human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims; Algerian women and girls are vulnerable to sex trafficking due to financial problems or after running away from home; undocumented sub-Saharan migrants are vulnerable to labor and sex trafficking and are exploited in restaurants, houses, and informal worksites; sub-Saharan men and women needing more funds for their onward journey to Europe work illegally in construction and commercial sex and are vulnerable to sex trafficking and debt bondage; foreign women and girls, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, are subject to sex trafficking in bars and informal brothels; criminal begging rings that exploit sub-Saharan African migrant children are common
" - }, "tier rating": { - "text": "Tier 3 — Algeria does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; authorities prosecuted fewer traffickers and identified fewer victims compared to last year and convicted no traffickers; the government continued to lack effective procedures and mechanisms to screen for, identify, and refer potential victims to protective services and punished some potential victims for unlawful acts traffickers forced them to commit; the government took some steps to combat trafficking, including prosecuting some traffickers, identifying some victims, and continuing to implement its 2019-2021 national anti-trafficking action plan (2020)" + "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Algeria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the government made key achievements during the reporting period, therefore Algeria was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; authorities identified more trafficking victims, increased investigations and prosecutions, while continuing to convict traffickers; Algeria partnered with international organizations to train officials and conduct public awareness campaigns; however, government identification of and services for victims remained insufficient; authorities continued to punish some potential victims for unlawful acts traffickers compelled them to commit (2022)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims; Algerian women and girls are vulnerable to sex trafficking due to financial problems or after running away from home; undocumented sub-Saharan migrants are vulnerable to labor and sex trafficking and are exploited in restaurants, houses, and informal worksites; sub-Saharan men and women needing more funds for their onward journey to Europe work illegally in construction and commercial sex and are vulnerable to sex trafficking and debt bondage; foreign women and girls, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, are subject to sex trafficking in bars and informal brothels; criminal begging rings that exploit sub-Saharan African migrant children are common and reportedly increasing (2022)
" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index 786cc0b9..c57f8f53 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "8.952 million LUANDA (capital), 914,000 Lubango, 862,000 Cabinda, Benguela 777,000 (2022)" + "text": "9.292 million LUANDA (capital), 959,000 Lubango, 905,000 Cabinda, 809,000 Benguela, 783,000 Malanje (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index 79dee23d..2242e5f5 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.189 million Abomey-Calavi, 709,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2022)" + "text": "285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.253 million Abomey-Calavi, 722,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2022)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 9f324165..9f956ff6 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.139 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.207 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 4af2388e..f22f557c 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.533 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.592 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1259,11 +1259,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Chad and Chadians abroad; most trafficking is internal; some children are sent by their parents to relatives or intermediaries to receive education, an apprenticeship, goods, or money and are then forced to work in domestic service or cattle herding; children are also forced to work in agriculture, gold mines, charcoal vending, and fishing, and those attending Koranic schools are forced into begging and street vending; girls from rural areas who search for work in larger towns are exploited in sex trafficking and domestic servitude; terrorist groups abduct children to serve as soldiers, suicide bombers, brides, and forced laborers" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; one trafficker was convicted, the first under a 2018 law, but the government did not report investigating or prosecuting alleged traffickers, including complicit government officials; the government adopted a formal Road Map to implement its 2108 National Action Plan but did not report executing it; authorities did not identify any victims and have not drafted victim identification and referral procedures; the government continued to make no effort to raise awareness on trafficking (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Chad and Chadians abroad; most trafficking is internal; some children are sent by their parents to relatives or intermediaries to receive education, an apprenticeship, goods, or money and are then forced to work in domestic service or cattle herding; children are also forced to work in agriculture, gold mines, charcoal vending, and fishing, and those attending Koranic schools are forced into begging and street vending; girls from rural areas who search for work in larger towns are exploited in sex trafficking and domestic servitude; terrorist groups abduct children to serve as soldiers, suicide bombers, brides, and forced laborers" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index 6af913c6..78d3f9c9 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government took office in 1992. A two-year civil war that ended in 1999 restored former Marxist President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso, who had ruled from 1979 to 1992, and sparked a short period of ethnic and political unrest that was resolved by a peace agreement in late 1999. A new constitution adopted three years later provided for a multi-party system and a seven-year presidential term, and elections arranged shortly thereafter installed SASSOU-Nguesso. Following a year of renewed fighting, President SASSOU-Nguesso and southern-based rebel groups agreed to a final peace accord in March 2003. SASSOU-Nguesso was reeelected in 2009 and, after passing a referendum allowing him to run for a third term, was reelected again in 2016. The Republic of Congo is one of Africa's largest petroleum producers, but with declining production it will need new offshore oil finds to sustain its oil earnings over the long term." + "text": "Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government took office in 1992. A two-year civil war that ended in 1999 restored former Marxist President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso, who had ruled from 1979 to 1992, and sparked a short period of ethnic and political unrest that was resolved by a peace agreement in late 1999. A new constitution adopted three years later provided for a multi-party system and a seven-year presidential term, and elections arranged shortly thereafter retained SASSOU-Nguesso. Following a year of renewed fighting, President SASSOU-Nguesso and southern-based rebel groups agreed to a final peace accord in March 2003. SASSOU-Nguesso was reeelected in 2009 and, after passing a referendum allowing him to run for a third term, was reelected again in 2016. The Republic of Congo is one of Africa's largest petroleum producers, but with declining production it will need new offshore oil finds to sustain its oil earnings over the long term." } }, "Geography": { @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.553 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.295 million Pointe-Noire (2022)" + "text": "2.638 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.336 million Pointe-Noire (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 41b7823b..d7a012c9 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "15.628 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.765 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.695 million Lubumbashi, 1.593 million Kananga, 1.366 million Kisangani, 1.190 million Bukavu (2022)" + "text": "16.316 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.892 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.812 million Lubumbashi, 1.664 million Kananga, 1.423 million Kisangani, 1.249 million Bukavu (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1332,11 +1332,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congolese abroad; most trafficking is internal and involves the forced labor of men, women, and children in artisanal mining, agriculture, domestic servitude, sex trafficking, or child recruitment by armed groups; some traffickers are family members or others who promise victims or victims’ families educational or job opportunities and instead force victims to work as domestic servants, street vendors, gang members, or in commercial sex; some Congolese women and girls who migrate to other countries in Africa or the Middle East are exploited in sex trafficking or forced labor in agriculture, diamond mines, or domestic service; they may be fraudulently recruited by traffickers with false promises of jobs or education" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the DRC was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List because of several accomplishments; the government drafted and launched its first national anti-trafficking action plan; authorities increased law enforcement efforts, including investigating and prosecuting more trafficking crimes; a number of traffickers were convicted, including a high-ranking army officer and the leader of an armed group; however, authorities continued to lack standard operating procedures for identifying victims and referring them to care; there were credible allegations that the army abducted women and girls for sexual slavery and recruited and used child soldiers (2020)
" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congolese abroad; most trafficking is internal and involves the forced labor of men, women, and children in artisanal mining, agriculture, domestic servitude, sex trafficking, or child recruitment by armed groups; some traffickers are family members or others who promise victims or victims’ families educational or job opportunities and instead force victims to work as domestic servants, street vendors, gang members, or in commercial sex; some Congolese women and girls who migrate to other countries in Africa or the Middle East are exploited in sex trafficking or forced labor in agriculture, diamond mines, or domestic service; they may be fraudulently recruited by traffickers with false promises of jobs or education" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index b98ccb4e..b1adc018 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.164 million YAOUNDE (capital), 3.927 million Douala (2022)" + "text": "4.509 million YAOUNDE (capital), 4.063 million Douala (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1332,18 +1332,18 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "353,362 (Central African Republic), 138,107 (Nigeria) (2022)" + "text": "355,667 (Central African Republic), 132,151 (Nigeria) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "975,786 (2022) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Cameroon and Cameroonians abroad; deteriorating economic and education conditions and diminished police and judicial presence caused by conflict in the Northwest and Southwest has left displaced persons vulnerable to trafficking; parents may be lured by promises of education or a better life for their children in urban areas, and then the children are subject to forced labor and sex trafficking; teenagers and adolescents may be lured to cities with promises of employment and then become victims of forced labor and sex trafficking; children from neighboring countries are forced to work in spare parts shops or cattle grazing by business owners and herders; Cameroonians, often from rural areas, are exploited in forced labor and sex trafficking in the Middle East, Europe, the United States, and African countries" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Cameroon does not meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but is making significant efforts to do so; authorities investigated at least nine suspected trafficking cases, identified 77 victims, and provided some training on trafficking indicators to officials and teachers; however, officials prosecuted and convicted fewer traffickers; standard operating procedures for the identification and referral of trafficking victims were not implemented, and officials were not trained on the measures; the government did not report referring trafficking victims to government institutions for vulnerable children, but NGO-funded centers provided care for an unknown number of child victims; 2012 anti-trafficking legislation addressing victim and witness protection in conformity with international law was not passed for the eighth consecutive year (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Cameroon and Cameroonians abroad; deteriorating economic and education conditions and diminished police and judicial presence caused by conflict in the Northwest and Southwest has left displaced persons vulnerable to trafficking; parents may be lured by promises of education or a better life for their children in urban areas, and then the children are subject to forced labor and sex trafficking; teenagers and adolescents may be lured to cities with promises of employment and then become victims of forced labor and sex trafficking; children from neighboring countries are forced to work in spare parts shops or cattle grazing by business owners and herders; Cameroonians, often from rural areas, are exploited in forced labor and sex trafficking in the Middle East, Europe, the United States, and African countries" } } } diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index e236c61e..b54f3ef2 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The archipelago of the Comoros in the Indian Ocean, composed of the islands of Mayotte, Anjouan, Moheli, and Grande Comore declared independence from France on 6 July 1975. Residents of Mayotte voted to remain in France, and France now has classified it as a department of France. Since independence, Comoros has endured political instability through realized and attempted coups. In 1997, the islands of Anjouan and Moheli declared independence from Comoros. In 1999, military chief Col. AZALI Assoumani seized power of the entire government in a bloodless coup; he initiated the 2000 Fomboni Accords, a power-sharing agreement in which the federal presidency rotates among the three islands, and each island maintains its local government. AZALI won the 2002 federal presidential election as president of the Union of the Comoros from Grande Comore Island, which held the first four-year term. AZALI stepped down in 2006 and President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed SAMBI was elected as president from Anjouan. In 2007, Mohamed BACAR effected Anjouan's de-facto secession from the Union of the Comoros, refusing to step down when Comoros' other islands held legitimate elections in July. The African Union (AU) initially attempted to resolve the political crisis by applying sanctions and a naval blockade to Anjouan, but in March 2008 the AU and Comoran soldiers seized the island. The island's inhabitants generally welcomed the move. In 2009, the Comorian population approved a constitutional referendum extending the term of the president from four years to five years. In May 2011, Ikililou DHOININE won the presidency in peaceful elections widely deemed to be free and fair. In closely contested elections in 2016, former President AZALI Assoumani won a second term, when the rotating presidency returned to Grande Comore. A new July 2018 constitution removed the presidential term limits and the requirement for the presidency to rotate between the three main islands. In August 2018, President AZALI formed a new government and subsequently ran and was elected president in March 2019." + "text": "The archipelago of the Comoros in the Indian Ocean, composed of the islands of Anjouan, Mayotte, Moheli, and Grande Comore, declared independence from France on 6 July 1975. Residents of Mayotte, however, voted to remain in France, and the French Government now has classified it as a department of France. Since independence, Comoros has endured political instability through realized and attempted coups. In 1997, the islands of Anjouan and Moheli declared independence from Comoros. In 1999, military chief Col. AZALI Assoumani seized power of the entire government in a bloodless coup; he initiated the 2000 Fomboni Accords, a power-sharing agreement in which the federal presidency rotates among the three islands, and each island maintains its local government. AZALI won the 2002 federal presidential election as president of the Union of the Comoros from Grande Comore Island, which held the first four-year term. AZALI stepped down in 2006 and President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed SAMBI was elected as president from Anjouan. In 2007, Mohamed BACAR effected Anjouan's de-facto secession from the Union of the Comoros, refusing to step down when Comoros' other islands held legitimate elections in July. The African Union (AU) initially attempted to resolve the political crisis by applying sanctions and a naval blockade to Anjouan, but in March 2008 the AU and Comoran soldiers seized the island. The island's inhabitants generally welcomed the move. In 2009, the Comorian population approved a constitutional referendum extending the term of the president from four years to five years. In May 2011, Ikililou DHOININE won the presidency in peaceful elections widely deemed to be free and fair. In closely contested elections in 2016, former President AZALI Assoumani won a second term, when the rotating presidency returned to Grande Comore. A referendum held in July 2018 - boycotted by the opposition parties - overwhelmingly approved a new constitution removing presidential term limits and the requirement for the presidency to rotate between the three main islands. In August 2018, President AZALI formed a new government and subsequently ran and was elected president in March 2019." } }, "Geography": { @@ -461,10 +461,10 @@ "text": "Comoros" }, "local long form": { - "text": "Udzima wa Komori (Comorian)/ Union des Comores (French)/ Al Ittihad al Qumuri (Arabic)" + "text": "Udzima wa Komori (Comorian)/Union des Comores (French)/Al Ittihad al Qumuri (Arabic)" }, "local short form": { - "text": "Komori (Comorian)/ Les Comores (French)/ Juzur al Qamar (Arabic)" + "text": "Komori (Comorian)/Les Comores (French)/Juzur al Qamar (Arabic)" }, "former": { "text": "Comorian State, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros" @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ "text": "last held on 19 January 2020 with a runoff on 23 February 2020 (next to be held in 2025) (2020)" }, "election results": { - "text": "seats by party -1st round - Boycotting parties 16, Independent 3, CRC 2, RDC 2, RADHI 1, Orange party 0; note - 9 additional seats filled by the 3 island assemblies; 2nd round - CRC 20, Orange Party 2, Independents 2; composition for elected members as of 2022 - men 20, women 4, percent of women 16.7%claims French-administered Mayotte and challenges France's and Madagascar's claims to Banc du Geyser, a drying reef in the Mozambique Channel; in May 2008, African Union forces assisted the Comoros military in recapturing Anjouan Island from rebels who seized it in 2001
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers may exploit domestic and foreign victims in Comoros and Comorians abroad; some Comorian and Malagasy women are subject to forced labor in the Middle East; adults and children may be forced to work in agriculture, construction, or as domestics in Mayotte; children abandoned by parents who left to seek jobs abroad are vulnerable to exploitation in domestic service, vending, baking, fishing, and agriculture; children from poor families whose parents place them with a relative or acquaintance for educational opportunities are vulnerable to domestic servitude and physical and sexual abuse; some children in Koranic schools may experience forced labor in agriculture or domestic servitude; inadequate border controls; government corruption, and international crime networks leave Comorians vulnerable to international trafficking" - }, "tier rating": { - "text": "Tier 3 — Comoros does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking is not making significant efforts to do so; the Anti-Trafficking Task Force met for the first time since 2017 and began drafting a national action plan for combatting trafficking; the government took steps to ratify the 2000 UN TIP Protocol and supported centers that identify and provide care to victims of crime, would include trafficking victims; however, authorities continued to lack an understanding of trafficking and did not make any anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts; the government did not investigate, prosecute, or convict any alleged traffickers or officials suspected of complicity in trafficking; the government did not develop any standing operating procedures for identifying trafficking victims and referring them to limited care providers; no public awareness campaigns were conducted (2020)" + "text": "Tier 3 — Comoros does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the Anti-Trafficking Task Force met for the first time since 2017 and began drafting a national action plan for combatting trafficking; the government took steps to ratify the 2000 UN TIP Protocol and supported centers that would identify and provide care to victims of crime and would include trafficking victims; however, authorities continued to lack an understanding of trafficking and did not make any anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts; the government did not investigate, prosecute, or convict any alleged traffickers or officials suspected of complicity in trafficking; the government did not develop any standard operating procedures for identifying trafficking victims and referring them to limited care providers; no public awareness campaigns were conducted (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers may exploit domestic and foreign victims in Comoros and Comorians abroad; some Comorian and Malagasy women are subject to forced labor in the Middle East; adults and children may be forced to work in agriculture, construction, or as domestics in Mayotte; children abandoned by parents who left to seek jobs abroad are vulnerable to exploitation in domestic service, vending, baking, fishing, and agriculture; children from poor families whose parents place them with a relative or acquaintance for educational opportunities are vulnerable to domestic servitude and physical and sexual abuse; some children in Koranic schools may experience forced labor in agriculture or domestic servitude; inadequate border controls; government corruption, and international crime networks leave Comorians vulnerable to international trafficking" } } } diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 782aab82..bd36493d 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "933,000 BANGUI (capital) (2022)" + "text": "958,000 BANGUI (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 642e8b8e..26214591 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ "text": "Sunni Muslim 94% (nearly all Djiboutians), other 6% (mainly foreign-born residents - Shia Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Baha'i, and atheist)" }, "Demographic profile": { - "text": "Djibouti is a poor, predominantly urban country, characterized by high rates of illiteracy, unemployment, and childhood malnutrition. More than 75% of the population lives in cities and towns (predominantly in the capital, Djibouti). The rural population subsists primarily on nomadic herding. Prone to droughts and floods, the country has few natural resources and must import more than 80% of its food from neighboring countries or Europe. Health care, particularly outside the capital, is limited by poor infrastructure, shortages of equipment and supplies, and a lack of qualified personnel. More than a third of health care recipients are migrants because the services are still better than those available in their neighboring home countries. The nearly universal practice of female genital cutting reflects Djibouti’s lack of gender equality and is a major contributor to obstetrical complications and its high rates of maternal and infant mortality. A 1995 law prohibiting the practice has never been enforced.
Because of its political stability and its strategic location at the confluence of East Africa and the Gulf States along the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, Djibouti is a key transit point for migrants and asylum seekers heading for the Gulf States and beyond. Each year some hundred thousand people, mainly Ethiopians and some Somalis, journey through Djibouti, usually to the port of Obock, to attempt a dangerous sea crossing to Yemen. However, with the escalation of the ongoing Yemen conflict, Yemenis began fleeing to Djibouti in March 2015, with almost 20,000 arriving by August 2017. Most Yemenis remain unregistered and head for Djibouti City rather than seeking asylum at one of Djibouti’s three spartan refugee camps. Djibouti has been hosting refugees and asylum seekers, predominantly Somalis and lesser numbers of Ethiopians and Eritreans, at camps for 20 years, despite lacking potable water, food shortages, and unemployment.
" + "text": "Djibouti is a poor, predominantly urban country, characterized by high rates of illiteracy, unemployment, and childhood malnutrition. More than 75% of the population lives in cities and towns (predominantly in the capital, Djibouti). The rural population subsists primarily on nomadic herding. Prone to droughts and floods, the country has few natural resources and must import more than 80% of its food from neighboring countries or Europe. Health care, particularly outside the capital, is limited by poor infrastructure, shortages of equipment and supplies, and a lack of qualified personnel. More than a third of health care recipients are migrants because the services are still better than those available in their neighboring home countries. The nearly universal practice of female genital cutting reflects Djibouti’s lack of gender equality and is a major contributor to obstetrical complications and its high rates of maternal and infant mortality. A 1995 law prohibiting the practice has never been enforced.
Because of its political stability and its strategic location at the confluence of East Africa and the Gulf States along the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, Djibouti is a key transit point for migrants and asylum seekers heading for the Gulf States and beyond. Each year some 100,000 people, mainly Ethiopians and some Somalis, journey through Djibouti, usually to the port of Obock, to attempt a dangerous sea crossing to Yemen. However, with the escalation of the ongoing Yemen conflict, Yemenis began fleeing to Djibouti in March 2015, with almost 20,000 arriving by August 2017. Most Yemenis remain unregistered and head for Djibouti City rather than seeking asylum at one of Djibouti’s three spartan refugee camps. Djibouti has been hosting refugees and asylum seekers, predominantly Somalis and lesser numbers of Ethiopians and Eritreans, at camps for 20 years, despite lacking potable water, food shortages, and unemployment.
" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "591,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2022)" + "text": "600,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Center for United Democrats or CDU [Ahmed Mohamed YOUSSOUF, chairman]as of 2022, China, France, Italy, Japan, and the US maintained bases in Djibouti for regional military missions, including counter-terrorism, counter-piracy, crisis response, and security assistance (note – France has multiple bases and hosts troop contingents from Germany and Spain); the EU and NATO have also maintained a presence to support multinational naval counter-piracy operations and maritime training efforts; in 2017, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia announced plans for the Saudis to build a military base there, although no start date was announced
" }, "Maritime threats": { - "text": "the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center (PRC) received one incident of piracy and armed robbery in 2021 for the Horn of Africa; while there were no recorded incidents, the IMB PRC warned that Somali pirates continue to possess the capacity to carry out attacks in the Somali basin and wider Indian Ocean; in particular, the report warns that, \"Masters and crew must remain vigilant and cautious when transiting these waters.\"; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators, including the use of on-board armed security teams, contributed to the drop in incidents; the EU naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, continues its operations in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean through 2022; naval units from China, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, the US, and other countries also operate in conjunction with EU forces; China has established a base in Djibouti to support its deployed naval units in the Horn of Africa" + "text": "the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center (PRC) received one incident of piracy and armed robbery in 2021 for the Horn of Africa; while there were no recorded incidents, the IMB PRC warned that Somali pirates continued to possess the capacity to carry out attacks in the Somali basin and wider Indian Ocean; in particular, the report warned that, \"Masters and crew must remain vigilant and cautious when transiting these waters.\"; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators, including the use of on-board armed security teams, contributed to the drop in incidents; the EU naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, continues its operations in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean through 2022; naval units from China, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, the US, and other countries also operate in conjunction with EU forces; China has established a base in Djibouti to support its deployed naval units in the Horn of Africa" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 76f7e323..23e8044d 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "21.750 million CAIRO (capital), 5.484 million Alexandria, 764,000 Bur Sa'id (2022)" + "text": "22.183 million CAIRO (capital), 5.588 million Alexandria, 778,000 Bur Sa'id (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 87e77b50..f00147c5 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -1151,11 +1151,11 @@ "text": "Equatorial Guinea-Cameroon: in 2002, ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but a dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River and imprecisely defined maritime coordinates in the ICJ decision delayed final delimitation
Equatorial Guinea-Gabon: UN urged Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane and lesser islands and to create a maritime boundary in the hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Equatorial Guinea and Equatoguineans abroad; the majority of trafficking victims are subjected to forced domestic service and commercial sex in cities, particularly in the hospitality and restaurant sector; local and foreign women, including Latin Americans, are exploited in commercial sex domestically, while some Equatoguinean women are sex trafficked in Spain; some children from rural areas have been forced into domestic servitude; children from nearby countries are forced to labor as domestic workers, market workers, vendors, and launderers; individuals recruited from African countries and temporary workers from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela are sometimes exploited in forced labor and sex trafficking" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Equatorial Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; authorities investigated, and for the first time since 2010, initiated the prosecution of alleged human traffickers; the government partnered with an international organization to provide training for more than 700 officials and civil society actors; authorities developed and implemented formal screening procedures to identify victims within vulnerable populations, an effort that had stalled for five years; however, the government still has not convicted a trafficker or any complicit government employees under its 2004 anti-trafficking law; a lack of training among judicial officials has resulted in potential trafficking crimes being tried under related statutes; victim services remained inadequate; authorities did not report referring any trafficking victims to government housing that was supposed to serve as temporary shelter (2020)
" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Equatorial Guinea and Equatoguineans abroad; the majority of trafficking victims are subjected to forced domestic service and commercial sex in cities, particularly in the hospitality and restaurant sector; local and foreign women, including Latin Americans, are exploited in commercial sex domestically, while some Equatoguinean women are sex trafficked in Spain; some children from rural areas have been forced into domestic servitude; children from nearby countries are forced to labor as domestic workers, market workers, vendors, and launderers; individuals recruited from African countries and temporary workers from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela are sometimes exploited in forced labor and sex trafficking" } } } diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index c554d659..f612b4c6 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.035 million ASMARA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.073 million ASMARA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1173,11 +1173,11 @@ "text": "Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to abide by 2002 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision, but neither party responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006 EEBC Demarcation Statement; Sudan accuses Eritrea of supporting eastern Sudanese rebel groups; in 2008, Eritrean troops moved across the border on Ras Doumera peninsula and occupied Doumera Island with undefined sovereignty in the Red Sea
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers export domestic victims in Eritrea or abroad; National Service is mandatory at age 18 and may take a variety of forms, including military service and physical labor but also government office jobs and teaching; Eritreans who flee the country, usually with the aim of reaching Europe, seek the help of paid smugglers and are vulnerable to trafficking when they cross the border clandestinely into Sudan, Ethiopia, and to a lesser extent Djibouti; Eritreans are subject to forced labor and sex trafficking mainly in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Libya" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government engaged in critical bilateral and multilateral partnerships to build its capacity for anti-trafficking initiatives; officials participated in a UN-sponsored regional anti-trafficking workshop and committed to produce a regional plan of action to combat trafficking; however, a government policy or pattern of forced labor existed; the government continued to subject its nationals to forced labor in its compulsory national service and citizen militia by forcing them to serve indefinitely or for arbitrary periods; authorities did not report any trafficking investigations, prosecutions, or convictions, including complicit government employees, nor did they report identifying victims and referring them to care; the government has no action plan to combat human trafficking (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers export domestic victims in Eritrea or abroad; National Service is mandatory at age 18 and may take a variety of forms, including military service and physical labor but also government office jobs and teaching; Eritreans who flee the country, usually with the aim of reaching Europe, seek the help of paid smugglers and are vulnerable to trafficking when they cross the border clandestinely into Sudan, Ethiopia, and to a lesser extent Djibouti; Eritreans are subject to forced labor and sex trafficking mainly in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Libya" } } } diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index c8bd32e4..521e4029 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "5.228 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "5.461 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "407,382 (South Sudan), 251,126 (Somalia), 162,011 (Eritrea), 48,445 (Sudan) (2022)" + "text": "408,541 (South Sudan), 251,593 (Somalia), 162,011 (Eritrea), 48,445 (Sudan) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "2.72 million (includes conflict- and climate-induced IDPs, excluding unverified estimates from the Amhara region; border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Somali and Oromia regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index ed38ed1d..247fb3f4 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "470,000 BANJUL (capital) (2022)", + "text": "481,000 BANJUL (capital) (2023)", "note": "note: includes the local government areas of Banjul and Kanifing" }, "Sex ratio": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index 56d00148..39aeb9ee 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "857,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2022)" + "text": "870,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index 985a71ba..2270f128 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.630 million Kumasi, 2.605 million ACCRA (capital), 1.035 million Sekondi Takoradi (2022)" + "text": "3.768 million Kumasi, 2.660 million ACCRA (capital), 1.078 million Sekondi Takoradi (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index d6724df1..ccfb6d71 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.049 million CONAKRY (capital) (2022)" + "text": "2.111 million CONAKRY (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1264,11 +1264,11 @@ "text": "Sierra Leone considers Guinea's definition of the flood plain limits to define the left bank boundary of the Makona and Moa Rivers excessive and protests Guinea's continued occupation of these lands, including the hamlet of Yenga, occupied since 1998
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "Guinea is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking victims are Guinean children; Guinean girls are subjected to domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are forced to beg, work as street vendors, shoe shiners, or miners; some Guinean children are forced to mine in Senegal, Mali, and possibly other West African countries; Guinean women and girls are subjected to domestic servitude and sex trafficking in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Greece, and Spain, while Chinese and Vietnamese women are reportedly forced into prostitution in Guinea" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however it is making significant efforts to do so; the government drafted a new anti-trafficking action plan, provided support to eight victims exploited in the Middle East, and incorporated anti-trafficking training into the law enforcement curriculum; however, the government did not overall increase efforts compared to the last rating period; investigations and prosecutions of trafficking crimes decreased, victim identification was inadequate, and NGO’s providing victim services did not receive government support; for the fourth year, resources for the anti-trafficking committee or the Office for the Protection of Gender, Children and Morals were inadequate; a Quranic teacher was not prosecuted for allegedly forcing child begging; Guinea was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "Guinea is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking victims are Guinean children; Guinean girls are subjected to domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are forced to beg, work as street vendors, shoe shiners, or miners; some Guinean children are forced to mine in Senegal, Mali, and possibly other West African countries; Guinean women and girls are subjected to domestic servitude and sex trafficking in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Greece, and Spain, while Chinese and Vietnamese women are reportedly forced into prostitution in Guinea" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 1291b1e2..d9d980e1 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018), 5.516 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2022)" + "text": "231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018), 5.686 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index f1e0a4cf..45357e61 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "5.119 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.389 million Mombassa (2022)" + "text": "5.325 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.440 million Mombassa (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index d99bfca1..cdcf21fa 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.623 million MONROVIA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.678 million MONROVIA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index 5b2f8f4b..d6132cbb 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green in the proportions of 3:4:3; the colors represent rain, peace, and prosperity respectively; centered in the white stripe is a black Basotho hat representing the indigenous people; the flag was unfurled in October 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence" + "text": "three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green in the proportions of 3:4:3; the colors represent rain, peace, and prosperity respectively; centered in the white stripe is a black mokorotlo, a traditional Basotho straw hat and national symbol; the redesigned flag was unfurled in October 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "mokorotio (Basotho hat); national colors: blue, white, green, black" diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index dd9a0c16..4c93da36 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.176 million TRIPOLI (capital), 953,000 Misratah, 848,000 Benghazi (2022)" + "text": "1.183 million TRIPOLI (capital), 984,000 Misratah, 859,000 Benghazi (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 7dfcbc07..45cc903c 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.700 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2022)" + "text": "3.872 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ "text": "Senate - last held on 11 December 2020 (next to be held in December 2025)Economic Liberalism and Democratic Action for National Recovery or LEADER FANILO [Jean Max RAKOTOMAMONJY]
FOMBA [Ny Rado RAFALIMANANA]
Gideons Fighting Against Poverty in Madagascar (Gedeona Miady amin'ny Fahantrana eto Madagascar) or GFFM [Andre Christian Dieu Donne MAILHOL]
Green Party or VERTS (Antoko Maintso) [Alexandre GEORGET]
I Love Madagascar (Tiako I Madagasikara) or TIM [Marc RAVALOMANANA]
Irmar
Malagasy Aware (Malagasy Tonga Saina) or MTS [Roland RATSIRAKA]
Malagasy Raising Together (Malagasy Miara-Miainga) or MMM [Hajo ANDRIANAINARIVELO]
New Force for Madagascar (Hery Vaovao ho an'ny Madagasikara) or HVM [Hery Martial RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA Rakotoarimanana]
Total Refoundation of Madagascar (Refondation Totale de Madagascar) or RTM [Joseph Martin RANDRIAMAMPIONONA]
Vanguard for the Renovation of Madagascar (Avant-Garde pour la renovation de Madagascar) or AREMA [Didier RATSIRAKA]
Young Malagasies Determined (Malagasy: Tanora malaGasy Vonona) or TGV [Andry RAJOELINA] and MAPAR [Andry RAJOELINA], and IRD (We are all with Andry Rajoelina) [Andry RAJOELINA]
Group of Young Malagasy Patriots (Groupe des Jeunes Malgaches Patriotes) or GJMP
I Love Madagascar (Tiako I Madagasikara) or TIM [Marc RAVALOMANANA]
Malagasy Aware (Malagasy Tonga Saina) or MTS [Roland RATSIRAKA]
Malagasy Tia Tanindrazana or MATITA or ANGADY [Hyacinthe Befeno TODIMANANA]
Movement for Democracy in Madagascar (Mouvement pour la Démocratie à Madagascar) or MDM [Pierrot RAJAONARIVELO]
Rally for Democratic Socialism (Rassemblement pour Socialisme Démocratique - Nauveau) or RPSD Vaovao [Evariste MARSON]
Young Malagasies Determined (Tanora Malagasy Vonona) or TGV [Andry RAJOELINA]
Note: Only parties with seats in the National Assembly included
note: only parties with seats in the National Assembly listed
" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index e4188c45..fa0a26a5 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.432 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.492 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1290,11 +1290,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "Mauritania is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to conditions of forced labor and sex trafficking; adults and children from traditional slave castes are subjected to slavery-related practices rooted in ancestral master-slave relationships; Mauritanian boys are trafficked within the country by religious teachers for forced begging; Mauritanian girls, as well as girls from Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, and other West African countries, are forced into domestic servitude; Mauritanian women and girls are forced into prostitution in the country or transported to countries in the Middle East for the same purpose" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Mauritania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so and was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; the government convicted five hereditary slaveholders, drafted new anti-trafficking legislation and a national action plan, raised awareness on child forced begging in Quranic schools with imams and religious leaders by establishing an inter-ministerial committee, published a child protection guide, and operated a cash transfer program; however, the government rarely imprisoned convicted slaveholders and did not identify any victims; government agencies lacked resources; government officials refuse to investigate or prosecute political offenders (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "Mauritania is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to conditions of forced labor and sex trafficking; adults and children from traditional slave castes are subjected to slavery-related practices rooted in ancestral master-slave relationships; Mauritanian boys are trafficked within the country by religious teachers for forced begging; Mauritanian girls, as well as girls from Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, and other West African countries, are forced into domestic servitude; Mauritanian women and girls are forced into prostitution in the country or transported to countries in the Middle East for the same purpose" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 09fdbe2c..14ae6408 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.797 million Matola, 1.139 million MAPUTO (capital), 927,000 Nampula (2022)" + "text": "1.852 million Matola, 1.163 million MAPUTO (capital), 969,000 Nampula (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 110bc01b..b0e3b3d9 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.384 million NIAMEY (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.437 million NIAMEY (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "187,136 (Nigeria), 65,621 (Mali) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" + "text": "187,130 (Nigeria), 65,621 (Mali) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "376,809 (includes the regions of Diffa, Tillaberi, and Tahoua; unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2022)" diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index c5acb03f..c16619a6 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "15.388 million Lagos, 4.219 million Kano, 3.756 million Ibadan, 3.652 million ABUJA (capital), 3.325 million Port Harcourt, 1.841 million Benin City (2022)" + "text": "15.946 million Lagos, 4.348 million Kano, 3.875 million Ibadan, 3.840 million ABUJA (capital), 3.480 million Port Harcourt, 1.905 million Benin City (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index 9ded104c..6bd5878b 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "20.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "21.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "4.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "440,000 JUBA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "459,000 JUBA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "20.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "21.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "4.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1089,11 +1089,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "South Sudan is a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; South Sudanese women and girls, particularly those who are internally displaced or from rural areas, are vulnerable to forced labor and sexual exploitation in urban centers; the rising number of street children and child laborers are also exploited for forced labor and prostitution; women and girls from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo are trafficked to South Sudan with promises of legitimate jobs and are forced into the sex trade; inter-ethnic abductions continue between some communities in South Sudan; government forces use children to fight and perpetrate violence against other children and civilians, to serve as scouts, escorts, cooks, and cleaners, and to carry heavy loads while on the move" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — South Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so: the government’s efforts include forming and staffing an anti-trafficking inter-ministerial task force, releasing 286 child soldiers, and identifying 19 potential trafficking victims; however, the recruitment of child soldiers by security and law enforcement continues and neither was held criminally responsible; authorities did not investigate or prosecute forced labor or sex trafficking crimes and made no effort to identify and protect trafficking victims; authorities continued to arrest and imprison child sex trafficking victims without screening for indicators of trafficking (2020)
" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "South Sudan is a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; South Sudanese women and girls, particularly those who are internally displaced or from rural areas, are vulnerable to forced labor and sexual exploitation in urban centers; the rising number of street children and child laborers are also exploited for forced labor and prostitution; women and girls from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo are trafficked to South Sudan with promises of legitimate jobs and are forced into the sex trade; inter-ethnic abductions continue between some communities in South Sudan; government forces use children to fight and perpetrate violence against other children and civilians, to serve as scouts, escorts, cooks, and cleaners, and to carry heavy loads while on the move" } } } diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index 59016c2d..3afc6c3a 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "643,000 BISSAU (capital) (2022)" + "text": "664,000 BISSAU (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1169,11 +1169,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "Guinea-Bissau is a country of origin and destination for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the scope of the problem of trafficking women or men for forced labor or forced prostitution is unknown; boys reportedly were transported to southern Senegal for forced manual and agricultural labor; girls may be subjected to forced domestic service and child prostitution in Senegal and Guinea; both boys and girls are forced to work as street vendors in cities in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Guinea-Bissau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; efforts include identifying forced child begging victims, cooperating with Moroccan authorities on international crime investigations, and approving a new action plan; yet, the government has not convicted a trafficker, identified fewer trafficking victims, and lacked resources or the political will to fight trafficking or to enact its action plan, which would meet minimum standards; Guinea-Bissau was granted a waiver under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from downgrade to Tier 3 (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "Guinea-Bissau is a country of origin and destination for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the scope of the problem of trafficking women or men for forced labor or forced prostitution is unknown; boys reportedly were transported to southern Senegal for forced manual and agricultural labor; girls may be subjected to forced domestic service and child prostitution in Senegal and Guinea; both boys and girls are forced to work as street vendors in cities in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 84052362..b1b2b0db 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "17.7% of total population (2022)" + "text": "17.9% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.07% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.208 million KIGALI (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.248 million KIGALI (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "17.7% of total population (2022)" + "text": "17.9% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.07% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index 94791fdc..ad87b713 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "58.4% of total population (2022)" + "text": "58.8% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "58.4% of total population (2022)" + "text": "58.8% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 8081cac8..ab900e52 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "68.3% of total population (2022)" + "text": "68.8% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "10.110 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.801 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.199 million Durban, 2.74 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.281 million Port Elizabeth, 909,000 West Rand (2022)" + "text": "10.316 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.890 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.228 million Durban, 2.818 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.296 million Port Elizabeth, 934,000 West Rand (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "68.3% of total population (2022)" + "text": "68.8% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 8e8d7064..c53f7f8c 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -198,14 +198,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "49.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "49.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.326 million DAKAR (capital) (2022)" + "text": "3.340 million DAKAR (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "49.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "49.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1304,11 +1304,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "Senegal is a source, transit, and destination country for children and women who are subjected to forced begging, forced labor, and sex trafficking; traffickers subject Senegalese children to forced labor in domestic service, mining, and prostitution; some Senegalese boys from Quranic schools and boys from The Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea are forced to beg; Senegalese women and girls are forced into domestic servitude in neighboring countries, Europe, and the Middle East, while others are sexually exploited in Senegal; women and girls from other West African countries are subjected to domestic servitude and sexual exploitation in Senegal; Ukrainian and Chinese women are exploited for sex trafficking in bars and nightclubs; North Korean workers are forced to work in construction" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Senegal does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; efforts include establishing an anti-trafficking database; planning the third phase of its program to remove vulnerable children, including trafficking victims, from the streets of major cities; launching an emergency campaign to place vulnerable children and forced begging victims in shelters due to COVID 19 pandemic; however, the government rarely proactively investigated or prosecuted traffickers exploiting children in forced begging; authorities did not take action against officials who refused to investigate such cases; officials only applied adequate prison terms in accordance with the 2005 anti-trafficking law to two convicted traffickers; authorities did not identify any adult trafficking victims; government officials continued to have a limited knowledge of trafficking; Senegal was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "Senegal is a source, transit, and destination country for children and women who are subjected to forced begging, forced labor, and sex trafficking; traffickers subject Senegalese children to forced labor in domestic service, mining, and prostitution; some Senegalese boys from Quranic schools and boys from The Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea are forced to beg; Senegalese women and girls are forced into domestic servitude in neighboring countries, Europe, and the Middle East, while others are sexually exploited in Senegal; women and girls from other West African countries are subjected to domestic servitude and sexual exploitation in Senegal; Ukrainian and Chinese women are exploited for sex trafficking in bars and nightclubs; North Korean workers are forced to work in construction" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/sh.json b/africa/sh.json index dc1ee681..57b3a961 100644 --- a/africa/sh.json +++ b/africa/sh.json @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "40.4% of total population (2022)" + "text": "40.7% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "40.4% of total population (2022)" + "text": "40.7% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index d9e1ea30..f06b5212 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "43.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "44.3% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.02% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.272 million FREETOWN (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.309 million FREETOWN (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "43.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "44.3% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.02% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 0eeb02b2..98992dff 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "47.3% of total population (2022)" + "text": "47.9% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "4.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.497 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.079 million Hargeysa (2022)" + "text": "2.610 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.127 million Hargeysa (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "47.3% of total population (2022)" + "text": "47.9% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "4.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 7252c92f..dc63f440 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -198,14 +198,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "36% of total population (2022)" + "text": "36.3% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "6.160 million KHARTOUM (capital), 1.012 million Nyala (2022)" + "text": "6.344 million KHARTOUM (capital), 1.057 million Nyala (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "36% of total population (2022)" + "text": "36.3% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 2f4402fb..cbdb5203 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -187,14 +187,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "43.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "44.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.6% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.926 million LOME (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.982 million LOME (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "43.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "44.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.6% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index fd0675a0..0c34c919 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "75.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "76.4% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "75.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "76.4% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index ebc62b2b..e56c4554 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "70.2% of total population (2022)" + "text": "70.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.439 million TUNIS (capital) (2022)" + "text": "2.475 million TUNIS (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "70.2% of total population (2022)" + "text": "70.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 7a51f9e5..c1c52603 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -204,14 +204,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "36.7% of total population (2022)" + "text": "37.4% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "4.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.405 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.245 million Mwanza, 766,000 Zanzibar (2022)" + "text": "262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "36.7% of total population (2022)" + "text": "37.4% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "4.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 74e09ca8..d36b7c61 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "26.2% of total population (2022)" + "text": "26.8% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "5.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.652 million KAMPALA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "3.846 million KAMPALA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: on 18 November 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an updated Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Uganda is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccineEnglish 36.1%, Australian 33.5%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 9.3%, Chinese 5.6%, Italian 4.6%, German 4.5%, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 2.8%, Indian 2.8%, Greek 1.8%, Dutch 1.6%
(2016 est.)", + "text": "English 33%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.6%, Chinese 5.5%, Italian 4.4%, German 4%, Indian 3.1%, Australian Aboriginal 2.9%, Greek 1.7%, unspecified 4.7%
Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. With the halt of French nuclear testing in 1996, the military contribution to the economy fell sharply.
After growing at an average yearly rate of 4.2% from 1997-2007, the economic and financial crisis in 2008 marked French Polynesia’s entry into recession. However, since 2014, French Polynesia has shown signs of recovery. Business turnover reached 1.8% year-on-year in September 2016, tourism increased 1.8% in 2015, and GDP grew 2.0% in 2015.
French Polynesia’s tourism-dominated service sector accounted for 85% of total value added for the economy in 2012. Tourism employs 17% of the workforce. Pearl farming is the second biggest industry, accounting for 54% of exports in 2015; however, the output has decreased to 12.5 tons – the lowest level since 2008. A small manufacturing sector predominantly processes commodities from French Polynesia’s primary sector - 8% of total economy in 2012 - including agriculture and fishing.
France has agreed to finance infrastructure, marine businesses, and cultural and ecological sites at roughly $80 million per year between 2015 and 2020. Japan, the US, and China are French Polynesia’s three largest trade partners.
" + "text": "Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. With the halt of French nuclear testing in 1996, the military contribution to the economy fell sharply.
After growing at an average yearly rate of 4.2% from 1997-2007, the economic and financial crisis in 2008 marked French Polynesia’s entry into recession. However, since 2014, French Polynesia has shown signs of recovery. Business turnover reached 1.8% year-on-year in September 2016, tourism increased 1.8% in 2015, and GDP grew 2.0% in 2015.
French Polynesia’s tourism-dominated service sector accounted for 85% of total value added for the economy in 2012. Tourism employs 17% of the workforce. Pearl farming is the second biggest industry, accounting for 54% of exports in 2015; however, the output has decreased to 12.5 tons – the lowest level since 2008. A small manufacturing sector predominantly processes commodities from French Polynesia’s primary sector - 8% of total economy in 2012 - including agriculture and fishing.
France agreed to finance infrastructure, marine businesses, and cultural and ecological sites at roughly $80 million per year between 2015 and 2020. Japan, the US, and China are French Polynesia’s three largest trade partners.
" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2017": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nf.json b/australia-oceania/nf.json index 9ef60b70..809be2e2 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nf.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "note": "note: respondents were able to identify up to two ancestries; percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Norfolk Island, including those who did not identify an ancestry; only top responses are shown" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English (official) 44.9%, Norfolk (also known as Norfuk or Norf'k, which is a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian) 40.3%, Fijian 1.8%, other 6.8%, unspecified 6.2% (2016 est.)", + "text": "English (official) 44.9%, Norfolk (official; also known as Norfuk or Norf'k, which is a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian) 40.3%, Fijian 1.8%, other 6.8%, unspecified 6.2% (2016 est.)", "note": "note: data represent language spoken at home" }, "Religions": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index 8373ce36..51dc15ce 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "25.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "26% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.55% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "25.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "26% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.55% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "for many years, GSM was the primary mobile technology for Vanuatu’s 300,000 people; recent infrastructure projects have improved access technologies, with a transition to 3G and, to a limited degree, to LTE; Vanuatu has also benefited from the ICN1 submarine cable and the launch of the Kacific-1 satellite, both of which have considerably improved access to telecom services in recent years; Vanuatu’s telecom sector is liberalized, with the two prominent mobile operators; while fixed broadband penetration remains low, the incumbent operator is slowly exchanging copper fixed-lines for fiber; a number of ongoing submarine cable developments will also assist in increasing data rates and reduce internet pricing in coming years (2021)" + "text": "for many years, 2G Global System for Mobile Communications was the primary mobile technology for Vanuatu’s 300,000 people; recent infrastructure projects have improved access technologies, with a transition to 3G and, to a limited degree, to LTE; Vanuatu has also benefited from the ICN1 submarine cable and the launch of the Kacific-1 satellite, both of which have considerably improved access to telecom services in recent years; Vanuatu’s telecom sector is liberalized, with the two prominent mobile operators; while fixed broadband penetration remains low, the incumbent operator is slowly exchanging copper fixed-lines for fiber; a number of ongoing submarine cable developments will also assist in increasing data rates and reduce internet pricing in coming years (2021)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity a bit over 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular just over 80 per 100 (2020)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 47453db7..bf8e15f4 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.652 million Auckland, 419,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.673 million Auckland, 422,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index e2d31281..15bb1287 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "0% of total population (2022)" + "text": "0% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "0% of total population (2022)" + "text": "0% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index 136dfcfe..c8228223 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "23.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "23.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "23.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "23.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "high speed Internet provided by 3 MNOs, has subsequently allowed for better health care services, faster connections for education and growing e-commerce services; in 2018 new 4G LTE network; fixed-line teledensity has dropped given mobile subscriptions; mobile technology dominates given the island's geography; satellite technology is widespread and is important especially in areas away from the city; the launch in 2019 of the Kacific-1 broadband satellite has made broadband more widely available for around 89 remote communities (2020)" + "text": "high speed Internet provided by 3 Mobile Network Operators, has subsequently allowed for better health care services, faster connections for education and growing e-commerce services; in 2018 new 4G LTE network; fixed-line teledensity has dropped given mobile subscriptions; mobile technology dominates given the island's geography; satellite technology is widespread and is important especially in areas away from the city; the launch in 2019 of the Kacific-1 broadband satellite has made broadband more widely available for around 89 remote communities (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 7 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular teledensity 59 telephones per 100; fully automatic switched network (2020)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 1b738ba5..4f18195d 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "65.5% of total population (2022)" + "text": "66.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.08% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "65.5% of total population (2022)" + "text": "66.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.08% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/wf.json b/australia-oceania/wf.json index de019450..920c42aa 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wf.json @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "0% of total population (2022)" + "text": "0% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "0% of total population (2022)" + "text": "0% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json index daf564b6..50990f72 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Aruban 66%, Colombian 9.1%, Dutch 4.3%, Dominican 4.1%, Venezuelan 3.2%, Curacaoan 2.2%, Haitian 1.5%, Surinamese 1.2%, Peruvian 1.1%, Chinese 1.1%, other 6.2% (2010 est.)", - "note": "note: data represent population by country of birth" + "text": "Dutch 78.7%, Colombian 6.6%, Venezuelan 5.5%, Dominican 2.8%, Haitian 1.3%, other 5.1% (2020 est.)", + "note": "note: data represent population by nationality" }, "Languages": { "text": "Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 69.4%, Spanish 13.7%, English (widely spoken) 7.1%, Dutch (official) 6.1%, Chinese 1.5%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)" @@ -986,11 +986,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims; foreign men and women are subject to forced labor in Aruba’s services and construction sectors; Venezuelans overstaying visas are at risk of forced labor in domestic service, construction, and commercial sex; Chinese men and women and Indian men are subject to forced labor in retail businesses and domestic service; managers of some Chinese-owned grocery stores and restaurants exploit children through sex trafficking and forced labor
" - }, "tier rating": { - "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Aruba does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the government provided officials with anti-trafficking training, continued an awareness campaign, and continued to implement the 2018-2022 national action plan; however, officials investigated fewer trafficking cases and did not report prosecuting or convicting any traffickers; efforts were hindered by the conflation of trafficking with migrant smuggling; authorities also did not report identifying any victims, including Venezuelan migrants and refugees, who are vulnerable to trafficking (2020)" + "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Aruba does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the government identified more potential victims, investigated more trafficking cases, and produced a new awareness campaign; however, the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts, compared to the previous reporting period, on its anti-trafficking capacity; authorities did not prosecute or convict any traffickers for the third consecutive year and sometimes relied on victims to self-identify; efforts depended on ad hoc funding, limiting key initiatives; officials conflated trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling, hindering the effectiveness of anti-trafficking efforts; because the government has devoted significant resources to a plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet minimum standards, Aruba was granted a waiver per the TVPA and thus remained on the Tier 2 Watch List for a third consecutive year (2022)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims; traffickers exploit Venezuelan women in sex trafficking, and foreign men and women are subject to forced labor in Aruba’s services and construction sectors; Venezuelans overstaying visas are at risk of forced labor in domestic service, construction, and commercial sex; Chinese men and women and Indian men are subject to forced labor in retail businesses and domestic service; Arubans force Caribbean and South American women into domestic servitude; Officials reported increases in forced criminality, where traffickers compel victims to commit unlawful acts, such as robberies and drug-related offenses (2022)
" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index dd5b83ef..0c72a958 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by ethnic group" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English (official), Antiguan creole" + "text": "English (official), Antiguan Creole (an English-based creole)" }, "Religions": { "text": "Protestant 68.3% (Anglican 17.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.4%, Pentecostal 12.2%, Moravian 8.3%, Methodist 5.6%, Wesleyan Holiness 4.5%, Church of God 4.1%, Baptist 3.6%), Roman Catholic 8.2%, other 12.2%, unspecified 5.5%, none 5.9% (2011 est.)" @@ -1060,6 +1060,14 @@ "Disputes - international": { "text": "none identified
" }, + "Trafficking in persons": { + "tier rating": { + "text": "Tier 2 Watch list – Antigua and Barbuda does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; more trafficking cases were investigated, Family and Social Services officials were trained for the first time, and funding continued for the National Action Plan; however, the government did not identify any victims for the second consecutive year, nor initiate any prosecutions or convictions of traffickers; therefore Antigua and Barbuda was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2022)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Antigua and Barbuda, and exploit victims from Antigua and Barbuda abroad; individuals from minority communities are at higher risk; documented and undocumented migrants from the Caribbean, notably Jamaica, Guyana, and the Dominican Republic, were victims of sex trafficking and forced labor; traffickers exploited victims in multiple-destination trafficking, arriving in Antigua and Barbuda for a few months before being exploited in other Caribbean countries such as St. Kitts and Nevis and Barbados. Sex trafficking, including girls, occurs in bars, taverns, and brothels; forced labor, including children, occurs in domestic service and retail stores, particularly family-owned businesses; Cuban and PRC nationals working in Antigua and Barbuda may have been forced to work by their own governments (2022)" + } + }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a transit point for cocaine and marijuana destined for North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the Caribbean
" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 4e7b604b..a685942a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.441 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.462 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 92b5f450..1b43f74d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.146 million HAVANA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "2.149 million HAVANA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1230,11 +1230,11 @@ "text": "US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the facility can terminate the lease
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Cuba and Cubans abroad; individuals are forced or coerced into participating and threatened to stay in labor export programs, most notably foreign medical missions; sex trafficking and sex tourism occur within Cuba; traffickers exploit Cubans in sex trafficking and forced labor in South America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, and the US; foreigners from Africa and Asia are subject to sex trafficking and forced labor in Cuba to pay off travel debts; the government uses high school students in some rural areas to harvest crops without pay, claiming that the work is voluntary" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Cuba does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government made some efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict sex traffickers and sex tourists and identified and provided assistance to some victims; however, no efforts were made to address forced labor; there was a government policy or pattern to profit from labor export programs with strong indications of forced labor, particularly in foreign medical missions; authorities did not protect potential trafficking victims, leaving them at risk of being detained or charged for crimes their traffickers forced them to commit (2020)
" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Cuba and Cubans abroad; individuals are forced or coerced into participating and threatened to stay in labor export programs, most notably foreign medical missions; sex trafficking and sex tourism occur within Cuba; traffickers exploit Cubans in sex trafficking and forced labor in South America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, and the US; foreigners from Africa and Asia are subject to sex trafficking and forced labor in Cuba to pay off travel debts; the government uses high school students in some rural areas to harvest crops without pay, claiming that the work is voluntary" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index 9f02b6c2..1ea9fe86 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.458 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2022)" + "text": "3.524 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 29c927bc..2c1c747f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.111 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.116 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index 54d46495..3a4c53cc 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.036 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2022)" + "text": "3.095 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index 21e391e8..0ce56cd4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.915 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2022)" + "text": "2.987 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index e7e99f25..d75fdd53 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.527 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 956,000 San Pedro Sula (2022)" + "text": "1.568 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 982,000 San Pedro Sula (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 9db66e65..973e645a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "595,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2022)" + "text": "597,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json index 5db835d9..69d006c1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "100% of total population (2022)" + "text": "100% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est. est.)" @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "100% of total population (2022)" + "text": "100% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est. est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index e3fa98b5..d6f83ae9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.083 million MANAGUA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.095 million MANAGUA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1229,11 +1229,11 @@ "text": "Nicaragua-El Salvador-Honduras: the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a tripartite resolution to establish a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca, which considers Honduran access to the Pacific; the court ruled, rather, that the Gulf of Fonseca represents a condominium, with control being shared by El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua; the decision allowed for the possibility that the three nations could divide the waters at a later date if they wished to do so
Nicaragua-Costa Rica: Nicaragua and Costa Rica regularly file border dispute cases with the ICJ over the delimitations of the San Juan River and the northern tip of Calero Island, virtually uninhabited areas claimed by both countries; there is an ongoing case in the ICJ to determine Pacific and Atlantic ocean maritime borders as well as land borders; in 2009, the ICJ ruled that Costa Rican vessels carrying out police activities could not use the river, but official Costa Rican vessels providing essential services to riverside inhabitants and Costa Rican tourists could travel freely on the river; in 2011, the ICJ provisionally ruled that both countries must remove personnel from the disputed area; in 2013, the ICJ rejected Nicaragua's 2012 suit to halt Costa Rica's construction of a highway paralleling the river on the grounds of irreparable environmental damage; in 2013, the ICJ, regarding the disputed territory, ordered that Nicaragua should refrain from dredging or canal construction and refill and repair damage caused by trenches connecting the river to the Caribbean and upheld its 2010 ruling that Nicaragua must remove all personnel; in early 2014, Costa Rica brought Nicaragua to the ICJ over offshore oil concessions in the disputed region; in 2018, the ICJ ruled that Nicaragua must remove a military base from a contested coastal area near the San Juan River, and that Costa Rica had sovereignty over the northern part of Isla Portillos, including the coast, but excluding Harbour Head Lagoon; additionally, Honduras was required to pay reparations for environmental damage to part of the wetlands at the mouth of the San Juan River
Nicaragua-Colombia: Nicaragua filed a case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Colombia in 2013 over the delimitation of the Continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan coast, as well as over the alleged violation by Colombia of Nicaraguan maritime space in the Caribbean Sea, which contains rich oil and fish resources; as of September 2021, Colombia refuses to abide by the ICJ ruling
Nicaragua-Honduras: none identified
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Nicaragua and Nicaraguans abroad; women, children, and migrants are most at risk; women and children are subject to sex trafficking within the country and its two Caribbean autonomous regions, as well as in other Central American countries, Mexico, Spain, and the United States; traffickers used social media to recruit victims with promises of high-paying jobs in restaurants, hotels, construction, and security outside of Nicaragua where they are subjected to sex or labor trafficking; traffickers exploit children through forced participation in illegal drug production and trafficking; children and persons with disabilities are subjected to forced begging; Nicaragua is also a destination for child sex tourists from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Nicaragua does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so and was downgraded to Tier 3; the government identified slightly more victims than in the previous reporting period and prosecuted a trafficker; however, no traffickers were convicted and victim identification remained inadequate; authorities did not investigate, prosecute, or convict government employees complicit in trafficking; the government provided no victim services; prosecution, protection, and prevention efforts in the two Caribbean autonomous regions of Nicaragua continued to be much weaker than in the rest of the country (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Nicaragua and Nicaraguans abroad; women, children, and migrants are most at risk; women and children are subject to sex trafficking within the country and its two Caribbean autonomous regions, as well as in other Central American countries, Mexico, Spain, and the United States; traffickers used social media to recruit victims with promises of high-paying jobs in restaurants, hotels, construction, and security outside of Nicaragua where they are subjected to sex or labor trafficking; traffickers exploit children through forced participation in illegal drug production and trafficking; children and persons with disabilities are subjected to forced begging; Nicaragua is also a destination for child sex tourists from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 2ad661cd..1ea8071f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "69.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "69.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.938 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.977 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "69.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "69.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json index c9a15739..588972c8 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json @@ -353,12 +353,12 @@ "text": "unicameral Territorial Council (23 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms); Saint Martin elects 1 member to the French Senate and 1 member (shared with Saint Barthelemy) to the French National Assembly" }, "elections": { - "text": "Territorial Council - first round held on 20 March 2022 (next to be held in March 2027) and second round held on 27 March 2022" + "text": "Territorial Council - first round held on 20 March and second round held on 27 March2022 (next to be held in March 2027) and second round held on 27 March 2022" }, "election results": { - "text": "Territorial Council - percent of vote by party (first round) - RSM 25.4%, UD 24.7%, HOPE 17.5%, Saint Martin with You 13.8%, Alternative 11.2%, Future Saint Martin 7.5%; percent of vote by party (second rate) - RSM and Alternative 49.1%, UD 33.3%, HOPE, Saint Martin with You, and Future Saint Martin 17.6%; seats by party - RSM and Alternative 15, UD 5, HOPE, Saint Martin with You, and Future Saint Martin 3; composition - men 13, women 10, percent of women 43.5%" + "text": "Territorial Council - percent of vote by party (first round) - RSM 25.4%, UD 24.7%, HOPE 17.5%, Saint Martin with You 13.8%, Alternative 11.2%, Future Saint Martin 7.5%; percent of vote by party (second round) - RSM and Alternative 49.1%, UD 33.3%, HOPE, Saint Martin with You, and Future Saint Martin 17.6%; seats by party - RSM and Alternative 16, UD 5, HOPE, Saint Martin with You, and Future Saint Martin 2; composition - men 13, women 10, percent of women 43.5%" }, - "note": "French Senate - held on 28 September 2014 (next to be held not later than September 2020) French National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022) French Senate - 1 seat: UMP 1 French National Assembly - 1 seat: UMP 1" + "note": "French Senate - last held on 27 September 2020 (next to be held not later than September 2023) French National Assembly - last held on 12 and 19 June 2022 (next to be held by June 2027) French Senate - 1 seat: UMP 1 French National Assembly - 1 seat: UMP 1" }, "Political parties and leaders": { "text": "Alternative [Valerie DAMASEAU]The economy of Saint Martin centers on tourism with 85% of the labor force engaged in this sector. Over one million visitors come to the island each year with most arriving through the Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten. The financial sector is also important to Saint Martin’s economy as it facilitates financial mediation for its thriving tourism sector. No significant agriculture and limited local fishing means that almost all food must be imported. Energy resources and manufactured goods are also imported, primarily from Mexico and the US. Saint Martin is reported to have one of the highest per capita income in the Caribbean. As with the rest of the Caribbean, Saint Martin’s financial sector is having to deal with losing correspondent banking relationships.
In September 2017, Hurricane Irma destroyed 95% of the French side of Saint Martin. Along the coastline of Marigot, the nerve center of the economy, the storm wiped out restaurants, shops, banks and open-air markets impacting more than 36,000 inhabitants.
" + "text": "The economy of Saint Martin centers on tourism with 85% of the labor force engaged in this sector. Over one million visitors come to the island each year with most arriving through the Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten. The financial sector is also important to Saint Martin’s economy as it facilitates financial mediation for its thriving tourism sector. No significant agriculture and limited local fishing means that almost all food must be imported. Energy resources and manufactured goods are also imported, primarily from Mexico and the US. Saint Martin is reported to have one of the highest per capita income in the Caribbean. As with the rest of the Caribbean, Saint Martin’s financial sector is having to deal with losing correspondent banking relationships.
In September 2017, Hurricane Irma destroyed 95% of the French side of Saint Martin. Along the coastline of Marigot, the nerve center of the economy, the storm wiped out restaurants, shops, banks and open-air markets impacting more than 36,000 inhabitants.
" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2005": { @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ "text": "direct dial capability with both fixed and wireless systems (2018)" }, "international": { - "text": "country code - 590; landing points for the SMPR-1, Southern Caribbean Fiber and the SSCS submarine cables providing connectivity to numerous Caribbean islands (2019)" + "text": "country code - 590; landing points for the SMPR-1, Southern Caribbean Fiber and the Saba, Statia Cable System submarine cables providing connectivity to numerous Caribbean islands (2019)" }, "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index 235e77cf..d91d6dcc 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "93.6% of total population (2022)" + "text": "93.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "-0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.443 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2022)" + "text": "2.440 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "93.6% of total population (2022)" + "text": "93.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "-0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index c966ca45..367dd7b7 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "31% of total population (2022)" + "text": "31.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.06% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "31% of total population (2022)" + "text": "31.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.06% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index da6f9d89..7b58a93a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "19% of total population (2022)" + "text": "19.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "19% of total population (2022)" + "text": "19.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json index 8d1a0993..9429a1dc 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json @@ -336,18 +336,18 @@ "text": "French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of French Ministry of Interior; president of Territorial Council indirectly elected by its members for a 5-year term; election last held on 27 March 2022 (next to be held in 2027)" }, "election results": { - "text": "2022: Xavier LEDEE (Saint Barth United) elected president; Territorial Council vote - 13 votes for, 6 blank votesFounded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Devastating defeats and food shortages in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the ROMANOV Dynasty. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened communist rule and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. After defeating Germany in World War II as part of an alliance with the US (1939-1945), the USSR expanded its territory and influence in Eastern Europe and emerged as a global power. The USSR was the principal adversary of the US during the Cold War (1947-1991). The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the decades following Stalin's rule, until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 led to the dissolution of the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent states.
Following economic and political turmoil during President Boris YELTSIN's term (1991-99), Russia shifted toward a centralized authoritarian state under President Vladimir PUTIN (2000-2008, 2012-present) in which the regime seeks to legitimize its rule through managed elections, populist appeals, a foreign policy focused on enhancing the country's geopolitical influence, and commodity-based economic growth. Russia faces a largely subdued rebel movement in Chechnya and some other surrounding regions, although violence still occurs throughout the North Caucasus.
" + "text": "Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Devastating defeats and food shortages in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the ROMANOV Dynasty. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened communist rule and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. After defeating Germany in World War II as part of an alliance with the US (1939-1945), the USSR expanded its territory and influence in Eastern Europe and emerged as a global power. The USSR was the principal adversary of the US during the Cold War (1947-1991). The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the decades following Stalin's rule, until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 led to the dissolution of the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent states.
Following economic and political turmoil during President Boris YELTSIN's term (1991-99), Russia shifted toward a centralized authoritarian state under President Vladimir PUTIN (2000-2008, 2012-present) in which the regime seeks to legitimize its rule through managed elections, populist appeals, a foreign policy focused on enhancing the country's geopolitical influence, and commodity-based economic growth.
In 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula as well as large portions of two eastern Ukrainian oblasts. In desultory fighting over the next eight years, more than 14,000 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of the Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine. On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. The invasion has received near universal international condemnation, and many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia and supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. Russia made substantial gains in the early weeks of the invasion but underestimated Ukrainian resolve and combat capabilities. By the end of 2022, Ukrainian forces had regained all territories in the north and northeast of their country and made some advances in the east and south. Nonetheless, Russia in late September 2022 unilaterally declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - even though none was fully under Russian control. The annexations remain unrecognized by the international community.
Brunei is a small, oil-rich sultanate of less than half a million people, making it the smallest country in Southeast Asia by population. Its total fertility rate – the average number of births per woman – has been steadily declining over the last few decades, from over 3.5 in the 1980s to below replacement level today at nearly 1.8. The trend is due to women’s increased years of education and participation in the workforce, which have resulted in later marriages and fewer children. Yet, the population continues to grow because of the large number of women of reproductive age and a reliance on foreign labor – mainly from Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and South Asian countries – to fill low-skilled jobs.
Brunei is officially Muslim, and Malay is the official language. The country follows an official Malay national ideology, Malay Islamic Monarchy, which promotes Malay language and culture, Islamic values, and the monarchy. Only seven of Brunei’s native groups are recognized in the constitution and are defined as “Malay” – Brunei Malays, Belait, Kedayan, Dusun, Bisayak, Lun Bawang, and Sama-Baiau. Together they make up about 66% percent of the population and are referred to as the Bumiputera. The Bumiputera are entitled to official privileges, including land ownership, access to certain types of employment (Royal Brunei Armed Forces and Brunei Shell Petroleum), easier access to higher education, and better job opportunities in the civil service.
Brunei’s Chinese population descends from migrants who arrived when Brunei was a British protectorate (1888 and 1984). They are prominent in the non-state commercial sector and account for approximately 10% of the population. Most Bruneian Chinese are permanent residents rather than citizens despite roots going back several generations. Many are stateless and are denied rights granted to citizens, such as land ownership, subsidized health care, and free secondary and university education. Because of the discriminatory policies, the number of Chinese in Brunei has shrunk considerably in the last 50 years. Native ethnic groups that are not included in the Bumiputera are not recognized in the constitution and are not officially identified as “Malay” or automatically granted citizenship. Foreign workers constitute some quarter of the labor force.
" @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "241,000 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) (2011)", + "text": "266,682 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) (2021)", "note": "note: the boundaries of the capital city were expanded in 2007, greatly increasing the city area; the population of the capital increased tenfold" }, "Sex ratio": { @@ -1160,11 +1160,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Brunei; some men and women who migrate to Brunei to work as domestics or in retail or construction are subject to involuntary servitude, debt-based coercion, contract switching, non-payment of wages, passport confiscation, physical abuse, or confinement; some female migrants entering Brunei on tourist visas are forced into prostitution; some traffickers use Brunei as a transit point for victims used for sex and labor trafficking in Malaysia and Indonesia" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Brunei does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the government enacted the 2019 Trafficking in Persons Order, which criminalized sex and labor trafficking and separated trafficking crimes from migrant smuggling crimes; the government formalized its interagency anti-trafficking in persons committee; instituted a committee to review foreign worker recruitment practices, ratified the ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons, and acceded to the UN TIP Protocol; however, authorities did not formally identify any trafficking cases, did not initiate any new trafficking prosecutions, and did not convict any traffickers; trafficking victims continued to be detained, deported, and charged with crimes without law enforcement determining if they were forced to commit the illegal acts by traffickers; the government again did not allocate money to a fund established in 2004 for victim compensation and repatriation; a draft national action plan to combat trafficking was not completed for the sixth consecutive year (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Brunei; some men and women who migrate to Brunei to work as domestics or in retail or construction are subject to involuntary servitude, debt-based coercion, contract switching, non-payment of wages, passport confiscation, physical abuse, or confinement; some female migrants entering Brunei on tourist visas are forced into prostitution; some traffickers use Brunei as a transit point for victims used for sex and labor trafficking in Malaysia and Indonesia" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index dcfbfa9e..a97aaf1a 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.211 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2022)" + "text": "2.281 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1274,11 +1274,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit Cambodian men, women, and children in forced labor and sex trafficking in Cambodia and abroad, and foreign nationals are trafficked in Cambodia; Cambodian adults and children migrate to other countries in the region or increasingly to the Middle East where traffickers force them to work in agriculture, fishing, construction, manufacturing, and domestic servitude; significant numbers of Cambodian men and boys are subject to forced labor on Thai ships in international waters and may experience physical abuse, nonpayment or underpayment of wages, and confinement at sea for years; brick kiln owners exploit thousands of Cambodians, including children, through debt-based coercion; children from poor families are vulnerable to forced labor, often with the complicity of their parents, in domestic servitude, forced begging, or street vending in Thailand and Vietnam; Cambodian and ethnic Vietnamese women and girls from rural areas move to cities and tourist areas where they are sex trafficked" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Cambodia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; authorities continued to prosecute and convict traffickers and utilized new victim identification and data collection technologies; the government enacted a five-year national action plan to combat human trafficking; however, corruption continued to impede law enforcement efforts, criminal proceedings, and services to victims; some corrupt officials may have profited directly from sex and labor trafficking or accepted bribes to dismiss charges or reduce sentences; insufficient judicial monitoring systems enabled suspected traffickers to flee before trial; authorities failed to issue formal guidance allowing the use of undercover techniques in anti-trafficking investigations (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit Cambodian men, women, and children in forced labor and sex trafficking in Cambodia and abroad, and foreign nationals are trafficked in Cambodia; Cambodian adults and children migrate to other countries in the region or increasingly to the Middle East where traffickers force them to work in agriculture, fishing, construction, manufacturing, and domestic servitude; significant numbers of Cambodian men and boys are subject to forced labor on Thai ships in international waters and may experience physical abuse, nonpayment or underpayment of wages, and confinement at sea for years; brick kiln owners exploit thousands of Cambodians, including children, through debt-based coercion; children from poor families are vulnerable to forced labor, often with the complicity of their parents, in domestic servitude, forced begging, or street vending in Thailand and Vietnam; Cambodian and ethnic Vietnamese women and girls from rural areas move to cities and tourist areas where they are sex trafficked" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 61d26941..9f32f4ad 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ "note": "note: data do not include Hong Kong and Macau" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "28.517 million Shanghai, 21.333 million BEIJING (capital), 16.875 million Chongqing, 14.012 million Tianjin, 13.965 million Guangzhou, 12.831 million Shenzhen (2022)" + "text": "29.211 million Shanghai, 21.766 million BEIJING (capital), 17.341 million Chongqing, 14.284 million Guangzhou, 14.239 million Tianjin, 13.073 million Shenzhen (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1328,11 +1328,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in China and Chinese people abroad; Chinese men, women, and children are victims of forced labor and sex trafficking in at least 60 countries; traffickers also use China as a transit point to subject foreign individuals to trafficking in other countries throughout Asia and in international maritime industries; state-sponsored forced labor is intensifying under the government’s mass detention and political indoctrination campaign against Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; well-organized criminal syndicates and local gangs subject Chinese women and girls to sex trafficking within China; women and girls from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and several countries in Africa experience forced labor in domestic service, forced concubinism leading to forced childbearing, and sex trafficking via forced and fraudulent marriage to Chinese men; African and Asian men reportedly experience conditions indicative of forced labor aboard Chinese-flagged fishing vessels; many North Korean refugees and asylum-seekers living in China illegally are particularly vulnerable to trafficking" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — China does not fully meet the minimum standards for elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government prosecuted and convicted some traffickers and continued to cooperate with international authorities to address forced and fraudulent marriages in China; however, there was a government policy or pattern of widespread forced labor, including the continued mass arbitrary detention of more than one million Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, ethnic Kyrgyz, and other Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; the government did not report any investigations, prosecutions, or convictions of law enforcement officials allegedly complicit despite continued reports of officials benefiting from, permitting, or directly facilitating sex trafficking; authorities did not report identifying any trafficking victims or referring them to protective services; it is likely that law enforcement arrested and detained unidentified trafficking victims for crimes traffickers compelled them to commit; for the third consecutive year, the government did not report the extent to which it funded anti-trafficking activities in furtherance of the 2013-2020 National Action Plan on Combating Human Trafficking (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in China and Chinese people abroad; Chinese men, women, and children are victims of forced labor and sex trafficking in at least 60 countries; traffickers also use China as a transit point to subject foreign individuals to trafficking in other countries throughout Asia and in international maritime industries; state-sponsored forced labor is intensifying under the government’s mass detention and political indoctrination campaign against Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; well-organized criminal syndicates and local gangs subject Chinese women and girls to sex trafficking within China; women and girls from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and several countries in Africa experience forced labor in domestic service, forced concubinism leading to forced childbearing, and sex trafficking via forced and fraudulent marriage to Chinese men; African and Asian men reportedly experience conditions indicative of forced labor aboard Chinese-flagged fishing vessels; many North Korean refugees and asylum-seekers living in China illegally are particularly vulnerable to trafficking" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 8f1e5778..fa4ec8f0 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "7.643 million Hong Kong (2022)" + "text": "7.685 million Hong Kong (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1063,11 +1063,11 @@ "text": "Hong Kong plans to reduce its 2,800-hectare Frontier Closed Area (FCA) to 400 hectares by 2015; the FCA was established in 1951 as a buffer zone between Hong Kong and mainland China to prevent illegal migration from and the smuggling of goods
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Hong Kong, and traffickers also exploit victims from Hong Kong abroad; traffickers exploit women from Eastern Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia in sex trafficking; some women in Hong Kong – often with the assistance of their families – deceive Indian and Pakistani men into arranged marriages involving forced domestic service, bonded labor in construction and other physically demanding industries, and other forms of abuse via exploitative contracts; drug trafficking syndicates coerced South American women to carry drugs into Hong Kong; employment agencies hired foreign domestic workers under false pretenses and forced them into commercial sex, sometimes through debt-based coercion" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Hong Kong does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; Hong Kong is hiring and training 98 new employees within the immigration, customs, labor, and justice departments dedicated to trafficking issues; authorities screened more than 7,000 vulnerable individuals for trafficking; the labor department introduced a victim identification mechanism to its division offices; the government provided anti-trafficking training to various officials; the government did not investigate, prosecute, or convict any cases of labor trafficking, investigated fewer sex trafficking cases, and did not provide victims any government-funded services; the government continued to penalize victims for unlawful acts traffickers compelled them to commit; no legislation was enacted to fully criminalize all forms of trafficking (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Hong Kong, and traffickers also exploit victims from Hong Kong abroad; traffickers exploit women from Eastern Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia in sex trafficking; some women in Hong Kong – often with the assistance of their families – deceive Indian and Pakistani men into arranged marriages involving forced domestic service, bonded labor in construction and other physically demanding industries, and other forms of abuse via exploitative contracts; drug trafficking syndicates coerced South American women to carry drugs into Hong Kong; employment agencies hired foreign domestic workers under false pretenses and forced them into commercial sex, sometimes through debt-based coercion" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index c6ebfe82..28e1c48e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "11.075 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.622 million Bekasi, 3.005 million Surabaya, 2.942 million Depok, 2.638 million Bandung, 2.456 million Tangerang (2022)" + "text": "11.249 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.729 million Bekasi, 3.044 million Surabaya, 3.041 million Depok, 2.674 million Bandung, 2.514 million Tangerang (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index a3822b04..645652a7 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "37.274 million TOKYO (capital), 19.060 million Osaka, 9.572 million Nagoya, 5.503 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.935 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.669 million Sapporo (2022)" + "text": "37.194 million TOKYO (capital), 19.013 million Osaka, 9.569 million Nagoya, 5.490 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.937 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.666 million Sapporo (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index e047fcb5..c6ee5d3c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.133 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2022)" + "text": "3.158 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1096,11 +1096,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "North Korea is a source country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor, forced marriage, and sex trafficking; in the recent past, many North Korean women and girls lured by promises of food, jobs, and freedom migrated to China illegally to escape poor social and economic conditions only to be forced into prostitution, marriage, or exploitative labor arrangements; North Koreans do not have a choice in the work the government assigns them and are not free to change jobs at will; many North Korean workers recruited to work abroad under bilateral contracts with foreign governments are subjected to forced labor and reportedly face government reprisals if they try to escape or complain to outsiders; thousands of North Koreans, including children, are subjected to forced labor in prison camps" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — the government of North Korea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; during this reporting period there was a government policy or pattern of forced labor of adults and children in prison camps, labor training centers, and through its imposition of forced labor conditions on North Korean overseas contract workers; proceeds from state-sponsored forced labor fund government functions and illicit activities; the government has made no effort to address human trafficking (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "North Korea is a source country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor, forced marriage, and sex trafficking; in the recent past, many North Korean women and girls lured by promises of food, jobs, and freedom migrated to China illegally to escape poor social and economic conditions only to be forced into prostitution, marriage, or exploitative labor arrangements; North Koreans do not have a choice in the work the government assigns them and are not free to change jobs at will; many North Korean workers recruited to work abroad under bilateral contracts with foreign governments are subjected to forced labor and reportedly face government reprisals if they try to escape or complain to outsiders; thousands of North Koreans, including children, are subjected to forced labor in prison camps" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 6cc6bf82..f65e12e1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "9.976 million SEOUL (capital), 3.468 million Busan, 2.834 million Incheon, 2.185 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.573 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.526 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2022)" + "text": "9.988 million SEOUL (capital), 3.472 million Busan, 2.849 million Incheon, 2.181 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.577 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.529 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index b24d6170..e9171721 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "706,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2022)" + "text": "721,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ } }, "Administrative divisions": { - "text": "17 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural) and 1 prefecture* (kampheng nakhon); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xaisomboun, Xekong, Xiangkhouang" + "text": "17 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural) and 1 prefecture* (kampheng nakhon); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphabang (Luang Prabang), Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xaisomboun, Xekong, Xiangkhouang" }, "Independence": { "text": "19 July 1949 (from France by the Franco-Lao General Convention); 22 October 1953 (Franco-Lao Treaty recognizes full independence)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index 315b5555..aaf4026f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "672,000 Macau (2022)" + "text": "682,000 Macau (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -983,11 +983,11 @@ "text": "none identified
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "Macau is a destination and, to a much lesser extent, source for women and children subjected to sex trafficking and possibly forced labor; most victims come from the Chinese mainland, but others are trafficked from China, Russia, and Southeast Asia; victims are lured in by false job offers and forced into prostitution, often being confined to massage parlors and illegal brothels where their identity documents are confiscated and they are threatened with violence; Chinese, Russian, and Thai criminal organizations are believed to be involved in recruiting women for Macau’s commercial sex industry" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Macau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the government trained police, customs, and social welfare officials on human trafficking, funded an awareness campaign, and provided services to victims; authorities convicted three sex traffickers but did not sentence anyone to significant prison terms; authorities investigated only one potential trafficking case and made no prosecutions; the government provided no assistance to any victims, and officials did not initiate any prosecutions or sentence convicted traffickers to significant terms of imprisonment; Macau was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "Macau is a destination and, to a much lesser extent, source for women and children subjected to sex trafficking and possibly forced labor; most victims come from the Chinese mainland, but others are trafficked from China, Russia, and Southeast Asia; victims are lured in by false job offers and forced into prostitution, often being confined to massage parlors and illegal brothels where their identity documents are confiscated and they are threatened with violence; Chinese, Russian, and Thai criminal organizations are believed to be involved in recruiting women for Macau’s commercial sex industry" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index 87d49c38..f3456f06 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.645 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.673 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 851a3db7..5ab1a68a 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "8.420 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.065 million Johor Bahru, 842,000 Ipoh (2022)" + "text": "8.622 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.086 million Johor Bahru, 857,000 Ipoh (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1298,11 +1298,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a source and transit country for women and children subjected to conditions of forced labor and women and children subjected to sex trafficking; Malaysia is mainly a destination country for foreign workers who migrate willingly from countries including Indonesia, Nepal, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam, but subsequently they encounter forced labor or debt bondage at the hands of their employers in the domestic, agricultural, construction, plantation, and industrial sectors; a small number of Malaysian citizens were reportedly trafficked internally and to Singapore, China, and Japan for commercial sexual exploitation; refugees are also vulnerable to trafficking; some officials are reportedly complicit in facilitating trafficking; traffickers lure Rohingya women and girls residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh to Malaysia, where they are coerced to engage in commercial sex" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Malaysia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the government identified more victims, increased the number of trafficking-specialist prosecutors, drafted victim identification standard operating procedures, identified two volunteer victim assistance specialists that worked with more than 100 victims, and co-hosted the first national conference on anti-trafficking; however, authorities prosecuted and convicted fewer traffickers and investigated few trafficking cases; despite the issue of corruption, insufficient efforts were made to prosecute officials’ complicity in trafficking-related crimes or to report the results of investigations into such crimes; insufficient interagency coordination and victim services discouraged foreign victims from participating in criminal proceedings; no resources were devoted to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards; Malaysia was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a source and transit country for women and children subjected to conditions of forced labor and women and children subjected to sex trafficking; Malaysia is mainly a destination country for foreign workers who migrate willingly from countries including Indonesia, Nepal, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam, but subsequently they encounter forced labor or debt bondage at the hands of their employers in the domestic, agricultural, construction, plantation, and industrial sectors; a small number of Malaysian citizens were reportedly trafficked internally and to Singapore, China, and Japan for commercial sexual exploitation; refugees are also vulnerable to trafficking; some officials are reportedly complicit in facilitating trafficking; traffickers lure Rohingya women and girls residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh to Malaysia, where they are coerced to engage in commercial sex" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 54d59ed4..3db38c23 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ "note": "note: Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2%" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Protestant 64.3% (Evangelical Lutheran 18.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.9%, Pentecostal 10.4%, United Church 10.3%, Evangelical Alliance 5.9%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.8%, Salvation Army .4%), Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 5.3%, non-Christian 1.4%, unspecified 3.1% (2011 est.)", + "text": "Protestant 64.3% (Evangelical Lutheran 18.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.9%, Pentecostal 10.4%, United Church 10.3%, Evangelical Alliance 5.9%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.8%, Salvation Army 0.4%), Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 5.3%, non-Christian 1.4%, unspecified 3.1% (2011 est.)", "note": "note: data represent only the citizen population; roughly 0.3% of the population are non-citizens, consisting of Christian 52% (predominantly Roman Catholic), other 10.7% , none 37.3%" }, "Age structure": { @@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "13.6% of total population (2022)" + "text": "13.7% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "400,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2022)" + "text": "410,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "13.6% of total population (2022)" + "text": "13.7% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1236,11 +1236,11 @@ } }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { - "text": "Papua New Guinea is a source, destination, and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor; women and children are subjected to sex trafficking and domestic servitude; families may sell girls into forced marriages to settle debts, leaving them vulnerable to forced domestic service; local and Chinese men are forced to labor in logging and mining camps; migrant women from Malaysia, Thailand, China, and the Philippines are subjected to sex trafficking and domestic servitude at logging and mining camps, fisheries, and entertainment sites" - }, "tier rating": { "text": "Tier 3 — Papua New Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; despite remaining at Tier 3, the government continued to identify some trafficking victims and a prominent trafficking case was advanced; however, the government did not provide protective services for victims and did not systematically implement its victim identification procedures; corruption among officials in the logging sector remains a problem, and they continue to facilitate sex trafficking and forced labor; no alleged traffickers were convicted; the government dedicates little financial and human resources to combat trafficking, and awareness of trafficking is low among government officials (2020)" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "Papua New Guinea is a source, destination, and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor; women and children are subjected to sex trafficking and domestic servitude; families may sell girls into forced marriages to settle debts, leaving them vulnerable to forced domestic service; local and Chinese men are forced to labor in logging and mining camps; migrant women from Malaysia, Thailand, China, and the Philippines are subjected to sex trafficking and domestic servitude at logging and mining camps, fisheries, and entertainment sites" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index 6c5e11e8..09154474 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -193,14 +193,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "48% of total population (2022)" + "text": "48.3% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "14.406 million MANILA (capital), 1.908 million Davao, 1.009 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 925,000 Antipolo, 786,000 Cagayan de Oro City (2022)" + "text": "14.667 million MANILA (capital), 1.949 million Davao, 1.025 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 960,000 Antipolo, 803,000 Cagayan de Oro City, 803,000 Dasmarinas (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "48% of total population (2022)" + "text": "48.3% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "2.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index e834a3e4..124eb511 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "100% of total population (2022)" + "text": "100% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.74% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.040 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2022)" + "text": "6.081 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "100% of total population (2022)" + "text": "100% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.74% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index c50dfd90..3ea50078 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "52.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "53.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "10.900 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.436 Chon Buri, 1.342 million Samut Prakan, 1.198 million Chiang Mai, 992,000 Songkla, 988,000 Nothaburi (2022)" + "text": "11.070 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.454 Chon Buri, 1.359 million Samut Prakan, 1.213 million Chiang Mai, 1.005 million Songkla, 1.001 million Nothaburi (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "52.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "53.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index d4aa9281..b6101c4b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "32.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "32.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.31% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "32.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "32.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "3.31% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index eac1a3aa..b5740e95 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.471 million New Taipei City, 2.742 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.296 million Taoyuan, 1.547 million Kaohsiung, 1.354 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2022)" + "text": "4.504 million New Taipei City, 2.754 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.319 million Taoyuan, 1.553 million Kaohsiung, 1.369 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1069,8 +1069,8 @@ "text": "the Taiwan military is armed mostly with second-hand weapons and equipment provided by the US; since 2010, the US has continued to be the largest provider of arms; Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry capable of building and upgrading a range of weapons systems, including surface ships and submarines (2022)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "starting with those born in 1994, men 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (5 weeks of basic training followed by 11 weeks of specialized training with field units); civil service can be substituted for military service in some cases; men born before December 1993 are required to complete compulsory service for 12 months (military or civil); men are subject to training recalls up to four times for periods not to exceed 20 days for 8 years after discharge; women may enlist but are restricted to noncombat roles in most cases; as part of its transition to an all-volunteer military, the last cohort of 12-month military conscripts completed their service obligations in December 2018 (2022)", - "note": "note: as of 2021, women made up about 15% of the active duty military" + "text": "starting with those born in 1994, men 18-36 years of age may volunteer or must complete 4 months of compulsory military service; civil service can be substituted for military service in some cases; men born before December 1993 are required to complete compulsory service for 12 months (military or civil); men are subject to training recalls up to four times for periods not to exceed 20 days for 8 years after discharge; women may enlist but are restricted to noncombat roles in most cases; as part of its transition to an all-volunteer military, the last cohort of 12-month military conscripts completed their service obligations in December 2018 (2022)", + "note": "note 1: compulsory service is 5 weeks of basic training followed by 11 weeks of specialized training with field units; in 2022, the Taiwan announced that compulsory service would be extended from 4 to 12 months beginning in January 2024Austria is a well-developed market economy with skilled labor force and high standard of living. It is closely tied to other EU economies, especially Germany's, but also the US’, its third-largest trade partner. Its economy features a large service sector, a sound industrial sector, and a small, but highly developed agricultural sector.
Austrian economic growth strengthened in 2017, with a 2.9% increase in GDP. Austrian exports, accounting for around 60% of the GDP, were up 8.2% in 2017. Austria’s unemployment rate fell by 0.3% to 5.5%, which is low by European standards, but still at its second highest rate since the end of World War II, driven by an increased number of refugees and EU migrants entering the labor market.
Austria's fiscal position compares favorably with other euro-zone countries. The budget deficit stood at a low 0.7% of GDP in 2017 and public debt declined again to 78.4% of GDP in 2017, after reaching a post-war high 84.6% in 2015. The Austrian government has announced it plans to balance the fiscal budget in 2019. Several external risks, such as Austrian banks' exposure to Central and Eastern Europe, the refugee crisis, and continued unrest in Russia/Ukraine, eased in 2017, but are still a factor for the Austrian economy. Exposure to the Russian banking sector and a deep energy relationship with Russia present additional risks.
Austria elected a new pro-business government in October 2017 that campaigned on promises to reduce bureaucracy, improve public sector efficiency, reduce labor market protections, and provide positive investment incentives.
" + "text": "Austria is a well-developed market economy with skilled labor force and high standard of living. It is closely tied to other EU economies, especially Germany's, but also the US’, its third-largest trade partner. Its economy features a large service sector, a sound industrial sector, and a small, but highly developed agricultural sector.
Austrian economic growth strengthened in 2017, with a 2.9% increase in GDP. Austrian exports, accounting for around 60% of the GDP, were up 8.2% in 2017. Austria’s unemployment rate fell by 0.3% to 5.5%, which is low by European standards, but still at its second highest rate since the end of World War II, driven by an increased number of refugees and EU migrants entering the labor market.
Austria's fiscal position compares favorably with other euro-zone countries. The budget deficit stood at a low 0.7% of GDP in 2017 and public debt declined again to 78.4% of GDP in 2017, after reaching a post-war high 84.6% in 2015. The Austrian government has announced it plans to balance the fiscal budget in 2019. Several external risks, such as Austrian banks' exposure to Central and Eastern Europe, the refugee crisis, and continued unrest in Russia/Ukraine, eased in 2017, but are still a factor for the Austrian economy. Exposure to the Russian banking sector and a deep energy relationship with Russia present additional risks.
Austria elected a new pro-business government in October 2017 that campaigned on promises to reduce bureaucracy, improve public sector efficiency, reduce labor market protections, and provide positive investment incentives.
" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": { @@ -1028,16 +1028,16 @@ }, "Natural gas": { "production": { - "text": "924.515 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "924.5 million cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "9,207,632,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "9.208 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "exports": { - "text": "2,800,248,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.8 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "imports": { - "text": "14,114,028,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "14.11 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "proven reserves": { "text": "5.04 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)" @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "57,887 (Syria), 41,037 (Afghanistan), 9,661 (Iraq), 8,212 (Somalia), 7,046 (Iran), 7,003 (Russia) (mid-year 2021); 89,244 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "57,887 (Syria), 41,037 (Afghanistan), 9,661 (Iraq), 8,212 (Somalia), 7,046 (Iran), 7,003 (Russia) (mid-year 2021); 90,126 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,229 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index af7ce65d..f10648dc 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.110 million BRUSSELS (capital), 1.053 million Antwerp (2022)" + "text": "2.122 million BRUSSELS (capital), 1.057 million Antwerp (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 62,181 (Ukraine) (as of 29 November 2022)" + "text": "18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 64,436 (Ukraine) (as of 13 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,159 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index ba3ccc61..5ea72124 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "344,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2022)" + "text": "346,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ "text": "Alliance for a Better Future of BiH or SBB BiH [Fahrudin RADONCIC]vulnerable to money laundering from illegal drugs
" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 18ffa5ef..72177b5e 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.370 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.381 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "19,833 (Syria), 5,634 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 38,044 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "19,833 (Syria), 5,634 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 38,582 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "11,608 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index ad10d985..9d11da3d 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "note - see individual entries of member states" }, - "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring regionally; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the European Union’s Schengen Area (comprised of the following 27 European states: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland) to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" - }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { "text": "NA" }, @@ -290,9 +287,6 @@ "text": "0.02% of GDP (2018 est.)" } }, - "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring regionally; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the European Union’s Schengen Area (comprised of the following 27 European states: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland) to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" - }, "Total renewable water resources": { "text": "2,057.8 cubic meters (2011)" } @@ -327,7 +321,7 @@ } }, "Member states": { - "text": "
27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden; note - candidate countries: Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
there are 13 overseas countries and territories (OCTs) (1 with Denmark [Greenland], 6 with France [French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, New Caledonia, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna], and 6 with the Netherlands [Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten]), all are part of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA)
", + "text": "27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden; note - 8 candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
there are 13 overseas countries and territories (OCTs) (1 with Denmark [Greenland], 6 with France [French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, New Caledonia, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna], and 6 with the Netherlands [Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten]), all are part of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA)
", "note": "note: there are non-European OCTs having special relations with Denmark, France, and the Netherlands (list is annexed to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), that are associated with the EU to promote their economic and social development; member states apply to their trade with OCTs the same treatment as they accord each other pursuant to the treaties; OCT nationals are in principle EU citizens, but these countries are neither part of the EU, nor subject to the EU" }, "Independence": { diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 52ae511c..d1eee05d 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.256 million DUBLIN (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.270 million DUBLIN (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ "text": "President Michael D. HIGGINS (since 11 November 2011)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheál MARTIN (since 27 June 2020); note - MARTIN will serve through December 2022 and will then be succeeded by Leo VARADKAR" + "text": "Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo VARADKAR (since 16 December 2022)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president, approved by the Dali Eireann (lower house of Parliament)" @@ -882,10 +882,10 @@ }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { - "text": "$2,829,303,000,000 (2019 est.)" + "text": "$2.829 trillion (2019 est.)" }, "Debt - external 2018": { - "text": "$2,758,949,000,000 (2018 est.)" + "text": "$2.759 trillion (2018 est.)" } }, "Exchange rates": { @@ -1003,16 +1003,16 @@ }, "Natural gas": { "production": { - "text": "2,652,180,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.652 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "5,491,562,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.492 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)" }, "imports": { - "text": "2,846,971,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.847 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "proven reserves": { "text": "9.911 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)" @@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ "text": "450" }, "annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": { - "text": "167,598,633 (2018)" + "text": "1.676 million (2018)" }, "annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": { "text": "168.71 million (2018) mt-km" @@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ "text": "130 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 320 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (May 2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Irish Defense Forces trace their origins back to the Irish Volunteers, a unit established in 1913; the Irish Volunteers took part in the 1916 Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921
Ireland has a long-standing policy of military neutrality; however, it participates in international peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, as well as crisis management; Ireland is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy and has committed a battalion of troops to the EU’s Rapid Reaction Force; Ireland is not a member of NATO, but has a relationship going back to 1997 when it deployed personnel in support of the NATO-led peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ireland joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1999; Ireland has been an active participate in UN peacekeeping operations since the 1950s
" + "text": "the Irish Defense Forces trace their origins back to the Irish Volunteers, a unit established in 1913; the Irish Volunteers took part in the 1916 Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921
Ireland has a long-standing policy of military neutrality; however, it participates in international peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, as well as crisis management; Ireland is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy and has committed a battalion of troops to the EU’s Rapid Reaction Force; Ireland is not a member of NATO but has a relationship going back to 1997 when it deployed personnel in support of the NATO-led peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ireland joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1999; Ireland has been an active participatant in UN peacekeeping operations since the 1950s
" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "58,511 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "58,511 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "107 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index 90625945..13deafde 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "452,000 TALLINN (capital) (2022)" + "text": "454,000 TALLINN (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "63,850 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "64,593 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "71,873 (mid-year 2021); note - following independence in 1991, automatic citizenship was restricted to those who were Estonian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants; thousands of ethnic Russians remained stateless when forced to choose between passing Estonian language and citizenship tests or applying for Russian citizenship; one reason for demurring on Estonian citizenship was to retain the right of visa-free travel to Russia; stateless residents can vote in local elections but not general elections; stateless parents who have been lawful residents of Estonia for at least five years can apply for citizenship for their children before they turn 15 years old" diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 4ab207b0..cba78e41 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.318 million PRAGUE (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.323 million PRAGUE (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "467,862 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "472,473 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,498 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 1d5d846e..5813bf14 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.328 million HELSINKI (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.338 million HELSINKI (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "9,053 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 47,067 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "9,053 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 47,067 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,416 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index 863ff2e4..c2d927a3 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The population of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing dependency of Denmark, is largely descended from Viking settlers who arrived in the 9th century. The islands have been connected politically to Denmark since the 14th century. The Home Rule Act of 1948 granted a high degree of self-Government to the Faroese, who have autonomy over most internal affairs and external trade, while Denmark is responsible for justice, defense, and some foreign affairs. The Faroe Islands are not part of the European Union." + "text": "The population of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing dependency of Denmark, is largely descended from Viking settlers who arrived in the 9th century. The islands have been connected politically to Denmark since the 14th century. The Home Rule Act of 1948 granted a high degree of self-government to the Faroese, who have autonomy over most internal affairs and external trade, while Denmark is responsible for justice, defense, and some foreign affairs. The Faroe Islands are not part of the European Union." } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index e85bc12b..85593163 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "11.142 million PARIS (capital), 1.748 million Lyon, 1.620 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.073 million Lille, 1.049 million Toulouse, 991,000 Bordeaux (2022)" + "text": "11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index 6b6ae33a..6c3f7d2f 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ "text": "none" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch; chief minister, who is the president of the Policy and Resources Committee indirectly elected by the States of Deliberation for a 4-year term; last held on 6 May 2016 (next to be held in June 2020)" + "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch; chief minister, who is the president of the Policy and Resources Committee indirectly elected by the States of Deliberation for a 4-year term; last held on 7 October 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" }, "election results": { "text": "2020: Peter FERBRACHE (independent) elected president of the Policy and Resources Committee and chief minister: percent of States of Guernsey vote - 57.5%The German economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest - is a leading exporter of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and household equipment. Germany benefits from a highly skilled labor force, but, like its Western European neighbors, faces significant demographic challenges to sustained long-term growth. Low fertility rates and a large increase in net immigration are increasing pressure on the country's social welfare system and necessitate structural reforms.
Reforms launched by the government of Chancellor Gerhard SCHROEDER (1998-2005), deemed necessary to address chronically high unemployment and low average growth, contributed to strong economic growth and falling unemployment. These advances, as well as a government subsidized, reduced working hour scheme, help explain the relatively modest increase in unemployment during the 2008-09 recession - the deepest since World War II. The German Government introduced a minimum wage in 2015 that increased to $9.79 (8.84 euros) in January 2017.
Stimulus and stabilization efforts initiated in 2008 and 2009 and tax cuts introduced in Chancellor Angela MERKEL's second term increased Germany's total budget deficit - including federal, state, and municipal - to 4.1% in 2010, but slower spending and higher tax revenues reduced the deficit to 0.8% in 2011 and in 2017 Germany reached a budget surplus of 0.7%. A constitutional amendment approved in 2009 limits the federal government to structural deficits of no more than 0.35% of GDP per annum as of 2016, though the target was already reached in 2012.
Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Chancellor Angela MERKEL announced in May 2011 that eight of the country's 17 nuclear reactors would be shut down immediately and the remaining plants would close by 2022. Germany plans to replace nuclear power largely with renewable energy, which accounted for 29.5% of gross electricity consumption in 2016, up from 9% in 2000. Before the shutdown of the eight reactors, Germany relied on nuclear power for 23% of its electricity generating capacity and 46% of its base-load electricity production.
The German economy suffers from low levels of investment, and a government plan to invest 15 billion euros during 2016-18, largely in infrastructure, is intended to spur needed private investment. Domestic consumption, investment, and exports are likely to drive German GDP growth in 2018, and the country’s budget and trade surpluses are likely to remain high.
" + "text": "The German economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest - is a leading exporter of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and household equipment. Germany benefits from a highly skilled labor force, but, like its Western European neighbors, faces significant demographic challenges to sustained long-term growth. Low fertility rates and a large increase in net immigration are increasing pressure on the country's social welfare system and necessitate structural reforms.
Reforms launched by the government of Chancellor Gerhard SCHROEDER (1998-2005), deemed necessary to address chronically high unemployment and low average growth, contributed to strong economic growth and falling unemployment. These advances, as well as a government subsidized, reduced working hour scheme, help explain the relatively modest increase in unemployment during the 2008-09 recession - the deepest since World War II. The German Government introduced a minimum wage in 2015 that increased to $9.79 (8.84 euros) in January 2017.
Stimulus and stabilization efforts initiated in 2008 and 2009 and tax cuts introduced in Chancellor Angela MERKEL's second term increased Germany's total budget deficit - including federal, state, and municipal - to 4.1% in 2010, but slower spending and higher tax revenues reduced the deficit to 0.8% in 2011 and in 2017 Germany reached a budget surplus of 0.7%. A constitutional amendment approved in 2009 limits the federal government to structural deficits of no more than 0.35% of GDP per annum as of 2016, though the target was already reached in 2012.
Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Chancellor Angela MERKEL announced in May 2011 that eight of the country's 17 nuclear reactors would be shut down immediately and the remaining plants would close by 2022. Germany plans to replace nuclear power largely with renewable energy, which accounted for 29.5% of gross electricity consumption in 2016, up from 9% in 2000. Before the shutdown of the eight reactors, Germany relied on nuclear power for 23% of its electricity generating capacity and 46% of its base-load electricity production.
The German economy suffers from low levels of investment, and a government plan to invest 15 billion euros during 2016-18, largely in infrastructure, is intended to spur needed private investment. Domestic consumption, investment, and exports are likely to drive German GDP growth in 2018, and the country’s budget and trade surpluses are likely to remain high.
" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": { - "text": "$4,238,800,000,000 (2020 est.)" + "text": "$4.239 trillion (2020 est.)" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": { - "text": "$4,457,050,000,000 (2019 est.)" + "text": "$4.457 trillion (2019 est.)" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2018": { - "text": "$4,432,430,000,000 (2018 est.)" + "text": "$4.432 trillion (2018 est.)" }, "note": "note: data are in 2017 dollars" }, @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ } }, "Agricultural products": { - "text": "milk, sugar beet, wheat, barley, potatoes, pork, maize, rye, rapeseed, triticale" + "text": "milk, sugar beets, wheat, barley, potatoes, pork, maize, rye, rapeseed, triticale" }, "Industries": { "text": "among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, automobiles, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles" @@ -884,13 +884,13 @@ }, "Exports": { "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$1,671,650,000,000 (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.672 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" }, "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$1,813,190,000,000 (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.813 trillion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" }, "Exports 2018": { - "text": "$1,881,510,000,000 (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.882 trillion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" } }, "Exports - partners": { @@ -901,13 +901,13 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$1,452,560,000,000 (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1,452,300,000,000 (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$1,593,720,000,000 (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1.594 trillion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" }, "Imports 2018": { - "text": "$1,635,580,000,000 (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$1,635,600,000,000 (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" } }, "Imports - partners": { @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ "text": "248.265 million kW (2020 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "500,350,034,000 kWh (2020 est.)" + "text": "500.35 billion kWh (2020 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "66.931 billion kWh (2020 est.)" @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ "text": "48.047 billion kWh (2020 est.)" }, "transmission/distribution losses": { - "text": "25,970,966,000 kWh (2020 est.)" + "text": "25.97 billion kWh (2020 est.)" } }, "Electricity generation sources": { @@ -1047,16 +1047,16 @@ }, "Natural gas": { "production": { - "text": "5,128,909,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)" + "text": "5.129 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "87,546,767,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)" + "text": "8.755 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "0 cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "imports": { - "text": "83,121,531,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)" + "text": "83.12 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "proven reserves": { "text": "23.39 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)" diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 0fd1d03a..2190684a 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.154 million ATHENS (capital), 814,000 Thessaloniki (2022)" + "text": "3.154 million ATHENS (capital), 815,000 Thessaloniki (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5,552 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 1,229,347 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2022); as of the end of February 2022, Greece hosted an estimated 161,419 refugees and asylum seekers" + "note": "note: 1,229,532 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2022); as of the end of February 2022, Greece hosted an estimated 161,419 refugees and asylum seekers" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis products and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 1a6d7c04..b9dbd91e 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2022)" + "text": "684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "19,403 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "19,753 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,910 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 61deff45..927a7839 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.775 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.778 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "32,628 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "32,850 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "130 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 0ffb07f9..99577743 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services" }, "Broadcast media": { - "text": "state-owned public TV broadcaster (RUV) operates 21 TV channels nationally (RUV and RUV 2, though RUV 2 is used less frequently); RUV broadcasts nationally, every household in Iceland is required to have RUV as it doubles as the emergency broadcast network; RUV also operates stringer offices in the north (Akureyri) and the east (Egilsstadir) but operations are all run out of RUV headquarters in Reykjavik; there are 3 privately owned TV stations; Stod 2 (Channel 2) is owned by Syn, following 365 Media and Vodafone merger, and is headquartered in Reykjavik; Syn also operates 4 sports channels under Stod 2; N4 is the only television station headquartered outside of Reykjavik, in Akureyri, with local programming for the north, south, and east of Iceland; Hringbraut is the newest station and is headquartered in Reykjavik; all of these television stations have nationwide penetration as 100% of households have multi-channel services though digital and/or fiber-optic connectionsRUV operates 3 radio stations (RAS 1, RAS2, and Rondo) as well as 4 regional stations (but they mostly act as range extenders for RUV radio broadcasts nationwide); there is 1 privately owned radio conglomerate, Syn (4 stations), that broadcasts nationwide, and 3 other radio stations that broadcast to the most densely populated regions of the country. In addition there are upwards of 20 radio stations that operate regionally
(2019)" + "text": "state-owned public TV broadcaster (RUV) operates 21 TV channels nationally (RUV and RUV 2, though RUV 2 is used less frequently); RUV broadcasts nationally, every household in Iceland is required to have RUV as it doubles as the emergency broadcast network; RUV also operates stringer offices in the north (Akureyri) and the east (Egilsstadir) but operations are all run out of RUV headquarters in Reykjavik; there are 3 privately owned TV stations; Stod 2 (Channel 2) is owned by Syn, following 365 Media and Vodafone merger, and is headquartered in Reykjavik; Syn also operates 4 sports channels under Stod 2; N4 is the only television station headquartered outside of Reykjavik, in Akureyri, with local programming for the north, south, and east of Iceland; Hringbraut is the newest station and is headquartered in Reykjavik; all of these television stations have nationwide penetration as 100% of households have multi-channel services though digital and/or fiber-optic connectionsRUV operates 3 radio stations (RAS 1, RAS2, and Rondo) as well as 4 regional stations (but they mostly act as range extenders for RUV radio broadcasts nationwide); there is 1 privately owned radio conglomerate, Syn (4 stations), that broadcasts nationwide, and 3 other radio stations that broadcast to the most densely populated regions of the country. In addition, there are upwards of 20 radio stations that operate regionally
(2019)" }, "Internet country code": { "text": ".is" diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 1320d5ff..bb1c1c5f 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "4.298 million ROME (capital), 3.149 million Milan, 2.180 million Naples, 1.798 million Turin, 907,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2022)" + "text": "4.316 million ROME (capital), 3.155 million Milan, 2.179 million Naples, 1.802 million Turin, 913,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ "note": "note: women may serve in any military branch; as of 2019, women made up about 6% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "120 Djibouti; 900 Middle East/Iraq/Kuwait (NATO, European Assistance Mission Iraq); 640 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 250 Latvia (NATO); 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 400 Libya; 290 Niger; 250 Romania (NATO); 150 Somalia (EUTM) (2022)", + "text": "120 Djibouti; approximately 700 Bulgaria (NATO); 900 Middle East/Iraq/Kuwait (NATO, European Assistance Mission Iraq); 640 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 250 Latvia (NATO); 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 400 Libya; 290 Niger; 250 Romania (NATO); 150 Somalia (EUTM) (2022)", "note": "note: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Italy, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe" }, "Military - note": { @@ -1283,12 +1283,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 173,231 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 173,231 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 686,097 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2022)" + "note": "note: 689,298 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe" diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 5a58e3cc..44249caf 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ "text": "population clusters exist throughout the country, the largest being in the east in and around the capital of Pristina" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "216,870 PRISTINA (capital) (2019)" + "text": "218,782 PRISTINA (capital) (2020)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index 8c74b2e0..a082c00e 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "625,000 RIGA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "621,000 RIGA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "34,439 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "34,792 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "209,168 (mid-year 2021); note - individuals who were Latvian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants were recognized as Latvian citizens when the country's independence was restored in 1991; citizens of the former Soviet Union residing in Latvia who have neither Latvian nor other citizenship are considered non-citizens (officially there is no statelessness in Latvia) and are entitled to non-citizen passports; children born after Latvian independence to stateless parents are entitled to Latvian citizenship upon their parents' request; non-citizens cannot vote or hold certain government jobs and are exempt from military service but can travel visa-free in the EU under the Schengen accord like Latvian citizens; non-citizens can obtain naturalization if they have been permanent residents of Latvia for at least five years, pass tests in Latvian language and history, and know the words of the Latvian national anthem" diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index f8ee7e75..cfca6474 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2022)" + "text": "541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "71,367 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "72,051 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "2,721 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index a0d7fc3a..0495a80c 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -187,14 +187,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "53.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "54% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.17% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "439,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2022)" + "text": "441,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "53.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "54% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.17% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "102,873 (Ukraine) (as of 5 December 2022)" + "text": "104,140 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,532 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index b2415440..64f943b6 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "491,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2022)" + "text": "488,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ "text": "Party of Action and Solidarity or PAS [Igor GROSU]
Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists or BCS [Vlad BATRINCEA, PSRM and Vladimir VORONIN, PCRM]
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova or PCRM [Vladimir VORONIN]
Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova or PSRM [Vlad BATRINCEA]
SOR Party or PS [Ilan SHOR]
drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets
" diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 1df60b8a..a1eb96cc 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ }, "Ethnic groups": { "text": "Macedonian 58.4%, Albanian 24.3%, Turkish 3.9%, Romani 2.5%, Serb 1.3%, other 2.3%, persons for whom data were taken from administrative sources and no ethnic affiliation data was available 7.2% (2021 est.)", - "note": "note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 6.5–13% of North Macedonia’s population" + "note": "note: data represent total resident population; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 6.5–13% of North Macedonia’s population" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "59.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "59.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "606,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2022)" + "text": "611,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "59.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "59.5% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ "text": "Alliance for Albanians or AfA [Ziadin SELA]Monaco, bordering France on the Mediterranean coast, is a popular resort, attracting tourists to its casino and pleasant climate. The principality also is a banking center and has successfully sought to diversify into services and small, high-value-added, nonpolluting industries. The state retains monopolies in a number of sectors, including tobacco, the telephone network, and the postal service. Living standards are high, roughly comparable to those in prosperous French metropolitan areas.
The state has no income tax and low business taxes and thrives as a tax haven both for individuals who have established residence and for foreign companies that have set up businesses and offices. Monaco, however, is not a tax-free shelter; it charges nearly 20% value-added tax, collects stamp duties, and companies face a 33% tax on profits unless they can show that three-quarters of profits are generated within the principality. Monaco was formally removed from the OECD's \"grey list\" of uncooperative tax jurisdictions in late 2009, but continues to face international pressure to abandon its banking secrecy laws and help combat tax evasion. In October 2014, Monaco officially became the 84th jurisdiction participating in the OECD’s Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, an effort to combat offshore tax avoidance and evasion.
Monaco's reliance on tourism and banking for its economic growth has left it vulnerable to downturns in France and other European economies which are the principality's main trade partners. In 2009, Monaco's GDP fell by 11.5% as the euro-zone crisis precipitated a sharp drop in tourism and retail activity and home sales. A modest recovery ensued in 2010 and intensified in 2013, with GDP growth of more than 9%, but Monaco's economic prospects remain uncertain.
" + "text": "Monaco, bordering France on the Mediterranean coast, is a popular resort, attracting tourists to its casino and pleasant climate. The principality also is a banking center and has successfully sought to diversify into services and small, high-value-added, nonpolluting industries. The state retains monopolies in a number of sectors, including tobacco, the telephone network, and the postal service. Living standards are high, roughly comparable to those in prosperous French metropolitan areas.
The state has no income tax and low business taxes and thrives as a tax haven both for individuals who have established residence and for foreign companies that have set up businesses and offices. Monaco, however, is not a tax-free shelter; it charges nearly 20% value-added tax, collects stamp duties, and companies face a 33% tax on profits unless they can show that three-quarters of profits are generated within the principality. Monaco was formally removed from the OECD's \"grey list\" of uncooperative tax jurisdictions in late 2009, but continues to face international pressure to abandon its banking secrecy laws and help combat tax evasion. In October 2014, Monaco officially became the 84th jurisdiction participating in the OECD’s Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, an effort to combat offshore tax avoidance and evasion.
Monaco's reliance on tourism and banking for its economic growth has left it vulnerable to downturns in France and other European economies which are the principality's main trade partners. In 2009, Monaco's GDP fell by 11.5% as the euro-zone crisis precipitated a sharp drop in tourism and retail activity and home sales. A modest recovery ensued in 2010 and intensified in 2013, with GDP growth of more than 9%, but Monaco's economic prospects remain uncertain.
" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015": { @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "modern automatic telephone system; the country's sole fixed-line operator offers a full range of services to residential and business customers; competitive mobile telephony market; 4G LTE widely available (2020)" + "text": "modern automatic telephone system: the country's sole fixed-line operator offers a full range of services to residential and business customers; competitive mobile telephony market; 4G LTE widely available (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line a little over 111 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 90 per 100 persons (2020)" diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index d8fa715c..ddf71f38 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.166 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.015 million Rotterdam (2022)" + "text": "1.174 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.018 million Rotterdam (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index 38f2191f..5d994ec3 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "83.7% of total population (2022)" + "text": "84% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.071 million OSLO (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.086 million OSLO (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "83.7% of total population (2022)" + "text": "84% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "15,542 (Syria), 11,965 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 34,005 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "15,542 (Syria), 11,965 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 35,321 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "4,154 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index f3bc72b4..38d2378d 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "60.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "60.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "-0.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.795 million WARSAW (capital), 770,000 Krakow (2022)" + "text": "1.798 million WARSAW (capital), 769,000 Krakow (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "60.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "60.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "-0.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "9,870 (Russia) (2019); 1,529,355 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "9,870 (Russia) (2019); 1,544,074 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "1,389 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 35ba20ef..a91cccc4 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -188,14 +188,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "67.4% of total population (2022)" + "text": "67.9% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.44% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "2.986 million LISBON (capital), 1.320 million Porto (2022)" + "text": "3.001 million LISBON (capital), 1.325 million Porto (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "67.4% of total population (2022)" + "text": "67.9% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.44% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "52,970 (Ukraine) (as of 3 October 2022)" + "text": "56,236 (Ukraine) (as of 20 October 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "45 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 35345627..e8227214 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "56.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "57.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Kosovo" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.405 million BELGRADE (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.408 million BELGRADE (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "56.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "57.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -631,7 +631,8 @@ "note": "note: Serbia has more than 110 registered political parties and citizens' associations" }, "International organization participation": { - "text": "BIS, BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, EU (candidate country), FAO, G-9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)" + "text": "BIS, BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, EU (candidate country), FAO, G-9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)", + "note": "note: Serbia is an EU candidate country whose satisfactory completion of accession criteria is required before being granted full EU membership" }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 3d37a9f9..1725eaf0 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -198,14 +198,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "54.5% of total population (2022)" + "text": "54.7% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "-0.15% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.785 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.776 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "54.5% of total population (2022)" + "text": "54.7% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "-0.15% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "98,103 (Ukraine) (as of 4 December 2022)" + "text": "103,167 (Ukraine) (as of 18 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "314 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index f6aa7cd6..9ce07b25 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "55.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "56.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "55.8% of total population (2022)" + "text": "56.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "8,655 (Ukraine) (as of 29 November 2022)" + "text": "8,821 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "10 (2020)" diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 6811aeae..32789873 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "97.7% of total population (2022)" + "text": "97.8% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "97.7% of total population (2022)" + "text": "97.8% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "co-chiefs of state Captain Regent Oscar MONA and Captain Regent Paolo RONDELLI (for the period 1 April 2022 - 1 October 2022)" + "text": "co-chiefs of state Captain Regent Maria Luisa BERTI and Captain Manuel CIAVATTA (for the period 1 October 2022 - 1 April 2023)" }, "head of government": { "text": "Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Luca BECCARI (since 8 January 2020)" @@ -483,10 +483,10 @@ "text": "Congress of State elected by the Grand and General Council" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "co-chiefs of state (captains regent) indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 6-month term; election last held in September 2021 (next to be held in March 2022); secretary of state for foreign and political affairs indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 5-year term; election last held on 28 December 2019 (next to be held by November 2024)" + "text": "co-chiefs of state (captains regent) indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 6-month term; election last held in September 2022 (next to be held in March 2023); secretary of state for foreign and political affairs indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 5-year term; election last held on 28 December 2019 (next to be held by November 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Oscar MINA (PDCS) and Paolo RONDELLI (RETE) elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA; Luca BECCARI (PDCS) elected secretary of state for foreign and political affairs; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA" + "text": "Maria Luisa BERTI and Manuel CIAVATTA elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA; Luca BECCARI (PDCS) elected secretary of state for foreign and political affairs; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA" }, "note": "note: the captains regent preside over meetings of the Grand and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State), which has 7 other members who are selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are 7 secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has some prime ministerial roles" }, @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ "text": "last held on 8 December 2019 (next to be held by 31 December 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - PDCS 35%, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 25% (RETE Movement 18.3%, Domani - Motus Liberi 6.7%), Free San Marino 16.7%, We for the Republic 13.3%, Future Republic 10%; seats by coalition/party - PDCS 21, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 15 (RETE Movement 11, Domani - Motus Liberi 4), Free San Marino 10, We for the Republic 8, Future Republic 6; composition (as of October 2021) - men 40, women 20, percent of women 33.3%" + "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - PDCS 35%, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 25% (RETE Movement 18.3%, DML 6.7%), Liberia 16.7%, We for the Republic 13.3%, RF 10%; seats by coalition/party - PDCS 21, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 15 (RETE Movement 11, DML 4), Liberia 10, We for the Republic 8, RF 6; composition (as of September 2022) - men 40, women 20, percent of women 33.3%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "San Marino's economy relies heavily on tourism, banking, and the manufacture and export of ceramics, clothing, fabrics, furniture, paints, spirits, tiles, and wine. The manufacturing and financial sectors account for more than half of San Marino's GDP. The per capita level of output and standard of living are comparable to those of the most prosperous regions of Italy.
San Marino's economy contracted considerably in the years since 2008, largely due to weakened demand from Italy - which accounts for nearly 90% of its export market - and financial sector consolidation. Difficulties in the banking sector, the global economic downturn, and the sizable decline in tax revenues all contributed to negative real GDP growth. The government adopted measures to counter the downturn, including subsidized credit to businesses and is seeking to shift its growth model away from a reliance on bank and tax secrecy. San Marino does not issue public debt securities; when necessary, it finances deficits by drawing down central bank deposits.
The economy benefits from foreign investment due to its relatively low corporate taxes and low taxes on interest earnings. The income tax rate is also very low, about one-third the average EU level. San Marino continues to work towards harmonizing its fiscal laws with EU and international standards. In September 2009, the OECD removed San Marino from its list of tax havens that have yet to fully adopt global tax standards, and in 2010 San Marino signed Tax Information Exchange Agreements with most major countries. In 2013, the San Marino Government signed a Double Taxation Agreement with Italy, but a referendum on EU membership failed to reach the quorum needed to bring it to a vote.
" + "text": "San Marino's economy relies heavily on tourism, banking, and the manufacture and export of ceramics, clothing, fabrics, furniture, paints, spirits, tiles, and wine. The manufacturing and financial sectors account for more than half of San Marino's GDP. The per capita level of output and standard of living are comparable to those of the most prosperous regions of Italy.
San Marino's economy contracted considerably in the years since 2008, largely due to weakened demand from Italy - which accounts for nearly 90% of its export market - and financial sector consolidation. Difficulties in the banking sector, the global economic downturn, and the sizable decline in tax revenues all contributed to negative real GDP growth. The government adopted measures to counter the downturn, including subsidized credit to businesses and is seeking to shift its growth model away from a reliance on bank and tax secrecy. San Marino does not issue public debt securities; when necessary, it finances deficits by drawing down central bank deposits.
The economy benefits from foreign investment due to its relatively low corporate taxes and low taxes on interest earnings. The income tax rate is also very low, about one-third the average EU level. San Marino continues to work towards harmonizing its fiscal laws with EU and international standards. In September 2009, the OECD removed San Marino from its list of tax havens that have yet to fully adopt global tax standards, and in 2010 San Marino signed Tax Information Exchange Agreements with most major countries. In 2013, the San Marino Government signed a Double Taxation Agreement with Italy, but a referendum on EU membership failed to reach the quorum needed to bring it to a vote.
" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": { @@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ } }, "Exports - partners": { - "text": "Romania 10%, France 9%, United States 8%, Germany 8%, Poland 6%, Brazil 6%, Russia 6%, Austria 6% (2019)" + "text": "Romania 10%, France 9%, Germany 8%, United States 8%, Austria 6%, Brazil 6%, Poland 6%, Russia 6%, (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { "text": "industrial washing/bottling machinery, packaged medicines, woodworking machinery, foodstuffs, aircraft (2019)" diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index b9f32abd..1a35d987 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "81.3% of total population (2022)" + "text": "81.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.24% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ "note": "note: data include Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla" }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "6.714 million MADRID (capital), 5.658 million Barcelona, 837,000 Valencia (2022)" + "text": "6.751 million MADRID (capital), 5.687 million Barcelona, 838,000 Valencia (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "81.3% of total population (2022)" + "text": "81.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.24% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1294,12 +1294,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "14,823 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 418,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021); 156,753 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "14,823 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 418,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021); 158,789 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "692 (mid-year 2021)" }, - "note": "note: 277,187 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-December 2022)" + "note": "note: 277,496 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-December 2022)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "primary transit point in Europe for cocaine from South America and for hashish from Morocco; cocaine is shipped in raw or liquid form with mixed cargo to avoid detection; traffickers ship methamphetamine via express mail; increasing indoor cannabis production; illegal labs cutting, mixing, and reconstituting cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine labs; synthetic drugs, including ketamine and MDMA (ecstasy) transit from Spain to the US" diff --git a/europe/sv.json b/europe/sv.json index 965d9f2d..2d9d9555 100644 --- a/europe/sv.json +++ b/europe/sv.json @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ } }, "Total fertility rate": { - "text": "(2021 est.) NA" + "text": "NA" }, "Contraceptive prevalence rate": { "text": "NA" @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ "text": "none (territory of Norway)" }, "Legal system": { - "text": "the laws of Norway where applicable apply; only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there; the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard; the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grant certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations; as of June 2017, 45 nations had ratified the Svalbard Treaty" + "text": "only the laws of Norway made explicitly applicable to Svalbard have effect there; the Svalbard Act and the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and certain regulations, apply only to Svalbard; the Spitsbergen Treaty and the Svalbard Treaty grant certain rights to citizens and corporations of signatory nations; as of June 2017, 45 nations had ratified the Svalbard Treaty" }, "Citizenship": { "text": "see Norway" @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "Coal mining, tourism, and international research are Svalbard's major industries. Coal mining has historically been the dominant economic activity, and the Spitzbergen Treaty of 9 February 1920 gives the 45 countries that so far have ratified the treaty equal rights to exploit mineral deposits, subject to Norwegian regulation. Although US, UK, Dutch, and Swedish coal companies have mined in the past, the only companies still engaging in this are Norwegian and Russian. Low coal prices have forced the Norwegian coal company, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, to close one of its two mines and to considerably reduce the activity of the other. Since the 1990s, the tourism and hospitality industry has grown rapidly, and Svalbard now receives 60,000 visitors annually.
The settlements on Svalbard were established as company towns, and at their height in the 1950s, the Norwegian state-owned coal company supported nearly 1,000 jobs. Today, only about 300 people work in the mining industry.
Goods such as alcohol, tobacco, and vehicles, normally highly taxed on mainland Norway, are considerably cheaper in Svalbard in an effort by the Norwegian Government to entice more people to live on the Arctic archipelago. By law, Norway collects only enough taxes to pay for the needs of the local government; none of tax proceeds go to the central government.
" + "text": "Coal mining, tourism, and international research are Svalbard's major industries. Coal mining has historically been the dominant economic activity, and the Spitzbergen Treaty of 9 February 1920 gives the 45 countries that so far have ratified the treaty equal rights to exploit mineral deposits, subject to Norwegian regulation. Although US, UK, Dutch, and Swedish coal companies have mined in the past, the only companies still engaging in this are Norwegian and Russian. Low coal prices have forced the Norwegian coal company, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, to close one of its two mines and to considerably reduce the activity of the other. Since the 1990s, the tourism and hospitality industry has grown rapidly, and Svalbard now receives 60,000 visitors annually.
The settlements on Svalbard were established as company towns, and at their height in the 1950s, the Norwegian state-owned coal company supported nearly 1,000 jobs. Today, only about 300 people work in the mining industry.
Goods such as alcohol, tobacco, and vehicles, normally highly taxed on mainland Norway, are considerably cheaper in Svalbard in an effort by the Norwegian Government to entice more people to live on the Arctic Archipelago. By law, Norway collects only enough taxes to pay for the needs of the local government; none of tax proceeds go to the central government.
" }, "Real GDP growth rate": { "text": "NA
" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index c903112f..c762fc50 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "88.5% of total population (2022)" + "text": "88.7% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.659 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.700 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "88.5% of total population (2022)" + "text": "88.7% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "114,995 (Syria), 28,744 (Afghanistan), 26,911 (Eritrea), 11,574 (Somalia), 11,153 (Iraq), 7,516 (Iran) (2020); 49,181 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "114,995 (Syria), 28,744 (Afghanistan), 26,911 (Eritrea), 11,574 (Somalia), 11,153 (Iraq), 7,516 (Iran) (2020); 49,789 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "50,098 (mid-year 2021); note - the majority of stateless people are from the Middle East and Somalia" diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 42e88bd2..8c36012d 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Swiss 69.2%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.5%, French 2.1%, Kosovo 1.1%, Turkish 1%, other 16.7% (2020 est.)", + "text": "Swiss 69.2%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.5%, French 2.1%, Kosovan 1.1%, Turkish 1%, other 16.7% (2020 est.)", "note": "note: data represent permanent and non-permanent resident population by country of birth" }, "Languages": { @@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "74.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "74.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.79% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "1.420 million Zurich, 437,000 BERN (capital) (2022)" + "text": "1.432 million Zurich, 441,000 BERN (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "74.1% of total population (2022)" + "text": "74.2% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.79% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ "text": "6.056 million tons (2016 est.)" }, "municipal solid waste recycled annually": { - "text": "1,937,920 tons (2015 est.)" + "text": "1.938 million tons (2015 est.)" }, "percent of municipal solid waste recycled": { "text": "32% (2015 est.)" @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October" }, "etymology": { - "text": "origin of the name is uncertain, but may derive from a 2nd century B.C. Celtic place name, possibly \"berna\" meaning \"cleft,\" that was subsequently adopted by a Roman settlement" + "text": "origin of the name is uncertain but may derive from a 2nd century B.C. Celtic place name, possibly \"berna\" meaning \"cleft,\" that was subsequently adopted by a Roman settlement" } }, "Administrative divisions": { @@ -583,13 +583,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "description: bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblée Fédérale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of:Switzerland, a country that espouses neutrality, is a prosperous and modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP among the highest in the world. Switzerland's economy benefits from a highly developed service sector, led by financial services, and a manufacturing industry that specializes in high-technology, knowledge-based production. Its economic and political stability, transparent legal system, exceptional infrastructure, efficient capital markets, and low corporate tax rates also make Switzerland one of the world's most competitive economies.
The Swiss have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to gain access to the Union’s Single Market and enhance the country’s international competitiveness. Some trade protectionism remains, however, particularly for its small agricultural sector. The fate of the Swiss economy is tightly linked to that of its neighbors in the euro zone, which purchases half of Swiss exports. The global financial crisis of 2008 and resulting economic downturn in 2009 stalled demand for Swiss exports and put Switzerland into a recession. During this period, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) implemented a zero-interest rate policy to boost the economy, as well as to prevent appreciation of the franc, and Switzerland's economy began to recover in 2010.
The sovereign debt crises unfolding in neighboring euro-zone countries, however, coupled with economic instability in Russia and other Eastern European economies drove up demand for the Swiss franc by investors seeking a safehaven currency. In January 2015, the SNB abandoned the Swiss franc’s peg to the euro, roiling global currency markets and making active SNB intervention a necessary hallmark of present-day Swiss monetary policy. The independent SNB has upheld its zero interest rate policy and conducted major market interventions to prevent further appreciation of the Swiss franc, but parliamentarians have urged it to do more to weaken the currency. The franc's strength has made Swiss exports less competitive and weakened the country's growth outlook; GDP growth fell below 2% per year from 2011 through 2017.
In recent years, Switzerland has responded to increasing pressure from neighboring countries and trading partners to reform its banking secrecy laws, by agreeing to conform to OECD regulations on administrative assistance in tax matters, including tax evasion. The Swiss Government has also renegotiated its double taxation agreements with numerous countries, including the US, to incorporate OECD standards.
" + "text": "Switzerland, a country that espouses neutrality, is a prosperous and modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP among the highest in the world. Switzerland's economy benefits from a highly developed service sector, led by financial services, and a manufacturing industry that specializes in high-technology, knowledge-based production. Its economic and political stability, transparent legal system, exceptional infrastructure, efficient capital markets, and low corporate tax rates also make Switzerland one of the world's most competitive economies.
The Swiss have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to gain access to the Union’s Single Market and enhance the country’s international competitiveness. Some trade protectionism remains, however, particularly for its small agricultural sector. The fate of the Swiss economy is tightly linked to that of its neighbors in the euro zone, which purchases half of Swiss exports. The global financial crisis of 2008 and resulting economic downturn in 2009 stalled demand for Swiss exports and put Switzerland into a recession. During this period, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) implemented a zero-interest rate policy to boost the economy, as well as to prevent appreciation of the franc, and Switzerland's economy began to recover in 2010.
The sovereign debt crises unfolding in neighboring euro-zone countries, however, coupled with economic instability in Russia and other Eastern European economies drove up demand for the Swiss franc by investors seeking a safe haven currency. In January 2015, the SNB abandoned the Swiss franc’s peg to the euro, roiling global currency markets and making active SNB intervention a necessary hallmark of present-day Swiss monetary policy. The independent SNB has upheld its zero-interest rate policy and conducted major market interventions to prevent further appreciation of the Swiss franc, but parliamentarians have urged it to do more to weaken the currency. The franc's strength has made Swiss exports less competitive and weakened the country's growth outlook; GDP growth fell below 2% per year from 2011 through 2017.
In recent years, Switzerland has responded to increasing pressure from neighboring countries and trading partners to reform its banking secrecy laws, by agreeing to conform to OECD regulations on administrative assistance in tax matters, including tax evasion. The Swiss Government has also renegotiated its double taxation agreements with numerous countries, including the US, to incorporate OECD standards.
" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": { @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ "Public debt 2016": { "text": "41.8% of GDP (2016 est.)" }, - "note": "note: general government gross debt; gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future; includes debt liabilities in the form of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable; all liabilities in the GFSM (Government Financial Systems Manual) 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options" + "note": "note: general government gross debt; gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future; includes debt liabilities in the form of Special Drawing Rights, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable; all liabilities in the Government Financial Systems Manual 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options" }, "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "35.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.)" @@ -871,13 +871,13 @@ }, "Exports": { "Exports 2020": { - "text": "$470.91 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$470.91 billion (2020 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" }, "Exports 2019": { - "text": "$478.34 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$478.34 billion (2019 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" }, "Exports 2018": { - "text": "$482.58 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$482.58 billion (2018 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" }, "note": "note: trade data exclude trade with Switzerland" }, @@ -889,17 +889,17 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2020": { - "text": "$401.91 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$401.91 billion (2020 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" }, "Imports 2019": { - "text": "$394 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$394 billion (2019 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" }, "Imports 2018": { - "text": "$395.86 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars" + "text": "$395.86 billion (2018 est.) ; note - data are in current year dollars" } }, "Imports - partners": { - "text": "Germany 21%, Italy 8%, United States 6%, France 6%, United Kingdom 5%, United Arab Emirates 5% (2019)" + "text": "Germany 21%, Italy 8%, France 6%, United States 6%, United Kingdom 5%, United Arab Emirates 5% (2019)" }, "Imports - commodities": { "text": "gold, packaged medicines, jewelry, cars, medical cultures/vaccines (2019)" @@ -914,10 +914,10 @@ }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2019": { - "text": "$1,909,446,000,000 (2019 est.)" + "text": "$1.909 trillion (2019 est.)" }, "Debt - external 2018": { - "text": "$1,930,819,000,000 (2018 est.)" + "text": "$1.931 trillion (2018 est.)" } }, "Exchange rates": { @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ "text": "22.921 million kW (2020 est.)" }, "consumption": { - "text": "56,406,647,000 kWh (2020 est.)" + "text": "56.407 billion kWh (2020 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "32.549 billion kWh (2020 est.)" @@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ "text": "Switzerland has one of the highest broadband penetration rates within Europe, with a focus on services of at least 1Gb/s; this has been supported by sympathetic regulatory measures as well as by cooperative agreements between the main telcos, and with local utilities; fast fiber is complemented by 5G services reaching about 97% of the population by early 2021; together, these networks will soon enable the telcos to provide ultra-fast broadband services nationally, ahead of most other countries in the region; the competitive mobile market is served by three network operators and a small number of MVNOs; 5G services offered by the MNOs offer data rates of up to 2Gb/s, and although various cantons have called a halt to extensions of 5G, citing health concerns, the regulator and environment ministry have put in place measures aimed at ensuring that network roll outs can continue without disruption; with the migration of subscribers to LTE and 5G networks, the MNOs have been able to begin closing down their GSM networks and repurpose physical assets and spectrum; although not a member of the EU, the country’s economic integration has meant that its telecom market deregulation has followed the EU’s liberalization framework, including the recent regulations on international voice roaming; this report presents an analysis of Switzerland’s fixed-line telecom market, including an assessment of network infrastructure (2021)" }, "domestic": { - "text": "fixed-line over 34 per 100 and mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 126 per 100 persons; extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks (2020)" + "text": "fixed-line over 34 per 100 and mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 126 per 100 persons: extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks (2020)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)" @@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ "text": "up to 165 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2022)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Switzerland has long maintained a policy of military neutrality, but does periodically participate in EU, NATO, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and UN military operations; Swiss law excludes participation in combat operations for peace enforcement, and Swiss units will only participate in operations under the mandate of the UN or OSCE; Switzerland joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1996; it contributed to the NATO-led Kosovo peace-support force (KFOR) in 1999 and as of 2022, continued doing so with up to 165 personnel; Switzerland also provided a small number of staff officers to the NATO mission in Afghanistan from 2004-2007
" + "text": "Switzerland has long maintained a policy of military neutrality but does periodically participate in EU, NATO, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and UN military operations; Swiss law excludes participation in combat operations for peace enforcement, and Swiss units will only participate in operations under the mandate of the UN or OSCE; Switzerland joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1996; it contributed to the NATO-led Kosovo peace-support force (KFOR) in 1999 and as of 2022, continued doing so with up to 165 personnel; Switzerland also provided a small number of staff officers to the NATO mission in Afghanistan from 2004-2007
" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "38,219 (Eritrea), 20,043 (Syria), 14,649 (Afghanistan), 6,069 (Sri Lanka), 6,197 (Turkey) (mid-year 2021); 70,730 (Ukraine) (as of 6 December 2022)" + "text": "38,219 (Eritrea), 20,043 (Syria), 14,649 (Afghanistan), 6,069 (Sri Lanka), 6,197 (Turkey) (mid-year 2021); 71,342 (Ukraine) (as of 13 December 2022)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "684 (mid-year 2021)" diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index e03f0744..d0826779 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "84.4% of total population (2022)" + "text": "84.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.8% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "9.426 million LONDON (capital), 2.750 million Manchester, 2.626 million Birmingham, 1.902 million West Yorkshire, 1.681 million Glasgow, 944,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2022)" + "text": "9.648 million LONDON (capital), 2.791 million Manchester, 2.665 million Birmingham, 1.929 million West Yorkshire, 1.698 million Glasgow, 952,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "84.4% of total population (2022)" + "text": "84.6% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.8% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ } }, "Transportation - note": { - "text": "note 1: begun in 1988 and completed in 1994, the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed the Chunnel) is a 50.5-km (31.4-mi) rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover that runs from Folkestone, Kent, England to Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais in northern France; it is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and mainland EuropeUkraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine achieved a short-lived period of independence (1917-20), but was reconquered and endured a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two forced famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although Ukraine achieved independence in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties.
A peaceful mass protest referred to as the \"Orange Revolution\" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary (Rada) elections, become prime minister in August 2006, and be elected president in February 2010. In October 2012, Ukraine held Rada elections, widely criticized by Western observers as flawed due to use of government resources to favor ruling party candidates, interference with media access, and harassment of opposition candidates. President YANUKOVYCH's backtracking on a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU in November 2013 - in favor of closer economic ties with Russia - and subsequent use of force against students, civil society activists, and other civilians in favor of the agreement led to a three-month protest occupation of Kyiv's central square. The government's use of violence to break up the protest camp in February 2014 led to all out pitched battles, scores of deaths, international condemnation, a failed political deal, and the president's abrupt departure for Russia. New elections in the spring allowed pro-West president Petro POROSHENKO to assume office in June 2014; he was succeeded by Volodymyr ZELENSKY in May 2019.
Shortly after YANUKOVYCH's departure in late February 2014, Russian President PUTIN ordered the invasion of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula falsely claiming the action was to protect ethnic Russians living there. Two weeks later, a \"referendum\" was held regarding the integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation. The \"referendum\" was condemned as illegitimate by the Ukrainian Government, the EU, the US, and the UN General Assembly (UNGA). In response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, 100 members of the UN passed UNGA resolution 68/262, rejecting the \"referendum\" as baseless and invalid and confirming the sovereignty, political independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine. In mid-2014, Russia began supplying proxies in two of Ukraine's eastern provinces with manpower, funding, and materiel driving an armed conflict with the Ukrainian Government that continues to this day. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the unrecognized Russian proxy republics signed the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum in September 2014 to end the conflict. However, this agreement failed to stop the fighting or find a political solution. In a renewed attempt to alleviate ongoing clashes, leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany negotiated a follow-on Package of Measures in February 2015 to implement the Minsk agreements. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the unrecognized Russian proxy republics, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe also meet regularly to facilitate implementation of the peace deal. By early 2022, more than 14,000 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of the Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine.
On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. The invasion has received near universal international condemnation, and many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia and also supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. The invasion has also created Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. As of 6 December, approximately 16.09 million people had fled Ukraine, and 5.91 million people were internally displaced as of 5 December. More than 17,300 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 11 December. The invasion of Ukraine remains one of the two largest displacement crises worldwide (the other is the conflict in Syria).
" + "text": "
Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine achieved a short-lived period of independence (1917-20) but was reconquered and endured a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two forced famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although Ukraine achieved independence in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties.
A peaceful mass protest referred to as the \"Orange Revolution\" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary (Rada) elections, become prime minister in August 2006, and be elected president in February 2010. In October 2012, Ukraine held Rada elections, widely criticized by Western observers as flawed due to use of government resources to favor ruling party candidates, interference with media access, and harassment of opposition candidates. President YANUKOVYCH's backtracking on a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU in November 2013 - in favor of closer economic ties with Russia - and subsequent use of force against students, civil society activists, and other civilians in favor of the agreement led to a three-month protest occupation of Kyiv's central square. The government's use of violence to break up the protest camp in February 2014 led to all out pitched battles, scores of deaths, international condemnation, a failed political deal, and the president's abrupt departure for Russia. New elections in the spring allowed pro-West president Petro POROSHENKO to assume office in June 2014; he was succeeded by Volodymyr ZELENSKY in May 2019.
Shortly after YANUKOVYCH's departure in late February 2014, Russian President PUTIN ordered the invasion of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula falsely claiming the action was to protect ethnic Russians living there. Two weeks later, a \"referendum\" was held regarding the integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation. The \"referendum\" was condemned as illegitimate by the Ukrainian Government, the EU, the US, and the UN General Assembly (UNGA). In response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, 100 members of the UN passed UNGA resolution 68/262, rejecting the \"referendum\" as baseless and invalid and confirming the sovereignty, political independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine. In mid-2014, Russia began supplying proxies in two of Ukraine's eastern provinces with manpower, funding, and materiel driving an armed conflict with the Ukrainian Government that continues to this day. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the unrecognized Russian proxy republics signed the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum in September 2014 to end the conflict. However, this agreement failed to stop the fighting or find a political solution. In a renewed attempt to alleviate ongoing clashes, leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany negotiated a follow-on Package of Measures in February 2015 to implement the Minsk agreements. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the unrecognized Russian proxy republics, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe also meet regularly to facilitate implementation of the peace deal. By early 2022, more than 14,000 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of the Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine.
On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. The invasion has received near universal international condemnation, and many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia and supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. Russia made substantial gains in the early weeks of the invasion but underestimated Ukrainian resolve and combat capabilities. By the end of 2022, Ukrainian forces had regained all territories in the north and northeast and made some advances in the east and south. Nonetheless, Russia in late September 2022 unilaterally declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - even though none was fully under Russian control. The annexations remain unrecognized by the international community.
The invasion has also created Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. As of 13 December, approximately 16.33 million people had fled Ukraine, and 5.91 million people were internally displaced as of 5 December. Nearly 17,600 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 18 December. The invasion of Ukraine remains one of the two largest displacement crises worldwide (the other is the conflict in Syria).
" } }, "Geography": { @@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "69.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "70.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "-0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "3.010 million KYIV (capital), 1.423 million Kharkiv, 1.008 million Odesa, 952,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 893,000 Donetsk (2022)" + "text": "3.017 million KYIV (capital), 1.421 million Kharkiv, 1.008 million Odesa, 942,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 888,000 Donetsk (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "69.9% of total population (2022)" + "text": "70.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "-0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -624,7 +624,8 @@ "text": "Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) [Yuliya TYMOSHENKO]
Greenland’s economy depends on exports of shrimp and fish, and on a substantial subsidy from the Danish Government. Fish account for over 90% of its exports, subjecting the economy to price fluctuations. The subsidy from the Danish Government is budgeted to be about $535 million in 2017, more than 50% of government revenues, and 25% of GDP.
The economy is expanding after a period of decline. The economy contracted between 2012 and 2014, grew by 1.7% in 2015 and by 7.7%in 2016. The expansion has been driven by larger quotas for shrimp, the predominant Greenlandic export, and also by increased activity in the construction sector, especially in Nuuk, the capital. Private consumption and tourism also are contributing to GDP growth more than in previous years. Tourism in Greenland grew annually around 20% in 2015 and 2016, largely a result of increasing numbers of cruise lines now operating in Greenland's western and southern waters during the peak summer tourism season.
The public sector, including publicly owned enterprises and the municipalities, plays a dominant role in Greenland's economy. During the last decade the Greenland Self Rule Government pursued conservative fiscal and monetary policies, but public pressure has increased for better schools, health care, and retirement systems. The budget was in deficit in 2014 and 2016, but public debt remains low at about 5% of GDP. The government plans a balanced budget for the 2017–20 period.
Significant challenges face the island, including low levels of qualified labor, geographic dispersion, lack of industry diversification, the long-term sustainability of the public budget, and a declining population due to emigration. Hydrocarbon exploration has ceased with declining oil prices. The island has potential for natural resource exploitation with rare-earth, uranium, and iron ore mineral projects proposed, but a lack of infrastructure hinders development.
" + "text": "Greenland’s economy depends on exports of shrimp and fish, and on a substantial subsidy from the Danish Government. Fish account for over 90% of its exports, subjecting the economy to price fluctuations. The subsidy from the Danish Government was budgeted to be about $535 million in 2017, more than 50% of government revenues, and 25% of GDP.
The economy is expanding after a period of decline. The economy contracted between 2012 and 2014, grew by 1.7% in 2015 and by 7.7%in 2016. The expansion has been driven by larger quotas for shrimp, the predominant Greenlandic export, and also by increased activity in the construction sector, especially in Nuuk, the capital. Private consumption and tourism also are contributing to GDP growth more than in previous years. Tourism in Greenland grew annually around 20% in 2015 and 2016, largely a result of increasing numbers of cruise lines now operating in Greenland's western and southern waters during the peak summer tourism season.
The public sector, including publicly owned enterprises and the municipalities, plays a dominant role in Greenland's economy. During the last decade the Greenland Self Rule Government pursued conservative fiscal and monetary policies, but public pressure has increased for better schools, health care, and retirement systems. The budget was in deficit in 2014 and 2016, but public debt remains low at about 5% of GDP. The government planned a balanced budget for the 2017–20 period.
Significant challenges face the island, including low levels of qualified labor, geographic dispersion, lack of industry diversification, the long-term sustainability of the public budget, and a declining population due to emigration. Hydrocarbon exploration has ceased with declining oil prices. The island has potential for natural resource exploitation with rare-earth, uranium, and iron ore mineral projects proposed, but a lack of infrastructure hinders development.
" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015": { @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ "text": "sheep, cattle, reindeer, fish, shellfish" }, "Industries": { - "text": "fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); anorthosite and ruby mining; handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards" + "text": "fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut), anorthosite and ruby mining, handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards" }, "Industrial production growth rate": { "text": "NA" diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index aa2b1610..4b7c8595 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "22.085 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.340 million Guadalajara, 5.037 million Monterrey, 3.295 million Puebla, 2.576 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.221 million Tijuana (2022)" + "text": "22.281 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.420 million Guadalajara, 5.117 million Monterrey, 3.345 million Puebla, 2.626 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.260 million Tijuana (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/north-america/sb.json b/north-america/sb.json index cf96000c..5152a884 100644 --- a/north-america/sb.json +++ b/north-america/sb.json @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "90% of total population (2022)" + "text": "90.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { - "text": "90% of total population (2022)" + "text": "90.1% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "0.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" @@ -421,10 +421,10 @@ "text": "Le Cabinet du Prefet" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 10 April and 24 April 2022 (next to be held in 2027); prefect appointed by French president on the advice of French Ministry of Interior; Territorial Council president elected by Territorial Council councillors by absolute majority vote; term NA; election last held on 13 October 2020; next election NA" + "text": "French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 10 April and 24 April 2022 (next to be held in 2027); prefect appointed by French president on the advice of French Ministry of Interior; Territorial Council president elected by Territorial Council councilors by absolute majority vote; term NA; election last held on 13 October 2020 (next election to held in NA)" }, "election results": { - "text": "2020: Bernard BRIAND elected President of Territorial Council; Territorial Council vote - 17 for, 2 abstentionsTier 3 — Afghanistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore, Afghanistan remains on Tier 3; substantial personnel turnover and closing of some ministries after the August 15, 2021 Taliban takeover hindered Afghanistan’s ability to maintain consistent anti-trafficking efforts; although the pre-August 15 government took some training and awareness steps to address trafficking, it employed or recruited child soldiers and sexual slaves in government compounds; After August 15, the Taliban continued recruiting or employing child soldiers and did not investigate, prosecute, or convict any traffickers; the Taliban shut down shelters for victims, did not identify or protect victims, and did not make any efforts to prevent trafficking; Taliban undermining the rights of women, minorities, and other vulnerable populations, further exacerbated vulnerabilities to trafficking (2022)
" }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Afghanistan and exploit Afghan victims abroad; internal trafficking is more prevalent than transnational trafficking; since the Taliban takeover, vulnerabilities to exploitation have intensified; traffickers exploit men, women, and a large number of children domestically; victims are subjected to forced labor in agriculture, brick kilns, carpet weaving, domestic servitude, commercial sex, begging, poppy cultivation and harvesting, salt mining, transnational drug smuggling, and truck driving; the Taliban and non-state armed groups, such as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), continue to unlawfully recruit and use child soldiers; sexual exploitation of boys remains pervasive nationwide, and traffickers subject some boys to sexual exploitation abroad; after the Taliban takeover, restrictions on the movement of women and girls, and severely diminished access to employment and education, increased their vulnerability to trafficking; LGBTQI+ individuals are among the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan under the Taliban (2022)" + }, "note": "note: The United States has not recognized the Taliban or another entity as the government of Afghanistan. On August 15, 2021, the Taliban culminated its takeover of Kabul, and on September 7, 2021, the Taliban announced a so-called interim government. As of December 2021, the Taliban had not outlined steps or a timeline to establish a new permanent government. All references to “the pre-August 15 government” refer to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. References to the Taliban reflect events both prior to and after August 15." }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index 5b4523d6..2817a0d8 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "22.478 million DHAKA (capital), 5.253 million Chittagong, 950,000 Khulna, 942,000 Rajshahi, 928,000 Sylhet, Bogra 864,000 (2022)" + "text": "23.210 million DHAKA (capital), 5.380 million Chittagong, 955,000 Khulna, 962,000 Rajshahi, 964,000 Sylhet, 906,000 Bogra (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "943,529 (Burma) (2022) (includes an estimated 773,972 Rohingya refugees who have fled conflict since 25 August 2017)" + "text": "950,972 (Burma) (2022)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "427,000 (conflict, development, human rights violations, religious persecution, natural disasters) (2021)" diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 27337f40..ab0d0ea6 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -1100,11 +1100,11 @@ "text": "Bhutan-China: Lacking any treaty describing the boundary, Bhutan and China continue negotiations to establish a common boundary alignment to resolve territorial disputes arising from substantial cartographic discrepancies, the most contentious of which lie in Bhutan's west along China’s Chumbi salient.
Bhutan-India: none identified
Tier 2 Watch List — Bhutan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; among its accomplishments, Bhutan convicted one trafficker, appealed the dismissal of trafficking charges in a second case, finalized and disseminated standard operating procedures for victim identification and referral, and initiated an investigation into reports of labor exploitation; the government also continued to work with an international organization on anti-trafficking training and public awareness events; however, Bhutanese courts continued to dismiss and refile on lesser charges human trafficking cases due to inconsistencies between Bhutanese law and the international definition of trafficking; additionally, authorities did not identify any trafficking victims during the reporting period and did not provide protective services to Bhutanese victims of forced labor abroad (2020)
" + }, + "trafficking profile": { + "text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Bhutan and Bhutanese abroad; some traffickers posing as recruiters use the lure of well-paying jobs overseas to exploit Bhutanese citizens for forced labor; some Bhutanese working in hospitality, retail, and service industries in the Gulf states and India, Thailand, and the UK reported trafficking indicators, including illegal recruitment fees, wage deductions, restricted movement, passport retention, and non-payment of wages; Bhutanese women and girls working as domestics, caregivers, and entertainers are subject to sex and labor trafficking domestically; Bhutanese and Indian women may be forced to work in hotels, massage parlors, and nightclubs, while male Indian workers face unauthorized deductions and non-payment of wages in the construction and hydropower sectors" } } } diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index eed645d0..ab5f58b9 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 626,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2022)" + "text": "103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 633,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 00834740..e0809143 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ } }, "Major urban areas - population": { - "text": "32.066 million NEW DELHI (capital), 20.961 million Mumbai, 15.134 million Kolkata, 13.193 million Bangalore, 11.503 million Chennai, 10.534 million Hyderabad (2022)" + "text": "32.941 million NEW DELHI (capital), 21.297 million Mumbai, 15.333 million Kolkata, 13.608 million Bangalore, 11.776 million Chennai, 10.801 million Hyderabad (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ "text": "president indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 18 July 2022 (next to be held in July 2027); vice president indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 5 August 2022 (next to be held in August 2027); following legislative elections, the prime minister is elected by Lok Sabha members of the majority party" }, "election results": { - "text": "2022: Droupadi MURMU elected president; percent of electoral college vote - Droupadi MURMU (BJP) 64%, Yashwant SINHA (AITC) 35.9%; Jagdeep DHANKHAR elected vice president; percent of electoral college vote - Jagdeep DHANKHAR (BJP) 74.4%, Margaret ALVA (INC) 25.4%" + "text": "the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that as of year-end 2021 there were 89.3 million people forcibly displaced worldwide; this includes 53.2 million IDPs, 27.1 million refugees, 4.6 million asylum seekers, and 4.4 million Venezuelans displaced abroad; the UNHCR estimates there are currently more than 4.3 million stateless persons as of year-end 2021
" }, "Trafficking in persons": { - "current situation": { + "tier rating": { + "text": "Tier 2 Watch List: (34 countries) Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Zambia, Zimbabwe