From 783ed27f7a1116663c10e7b39d162d0c4500505d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yo Robot Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:32:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] auto-update week 4 --- africa/ag.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- africa/ao.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/bc.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/bn.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/cd.json | 34 ++++++++++++++++++----------- africa/cg.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/cm.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/cn.json | 22 +++++++++---------- africa/ct.json | 28 ++++++++++++------------ africa/dj.json | 22 +++++++++---------- africa/eg.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/er.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/et.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/gb.json | 22 +++++++++---------- africa/gh.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/gv.json | 26 +++++++++++----------- africa/iv.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/ke.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/li.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/lt.json | 14 ++++++------ africa/ma.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/ml.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/mp.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- africa/mr.json | 17 +++++++++------ africa/mz.json | 19 +++++++++------- africa/ng.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- africa/ni.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/sf.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/sl.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/so.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/to.json | 21 +++++++++--------- africa/ts.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- africa/tz.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/ug.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/uv.json | 22 +++++++++---------- africa/wa.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/wz.json | 20 ++++++++--------- africa/za.json | 18 +++++++-------- africa/zi.json | 18 +++++++-------- australia-oceania/aq.json | 16 +++++++------- australia-oceania/as.json | 20 ++++++++--------- australia-oceania/bp.json | 18 +++++++-------- australia-oceania/cw.json | 18 +++++++-------- australia-oceania/fp.json | 22 +++++++++---------- australia-oceania/nc.json | 18 +++++++-------- australia-oceania/nr.json | 18 +++++++-------- australia-oceania/pc.json | 3 +++ australia-oceania/ps.json | 16 +++++++------- australia-oceania/tn.json | 20 ++++++++--------- australia-oceania/tv.json | 18 +++++++-------- australia-oceania/um.json | 2 ++ australia-oceania/wf.json | 18 +++++++-------- australia-oceania/ws.json | 16 +++++++------- central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json | 20 ++++++++--------- central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json | 2 ++ central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json | 20 ++++++++--------- central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json | 20 ++++++++--------- central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json | 20 ++++++++--------- central-america-n-caribbean/es.json | 20 ++++++++--------- central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json | 16 +++++++------- central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json | 14 ++++++------ central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-america-n-caribbean/st.json | 16 +++++++------- central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json | 12 +++++----- central-america-n-caribbean/td.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-asia/kg.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-asia/kz.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-asia/rs.json | 18 +++++++-------- central-asia/ti.json | 26 +++++++++++----------- central-asia/uz.json | 22 +++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json | 20 ++++++++--------- east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json | 20 ++++++++--------- east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json | 20 ++++++++--------- east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json | 18 +++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/id.json | 18 +++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json | 14 ++++++------ east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json | 22 +++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/my.json | 18 +++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json | 2 ++ east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json | 2 ++ east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json | 18 +++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json | 18 +++++++-------- east-n-southeast-asia/th.json | 22 +++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json | 20 ++++++++--------- east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json | 22 +++++++++---------- east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/al.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/au.json | 22 +++++++++---------- europe/be.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/bk.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/bo.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/bu.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/cy.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/da.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/ee.json | 2 +- europe/en.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/ez.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/fi.json | 22 +++++++++---------- europe/fr.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/gi.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/gk.json | 22 +++++++++---------- europe/gm.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/gr.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/hr.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/im.json | 16 +++++++------- europe/it.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/je.json | 22 +++++++++---------- europe/lg.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/lh.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/ls.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/md.json | 22 +++++++++---------- europe/mk.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/mn.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/mt.json | 20 ++++++++--------- europe/nl.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/po.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/sm.json | 18 +++++++-------- europe/sw.json | 21 +++++++++--------- europe/sz.json | 22 +++++++++---------- europe/uk.json | 22 +++++++++---------- middle-east/ae.json | 20 ++++++++--------- middle-east/aj.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- middle-east/am.json | 26 +++++++++++----------- middle-east/gz.json | 18 +++++++-------- middle-east/ir.json | 18 +++++++-------- middle-east/iz.json | 14 ++++++------ middle-east/jo.json | 18 +++++++-------- middle-east/ku.json | 16 +++++++------- middle-east/mu.json | 18 +++++++-------- middle-east/qa.json | 18 +++++++-------- middle-east/sy.json | 20 ++++++++--------- middle-east/tu.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- middle-east/we.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- middle-east/ym.json | 20 ++++++++--------- north-america/ca.json | 20 ++++++++--------- north-america/sb.json | 14 ++++++------ north-america/us.json | 22 +++++++++---------- oceans/oo.json | 4 ++-- oceans/zn.json | 2 ++ south-america/ar.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-america/bl.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-america/br.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-america/ci.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-america/co.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-america/ec.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-america/ns.json | 22 +++++++++---------- south-america/pa.json | 16 +++++++------- south-america/pe.json | 18 +++++++-------- south-america/uy.json | 21 +++++++++--------- south-america/ve.json | 18 +++++++-------- south-asia/af.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-asia/bg.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-asia/bt.json | 20 ++++++++--------- south-asia/ce.json | 18 +++++++-------- south-asia/in.json | 24 ++++++++++---------- south-asia/np.json | 28 +++++++++++++----------- south-asia/pk.json | 23 ++++++++++--------- world/xx.json | 4 ++-- 165 files changed, 1560 insertions(+), 1535 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 1c9d6147..d1673c59 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "47,022,473 (2024 est.)" + "text": "47,735,685 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "23,854,821" + "text": "24,219,668" }, "female": { - "text": "23,167,652" + "text": "23,516,017" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -162,16 +162,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "60.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "49.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "48.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "11.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1067,18 +1067,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6.324 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "6.93 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2023 est.)" + "text": "15 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,152,210 (2023 est.)" + "text": "54.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "116 (2024 est.)" + "text": "115 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ "text": "has a national space policy and space research program with stated goals of supporting internal development, managing resources, mastering space technology, and reinforcing national sovereignty; builds and operates communications and remote sensing (RS) satellites; researching and developing a range of space-related capabilities, including satellites and satellite payloads, communications, RS, instrumentation, image processing, and geo-spatial information; works with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including Argentina, China, France, Germany, India, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, the UK, and other African countries; member of the African Space Agency and the Arab Space Coordination Group (2025)" }, "Key space-program milestones": { - "text": "2002 - first remote sensing (RS) satellite (Alsat-1A) built jointly with the UK and launched by Russia

2006 - announced a national space program

2010 and 2016 - first Algerian-designed and -built RS satellites (Alsat-2A and 2B) launched by India

2017 - first communications satellite (Alcomsat-1) built jointly with and launched by China; announced a 2040 national space plan" + "text": "2002 - first remote sensing (RS) satellite (Alsat-1A) built jointly with the UK and launched by Russia

2006 - announced a national space program

2010 and 2016 - first Algerian-designed and -built RS satellites (Alsat-2A and 2B) launched by India

2017 - first communications satellite (Alcomsat-1) built jointly with and launched by China; announced a 2040 national space plan

2026 - RS satellite (AlSat-3A) launched by China" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index ca7caeb1..35040a1b 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "37,202,061 (2024 est.)" + "text": "38,984,796 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "18,196,058" + "text": "19,115,781" }, "female": { - "text": "19,006,003" + "text": "19,869,015" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -163,16 +163,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "96.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "95.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "91.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "90 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "19.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1043,15 +1043,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "87,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "80,300 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2023 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2024 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "25.744 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "26.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "70 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index cd527979..fc37720c 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,450,668 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,521,534 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,174,306" + "text": "1,234,898" }, "female": { - "text": "1,276,362" + "text": "1,286,636" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "44.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "52.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "9.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "10.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1013,15 +1013,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "90,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "83,200 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2023 est.)" + "text": "3 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,440,310 (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.13 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "164 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index cf7520dc..57fc5744 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "14,697,052 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15,186,090 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "7,253,258" + "text": "7,500,771" }, "female": { - "text": "7,443,794" + "text": "7,685,319" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "91.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "91.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "86.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "86.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "4.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "21.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1025,15 +1025,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "1,350 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2023 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2024 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,373,900 (2023 est.)" + "text": "18.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "126 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 6772ac91..610450b2 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "19,093,595 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19,674,004 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "9,464,699" + "text": "9,756,129" }, "female": { - "text": "9,628,896" + "text": "9,917,875" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -158,16 +158,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "93.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "92.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "88.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "87.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "4.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "20.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ }, "election results": { "text": "
2024: Mahamat Idriss DÉBY elected president; percent of vote - Mahamat Idriss DÉBY (MPS) 61%, Succes MASRA (Transformers) 18.5%, Albert PADACKE 16.9%, other 3.6%

" + }, + "expected date of next election": { + "text": "TBD" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -604,14 +607,15 @@ "text": "12/29/2024" }, "parties elected and seats per party": { - "text": "Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) (124); Rally of Chadian Nationalists/Awakening (RNDT/ Le Réveil) (12); Others (27); Other (25)" + "text": "Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) (124); Rally of Chadian Nationalists/Awakening (RNDT/ Le Réveil) (12); Others (27); Other (25)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "33.5%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "December 2029" - } + }, + "note": "note: the initial term of the National Assembly was previously established as five years; however the term length will be changed to six years in accordance with constitutional amendments adopted by a joint session of parliament and promulgated by the President of the Republic in October 2025; the date from which the new term is to apply will be decided at a later stage; if the new term of six years is applied to the National Assembly elected in 2024, the next elections will be held in 2030" }, "Legislative branch - upper chamber": { "chamber name": { @@ -629,12 +633,16 @@ "most recent election date": { "text": "2/25/2025" }, + "parties elected and seats per party": { + "text": "Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) (66); Other (3)" + }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "36.2%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "February 2031" - } + }, + "note": "note: 46 of the Senate's 69 seats are determined by election, and the remaining 23 seats are appointed by the President" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -1041,15 +1049,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "(2024 est.) The telephone system is down. No data is available for the year 2024." }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2024 est.) The telephone system is down. No data is available for the year 2024." } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,559,500 (2023 est.)" + "text": "14.8 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "73 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 82cd7a96..bc12086f 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "115,403,027 (2024 est.)" + "text": "119,038,825 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "57,688,160" + "text": "59,509,076" }, "female": { - "text": "57,714,867" + "text": "59,529,749" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -167,16 +167,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "93.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "92.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "88.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "87.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "4.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "20.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1085,15 +1085,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "0 (2021 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2023 est.) Currently, operators holding fixed-line telephone licenses do not have an operational distribution network, which explains the low number of customers." }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2023 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "56,268,400 (2023 est.)" + "text": "56.3 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "53 (2023 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 292d0033..d09af17d 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "30,966,105 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31,518,954 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15,429,588" + "text": "15,683,611" }, "female": { - "text": "15,536,517" + "text": "15,835,343" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -163,16 +163,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "80.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "77.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "75 (2024 est.)" + "text": "71.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "17.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1092,15 +1092,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "896,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "67,500 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2022 est.)" + "text": "(2024 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "27,374,500 (2023 est.)" + "text": "31.5 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "108 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index ef533fbf..5f097097 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "900,141 (2024 est.)" + "text": "911,707 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "435,758" + "text": "441,215" }, "female": { - "text": "464,383" + "text": "470,492" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "51.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "49.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "7.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "13.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "13.5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { - "text": "Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union)" + "text": "Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union)" }, "legislative structure": { "text": "unicameral" @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ "expected date of next election": { "text": "January 2030" }, - "note": "note: opposition parties, which claimed there was \"gross fraud\" during the most recent election, boycotted the elections in 2020 and 2025" + "note": "note: opposition parties, which claimed there was \"gross fraud\" during the most recent election, boycotted the elections in 2020 and 2025" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "8,200 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "1 (2023 est.) less than 1" @@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "934,198 (2023 est.)" + "text": "934,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "110 (2023 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index fe006832..3003cab6 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "5,650,957 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5,750,570 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,814,497" + "text": "2,864,870" }, "female": { - "text": "2,836,460" + "text": "2,885,700" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "72.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "71.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "66.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "65.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "16.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ "text": "current president was directly elected for 5-year term; constitutional referendum in July 2023 removed term limits and instituted 7-year terms" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "27 December 2020" + "text": "28 December 2025" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2020: Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA (independent) 53.9%, Anicet Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 21%, other 25.1%" + "text": "
2025: Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA (independent) 76.2%, Anicet Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 14.7%, other 9.1%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "December 2025" + "text": "December 2032" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -561,9 +561,9 @@ "text": "11.4%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "December 2025" + "text": "28 December 2025" }, - "note": "note 1: on 27 December 2020, the day of first round elections, voting in many electoral areas was disrupted by armed groups; on 13 February 2021, President TOUADERA announced that new first round elections would be held on 27 February 2021 for those areas controlled by armed groups and the second round on 14 March 2021; ultimately, two additional rounds were held on 23 May and 25 July 2021 in areas that continued to suffer from election security problems

note 2: in accordance with article 98 of the constitution published in August 2023, the parliamentary term has increased from five to seven years and will be first applied to the legislature due to be elected in late 2025" + "note": "note 1: on 27 December 2020, the day of first round elections, voting in many electoral areas was disrupted by armed groups; on 13 February 2021, President TOUADERA announced that new first round elections would be held on 27 February 2021 for those areas controlled by armed groups and the second round on 6 March 2021; ultimately, two additional rounds were held on 23 May and 25 July 2021 in areas that continued to suffer from election security problems

note 2: in accordance with article 98 of the constitution published in August 2023, the parliamentary term has increased from five to seven years and will be first applied to the legislature due to be elected in late 2025" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "2,090 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,979,150 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.98 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "39 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index e451ccd2..f5e2b2d6 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "994,974 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,013,703 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "450,796" + "text": "458,988" }, "female": { - "text": "544,178" + "text": "554,715" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "48.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "48.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "42.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "41.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "16 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { - "text": "National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)" + "text": "National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)" }, "legislative structure": { "text": "unicameral" @@ -955,15 +955,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "29,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "28,700 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2023 est.)" + "text": "3 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "558,607 (2023 est.)" + "text": "559,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "49 (2023 est.)" diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index ca4b622a..43ce3313 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "111,247,248 (2024 est.)" + "text": "112,870,457 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "57,142,484" + "text": "57,960,635" }, "female": { - "text": "54,104,764" + "text": "54,909,822" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -170,16 +170,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "65 (2024 est.)" + "text": "63.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "9.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "10.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10.5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1135,15 +1135,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12.475 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "13.3 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2023 est.)" + "text": "11 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "106.319 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "113 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "97 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index 15742c98..07b9f473 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "6,343,956 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6,416,435 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,122,433" + "text": "3,158,281" }, "female": { - "text": "3,221,523" + "text": "3,258,154" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "65.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "64.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "15 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "66,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "68,200 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "2 (2022 est.)" @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,015,830 (2022 est.)" + "text": "2.02 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "59 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index e84623fd..0676ce02 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "118,550,298 (2024 est.)" + "text": "121,372,632 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "59,062,093" + "text": "60,461,406" }, "female": { - "text": "59,488,205" + "text": "60,911,226" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -162,16 +162,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "72.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "71.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "66.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "65.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "17.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1083,15 +1083,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "862,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "766,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2022 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2024 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "71,424,300 (2022 est.)" + "text": "85.9 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "65 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index 57822808..803c0b31 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,455,105 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,513,738 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,270,023" + "text": "1,299,085" }, "female": { - "text": "1,185,082" + "text": "1,214,653" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "63.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "63 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "14.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "13.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1042,18 +1042,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "43,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "67,100 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2022 est.)" + "text": "3 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "3.18 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "125 (2022 est.)" + "text": "125 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index 03e6042a..13ba82bb 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "34,589,092 (2024 est.)" + "text": "35,336,133 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "16,902,073" + "text": "17,278,776" }, "female": { - "text": "17,687,019" + "text": "18,057,357" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -157,16 +157,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "71.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "70.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "64.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "63.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "7.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "13.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "13.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1063,15 +1063,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "320,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "269,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2023 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2024 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "33,384,500 (2023 est.)" + "text": "39.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "114 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 970eeb6d..56959187 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "13,986,179 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14,374,590 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "6,985,606" + "text": "7,179,661" }, "female": { - "text": "7,000,573" + "text": "7,194,929" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "81.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "81.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "74.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "74.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "7.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "13.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "13.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "Interim President Col. Mamady DOUMBOUYA (since 1 October 2021)" + "text": "President Col. Mamady DOUMBOUYA (since 17 January 2026)" }, "head of government": { "text": "Prime Minister Amadou Oury BAH (since 27 February 2024)" @@ -531,15 +531,15 @@ "text": "formerly the Council of Ministers appointed by the president" }, "election/appointment process": { - "text": "formerly, the president was directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term), and the prime minister was appointed by the president" + "text": "the president is directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 7-year single term, and the prime minister is appointed by the president" }, "most recent election date": { "text": "28 December 2025" }, "election results": { - "text": "2025: Mamady DOUMBOUYA elected president in the first round; percent of vote -Mamady DOUMBOUYA (Independent) 86.7%, Abdoulaye Yero BALDE (DFG) 6.5%, other 7%

2020: Alpha CONDE reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Alpha CONDE (RPG) 59.5%, Cellou Dalein DIALLO (UFDG) 33.5%, other 7%
" + "text": "2025: Mamady DOUMBOUYA elected president in the first round; percent of vote -Mamady DOUMBOUYA (Independent) 86.7%, Abdoulaye Yero BALDE (DFG) 6.5%, other 7%

2020: Alpha CONDE reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Alpha CONDE (RPG) 59.5%, Cellou Dalein DIALLO (UFDG) 33.5%, other 7%" }, - "note": "note 1: in 2021, the military arrested and detained the president, suspended the constitution, and dissolved the government and legislature

note 2: the transitional government has not announced a new election timetable" + "note": "note 1: in 2021, the military arrested and detained the president, suspended the constitution, and dissolved the government and legislature

note 2: the transitional government has not announced a new election timetable

note 3: new constitution approved in 2025 with presidential term changed to a single seven-year term

note 4: elections held 28 December 2025, transitional president wins and is sworn in 17 January 2026" }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { @@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "0 (2021 est.)" + "text": "0 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" @@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15,303,900 (2022 est.)" + "text": "15.3 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "109 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 1e32a4af..89212726 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "29,981,758 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31,855,971 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15,040,032" + "text": "15,992,906" }, "female": { - "text": "14,941,726" + "text": "15,863,065" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -161,16 +161,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "73.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "72.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "68.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "67.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "4.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "21.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1072,15 +1072,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "244,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "245,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2023 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2024 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "53,601,500 (2023 est.)" + "text": "58.7 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "184 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index f47c8fd8..79af7bcb 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "58,246,378 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55,751,717 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "29,091,800" + "text": "27,857,519" }, "female": { - "text": "29,154,578" + "text": "27,894,198" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -166,16 +166,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "65.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "64 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "58.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "18.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "18.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1088,10 +1088,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "66.7 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "71.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "122 (2022 est.)" + "text": "126 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 3af805e5..b5c6602d 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "5,437,249 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5,563,541 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,711,324" + "text": "2,774,006" }, "female": { - "text": "2,725,925" + "text": "2,789,535" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "72.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "72 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "67.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "66.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "18 (2024 est.)" + "text": "18 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -985,10 +985,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.65 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "1.72 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32 (2021 est.)" + "text": "32 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index aa20f8e4..28727318 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,227,548 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,222,962 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,101,959" + "text": "1,099,314" }, "female": { - "text": "1,125,589" + "text": "1,123,648" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -145,16 +145,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "51 (2024 est.)" + "text": "48.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "8.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "11.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 50ae00c4..0e24aa3b 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "29,452,714 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31,345,040 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "14,760,501" + "text": "15,647,362" }, "female": { - "text": "14,692,213" + "text": "15,697,678" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -146,16 +146,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "69.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "73.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "62.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "66.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "15.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ "text": "11.1%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "December 2025" + "text": "31 December 2026" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -1018,10 +1018,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "25.4 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "23.5 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "70 (2022 est.)" + "text": "76 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 7ad72743..f2927676 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "21,990,607 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22,634,423 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "10,688,755" + "text": "10,999,331" }, "female": { - "text": "11,301,852" + "text": "11,635,092" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "99.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "98.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "93.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "92.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "16.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ "election results": { "text": "
2018: Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 41.7%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 17.8%, other 40.5%; percent of vote in second round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA 67.2%, Soumaila CISSE 32.8%" }, - "note": "note: in 2022, the transition government adopted a charter allowing transition authorities to rule for up to 5 years, but the military junta pushed through a referendum in 2023 that created the potential for transition President GOITA to maintain his hold on power indefinitely" + "note": "note: in 2022, the transition government adopted a charter allowing transition authorities to rule for up to 5 years; in July 2025, the military-appointed National Transitional Council (CNT) unanimously adopted a revised transitional charter that granted transitional president General Assimi GOITA a five-year presidential mandate, renewable indefinitely, following the earlier dissolution of all political parties in May" }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ "text": "unicameral" }, "chamber name": { - "text": "Transitional National Council (Conseil national de transition )" + "text": "Transitional National Council (Conseil national de transition)" }, "number of seats": { "text": "147 (all appointed)" @@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ "text": "25.9 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "114 (2022 est.)" + "text": "112 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index 9bc2e25e..b4f1f19d 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,310,504 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,311,375 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "639,270" + "text": "639,707" }, "female": { - "text": "671,234" + "text": "671,668" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "40.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "41.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "19.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "5.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -507,16 +507,16 @@ "text": "Cabinet of Ministers (Council of Ministers) appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister" }, "election/appointment process": { - "text": "president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for 5-year renewable terms; the president appoints the prime minister and deputy prime minister who have the majority support in the National Assembly" + "text": "president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for 5-year renewable terms; the president appoints the prime minister and deputy prime minister who have the majority support in the National Assembly" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "7 November 2019" + "text": "6 December 2024" }, "election results": { "text": "
2019: Prithvirajsing ROOPUN (MSM) elected president by the National Assembly - unanimous vote" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "2024" + "text": "2029" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -985,10 +985,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2.1 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "161 (2022 est.)" + "text": "173 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index 20325163..e45fb6fc 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "4,328,040 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5,202,109 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,083,690" + "text": "2,578,114" }, "female": { - "text": "2,244,350" + "text": "2,623,995" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -165,16 +165,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "85.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "84.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "78.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "77.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "14.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ "most recent election date": { "text": "5/13/2023 to 5/27/2023" }, + "parties elected and seats per party": { + "text": "El Insaf (107); Tawassoul (11); Other (58)" + }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "23.3%" }, diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 8eaf8685..a76d1e7d 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "33,350,954 (2024 est.)" + "text": "34,206,144 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "16,449,734" + "text": "16,880,529" }, "female": { - "text": "16,901,220" + "text": "17,325,615" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "90.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "89.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "85.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "83.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "18.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "18.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -569,13 +569,16 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president" }, "election/appointment process": { - "text": "president elected directly by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for 2 consecutive terms); election last held on 9 October 2024 (next to be held by October 2029); prime minister appointed by the president" + "text": "president elected directly by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for 2 consecutive terms); prime minister appointed by the president" }, "most recent election date": { "text": "9 October 2024" }, "election results": { "text": "
2024: Daniel CHAPO elected president in first round; percent of vote - Daniel CHAPO (FRELIMO) 65.2%, Venâncio MONDLANE (PODEMOS) 24.2%, Ossufo MOMADE (RENAMO) 6.6%" + }, + "expected date of next election": { + "text": "October 2029" } }, "Legislative branch": { diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 8b862bda..978feb80 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "26,342,784 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27,322,555 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "13,056,203" + "text": "13,542,629" }, "female": { - "text": "13,286,581" + "text": "13,779,926" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -157,16 +157,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "109.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "108.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "103.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "102.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "17.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ "text": "
2020/2021: Mohamed BAZOUM elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Mohamed BAZOUM (PNDS-Tarrayya) 39.3%, Mahamane OUSMANE (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 9%, Albade ABOUDA (MPR-Jamhuriya) 7.1%, other 27.6%; percent of vote in second round - Mohamed BAZOUM 55.7%, Mahamane OUSMANE 44.3%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "2025" + "text": "2030" }, - "note": "note: deposed president Mohamed BAZOUM has been under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023" + "note": "note 1: deposed president Mohamed BAZOUM has been under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023

note 2: on 26 March 2025, the CNSP leader TIANI issued a decree promulgating the Charter of the Refoundation and was sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five years" }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ "expected date of next election": { "text": "April 2030" }, - "note": "Note 1: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly; a commission recommended to the junta in February 2025 a minimum of a five-year transition to democratic rule

Note 2: In May 2025, Transitional President Tchiani signed decrees nominating 194 members of the Advisory Council for the Refoundation (Conseil consultatif de la refondation or CCR), CCR Bureau members, and the Speaker, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey; the first session of the CCR convened on 28 June 2025" + "note": "note 1: on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly; a commission recommended to the junta in February 2025 a minimum of a five-year transition to democratic rule

note 2: In May 2025, Transitional President Tiani signed decrees nominating 194 members of the Advisory Council for the Refoundation (Conseil consultatif de la refondation or CCR), CCR Bureau members, and the Speaker, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey; the first session of the CCR convened on 28 June 2025" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -1027,10 +1027,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14.2 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "17.2 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "56 (2021 est.)" + "text": "66 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index e9b396bb..39ee7c0e 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "236,747,130 (2024 est.)" + "text": "244,344,065 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "119,514,449" + "text": "123,511,557" }, "female": { - "text": "117,232,681" + "text": "120,832,508" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -165,16 +165,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "77.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "78 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "71.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "72.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "16.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1081,10 +1081,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "224 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "165 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "102 (2022 est.)" + "text": "71 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 69a1872b..f89ebf68 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "60,442,647 (2024 est.)" + "text": "61,089,926 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "29,664,388" + "text": "29,989,969" }, "female": { - "text": "30,778,259" + "text": "31,099,957" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -168,16 +168,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "53 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "41.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "41.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "11.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1113,10 +1113,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "108 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "115 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "167 (2022 est.)" + "text": "167 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index ce049455..239623e5 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "9,121,049 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9,331,203 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "4,515,726" + "text": "4,620,638" }, "female": { - "text": "4,605,323" + "text": "4,710,565" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "74.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "72.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "69.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "68.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "4.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "22.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -984,10 +984,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8.23 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "8.93 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "98 (2021 est.)" + "text": "108 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index c5eb4726..200ca32a 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "13,017,273 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20,324,160 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "6,546,312" + "text": "10,170,863" }, "female": { - "text": "6,470,961" + "text": "10,153,297" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "100.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "100.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "97.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "97.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "3.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "30.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "29.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -916,10 +916,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8.84 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "9.91 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "50 (2022 est.)" + "text": "54 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index bf22ee4d..b92a873c 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "8,917,994 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9,143,439 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "4,395,271" + "text": "4,488,825" }, "female": { - "text": "4,522,723" + "text": "4,654,614" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "75.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "74.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "67.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "66.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "7.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "13.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1060,10 +1060,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.05 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "7.69 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "74 (2022 est.)" + "text": "81 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1162,8 +1162,7 @@ "text": "the FAT has a small inventory of mostly obsolescent or older armaments originating from several countries, including Brazil, France, Russia/former Soviet Union, Türkiye, the UK, and the US (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 years of age for military service for men and women; 24-month service obligation; no conscription (2023)", - "note": "note: as of 2022, about 7% of the military's personnel were women" + "text": "18-24 years of age for military service for men and women; initial 24-month service obligation; no conscription (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Togolese Armed Forces (FAT) are responsible for both external defense and internal security; the FAT’s primary concerns are border security, terrorism, and maritime security; in recent years, it has boosted operations in the northern border region of the country to secure the frontier and prevent banditry, illicit smuggling, and infiltrations from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida-affiliated militant groups based in Mali that also operates in neighboring Burkina Faso; in 2022, the Togolese Government declared a state of emergency in the north following an attack by JNIM fighters on a Togolese military post that killed several soldiers; the Navy and Air Force have increased focus on combating piracy and smuggling in the Gulf of Guinea

since its creation in 1963, the Togolese military has had a history of involvement in the country’s politics, including assassinations, coups, and a crackdown in 2005 that killed hundreds of civilians; over the past decade, it has made efforts to reform and professionalize, which have included increasing its role in UN peacekeeping activities, participating in multinational exercises, and receiving training from foreign partners, particularly France and the US; in addition, Togo has established a regional peacekeeping training center for military and police in Lome (2025)" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index 98ce63ee..17f6455d 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "12,048,847 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11,962,995 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,972,242" + "text": "5,926,741" }, "female": { - "text": "6,076,605" + "text": "6,036,254" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "37.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "35.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "16 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1084,10 +1084,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16.4 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "14.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "129 (2022 est.)" + "text": "118 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1189,14 +1189,14 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 35,000 active-duty Armed Forces (25,000 Army; 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force) (2025)" + "text": "approximately 35,000 active-duty Armed Forces (2025)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Tunisian military's inventory consists mostly of older or secondhand equipment from a variety of suppliers, including Austria, France, Italy, Türkiye, and the US (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; 20-23 years of age for compulsory (national) service for men with a 12-month service obligation; individuals engaged in higher education or vocational training programs prior to their military drafting are allowed to delay service until they have completed their programs (up to age 35); exemptions allowed for males considered to a family's sole provider (2023)", - "note": "note: women have been allowed in the service since 1975 as volunteers; as of 2023, women constituted about 8% of the military and served in all three services" + "text": "18 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; men 20-35 years of age subject to 12 months of compulsory national service (2025)", + "note": "note: compulsory national service may be in the Armed Forces or other government ministries as needed" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "840 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)" diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index adb3c35d..26fd58e2 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "67,462,121 (2024 est.)" + "text": "69,145,464 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "33,691,904" + "text": "34,597,449" }, "female": { - "text": "33,770,217" + "text": "34,548,015" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -168,16 +168,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "82.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "81.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "76.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "76 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "17.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1091,10 +1091,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "70.2 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "86.8 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "92 (2022 est.)" + "text": "127 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ "text": "the TPDF's inventory includes mostly British, Chinese, and Russian/Soviet-era armaments (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year commitment (2-year contracts afterwards); selective conscription for 2 years of public service (2025)" + "text": "generally 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women, but may go up to 35 years of age depending on education levels and for medical specialists; no conscription (2026)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "520 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); more than 1,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO and Southern African Development Community regional force); 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 300 Mozambique (under bi-lateral agreement to assist with combatting an insurgency) (2025)" diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 736539e0..d748d114 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "49,283,041 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50,863,850 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "24,040,560" + "text": "24,835,513" }, "female": { - "text": "25,242,481" + "text": "26,028,337" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -147,16 +147,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "97.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "96.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "93 (2024 est.)" + "text": "92.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "4.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "21 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1029,10 +1029,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "42.1 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "41.6 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "70 (2022 est.)" + "text": "83 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index 2cb75fe0..1008aa72 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "23,042,199 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23,490,300 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "11,297,749" + "text": "11,529,979" }, "female": { - "text": "11,744,450" + "text": "11,960,321" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -145,16 +145,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "80.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "79 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "74.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "73.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "17.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ "text": "unicameral" }, "chamber name": { - "text": "Transitional Legislative Assembly (Assemblée législative de la transition)" + "text": "Transitional Legislative Assembly (Assemblée législative de la transition)" }, "number of seats": { "text": "71" @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "81,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "72,700 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" @@ -999,10 +999,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "26,889,900 (2022 est.)" + "text": "26.9 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120 (2022 est.)" + "text": "119 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index c8ab2342..0002b59f 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,803,660 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,852,777 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,377,286" + "text": "1,402,136" }, "female": { - "text": "1,426,374" + "text": "1,450,641" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -164,16 +164,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "61.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "55 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "15.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15.5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1058,10 +1058,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2.6 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.58 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "113 (2022 est.)" + "text": "85 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 277beb63..609bc53b 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,138,089 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,137,268 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "538,600" + "text": "557,204" }, "female": { - "text": "599,489" + "text": "580,064" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "52.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "49.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "44.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "16 (2024 est.)" + "text": "13.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1003,15 +1003,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "42,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "35,600 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2023 est.)" + "text": "3 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,579,960 (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.74 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "140 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 903e3372..657f8423 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "20,799,116 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22,021,971 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "10,407,253" + "text": "11,066,079" }, "female": { - "text": "10,391,863" + "text": "10,955,892" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -157,16 +157,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "81.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "75.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "76.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "71.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "19.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1018,10 +1018,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21.2 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "23.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "99 (2022 est.)" + "text": "109 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 03e5da29..fd7f1660 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "17,150,352 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17,472,752 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "8,343,790" + "text": "8,503,108" }, "female": { - "text": "8,806,562" + "text": "8,969,644" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "73 (2024 est.)" + "text": "72.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "66.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "65.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "14.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1051,10 +1051,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "15.7 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "88 (2022 est.)" + "text": "94 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/aq.json b/australia-oceania/aq.json index b424b795..730de3db 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/aq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/aq.json @@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "43,895 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43,268 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "21,804" + "text": "21,478" }, "female": { - "text": "22,091" + "text": "21,790" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -136,16 +136,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "51.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "51.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "38.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "37.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "13.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "13.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "7.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "9,690 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "20 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 327aada8..4bf83c41 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "26,768,598 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27,490,921 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "13,305,110" + "text": "13,685,935" }, "female": { - "text": "13,463,488" + "text": "13,804,986" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -171,16 +171,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "54.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "53.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "28.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1074,15 +1074,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6.458 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "5.95 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24 (2023 est.)" + "text": "22 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "29.761 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "30.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "113 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index 01b741d4..95b738ad 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "726,799 (2024 est.)" + "text": "738,774 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "370,970" + "text": "377,067" }, "female": { - "text": "355,829" + "text": "361,707" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "47.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "8.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "12.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -905,10 +905,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "474,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "485,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "67 (2021 est.)" + "text": "62 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index 71158d9b..d4bbeddc 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "7,761 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7,592 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,980" + "text": "3,890" }, "female": { - "text": "3,781" + "text": "3,702" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "51.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "53 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "27.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "24.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "25.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -683,10 +683,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "6,990 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "41 (2021 est.)" + "text": "48 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index b235994f..324c98f4 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "303,540 (2024 est.)" + "text": "305,507 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "155,138" + "text": "156,084" }, "female": { - "text": "148,402" + "text": "149,423" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -141,16 +141,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "29.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "29.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "16.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -734,18 +734,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "139,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "66,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "50 (2022 est.)" + "text": "24 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "328,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "334,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "107 (2022 est.)" + "text": "119 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index 96dd338c..a9df4231 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "304,167 (2024 est.)" + "text": "307,612 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "151,389" + "text": "153,036" }, "female": { - "text": "152,778" + "text": "154,576" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -141,16 +141,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "30.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "30 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -769,10 +769,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "260,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "263,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "90 (2021 est.)" + "text": "92 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 1e39d0c7..512b35cc 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "9,892 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9,930 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "4,856" + "text": "4,874" }, "female": { - "text": "5,036" + "text": "5,056" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "51.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "44.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "14.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -756,10 +756,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "10,300 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "80 (2021 est.)" + "text": "87 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/pc.json b/australia-oceania/pc.json index 9d0cee10..4b2cc852 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/pc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/pc.json @@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ } }, "Communications": { + "Telephones - mobile cellular": { + "text": "No traditional public cellular network. Satellite-based internet (Starlink) and VoIP apps (WhatsApp, Viber) are available." + }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "satellite TV from Fiji-based Sky Pacific offering a wide range of international channels" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index c5202ac2..78ed5222 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "21,864 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21,947 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "11,235" + "text": "11,257" }, "female": { - "text": "10,629" + "text": "10,690" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -143,16 +143,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "40.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "41.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "24.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ "text": "24,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "133 (2022 est.)" + "text": "135 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index 6ed809f2..aaefa057 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "104,889 (2024 est.)" + "text": "104,519 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "52,606" + "text": "52,421" }, "female": { - "text": "52,283" + "text": "52,098" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "58.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "11.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -952,10 +952,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "64,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "64,800 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "61 (2021 est.)" + "text": "62 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ "text": "the military's inventory consists of light weapons, as well as some naval patrol vessels acquired from Australia (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "voluntary military service for men and women 18-25; no conscription (2023)" + "text": "16-25 years of age for men and women to apply for trainee soldier; no conscription (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the military's primary missions are defending Tonga's sovereignty, providing maritime security, and protecting the King; it is also responsible for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, search and rescue operations, monitoring against illegal fishing, and delivering supplies to the outer islands; the military has contributed limited numbers of personnel to multinational military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Solomon Islands; Australia, New Zealand, and the US are key partners

Tonga has a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within Tonga's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas

Tonga participated in World War I as part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, but the Tonga Defense Force (TDF) was not established until 1939 at the beginning of World War II; in 1943, New Zealand helped train about 2,000 Tongan troops who saw action in the Solomon Islands; the TDF was disbanded at the end of the war, but was reactivated in 1946 as the Tonga Defense Services (TDS); in 2013, the name of the TDS was changed to His Majesty’s Armed Forces of Tonga (HMAF) (2025)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 1773c455..e97070a4 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "11,733 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11,824 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,816" + "text": "5,865" }, "female": { - "text": "5,917" + "text": "5,959" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "58.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "59 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "12.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -797,10 +797,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "9,880 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "80 (2021 est.)" + "text": "99 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/um.json b/australia-oceania/um.json index c533ef12..15a2e44f 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/um.json +++ b/australia-oceania/um.json @@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ } } }, + "Communications": { + }, "Transportation": { "Airports": { "text": "2 (2025)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/wf.json b/australia-oceania/wf.json index a5270b85..5dab39b6 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wf.json @@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "15,964 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15,998 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "8,201" + "text": "8,217" }, "female": { - "text": "7,763" + "text": "7,781" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -134,16 +134,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "48.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "48.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "29.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "29 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "18.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "5.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -525,10 +525,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "0 (2018)" + "text": "12,200 (2023)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "0 (2019)" + "text": "107 (2023)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 845d7a79..5d646fb2 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "208,853 (2024 est.)" + "text": "210,223 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "105,920" + "text": "106,542" }, "female": { - "text": "102,933" + "text": "103,681" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "51.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "51.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "40.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "40.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "11 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "9.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ "text": "134,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "60 (2022 est.)" + "text": "62 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index ea018553..fb12005c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "410,862 (2024 est.)" + "text": "415,306 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "190,100" + "text": "192,055" }, "female": { - "text": "220,762" + "text": "223,251" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "42.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "30.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "30.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "12.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "13 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -895,15 +895,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "97,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "93,100 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24 (2023 est.)" + "text": "23 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "399,630 (2023 est.)" + "text": "388,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "97 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 2e2e4205..cf8bab6e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "415,789 (2024 est.)" + "text": "421,960 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "205,895" + "text": "208,844" }, "female": { - "text": "209,894" + "text": "213,116" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "49.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "49.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "41.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "40.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "8.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "12 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "17,800 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "4 (2022 est.)" @@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "270,536 (2022 est.)" + "text": "271,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "67 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json index d182a5dd..2d0d644a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bq.json @@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ }, "Economy": { }, + "Communications": { + }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 81c29956..27304810 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "5,265,575 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5,304,932 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,635,481" + "text": "2,654,314" }, "female": { - "text": "2,630,094" + "text": "2,650,618" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "42.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "42.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1017,15 +1017,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "678,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "610,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2023 est.)" + "text": "12 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,443,280 (2023 est.)" + "text": "6.98 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "136 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index f7c31f2e..5c24d840 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,966,038 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,059,519 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,441,507" + "text": "4,950,615" }, "female": { - "text": "5,524,531" + "text": "5,108,904" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "49.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -977,15 +977,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.589 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.59 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2023 est.)" + "text": "15 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,667,310 (2023 est.)" + "text": "8.01 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "73 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index fb96982f..4d83491a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,815,857 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,899,292 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,465,776" + "text": "5,506,679" }, "female": { - "text": "5,350,081" + "text": "5,392,613" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "49.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "49.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "38.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "37.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "11.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1075,15 +1075,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.144 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.15 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2023 est.)" + "text": "10 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,409,800 (2023 est.)" + "text": "10.7 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "94 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 5fc7d40a..6d6007be 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "6,628,702 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6,334,723 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,172,244" + "text": "3,026,645" }, "female": { - "text": "3,456,458" + "text": "3,308,078" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "47.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "35 (2024 est.)" + "text": "29.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "12.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "13.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1018,15 +1018,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "863,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "885,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2022 est.)" + "text": "14 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,338,800 (2023 est.)" + "text": "11.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "177 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index ad887f86..1b7ad5df 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "11,753,943 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11,898,812 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,792,443" + "text": "5,863,438" }, "female": { - "text": "5,961,500" + "text": "6,035,374" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "52.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "15.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "1,360 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" @@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,499,080 (2022 est.)" + "text": "7.5 million (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "65 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 5f9f95bf..672ac854 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,823,713 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,938,503 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,397,495" + "text": "1,453,759" }, "female": { - "text": "1,426,218" + "text": "1,484,744" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -146,16 +146,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "52.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "36.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "36 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1024,10 +1024,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3.27 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "3.34 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106 (2022 est.)" + "text": "118 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json index ff232ba2..f9e9481b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json @@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "46,215 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46,738 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "22,817" + "text": "23,071" }, "female": { - "text": "23,398" + "text": "23,667" } }, "Ethnic groups": { @@ -121,16 +121,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "50.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "52.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "27.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "28.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "23 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -572,10 +572,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "68,840 (2012 est.)" + "text": "86,542 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "196 (2012 est.)" + "text": "205 (2022 est.)" } }, "Internet country code": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 62d8b7e3..866cd49f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "6,676,948 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6,739,380 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,273,900" + "text": "3,304,133" }, "female": { - "text": "3,403,048" + "text": "3,435,247" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -156,16 +156,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "44.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "36.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "35.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "8.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "11.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -955,10 +955,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.22 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "7.33 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "97 (2021 est.)" + "text": "106 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index fad1e675..208ea053 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "4,470,241 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4,536,008 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,251,257" + "text": "2,284,105" }, "female": { - "text": "2,218,984" + "text": "2,251,903" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "54.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "38.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "38.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ "text": "6.98 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "156 (2022 est.)" + "text": "157 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json index 0aad95a3..7a4f10f4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json @@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "32,996 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33,093 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15,791" + "text": "15,825" }, "female": { - "text": "17,205" + "text": "17,268" } }, "Ethnic groups": { @@ -113,16 +113,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55 (2024 est.) N" + "text": "55.4 (2025 est.) N" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "38.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "38 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "16.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index dbea8775..386691b0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "3,019,450 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,984,841 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,418,753" + "text": "1,400,771" }, "female": { - "text": "1,600,697" + "text": "1,584,070" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -145,16 +145,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "19.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "39.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "41.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -830,10 +830,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.04 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120 (2022 est.)" + "text": "126 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 794c646f..8c193f15 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "55,133 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55,434 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "27,599" + "text": "27,748" }, "female": { - "text": "27,534" + "text": "27,686" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -139,16 +139,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "48.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "28.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "28.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "18.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "5.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -802,10 +802,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "56,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "56,600 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "119 (2021 est.)" + "text": "119 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index 5abc9429..cc3cb705 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "168,038 (2024 est.)" + "text": "168,462 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "81,517" + "text": "81,678" }, "female": { - "text": "86,521" + "text": "86,784" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "50 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ "text": "176,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "96 (2021 est.)" + "text": "99 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json index 4aefafc1..bdeba150 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json @@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "7,086 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7,079 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,737" + "text": "3,730" }, "female": { "text": "3,349" @@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "58.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "22 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "36.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "38 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 008596c3..f664d697 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,408,966 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,410,170 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "708,260" + "text": "708,677" }, "female": { - "text": "700,706" + "text": "701,493" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -147,16 +147,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "48.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "49.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "27.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "21 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -963,10 +963,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2.02 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.79 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "131 (2022 est.)" + "text": "119 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1030,8 +1030,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF): Trinidad and Tobago Regiment (Army/Land Forces), Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard, Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force Reserves

Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) (2025)", - "note": "note: the Ministry of National Security oversees both the TTDF and the TTPS" + "text": "Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF): Trinidad and Tobago Regiment (Army/Land Forces), Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard, Defense Force Reserves (2026)", + "note": "note: the Ministry of Homeland Security oversees both the TTDF and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2024": { @@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ "text": "the TTDF's ground force inventory consists of light weapons, while the Coast Guard and Air Guard field mostly secondhand equipment from several countries, including Australia, China, Italy, the Netherlands, and the US (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (some age variations between services, reserves); no conscription (2024)" + "text": "generally 18-24 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the primary responsibilities of the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF) are conducting border and maritime security, assisting civil authorities in times of crisis or disaster, providing search and rescue services, securing ports, and supporting civil law enforcement, particularly in countering gang-related crime and trafficking of narcotics and other illicit goods; the Police Service maintains internal security (2025)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index 9eb550c3..9bcad796 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "104,377 (2024 est.)" + "text": "103,792 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "49,520" + "text": "49,195" }, "female": { - "text": "54,857" + "text": "54,597" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "67.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "68 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "31.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "30.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "35.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "37.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -615,10 +615,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "80,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "79,100 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "80 (2021 est.)" + "text": "92 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index d2dc8c58..9cac0c5d 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "6,172,101 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6,219,751 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,021,318" + "text": "3,043,940" }, "female": { - "text": "3,150,783" + "text": "3,175,811" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "44.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "10.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "9.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1040,10 +1040,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.68 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "7.72 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "130 (2021 est.)" + "text": "107 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 6bab5a28..adbc4d7b 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "20,260,006 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20,432,662 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "9,817,172" + "text": "9,902,303" }, "female": { - "text": "10,442,834" + "text": "10,530,359" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "59.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "44 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1100,10 +1100,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "25.8 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "26.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "130 (2022 est.)" + "text": "127 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 6ac4aa39..faf77967 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "140,820,810 (2024 est.)" + "text": "140,134,279 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "65,496,805" + "text": "65,166,555" }, "female": { - "text": "75,324,005" + "text": "74,967,724" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -185,16 +185,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "52.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "52.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "25.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "27 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1174,10 +1174,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "245 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "270 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "169 (2021 est.)" + "text": "186 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 3b2bf1bd..9c0b2329 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,394,063 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,593,876 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,221,818" + "text": "5,322,920" }, "female": { - "text": "5,172,245" + "text": "5,270,956" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "68.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "68.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "62.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "61.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "15.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1056,10 +1056,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11.6 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "7.92 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "119 (2021 est.)" + "text": "119 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan: Ground Forces, Mobile Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces

Tajik National Guard (TNG); Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Troops of Tajikistan; State Committee on National Security: Border Troops (aka Border Service) (2025)", + "text": "Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan: Ground Forces, Mobile Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces

Tajik National Guard (TNG); Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Troops of Tajikistan; State Committee on National Security: Border Troops (aka Tajik Border Service) (2025)", "note": "note 1: the Mobile Forces are the airborne, air assault, mountain, and rapid reaction troops of the Armed Forces

note 2: the Tajik National Guard, formerly the Presidential Guard, is a paramilitary force under direct authority of the President; it is tasked with ensuring public safety and security, similar to the tasks of the Internal Troops; it also has ceremonial duties" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1130,11 +1130,11 @@ "text": "the military is equipped with mostly older Russian and Soviet-era armaments; it also has smaller amounts of items from suppliers such as China, Türkiye, and the US (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory (men only) or voluntary (men and women) military service; 24-month conscript service obligation or 12 months for those with a higher education (2024)", - "note": "note: in August 2021, the Tajik Government removed an exemption for university graduates but began allowing men to pay a fee in order to avoid conscription, although there is a cap on the number of individuals who can take advantage of this exemption" + "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory (men only) or voluntary (men and women) military service; up to a 24-month service obligation for conscripts based on education level (2025)", + "note": "note 1: in addition to the Armed Forces, conscripts are assigned to Tajikistan's other security agencies 

note 2: those called up to perform military service can participate in just one month of military training instead of fulfilling the full service obligation for a fee of about the equivalent of $2,200 USD" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the military's primary concerns are terrorism, border security, territorial defense, and regional security, particularly in neighboring Afghanistan; Russia is traditionally Tajikistan’s most important security partner and thousands of Russian troops are stationed in the country, primarily at the 201st military base, which is leased until at least 2042; Russia and Tajikistan have a joint air defense system and they conduct periodic joint exercises; Tajikistan has been a member of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994 and contributes troops to CSTO's rapid reaction force; Tajikistan also cooperates on security matters with China, including joint military training

Tajikistan is the only former Soviet republic that did not form its armed forces from old Soviet Army units following the collapse of the USSR in 1991; rather, Russia retained command of the Soviet units there while the Tajik government raised a military from scratch; the first ground forces were officially created in 1993 from groups that fought for the government during the Tajik Civil War (2025)" + "text": "the military's primary concerns are terrorism, border security, territorial defense, and regional security, particularly in neighboring Afghanistan; Russia is traditionally Tajikistan’s most important security partner and thousands of Russian troops are stationed in the country, primarily at the 201st military base, which Moscow has leased until at least 2042; Russia and Tajikistan have a joint air defense system, and they conduct periodic joint exercises; Tajikistan has been a member of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994 and contributes troops to CSTO's rapid reaction force; Tajikistan also cooperates on security matters with China, including joint military training

Tajikistan is the only former Soviet republic that did not form its armed forces from old Soviet Army units following the collapse of the USSR in 1991; rather, Russia retained command of the Soviet units there while the Tajik government raised a military from scratch; the first ground forces were officially created in 1993 from groups that fought for the government during the Tajik Civil War (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 4b6660b3..e0ad894e 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "36,520,593 (2024 est.)" + "text": "37,015,151 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "18,324,813" + "text": "18,576,048" }, "female": { - "text": "18,195,780" + "text": "18,439,103" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "57 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "10.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "9.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1102,10 +1102,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "37.5 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "40.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "103 (2022 est.)" + "text": "1,110 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1176,8 +1176,8 @@ "text": "the Uzbek Armed Forces use mainly Russian or Soviet-era armaments with smaller quantities of items from suppliers such as China, Türkiye, and the US; Uzbekistan has a small defense industry, which is involved in repairing and maintaining aircraft and armored vehicles, as well as producing light armored vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles/drones, and other military items (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory military service for men; 12-month service obligation (those conscripted have the option of paying for a shorter service of one month while remaining in the reserves until the age of 27) (2024)", - "note": "note: Uzbek citizens who have completed their service terms in the armed forces have privileges in employment and admission to higher educational institutions" + "text": "18-30 for voluntary/contract service for men and women; 18-27 years of age for compulsory military service for men with a 12-month service obligation (2025)", + "note": "note: those conscripted have the option of paying for a shorter service of one month while remaining in the reserves until the age of 27; Uzbek citizens who have completed their service terms in the armed forces have privileges in employment and admission to higher educational institutions" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the military’s responsibilities include ensuring the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, securing its borders, and assisting with internal security; regional security and international terrorism are areas of concern; Uzbekistan joined the Russian-sponsored Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the 1990s but withdrew in 1999; it returned in 2006 but left again in 2012; although not part of CSTO, Uzbekistan continues to maintain defense ties with Russia, including joint military exercises and defense industrial cooperation; it also has defense ties with other regional countries, including Azerbaijan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and Turkey; it is part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and participates in SCO training exercises (2025)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index e3219ec1..d13daee1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "57,527,139 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57,931,718 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "28,387,831" + "text": "28,591,467" }, "female": { - "text": "29,139,308" + "text": "29,340,251" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -167,16 +167,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "35.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "35 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "10.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "9.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1042,15 +1042,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "588,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "559,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2023 est.) less than 1" + "text": "1 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "65,516,900 (2023 est.)" + "text": "62.3 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "114 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 035ab72e..eb847fdd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "17,063,669 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17,230,333 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "8,277,588" + "text": "8,362,224" }, "female": { - "text": "8,786,081" + "text": "8,868,109" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -166,16 +166,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "52.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "51.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "44 (2024 est.)" + "text": "42.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "8.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "12.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1044,15 +1044,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "38,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "29,100 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2022 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2024 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21,049,600 (2023 est.)" + "text": "20.5 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "116 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index a80ca91c..bac26ef9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,416,043,270 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,407,181,209 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "722,201,504" + "text": "716,908,592" }, "female": { - "text": "693,841,766" + "text": "690,272,617" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -183,16 +183,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "43.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "20.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.8 (2025 est.)" }, "note": "note: data do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan" }, @@ -1124,15 +1124,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "173.326 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "167 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2023 est.)" + "text": "12 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.82 billion (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.87 billion (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "132 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 14263d4d..d44158c7 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "7,297,821 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7,305,556 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,367,812" + "text": "3,367,222" }, "female": { - "text": "3,930,009" + "text": "3,938,334" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -143,16 +143,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "54.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "20.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "33.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "35.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "23.8 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "27.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "292 (2022 est.)" + "text": "365 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index dad5fcbb..eb9bfc3e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "281,562,465 (2024 est.)" + "text": "283,587,097 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "140,800,047" + "text": "141,778,977" }, "female": { - "text": "140,762,418" + "text": "141,808,120" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -157,16 +157,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "34.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "34.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "11.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1112,10 +1112,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "352 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "347 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115 (2022 est.)" + "text": "123 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index e5ac194f..fc2e8f6d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "26,298,666 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26,402,841 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "12,828,269" + "text": "12,884,269" }, "female": { - "text": "13,470,397" + "text": "13,518,572" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "28.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "28.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "16.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index df8ce756..e07b6d97 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "52,081,799 (2024 est.)" + "text": "51,486,343 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "26,119,111" + "text": "25,636,127" }, "female": { - "text": "25,962,688" + "text": "25,850,216" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "homogeneous" + "text": "Korean" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { @@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "43.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "44.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "28.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "30.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Kevin KIM (since October 2025)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires James “Jim” HELLER (since 7 January 2026)" }, "embassy": { "text": "188 Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul" @@ -1056,10 +1056,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "83.9 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "89.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "149 (2022 est.)" + "text": "173 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 69640a55..8d921974 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "34,564,810 (2024 est.)" + "text": "34,905,275 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "17,666,212" + "text": "17,833,074" }, "female": { - "text": "16,898,598" + "text": "17,072,201" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "44.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "44.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "32 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "12.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1079,10 +1079,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "50.1 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "49.7 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "141 (2022 est.)" + "text": "140 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json index a14ae91c..dcb4deec 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pf.json @@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ }, "Economy": { }, + "Communications": { + }, "Transportation": { "Airports": { "text": "2 (2025)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json index f4d4f64d..a799924e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json @@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ }, "Economy": { }, + "Communications": { + }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index ff096fd0..28bb96e4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,046,233 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,273,996 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,092,262" + "text": "5,206,211" }, "female": { - "text": "4,953,971" + "text": "5,067,785" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "69.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "69.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "63 (2024 est.)" + "text": "62.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "14.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1006,10 +1006,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.82 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "4.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "48 (2021 est.)" + "text": "39 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index dd1612a4..7a13e078 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "6,028,459 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6,080,545 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,013,630" + "text": "3,040,862" }, "female": { - "text": "3,014,829" + "text": "3,039,683" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -143,16 +143,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "40.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "41.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "20.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "20.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -991,10 +991,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9.65 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "9.96 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "156 (2022 est.)" + "text": "171 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 144375e8..54012dfe 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "69,920,998 (2024 est.)" + "text": "70,025,248 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "34,065,311" + "text": "34,101,016" }, "female": { - "text": "35,855,687" + "text": "35,924,232" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -168,16 +168,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "44.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1135,10 +1135,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "121 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "115 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "176 (2022 est.)" + "text": "161 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1243,8 +1243,8 @@ "text": "the RTARF has a diverse array of foreign-supplied armaments, as well as some domestically produced items; its imported weapons and equipment are from a variety of suppliers, including China, several European countries, Israel, Russia, South Korea, and the US; Thailand's domestic defense industry produces such items as armored vehicles, artillery systems, naval vessels, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other military technologies (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 21 years of age for compulsory military service for men; men register at 18 years of age; volunteer service obligation may be as short as 6 or 12 months, depending on educational qualifications; conscript service obligation also varies by educational qualifications, but is typically 24 months (2024)", - "note": "note: serving in the armed forces is a national duty of all Thai citizens; conscription was introduced in 1905; it includes women, however, only men over the age of 21 who have not gone through reserve training are conscripted; conscripts are chosen by lottery (on draft day, eligible draftees can request volunteer service, or they may choose to stay for the conscription lottery); approximately 100,000 men are drafted for military service each year" + "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; all men register at 17 years of age and are subject to selective compulsory military service at 21; volunteer service obligation may be as short as 6-18 months, depending on educational qualifications; conscript service obligation also varies by educational qualifications, but is typically 24 months (2025)", + "note": "note: serving in the armed forces is a national duty of all Thai citizens; conscription was introduced in 1905; it includes women, however, only men over the age of 21 who have not gone through reserve training are conscripted; conscripts are chosen by lottery (on draft day, eligible draftees can request volunteer service, or they may choose to stay for the conscription lottery)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "280 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 6c2805b1..1a2a58a5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,506,909 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,404,785 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "750,665" + "text": "693,940" }, "female": { - "text": "756,244" + "text": "710,845" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -143,16 +143,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "63.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "62 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "7.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "13 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -952,10 +952,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.56 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.63 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2022 est.)" + "text": "116 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ "text": "the military is lightly armed with a limited inventory consisting mostly of donated equipment from countries such as Australia, China, Portugal, South Korea, and the US (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; compulsory service was authorized in 2020 for men and women aged 18-30 for 18 months of service, but the level of implementation is unclear (2023)" + "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; according to Timorese law on military service, all citizens 18-30 must contribute to the defense of independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the country and render their contribution through defense and security institutions (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) has both external defense and internal security roles; it also engages in national development missions, international peacekeeping, and regional security cooperation; the F-FDTL has ties with a variety of partners, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, the UN, and the US (2025)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index 9f5d12af..1d164835 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "23,595,274 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23,600,776 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "11,606,491" + "text": "11,596,835" }, "female": { - "text": "11,988,783" + "text": "12,003,941" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -147,16 +147,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "44.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "17.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "27.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "28.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -808,10 +808,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "30 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "29.8 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "128 (2023 est.)" + "text": "128 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -917,8 +917,8 @@ "text": "the military's inventory is a mix of domestically produced and foreign-supplied armaments, mostly from the US either as secondhand or direct acquisitions; Taiwan's domestic defense industry produces weapons systems such as aircraft, armored vehicles, missiles, and naval platforms (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "men 18-36 years of age may volunteer or must complete 12 months of compulsory military service; civil service can be substituted for military service in some cases; women may enlist but are restricted to noncombat roles in most cases (2024)", - "note": "note 1: in January 2024, Taiwan extended compulsory service from 4 to 12 months for men born in 2005 and thereafter

note 2: as of 2023, women made up about 15% of the active-duty military" + "text": "men 18-36 years of age may volunteer or must complete 12 months of compulsory military service; civil service can be substituted for military service in some cases; women can volunteer (2025)", + "note": "note: in January 2024, Taiwan extended compulsory service from 4 to 12 months for men born in 2005 and thereafter" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the military’s primary responsibility is external security, including the defense and protection of the country’s air space, maritime claims, sea lines of communications, sovereignty, and territory; its main focus is the challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China (2025)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index 9bcc8ce2..891ce3a6 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "105,758,975 (2024 est.)" + "text": "106,688,169 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "53,109,175" + "text": "53,597,784" }, "female": { - "text": "52,649,800" + "text": "53,090,385" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -163,16 +163,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "33.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "12.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1089,10 +1089,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "131 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "129 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "140 (2022 est.)" + "text": "128 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ "text": "the PAVN is equipped largely with armaments from Russia and the former Soviet Union; in recent years, Vietnam has moved to diversify its arms suppliers and has acquired items from countries such as India, Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the US; Vietnam has a small defense industry involved in the manufacture of small arms, ground combat vehicles, and naval systems (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service for men and women (in practice only men are drafted); service obligation is between 24 (Army, Air Defense) and 36 (Navy and Air Force) months (2024)" + "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service for men and women (in practice only men are drafted); service obligation is 24-36 months depending on the branch of service (including Coast Guard and Ministry of Public Security) (2025)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "200 Abyei/South Sudan/Sudan (UNISFA) (2025)" diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 09462d4d..3718a252 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "3,107,100 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,551,837 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,531,063" + "text": "1,229,151" }, "female": { - "text": "1,576,037" + "text": "1,322,686" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "47.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "49 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "24.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1052,15 +1052,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "173,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "165,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "6 (2023 est.)" + "text": "6 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,614,760 (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.49 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "89 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index 08ac9e6e..6b47c258 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "8,967,982 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9,174,390 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "4,392,898" + "text": "4,471,802" }, "female": { - "text": "4,575,084" + "text": "4,702,588" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -157,16 +157,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "31.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1054,18 +1054,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3.604 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "3.48 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "40 (2023 est.)" + "text": "38 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11.116 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "11.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "125 (2024 est.)" + "text": "124 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 52a6836b..d7c7b65d 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "11,977,634 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11,960,170 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,909,057" + "text": "5,907,498" }, "female": { - "text": "6,068,577" + "text": "6,052,672" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -158,16 +158,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "57.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "25.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1084,15 +1084,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2.667 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.49 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "23 (2023 est.)" + "text": "21 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,087,300 (2023 est.)" + "text": "12.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "104 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 20dfaaa8..e62c9cd3 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "3,798,671 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3,653,499 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,852,164" + "text": "1,778,548" }, "female": { - "text": "1,946,507" + "text": "1,874,951" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "43.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "44.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "16.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1024,15 +1024,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "614,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "583,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19 (2023 est.)" + "text": "18 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,749,900 (2023 est.)" + "text": "3.84 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "121 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index b6699403..7dfc2278 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "9,501,451 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9,460,972 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "4,433,839" + "text": "4,414,771" }, "female": { - "text": "5,067,612" + "text": "5,046,201" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "51.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "52 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "24.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "27 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1087,15 +1087,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.173 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.14 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "46 (2023 est.)" + "text": "46 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,757,300 (2023 est.)" + "text": "11.9 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "131 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index abb9f56d..1073635f 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "6,782,659 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6,737,997 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,303,491" + "text": "3,281,215" }, "female": { - "text": "3,479,168" + "text": "3,456,782" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "53.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1072,15 +1072,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "619,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "552,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "9 (2023 est.)" + "text": "8 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,014,470 (2023 est.)" + "text": "7.98 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "118 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 2c6ca1e1..4d4ee0cc 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,320,525 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,332,293 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "675,196" + "text": "681,128" }, "female": { - "text": "645,329" + "text": "651,165" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "42.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "20.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.7 (2025 est.)" }, "note": "note: data represent the whole country" }, @@ -1007,15 +1007,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "270,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "245,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29 (2023 est.)" + "text": "25 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,433,500 (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.51 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "156 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index ada47fbc..8cff7207 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "5,973,136 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6,051,491 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,975,261" + "text": "3,001,698" }, "female": { - "text": "2,997,875" + "text": "3,049,793" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "57.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "24.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1053,15 +1053,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "755,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "698,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2023 est.)" + "text": "12 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,549,290 (2023 est.)" + "text": "7.57 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "127 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 99f9cf91..0c15c1d9 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "155.005 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "155,004,603 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "36 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index b72d5653..c19096c0 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,193,791 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,340,478 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "563,079" + "text": "634,988" }, "female": { - "text": "630,712" + "text": "705,490" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "57.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "25.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1026,15 +1026,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "238,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "227,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17 (2023 est.)" + "text": "17 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,053,470 (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.06 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "151 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 60b68b6d..79cb3164 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,837,890 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,838,703 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,335,737" + "text": "5,337,128" }, "female": { - "text": "5,502,153" + "text": "5,501,575" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "24.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1081,15 +1081,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.197 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.16 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2023 est.)" + "text": "11 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,620,800 (2023 est.)" + "text": "13.6 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "127 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 5d3fe005..e904abaa 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "5,626,414 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5,550,449 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,773,656" + "text": "2,750,057" }, "female": { - "text": "2,852,758" + "text": "2,800,392" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "62.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "62.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "38.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "39 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1050,18 +1050,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "158,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "158,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2023 est.)" + "text": "3 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.14 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "7.07 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "129 (2022 est.)" + "text": "126 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 262217bb..3c014c9e 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "68,374,591 (2024 est.)" + "text": "68,512,806 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "33,557,094" + "text": "33,627,639" }, "female": { - "text": "34,817,497" + "text": "34,885,167" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -182,16 +182,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "64.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "65.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "28.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "28.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "36.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "36.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "37.22 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "37.3 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "56 (2023 est.)" @@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "77.526 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "77.5 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "117 (2023 est.)" diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index 115cb61a..fdd984eb 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "29,683 (2024 est.)" + "text": "29,733 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "14,919" + "text": "14,923" }, "female": { - "text": "14,764" + "text": "14,810" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -125,16 +125,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "32 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "27.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "28 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "17,000 (2022 est.)" + "text": "17,200 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "46 (2022 est.)" @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "36,708 (2022 est.)" + "text": "36,700 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "98 (2022 est.)" diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index ca2185a4..8ad722fa 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "67,787 (2024 est.)" + "text": "67,923 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "33,712" + "text": "33,760" }, "female": { - "text": "34,075" + "text": "34,163" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -135,16 +135,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "33.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "34.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -558,18 +558,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "33,930 (2021 est.)" + "text": "32,637 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "53 (2021 est.)" + "text": "51 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "71,485 (2021 est.)" + "text": "75,126 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "112 (2021 est.)" + "text": "117 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index 7a69dd82..cf2bb272 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "84,119,100 (2024 est.)" + "text": "84,012,284 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "41,572,702" + "text": "41,517,301" }, "female": { - "text": "42,546,398" + "text": "42,494,983" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -167,16 +167,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "60 (2024 est.)" + "text": "61.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "37.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "38.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1103,15 +1103,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "38.8 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "38.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "46 (2023 est.)" + "text": "45 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "105.4 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "109 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "129 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 367dd51f..a4d0d655 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,461,091 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,424,536 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,117,862" + "text": "5,105,879" }, "female": { - "text": "5,343,229" + "text": "5,318,657" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "22 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "37.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "38.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.6 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1047,15 +1047,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.962 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.69 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "48 (2023 est.)" + "text": "47 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,348,300 (2023 est.)" + "text": "11.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "114 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index c2534416..51ad1980 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "4,150,116 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4,071,208 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,003,431" + "text": "1,968,334" }, "female": { - "text": "2,146,685" + "text": "2,102,874" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -156,16 +156,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "33.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "34.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1015,15 +1015,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.203 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2023 est.)" + "text": "29 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,562,730 (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.72 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "122 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/europe/im.json b/europe/im.json index 469dc111..1770751e 100644 --- a/europe/im.json +++ b/europe/im.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "92,269 (2024 est.)" + "text": "92,666 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "46,331" + "text": "46,543" }, "female": { - "text": "45,938" + "text": "46,123" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "61.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "62.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "25.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "25.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "35.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "36.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ "note": "note: appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" }, "Political parties": { - "text": "Green Party 
Liberal Vannin Party or LVP 
Manx Labor Party
Mec Vannin (sometimes referred to as the Manx Nationalist Party)", + "text": "Green Party 
Liberal Vannin Party or LVP 
Manx Labor Party", "note": "note: most members sit as independents" }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index c070493a..f5c0ea35 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "60,964,931 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60,924,851 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "29,414,065" + "text": "29,383,949" }, "female": { - "text": "31,550,866" + "text": "31,540,902" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "18.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "18.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "36.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "37.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ } }, "Political parties": { - "text": "Action-Italia Viva 
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad or MAIE 
Brothers of Italy or FdI 
Democratic Party or PD 
Five Star Movement or M5S 
Forza Italia or FI 
Free and Equal (Liberi e Uguali) or LeU 
Greens and Left Alliance or AVS 
Italexit 
League or Lega 
More Europe or +EU 
Popular Union or PU 
South calls North or ScN 
South Tyrolean Peoples Party or SVP 
other minor parties" + "text": "Action-Italia Viva 
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad or MAIE 
Brothers of Italy or FdI 
Democratic Party or PD 
Five Star Movement or M5S 
Forza Italia or FI 
Free and Equal (Liberi e Uguali) or LeU 
Greens and Left Alliance or AVS 
League or Lega 
More Europe or +EU  
South calls North or ScN 
South Tyrolean Peoples Party or SVP 
Us Moderates or NM
other minor parties" }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { @@ -1113,10 +1113,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "78.5 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "78.7 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "133 (2022 est.)" + "text": "133 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/je.json b/europe/je.json index 63b18119..05fa5377 100644 --- a/europe/je.json +++ b/europe/je.json @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "103,387 (2024 est.)" + "text": "103,944 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "51,028" + "text": "51,317" }, "female": { - "text": "52,359" + "text": "52,627" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "54.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "28.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "29.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -563,18 +563,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "48,122 (2021 est.)" + "text": "48,223 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47 (2021 est.)" + "text": "47 (2023 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "124,083 (2021 est.)" + "text": "129,368 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120 (2021 est.)" + "text": "125 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index 18499571..872ddab6 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,801,246 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,888,439 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "836,982" + "text": "876,654" }, "female": { - "text": "964,264" + "text": "1,011,785" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1001,10 +1001,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2.26 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.27 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "117 (2022 est.)" + "text": "121 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 2eb7934b..a13fb3da 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,628,186 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,815,687 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,214,994" + "text": "1,334,600" }, "female": { - "text": "1,413,192" + "text": "1,481,087" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1040,10 +1040,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3.92 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "3.97 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "139 (2022 est.)" + "text": "139 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/ls.json b/europe/ls.json index bb6ed29f..9c5f6ef4 100644 --- a/europe/ls.json +++ b/europe/ls.json @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "40,272 (2024 est.)" + "text": "40,547 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "20,072" + "text": "20,215" }, "female": { - "text": "20,200" + "text": "20,332" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -145,16 +145,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -645,10 +645,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "50,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "51,400 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "126 (2022 est.)" + "text": "129 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index fcfadbee..fee0f7ab 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "3,599,528 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3,578,930 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,698,249" + "text": "1,687,496" }, "female": { - "text": "1,901,279" + "text": "1,891,434" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "42.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ "text": "President Maia SANDU (since 24 December 2020)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Dorin RECEAN (since 16 February 2023)" + "text": "Prime Minister Alexandru MUNTEANU (since 1 November 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet proposed by the prime minister-designate, nominated by the president, approved through a vote of confidence in Parliament" @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ "text": "3 November 2024" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2024: In the second round of presidential elections, incumbent Maia SANDU (PAS) wins 55.4% of the vote, Alexandr STOIANOGLO (PSRM) 44.6; turnout is 54.3%

2020: Maia SANDU elected president in second round; percent of vote in second round - Maia SANDU (PAS) 57.7%, Igor DODON (PSRM) 42.3%

2016: Igor DODON elected president in second round; percent of vote - Igor DODON (PSRM) 52.1%, Maia SANDU (PAS) 47.9%" + "text": "
2024: In the second round of presidential elections, incumbent Maia SANDU (PAS) wins 55.4% of the vote, Alexandr STOIANOGLO (PSRM) 44.6; turnout is 54.3%

2020: Maia SANDU elected president in second round; percent of vote in second round - Maia SANDU (PAS) 57.7%, Igor DODON (PSRM) 42.3%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "2028" @@ -1015,10 +1015,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.01 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "3.64 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127 (2022 est.)" + "text": "120 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 6e9a4d9a..3736eb52 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,135,622 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,137,556 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,064,727" + "text": "1,065,634" }, "female": { - "text": "1,070,895" + "text": "1,071,922" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1024,10 +1024,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.92 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.98 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "98 (2022 est.)" + "text": "108 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ "text": "the military's inventory is a mix of Russian/Soviet-era armaments and growing quantities of more modern equipment from countries such as Türkiye, the UK, and the US (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2007 (2024)", + "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2007 (2025)", "note": "note: as of 2024, women made up about 10% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military - note": { diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index 890be74a..ee9154fb 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "31,813 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32,047 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15,366" + "text": "15,467" }, "female": { - "text": "16,447" + "text": "16,580" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -145,16 +145,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "85.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "88.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "16.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "69 (2024 est.)" + "text": "72.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "1.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -677,10 +677,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "41,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "41,500 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "107 (2022 est.)" + "text": "107 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 03b44c1e..dc512769 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "469,730 (2024 est.)" + "text": "521,828 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "237,023" + "text": "271,180" }, "female": { - "text": "232,707" + "text": "250,648" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -985,10 +985,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "749,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "767,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "132 (2022 est.)" + "text": "142 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ "text": "the military has a small inventory of armaments from a mix of European countries, particularly Italy, and the US (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-30 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2024)" + "text": "18-30 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2026)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) are responsible for external security but also have some domestic security responsibilities; the AFM’s primary roles include maintaining the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, monitoring and policing its territorial waters, participating in overseas peacekeeping and stability operations, and providing search and rescue and explosive ordnance disposal capabilities; secondary missions include assisting civil authorities during emergencies, supporting the police and other security services, and providing ceremonial and other public support duties

Malta maintains a security policy of neutrality but contributes to EU, Organization for the Security and Cooperation (OSCE), and UN military missions and joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1995 (suspended in 1996, but reactivated in 2008); it also participates in various bilateral and multinational military exercises; Malta cooperates closely with Italy on defense matters; in 1973, Italy established a military mission in Malta to provide advice, training, and search and rescue assistance (2025)" diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 82fb4d34..0d014c72 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "17,772,378 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17,833,885 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "8,844,100" + "text": "8,874,366" }, "female": { - "text": "8,928,278" + "text": "8,959,519" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "56 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.7 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1117,10 +1117,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21.2 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "23.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "118 (2022 est.)" + "text": "129 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 60e061b3..d7948d57 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,207,177 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,194,277 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "4,835,763" + "text": "4,831,166" }, "female": { - "text": "5,371,414" + "text": "5,363,111" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "19.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "34.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "35 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1043,10 +1043,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12.8 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "12.9 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "125 (2022 est.)" + "text": "124 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 218a0c1b..046cee6c 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "35,095 (2024 est.)" + "text": "35,291 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "16,944" + "text": "17,035" }, "female": { - "text": "18,151" + "text": "18,256" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -136,16 +136,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "33.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "34.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ "text": "41,000 (2022 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "122 (2022 est.)" + "text": "120 (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ "text": "San Marino Military Corps (Corpi Militari Sammarinesi; aka Sammarinese Armed Forces or Forze Armate Sammarinesi): Fortress Guard Command (or Guard of the Rock), Uniformed Company of the Militias, Guard of the Great and General Council, Corps of the Gendarmerie

Ministry of Internal Affairs: Civil Police Corps (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription; government has the authority to call up all San Marino citizens from 16-60 years of age to serve in the military (2024)" + "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription; government has the authority to call up all San Marino citizens from 16-60 years of age to serve in the military (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "defense is the responsibility of Italy" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 16b9a167..9c8c74d3 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,589,835 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,643,745 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,332,701" + "text": "5,360,755" }, "female": { - "text": "5,257,134" + "text": "5,282,990" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -158,16 +158,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "61.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "27.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "27.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "33.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1063,10 +1063,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14.8 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "14.9 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "125 (2022 est.)" + "text": "141 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1168,8 +1168,7 @@ "text": "the SAF's inventory is comprised of mostly domestically produced armaments alongside smaller amounts of imported Western systems; Sweden's defense industry produces a range of air, land, and naval systems, including armored vehicles, combat aircraft, and submarines; it also produces weapons systems jointly with other countries (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-47 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; service obligation: 7-15 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47; compulsory military service, abolished in 2010, was reinstated in January 2018; conscription is selective, includes both men and women (age 18), and requires 6-15 months of service (2024)", - "note": "note 1: Sweden conscripts about 5,500 men and women each year; it plans to increase this number to 8,000 by 2025; conscientious objectors in Sweden have the right to apply for alternative service (called vapenfri tjänst); after completing alternative service, the conscript then belongs to the civilian reserve

note 2: as of 2024, women made nearly 25% of the military's personnel" + "text": "18 years of age for voluntary and selective conscripted service for men and women; conscript service obligation typically 9-15 months depending on the branch of service and position, with a reserve commitment up to age 45 (2026)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "approximately 600 Latvia (NATO) (2025)" diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 98dbbb5a..cc081b41 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "8,860,574 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8,925,741 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "4,403,105" + "text": "4,436,858" }, "female": { - "text": "4,457,469" + "text": "4,488,883" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -157,16 +157,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "54.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "31.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1084,10 +1084,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10.9 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "11.6 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120 (2022 est.)" + "text": "129 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1164,8 +1164,8 @@ "text": "the military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported European and US weapons systems; the Swiss defense industry produces a range of military land vehicles (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men; 18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; every Swiss male has to serve at least 245 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by six 19-day intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2024)", - "note": "note: conscientious objectors can choose 390 days of community service instead of military service; as of 2023, women comprised about 1% of the active Swiss military" + "text": "every Swiss man 18-30 is obligated to serve in the military or the alternative civilian service; women can serve on a voluntary basis; required military service is 245 days, including 18-21 weeks of basic training generally between the ages of 19-25, followed by six three-week recalls for refresher training over the following nine years; the system offers opportunities for conscripts to train as non-commissioned and commissioned officers in the militia with longer service commitments (2026)", + "note": "note: alternative civilian service is up to 370 days or 1.5x as many days as military service" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "200 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025)" diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 22d27c21..3405bc01 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "68,459,055 (2024 est.)" + "text": "68,751,311 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "34,005,445" + "text": "34,145,455" }, "female": { - "text": "34,453,610" + "text": "34,605,856" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -147,16 +147,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "30.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "30.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1105,10 +1105,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "84.3 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "84.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "121 (2022 est.)" + "text": "122 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1214,8 +1214,8 @@ "text": "the British military's inventory is comprised of domestically produced armaments and imported Western weapons systems, particularly from the US; the UK defense industry is capable of producing air, land, and sea weapons systems and is one of the world's top weapons suppliers; it also cooperates with other European countries, as well as Australia and the US, in the research and development of weapons systems (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "some variations by service, but generally 16-36 years of age for enlisted (with parental consent under 18) and 18-29 for officers; minimum length of service 4 years; women serve in all military services including combat roles; conscription abolished in 1963 (2024)", - "note": "note 1: women made up 11.7% of the military's full-time personnel in 2024

note 2: the British military allows Commonwealth nationals who are current UK residents and have been in the country for at least 5 years to apply; it also accepts Irish citizens

note 3: the British Army has continued the historic practice of recruiting Gurkhas from Nepal to serve in the Brigade of Gurkhas; the British began to recruit Nepalese citizens (Gurkhas) into the East India Company Army during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-1816); the Gurkhas subsequently were brought into the British Indian Army and by 1914, there were 10 Gurkha regiments, collectively known as the Gurkha Brigade; following the partition of India in 1947, an agreement between Nepal, India, and Great Britain allowed for the transfer of the 10 regiments from the British Indian Army to the separate British and Indian armies; four of the regiments were transferred to the British Army, where they have since served continuously as the Brigade of Gurkhas" + "text": "16 years of age for enlisted ranks (with parental consent for under 18) and 18 years of age for officers; maximum age varies by military service; conscription abolished in 1963 (2026)", + "note": "note 1: women serve in all branches and made up nearly 12% of the military's full-time personnel in 2025

note 2: the British military allows Commonwealth nationals who are current UK residents and have been in the country for at least 5 years to apply; it also accepts Irish citizens

note 3: the British Army has continued the historic practice of recruiting Gurkhas from Nepal to serve in the Brigade of Gurkhas; the British began to recruit Nepalese citizens (Gurkhas) into the East India Company Army during the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-1816); the Gurkhas subsequently were brought into the British Indian Army and by 1914, there were 10 Gurkha regiments, collectively known as the Gurkha Brigade; following the partition of India in 1947, an agreement between Nepal, India, and Great Britain allowed for the transfer of the 10 regiments from the British Indian Army to the separate British and Indian armies; four of the regiments were transferred to the British Army, where they have since served continuously as the Brigade of Gurkhas" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "the British military has more than 8,000 personnel on permanent or long-term rotational deployments around the globe in support of NATO, UN, or other commitments and agreements; key deployments include approximately 1,000 in Brunei, approximately 2,500 in Cyprus (includes 250 for UNFICYP), approximately 900-1,000 in Estonia (NATO), over 1,000 in the Falkland Islands, 500-600 in Gibraltar, and more than 1,000 in the Middle East; its air and naval forces conduct missions on a global basis; the British military also participates in large scale NATO exercises, including providing some 16,000 personnel for the 6-month 2024 Steadfast Defender exercise (2024)" diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index b9cf9334..7e1da953 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,032,213 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,093,593 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "6,824,131" + "text": "6,831,802" }, "female": { - "text": "3,208,082" + "text": "3,261,791" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "20.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "2.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "36.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1037,10 +1037,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21.2 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "22.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "212 (2022 est.)" + "text": "203 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ "text": "the military is equipped with mostly modern imported armaments, and a smaller amount of domestically produced weapons; foreign suppliers have included China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Türkiye, and the US; the UAE's domestic defense industry produces or co-produces such items as armored vehicles, naval vessels, precision munitions, and unmanned aerial vehicles/drones for both internal use and export (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-30 years of age for compulsory national service for men (compulsory service initiated in 2014); 18-40 for voluntary service; 36-month service obligation for men without a secondary education and 11 months for secondary school graduates; women may volunteer for national service (11-month service obligation regardless of education) (2025)", + "text": "18-40 for voluntary service; 18-30 years of age for compulsory national service for men with a 36-month service obligation for those without a secondary education and 11 months for secondary school graduates; women may volunteer for national service (11-month service obligation regardless of education) (2025)", "note": "note 1: compulsory service may be completed in the uniformed military, the Ministry of Interior, or other security institutions designated by the military leadership

note 2: the UAE military employs a considerable number of foreign personnel on contracted service" }, "Military deployments": { diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index d0cd23a0..cf6eda30 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "10,650,239 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10,694,370 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,330,233" + "text": "5,354,376" }, "female": { - "text": "5,320,006" + "text": "5,339,994" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Azerbaijani 91.6%, Lezghin 2%, Russian 1.3%, Armenian 1.3%, Talysh 1.3%, other 2.4% (2009 est.)", + "text": "Azerbaijani 94.8%, other 1.8%; less than 1%: Talish, Russian, Avar, Sakhur, Tartar, Georgian, Jewish, Kurd
(2019 est.)", "note": "note: Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part of Azerbaijan on the basis of the borders recognized when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, was populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians; Azerbaijan has over 80 ethnic groups" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 est.)" + "text": "Azerbaijani 96.1%, other 1.4%; less than 1%: Russian, Avar, Talyshi, Turkish, Tatar, Sakhur, Tat, Ukrainian, Georgian, Hebrew (2019 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Dünya fakt kitabı, əsas məlumatlar üçün əvəz olunmaz mənbədir (Azerbaijani)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "13.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "7.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1027,15 +1027,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.635 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.33 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16 (2023 est.)" + "text": "13 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,111,300 (2023 est.)" + "text": "11.3 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "110 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index 1bbe0833..ee54068a 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,976,765 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,963,837 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,456,415" + "text": "1,451,842" }, "female": { - "text": "1,520,350" + "text": "1,511,995" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -121,18 +121,18 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Armenian 98.1%, Yezidi 1.1%, other 0.8% (2022 est.)" + "text": "Armenian 98.1%, Yezidi 1.1%; less than 1%: Russian, other, Assyrian, Kurd, Ukrainian, Greek (2022 est.)" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { - "text": "Armenian (official) 97.9%, Kurmanji (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%, other 1.1%; note - Russian is widely spoken (2011 est.)" + "text": "Armenian 97.2%, Russian 1.4%, Ezidian 1.0%; less than 1%: other, unknown (2022)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Աշխարհի Փաստագիրք, Անփոխարինելի Աղբյւր Հիմնական Տեղեկատվւթյան. (Armenian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Armenian Apostolic Christian 95.2%, other Christian 1.6%, other 0.9%, none 0.6%, unspecified 1.7% (2022 est.)" + "text": "Armenian Apostolic 95.2%, not stated 1.7%; less than 1%: Catholic, no religion, Evangelical, Shar-fadinian, other, Armenian Orthodox, Jehovah's Witness, Pagan, Molokan (2022 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -147,16 +147,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "49.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1042,15 +1042,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "331,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "297,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2023 est.)" + "text": "10 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,959,450 (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.01 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "135 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index e08bb3b1..50d01181 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,141,643 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,184,652 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,086,340" + "text": "1,108,222" }, "female": { - "text": "1,055,303" + "text": "1,076,430" } }, "Ethnic groups": { @@ -132,16 +132,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "71.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "69.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "66.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "64.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "4.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "20.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -691,12 +691,12 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "384,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "383,653 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "7 (2023 est.)" }, - "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" + "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 1cd6566b..8ba838b8 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "88,386,937 (2024 est.)" + "text": "89,177,357 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "44,795,539" + "text": "45,098,223" }, "female": { - "text": "43,591,398" + "text": "44,079,134" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -167,16 +167,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "43.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "42.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "33.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "30.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "10 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "10 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1038,10 +1038,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "151 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "159 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "165 (2022 est.)" + "text": "174 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index b6a5f2c5..3c36fd44 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "42,083,436 (2024 est.)" + "text": "42,917,742 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "21,193,356" + "text": "21,614,894" }, "female": { - "text": "20,890,080" + "text": "21,302,848" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -165,16 +165,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "62 (2024 est.)" + "text": "60.5 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "16.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 308f644a..aaa09c30 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "11,174,024 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11,312,507 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "5,844,979" + "text": "5,908,853" }, "female": { - "text": "5,329,045" + "text": "5,403,654" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -158,16 +158,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "54 (2024 est.)" + "text": "53.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "47.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "15.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1080,10 +1080,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.73 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "8.05 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "68 (2022 est.)" + "text": "70 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 2293caf0..b4b5ab8c 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "3,138,355 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3,172,511 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,810,542" + "text": "1,827,274" }, "female": { - "text": "1,327,813" + "text": "1,345,237" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "36.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "36 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "31.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "30.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "4.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "20.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ "text": "8.11 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "181 (2022 est.)" + "text": "168 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index 4f4f4a08..b7ef9186 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "3,901,992 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3,969,824 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,096,126" + "text": "2,130,080" }, "female": { - "text": "1,805,866" + "text": "1,839,744" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "51 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "45 (2024 est.)" + "text": "44.6 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "16.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1033,10 +1033,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6.98 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "6.35 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "135 (2021 est.)" + "text": "121 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index 0f2425d7..733bba6f 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "2,552,088 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2,568,426 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,961,135" + "text": "1,970,605" }, "female": { - "text": "590,953" + "text": "597,821" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "17.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "15.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "1.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "57.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -975,10 +975,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.7 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.68 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "174 (2022 est.)" + "text": "154 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index eec17ee3..352b054f 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "23,865,423 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24,261,882 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "11,981,578" + "text": "12,183,128" }, "female": { - "text": "11,883,845" + "text": "12,078,754" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -158,16 +158,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "59.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "58.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "52.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "51.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "15 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.5 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -942,10 +942,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15.1 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "17.6 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "80 (2021 est.)" + "text": "71 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ "text": "the military forces of Syria are equipped with Russian and Soviet-era armaments (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "prior to the fall of the ASAD regime in December 2024, men 18-42 were obligated to perform military service; compulsory service obligation was up to 30 months; women were not conscripted but could volunteer to serve, including in combat arms (2024)" + "text": "under Bashar al-ASAD, Syrian men aged 18-38 were required to serve 18-21 months in the military; conscription continued until ASAD's fall when the interim government announced that mandatory conscription to Syria’s armed forces would be abolished and only be reinstated in extreme cases, such as national emergencies relating to war (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "as of September 2025, the government did not exercise control over all of Syria; areas of the northeast were under the control of ethnic Kurdish-led forces and areas south of the capital Damascus were controlled by members of the Druze religious minority; Turkish forces remained in parts of the north, while Israeli forces had moved into formerly demilitarized areas between Syria and Israel and into some Syrian territory near the frontier

the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has operated in the Golan between Israel and Syria since 1974 to monitor the ceasefire following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and supervise the areas of separation between the two countries; UNDOF has about 1,300 personnel (2025)" diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index 674fd442..80d2ed54 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "84,119,531 (2024 est.)" + "text": "84,625,585 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "42,247,430" + "text": "42,489,277" }, "female": { - "text": "41,872,101" + "text": "42,136,308" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -164,16 +164,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "31.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "14.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "7.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1096,10 +1096,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "92.2 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "94.3 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106 (2022 est.)" + "text": "108 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1201,11 +1201,11 @@ "text": "the military's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and mostly European (such as Germany, Italy, and Spain) or US armaments; other suppliers have included Russia and South Korea; Türkiye's defense industry produces a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use, including armored vehicles, naval vessels, and unmanned aerial vehicles/drones; some of its domestically produced armaments are produced jointly with foreign partners or based on imported weapons systems and produced under license (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "mandatory military service for men at age 20; service can be delayed if in university or in certain professions (researchers, professionals, and athletic, or those with artistic talents have the right to postpone military service until the age of 35); 6-12 months service; women may volunteer (2023)", - "note": "note 1: after completing six months of service, if a conscripted soldier wants to and is suitable for extending his military service, he may do so for an additional six months in return for a monthly salary; all male Turkish citizens over the age of 20 are required to undergo a one month military training period, but they can obtain an exemption from the remaining 5 months of their mandatory service by paying a fee 

note 2: as of 2021, women made up about 0.4% of the military's full-time personnel" + "text": "military service is compulsory for Turkish men 20-41 for a period of 6-12 months; men and women may volunteer (2025)", + "note": "note: after completing 1 month of basic training, conscripts have the option to opt out of the last 5 months by paying a fee

" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "approximately 200 Azerbaijan; approximately 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR); approximately 30,000 Cyprus; 730 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); estimated 500 Libya; estimated 3,000 Qatar; estimated 1,000 Somalia (2025)", + "text": "approximately 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR); approximately 30,000 Cyprus; 730 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); Turkiye also has several thousand military personnel deployed to other countries under bilateral agreements, including Azerbaijan, Libya, Qatar, and Somalia  (2025)", "note": "note: Turkey estimated to maintain several thousand military forces in both Iraq and Syria" }, "Military - note": { diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index b6516571..15cdebef 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "3,243,369 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3,310,554 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,648,450" + "text": "1,682,493" }, "female": { - "text": "1,594,919" + "text": "1,628,061" }, "note": "note: approximately 468,300 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2022); approximately 236,600 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2021)" }, @@ -139,16 +139,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "68.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "68.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "61.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "61.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "6.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.8 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "15.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -734,21 +734,21 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "384,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "383,653 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "7 (2023 est.)" }, - "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" + "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.15 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "4,148,420 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "78 (2021 est.)" + "text": "77 (2023 est.)" }, - "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" + "note": "note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the Palestinian Authority operates 1 TV and 1 radio station; about 20 private TV and 40 radio stations; Jordanian TV and satellite TV accessible" diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index 3c8a3999..0cbb80e6 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "32,140,443 (2024 est.)" + "text": "34,505,496 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "16,221,139" + "text": "17,275,539" }, "female": { - "text": "15,919,304" + "text": "17,229,957" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "71.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "70.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "66 (2024 est.)" + "text": "64.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.4 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "18.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "18.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ "text": "20 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "46 (2021 est.)" + "text": "51 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1067,8 +1067,8 @@ "note": "note: Houthi rebel forces are armed largely with weapons seized from the Yemeni Government stockpiles, smuggled in from Iran, and manufactured copies of Iranian designs and pre-war Yemeni Government weapons" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2001; 2-year service obligation (note - limited information since the start of the civil war in 2014) (2022)", - "note": "note: as late as 2022, all parties to the ongoing conflict were implicated in child soldier recruitment and use; during the beginning of the truce in April 2022, the Houthis signed a plan with the UN to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers; Houthi leaders previously pledged to end the use of child soldiers in 2012, as did the Government of Yemen in 2014 " + "text": "limited available information; 18 is the legal minimum age for military service under the Yemeni Government (2025)", + "note": "note: there is widespread recruitment of fighters by numerous armed groups operating in Yemen; all parties to the civil war have been implicated in child soldier recruitment and use; in 2022, the Houthis signed a plan with the UN to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers; Houthi leaders previously pledged to end the use of child soldiers in 2012, as did the Government of Yemen in 2014; in 2019, the Saudi and UAE-led coalition committed to protect children in a memorandum of understanding signed with the UN" }, "Military - note": { "text": "government forces under the Yemeni Ministry of Defense are responsible for both external and internal defense; their priorities are the Houthi separatists (aka Ansarallah), the terrorist groups al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in Yemen (ISIS-Yemen), and maritime security, particularly against arms smuggling; in 2022, the Yemeni Government and the Houthis signed a truce, halting most fighting and establishing humanitarian measures; the former front lines of conflict, in some areas mirroring Yemen’s pre-unification borders, remain static; AQAP and ISIS-Yemen continue to be active in remote areas (2025)" diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index 8845b1c6..f20ade97 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "38,794,813 (2024 est.)" + "text": "39,187,155 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "19,234,729" + "text": "19,515,416" }, "female": { - "text": "19,560,084" + "text": "19,671,739" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -178,16 +178,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "57.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "23.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "23.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1106,15 +1106,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10.897 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "11 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "28 (2023 est.)" + "text": "28 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "37 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "37.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "94 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/north-america/sb.json b/north-america/sb.json index ed98acda..b105e629 100644 --- a/north-america/sb.json +++ b/north-america/sb.json @@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "5,132 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5,070 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "2,476" + "text": "2,442" }, "female": { - "text": "2,656" + "text": "2,628" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "62.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "63.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "21.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "21 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "41.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "42.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "2.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "2.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index ca2e987c..86d72c53 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "341,963,408 (2024 est.)" + "text": "338,016,259 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "168,598,780" + "text": "167,543,554" }, "female": { - "text": "173,364,628" + "text": "170,472,705" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -178,16 +178,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "56 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "27 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "28.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "29.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "3.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1080,10 +1080,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "386 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "391 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110 (2022 est.)" + "text": "113 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1186,8 +1186,8 @@ "text": "the US military's inventory is comprised almost entirely of domestically produced weapons systems (some assembled with foreign components) along with a smaller mix of imported equipment from a variety of countries such as Germany and the UK; the US defense industry is capable of designing, developing, maintaining, and producing the full spectrum of weapons systems; the US is the world's leading arms exporter (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "17 years of age (under 18 with parental consent) for voluntary service for men and women; maximum enlistment age 35 (Army), 42 (Air Force/Space Force), 41 (Navy), 28 (Marines), 41 (Coast Guard); 8-year initial service obligation, including 2-5 years active duty depending on the particular military service (2025)", - "note": "note 1: the US military has been all-volunteer since 1973, but an act of Congress can reinstate the draft in case of a national emergency; males aged 18-25 must register with Selective Service

note 2: all military occupations and positions open to women; in 2022, women comprised 17.5% of the total US regular military personnel

note 3: non-citizens living permanently and legally in the US may join as enlisted personnel; they must have permission to work in the US, a high school diploma, and speak, read, and write English fluently; under the Compact of Free Association, citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands may volunteer" + "text": "17 years of age (under 18 with parental consent) for voluntary service for men and women; maximum enlistment age varies by service; 8-year initial service obligation, including 2-5 years active duty depending on the particular military service (2025)", + "note": "note 1: the US military has been all-volunteer since 1973, but an act of Congress can reinstate the draft in case of a national emergency; males aged 18-25 must register with Selective Service

note 2: all military occupations and positions open to women; women comprised 17.7% of the total US regular military personnel as of 2023

note 3: non-citizens living permanently and legally in the US may join as enlisted personnel; they must have permission to work in the US, a high school diploma, and speak, read, and write English fluently; under the Compact of Free Association, citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands may volunteer" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "the US has approximately 200,000 military personnel deployed overseas on a permanent or a long-term rotational (typically 3-9 months) basis (2025)" diff --git a/oceans/oo.json b/oceans/oo.json index dcf7d58d..cbc9c84c 100644 --- a/oceans/oo.json +++ b/oceans/oo.json @@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ "text": "the major chokepoint is the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica; the Polar Front (Antarctic Convergence) is the best natural definition of the northern extent of the Southern Ocean; it is a distinct region at the middle of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that separates the cold polar surface waters to the south from the warmer waters to the north; the Front and the Current extend entirely around Antarctica, reaching south of 60 degrees south near New Zealand and near 48 degrees south in the far South Atlantic, coinciding with the path of the maximum westerly winds" } }, - "People and Society": { - }, "Environment": { "Environmental issues": { "text": "natural and man-made changes to the ocean's physical, chemical, and biological systems " @@ -112,6 +110,8 @@ }, "Economy": { }, + "Communications": { + }, "Transportation": { "Transportation - note": { "text": "Drake Passage offers alternative to transit through the Panama Canal" diff --git a/oceans/zn.json b/oceans/zn.json index 347c762f..0fac6216 100644 --- a/oceans/zn.json +++ b/oceans/zn.json @@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ }, "Economy": { }, + "Communications": { + }, "Transportation": { }, "Military and Security": { diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index d3d62289..6b56bfa9 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "46,994,384 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45,418,098 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "23,274,794" + "text": "22,535,980" }, "female": { - "text": "23,719,590" + "text": "22,882,118" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -172,16 +172,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "50.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "49.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "31.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "30.3 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "19.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "5.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1114,15 +1114,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.034 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "6.42 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15 (2023 est.)" + "text": "14 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "62,709,200 (2023 est.)" + "text": "64.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "140 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 92b3b8be..862119bc 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "12,311,974 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12,436,103 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "6,192,774" + "text": "6,257,914" }, "female": { - "text": "6,119,200" + "text": "6,178,189" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "44.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "42.9 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "10.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "9.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1094,15 +1094,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "550,000 (2021 est.)" + "text": "369,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2022 est.)" + "text": "3 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,266,900 (2022 est.)" + "text": "12.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "98 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index ae101ddb..78a66501 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "220,051,512 (2024 est.)" + "text": "221,359,387 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "108,166,491" + "text": "108,753,532" }, "female": { - "text": "111,885,021" + "text": "112,605,855" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -173,16 +173,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "43.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "44.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "28.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "28.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "15.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "16.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "6.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "6.2 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1154,15 +1154,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "25.574 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "22.5 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2023 est.)" + "text": "11 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "213.295 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "216 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "102 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index ee9dedb2..2e9068dc 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "18,664,652 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19,091,343 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "9,169,736" + "text": "9,379,883" }, "female": { - "text": "9,494,916" + "text": "9,711,460" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "44.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "24.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "24.1 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "20 (2024 est.)" + "text": "20.9 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.8 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1087,15 +1087,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.978 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.74 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2023 est.)" + "text": "8 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "26,710,700 (2023 est.)" + "text": "26.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "133 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 971aef2c..48735fb2 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "49,588,357 (2024 est.)" + "text": "49,842,298 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "24,206,371" + "text": "24,320,959" }, "female": { - "text": "25,381,986" + "text": "25,521,339" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -162,16 +162,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "50.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "33.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "33.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "16.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "17.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "5.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1109,15 +1109,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7.277 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "6.32 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2023 est.)" + "text": "12 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "87,365,900 (2023 est.)" + "text": "92.1 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "174 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index c177851d..8b474681 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "18,309,984 (2024 est.)" + "text": "18,479,841 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "9,023,170" + "text": "9,097,614" }, "female": { - "text": "9,286,814" + "text": "9,382,227" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "55.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55.3 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "41.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "41 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "14.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "7.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1060,15 +1060,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.434 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "1.22 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "8 (2023 est.)" + "text": "7 (2024 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "18,165,600 (2023 est.)" + "text": "18.4 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "102 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index b7854c3f..a9fa755e 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "646,758 (2024 est.)" + "text": "653,605 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "320,352" + "text": "323,747" }, "female": { - "text": "326,406" + "text": "329,858" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "42.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "10.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "9.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -977,10 +977,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "989,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "902,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "150 (2022 est.)" + "text": "142 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Suriname National Army (Nationaal Leger or NL); Army (Landmacht), Navy (Marine); Air Force (Luchtmacht), Military Police (Korps Militaire Politie)

Ministry of Justice and Police: Suriname Police Force (Korps Politie Suriname or KPS) (2025)" + "text": "Suriname National Army (Nationaal Leger or NL); Army (Landmacht), Navy (Marine); Air Force (Luchtmacht), Military Police (Korps Militaire Politie)

Ministry of Justice and Police: Suriname Police Force (Korps Politie Suriname or KPS) (2026)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { @@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ "text": "the Suriname Army has a limited inventory of older or secondhand armaments originating from such suppliers as Brazil, France, the Netherlands, and India (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2024)" + "text": "18-28 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the National Leger is responsible for defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Suriname against foreign aggression; other special tasks include border control and supporting domestic security as required; the military police, for example, have direct responsibility for immigration control at the country’s ports of entry, and the military assists the police in combating crime, particularly narco-trafficking, including joint military and police patrols, as well as joint special security teams; in addition, the military provides aid and assistance during times of natural emergencies and participates in socio-economic development projects (2025)" diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 2bd8e649..b2b61dce 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "7,522,549 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7,604,044 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "3,769,376" + "text": "3,809,407" }, "female": { - "text": "3,753,173" + "text": "3,794,637" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -154,16 +154,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "46.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "32.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "13.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "7.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ "text": "8.67 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "128 (2022 est.)" + "text": "127 (2023 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 4cda44e1..c021bb5b 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "32,600,249 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32,768,614 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15,952,556" + "text": "16,016,448" }, "female": { - "text": "16,647,693" + "text": "16,752,166" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -166,16 +166,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "51 (2024 est.)" + "text": "50.4 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "39 (2024 est.)" + "text": "38.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "12 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1098,10 +1098,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "41.3 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "42.6 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "122 (2022 est.)" + "text": "125 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index 9c23cbbd..5a337409 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "3,425,330 (2024 est.)" + "text": "3,449,444 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "1,660,132" + "text": "1,678,419" }, "female": { - "text": "1,765,198" + "text": "1,771,025" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -165,16 +165,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "49.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "48.7 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "26.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "26.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "22.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22.5 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "4.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "4.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1096,10 +1096,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4.8 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "4.93 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "139 (2022 est.)" + "text": "146 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { @@ -1201,8 +1201,7 @@ "text": "the military's inventory includes a variety of mostly older or secondhand equipment originating from a range of suppliers, including Brazil, Germany, Russia/former Soviet Union, South Korea, and the US (2025)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-30 years of age (18-22 years of age for Navy) for voluntary military service for men and women; up to 40 years of age for specialists; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies (2025)", - "note": "note: as of 2023, women comprised nearly 20% of the active military" + "text": "generally 18-30 years of age (up to 22 for the Navy and up to 40 for some specialist positions) for voluntary military service for men and women; initial 24-month service obligation (2025)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "630 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 210 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2025)" diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index 01574fc7..b7b5f730 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "31,250,306 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31,755,435 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15,555,451" + "text": "15,808,263" }, "female": { - "text": "15,694,855" + "text": "15,947,172" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -166,16 +166,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "51.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "51.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "37.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "37.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "13.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "14.3 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "7.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "7 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -909,10 +909,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "18.8 million (2022 est.)" + "text": "20.2 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "63 (2022 est.)" + "text": "71 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index c3ef212f..804044d2 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "40,121,552 (2024 est.)" + "text": "49,474,805 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "20,301,066" + "text": "25,051,967" }, "female": { - "text": "19,820,486" + "text": "24,422,838" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "82.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "82.2 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "77.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "77 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "5.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "19.3 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ "text": "Taliban Leader HAYBATULLAH Akhundzada (since 15 August 2021)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "overall Taliban Leader HAYBATULLAH Akhundzada is the [so-called] Amir-ul Momineen of the Taliban and is seen by them as a head of government" + "text": "overall Taliban Leader HAYBATULLAH Akhundzada is the [so-called] Amir-ul Momineen of the Taliban and is effectively the head of government" }, "cabinet": { "text": "the Taliban have announced a “cabinet” for the “caretaker government,” including the “acting prime minister,” “acting deputy prime ministers,” and “ministers” who claim to represent 26 ministries" @@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "23,027,100 (2023 est.)" + "text": "25.6 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "60 (2024 est.)" @@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ "note": "note: the Taliban dismissed nearly all women from the former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, except those serving in detention facilities and assisting with body searches" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Taliban’s key security priorities are border and internal security; specific issues have included rising tensions with Pakistan along their shared border, armed anti-Taliban resistance elements, and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Khorasan (ISIS-K) terrorist group (2025)" + "text": "the Taliban’s key security priorities are border and internal security; specific issues have included tensions with Pakistan along their shared border, armed anti-Taliban resistance elements, and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Khorasan (ISIS-K) terrorist group (2025)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index a9fe25bb..0c7c341f 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "168,697,184 (2024 est.)" + "text": "174,370,536 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "82,708,252" + "text": "83,908,720" }, "female": { - "text": "85,988,932" + "text": "90,461,816" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -162,16 +162,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "49 (2024 est.)" + "text": "54.6 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "37.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "43.5 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "11.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "11.1 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "8.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1051,15 +1051,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "302,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "285,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "(2023 est.) less than 1" + "text": "(2024 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "196.081 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "188 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "108 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index f73aca1e..d337aac6 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "884,546 (2024 est.)" + "text": "892,877 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "457,665" + "text": "461,679" }, "female": { - "text": "426,881" + "text": "431,198" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -134,16 +134,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "42.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "42.1 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "33 (2024 est.)" + "text": "32.4 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "9.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "10.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10.3 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -958,15 +958,15 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "18,000 (2023 est.)" + "text": "0 (2024 est.) no service" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2023 est.)" + "text": "0 (2024 est.) no service" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "751,989 (2023 est.)" + "text": "790,000 (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "100 (2024 est.)" diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index a755c829..dd316bce 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "21,982,608 (2024 est.)" + "text": "22,050,561 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "10,642,043" + "text": "10,668,528" }, "female": { - "text": "11,340,565" + "text": "11,382,033" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -146,16 +146,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "53.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "53.9 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "34.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "34.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "19.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "19.7 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "5.2 (2024 est.)" + "text": "5.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -1022,10 +1022,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "30 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "30.6 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "143 (2022 est.)" + "text": "133 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index b650fcec..1a0c4dd3 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "1,409,128,296 (2024 est.)" + "text": "1,419,316,933 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "725,784,825" + "text": "730,902,574" }, "female": { - "text": "683,343,471" + "text": "688,414,359" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -170,16 +170,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "45.5 (2024 est.)" + "text": "45 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "35.6 (2024 est.)" + "text": "35 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "9.9 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "10.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -582,16 +582,16 @@ "text": "Union Council of Ministers recommended by the prime minister, appointed by the president" }, "election/appointment process": { - "text": "president indirectly elected for a 5-year term (no term limits) by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament; vice president indirectly elected for a 5-year term (no term limits) by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament; following legislative elections, the prime minister is elected by Lok Sabha members of the majority party" + "text": "president indirectly elected for a 5-year term (no term limits) by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament" }, "most recent election date": { - "text": "president: 18 July 2022

vice president: 5 August 2022" + "text": "18 July 2022" }, "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) 25.6%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "president: July 2027

vice president: August 2027" + "text": "July 2027" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -1149,10 +1149,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1.14 billion (2022 est.)" + "text": "1.15 billion (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "81 (2022 est.)" + "text": "79 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index b7e1e1ed..6c6d1d68 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "31,122,387 (2024 est.)" + "text": "31,334,402 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "15,240,643" + "text": "15,352,706" }, "female": { - "text": "15,881,744" + "text": "15,981,696" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "47.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "46.8 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "38.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "37.2 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "9.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9.6 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "10.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "10.4 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ "text": "President Ram Chandra POUDEL (since 13 March 2023)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Sushila KARKI; note - KARKI was sworn in as interim prime minister on 12 September 2025 after Khadga Prasad Sharma OLI resigned on 9 September following violent protests; KARKI will serve until elections are held in March 2026" + "text": "Prime Minister Sushila KARKI (since 12 September 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister; cabinet positions shared among Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre, and various coalition partners" @@ -556,7 +556,8 @@ }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "5 March 2026" - } + }, + "note": "note: KARKI was sworn in as interim prime minister on 12 September 2025 after Khadga Prasad Sharma OLI resigned on 9 September following violent protests; KARKI will serve until elections are held in March 2026" }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { @@ -593,8 +594,9 @@ "text": "0%" }, "expected date of next election": { - "text": "5 March 2026; note - Parliament was dissolved by the President on 12 September following violent protests, the resignation of the Prime Minister, and the appointment of an interim prime minister with new elections set for March 2026" - } + "text": "5 March 2026" + }, + "note": "note: Parliament was dissolved by the President on 12 September following violent protests, the resignation of the Prime Minister, and the appointment of an interim prime minister with new elections set for March 2026" }, "Legislative branch - upper chamber": { "chamber name": { @@ -1061,10 +1063,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "38.2 million (2021 est.)" + "text": "29.6 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127 (2021 est.)" + "text": "100 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 5b846069..2ba58c15 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { - "text": "252,363,571 (2024 est.)" + "text": "257,047,044 (2025 est.)" }, "male": { - "text": "128,387,797" + "text": "130,727,015" }, "female": { - "text": "123,975,774" + "text": "126,320,029" } }, "Nationality": { @@ -168,16 +168,16 @@ }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { - "text": "64.8 (2024 est.)" + "text": "64 (2025 est.)" }, "youth dependency ratio": { - "text": "56.7 (2024 est.)" + "text": "55.8 (2025 est.)" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { - "text": "8.1 (2024 est.)" + "text": "8.2 (2025 est.)" }, "potential support ratio": { - "text": "12.4 (2024 est.)" + "text": "12.1 (2025 est.)" } }, "Median age": { @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ "legislative structure": { "text": "bicameral" }, - "note": "note: in May 2018, the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed a constitutional amendment to merge the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; the amendment reduces the Senate from 104 to 96 members - 4 in the 2024 election and 4 in the 2027 election

" + "note": "

" }, "Legislative branch - lower chamber": { "chamber name": { @@ -654,8 +654,7 @@ }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "March 2027" - }, - "note": "note: in 2018, the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed a constitutional amendment to merge the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; the amendment reduces the Senate from 104 to 96 members -- by 4 in the 2024 election and another 4 in the 2027 election" + } }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -1147,10 +1146,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "189 million (2023 est.)" + "text": "193 million (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "82 (2022 est.)" + "text": "77 (2024 est.)" } }, "Broadcast media": { diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index cfd23c3c..b39e033c 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -759,10 +759,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,144,200,000 (2024 est.)" + "text": "9.01 billion (2024 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "112 (2024 est.)" + "text": "110 (2024 est.)" } }, "Internet users": {