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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "35.8 years (2024 est.)"
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"text": "35.8 years (2025 est.)"
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"male": {
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"text": "38.1 years"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "0.6% (2024 est.)"
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"text": "0.62% (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "10.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "10.65 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "1.7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "1.73 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "-2.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "population is heavily concentrated to the northeast on the Musandam Peninsula; the three largest emirates -- Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah -- are home to nearly 85% of the population"
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "5 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
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"text": "4.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "5.5 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "1.61 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
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"text": "1.6 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Gross reproduction rate": {
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"text": "0.78 (2024 est.)"
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"text": "0.78 (2025 est.)"
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"Drinking water source": {
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"improved: urban": {
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},
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
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"text": "72.4% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "67.4% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"Education expenditure": {
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
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"text": "approximately 65,000 active Armed Forces (45,000 Land Forces; 3,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force; 12,000 Presidential Guard) (2025)"
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},
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"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
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"text": "the military's inventory is comprised of a wide variety of mostly modern imported weapons and equipment, and a small, but expanding amount of domestically-produced items; major foreign suppliers have included China, France, Italy, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, and the US; the UAE has a growing domestic defense industry which produces or co-produces such items as armored vehicles, naval vessels, precision munitions, and unmanned aerial vehicles/drones (2024)"
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"text": "the military is equipped with mostly modern imported armaments, and a smaller amount of domestically produced weapons; foreign suppliers have included China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Türkiye, and the US; the UAE's domestic defense industry produces or co-produces such items as armored vehicles, naval vessels, precision munitions, and unmanned aerial vehicles/drones for both internal use and export (2025)"
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},
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"Military service age and obligation": {
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"text": "18-30 years of age for compulsory national service for men (compulsory service initiated in 2014); 18-40 for voluntary service; 36-month service obligation for men without a secondary education and 11 months for secondary school graduates; women may volunteer for national service (11-month service obligation regardless of education) (2025)",
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "34.3 years (2024 est.)"
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"text": "34.8 years (2025 est.)"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "32.8 years"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "0.43% (2024 est.)"
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"text": "0.4% (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "11.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "11.13 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "6.44 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "-0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "highest population density is found in the far eastern area of the country, in and around Baku; apart from smaller urbanized areas, the rest of the country has a fairly light and evenly distributed population"
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "10.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
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"text": "10.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "12.6 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "1.69 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
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"text": "1.69 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Gross reproduction rate": {
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"text": "0.79 (2024 est.)"
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"text": "0.79 (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Drinking water source": {
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"improved: urban": {
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"text": "3% (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
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"text": "62.9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "59.7% (2019 est.)"
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},
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"Education expenditure": {
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"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
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},
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"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "11 million (2023 est.)"
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"text": "11,111,300 (2023 est.)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "107 (2022 est.)"
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"text": "110 (2024 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Broadcast media": {
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"text": "information varies widely; estimated 100,000 active Armed Forces personnel (2025)"
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},
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"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
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"text": "Baku has been actively upgrading the military's inventory for over a decade with equipment acquisitions from several sources, including Belarus, China, Israel, Russia, and Turkey; while most of the military's equipment was once Soviet-era material, it now fields quantities of advanced equipment, including armored vehicles, artillery systems, air defense systems, fighter aircraft, tanks, and UAVs (2024)"
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"text": "Baku has been actively upgrading the military's inventory for over a decade with equipment acquisitions from several sources, including Belarus, China, Israel, Russia, and Türkiye; while most of the military's equipment was once Soviet-era material, it now fields quantities of modern armaments, including armored vehicles, artillery systems, air defense systems, fighter aircraft, tanks, and UAVs (2025)"
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},
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"Military service age and obligation": {
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"text": "18-25 years of age for compulsory military service for men; 18-35 years of age for voluntary/contractual service for men and women; 18 months service for conscripts, 36 months for voluntary/contractual service (2023)"
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"text": "18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men; 18-35 years of age voluntary/contractual service for men (18-40 for women volunteers); 18 months service for conscripts, 36 months for voluntary/contractual service (2025)"
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},
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"Military - note": {
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"text": "the Azerbaijani military was established in 1991, although its origins go back to 1918; much of the military’s original equipment was acquired from former Soviet military forces that departed Azerbaijan by 1992; territorial defense is the military’s primary focus, particularly with regards to neighboring Armenia; a secondary focus is guarding against Iran; Armenia and Azerbaijan engaged in open conflicts over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in 1991-94 and 2020; tensions continued following the 2020 conflict, and Azerbaijan seized the entire enclave in 2023 <br><br>key bilateral security relationships include Israel, Russia, and Turkiye; Azerbaijan's ties with Turkiye have included weapons transfers, technical advice, bilateral training exercises, and military support during its conflicts with Armenia; Azerbaijan is not part of NATO but has had a cooperative relationship with it dating back to when it joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994 and has provided troops to NATO-led missions in Kosovo (1999-2008) and Afghanistan (2002-2014) (2025)"
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "38.9 years (2024 est.)"
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"text": "39.5 years (2025 est.)"
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"male": {
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"text": "37.6 years"
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "-0.42% (2024 est.)"
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"text": "-0.45% (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "10.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "10.24 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-5.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "-5.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "most of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the capital of Yerevan is home to more than five times as many people as Gyumri, the second-largest city in the country"
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "11.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
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"text": "11.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
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"male": {
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"text": "13.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "1.65 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
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"text": "1.66 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Gross reproduction rate": {
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"text": "0.8 (2024 est.)"
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"text": "0.8 (2025 est.)"
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"Drinking water source": {
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"text": "2.6% (2016 est.)"
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
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"text": "64.8% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "61.5% (2022 est.)"
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"Child marriage": {
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"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "3.96 million (2023 est.)"
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"text": "3,959,450 (2023 est.)"
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "135 (2022 est.)"
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"text": "the military's inventory includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment; in recent years however, Armenia has looked to other countries besides Russia to provide military hardware, including France and India (2025)"
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"Military service age and obligation": {
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"text": "18-27 for voluntary (men and women), contract (men and women) or compulsory (men) military service; contract military service is 3-12 months or 3 or 5 years; conscripts serve 24 months; men under the age of 36, who have not previously served as contract servicemen and are registered in the reserve, as well as women, regardless of whether they are registered in the reserve can be enrolled in contractual military service; all citizens aged 27 to 50 are registered in the military reserve and may be called to serve if mobilization is declared (2024)",
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"text": "18-27 for voluntary (men and women), contract (men and women) or compulsory (men) military service; contract military service is 3-12 months or up to 5 years; conscripts serve 24 months; all citizens aged 27-50 are registered in the military reserve and may be called to serve if mobilization is declared (2025)",
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"note": "<strong>note: </strong>in 2023, Armenia approved six-month voluntary service for women, after which they have the option to switch to a five-year contract; previously, women served on a contract basis; as of 2021, women made up about 10% of the active-duty military"
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"text": "Muslim 74.2%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Baha'i) 25.8% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "Muslim 74.2%, other 25.9% (2020 est)"
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"Median age": {
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "0.82% (2024 est.)"
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "12.08 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "2.8 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
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"text": "-1.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "smallest population of the Gulf States, but urbanization rate exceeds 90%; largest settlement concentration is found on the far northern end of the island in and around Manamah and Al Muharraq"
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"Gross reproduction rate": {
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
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"text": "43.8% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Elizabeth A. LITCHFIELD (since September 2025)"
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"text": "Ambassador-designate Stephanie HALLETT (since 19 December 2025); Chargé d’Affaires Elizabeth A. LITCHFIELD"
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "Bahrain Defense Force (BDF): Royal Bahraini Army (includes the Royal Guard), Royal Bahraini Navy, Royal Bahraini Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Guard, Special Security Forces Command (SSFC), Coast Guard (2025)",
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"text": "information varies; approximately 10,000 active Bahrain Defense Force; approximately 3,000 National Guard (2025)"
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"text": "the military's inventory consists of a mix of equipment acquired from a wide variety of suppliers; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of arms to Bahrain (2024)"
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"text": "the military's inventory is comprised of mostly older US armaments alongside smaller quantities from other countries, such as France, Germany, Turkey, and the UK (2025)"
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"Military service age and obligation": {
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"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; 18-55 to voluntarily join the reserves; no compulsory service (2024)"
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"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; 18-55 to voluntarily join the reserves (2025)"
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"text": "<p>the BDF (established 1968) is responsible for territorial defense and support to internal security; its primary concern is Iran, both the conventional military threat and Tehran's support to regional terrorist groups; the BDF participates in multinational exercises and has conducted small deployments outside of the country; in 2015, for example, Bahrain joined the Saudi Arabia-led military intervention in Yemen, supplying a few hundred troops and combat aircraft</p> Bahrain’s closest security partners are Saudi Arabia and the US; Bahraini leaders have said that the security ties of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are “indivisible”; Saudi Arabia sent forces to Bahrain to assist with internal security following the 2011 uprising; Bahrain hosts the US Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT; established 1983), which includes the US 5th Fleet and the Combined Maritime Forces (established 2002), a coalition of more than 30 nations providing maritime security for regional shipping lanes; in 2003, the US granted Bahrain Major Non-NATO Ally status, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; Bahrain also has close security ties with the UK, which maintains a naval support facility there<br><br>Bahrain hosts the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Unified Maritime Operations Center and is a member of the Peninsula Shield Forces, a joint military force established by the GCC countries with the aim of maintaining security and stability in the region (2025)"
|
||||
"text": "<p>the BDF (established 1968) is responsible for territorial defense and support to internal security; its primary concern is Iran, both the conventional military threat and Tehran's support to regional terrorist groups; the BDF participates in multinational exercises and has conducted small deployments outside of the country; in 2015, for example, Bahrain joined the Saudi Arabia-led military intervention in Yemen, supplying a few hundred troops and combat aircraft</p> Bahrain’s closest security partners are Saudi Arabia and the US; Bahraini leaders have said that the security ties of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are “indivisible”; Saudi Arabia sent forces to Bahrain to assist with internal security following the 2011 uprising; Bahrain hosts the US Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT; established 1983), which includes the US 5th Fleet and the Combined Maritime Forces (established 2002), a coalition of more than 30 nations providing maritime security for regional shipping lanes; Bahrain also has close security ties with the UK, which maintains a naval support facility there<br><br>Bahrain hosts the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Unified Maritime Operations Center and is a member of the Peninsula Shield Forces, a joint military force established by the GCC countries with the aim of maintaining security and stability in the region (2025)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Space": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "38.3 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "38.6 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "35.9 years"
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-0.5% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-0.45% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "12 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.74 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "13.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "12.89 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-3.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "settlement concentrated in the central valley, particularly in the capital city of Tbilisi in the east; smaller urban agglomerations dot the Black Sea coast, with Bat'umi being the largest"
|
||||
|
|
@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "21.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "23.6 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.95 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.94 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.94 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.94 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
"text": "2.1% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "67.1% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "65.3% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
},
|
||||
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
|
||||
"chief of mission": {
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Alan S. Purcell (since 16 July 2025)"
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Alan S. PURCELL (since 16 July 2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"embassy": {
|
||||
"text": "29 Georgian-American Friendship Avenue, Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi, 0131"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1163,11 +1163,11 @@
|
|||
"text": "the Georgia Defense Forces are authorized up to 37,000 personnel (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the majority of the military's inventory consists of Soviet-era weapons and equipment, some of which has been upgraded; it has smaller quantities of mostly secondhand material from such countries as Israel, Turkey, and the US, as well as some domestically produced equipment; Georgia has a small defense industry which produces such items as small arms and light armored vehicles (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the majority of the military's inventory consists of Soviet-era weapons and equipment, some of which has been upgraded; it has smaller quantities of mostly secondhand material from such countries as Israel, Poland, Türkiye, and the US, as well as some domestically produced equipment; Georgia has a small defense industry which produces such items as small arms and light armored vehicles (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18-27 years of age; conscript service obligation is up to 11 months (six months of service in a combat unit; or eight months of service in another security organization; or 11 months of service in junior command positions and predetermined specialties (2024)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>approximately 6-7,000 individuals are called up annually for conscription for service; conscripts serve in the Defense Forces, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the Ministry of Corrections<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> as of 2022, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel"
|
||||
"text": "18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18-27 years of age; conscript service obligation is up to 11 months depending on the assigned ministry, job specialty, and if the service is carried out in a combat unit (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>conscripts serve in the Defense Forces, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the Ministry of Corrections"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the Defense Forces of Georgia (DFG) are responsible for protecting the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the country; the DFG also provides units for multinational military operations abroad and supports the Border Police in border protection and civil authorities in counter-terrorist operations, if requested; it is focused primarily on Russia, which maintains military bases and troops in occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia; a five-day conflict with Russian forces in 2008 resulted in the defeat and expulsion of Georgian forces from the breakaway regions <br><br>Georgia is not a member of NATO but has had a relationship with the Alliance since 1992 and declared its aspiration to join in 2002; the military is working to make itself more compatible with NATO and has participated in multinational exercises and security operations abroad with NATO, such as Afghanistan, where it was one of the top non-NATO contributors, and Kosovo; the DFG has also contributed troops to EU and UN missions (2025)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "19.5 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "19.9 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "19.3 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -156,16 +156,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.02% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.96% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "26.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "26.05 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.77 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-3.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-3.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "population concentrated in major cities, particularly Gaza City in the north"
|
||||
|
|
@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "15.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "14.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "16.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -226,10 +226,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.26 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.14 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.58 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.52 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: total": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "62.4% (2023 est.)",
|
||||
"text": "62.4% (2020 est.)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data includes Gaza and the West Bank"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -700,12 +700,12 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "4.15 million (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4,148,420 (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "78 (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "77 (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<b>note:</b> entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "1 TV station and about 10 radio stations; satellite TV accessible"
|
||||
|
|
@ -734,16 +734,14 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military and security forces": {
|
||||
"text": "HAMAS maintains security forces inside Gaza in addition to its military wing, the 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades; the military wing ostensibly reports to the HAMAS Political Bureau but operates with considerable autonomy; there are several other militant groups operating in the Gaza Strip, most notably the Al-Quds Brigades of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which are usually but not always beholden to HAMAS's authority (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "HAMAS maintains security forces inside Gaza in addition to its military wing, the 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades; the military wing ostensibly reports to the HAMAS Political Bureau but operates with considerable autonomy; there are several other militant groups operating in the Gaza Strip, most notably the Al-Quds Brigades of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which are usually but not always beholden to HAMAS's authority (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> HAMAS is a US designated Foreign Terrorist Organization; see Terrorist Organizations under References"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "not available"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
"text": "prior to the start of the 2023-2025 conflict with Israel, the military wing of HAMAS was estimated to have 20-30,000 fighters (2024)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the military wing is armed with light weapons, including an inventory of rocket, anti-tank, anti-aircraft, indirect fire (typically mortars), and armed UAV capabilities; HAMAS acquires its weapons through smuggling or local construction and receives significant military support from Iran (2024)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Terrorism": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "33.8 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "35.2 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "33.6 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -191,16 +191,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.88% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-0.87% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "14.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.24 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.42 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-15.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "population is concentrated in the north, northwest, and west, reflecting the position of the Zagros and Elburz Mountains; the vast, dry areas in the center and eastern parts of the country, around the deserts of the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut, have a much lower population density"
|
||||
|
|
@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "14.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "15.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -259,10 +259,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.91 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.53 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.93 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.74 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "4.3% (2017 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "70.3% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "69.6% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditure": {
|
||||
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1143,11 +1143,11 @@
|
|||
"text": "information varies; up to 600,000 total active armed forces personnel; estimated 400,000 Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (350,000 Ground Forces; 18,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force/Air Defense Forces); up to estimated 190,000 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (100-150,000 Ground Forces; 20,000 Navy; 15,000 Aerospace Force; 5,000 Qods Force); estimated 90,000 active Basij Paramilitary Forces (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and mostly older foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian, Soviet, and US origin (US equipment acquired prior to the Islamic Revolution in 1979); it also has some military equipment from North Korea, including midget submarines and ballistic missiles; in recent years, Iran has received some newer equipment from Russia; Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian/Soviet, and US origin (US equipment acquired prior to the Islamic Revolution in 1979); it also has some military equipment from North Korea such as midget submarines and ballistic missiles; in recent years, Iran has received some newer equipment from Russia; Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "military service is compulsory for all Iranian men 18-19 to approximately age 40; 16 for voluntary military service (may be as low as 15 for the Basij); conscript military service obligation is up to 24 months, depending on the location of service (soldiers serving in places of high security risk and deprived areas serve shorter terms); women exempted from military service (2023)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>conscripts serve in the Artesh, IRGC, and Law Enforcement, while Navy and Air/Air Defense Force personnel are primarily volunteers"
|
||||
"text": "16 for voluntary military service for men; military service is compulsory for all Iranian men at age 18 or 19 years of age; compulsory service obligation 14-21 months, depending on the location of service; women exempted from conscription but may volunteer (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>conscripts may serve in the Artesh, IRGC, or Law Enforcement"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> Iran maintained a military presence in Syria and recruited, trained, and funded thousands of Syrian and foreign fighters to support the ASAD regime during the Syrian civil war (2011-December 2024)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "30.1 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "30.2 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "29.6 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -177,16 +177,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.58% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.59% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "19.1 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "18.89 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "5.2 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.89 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "population concentrated in and around Tel-Aviv, as well as around the Sea of Galilee; the south remains sparsely populated, with the exception of the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba"
|
||||
|
|
@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "2.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "3.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -248,10 +248,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.92 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.89 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.42 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.41 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "51.7% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "50.4% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditure": {
|
||||
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1146,11 +1146,10 @@
|
|||
"text": "approximately 170,000 active-duty Defense Forces (130,000 Ground Forces; 10,000 Naval; 30,000 Air Force); more than 400,000 reserves (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the majority of the IDF's inventory is comprised of weapons that are domestically produced or imported from Europe and the US; the US has been the leading supplier of arms in recent years; Israel has a broad defense industrial base that can develop, produce, support, and sustain a wide variety of weapons systems for both domestic use and export, particularly armored vehicles, unmanned aerial systems, air defense, and guided missiles (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the majority of the IDF's inventory is comprised of weapons that are domestically produced or imported from Europe and the US; the US has been the leading supplier of arms in recent years; Israel's defense industry can develop, produce, support, and sustain a wide variety of weapons systems for both domestic use and export, particularly armored vehicles, unmanned aerial systems, air defense, and guided missiles (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 years of age for compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; Jews and Druze can be conscripted; Christians, Circassians, and Muslims may volunteer; both sexes are obligated to military service; conscript service obligation is 32 months for enlisted men and about 24 months for enlisted women (varies based on military occupation); officers serve 48 months; Air Force pilots commit to 9 years of service; reserve obligation to age 41-51 (men), age 24 (women) (2024)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the IDF recruits foreign Jews and non-Jews with a minimum of one Jewish grandparent, as well as converts to Judaism; each year the IDF brings in about 800-1,000 foreign recruits from around the world"
|
||||
"text": "18-28 years of age for voluntary military service; 18 months service for men, 12 months for women; 18-21 years of age for compulsory military service for men and women; Jews and Druze can be conscripted; Christians, Circassians, and Muslims may volunteer; conscript service obligation is up to 36 months for enlisted personnel (depending on sex, marital status, and military occupation); officers serve 48 months; Air Force pilots commit to 9 years of service (2024)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the IDF is responsible for external defense but also has some domestic security responsibilities; its primary operational focuses include the threat posed by Iran, instability in Syria, and terrorist organizations, including HAMAS, Hizballah, and Palestine Islamic Jihad; since its creation from armed Jewish militias during the First Arab-Israeli War in 1948-49, the IDF, particularly the Ground Force, has been guided by a requirement to rapidly mobilize and defend the country’s territory from numerically superior neighboring countries; the active-duty military is backed up by a large force of trained reserves--approximately 300-400,000 personnel--that can be mobilized rapidly <br><br>Israel’s primary security partner is the US; consistent with a 10-year (2019-2028) Memorandum of Understanding, the US annually provides over $3 billion in military financing and cooperative military programs, such as missile defense; the US also provides Israel access to US-produced military weapons systems including advanced fighter aircraft; Israel has Major Non-NATO Ally 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 United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has operated in the Golan between Israel and Syria since 1974 to monitor the ceasefire following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and supervise the areas of separation between the two countries; UNDOF consists of about 1,300 total personnel (2025)"
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},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "22.4 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "22.7 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "22 years"
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.99% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.94% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "23.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "23.26 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.86 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 is concentrated in the north, center, and eastern parts of the country, with many of the larger urban agglomerations found along extensive parts of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; much of the western and southern areas are either lightly populated or uninhabited"
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|
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},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "18.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "18.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "20.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -257,10 +257,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.03 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.51 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.48 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "3.9% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "65.5% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "64.3% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1041,10 +1041,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "45.7 million (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "46.1 million (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "98 (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "100 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@
|
|||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military and security forces": {
|
||||
"text": "Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force<br><br>Office of the Prime Minister: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS); Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Provincial Police; Ministry of Oil: Energy Police Directorate (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the Iraqi military and associated security forces are collectively known as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF); the Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS) includes the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF)<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the PMC includes the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a collection of more than 60 militias of widely varied sizes and political interests; the Iraqi Government funds the PMF and it is mandated by law to act under government control, but many of the militia units take orders from individual government officials and/or associated political parties; some militias have ties to Iran and some have been designated as terrorist organizations by the US<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> the federal constitution provides the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) the right to maintain its own military and security forces, known as the Kurdish Security Forces (KSF); some forces, such as the Regional Guard Brigades, are unified under the KRG's Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, but the two main Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), also maintain their own military forces, police, emergency response, and internal security/intelligence services"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the Iraqi military and associated security forces are collectively known as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF); the Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS) includes the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF)<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Iraqi Government funds the PMF, and it is mandated by law to act under government control but many of the militia units take orders from individual government officials and/or associated political parties; some militias have ties to Iran and some have been designated as terrorist organizations by the US (see Terrorism Reference)<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> the federal constitution provides the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) the right to maintain its own military and security forces, known as the Kurdish Security Forces (KSF); some forces, such as the Regional Guard Brigades, are unified under the KRG's Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, but the two main Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), also maintain their own military forces, police, emergency response, and internal security/intelligence services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1143,11 +1143,10 @@
|
|||
"text": "estimated 200,000 active armed forces personnel under the Ministry of Defense (Army, Aviation Command, Air/Air Defense, Navy, Special Forces); approximately 20-25,000 National-Level Security Forces<br><br>Ministry of Peshmerga: estimated 150,000 active personnel<br><br>Popular Mobilization Forces: estimated 200,000 militia (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the Iraqi military's inventory includes a mix of equipment from a wide variety of sources, including China, several European countries, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, and the US (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the Iraqi military's inventory includes a mix of European, Russian, Soviet-era, and US armaments (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-40 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2023)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> service in the armed forces was mandatory in Iraq from 1935 up until 2003; in 2021, the Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law to reinstate compulsory military service and referred the proposed law to the Iraqi parliament; as of 2023, the proposed law had been shelved"
|
||||
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) are primarily focused on internal and border security; they are actively conducting counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group, particularly in northern and western Iraq; the operations include securing the border with Syria; the Kurdish Security Forces, as well as are also active in conducting operations against ISIS <br><br>two international military task forces operate in Iraq to assist the country's security forces at the request of the Iraqi Government; in 2018, NATO established an advisory, training and capacity-building mission for the Iraqi military known as the NATO Mission Iraq (NMI); in December 2021, the US-led Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) transitioned from a combat role to an advise, assist, and enable role (2025)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "25 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "25.4 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "25.5 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -182,16 +182,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.78% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.68% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "22.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "21.9 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-10.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "population heavily concentrated in the west, and particularly the northwest, in and around the capital of Amman; a sizeable but smaller population is located in the southwest along the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba"
|
||||
|
|
@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "13.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "12.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "14.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -254,10 +254,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.87 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.83 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.39 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.37 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.5% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "55.6% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "56% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -666,7 +666,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
|
||||
"chief of mission": {
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador-designate James HOLTSNIDER (since October 2025)"
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador James HOLTSNIDER (since 7 December 2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"embassy": {
|
||||
"text": "Abdoun, Al-Umawyeen St., Amman"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1178,17 +1178,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
"text": "approximately 100,000 active-duty Armed Forces (85,000 Army; 14,000 Air Force; 1,000 Navy) (2025)"
|
||||
"text": "approximately 100,000 active duty Armed Forces (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the JAF inventory is comprised of a wide mix of imported equipment, much of it older or secondhand, from China, Europe, some Gulf States, Russia, and the US (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the JAF inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand equipment provided by China, some European countries, select Gulf States, Russia, and the US (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "17 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women); initial service term is 24 months, with option to reenlist for up to 18 years; conscription was abolished in 1991, but in 2020 Jordan announced the reinstatement of compulsory military service for jobless men aged between 25 and 29 with 12 months of service, made up of 3 months of military training and 9 months of professional and technical training; in 2019, Jordan announced a voluntary 4-month National Military Service program for men and women aged between 18-25 years who have been unemployed for at least 6 months; service would include 1 month for military training with the remaining 3 months dedicated to vocational training in the sectors of construction and tourism (2023)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> women comprised about 3% of the military as of 2023"
|
||||
"text": "17 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; initial service term is 24 months; selective compulsory military service (3 months) for men turning 18 will be reinstated in 2026; compulsory military service for jobless men aged 25-29 was reinstated in 2020 (12 months; 3 months of military training and 9 months of professional and technical training) (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "Jordan has about 200 police deployed to the MONUSCO mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "140 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) are responsible for territorial defense and border security and have a supporting role for internal security; key areas of concern include regional conflict and instability and unconventional threats, such as terrorism and weapons smuggling; the JAF participates in both bilateral and multinational exercises, UN peacekeeping missions, and have taken part in regional military operations alongside international forces in Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen<br><br>the US is a key security partner, and Jordan is one of the largest recipients of US military aid in the region; it cooperates with the US on a number of issues, including border security, arms transfers, cybersecurity, and counterterrorism; Jordan has Major Non-NATO Ally 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)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "30.3 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "30.4 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "31.1 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -177,16 +177,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.07% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "17.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "17.36 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.3 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-4.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-4.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "densest settlement is along the Persian Gulf, particularly in Kuwait City and on Bubiyan Island; significant population threads extend south and west along highways that radiate from the capital, particularly in the southern half of the country"
|
||||
|
|
@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "7.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "7.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -245,10 +245,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.21 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.19 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.08 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.07 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -326,9 +326,6 @@
|
|||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "59.6% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditure": {
|
||||
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1053,10 +1050,10 @@
|
|||
"text": "approximately 17,000 active Kuwait Armed Forces; approximately 7,000 National Guard (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the military's inventory consists of weapons from a wide variety of sources, including Western Europe, Russia, and particularly the US (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the military's inventory consists of armaments from Western Europe, Russia, and particularly the US (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-55 years of age for voluntary military service; Kuwait reintroduced 12-month mandatory service for men aged 18-35 in May 2017 after having suspended conscription in 2001; mandatory service is divided in two phases – 4 months for training and 8 months for military service; women were allowed to volunteer in 2021 (2023)",
|
||||
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 12-month compulsory service for men aged 18-35; mandatory service is divided into two phases – 4 months for training and 8 months for military service (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Guard is restricted to citizens, but in 2018, the Army began allowing non-Kuwaitis to join on contract or as non-commissioned officers; that same year, it also began allowing stateless people (Bidoon) to join"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "36.3 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "29.4 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "35.6 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -170,16 +170,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.61% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-0.77% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "12.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "16.73 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "5.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.23 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-18.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "the majority of people live on or near the Mediterranean coast, particularly in and around the capital of Beirut"
|
||||
|
|
@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "6.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "7.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -238,10 +238,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.71 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.2 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.83 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.07 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: total": {
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
"text": "5.1% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "51.4% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "52.4% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
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|
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|
|||
"National color(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "red, white, green"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "<p> Lebanon has had many coats of arms since declaring independence in 1943, but none were officially adopted. The current version is a variation of the national flag. Red stands for the blood shed for liberation, and white for peace, purity, and mountain snow. The cedar tree is the national symbol, embodying eternity, steadiness, happiness, and prosperity.</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem(s)": {
|
||||
"title": {
|
||||
"text": "\"Kulluna lil-watan\" (All of Us, For Our Country!)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1100,11 +1103,10 @@
|
|||
"text": "approximately 70,000 active Lebanese Armed Forces (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the LAF inventory includes a wide mix of mostly older equipment from a diverse array of countries, including the US; the country's economic crisis has limited military procurement efforts (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the LAF's inventory is comprised of mostly older or secondhand equipment from an array of countries, such as France, Germany, Russia, and especially the US (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "17-25 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2024)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> women were allowed to volunteer for military service in the 1980s; as of 2023, they comprised about 5% of the active duty military"
|
||||
"text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2026)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the primary responsibilities of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are defense against external attack, border security, protecting the country’s territorial waters, and assisting with internal security and development projects<br><br>the LAF’s domestic security responsibilities include countering narcotics trafficking and smuggling, managing protests, conducting search and rescue, and intervening to prevent violence between rival political factions; in recent years, the military has faced a financial crisis as government debt and national economic difficulties have undercut its ability to train and fully pay and supply personnel; the UN, as well as individual countries such as France, Qatar, and the US have provided financial assistance <br><br>the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has operated in the southern part of the country since 1978; it has approximately 10,500 personnel assigned and includes a maritime task force; the terrorist group Hizballah maintains thousands of fighters and militia in Lebanon, primarily in the south (see Terrorist Organizations in References) (2025)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "27.3 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "27.5 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "28.1 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -178,16 +178,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.75% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "21.1 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.65 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.2 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.17 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "the vast majority of the population is located in and around the Al Hagar Mountains in the north; another smaller cluster is found around the city of Salalah in the far south; most of the country remains sparsely populated"
|
||||
|
|
@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "13.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "15.1 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -246,10 +246,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.64 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.61 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.29 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.27 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "11.2% (2017 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "56.4% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "55.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditure": {
|
||||
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1124,13 +1124,14 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
"text": "approximately 40,000 active Sultan's Armed Forces (25,000 Army, 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force; 5,000 Royal Guard) (2025)"
|
||||
"text": "approximately 40,000 active Sultan's Armed Forces (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the SAF's inventory includes a mix of older and some more modern weapons systems from a variety of suppliers, particularly the UK and the US; other suppliers have included China, EU countries, South Africa, and Turkey (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the SAF's inventory includes a mix of older and some more modern weapons systems from a variety of suppliers, particularly the UK and the US; other suppliers have included China, EU countries, South Africa, and Türkiye (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 for voluntary military service for men and women (women have been allowed to serve since 2011); no conscription (2023)"
|
||||
"text": "18-25 for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>women have served since 2011"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) are responsible for defending the country, ensuring internal security, and protecting the monarchy; it trains with foreign partners such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the UK, and the US; the SAF has a security relationship with the British military going back to the 18th century; today, the SAF and the British maintain a joint training base in Oman, and the British military uses the facilities at Al Duqm Port; in 2019, the US obtained access to the port, expanding on previous military cooperation agreements in 2014, 2010, and 1980; Oman also allows other nations to use some of its maritime facilities, including China; the SAF is part of the Peninsula Shield Forces, a joint military force established by the GCC countries with the aim of maintaining security and stability in the region<br><br>Oman's naval forces conduct maritime security operations along the country’s long coastline, including patrolling, ensuring freedom of navigation in the key naval chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz, and countering piracy and smuggling; Oman participates in the US-led, multinational Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), which operates multinational task forces conducting maritime security in regional waters (2025)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "34.3 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "34.4 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "35.7 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -177,16 +177,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.71% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.57% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "9.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9.19 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.42 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-2.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "most of the population is clustered in or around the capital of Doha on the eastern side of the peninsula"
|
||||
|
|
@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "7 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -245,10 +245,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.94 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.94 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: total": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.3% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "65.8% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "64.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditure": {
|
||||
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1068,10 +1068,11 @@
|
|||
"text": "approximately 15,000 active-duty Qatar Armed Forces (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the Qatari military's inventory includes a broad mix of older and modern weapons systems, mostly from the US and Europe; in the 2010s, Qatar embarked on a military expansion and modernization program with large air, ground, and naval equipment purchases; in recent years, major suppliers have included France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the US; Qatar is one of the world's largest arms importers (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the Qatari military's inventory is a mix of older and modern weapons systems, mostly from Türkiye, the US, and various European countries, including France, Germany, and Italy (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>in the 2010s, Qatar embarked on a military expansion and modernization program with large air, ground, and naval equipment purchases"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "conscription for men aged 18-35 introduced in 2013; compulsory service times range from 4-12 months, depending on educational and professional circumstances; since 2018, women have been permitted to serve as volunteers in the armed forces, including as uniformed officers and pilots (2023)",
|
||||
"text": "typically 18-30 for voluntary service for men and women; compulsory military service for men 18-35; compulsory service is from 4-12 months, depending on educational and professional circumstances (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the military incorporates about 2,000 conscripts annually and recruits foreign contract soldiers to overcome manpower limitations"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "32.4 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "32.8 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "34.6 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -183,16 +183,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.68% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.72% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "13.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.41 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.51 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "6.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since oil was discovered in the 1930s; most of the country's population is now concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east through Riyadh in the interior to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea"
|
||||
|
|
@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "11.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "12.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -251,10 +251,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.87 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.84 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.91 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.9 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "3.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "63.2% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "55.3% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditure": {
|
||||
"Education expenditure (% GDP)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@
|
|||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military and security forces": {
|
||||
"text": "the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces (SAAF) are divided into two ministries:<br><br>Ministry of Defense: Royal Saudi Land Forces, Royal Saudi Naval Forces (includes marines, special forces, naval aviation), Royal Saudi Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces, Royal Saudi Strategic Missiles Force; Ministry of the National Guard: Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG)<br><br>Other security forces include: <br><br>Ministry of Interior: Facilities Security Forces, Public Security Forces (police), General Directorate of Border Guard<br><br>State Security Presidency (SSP): General Directorate of Investigation (Mabahith), Special Security Forces, Special Emergency Forces (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the regular armed forces under the Ministry of Defense are responsible for external defense, although they can be called for domestic security duties if needed <br><br><strong>note 2</strong>: the SANG (also known as the White Army) is a land force comprised off tribal elements loyal to the House of Saud; it is responsible for internal security, protecting the royal family, guarding against military coups, defending strategic facilities and resources, and providing security for the cities of Mecca and Medina; it may also assist the regular armed forces in combat operations<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> the SAAF includes the Saudi Royal Guard Command, a unit which provides security and protection to the ruling family and other dignitaries"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the regular armed forces under the Ministry of Defense are responsible for external defense, although they can be called for domestic security duties if needed <br><br><strong>note 2</strong>: the SANG (also known as the White Army) is a land force comprised of tribal elements loyal to the House of Saud; it is responsible for internal security, protecting the royal family, guarding against military coups, defending strategic facilities and resources, and providing security for the cities of Mecca and Medina; it may also assist the regular armed forces in combat operations<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> the SAAF includes the Saudi Royal Guard Command, a unit which provides security and protection to the ruling family and other dignitaries"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1125,18 +1125,14 @@
|
|||
"text": "approximately 250,000 active Saudi Armed Forces, including 125,000 under the Ministry of Defense and 125,000 in the National Guard (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the inventory of the Saudi military forces, including the SANG, includes a mix of mostly modern weapons and equipment from Europe and the US; the US has been the largest supplier; major European suppliers have included France, Spain, and the UK; Saudi Arabia is one of the world's largest importers of arms (2024)",
|
||||
"text": "the inventory of the Saudi military forces, including the SANG, is comprised of imported modern armaments; major suppliers include Canada, China, France, Spain, the UK, and the US; Saudi Arabia is one of the world's largest importers of arms (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Saudi Navy is in the midst of a multi-year and multi-billion-dollar expansion and modernization program to purchase new frigates, corvettes, and other naval craft from such suppliers as Spain and the US"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "men (17-40) and women (21-40) may volunteer for military service; no conscription (2023)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>in 2021, women were allowed to serve in the Army, Air Defense, Navy, Strategic Missile Force, medical services, and internal security forces up to the rank of non-commissioned officer"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "continues to maintain a military presence in Yemen; has also established and supports several local militias, including the National Shield Forces in Aden and the Amajid Brigade in Abyan (2023)"
|
||||
"text": "voluntary military service for men (17-40) and women (typically 21-40, although maximum age may vary by role); no conscription (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "Saudi Arabia's security concerns include border security, cyberattacks, instability and Houthi (Ansarallah) rebels in Yemen, international terrorism, maritime security, and regional rivals such as Iran and Turkey<br><br>Saudi Arabia has close security ties with the US; the SAAF conducts bilateral exercises with the US military and hosts US forces; the US has participated in a cooperative program to equip and train the SANG since 1973, and much of the equipment for both the regular forces and the SANG has been acquired from the US; Saudi Arabia also has defense relationships with China, France, India, Pakistan, the UK, and fellow Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members; it is a member of the Peninsula Shield Forces, a joint military force established by the GCC countries with the aim of maintaining security and stability in the region; the force was established in 1982, and its leadership is based in Saudi Arabia<br><br>in 2015, Saudi Arabia led a military intervention into Yemen by a coalition of Arab states in support of the Republic of Yemen Government against the separatist Houthis (Ansarallah); Saudi forces from both the Ministry of Defense and the SANG participated in combat operations in Yemen; Saudi Arabia also raised and equipped paramilitary/militia security forces in Yemen--based largely on tribal or regional affiliation--to deploy along the Saudi-Yemen border (2025)"
|
||||
"text": "Saudi Arabia's security concerns include border security, cyberattacks, instability in Yemen, international terrorism, maritime security, and regional rivals such as Iran and Turkey<br><br>Saudi Arabia has close security ties with the US; the SAAF conducts bilateral exercises with the US military and hosts US forces; the US has participated in a cooperative program to equip and train the SANG since 1973, and much of the equipment for both the regular forces and the SANG has been acquired from the US; Saudi Arabia also has defense relationships with China, France, India, Pakistan, the UK, and fellow Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members; it is a member of the Peninsula Shield Forces, a joint military force established by the GCC countries with the aim of maintaining security and stability in the region; the force was established in 1982, and its leadership is based in Saudi Arabia (2025)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Space": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "24.1 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "24.5 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "23.6 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -182,16 +182,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.67% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.63% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "21.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "21.26 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.97 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "significant population density along the Mediterranean coast; larger concentrations found in the major cities of Damascus, Aleppo (the country's largest city), and Hims (Homs); more than half of the population lives in the coastal plain, the province of Halab, and the Euphrates River valley",
|
||||
|
|
@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "15.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
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"text": "14.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "16.6 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "2.69 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
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"text": "2.64 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Gross reproduction rate": {
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"text": "1.31 (2024 est.)"
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"text": "1.28 (2025 est.)"
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},
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"Drinking water source": {
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"improved: urban": {
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"text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
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"text": "52.6% (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Literacy": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "94.4% (2021 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Government type": {
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"text": "presidential republic; highly authoritarian regime"
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"text": "transitional presidential republic"
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},
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"Capital": {
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"name": {
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "vacant; former President Bashar al-ASAD was overthrown by Islamist rebels on 8 December 2024; ASAD and his family flew to Moscow where they were granted political asylum"
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"text": "Ahmad al-Shara'; former President Bashar al-ASAD was overthrown by Islamist rebels on 8 December 2024"
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},
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"head of government": {
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"text": "Prime Minister Muhammad al-BASHIR (since 8 December 2024)"
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"text": "not available"
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},
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"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
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"text": "prior to the fall of the ASAD regime in December 2024, the SAF was inventory was comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2024)"
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"text": "the military forces of Syria are equipped with Russian and Soviet-era armaments (2025)"
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},
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"Military service age and obligation": {
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"text": "prior to the fall of the ASAD regime in December 2024, men 18-42 were obligated to perform military service; compulsory service obligation was up to 30 months; women were not conscripted but could volunteer to serve, including in combat arms (2024)"
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "34 years (2024 est.)"
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"text": "34.4 years (2025 est.)"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "33.4 years"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "0.61% (2024 est.)"
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"text": "0.59% (2025 est.)"
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},
|
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"Birth rate": {
|
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"text": "13.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
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"text": "13.56 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
|
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"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
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"text": "6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
|
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"Net migration rate": {
|
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"text": "-1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
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"text": "-1.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
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},
|
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"Population distribution": {
|
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"text": "the most densely populated area is found around the Bosporus in the northwest, where 20% of the population lives in Istanbul; with the exception of Ankara, urban centers remain small and scattered throughout the interior of Anatolia; an overall pattern of peripheral development exists, particularly along the Aegean Sea coast in the west, and the Tigris and Euphrates River systems in the southeast"
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},
|
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"Infant mortality rate": {
|
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"total": {
|
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"text": "18.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
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"text": "17.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
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},
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"male": {
|
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"text": "19.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
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}
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},
|
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"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
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"text": "1.88 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.92 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.92 (2025 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"Drinking water source": {
|
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"improved: urban": {
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||||
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"text": "1.5% (2018 est.)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "65.4% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "59.6% (2021 est.)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
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@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@
|
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"text": "approximately 495,000 active military personnel; approximately 150,000 Gendarmerie (2025)"
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},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the military's inventory is comprised of domestically produced, European (particularly from Germany), and US weapons and equipment, as well as some Chinese, Russian, and South Korean acquisitions; it is a mix of older and modern weapons systems; Türkiye has a defense industry capable of producing a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use, including armored vehicles, naval vessels, and unmanned aerial vehicles/drones; Türkiye's defense industry also partners with other countries for defense production (2024)"
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"text": "the military's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and mostly European (such as Germany, Italy, and Spain) or US armaments; other suppliers have included Russia and South Korea; Türkiye's defense industry produces a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use, including armored vehicles, naval vessels, and unmanned aerial vehicles/drones; some of its domestically produced armaments are produced jointly with foreign partners or based on imported weapons systems and produced under license (2025)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "mandatory military service for men at age 20; service can be delayed if in university or in certain professions (researchers, professionals, and athletic, or those with artistic talents have the right to postpone military service until the age of 35); 6-12 months service; women may volunteer (2023)",
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Turkey estimated to maintain several thousand military forces in both Iraq and Syria"
|
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},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the responsibilities of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) include protecting the country's territory and sovereignty, participating in international peacekeeping operations, fulfilling Türkiye’s military commitments to NATO, providing disaster/humanitarian relief and assistance to domestic law enforcement if requested by civil authorities, and supporting the country's overall national security interests; it also has overall responsibility for the security of Türkiye’s borders<br><br>Türkiye is active in international peacekeeping and other military/security operations under NATO and the UN, as well as under bilateral agreements with some countries, such as Azerbaijan, Libya, Somalia, and Qatar; Türkiye has been a member of NATO since 1952 and hosts the headquarters for a NATO Land Command and a Rapid Deployment Corps, multiple airbases for NATO and US aircraft, NATO air/missile defense systems, and training centers; the TAF is the second-largest military in NATO behind the US<br><br>the military traces its history back to 200 B.C., although the modern TAF was formed following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the conclusion of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923); the TAF traditionally has been viewed as the “guardian” of Turkish politics, but its political role was diminished after the failed 2016 coup attempt; the military has a stake in Türkiye's economy through a holding company that is involved in the automotive, energy, finance, and logistics sectors, as well as iron and steel production (2025)"
|
||||
"text": "the responsibilities of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) include protecting the country's territory and sovereignty, participating in international peacekeeping operations, fulfilling Türkiye’s military commitments to NATO, providing disaster/humanitarian relief and assistance to domestic law enforcement if requested by civil authorities, and supporting the country's overall national security interests; it also has overall responsibility for the security of Türkiye’s borders<br><br>Türkiye is active in international peacekeeping and other military/security operations under NATO and the UN, as well as under bilateral agreements with some countries, such as Azerbaijan, Libya, Somalia, and Qatar; Türkiye has been a member of NATO since 1952 and hosts the headquarters for a NATO Land Command and a Rapid Deployment Corps, multiple airbases for NATO and US aircraft, NATO air/missile defense systems, and training centers; the TAF is the second-largest military in NATO behind the US<br><br>the military traces its history back to 200 B.C., although the modern TAF was formed following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the conclusion of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923); the TAF traditionally has been viewed as the “guardian” of Turkish politics, but its political role was diminished after the failed 2016 coup attempt; the military has a stake in Türkiye's economy through a holding company that is involved in the automotive, defense, energy, finance, and logistics sectors, as well as iron and steel production (2025)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Space": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "Turkish Space Agency (TUA; established 2018) (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Space launch site(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "rocket test launch site on the Black Sea in Sinop Province; constructing a rocket launch facility in Somalia as of 2025 (2025)"
|
||||
"text": "rocket test launch site on the Black Sea in Sinop Province; constructing a rocket launch facility in Somalia (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Space program overview": {
|
||||
"text": "has an ambitious national space program with a focus on satellites, satellite components, satellite launch capabilities, software development, ground station technologies, and building up the country’s space industries; manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites; in recent years has initiated a satellite/space launch vehicle (SLV) program with the goal of independently placing satellites into orbit and a probe on the Moon; works with more than 25 foreign space agencies and corporations, including those of Azerbaijan, China, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the US, as well as the ESA; has state-owned rocket and satellite development companies, including some under the Ministry of Defense; has a growing private space-industry sector, and the Turkish Government has pledged to increase the country's share of the global space market (2025)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "21.9 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "22 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "21.6 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -163,16 +163,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.07% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.03% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "27.8 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "27.24 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.2 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-3.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "the most populous Palestinian communities in the West Bank are located in the central ridge and western half of its territory; Jewish settlements are located throughout the West Bank, the most populous in the Seam Zone -- between the 1949 Armistice Line and the separation barrier -- and around Jerusalem"
|
||||
|
|
@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "15.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "14.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "17.5 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -230,10 +230,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.49 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.44 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.69 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.67 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "62.4% (2023 est.)",
|
||||
"text": "62.4% (2020 est.)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data includes Gaza and the West Bank"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -792,9 +792,6 @@
|
|||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
"text": "the PA police and security forces have approximately 28,000 active personnel, including about 11,500 National Security Forces (2024)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the security services are lightly equipped with small arms, light weapons, and wheeled vehicles (2024)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "Palestinian Authority security forces maintain security control of 17.5% (called Area A) of the West Bank, as agreed by the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel in the Oslo Accords, although Israeli security forces frequently conducted security operations there; Israeli security forces maintain responsibility for the remaining 82.5% of the West Bank, including Area B (22.5%), where the Palestinian Authority has administrative control, and Area C (60%), where Israel maintains administrative control (2024)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Median age": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "22 years (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.5 years (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "21.9 years"
|
||||
|
|
@ -179,16 +179,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.78% (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.22% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Birth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "23.4 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "29.07 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Death rate": {
|
||||
"text": "5.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.21 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Net migration rate": {
|
||||
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "the vast majority of the population is found in the Asir Mountains (part of the larger Sarawat Mountain system), located in the far western region of the country"
|
||||
|
|
@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Infant mortality rate": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "44.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "42.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "49.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
|
||||
|
|
@ -251,10 +251,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Total fertility rate": {
|
||||
"text": "2.82 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.65 children born/woman (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross reproduction rate": {
|
||||
"text": "1.37 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.78 (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "40.7% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "60.4% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "63.9% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1063,7 +1063,8 @@
|
|||
"text": "not available"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the Yemeni Government forces have an inventory consisting primarily of Russian and Soviet-era weapons and equipment Houthi forces are armed largely with weapons seized from the Yemeni Government stockpiles, smuggled in from Iran, and manufactured copies of Iranian designs and pre-war Yemeni Government weapons, such as Chinese and Russian missiles (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the Yemeni Government forces have an inventory consisting primarily of older foreign-supplied weapons systems, mostly of Russian or Soviet origin (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Houthi rebel forces are armed largely with weapons seized from the Yemeni Government stockpiles, smuggled in from Iran, and manufactured copies of Iranian designs and pre-war Yemeni Government weapons"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2001; 2-year service obligation (note - limited information since the start of the civil war in 2014) (2022)",
|
||||
|
|
@ -1087,6 +1088,11 @@
|
|||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "4,795,983 (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/yemen/"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
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