's first military force, the Uganda Rifles, which was subsequently renamed the Uganda Army; the UPDF was established in 1995 from the former rebel National Resistance Army following the enactment of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "18.7 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "17.9 years"
@ -169,16 +169,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.4% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.39% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "31.9 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "31.74 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "7.24 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the population is located in the center and south; nearly one third lives in cities, including the capital city of Ouagadougou (Ouaga), as shown in this population distribution map (2019)"
@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "47 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "48 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "51.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -241,10 +241,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.02 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.02 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.98 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.98 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
"text": "16.9% (2021 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "73.5% (2023)"
"text": "74.3% (2021 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
"text": "Transitional President Capt. Ibrahim TRAORE (since 30 September 2022)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Joachim KYLEM DE TAMBELA (since 21 October 2022)"
"text": "Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel OUEDRAOGO (since 9 December 2024)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "prior to the 2022 coups and ad hoc suspension of laws and constitutional provisions, Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"
@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
"text": "22 November 2020"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2020:</em> Roch Marc Christian KABORE reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Roch Marc Christian KABORE (MPP) 57.9%, Eddie KOMBOIGO (CDP) 15.5%, Zephirin DIABRE (UPC) 12.5%, other 14.1%<br><br><em>2015:</em> Roch Marc Christian KABORE elected president in first round; percent of vote - Roch Marc Christian KABORE (MPP) 53.5%, Zephirin DIABRE (UPC) 29.6%, Tahirou BARRY (PAREN) 3.1%, Benewende Stanislas SANKARA (UNIR-MS) 2.8%, other 10.9%"
"text": "<em><br>2020:</em> Roch Marc Christian KABORE reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Roch Marc Christian KABORE (MPP) 57.9%, Eddie KOMBOIGO (CDP) 15.5%, Zephirin DIABRE (UPC) 12.5%, other 14.1%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "were to be held by July 2024, but were delayed"
@ -999,10 +999,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "24.7 million (2021 est.)"
"text": "26,889,900 (2022 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "112 (2021 est.)"
"text": "120 (2022 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1044,8 +1044,8 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of Burkina Faso (FABF; aka National Armed Forces (FAN), aka Defense and Security Forces (Forces de Défense et de Sécurité or FDS)): Army of Burkina Faso (L’Armee de Terre), Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de Burkina Faso), National Gendarmerie, National Fire Brigade (Brigade Nationale de Sapeurs-Pompiers or BNSP); Homeland Defense Volunteers (Forcés de Volontaires de Défense pour la Patrie or VDP)<br><br>Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security (Ministère de l'Administration Territoriale, de la Décentralisation et de la Sécurité): National Police of Burkina Faso (includes Border Police, Judicial Police, and Intervention Units, as well as State and Public Security forces) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but usually operates in support of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization, and Security; the Gendarmerie's primary mission is counterterrorism<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the VDP is a lightly armed civilian defense/militia force established in 2019 to act as auxiliaries to the Army; the volunteers receive two weeks of training and typically assist with carrying out surveillance, information-gathering, and escort duties, as well as local defense; they are based in each of the country's more than 300 municipalities"
"text": "Armed Forces of Burkina Faso (FABF; aka National Armed Forces (FAN), aka Defense and Security Forces (Forces de Défense et de Sécurité or FDS)): Army of Burkina Faso, Air Force of Burkina Faso, National Gendarmerie, National Fire Brigade (Brigade Nationale de Sapeurs-Pompiers or BNSP); Homeland Defense Volunteers (Forcés de Volontaires de Défense pour la Patrie or VDP)<br><br>Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security (Ministère de l'Administration Territoriale, de la Décentralisation et de la Sécurité): National Police of Burkina Faso (includes Border Police, Judicial Police, and Intervention Units, as well as State and Public Security forces) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but usually operates in support of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization, and Security; the Gendarmerie's primary mission is counterterrorism<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the VDP is a lightly armed civilian defense/militia force established in 2019 to act as auxiliaries to the Army; the volunteers receive two weeks of training and typically assist with carrying out surveillance, information-gathering, and escort duties, as well as local defense; they are based in each of the country's municipalities"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
@ -1068,17 +1068,14 @@
"text": "estimated 20,000 Armed Forces; estimated 50,000 Homeland Defense Volunteers (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the FABF has a mix of older, secondhand, and some modern equipment from a variety of suppliers, including China, Egypt, France, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the FABF has a mix of older and some modern armaments from a variety of suppliers, including China, Egypt, France, Russia, South Africa, T&uuml;rkiye, the UK, and the UAE (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; citizens 18-77 years of age are eligible to volunteer for the VDP (2023)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the military government implemented an emergency law in 2023 that allows the president extensive powers to combat terrorist groups operating in the country, including conscripting citizens into the security services"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2024, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel"
"text": "generally, 18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; citizens 18-77 years of age are eligible to volunteer for the VDP (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the military regime implemented an emergency law in 2023 that allows the president extensive powers to combat terrorist groups operating in the country, including conscripting citizens into the security services; the VDP reportedly has been used by the military regime as a platform for the forced recruitment of dissidents and activists to silence critics"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso (FABF) are responsible for external defense but also have an internal security role and can be called out to assist internal security forces in restoring public order, combating crime, securing the border, and conducting counterterrorism/counterinsurgency/internal defense operations<br><br>the FABF's primary focus is combatting militants of the al-Qa'ida and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist groups, which have operated in Burkina Faso for more than a decade and control portions of the country; Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups that act as al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Islamic Magreb's (AQIM) arm in the Sahel, is strongest in the north but active in nearly all of the country's 13 provinces, while ISIS in the Greater Sahara (aka ISIS-Sahel) operates in the eastern part of the country<br><br>the FABF has a history of involvement in the country’s politics, having conducted eight coups since its formation in 1960-61, including the most recent in September 2022; several combat units were disbanded in 2011 following mutinies (2025)"
"text": "the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso (FABF) are responsible for external defense but also have an internal security role and can be called out to assist internal security forces in restoring public order, combating crime, securing the border, and conducting counterterrorism/counterinsurgency/internal defense operations; the FABF has a history of involvement in the country’s politics, having conducted eight coups since its formation in 1960-61, including the most recent in September 2022<br><br>the FABF's primary focus is combatting militants of the al-Qa'ida and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist groups, which have operated in Burkina Faso for more than a decade and control portions of the country; Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups that act as al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Islamic Magreb's (AQIM) arm in the Sahel, is strongest in the north but active in nearly all of the country's 13 provinces, while ISIS in the Greater Sahara (aka ISIS-Sahel) operates in the eastern part of the country (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "22.8 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "23.1 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "22.1 years"
@ -188,16 +188,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.72% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.76% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "24.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "23.93 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.36 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is very low, with the largest clusters found in the extreme north-central area along the border with Angola, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "27.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "27.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "31 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -260,10 +260,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.89 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.85 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.43 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.4 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
}
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "33.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "33.7% (2018 est.)"
},
"Education expenditure": {
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
@ -539,10 +539,10 @@
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Netumbo Nandi-NDAITWAH (since 21 March 2025)"
"text": "President Netumbo NANDI-NDAITWAH (since 21 March 2025)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "President Netumbo Nandi-NDAITWAH (since 21 March 2025)"
"text": "President Netumbo NANDI-NDAITWAH (since 21 March 2025)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among members of the National Assembly"
@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
"text": "27 November 2024"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<em><br>2024:</em> Netumbo Nandi-NDAITWAH elected president in the first round; percent of vote -Netumbo Nandi-NDAITWAH (SWAPO) 57%, Panduleni  ITULA (IPC) 26%, McHenry VENAANI (PDM) 5.10%, Bernadus SWARTBOOI (LPM) 4.72%, Job AMUPANDA (AR) 1.80%, Hendrik GAOBEAB (UDF) 1.16%; other 3.31%<br><br><em>2019:</em> Hage GEINGOB reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Hage GEINGOB (SWAPO) 56.3%, Panduleni ITULA (independent) 29.4%, McHenry VENAANI (PDM) 5.3%, other .9%"
"text": "<em><br>2024:</em> Netumbo NANDI-NDAITWAH elected president in the first round; percent of vote -Netumbo NANDI-NDAITWAH (SWAPO) 57%, Panduleni  ITULA (IPC) 26%, McHenry VENAANI (PDM) 5.10%, Bernadus SWARTBOOI (LPM) 4.72%, Job AMUPANDA (AR) 1.80%, Hendrik GAOBEAB (UDF) 1.16%; other 3.31%<br><br><em>2019:</em> Hage GEINGOB reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Hage GEINGOB (SWAPO) 56.3%, Panduleni ITULA (independent) 29.4%, McHenry VENAANI (PDM) 5.3%, other .9%"
},
"expected date of next election": {
"text": "November 2029"
@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Margareth Natalie MENSAH-WILLIAMS (since 18 January 2021)"
"text": "Ambassador Wilbard HELLAO (since 16 December 2025)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "1605 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009"
@ -1160,11 +1160,10 @@
"text": "estimated 12,000 active Namibian Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the NDF's inventory consists of a mix of Soviet-era and some more modern systems from a variety of countries, including Brazil, China, Germany, India, and South Africa; most of the Navy's vessels and the Air Force's fighter aircraft were acquired from China; Namibia has a small defense industry that produces items such as armored personnel carriers (2024)"
"text": "the NDF's inventory consists mostly of Soviet-era weapons and equipment; over the past decade, it has received a limited number of newer weapons systems from China and South Africa; Namibia has a small defense industry that produces items such as armored personnel carriers (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2024)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2022, women comprised about 23% of the active-duty military"
"text": "18-25 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2026)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the NDF’s primary responsibility is defending Namibia's territorial integrity and national interests; other responsibilities include support to civil authorities and participating in peace and stability missions under the African Union, Southern African Development Community, and the UN; Namibia has bilateral defense ties with several countries, including Botswana, India, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia<br><br>the NDF was created in 1990, largely from demobilized former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF); the PLAN was the armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), while SWATF was an auxiliary of the South African Defense Force and comprised the armed forces of the former South West Africa, 1977-1989; from 1990-1995, the British military assisted with the forming and training the NDF (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "24.6 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "24.8 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "23.4 years"
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}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "0.7% (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.87% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "22.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "20.66 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-3.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "because of its mountainous terrain, the population distribution is uneven throughout the country, concentrating primarily in valleys and plains as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "36.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "38 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "40.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -229,10 +229,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "2.37 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.64 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.17 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.3 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
"text": "5% (2021 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "37.1% (2023 est.)"
"text": "36.4% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1011,10 +1011,10 @@
},
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
"total subscriptions": {
"text": "1.52 million (2023 est.)"
"text": "1,579,960 (2023 est.)"
},
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
"text": "122 (2022 est.)"
"text": "140 (2024 est.)"
}
},
"Broadcast media": {
@ -1078,16 +1078,16 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 3,000 active-duty Defense Force (2023)"
"text": "estimated 3,000 active-duty Defense Force (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the UEDF has a light and small inventory of mostly older equipment originating from Europe, South Africa, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the UEDF has a small inventory of mostly older light weapons and equipment originating from Europe, South Africa, Taiwan, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2023)"
"text": "18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the UEDF&rsquo;s primary mission is external defense, which includes mostly securing the borders; it also has domestic security responsibilities, including protecting members of the royal family; the king is the UEDF commander in chief and holds the position of minister of defense, although the UEDF reports to the Army commander and principal undersecretary of defense for day-to-day operations; the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) is responsible for maintaining internal security as well as migration and border crossing enforcement; it is under the prime minister, although the king is the force&rsquo;s titular commissioner in chief; the UEDF was originally created in 1973 as the Royal Swaziland Defense Force (2024)"
"text": "the UEDF&rsquo;s primary mission is external defense, which includes mostly securing the borders; it also has domestic security responsibilities, including protecting members of the royal family; the king is the UEDF commander in chief and holds the position of minister of defense, although the UEDF reports to the Army commander and principal undersecretary of defense for day-to-day operations; the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) is responsible for maintaining internal security as well as migration and border crossing enforcement; it is under the prime minister, although the king is the force&rsquo;s titular commissioner in chief; the UEDF was originally created in 1973 as the Royal Swaziland Defense Force (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "18.4 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "19 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "18.2 years"
@ -181,16 +181,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "2.83% (2024 est.)"
"text": "2.51% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "34.1 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "29.6 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of the highest levels of urbanization in Africa; high density in the central area, particularly around the cities of Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe, and Mufulira, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "35.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "30.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "38.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -253,10 +253,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "4.42 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.67 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "2.18 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.81 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
"text": "11.8% (2018 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "53.3% (2023 est.)"
"text": "55.7% (2018 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1098,14 +1098,13 @@
"text": "approximately 16,000 active Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ZDF's inventory is largely comprised of Chinese, Russian, and Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with smaller quantities of items--particularly aircraft--from such suppliers as Israel and the US (2024)"
"text": "the ZDF's inventory is largely comprised of Chinese, Russian, and Soviet-era weapons and equipment along with smaller quantities of items from other suppliers such as Israel, South Africa, and the US (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-25 years of age (17 with parental consent) for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription; 12-year enlistment period (7 years active, 5 in the Reserves) (2023)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Zambia had military conscription from 1975-1980"
"text": "18-25 years of age (17 with parental consent) for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription; initial service of 7 years followed by 5 in the Reserves (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "930 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)"
"text": "930 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Zambia Defense Forces (ZDF) are responsible for territorial defense, border security, and providing support to African and UN peacekeeping operations; it also has some domestic security responsibilities in cases of national emergency and is involved in socio-economic support; in recent years, ZDF has been directed to assist in agricultural production; the ZDF is part of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Standby Force and participates in multinational training exercises; it has received training assistance from China and the US<br><br>the ZDF traces its roots to the Northern Rhodesia Regiment, which was raised by the British colonial government to fight in World War II; the ZDF was established in 1964 from units of the dissolved Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland armed forces; it participated in a number of regional conflicts during the 1970s and 1980s; Zambia actively supported independence movements such as the Union for the Total Liberation of Angola (UNITA), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC), and the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) (2025)"

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},
"Median age": {
"total": {
"text": "21.2 years (2024 est.)"
"text": "21.3 years (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "20.3 years"
@ -176,16 +176,16 @@
}
},
"Population growth rate": {
"text": "1.91% (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.82% (2025 est.)"
},
"Birth rate": {
"text": "28.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "28.18 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Death rate": {
"text": "6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Net migration rate": {
"text": "-3.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
"text": "-3.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "aside from major urban agglomerations in Harare and Bulawayo, population distribution is fairly even, with slightly greater overall numbers in the eastern half, as shown in this population distribution map"
@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
},
"Infant mortality rate": {
"total": {
"text": "33.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
"text": "32.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
},
"male": {
"text": "37 deaths/1,000 live births"
@ -248,10 +248,10 @@
}
},
"Total fertility rate": {
"text": "3.47 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
"text": "3.42 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
},
"Gross reproduction rate": {
"text": "1.71 (2024 est.)"
"text": "1.68 (2025 est.)"
},
"Drinking water source": {
"improved: urban": {
@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
"text": "9.6% (2024 est.)"
},
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
"text": "61.6% (2023 est.)"
"text": "62.2% (2022 est.)"
},
"Child marriage": {
"women married by age 15": {
@ -1121,10 +1121,11 @@
"text": "approximately 30,000 active Zimbabwe Defense Forces (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ZDF inventory is comprised mostly of Russian/Soviet-era and Chinese armaments with smaller quantities of older or obsolescent material from countries such as Brazil, France, Italy, South Africa, the UK, and the US; since the early 2010s, Zimbabwe has been under an arms embargo from the EU, as well as targeted sanctions from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US (2024)"
"text": "the ZDF inventory is comprised mostly of Russian/Soviet-era and Chinese armaments with smaller quantities of older or obsolescent material from countries such as Brazil, France, Italy, South Africa, the UK, and the US (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> since the early 2010s, Zimbabwe has been under an arms embargo from the EU, as well as targeted sanctions from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (18-24 for officer cadets; 18-30 for technical/specialist personnel); no conscription (2023)"
"text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (enlisted personnel); 18-24 for officer cadets; 18-30 for technical/specialist personnel; no conscription (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the primary responsibilities of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) are protecting the country’s sovereignty and territory and securing its borders; it also has a role in domestic security and socio-economic development projects and has continued to be active in the country’s politics since the 2017 military-assisted political transition;<br>the ZDF is part of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Standby Force and provided troops for the SADC military deployment to Mozambique from 2021-2024; Zimbabwe has defense ties with China and Russia<br><br>the ZDF was formed after independence from the former Rhodesian Army and the two guerrilla forces that opposed it during the Rhodesian Civil War (aka \"Bush War\") of the 1970s, the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA); the ZDF intervened in the Mozambique Civil War (1983-1992), the Democratic Republic of Congo during the Second Congo War (1998-2003), and the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002) during the late 1990s (2025)"